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.

Ebibinja by’Abaggazi byali: Mu Bakola, waaliyo Meseremiya mutabani wa Kole, omu ku batabani ba Asafu.

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

Meseremiya yalina abaana aboobulenzi nga Zekkaliya ye w’olubereberye, ne Yediyayeri nga wakubiri, ne Zebadiya nga wakusatu, ne Yasuniyeri nga wakuna,

3 Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.

ne Eramu nga wakutaano, ne Yekokanani nga wamukaaga, ne Eriwenayi nga wa musanvu.

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

Obededomu naye yalina abaana aboobulenzi nga Semaaya ye w’olubereberye, ne Yekozabadi nga wakubiri, ne Yowa nga wakusatu, ne Sakali nga wakuna, ne Nesaneeri nga wakutaano,

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

ne Ammiyeri nga wamukaaga, ne Isakaali nga wa musanvu, Pewulesayi nga wa munaana, Katonda gwe yawa omukisa.

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.

Mutabani we Semaaya naye yalina abaana aboobulenzi, abaali abakulembeze mu nnyumba ya kitaabwe kubanga baali basajja bazira.

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

Batabani ba Semaaya baali Osuni, ne Lefayeri, ne Obedi ne Eruzabadi, ne baganda baabwe abaayitibwanga Eriku ne Semakiya nabo baali basajja bakozi.

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.

Abo bonna baali bazzukulu ba Obededomu, era bonna awamu ne batabani baabwe n’ab’eŋŋanda zaabwe abalala baali basajja bajjumbize, ate nga bakozi ab’amaanyi olw’omulimu ogwo. Bonna awamu baali nkaaga mu babiri.

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

Meseremiya naye yalina abaana aboobulenzi, n’ab’eŋŋanda ze bonna awamu abasajja abakozi, kkumi na munaana.

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.

Kosa, omu ku bazzukulu ba Merali yalina abaana aboobulenzi nga Simuli ye mukulu, newaakubadde nga si ye yali omubereberye kitaawe yali amufudde omukulu;

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

Kirukiya nga wakubiri, ne Tebaliya nga wakusatu, ne Zekkaliya nga wakuna. Batabani ba Kosa n’ab’eŋŋanda be bonna awamu baali kkumi na basatu.

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.

Ebibinja bino eby’abagazi, omwali abakulu b’ebyalo, baalina obuvunaanyizibwa okuweereza mu yeekaalu ya Mukama, ng’Abaleevi abalala bonna.

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.

Ne bakubira obululu, buli nnyumba, abato n’abakulu, ng’emiryango bwe gyali.

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.

Akalulu ak’Omulyango ogw’Ebuvanjuba ne kagwa ku Seremiya. Ate akalulu ak’Omulyango ogw’Obukiikakkono, ne kagwa ku Zekkaliya mutabani we, era omuteesa ow’amagezi.

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.

Akalulu ak’Omulyango ogw’Obukiikaddyo kagwa ku Obededomu, ate ak’eggwanika ne kagwa ku batabani be.

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.

Akalulu ak’Omulyango ogw’Ebugwanjuba n’Omulyango Salekesi awaali olutindo okwambuka, ne kagwa ku Suppima ne Kosa. Abakuumi baali boolekera bakuumi bannaabwe.

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.

Ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba waaliyo Abaleevi mukaaga, olunaku, ne ku luuyi olw’obukiikakkono waaliyo bana olunaku ne ku luuyi olw’obukiikaddyo waaliyo bana olunaku, ne ku ggwanika babiri babiri.

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

Ku luuyi olw’ebugwanjuba olw’oluggya waaliyo bana, ne mu Luggya lwennyini waaliyo babiri.

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

Eyo ye yali engabanya ey’abagazi abaali bazzukulu ba Kola ne Merali.

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.

Ku Baleevi, Akiya ye yali omukulu w’amawanika g’ennyumba ya Katonda, era n’amawanika g’ebintu ebyawongebwa.

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.

Bazzukulu ba Ladani, abaali bazzukulu b’Abagerusoni mu Ladani, abaali abakulu b’ennyumba za bakitaabwe nga be ba Yekyeri,

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

batabani ba Yekyeri, ne Zesamu, ne Yoweeri muganda we, be baavunaanyizibwanga amawanika ga yeekaalu ya Mukama.

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

Ku Bamulaamu, ne ku Bayizukaali, ne ku Bakebbulooni, ne ku Bawuziyeeri:

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.

Sebweri muzzukulu wa Gerusomu, mutabani wa Musa, ye yali omuwanika omukulu.

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.

Baganda be okuva ku Eryeza nga be ba Lekabiya, ne Yesaya, ne Yolaamu, ne Zikuli ne Seromosi, bonna nga batabani be.

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.

Seromosi ne baganda be, be baali abawanika b’ebintu byonna ebyawongebwa Dawudi kabaka, n’abakulu b’ennyumba, n’abaali abaduumizi b’olukumi, n’abaduumizi b’ekikumi, n’abaduumizi abalala.

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.

Ebimu ku byanyagibwa mu ntalo babiwonga, ne babiwaayo okuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama.

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.

Ne byonna ebyawongebwa Samwiri nnabbi, ne Sawulo mutabani wa Kiisi, ne Abuneeri mutabani wa Neeri, ne Yowaabu mutabani wa Zeruyiya byavunaanyizibwanga Seromisi n’ab’eŋŋanda ze.

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.

Ku Bayizukaali, Kenaniya ne batabani be baaweebwa obuvunaanyizibwa ebweru wa yeekaalu, okuba abakungu era abalamuzi okufuganga Isirayiri.

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.

Ku Bakebbulooni, Kasabiya n’ab’eŋŋanda ze abasajja abazira, lukumi mu lusanvu, baavunaanyizibwanga omulimu gwonna gwa Mukama, n’okuweereza kabaka, ku luuyi olw’ebugwanjuba emitala wa Yoludaani mu Isirayiri.

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].

Mu Bakebbulooni, Yeriya ye yali omukulu, okusinziira ku byafaayo eby’okuzaalibwa okw’ennyumba zaabwe. Mu mwaka ogw’amakumi ana Dawudi nga ye kabaka, ne waba okunoonyereza mu byafaayo, era ne mulabika mu Yazeri eky’e Gireyaadi abasajja abazira ng’Abakebbulooni.

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.

Yeriya yalina abasajja abazira era nga mitwe gy’ennyumba zaabwe, enkumi bbiri mu lusanvu, era kabaka Dawudi n’amufuula mulabirizi wa Balewubeeni, n’Abagaadi, n’ekitundu ky’ekika eky’Abamanase, olwa buli kigambo kya Katonda, n’olw’ebigambo bya kabaka.