1 Chroniques 23
1 Or, David était vieux et plein de jours, et il proclama roi à sa place son fils Salomon.
David was a very old man [DOU] when he appointed his son Solomon to be the next king.
2 Il rassembla tous les chefs d'Israël, les prêtres et les lévites.
David gathered the leaders of Israel and the priests and other descendants of Levi.
3 Les lévites de trente ans et au-dessus furent comptés, et il s'en trouva trente-huit mille, savoir:
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 Vingt-quatre mille employés aux travaux du tabernacle du Seigneur, six mille scribes 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 Quatre mille portiers, et quatre mille chantres louant le Seigneur au son des instruments qu'avait faits David pour accompagner ses louanges.
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 David les divisa, et il assigna leurs jours de service aux fils de Lévi, aux familles de Gerson, Caath et Mérari.
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 Fils de Gerson: Edan et Sémeï.
From the descendants of Gershon there were Ladan and Shimei.
8 Fils d'Edan: Jehiel le premier, et Zêthan et Johel: trois.
There were three sons of Ladan: Jehiel was the oldest, and his [younger] brothers Zetham and Joel.
9 Fils de Sémeï: Salomith, Jehiel et Dan. Tels sont les trois chefs des familles d'Edan.
There were three of the sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran. They were all leaders of the clans of Ladan.
10 Fils de Sémeï: Jeth, Ziza, Joas et Beria. Tels sont les quatre fils de Sémei.
There were four men who were other sons of Shimei:
11 Jeth était le premier, et Ziza le second; Joas et Beria n'eurent pas beaucoup d'enfants, et ils ne formèrent qu'une famille en une seule maison.
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 Fils de Caath: Amram, Isaar, Hébron, Oziel: quatre.
Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
13 Fils d'Amram: Aaron et Moïse, et Aaron fut désigné pour servir dans le Saint des saints, lui et ses fils, à perpétuité, pour faire les sacrifices devant le Seigneur, pour servir et prier en son nom à perpétuité.
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 Quant à Moïse, l'homme de Dieu, ses fils furent comptés dans 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: Gersam et Eliézer.
The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Fils de Gersam: Sobahel le premier.
The oldest son of Gershom was Shubael.
17 Eliézer eut aussi des enfants: Rabia fut le premier, et Eliézer n'eut pas d'autres fils; mais les fils de Rabia multiplièrent extrêmement.
Rehabiah was the oldest son of Eliezer. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many sons.
18 Fils d'Isaar: Salomoth le premier.
The oldest son of Izhar was Shelomith.
19 Fils d'Hébron: Jeria le premier, Amaria le second, Jéziel le troisième, Jécémias le quatrième.
Hebron had four sons. Jeriah was his oldest son, and his [younger] brothers were Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam.
20 Fils d'Oziel: Micha le premier, Isia le second.
Uzziel had two sons. Micah was the oldest son, and his [younger] brother was Isshiah.
21 Fils de Mérari: Mooli et Musi. Fils de Mooli: Eléazar et Cis.
Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
22 Eléazar mourut, et il n'avait point de fils, mais des filles, et les fils de Cis, 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 Musi: Mooli, et Eder, et Jarimoth; trois.
The three sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
24 Tels furent les fils de Lévi, par familles paternelles, chefs de leurs familles, selon le recensement par noms et par têtes, faisant le service du tabernacle du Seigneur, Agés de trente 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 Or, David dit: Le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël a donné le repos à son peuple, et il a choisi Jérusalem pour sa demeure à jamais.
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 Les lévites n'avaient donc plus dans leur service le transport du tabernacle et de ses ornements.
Therefore, the descendants of Levi no longer need to carry the Sacred Tent and the items used in the work there.”
27 Et, selon les dernières paroles de David, le dénombrement des fils de Lévi, âgés de trente ans et au-dessus, avait été fait.
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 Et, d'après Aaron, il avait réglé les emplois dans la demeure du Seigneur, tant dans les parvis que dans les chambres, et pour ce qui concernait la purification du Saint des saints, et les autres services du tabernacle,
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 Et les pains de proposition, et la fleur de farine des sacrifices, et les poêles à cuire les azymes, et la pâte, et les mesures,
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 les louanges du Seigneur qu'on devait chanter du matin au 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 tous les holocaustes à offrir au Seigneur, tant les jours de sabbat qu'aux nouvelles lunes et aux fêtes, selon le nombre et les usages invariables, devant le Seigneur.
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 il était prescrit aux lévites de garder le tabernacle du témoignage, et le Saint des saints, et les fils d'Aaron leurs frères, pendant leur service dans le tabernacle du Seigneur.
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.
