1 Chronicles 23
1 And David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel.
Awo Dawudi bwe yawangaala ennyo n’akaddiwa emyaka mingi n’afuula Sulemaani mutabani we okuba kabaka wa Isirayiri.
2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and Levites.
Era yakuŋŋaanya abakulembeze ba Isirayiri bonna, wamu ne bakabona n’Abaleevi.
3 And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found of them thirty-eight thousand men.
Abaleevi abaali baweza emyaka amakumi asatu n’okusingawo baabalibwa, n’omuwendo gw’abasajja bonna gwali emitwalo esatu mu kanaana.
4 Of these twenty-four thousand were chosen, and distributed unto the ministry of the house of the Lord: and six thousand were the overseers and judges.
Awo Dawudi n’agamba nti, “Ku abo emitwalo ebiri mu enkumi nnya be banaalabiriranga omulimu ogwa yeekaalu ya Mukama, ate kakaaga banaabanga bakungu n’abalamuzi.
5 Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with.
Enkumi nnya banaabanga baggazi, ate enkumi ennya abasigaddewo be banatenderezanga Mukama n’ebivuga bye nateekateeka ku lw’okutendereza.”
6 And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari.
Awo Dawudi n’agabanyamu Abaleevi mu bibinja ng’abaana ba Leevi bwe baali: Gerusoni, ne Kokasi ne Merali.
7 The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semei.
Abaana ba Gerusoni baali Ladani ne Simeeyi.
8 The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel, and Zethan, and Joel, three.
Batabani ba Ladani baali Yekyeri omukulu, ne Zesamu, ne Yoweeri, basatu bonna awamu.
9 The sons of Semei: Salomith, and Hosiel, and Aran, three: these were the heads of the families of Leedan.
Batabani ba Simeeyi baali Seromisi, ne Kasiyeri, ne Kalani, basatu bonna awamu, era be baali abakulu b’ennyumba ya Ladani.
10 And the sons of Semei were Leheth, and Ziza, and Jaus, and Baria: these were the sons of Semei, four.
Batabani ba Simeeyi omulala Yakasi, ne Zina, ne Yewusi ne Beriya, be bana bonna awamu.
11 And Leheth was the first, Ziza the second: but Jaus and Baria had not many children, and therefore they were counted in one family, and in one house.
Yakasi ye yali omukulu, ne Ziza ye yali owookubiri, naye Yewusi be Beriya tebaalina baana noolwekyo baabalibwa ng’ekika kimu era nga bakola omulimu gwe gumu.
12 The sons of Caath were Amram, and Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel, four.
Batabani ba Kokasi baali Amulaamu, ne Izukali, ne Kebbulooni ne Wuziyeeri, be bana.
13 The sons of Amram, Aaron, and Moses. And Aaron was separated to minister in the holy of holies, he and his sons for ever, and to burn incense before the Lord, according to his ceremonies, and to bless his name for ever.
Batabani ba Amulaamu baali Alooni ne Musa. Alooni yayawulibwa, ye n’abazzukulu be emirembe gyonna, atukuzenga ebintu ebitukuvu ennyo, okuwangayo ssaddaaka eri Mukama, n’okumuweerezanga, era n’okusabanga omukisa mu linnya lye emirembe gyonna.
14 The sons also of Moses, the man of God, were numbered in the tribe of Levi.
Batabani ba Musa omusajja wa Katonda babalibwa nga ba mu kika kya Leevi.
15 The sons of Moses were Gersom and Eliezer:
Batabani ba Musa baali Gerusomu ne Eryeza.
16 The sons of Gersom: Subuel the first.
Mu bazzukulu ba Gerusomu, Sebweri ye yali omukulu.
17 And the sons of Eliezer were: Rohobia the first: and Eliezer had no more sons. But the sons of Rohobia were multiplied exceedingly.
Mu bazzukulu ba Eryeza, Lekabiya ye yali omukulu. Eryeza teyalina baana balala, naye batabani ba Lekabiya baali bangi ddala.
