1 Chroniques 26
1 Pour les divisions des portiers: parmi les Koréites, Meschélémia, fils de Koré, d'entre les fils d'Asaph.
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.
2 Meschélémia eut des fils: Zacharie, premier-né, Jediaël, deuxième, Zebadia, troisième, Jathniel, quatrième,
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 Elam, cinquième, Jehohanan, sixième, et Eliehœnaï, septième.
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 Obed-Edom eut des fils: Schemaeja, le premier-né, Jehozabad, le deuxième, Joach, le troisième, Sacar, le quatrième, Nethanel, le cinquième,
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 Ammiel, le sixième, Issachar, le septième, et Peullethai, le huitième; car Dieu l'a béni.
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 Des fils naquirent aussi à Schemaeja, son fils, qui régnèrent sur la maison de leur père; car ils étaient des hommes vaillants.
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.
7 Fils de Schemaeja: Othni, Rephaël, Obed et Elzabad, dont les parents étaient des hommes vaillants, Elihu et Semachia.
The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
8 Tous ceux-là étaient des fils d'Obed-Edom, avec leurs fils et leurs frères, des hommes vaillants pour le service: soixante-deux d'Obed-Edom.
All of those descendants of Obed-Edom and their sons and relatives were capable people and strong workers. Altogether there were 62 of them.
9 Meshelemia avait des fils et des frères, dix-huit hommes vaillants.
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 Hosa, des fils de Merari, avait aussi des fils: Shimri, le chef (car, bien qu'il ne fût pas le premier-né, son père l'avait établi chef),
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.
11 Hilkija, le second, Tebalia, le troisième, et Zacharie, le quatrième. Tous les fils et frères de Hosah étaient au nombre de treize.
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 Voici les divisions des portiers, des chefs, qui avaient des fonctions comme leurs frères, pour faire le service dans la maison de l'Éternel.
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.
13 Ils tirèrent au sort, pour chaque porte, les petits et les grands, selon les maisons de leurs pères.
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.
14 Le lot de l'est échut à Shemiah. On tira au sort pour Zacharie, son fils, conseiller avisé, et son lot sortit au nord.
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.
15 A Obed-Edom, au sud; et à ses fils, l'entrepôt.
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.
16 A Shuppim et à Hosa, à l'occident, près de la porte de Schallécheth, sur la chaussée qui monte, sentinelle en face de sentinelle.
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.
17 A l'est, il y avait six Lévites, au nord quatre par jour, au sud quatre par jour, et pour le magasin deux et deux.
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.
18 Pour Parbar, à l'ouest, quatre à la chaussée, et deux à Parbar.
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 Telles étaient les divisions des portiers, des fils des Koréites et des fils de Merari.
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 Parmi les Lévites, Achija était responsable des trésors de la maison de Dieu et des trésors des objets consacrés.
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.
21 Les fils de Ladan, les fils des Gershonites appartenant à Ladan, les chefs de famille appartenant à Ladan, le Gershonite: Jehieli.
[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.
22 Fils de Jehieli: Zetham et Joël, son frère, sur les trésors de la maison de Yahvé.
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 Des Amramites, des Jitseharites, des Hébronites, des Uzzielites:
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 Shebuel, fils de Gershom, fils de Moïse, était chef des trésors.
[From the descendants of Amram], Shubael, a descendant of Moses’s son Gershom, was the leader who was in charge of the money chests.
25 Ses frères: d'Éliézer, Rehabia, son fils, et Jeshaiah, son fils, et Joram, son fils, et Zichri, son fils, et Shelomoth, son fils.
[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.
26 Ce Shelomoth et ses frères étaient responsables de tous les trésors des objets consacrés, que le roi David, les chefs de famille, les chefs de milliers et de centaines, et les chefs de l'armée avaient consacrés.
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.
27 Ils consacrèrent une partie du butin gagné dans les batailles pour réparer la maison de Yahvé.
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.
28 Tout ce que Samuel le voyant, Saül, fils de Kish, Abner, fils de Ner, et Joab, fils de Tseruja, avaient consacré, quiconque avait consacré quelque chose, était sous la main de Shelomoth et de ses frères.
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.
29 D'entre les Jizharites, Chenania et ses fils furent chargés des affaires extérieures d'Israël, comme officiers et comme juges.
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.
30 Parmi les Hébronites, Haschabia et ses frères, mille sept cents hommes vaillants, avaient la surveillance d'Israël au-delà du Jourdain, à l'ouest, pour toutes les affaires de l'Éternel et pour le service du roi.
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.
31 Parmi les Hébronites, Jerijah était le chef des Hébronites, selon leurs générations par maisons de pères. On les rechercha la quarantième année du règne de David, et l'on trouva parmi eux des hommes vaillants à Jazer de Galaad.
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].
32 Ses parents, hommes vaillants, étaient au nombre de deux mille sept cents, chefs de famille, que le roi David établit comme surveillants des Rubénites, des Gadites et de la demi-tribu des Manassites, pour tout ce qui concernait Dieu et les affaires du roi.
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.
