1 Chroniques 23
1 Et David était vieux et rassasié de jours, et il établit Salomon, son fils, roi sur Israël.
David was a very old man [DOU] when he appointed his son Solomon to be the next king.
2 Et il assembla tous les chefs d’Israël, et les sacrificateurs, et les Lévites.
David gathered the leaders of Israel and the priests and other descendants of Levi.
3 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.
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.
4 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,
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.
5 et 4 000 portiers, et 4 000 qui louaient l’Éternel avec les instruments, que j’ai faits, [dit David, ] pour louer.
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.”
6 Et David les distribua en classes d’après les fils de Lévi, Guershon, Kehath, et Merari.
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.
7 Des Guershonites: Lahdan et Shimhi.
From the descendants of Gershon there were Ladan and Shimei.
8 Les fils de Lahdan: Jekhiel, le premier, et Zétham, et Joël, trois.
There were three sons of Ladan: Jehiel was the oldest, and his [younger] brothers Zetham and Joel.
9 Les fils de Shimhi: Shelomith, et Haziel, et Haran, trois. Ce sont les chefs des pères de Lahdan.
There were three of the sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran. They were all leaders of the clans of Ladan.
10 Et les fils de Shimhi: Jakhath, Ziza, et Jehush, et Beriha: ce sont les quatre fils de Shimhi.
There were four men who were other sons of Shimei:
11 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.
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.
12 Les fils de Kehath: Amram, Jitsehar, Hébron, et Uziel, quatre.
Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
13 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.
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.
14 – Et quant à Moïse, homme de Dieu, ses fils furent attribués à la tribu de Lévi.
The sons of Moses, the man who served God [well], were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.
15 Fils de Moïse: Guershom et Éliézer.
The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Fils de Guershom: Shebuel, le chef.
The oldest son of Gershom was Shubael.
17 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.
Rehabiah was the oldest son of Eliezer. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many sons.
18 – Fils de Jitsehar: Shelomith, le chef.
The oldest son of Izhar was Shelomith.
19 Fils de Hébron: Jerija, le chef; Amaria, le second; Jakhaziel, le troisième; et Jekamham, le quatrième.
Hebron had four sons. Jeriah was his oldest son, and his [younger] brothers were Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam.
20 Fils d’Uziel: Michée, le chef, et Jishija, le second.
Uzziel had two sons. Micah was the oldest son, and his [younger] brother was Isshiah.
21 Les fils de Merari: Makhli et Mushi. Fils de Makhli: Éléazar et Kis.
Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
22 Et Éléazar mourut, et n’eut point de fils, mais des filles; et les fils de Kis, leurs frères, les prirent [pour femmes].
Eleazar had no sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
23 Fils de Mushi: Makhli, et Éder, et Jerémoth, trois.
The three sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
24 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;
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.
25 car David dit: L’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, a donné du repos à son peuple, et il demeurera à Jérusalem pour toujours;
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.
26 et les Lévites aussi n’auront plus à porter le tabernacle, ni tous les ustensiles pour son service.
Therefore, the descendants of Levi no longer need to carry the Sacred Tent and the items used in the work there.”
27 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.
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.
28 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:
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.
29 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;
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.
30 et pour se tenir là chaque matin, afin de célébrer et de louer l’Éternel, et de même chaque soir;
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.
31 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.
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.
32 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.
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.
