1 Chronicles 23
1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
Ɛberɛ a Dawid bɔɔ akɔkoraa no, ɔyii ne babarima Salomo sɛ ɔno na ɔbɛdi Israel so ɔhene.
2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Dawid frɛfrɛɛ Israel amanyɛ ntuanofoɔ nyinaa ne asɔfoɔ, a Lewifoɔ ka ho sɛ, wɔmmra ahensie afahyɛ no ase.
3 The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
Wɔkanee Lewifoɔ a wɔadi mfirinhyia aduasa anaa deɛ ɛboro saa, na wɔn nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduasa nwɔtwe.
4 David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of YHWH; six thousand were officers and judges;
Na Dawid kaa sɛ, “Wɔn mu mpem aduonu ɛnan bɛhwɛ Awurade Asɔredan no ho adwuma so. Mpem nsia bɛsom sɛ mpanimfoɔ ne atemmufoɔ.
5 four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised YHWH with the instruments which I made, for giving praise."
Mpem ɛnan bɛyɛ apono ano ahwɛfoɔ na mpem ɛnan foforɔ de nnwontodeɛ a mayɛ no bɛkamfo Awurade.”
6 David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Na Dawid kyekyɛɛ Lewifoɔ no mu akuakuo de mmusuakuo a wɔyɛ Lewi mmammarima Gerson, Kohat ne Merari asefoɔ no din totoo wɔn so.
7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
Gerson mmammarima ne: Libni ne Simei.
8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
Libni asefoɔ no mu baasa yɛ: Yehiel (a ɔyɛ abusuapanin), Setam ne Yoɛl.
9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the ancestral houses of Ladan.
Yeinom na na wɔyɛ Libni abusua no mpanimfoɔ. Na Simei asefoɔ baasa no ne Selomot, Hasiel ne Haran.
10 The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
Simei asefoɔ baanan a wɔaka no ne: Yahat, Sisa, Yeus ne Beria.
11 Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.
Na Yahat yɛ ɔbapanin, na Sisa di Yahat akyi. Wɔfaa Yeus ne Beria sɛ abusua baako, ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔn mu biara nni mmammarima dodoɔ.
12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
Na Amram, Ishar, Hebron ne Usiel ka Kohat asefoɔ no ho.
13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before YHWH, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.
Amram mmammarima yɛ: Aaron ne Mose. Wɔyii Aaron ne nʼasefoɔ sɛ wɔnni nneɛma kronkron no ho dwuma, na wɔmmɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ Awurade anim, nsom Awurade, na wɔnhyira wɔ ne din mu daa daa.
14 But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
Mose a ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn onipa no deɛ, wɔde ne mmammarima kaa Lewi abusuakuo ho.
15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
Mose mmammarima no yɛ Gersom ne Elieser.
16 The sons of Gershom: Shubael the chief.
Na Sebuel a ɔyɛ abusuapanin no ka Gersom asefoɔ no ho.
17 The sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
Na Elieser wɔ ɔbabarima baako a wɔfrɛ no Rehabia a na ɔyɛ abusuapanin. Na Rehabia mmammarima yɛ bebree.
18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomoth the chief.
Na Selomit a ɔyɛ abusuapanin no ka Ishar asefoɔ no ho.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Na Yeria a ɔyɛ abusuapanin, Amaria a ɔdi hɔ, Yahasiel a ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa ne Yekameam a ɔtɔ so ɛnan no ne Hebron mmammarima no.
20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.
Na Mika a ɔyɛ abusuapanin ne Yisia a ɔdi hɔ no yɛ Usiel asefoɔ no.
21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
Na Mahli ne Musi yɛ Merari mmammarima. Mahli mmammarima ne: Eleasa ne Kis.
22 Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them as wives.
(Eleasa wuiɛ a wanwo mmammarima biara, na mmom, mmammaa nko ara. Ne mmammaa no warewaree wɔn nuanom a wɔyɛ Kis mmammarima.)
23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
Musi mmammarima baasa no din de: Mahli, Eder ne Yeremot.
24 These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of ancestral houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who do the work for the service of the house of YHWH, from twenty years old and upward.
Yeinom na na wɔn mmusua enti wɔyɛ Lewi asefoɔ, na wɔyɛ wɔn mmusua akuo no ntuanofoɔ a na wɔahwɛ atwerɛ wɔn din. Na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn mu biara di mfirinhyia aduonu anaa deɛ ɛboro saa, ansa na waso Awurade fie som.
25 For David said, "YHWH, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.
Na Dawid kaa sɛ, “Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn ama yɛn asomdwoeɛ, na daa ɔbɛtena Yerusalem.
26 Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service."
Afei, ɛho nhia sɛ Lewifoɔ no bɛsoa Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no ne ne nkuku ne ne nkaka de adi atutena.”
27 For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.
Sɛdeɛ Dawid no ara akwankyerɛ a ɛtwa toɔ no seɛ no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔtwerɛ Lewifoɔ a wɔadi mfirinhyia aduonu ne deɛ ɛboro saa nyinaa din ma ɔsom.
28 For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of YHWH, in the courts, and in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of God's house,
Na Lewifoɔ no adwuma ne sɛ, wɔbɛboa asɔfoɔ no a wɔyɛ Aaron asefoɔ no wɔ ɔsom nnwuma a wɔyɛ wɔ Awurade fie no mu. Afei, wɔbɛhwɛ adihɔ ne adan a ɛwɔ nkyɛnkyɛn no so. Na wɔbɛboa ahodwira nnwuma mu, na wɔasom akwan ahodoɔ so wɔ Onyankopɔn efie.
29 involving the show bread, the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all kinds of measure and size;
Na wɔhwɛ burodo kronkron a wɔkora no didipono so no, asikyiresiam a wɔayam no muhumuhu a wɔde bɔ aduane afɔdeɛ, taterɛ a mmɔreka nni mu, ɔfam a wɔde ngo dua sradeɛ akye ne burodo afoforɔ a wɔde afrafra no so. Afei, na wɔn asɛdeɛ bi nso ne sɛ, wɔhwɛ nsania ne susudua nso so.
30 and to stand every morning to thank and praise YHWH, and likewise in the evening;
Na anɔpa ne anwummerɛ biara nso, wɔgyina Awurade anim to aseda ne nkamfo nnwom ma no.
31 and to offer all burnt offerings to YHWH, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before YHWH;
Wɔboa ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ a wɔbɔ ma Awurade homeda ahodoɔ mu wɔ Ɔbosome Foforɔ Afahyɛ mu ne nnapɔnna nyinaa ho dwumadie mu. Ɛberɛ biara, na Lewifoɔ dodoɔ a ɛfata wɔ hɔ a wɔsom Awurade anim.
32 and that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, and the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of YHWH.
Ɛno enti, Lewifoɔ no a na wɔsom wɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no mu kɔɔ so somm wɔ Asɔredan no mu. Na wɔde nokorɛdie yɛɛ wɔn som no nnwuma wɔ Awurade efie.
