Kronika 1 23
1 Esi David tsi, ku amegã eye wòxɔ ƒe geɖe la, etsɔ Via ŋutsu Solomo ɖo Fiae ɖe Israel nu.
And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead.
2 Eyɔ dukplɔlawo, nunɔlawo kple Levitɔwo katã le Israel ƒo ƒu hena fiaɖoɖo ƒe wɔnawo.
And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.
3 Woxlẽ Levitɔ siwo xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ kple edzivɔwo eye wode ame akpe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-enyi.
And the Levites numbered [themselves] from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty and eight thousand men.
4 David gblɔ be, “Ame siawo dometɔ akpe blaeve-vɔ-ene akpɔ Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la tutu dzi eye ame akpe ade nanye dɔnunɔlawo kple ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo.
Of the overseers over the works of the house of the Lord [there were] twenty-four thousand, and [there were] six thousand scribes and judges;
5 Ame akpe ene anye agbonudzɔlawo eye akpe ene nakafu Yehowa kple haƒonu siwo metsɔ na mi hena Mawu kafukafu.”
and four thousand doorkeepers, and four thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.
6 Le esia megbe la, ema wo ɖe akpa gã etɔ̃ me. Etsɔ Levi ƒe vi etɔ̃awo ƒe ŋkɔwo na mamawo eye wozu Gerson ƒe ha, Kohat ƒe ha kple Merari ƒe ha.
And David divided them [into] daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
7 Woma Gerson ƒe viwo hã ɖe akpa eve me eye wotsɔ Gerson ƒe viwo Ladan kple Simei ƒe ŋkɔwo na wo.
And for [the family of] Gedson, Edan, and Semei.
8 Ladan ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye, Yehiel, ame si nye gbãtɔ, Zetam kple Yoel. Wo ame etɔ̃e.
The sons of Edan [were] Jeiel, the chief, and Zethan, and Joel, three.
9 Simei ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye, Selomot, Haziel kple Haran. Wo ame etɔ̃e. Ame siawoe nye Ladan ƒome la ƒe tatɔwo.
The sons of Semei; Salomith, Jeiel, and Dan, three: these [were] the chiefs of the families of Edan.
10 Simei ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Yahat, Ziza, Yeus kple Beria. Ame siawoe nye Simei viwo. Wole ame ene.
And to the sons of Semei, Jeth, and Ziza, and Joas, and Beria: these [were] the four sons of Semei.
11 (Yahat nye viŋutsu gbãtɔ eye Ziza nye evelia. Ke Yeus kple Beria medzi viŋutsu geɖewo o eya ta woxlẽ wo abe ƒome ɖeka ene eye dɔdeasi ɖeka nɔ wo si.)
And Jeth was the chief, and Ziza the second: and Joas and Beria did not multiply sons, and they became [only] one reckoning according to the house of their father.
12 Wogama Kohat ƒe viwo ƒe hlɔ̃wo ɖe akpa ene me eye wotsɔ Kohat ƒe viwo ƒe ŋkɔwo na wo: Amram, Izhar, Hebron kple Uziel.
The sons of Caath; Ambram, Isaar, Chebron, Oziel, four.
13 Amram ƒe viwoe nye Aron kple Mose. Wotia Aron kple viawo da ɖi hena nuwo ŋu kɔkɔ kple vɔsasa le Yehowa ŋkume. Aron subɔna le Yehowa ŋkume eye wòyraa ameawo le Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ me ɣeawo katã ɣi.
The sons of Ambram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was appointed for the consecration of the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name for ever.
14 Wobu Mose, Mawu ƒe dɔla ƒe viŋutsuwo ɖe Levitɔwo dome.
And [as for] Moses the man of God, his sons were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.
15 Mose ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye, Gersom kple Eliezer.
The sons of Moses; Gersam, and Eliezer.
16 Gersom ƒe dzidzimeviwoe nye, Subael, ame si nye viŋutsu gbãtɔ.
The sons of Gersam; Subael the chief.
17 Eliezer ƒe vi: Rehabia nye vi ɖekɛ kple gbãtɔ eye wònye hlɔ̃ la ƒe tatɔ. (Eliezer megadzi vi aɖeke o, ke Rehabia viwo sɔ gbɔ ŋutɔ.)
And the sons of Eliezer were, Rabia the chief: and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rabia were very greatly multiplied.
18 Izhar ƒe viwo ƒe tatɔe nye Selomit.
The sons of Isaar; Salomoth the chief.
19 Hebron ƒe viwo ƒe tatɔe nye, Yeria, via eveliae nye Amaria, etɔ̃liae nye Yahaziel eye eneliae nye Yekameam.
The sons of Chebron; Jeria the chief, Amaria the second, Jeziel the third, Jekemias the fourth.
20 Uziel ƒe vi gbãtɔe nye, Mika eye eveliae nye Isia.
The sons of Oziel; Micha the chief, and Isia the second.
21 Merari ƒe viwoe nye, Mahli kple Musi. Mahli ƒe viwoe nye, Eleazar kple Kis.
The sons of Merari; Mooli, and Musi: the sons of Mooli; Eleazar, and Kis.
22 Eleazar medzi viŋutsu aɖeke hafi ku o, via nyɔnuwo ɖe wo fofo nɔvi, Kis ƒe viŋutsuwo.
And Eleazar died, and he had no sons, but daughters: and the sons of Kis, their brethren, took them.
23 Musi ƒe viwoe nye Mahli, Eder kple Yeremot.
The sons of Musi; Mooli, and Eder, and Jarimoth, three.
24 Le amexexlẽ la me la, woda Levi ƒe vi siwo katã xɔ ƒe blaeve kple edzivɔ la ɖe hlɔ̃ kple aƒekɔ siawo me eye woɖo na wo be woawɔ subɔsubɔdɔ le gbedoxɔ la me
These [are] the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.
25 elabena David gblɔ be, “Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la na ŋutifafa mí eye wòanɔ Yerusalem ɣe sia ɣi.
For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given rest to his people, and has taken up his abode in Jerusalem for ever.
26 Azɔ ya la, magahiã be Levitɔwo natsɔ Agbadɔ la kple nu siwo ŋu dɔ woawɔ le eme la tso teƒe ɖeka ayi teƒe bubu o.”
And the Levites bore not the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it for its service.
27 Levitɔwo xexlẽe nye nu mamlɛtɔ si David wɔ hafi ku.
For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites [taken] from twenty years old and upward.
28 Levitɔwo ƒe dɔe nye be, woakpe ɖe Aron ƒe dzidzimeviwo ŋu le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ ƒe dɔwo wɔwɔ me. Woawoe akpɔ, xɔxɔnuawo, xɔŋuxɔewo, nu kɔkɔeawo ŋu kɔkɔ ƒe wɔnawo dzi kple dɔ bubuwo wɔwɔ le Mawu ƒe aƒe la me.
For he appointed them to wait on Aaron, to minister in the house of the Lord, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the works of the service of the house of God;
29 Woawoe tsɔa ŋkumeɖobolo ɖoa kplɔ̃ dzi, tua wɔ hena nuɖuvɔsawo, mea akpɔnɔ kple amɔ maʋamaʋã, blua abolowɔ hemenɛ eye wokpɔa nudanuwo kple nudzidzenuwo katã dzi.
and for the show-bread, and for the fine flour of the meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried cake, and for the dough, and for every measure;
30 Enɔ na wo hã be woatsi tsitre ada akpe, akafu Mawu ŋdi sia ŋdi. Woawɔ alea fiẽ sia fiẽ hã.
and to stand in the morning to praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening;
31 Nenema kee woawɔ nenye be wole numevɔwo sam na Yehowa le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkekewo dzi, Dzinu yeye ŋkekenyuiwo kple ŋkekenyui ɖoɖi bubuwo dzi. Enɔ na wo be woasubɔ le Yehowa ŋkume le agbɔsɔsɔ aɖe sinu me ɣe sia ɣi le ɖoɖo si wogblɔ ɖa ɖi na wo la nu.
and [to be] over all the whole burnt offerings that were offered up to the Lord on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, by number, according to the order [given] to them, continually before the Lord.
32 Ale Levitɔwo wɔa woƒe dɔdeasiwo le Agbadɔ la me, le Kɔkɔeƒe la me eye wowɔnɛ le wo nɔvi siwo nye Aron ƒe dzidzimeviwo la ƒe dzikpɔkpɔ te. Wowɔa dɔ siawo katã le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me.
And they are to keep the charge of the tabernacle of witness, and the charge of the holy place, and the charges of the sons of Aaron their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.
