1 Chronicles 23
1 So when Dauid was olde and full of dayes, he made Salomon his sonne King ouer Israel.
[肋未人的職務和班次]達味年老，壽數將滿，遂立自己的兒子撒羅滿為以色列王。
2 And hee gathered together all the princes of Israel with the Priestes and the Leuites.
他召集了以色列所以的領袖、司祭和肋未人。
3 And the Leuites were numbred from ye age of thirtie yeere and aboue, and their nomber according to their summe was eight and thirtie thousand men.
肋未人自三十歲以上者，所有的男子都一一統計了，人數共計三萬八千：
4 Of these foure and twentie thousande were set to aduance the worke of the house of the Lord, and sixe thousand were ouerseers and iudges.
其中從事監督上主殿宇工作的有二萬四千；長官和判官有六千；
5 And foure thousand were porters, and foure thousande praised the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.
守衛的有四千；用達味所製的樂器讚頌上主的有四千。
6 So Dauid deuided offices vnto them, to wit, to the sonnes of Leui, to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
達味按照肋未的兒子革爾雄、刻哈特和默辣黎，將他們編成班次：
7 Of the Gershonites were Laadan and Shimei.
屬革爾雄的：有拉當和史米。
8 The sonnes of Laadan, the chiefe was Iehiel, and Zetham and Ioel, three.
拉當的子孫：為首的是耶希耳，其次是則堂和約厄耳，共三人。
9 The Sonnes of Shimei, Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haram, three: these were the chiefe fathers of Laadan.
史米的子孫：舍羅米特、哈齊耳和哈郎，共三人。這些都是拉當家族的族長。
10 Also the sonnes of Shimei were Iahath, Zina, Ieush, and Beriah: these foure were ye sonnes of Shimei.
史米的子孫：雅哈特、齊匝、耶烏士和貝黎雅。這四人都是史米的子孫，
11 And Iahath was the chiefe, and Zizah the seconde, but Ieush and Beriah had not many sonnes: therfore they were in the families of their father, counted but as one.
為首的是雅哈齊，齊匝次之。耶烏士和貝黎雅子孫不多，所以算為一個家族，歸為一班。
12 The sonnes of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron aud Vzziel, foure.
刻哈特的子孫：阿默蘭、依茲哈爾、赫貝龍和烏齊耳，共四人。
13 The sonnes of Amram, Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated to sanctifie the most holy place, hee and his sonnes for euer to burne incense before the Lord, to minister to him, and to blesse in his Name for euer.
阿默蘭的兒子：亞郎和梅瑟。亞郎與其子孫應分別出來，受祝聖為至聖潔的人，直到永遠；在天主面前焚香事奉他，以他的名為人祝福，直到永遠。
14 Moses also the man of God, and his children were named with the tribe of Leui.
至於天主的人梅瑟，他的子孫歸於肋未支派。
15 The sonnes of Moses were Gershom, and Eliezer,
梅瑟的兒子：革爾熊和厄里厄則爾。
16 Of the sonnes of Gershom was Shebuel the chiefe.
革爾雄的子孫，為首的是叔巴耳。
17 And the sonne of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chiefe: for Eliezer had none other sonnes: but the sonnes of Rehabiah were very many.
厄里厄則爾的子孫，為首的是勒哈彼雅。厄里厄則爾沒有別的兒子，但勒哈彼雅的兒子眾多。
18 The sone of Izhar was Shelomith ye chiefe.
依茲哈爾的子孫，為首的是舍羅米特。
19 The sonnes of Hebron were Ieriah the first, Amariah the second, Iahaziel the third, and Iekamiam the fourth.
赫貝龍的子孫：為首的是耶黎雅，次為阿瑪黎雅，三為雅哈齊耳，四為雅刻默罕。
20 The sones of Vzziel were Michah the first, and Isshiah the second.
烏齊耳的子孫：為首的是米加，其次是依史雅。
21 The sonnes of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sonnes of Mahli, Eleazar and Kish.
默辣黎的子孫：瑪赫里和慕史。瑪赫里的子孫：厄肋阿匝爾和克士。
22 And Eleazar dyed, and had no sonnes, but daughters, and their brethren the sonnes of Kish tooke them.
厄肋阿匝爾死了，沒有兒子，只有女兒，因此克士的兒子，即她們的堂兄弟娶了她們為妻。
23 The sonnes of Mushi were Mahli, and Eder, and Ierimoth, three.
慕史的子孫：瑪赫里、厄德爾和耶黎摩特，共三人。
24 These were the sonnes of Leui according to the house of their fathers, euen the chiefe fathers according to their offices, according to the nomber of names and their summe that did the worke for the seruice of the house of the Lord from the age of twentie yeeres and aboue.
這些人按他們的家族，都是肋未的子孫，都是二十歲以上，一一報名登記，在上主殿內擔任職務的首領。
25 For Dauid sayde, The Lord God of Israel hath giuen rest vnto his people, that they may dwell in Ierusalem for euer.
因為達味曾想：「上主以色列的天主既使自己的百姓獲得安寧，自己又永遠定居在耶路撒冷，
26 And also the Leuites shall no more beare the Tabernacle and al the vessels for the seruice thereof.
肋未人就無須再抬會幕及其中應用的一切器具。」
27 Therefore according to the last wordes of Dauid, the Leuites were nombred from twentie yeere and aboue,
為此，按達味最後的吩咐，肋未子孫應由二十歲開始登記。
28 And their office was vnder the hand of the sonnes of Aaron, for the seruice of the house of the Lord in the courtes, and chambers, and in the purifiyng of all holy thinges, and in the worke of the seruice of the house of God,
他們的任務是上主殿內供職，輔助亞郎的子孫，管理庭院及廂房，洗淨所有的聖物，並擔任天主聖殿中的各種工作。
29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine floure, for the meate offring, and for the vnleauened cakes, and for the fryed things, and for that which was rosted, and for all measures and cise,
又管理供餅，素祭細麵，或用盤烤，或用油抹的無酵餅，以及各種度量衡；
30 And for to stand euery morning, to giue thanks and praise to the Lord, and likewise at euen,
每日早晚應前去稱謝讚頌上主；
31 And to offer all burnt offrings vnto the Lord, in the Sabbaths, in the moneths, and at the appointed times, according to the nomber and according to their custome continually before the Lord,
每逢安息日、月朔及節日，向上主獻各種全燔祭時，應常按規定的數目到上主面前；
32 And that they should keepe the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the charge of ye holy place, and the charge of ye sonnes of Aaron their brethren in the seruice of ye house of the Lord.
應負責照顧會幕及聖所，並照顧他們在上主殿內供職的弟兄─亞郎的子孫。
