1 Chronik 26
1 Die Abteilungen der Torhüter: von den Korhitern: Meschelemja, der Sohn Kores, von den Söhnen Asaphs;
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 und Meschelemja hatte Söhne: Sekarja, der Erstgeborene; Jediael, der zweite; Sebadja, der dritte; Jathniel, der vierte;
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 Elam, der fünfte; Jochanan, der sechste; Eljehoenai, der siebte. -
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 Und Obed-Edom hatte Söhne: Schemaja, der Erstgeborene; Josabad, der zweite; Joach, der dritte; und Sakar, der vierte; und Nethaneel, der fünfte;
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 Ammiel, der sechste: Issaschar, der siebte; Peullethai, der achte; denn Gott hatte ihn gesegnet. -
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 Und Schemaja, seinem Sohne, wurden Söhne geboren, welche in dem Hause ihres Vaters herrschten, denn sie waren tapfere [O. tüchtige, wie v 31] Männer.
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 Die Söhne Schemajas: Othni und Rephael und Obed, Elsabad und seine Brüder, wackere Männer, Elihu und Semakja.
The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
8 Alle diese von den Söhnen Obed-Edoms, sie und ihre Söhne und ihre Brüder, waren wackere Männer, fähig zum Dienste, 62 von 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 Und Meschelemja hatte Söhne und Brüder, wackere Männer, achtzehn. -
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 Und Hosa, von den Söhnen Meraris, hatte Söhne: Schimri, das Haupt [obwohl er nicht der Erstgeborene war, setzte sein Vater ihn doch zum Haupte];
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, der zweite; Tebalja, der dritte; Sekarja, der vierte. Aller Söhne und Brüder Hosas waren dreizehn.
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 Diese Abteilungen der Torhüter, nach den Häuptern [O. die Häupter] der Männer, hatten die Wachen gleich ihren Brüdern, um in dem Hause Jehovas zu dienen.
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 Und sie warfen Lose, der Kleine wie der Große, nach ihren Vaterhäusern, für jedes Tor.
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 Und für Schelemja fiel das Los gegen Osten. Und sie warfen Lose für seinen Sohn Sekarja, der ein verständiger Ratgeber war; und sein Los kam heraus gegen Norden.
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 Für Obed-Edom gegen Süden; und seinen Söhnen fiel das Vorratshaus [And. üb.: die Vorratshäuser; so auch v 17] zu.
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 Für Schuppim und für Hosa gegen Westen, bei dem Tore Schalleketh, an der aufsteigenden Straße, Wache gegen Wache.
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 Gegen Osten waren sechs Leviten; gegen Norden täglich vier; gegen Süden täglich vier; und an dem Vorratshause je zwei;
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 an dem Parbar [S. die Anm. zu 2. Kön. 23,11] gegen Westen: vier an der Straße, zwei an dem Parbar.
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 Das sind die Abteilungen der Torhüter von den Söhnen der Korhiter und von den Söhnen Meraris.
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 Und die Leviten: Achija war [And. l.: Und die Leviten, ihre Brüder, waren] über die Schätze des Hauses Gottes und über die Schätze der geheiligten Dinge. -
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 Die Söhne Ladans, die Söhne der Gersoniter von Ladan, die Häupter der Väter von Ladan, dem Gersoniter, die Jechieliter,
[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 die Söhne der Jechieliter: Setham und sein Bruder Joel, waren über die Schätze des Hauses Jehovas. -
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 Was die Amramiter, die Jizhariter, die Hebroniter, die Ussieliter betrifft,
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 so war Schebuel, der Sohn Gersoms, des Sohnes Moses, Oberaufseher über die Schätze. -
[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 Und seine Brüder, von Elieser: dessen Sohn Rechabja, und dessen Sohn Jesaja, und dessen Sohn Joram, und dessen Sohn Sikri, und dessen Sohn Schelomith.
[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 Dieser Schelomith und seine Brüder waren über alle Schätze der geheiligten Dinge, welche der König David und die Häupter der Väter, die Obersten über tausend und über hundert, und die Obersten des Heeres geheiligt [O. geweiht] hatten;
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 von den Kriegen und von der Beute hatten sie sie geheiligt [O. geweiht] zur Unterhaltung des Hauses Jehovas;
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 und über alles, was Samuel, der Seher, und Saul, der Sohn Kis, und Abner, der Sohn Ners, und Joab, der Sohn der Zeruja, geheiligt hatten. Alles Geheiligte stand unter der Aufsicht [W. war unter der Hand] Schelomiths und seiner Brüder. -
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 Von den Jizharitern waren Kenanja und seine Söhne für die äußeren Geschäfte über Israel, als Vorsteher und Richter. -
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 Von den Hebronitern waren Haschabja und seine Brüder, wackere Männer, 1700, zur Aufsicht über Israel diesseit des Jordan gegen Abend, für alle Angelegenheiten Jehovas und für den Dienst des Königs. -
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 Von den Hebronitern war Jerija das Haupt, von den Hebronitern, nach ihren Geschlechtern, nach den Vätern [im vierzigsten Jahre der Regierung Davids forschte man nach ihnen, und es fanden sich unter ihnen tüchtige Männer zu Jaser-Gilead];
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 und seine Brüder, wackere Männer, waren 2700, Häupter der Väter. Und der König David bestellte sie über die Rubeniter und die Gaditer und den halben Stamm Manasse, für alle Angelegenheiten Gottes und für die Angelegenheiten des Königs.
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.
