1 Chronicles 26

1 This is a list of the groups of men who guarded the temple gates: From the descendants of Korah, there was Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, who was one of the sons of Asaph.

١ أَمَّا فِرَقُ حُرَّاسِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ فَهُمْ: مِنَ الْقُورَحِيِّينَ: مَشَلَمْيَا بْنُ قُورِي مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ آسَافَ.

2 The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,

٢ وَكَانَ لِمَشَلَمْيَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْنَاءٍ هُمْ عَلَى التَّرْتِيبِ: زَكَرِيَّا الْبِكْرُ، وَيَدِيعَئِيلُ وَزَبَدْيَا وَيَثَنْئِيلُ،

3 Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.

٣ وَعِيلامُ وَيَهُوحَنَانُ وَأَلِيهُوعِينَايُ.

4 [Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,

٤ وَمِنْهُمْ عُوبِيدُ أَدُومَ الَّذِي أَنْعَمَ عَلَيْهِ الرَّبُّ بِثَمَانِيَةِ أَبْنَاءٍ هُمْ عَلَى التَّرْتِيبِ: شَمْعِيَا الْبِكْرُ، وَيَهُوزَابَادُ، وَيُوآخُ، وَسَاكَارُ، وَنَثَنْئِيلُ،

5 Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.

٥ وَعَمِّيئِيلُ، وَيَسَّاكَرُ، وَفَعَلْتَايُ.

6 Obed-Edom’s son Shemaiah also had sons. They were leaders in their father’s family because they were capable of doing many things well.

٦ وَأَنْجَبَ شَمْعِيَا بْنُ عُوبِيدَ أَدُومَ أَبْنَاءً تَزَعَّمُوا بُيُوتَاتِ آبَائِهِمْ لأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا أَصْحَابَ سَطْوَةٍ وَكَفَاءَةٍ.

7 The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.

٧ وَهُمْ: عَثْنِي وَرَفَائِيلُ وَعُوبِيدُ وَأَلْزَابَادُ، كَمَا كَانَ قَرِيبَاهُ أَلِيهُو وَسَمَكْيَا مِنْ ذَوِي الْكَفَاءَةِ أَيْضاً.

8 All of those descendants of Obed-Edom and their sons and relatives were capable people and strong workers. Altogether there were 62 of them.

٨ جَمِيعُ هَؤُلاءِ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ عُوبِيدَ أَدُومَ، وَكَانُوا هُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُمْ وَأَقْرِبَاؤُهُمْ أَصْحَابَ كَفَاءَةٍ فِي الْخِدْمَةِ، وَقَدْ بَلَغَ عَدَدُهُمُ اثْنَيْنِ وَسِتِّينَ.

9 Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.

٩ أَمَّا أَبْنَاءُ مَشَلَمْيَا وَإخْوَتُهُ مِنْ ذَوِي الْكَفَاءَةِ، فَكَانُوا ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ.

10 Another guard was Hosah’s son Shimri, a descendant of Merari. Hosah appointed Shimri to be the leader, even though he was not Hosah’s oldest son.

١٠ وَأَبْنَاءُ حُوسَةَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ مَرَارِي: شِمْرِي، وَجَعَلَهُ أَبُوهُ رَأْسَ إِخْوَتِهِ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنِ الْبِكْرَ.

11 Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.

١١ ثُمَّ حِلْقِيَّا الثَّانِي، وَطَبَلْيَا الثَّالِثُ، وَزَكَرِيَّا الرَّابِعُ، فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ أَبْنَاءِ حُوسَةَ وَأَقْرِبَائِهِ ثَلاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً.

12 Those men were leaders of the groups of men who guarded the gates of the temple. They worked at the temple like their relatives did.

١٢ وَكَانَ لِفِرَقِ الْحُرَّاسِ هَؤُلاءِ، وَفْقاً لِتَقْسِيمِ عَائِلاتِهِمْ، نَوْبَاتُ حِرَاسَةٍ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ عَلَى غِرَارِ أَقْرِبَائِهِمِ الْقَائِمِينَ بِخِدْمَةِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

13 By casting lots, the leader of each family chose one gate for their group to guard. [All of them, including] young men and old men (OR, including leaders of large families and small families), cast lots.

١٣ وَقَدْ تَمَّ إِلْقَاءُ الْقُرْعَةِ وَاشْتَرَكَ فِيهَا الصَّغِيرُ وَالْكَبِيرُ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَوَاءٍ، حَسَبَ بُيُوتِ آبَائِهِمْ، لِتَوْزِيعِ الْحِرَاسَةِ عَلَى كُلِّ بَابٍ.

14 Shelemiah’s group was selected to guard the East Gate. The group of Shelemiah’s son Zechariah, who was a wise counselor, was selected to guard the North Gate.

١٤ فَأَصَابَتِ الْقُرْعَةُ شَلَمْيَا لِيَقُومَ بِحِرَاسَةِ الْبَابِ الشَّرْقِيِّ، ثُمَّ وَقَعَتِ الْقُرْعَةُ لاِبْنِهِ الْمُشِيرِ الْحَكِيمِ زَكَرِيَّا لِيَقُومَ بِحِرَاسَةِ الْبَابِ الشِّمَالِيِّ،

15 Then Obed-Edom’s group was selected to guard the South Gate, and his sons were selected to guard the [entrances to the temple] storerooms.

١٥ وَوَقَعَتِ الْقُرْعَةُ لِعُوبِيدَ أَدُومَ لِحِرَاسَةِ الْبَابِ الْجَنُوبِيِّ. أَمَّا قُرْعَةُ أَبْنَائِهِ فَكَانَتْ لِلْقِيَامِ بِحِرَاسَةِ الْمَخَازِنِ.

16 Then Shuppim’s group and Hosah’s group were selected to guard the West Gate and the Shalleketh Gate on the upper road [to the temple]. The work for the guards was divided evenly.

١٦ وَأَصَابَتِ الْقُرْعَةُ شُفِّيمَ وَحُوسَةَ لِحِرَاسَةِ الْبَابِ الْغَرْبِيِّ مَعَ بَابِ شَلَّكَةَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الصَّاعِدِ إِلَى أَعْلَى، فَكَانَ مَحْرَسٌ مُقَابِلَ مَحْرَسٍ.

17 Each day there were six descendants of Levi who guarded the East Gate, four who guarded the North Gate, four who guarded the South Gate, and two at a time who guarded the entrances to the storerooms.

١٧ فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ اللّاوِيِّينَ الْحَارِسِينَ مِنْ جِهَةِ الشَّرْقِ سِتَّةً، وَمِنْ جِهَةِ الشِّمَالِ أَرْبَعَةً، وَمِنْ جِهَةِ الْجَنُوبِ أَرْبَعَةً إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. أَمَّا الْمَخَازِنُ فَقَدْ قَامَ عَلَى حِرَاسَتِهَا اثْنَانِ فِي كُلِّ نَوْبَةٍ.

18 At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.

١٨ وَحَرَسَ الرُّوَاقَ الْغَرْبِيَّ سِتَّةُ لاوِيِّينَ: أَرْبَعَةٌ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الصَّاعِدِ إِلَى أَعْلَى، وَاثْنَانِ فِي الرُّوَاقِ.

19 Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].

١٩ هَذِهِ هِيَ فِرَقُ الْحُرَّاسِ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ الْقُورَحِيِّينَ وَالْمَرَارِيِّينَ.

20 Other descendants of Levi were in charge of the chests that contained the money that was dedicated to Yahweh, money that the people brought to the temple.

٢٠ وَأَشْرَفَ أَخِيَّا مِنَ اللّاوِيِّينَ عَلَى خَزَائِنِ بَيْتِ اللهِ وَعَلَى خَزَائِنِ الأَقْدَاسِ.

21 [One of those men was] Ladan, a descendant of Gershon. He was the ancestor of several family groups. Jehiel was the leader of one of those family groups.

٢١ يُعَاوِنُهُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ لَعْدَانَ الْجَرْشُونِيِّ رُؤَسَاءُ بُيُوتَاتِ لَعْدَانَ وَهُمْ يَحِيئِيليِ

22 Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.

٢٢ وَابْنَاهُ زِيثَامُ وَيُوئِيلُ فِي الإِشْرَافِ عَلَى خَزَائِنِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

23 Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

٢٣ وَكَذَلِكَ بَعْضُ اللّاوِيِّينَ المُنْتَمِينَ إِلَى الْعَمْرَامِيِّينَ وَالْيِصْهَارِيِّينَ وَالْحَبْرُونِيِّينَ وَالْعُزِّيئِيلِيِّينَ.

24 [From the descendants of Amram], Shubael, a descendant of Moses’s son Gershom, was the leader who was in charge of the money chests.

٢٤ وَكَانَ شَبُوئِيلُ بْنُ جَرْشُومَ بْنِ مُوسَى رَئِيساً عَلَى الْخَزَائِنِ.

25 [Others who did that work were] the descendants of [Gershom’s younger brother] Eliezer. Those men were Eliezer’s son Rehabiah, Rehabiah’s son Jeshaiah, Jeshaiah’s son Joram, Joram’s son Zicri, and Zicri’s son Shelomith.

٢٥ أَمَّا أَقْرِبَاؤُهُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ أَلِيعَزَرَ فَهُمْ رَحَبْيَا، وَأَنْجَبَ رَحَبْيَا يَشْعِيَا، وَيَشْعِيَا يُورَامَ، وَيُورَامُ زِكْرِي، وَزِكْرِي شَلُومِيثَ.

26 Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the valuable things that had been dedicated [to Yahweh] by King David, by the leaders of the family groups, by the army commanders of 1,000 soldiers and commanders of 100 soldiers, and by other army commanders.

٢٦ وَأَصْبَحَ شَلُومِيثُ هَذَا وَأَقْرِبَاؤُهُ مَسْؤولِينَ عَنْ جَمِيعِ خَزَائِنِ الأَقْدَاسِ الَّتِي خَصَّصَهَا الْمَلِكُ دَاوُدُ وَزُعَمَاءُ الْعَائِلاتِ وَقَادَةُ الأُلُوفِ وَالْمِئَاتِ، وَرُؤَسَاءُ الْجَيْشِ،

27 Some of the things that those army officers had taken [from Israel’s enemies] in battles they dedicated for the repair of the temple of Yahweh.

٢٧ مِمَّا غَنِمُوهُ مِنْ أَسْلابِ الْحَرْبِ، فَخَصَّصُوهَا لِنَفَقَاتِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

28 And Shelomith and his relatives were also in charge of everything that had been dedicated [to Yahweh] by the prophet Samuel, by King Saul, and by [David’s two army commanders] Ner and Joab.

٢٨ كَمَا كَانَ كُلُّ مَا قَدَّسَهُ صَمُوئِيلُ النَّبِيُّ وَشَاوُلُ بْنُ قَيْسَ، وَأَبْنَيْرُ بْنُ نَيْرَ وَيُوآبُ بْنُ صَرُويَّةَ تَحْتَ إِشْرَافِ شَلُومِيثَ وَأَقْرِبَائِهِ.

29 From the descendants of Izhar, Kenaniah and his sons were given work outside [the temple area]. They were officials and judges in [various places] in Israel.

٢٩ وَعُيِّنَ مِنَ الْيِصْهَارِيِّينَ كَنَنْيَا وَأَبْنَاؤُهُ لِلْقِيَامِ بِمَهَامَّ خَارِجِيَّةٍ عَامَّةٍ، كَمُوَظَّفِينَ إِدَارِيِّينَ وَقُضَاةٍ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ.

30 From the descendants of Hebron, Hashabiah and his relatives were responsible for the work done for Yahweh and for the king in all the area west of the Jordan [river]. There were 1,700 of them who were able to do their work well.

٣٠ كَذَلِكَ عُهِدَ إِلَى حَشَبْيَا وَأَقْرِبَائِهِ الْبَالِغِينَ أَلْفاً وَسَبْعَ مِئَةٍ مِنَ اللّاوِيِّينَ الْحَبْرُونِيِّينَ، وَجَمِيعُهُمْ مِنْ ذَوِي الْكَفَاءَةِ، بِإِدَارَةِ شُؤُونِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ غَرْبِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ فِيمَا يَخْتَصُّ بِعَمَلِ الرَّبِّ. وَخِدْمَةِ الْمَلِكِ.

31 It was written in the records of the descendants of Hebron that Jeriah was their leader. When David had been ruling for almost 40 years, they searched in those records, and they found [names of] capable men descended from Hebron who were at Jazer [city] in the Gilead [region].

٣١ وَكَانَ يَرِيَّا زَعِيمَ الْحَبْرُونِيِّينَ وَفْقاً لِمَا وَرَدَ فِي سِجِلّاتِ أَنْسَابِ عَائِلاتِهِمِ الَّتي تَمَّتْ مُرَاجَعَتُهَا فِي السَّنَةِ الأَرْبَعِينَ لِحُكْمِ دَاوُدَ، فَوَجَدُوا أَنَّ بَيْنَهُمْ أَصْحَابَ كَفَاءَةٍ مُقِيمِينَ فِي يَعْزِيرِ جِلْعَادَ.

32 Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were able to do their work well, and who were leaders of their families. King David put them in charge of governing the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and [the eastern] half of the tribe of Manasseh, to be sure that all the people did what God and the king told them to do.

٣٢ فَكَانَ لِيَرِيَّا أَلْفَانِ وَسَبْعُ مِئَةٍ مِنْ أَقْرِبَائِهِ، جَمِيعُهُمْ زُعَمَاءُ عَائِلاتِهِمْ وَيَتَمَتَّعُونَ بِالْكَفَاءَةِ الْعَالِيَةِ، فَعَهِدَ إِلَيْهِمِ الْمَلِكُ دَاوُدُ بِأُمُورِ سِبْطَيْ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ وَنِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى، فَأَشْرَفُوا عَلَى عَمَلِ اللهِ وَشُؤُونِ الْمَلِكِ.