1 Chronicles 23

1 And David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel.

Ko ia, ʻi heʻene hoko ʻo motuʻa lahi ʻa Tevita pea kakato ʻa hono ngaahi ʻaho, naʻa ne tuku ʻa Solomone ko hono foha ke ne tuʻi ki ʻIsileli.

2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and Levites.

Pea naʻa ne tānaki fakataha ʻae houʻeiki kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, mo e kau taulaʻeiki pea mo e kau Livai.

3 And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found of them thirty-eight thousand men.

Ka ko eni, naʻe lau hono tokolahi ʻoe kau Livai mei he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu ʻo fai hake: pea ko honau lau fakatefua, ʻae tangata taki taha, ko e tokotolu mano mo e toko valu afe.

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.

Pea naʻe ʻoe toko ua mano mo e toko fā afe ʻae tokanga ki he ngāue ki he fale ʻo Sihova; pea ko e toko ono afe, ko e kau pule mo e kau fakamaau ʻakinautolu.

5 Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with.

Pea ko e kau leʻo matapā ʻae toko fā afe; pea ko e toko fā afe naʻe hiva kia Sihova ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa hiva ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ke fai ʻaki ʻae fakafetaʻi.

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.

Pea naʻe vahe fakalakanga ʻakinautolu ʻe Tevita, ki he ngaahi foha ʻo Livai, kia Kesomi, mo Kohate, pea mo Melali.

7 The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semei.

Naʻe ʻoe kau Kesomi, ʻa Latani, pea mo Simi.

8 The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel, and Zethan, and Joel, three.

Ko e ngaahi foha eni ʻo Latani; ko honau tuʻukimuʻa ʻa Sieli, mo Sitami, mo Soeli, ko e tokotolu.

9 The sons of Semei: Salomith, and Hosiel, and Aran, three: these were the heads of the families of Leedan.

Ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Simi; ko Silomiti, mo ʻAsieli, mo Halani, ko e tokotolu. Ko e kau tuʻukimuʻa ʻakinautolu ni ʻi he kau mātuʻa ʻo Latani.

10 And the sons of Semei were Leheth, and Ziza, and Jaus, and Baria: these were the sons of Semei, four.

Pea ko e ngaahi foha eni ʻo Simi; ko Sehati, mo Sina, mo Siusi, mo Pelia. Ko e toko fā ni ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Simi

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.

Pea naʻe tuʻukimuʻa ʻi ai ʻa Sehati, pea hoko mo ia ʻa Sisa: ka naʻe ʻikai ke tokolahi ʻae ngaahi foha ʻo Siusi mo Pelia; ko ia naʻe lau fakataha ai ʻakinaua ʻo fakatatau mo e fale ʻo ʻena tamai.

12 The sons of Caath were Amram, and Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel, four.

Ko e ngaahi foha eni ʻo Kohate: ko ʻAmilami, mo ʻIsa, mo Hepeloni, mo ʻUsili, ko e toko fā.

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.

Pea ko e ngaahi foha eni ʻo ʻAmilami ko ʻElone mo Mōsese: pea naʻe vaheʻi ʻa ʻElone, koeʻuhi ke ne fakatapui ʻae ngaahi meʻa māʻoniʻoni lahi, ʻe ia mo hono ngaahi foha ke lauikuonga, ke tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, pea ke tauhi kiate ia, pea ke fakafetaʻi ki hono huafa ʻo taʻengata.

14 The sons also of Moses, the man of God, were numbered in the tribe of Levi.

Pea koeʻuhi ko Mōsese ko e tangata ʻae ʻOtua, naʻe lau ʻa hono ngaahi foha ki he faʻahinga ʻo Livai.

15 The sons of Moses were Gersom and Eliezer:

Ko e ngaahi foha eni ʻo Mōsese: ko Kesomi, mo ʻEliesa.

16 The sons of Gersom: Subuel the first.

‌ʻI he ngaahi foha ʻo Kesomi, naʻe tuʻukimuʻa ʻa Sipueli.

17 And the sons of Eliezer were: Rohobia the first: and Eliezer had no more sons. But the sons of Rohobia were multiplied exceedingly.

