1 Chronicles 23
1 And when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
Esi David tsi, ku amegã eye wòxɔ ƒe geɖe la, etsɔ Via ŋutsu Solomo ɖo Fiae ɖe Israel nu.
2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Eyɔ dukplɔlawo, nunɔlawo kple Levitɔwo katã le Israel ƒo ƒu hena fiaɖoɖo ƒe wɔnawo.
3 And then were numbered the Levites from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, of men, was thirty and eight thousand.
Woxlẽ Levitɔ siwo xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ kple edzivɔwo eye wode ame akpe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-enyi.
4 Of these were twenty and four thousand to superintend the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges;
David gblɔ be, “Ame siawo dometɔ akpe blaeve-vɔ-ene akpɔ Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la tutu dzi eye ame akpe ade nanye dɔnunɔlawo kple ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo.
5 And four thousand were gatekeepers: and four thousand those who praised the Lord with the instruments which I have made, to praise therewith.
Ame akpe ene anye agbonudzɔlawo eye akpe ene nakafu Yehowa kple haƒonu siwo metsɔ na mi hena Mawu kafukafu.”
6 And David divided them into divisions after the sons of Levi, after Gershon, Kehath, and Merari.
Le esia megbe la, ema wo ɖe akpa gã etɔ̃ me. Etsɔ Levi ƒe vi etɔ̃awo ƒe ŋkɔwo na mamawo eye wozu Gerson ƒe ha, Kohat ƒe ha kple Merari ƒe ha.
7 Of the Gershunites: La'dan, and Shim'i.
Woma Gerson ƒe viwo hã ɖe akpa eve me eye wotsɔ Gerson ƒe viwo Ladan kple Simei ƒe ŋkɔwo na wo.
8 The sons of La'dan: The chief was Jechiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
Ladan ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye, Yehiel, ame si nye gbãtɔ, Zetam kple Yoel. Wo ame etɔ̃e.
9 The sons of Shim'i: Shelomith, and Chaziel, and Haran, three. These were the chiefs of the families of La'dan.
Simei ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye, Selomot, Haziel kple Haran. Wo ame etɔ̃e. Ame siawoe nye Ladan ƒome la ƒe tatɔwo.
10 And the sons of Shim'i were, Jachath, Zina, and Je'ush, and Beri'ah. These four were the sons of Shim'i.
Simei ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Yahat, Ziza, Yeus kple Beria. Ame siawoe nye Simei viwo. Wole ame ene.
11 And Jachath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Je'ush and Beri'ah had not many sons: therefore were they accounted as one family division in the numbering.
(Yahat nye viŋutsu gbãtɔ eye Ziza nye evelia. Ke Yeus kple Beria medzi viŋutsu geɖewo o eya ta woxlẽ wo abe ƒome ɖeka ene eye dɔdeasi ɖeka nɔ wo si.)
12 The sons of Kehath: 'Amram, Yizhar, Hebron, and 'Uzziel, four.
Wogama Kohat ƒe viwo ƒe hlɔ̃wo ɖe akpa ene me eye wotsɔ Kohat ƒe viwo ƒe ŋkɔwo na wo: Amram, Izhar, Hebron kple Uziel.
13 The sons of 'Amram, Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was set apart, to sanctify him as most holy, he with his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
Amram ƒe viwoe nye Aron kple Mose. Wotia Aron kple viawo da ɖi hena nuwo ŋu kɔkɔ kple vɔsasa le Yehowa ŋkume. Aron subɔna le Yehowa ŋkume eye wòyraa ameawo le Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ me ɣeawo katã ɣi.
14 But as regardeth Moses the man of God, his sons were named after the tribe of Levi.
Wobu Mose, Mawu ƒe dɔla ƒe viŋutsuwo ɖe Levitɔwo dome.
15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eli'ezer.
Mose ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye, Gersom kple Eliezer.
16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
Gersom ƒe dzidzimeviwoe nye, Subael, ame si nye viŋutsu gbãtɔ.
17 And the sons of Eli'ezer were, Rechahyah the chief. And Eli'ezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rechahyah became exceedingly numerous.
Eliezer ƒe vi: Rehabia nye vi ɖekɛ kple gbãtɔ eye wònye hlɔ̃ la ƒe tatɔ. (Eliezer megadzi vi aɖeke o, ke Rehabia viwo sɔ gbɔ ŋutɔ.)
18 Of the sons of Yizhar, was Shelomith the chief.
Izhar ƒe viwo ƒe tatɔe nye Selomit.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriyahu the chief, Amaryah the second, Jachaziel the third, and Jekam'am the fourth.
Hebron ƒe viwo ƒe tatɔe nye, Yeria, via eveliae nye Amaria, etɔ̃liae nye Yahaziel eye eneliae nye Yekameam.
20 The sons of 'Uzziel: Michah the chief, and Yishiyah the second.
Uziel ƒe vi gbãtɔe nye, Mika eye eveliae nye Isia.
21 The sons of Merari: Machli, and Mushi. The sons of Machli: El'azar, and Kish.
Merari ƒe viwoe nye, Mahli kple Musi. Mahli ƒe viwoe nye, Eleazar kple Kis.
22 And El'azar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and the sons of Kish, their brethren, took them [for wives].
Eleazar medzi viŋutsu aɖeke hafi ku o, via nyɔnuwo ɖe wo fofo nɔvi, Kis ƒe viŋutsuwo.
23 The sons of Mushi: Machli, and 'Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
Musi ƒe viwoe nye Mahli, Eder kple Yeremot.
24 These were the sons of Levi after their family divisions, even the chiefs of the families, as they were counted by numbering the names after their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.
Le amexexlẽ la me la, woda Levi ƒe vi siwo katã xɔ ƒe blaeve kple edzivɔ la ɖe hlɔ̃ kple aƒekɔ siawo me eye woɖo na wo be woawɔ subɔsubɔdɔ le gbedoxɔ la me
25 For David said, The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for evermore.
elabena David gblɔ be, “Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la na ŋutifafa mí eye wòanɔ Yerusalem ɣe sia ɣi.
26 And also the Levites are no more bound to carry the tabernacle, and all its vessels for the service thereof.
Azɔ ya la, magahiã be Levitɔwo natsɔ Agbadɔ la kple nu siwo ŋu dɔ woawɔ le eme la tso teƒe ɖeka ayi teƒe bubu o.”
27 Therefore by the last words of David were there numbered of the Levites those who were from twenty years old and above;
Levitɔwo xexlẽe nye nu mamlɛtɔ si David wɔ hafi ku.
28 Because their station was to be at the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and by the purification of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
Levitɔwo ƒe dɔe nye be, woakpe ɖe Aron ƒe dzidzimeviwo ŋu le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ ƒe dɔwo wɔwɔ me. Woawoe akpɔ, xɔxɔnuawo, xɔŋuxɔewo, nu kɔkɔeawo ŋu kɔkɔ ƒe wɔnawo dzi kple dɔ bubuwo wɔwɔ le Mawu ƒe aƒe la me.
29 And for the shew-bread, which was put in rows, and for the fine flour for meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is sodden, and for all manner of dry and wet measure;
Woawoe tsɔa ŋkumeɖobolo ɖoa kplɔ̃ dzi, tua wɔ hena nuɖuvɔsawo, mea akpɔnɔ kple amɔ maʋamaʋã, blua abolowɔ hemenɛ eye wokpɔa nudanuwo kple nudzidzenuwo katã dzi.
30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and so also at evening,
Enɔ na wo hã be woatsi tsitre ada akpe, akafu Mawu ŋdi sia ŋdi. Woawɔ alea fiẽ sia fiẽ hã.
31 And at all the offering of burnt-offerings unto the Lord on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the appointed feasts, according to the number, and after the manner prescribed for them, continually before the Lord;
Nenema kee woawɔ nenye be wole numevɔwo sam na Yehowa le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkekewo dzi, Dzinu yeye ŋkekenyuiwo kple ŋkekenyui ɖoɖi bubuwo dzi. Enɔ na wo be woasubɔ le Yehowa ŋkume le agbɔsɔsɔ aɖe sinu me ɣe sia ɣi le ɖoɖo si wogblɔ ɖa ɖi na wo la nu.
32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.
Ale Levitɔwo wɔa woƒe dɔdeasiwo le Agbadɔ la me, le Kɔkɔeƒe la me eye wowɔnɛ le wo nɔvi siwo nye Aron ƒe dzidzimeviwo la ƒe dzikpɔkpɔ te. Wowɔa dɔ siawo katã le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me.
