1 Chronik 26

1 Von den Ordnungen der Torhüter. Unter den Korahitern war Meselemja, der Sohn Kores, aus den Kindern 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 Die Kinder Meselemjas waren diese: der Erstgeborene: Sacharja, der zweite: Jediael, der dritte: Sebadja, der vierte: Jathniel,

The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,

3 der fünfte: Elam, der sechste: Johanan, der siebente: Eljoenai.

Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.

4 Die Kinder aber Obed-Edoms waren diese: der Erstgeborene: Semaja, der zweite: Josabad, der dritte: Joah, der vierte: Sachar, der fünfte: Nathanael,

[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,

5 der sechste: Ammiel, der siebente: Isaschar, der achte: Pegulthai; denn Gott hatte ihn gesegnet.

Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.

6 Und seinem Sohn Semaja wurden auch Söhne geboren, die im Hause ihres Vaters herrschten; denn es waren tüchtige Leute.

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 So waren nun die Kinder Semajas: Othni, Rephael, Obed und Elsabad, dessen Brüder tüchtige Leute waren, Elihu und Samachja.

The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.

8 Diese waren alle aus den Kindern Obed-Edoms; sie samt ihren Kindern und Brüdern, tüchtige Leute, geschickt zu Ämtern, waren zweiundsechzig 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 Meselemja hatte Kinder und Brüder, tüchtige Männer, achtzehn.

Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.

10 Hosa aber aus den Kindern Meraris hatte Kinder: den Vornehmsten: Simri (denn der Erstgeborene war er nicht, aber sein Vater setzte ihn zum Vornehmsten),

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 den zweiten: Hilkia, den dritten: Tebalja, den vierten: Sacharja. Aller Kinder und Brüder Hosas waren dreizehn.

Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.

12 Dies sind die Ordnungen der Torhüter nach den Häuptern der Männer im Amt neben ihren Brüdern, zu dienen im Hause des HERRN.

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 das Los ward geworfen, dem Jüngeren wie dem Älteren, unter ihren Vaterhäusern zu einem jeglichen 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 Das Los gegen Morgen fiel auf Meselemja; aber sein Sohn war Sacharja, der ein kluger Rat war, warf man auch das Los, und es fiel ihm gegen Mitternacht,

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 Obed-Edom aber gegen Mittag und seinen Söhnen bei dem Vorratshause,

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 und Suppim und Hosa gegen Abend bei dem Tor Salecheth, da man die Straße hinaufgeht, da eine Hut neben der andern steht.

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 Morgen waren der Leviten sechs, gegen Mitternacht des Tages vier, gegen Mittag des Tages vier, bei dem Vorratshause aber je zwei und 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 am Parbar aber gegen Abend vier an der Straße und zwei am Parbar.

At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.

19 Dies sind die Ordnungen der Torhüter unter den Kindern der Korahiter und den Kindern Merari.

Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].

20 Von den Leviten aber war Ahia über die Schätze des Hauses Gottes und über die Schätze, die geheiligt wurden.

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 Von den Kindern Laedan, den Kindern des Gersoniten Laedan, waren Häupter der Vaterhäuser die Jehieliten.

[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 Kinder der Jehieliten waren: Setham und sein Bruder Joel über die Schätze des Hauses des HERRN.

Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.

23 Unter den Amramiten, Jizhariten, Hebroniten und Usieliten

Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

24 war Sebuel, der Sohn Gersoms, des Sohnes Mose's, Fürst 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 Aber sein Bruder Elieser hatte einen Sohn, Rehabja; des Sohn war Jesaja; des Sohn war Joram; des Sohn war Sichri; des Sohn war Selomith.

[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 Derselbe Selomith und seine Brüder waren über alle Schätze des Geheiligten, welches geheiligt hatte der König David und die Häupter der Vaterhäuser, die Obersten über tausend und über hundert und die Obersten im Heer.

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 Krieg und Raub hatten sie es geheiligt, zu bessern das Haus des HERRN.)

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 Auch alles, was Samuel, der Seher, und Saul, der Sohn des Kis, und Abner, der Sohn des Ners, und Joab, der Zeruja Sohn, geheiligt hatten, alles Geheiligte war unter der Hand Selomiths 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 Unter den Jizhariten waren Chenanja und seine Söhne zum Werk draußen über Israel Amtleute 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 Unter den Hebroniten aber waren Hasabja und seine Brüder, tüchtige Leute, tausend und siebenhundert, über die Ämter Israels diesseits des Jordans gegen Abend, zu allerlei Geschäft des HERRN und zu dienen dem König.

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 Unter den Hebroniten war Jeria, der Vornehmste unter den Hebroniten seines Geschlechts unter den Vaterhäusern (es wurden aber unter ihnen gesucht und gefunden im vierzigsten Jahr des Königreiches Davids tüchtige Männer zu Jaser in 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, tüchtige Männer, zweitausend und siebenhundert Oberste der Vaterhäuser. Und David setzte sie über die Rubeniter, Gaditer und den halben Stamm Manasse zu allen Händeln Gottes und 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.