Pea ko e ngaahi foha eni ʻo ʻEliesa ko hono tuʻukimuʻa ʻa Lihapea. Pea naʻe ʻikai mo ha ngaahi foha ʻo ʻEliesa, ka naʻe tokolahi ʻaupito ʻae ngaahi foha ʻo Lihapea.

18 The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first.

‌ʻI he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻIsa: ko hono tuʻukimuʻa ʻa Silomiti.

19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Amarias the second, Jahaziel the third, Jecmaam the fourth.

‌ʻI he ngaahi foha ʻo Hepeloni; ko e ʻuluaki ʻa Selia, ko hono toko ua ʻa ʻAmalia, ko hono tokotolu ʻa Saesieli, pea ko hono toko fā ʻa Sikamiami.

20 The sons of Oziel: Micha the first, Jesia the second.

‌ʻI he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻUsili: ko hono ʻuluaki ʻa Maika, pea ko hono tokoua ʻa Sisia.

21 The sons of Merari: Moholi, and Musi. The sons of Moholi: Eleazar and Cia.

Pea ko e ngaahi foha eni ʻo Melali ko Mali mo Musi. Ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Mali; ko ʻEliesa mo Kisi.

22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters: and the sons of Cis their brethren took them.

Pea naʻe pekia ʻa ʻEliesa pea naʻe ʻikai hano foha ka ko e ngaahi ʻofefine pe: pea naʻe ohi ʻakinautolu ʻe honau kāinga ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Kisi.

23 The sons of Musi: Moholi, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.

Ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Musi eni: ko Mali, mo Iteli, mo Selimoti, ko e tokotolu.

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.

Ko kinautolu eni ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Livai ʻo fakatatau mo e fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai; ko e kau tuʻukimuʻa ʻi heʻenau ngaahi tamai, ʻo hangē ko e lau hake ʻakinautolu ʻi honau lakanga, ʻakinautolu naʻe fai ʻae ngāue ʻoe tauhi ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova, mei he taʻu ʻe uofulu ʻo ʻenau motuʻa ʻo fai hake.

25 For David said: The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever.

He naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita, “Kuo foaki ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻae mālōlō ki hono kakai, koeʻuhi ke nau nofo ʻi Selūsalema ʻo taʻengata:

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.

Pea ki he kau Livai foki; ʻe ʻikai te nau kei fua ʻae fale fehikitaki, pe ko e ngaahi ipu ʻi ai ʻoku fai ʻaki ʻa hono ngāue.”

27 So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward.

He ko e ngaahi lea fakamuimui ʻa Tevita naʻe lau ai ʻae kau Livai mei he uofulu taʻu ʻo ʻenau motuʻa ʻo fai hake:

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.

He ko ʻenau ngāue ʻanautolu ke tali fekau ki he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻElone, ʻi he ngāue ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova, ʻi he ngaahi lotoʻā, pea ʻi he ngaahi potu fale, pea ʻi he fakamaʻa ʻae ngaahi meʻa tapu kotoa pē, pea ʻi he ngāue ʻoe tauhi ki he fale ʻoe ʻOtua;

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.

‌ʻI he tokonaki ʻae mā ʻoe ʻao, mo e mahoaʻa lelei ki he feilaulau meʻakai, pea mo e foʻi mā manifi naʻe ʻikai fakalēvani, pea mo ia naʻe fakapaku, pea mo ia naʻe tunu, pea ʻi he faʻahinga meʻa fuofua kotoa pē;

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,

Pea ke nau tuʻu ʻi he pongipongi kotoa pē ke fakafetaʻi mo hiva kia Sihova, pea ke pehē foki ʻi he efiafi;

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.

Pea ke ʻohake ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu kia Sihova ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho tapu, pea ʻi he ngaahi māhina foʻou, pea ʻi he ngaahi kātoanga naʻe kotofa, ʻo hangē ko hono lau, pea fakatatau mo hono lakanga naʻe fekauʻi kiate kinautolu, ʻo maʻuaipē ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova:

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.

Pea koeʻuhi ke nau tokanga ki he tauhi ʻoe fale fehikitaki ʻoe fakataha, mo e tokanga ki he potu toputapu, mo e tokanga ki he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻElone ko honau kāinga, ʻi he ngāue ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova.