1 Chronicles 23
1 David was a very old man [DOU] when he appointed his son Solomon to be the next king.
David, vieux et rassasié de jours, établit Salomon, son fils, roi sur Israël.
2 David gathered the leaders of Israel and the priests and other descendants of Levi.
Il réunit tous les chefs d'Israël, les prêtres et les lévites.
3 He [commanded some of his officials to] count the descendants of Levi who were at least thirty years old, and they found out that there were 38,000 of them.
On compta les lévites, depuis l'âge de trente ans et au-dessus; leur nombre, par tête et par hommes, fut de trente huit mille.
4 Then David said, “From those 38,000 men, I want 24,000 of them to supervise the work at the temple of Yahweh, and I want 6,000 of them to be officials and judges.
Et David dit: " De ceux-là, que vingt-quatre mille soient préposés aux offices de la maison de Yahweh, que six mille soient scribes et magistrats,
5 I want 4,000 to be guards at the gates, and 4,000 to praise Yahweh, using the musical instruments that I have provided for them.”
quatre mille portiers, et que quatre mille louent Yahweh avec les instruments que j'ai faits pour le louer. "
6 David divided the descendants of Levi into three family groups; each group consisted of men who were descendants of one of the three sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
David les distribua en classes, d'après les fils de Lévi: Gerson, Caath et Mérari.
7 From the descendants of Gershon there were Ladan and Shimei.
Des Gersonites: Léédan et Séméï. —
8 There were three sons of Ladan: Jehiel was the oldest, and his [younger] brothers Zetham and Joel.
Fils de Léédan: le chef Jahiel, Zétham et Joël: trois.
9 There were three of the sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran. They were all leaders of the clans of Ladan.
Fils de Séméï: Salomith, Hoziel et Aran: trois. Ce sont là les chefs de famille issus de Léédan. —
10 There were four men who were other sons of Shimei:
Fils de Séméï: Léheth, Ziza, Jaüs et Baria. Ce sont là les quatre fils de Séméï;
11 Jahath, who was his oldest son, and his [younger] brothers Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as though they were one family.
Léheth était le chef, et Ziza le second; Jaüs et Baria n'eurent pas beaucoup de fils et ils furent comptés, selon leur famille, en une classe.
12 Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Fils de Caath: Amram, Isaar, Hébron et Oziel: quatre. —
13 There were two sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart to dedicate the very holy things, to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, to serve in his presence, and to declare [to the people] what Yahweh [MTY] would do to bless them. They were to do those things forever.
Fils d'Amram: Aaron et Moïse. Aaron fut mis à part pour qu'on le sanctifie comme très saint, lui et ses fils à jamais, afin de faire fumer les parfums devant Yahweh, de faire son service et de bénir en son nom à jamais.
14 The sons of Moses, the man who served God [well], were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.
Quant à Moïse, homme de Dieu, ses fils furent comptés dans la tribu de Lévi.
15 The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.
Fils de Moïse: Gersom et Eliézer. —
16 The oldest son of Gershom was Shubael.
Fils de Gersom: Subuël, le chef. —
17 Rehabiah was the oldest son of Eliezer. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many sons.
Les fils d'Eliézer furent: Rohobia, le chef; Eliézer n'eut pas d'autre fils, mais les fils de Rohobia furent très nombreux. —
18 The oldest son of Izhar was Shelomith.
Fils d'Isaar: Salomith, le chef. —
19 Hebron had four sons. Jeriah was his oldest son, and his [younger] brothers were Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam.
Fils d'Hébron: Jériaü, le chef; Amarias, le second; Jahaziel, le troisième et Jecmaam, le quatrième, —
20 Uzziel had two sons. Micah was the oldest son, and his [younger] brother was Isshiah.
Fils d'Oziel: Micha, le chef; Jésia, le second.
21 Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
Fils de Mérari: Moholi et Musi. — Fils de Moholi: Eléazar et Cis.
22 Eleazar had no sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
Eléazar mourut sans avoir de fils, mais seulement des filles; les fils de Cis, leurs frères, les prirent pour femmes. —
23 The three sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
Fils de Musi: Molohi, Eder et Jérimoth: trois.
24 Those were the descendants of Levi, whose names were listed according to their families/clans. They were chosen for special jobs by (casting lots/throwing small marked stones). Each person who was at least 20 years old was listed. They all worked in the temple of Yahweh.
Ce sont là les fils de Lévi selon leurs familles, les chefs de famille selon qu'ils furent dénombrés, nommément comptés par tête; ils faisaient l'œuvre du service de la maison de Yahweh, depuis l'âge de vingt ans et au-dessus.
25 David had said previously, “Yahweh, the God to whom we Israeli people belong, has enabled us to have peace, and he [has come to] live in Jerusalem forever.
Car David dit: " Yahweh, le Dieu d'Israël, a donné le repos à son peuple, et il habitera pour toujours à Jérusalem;
26 Therefore, the descendants of Levi no longer need to carry the Sacred Tent and the items used in the work there.”
et quant aux lévites, ils n'auront plus à porter la Demeure et tous les ustensiles pour son service. "
27 Obeying the final instructions of David [before he died, instructions for doing this work at the temple], they counted only the descendants of Levi who were at least 20 years old.
Ce fut d'après les derniers ordres de David que se fit le dénombrement des fils de Lévi depuis l'âge de vingt ans et au-dessus.
28 The work of those descendants of Levi was to assist the descendants of Aaron in their work in the temple of Yahweh: To be in charge of the temple courtyards and the side rooms, the ceremonies for purifying all the sacred things, and to do other work at the temple.
Car leur fonction était de se mettre à la disposition des fils d'Aaron pour le service de la maison de Yahweh, concernant les parvis et les chambres, la purification de toutes les choses saintes, et l'œuvre du service de la maison de Dieu;
29 They were also in charge of the sacred loaves of bread that were placed [each week] on the table [in the temple], the flour for the grain offerings, the wafers that were made without yeast, and the measuring the ingredients and mixing them and baking that bread and those wafers.
concernant les pains de proposition, la fleur de farine pour les oblations, les galettes sans levain, ce qui est cuit sur la poêle et ce qui est mélangé, tout ce qu'il y avait à peser et à mesurer.
30 They were also told to stand every morning [at the temple] and thank Yahweh and praise him. They were also required to do the same thing every evening.
Ils avaient à se présenter chaque matin et chaque soir, afin de célébrer et louer Yahweh,
31 And they were to do the same thing whenever offerings that were to be completely burned [on the altar] were presented/offered to Yahweh on Sabbath days and during the new moon celebrations and other religious festivals. They were told how many of them should be there and what they should do each time.
et d'offrir tous les holocaustes à Yahweh dans les sabbats, les nouvelles lunes et les fêtes, selon le nombre que la loi prescrit d'offrir à perpétuité devant Yahweh.
32 So the descendants of Levi did the work that was assigned to them by their fellow Israelis who were descendants of Aaron. They did that work in the area surrounding the Sacred Tent, and in the Sacred Tent, and [later] at the temple.
Ils devaient s'appliquer au soin de la tente de réunion, au soin des choses saintes et au soin des fils d'Aaron, leurs frères, pour le service de la maison de Yahweh.
