1 Chronicles 23
1 David was a very old man [DOU] when he appointed his son Solomon to be the next king.
Et David était vieux et rassasié de jours, et il établit Salomon, son fils, roi sur Israël.
2 David gathered the leaders of Israel and the priests and other descendants of Levi.
Et il assembla tous les chefs d’Israël, et les sacrificateurs, 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.
Et on dénombra les Lévites, depuis l’âge de 30 ans et au-dessus; et leur nombre, par tête, par homme, fut de 38 000.
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.
Il y en eut d’entre eux 24 000 pour diriger l’œuvre de la maison de l’Éternel, et 6 000 intendants et juges,
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.”
et 4 000 portiers, et 4 000 qui louaient l’Éternel avec les instruments, que j’ai faits, [dit David, ] pour 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.
Et David les distribua en classes d’après les fils de Lévi, Guershon, Kehath, et Merari.
7 From the descendants of Gershon there were Ladan and Shimei.
Des Guershonites: Lahdan et Shimhi.
8 There were three sons of Ladan: Jehiel was the oldest, and his [younger] brothers Zetham and Joel.
Les fils de Lahdan: Jekhiel, le premier, et 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.
Les fils de Shimhi: Shelomith, et Haziel, et Haran, trois. Ce sont les chefs des pères de Lahdan.
10 There were four men who were other sons of Shimei:
Et les fils de Shimhi: Jakhath, Ziza, et Jehush, et Beriha: ce sont les quatre fils de Shimhi.
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.
Et Jakhath était le chef, et Ziza, le second. Mais Jehush et Beriha n’eurent pas beaucoup de fils; et, par maison de père, ils furent comptés pour une seule classe.
12 Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Les fils de Kehath: Amram, Jitsehar, Hébron, et Uziel, 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.
Les fils d’Amram: Aaron et Moïse; et Aaron fut séparé pour qu’il soit sanctifié comme très saint, lui et ses fils, à toujours, pour faire fumer [ce qui se brûle] devant l’Éternel, pour faire son service, et pour bénir en son nom, à toujours.
14 The sons of Moses, the man who served God [well], were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.
– Et quant à Moïse, homme de Dieu, ses fils furent attribués à la tribu de Lévi.
15 The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.
Fils de Moïse: Guershom et Éliézer.
16 The oldest son of Gershom was Shubael.
Fils de Guershom: Shebuel, le chef.
17 Rehabiah was the oldest son of Eliezer. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many sons.
Et les fils d’Éliézer étaient: Rekhabia, le chef; et Éliézer n’eut pas d’autres fils; mais les fils de Rekhabia furent très nombreux.
18 The oldest son of Izhar was Shelomith.
– Fils de Jitsehar: Shelomith, le chef.
19 Hebron had four sons. Jeriah was his oldest son, and his [younger] brothers were Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam.
Fils de Hébron: Jerija, le chef; Amaria, le second; Jakhaziel, le troisième; et Jekamham, le quatrième.
20 Uzziel had two sons. Micah was the oldest son, and his [younger] brother was Isshiah.
Fils d’Uziel: Michée, le chef, et Jishija, le second.
21 Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
Les fils de Merari: Makhli et Mushi. Fils de Makhli: Éléazar et Kis.
22 Eleazar had no sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
Et Éléazar mourut, et n’eut point de fils, mais des filles; et les fils de Kis, leurs frères, les prirent [pour femmes].
23 The three sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
Fils de Mushi: Makhli, et Éder, et Jerémoth, 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 maisons de pères, les chefs des pères, selon qu’ils furent recensés, en comptant les noms par tête; ils faisaient l’œuvre du service de la maison de l’Éternel, depuis l’âge de 20 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: L’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, a donné du repos à son peuple, et il demeurera à Jérusalem pour toujours;
26 Therefore, the descendants of Levi no longer need to carry the Sacred Tent and the items used in the work there.”
et les Lévites aussi n’auront plus à porter le tabernacle, ni 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.
Car c’est selon les dernières paroles de David que se fit le dénombrement des fils de Lévi, depuis l’âge de 20 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 place était à côté des fils d’Aaron pour le service de la maison de l’Éternel, [pour veiller] sur les parvis et les chambres, et sur la purification de toutes les choses saintes, et sur 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.
pour les pains à placer en rangées, et la fleur de farine pour le gâteau et les galettes sans levain, et [ce qui se cuit sur] la plaque, et ce qui est mêlé [avec de l’huile], et toutes les mesures de capacité et de longueur;
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.
et pour se tenir là chaque matin, afin de célébrer et de louer l’Éternel, et de même chaque soir;
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 [pour être de service] pour tous les holocaustes qu’on offrait à l’Éternel, aux sabbats, aux nouvelles lunes, et aux jours solennels, en nombre, conformément à l’ordonnance à leur égard, continuellement, devant l’Éternel.
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.
Et ils vaquaient à leur charge à l’égard de la tente d’assignation, et à leur charge à l’égard du lieu saint, et à leur charge à l’égard des fils d’Aaron, leurs frères, pour le service de la maison de l’Éternel.