18 The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first.
Mu batabani ba Izukali, Seromisi ye yali omukulu.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Amarias the second, Jahaziel the third, Jecmaam the fourth.
Mu batabani ba Kebbulooni, Yeriya omukulu, Amaliya nga wakubiri, Yakaziyeri nga wakusatu, ne Yekameyamu nga ye wookuna.
20 The sons of Oziel: Micha the first, Jesia the second.
Mu batabani ba Wuziyeeri, Mikka ye yali omukulu, ne Issiya nga ye wookubiri.
21 The sons of Merari: Moholi, and Musi. The sons of Moholi: Eleazar and Cia.
Batabani ba Merali baali Makuli ne Musi. Batabani ba Makuli baali Eriyazaali ne Kiisi.
22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters: and the sons of Cis their brethren took them.
Eriyazaali n’afa nga tazadde baana babulenzi wabula aboobuwala bokka. Baganda baabwe, batabani ba Kiisi be babawassa.
23 The sons of Musi: Moholi, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.
Batabani ba Musi baali Makuli, Ederi ne Yeremosi be basatu.
24 These are the sons of Levi in their kindreds and families, princes by their courses, and the number of every head that did the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord from twenty years old and upward.
Abo be baali abazzukulu ba Leevi mu bika byabwe, ng’emitwe gy’ennyumba bwe gyali giwandiikibbwa mu mannya gaabwe, era nga bwe baabalibwa buli kinoomu, be bakozi abaalina emyaka amakumi abiri n’okusingawo abaaweerezanga mu yeekaalu ya Mukama.
25 For David said: The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever.
Dawudi yali agambye nti, “Olw’okuba Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri, awadde abantu be emirembe, era abeera mu Yerusaalemi emirembe gyonna,
26 And it shall not be the office of the Levites to carry any more the tabernacle, and all the vessels for the service thereof.
Abaleevi tekikyabagwaniranga kusitula eweema oba ebintu ebikozesebwa mu kuweereza.”
27 So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward.
Nga bagoberera ebigambo bya Dawudi ebyasembayo, Abaleevi abaabalibwa baali ba myaka amakumi abiri n’okusingawo.
28 And they are to be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the porches, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord.
Omulimu gwabwe gwali gwa kuyambanga bazzukulu ba Alooni mu buweereza obwa yeekaalu ya Mukama, nga bavunaanyizibwa mu mpya ne mu bisenge, ne mu kutukuzanga ebintu byonna ebitukuvu, n’okukola emirimu emirala mu nnyumba ya Katonda.
29 And the priests have the charge of the leaves of proposition, and of the sacrifice of fine flour, and of the unleavened cakes, and of the fryingpan, and of the roasting, and of every weight and measure.
Baavunaanyizibwanga emigaati egy’okulaga ku mmeeza, n’obutta obulungi obw’ekiweebwayo eky’obutta, n’obugaati obutazimbulukusibbwa, n’okufumba, n’okutabula, olw’ebiweebwayo, n’ebigero byonna mu bungi bwabyo ne mu bunene bwabyo.
30 And the Levites are to stand in the morning to give thanks, and to sing praises to the Lord: and in like manner in the evening,
Be baayimiriranga okwebazanga n’okutenderezanga Mukama buli nkya na buli akawungeezi,
31 As well in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as in the sabbaths and in the new moons, and the rest of the solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies prescribed for every thing, continually before the Lord.
ne mu kuwaayo ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa, ebyaweebwangayo ku ssabbiiti, n’emyezi nga kye gijje giboneke, ne ku mbaga ezaateekebwawo. Kyabagwaniranga okuweerezanga mu maaso ga Mukama obutayosa, mu mpalo zaabwe, nga bwe balagibwa.
32 And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ceremonies of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, that they may minister in the house of the Lord.
Awo Abaleevi ne bakolanga emirimu gyabwe mu Weema ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu, ne mu Kifo Ekitukuvu, nga bayamba baganda baabwe bazzukulu ba Alooni, okuweerezanga okw’omu yeekaalu ya Mukama.
