1 Istwa 23
1 David te fin vye granmoun, li te fin viv kont li, lè li mete Salomon, pitit li a, wa sou pèp Izrayèl la.
Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
2 Li reyini tout chèf pèp Izrayèl yo, tout prèt yo ak tout moun Levi yo.
And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3 Li fè konte tout moun Levi yo, depi sa ki gen trantan pou pi piti rive sou sa ki pi gran yo. Antou yo jwenn trantwimil (38.000) gason.
And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
4 David mete vennkatmil (24.000) pou dirije travay tanp lan, simil (6000) pou ekri tou sa k'ap pase ak pou rann jistis,
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;
5 katmil (4000) pou fè pòs nan pòtay la ak katmil (4000) pou fè lwanj Seyè a ak enstriman mizik David te fè fè pou sa.
Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
6 David separe moun Levi yo fè twa gwoup dapre branch fanmi pitit gason Levi yo: Gèchon, Keyat ak Merari.
And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Gèchon te gen de pitit gason: Layedan ak Chimèyi.
Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
8 Layedan te fè twa pitit gason: Yekiyèl, pi gran an, Zetam ak Joèl.
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.
9 Chimeyi te fè twa pitit gason tou: Chelomit, Aziyèl ak Aran. Se yo ki te chèf fanmi moun Layedan yo.
The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.
10 Chimeyi te gen kat lòt pitit gason: Jaka, Ziza, Jeouch ak Berya.
And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei.
11 Se Jaka ki te pi gran, Ziza te dezyèm pitit la. Jeouch ak Berya pa t' gen anpil pitit. Se konsa yo mete yo ansanm, yo pase pou yon sèl branch fanmi.
Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.
12 Keyat te gen kat pitit: Amram, Jizeya, Ebwon ak Ouzyèl.
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13 Amram te gen de pitit gason: Arawon ak Moyiz. Bondye te mete Arawon ak pitit li yo apa pou yo okipe pyès ki apa nèt pou Bondye a, pou boule lansan devan Seyè a, pou yo sèvi l', pou yo beni pèp la nan non li. Se te travay pa yo sa pou tout tan.
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was made separate and holy, he and his sons for ever, for the care of the most holy things and the burning of offerings before the Lord, to do his work and give blessings in his name for ever.
14 Moyiz te moun Bondye a menm. Pitit li yo te fè pati branch fanmi Levi a tou.
And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi.
15 Moyiz te gen de pitit gason: Gèchòm ak Elyezè.
The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Premye pitit Gèchòm lan te rele Chebwèl.
The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first.
17 Elyezè li menm te gen Rekabya pou premye pitit. Li pa t' fè lòt pitit gason ankò. Men Rekabya te fè anpil pitit.
And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.
18 Premye pitit Jizeya a te rele Chelomit.
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.
19 Men pitit Ebwon yo: Premye a te rele Jerija, dezyèm lan Amarya, twazyèm lan Jakazyèl, katriyèm lan Jekameam.
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Men pitit Ouzyèl yo: Miche, premye a ak Jikija, dezyèm lan.
The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, and Isshiah the second.
21 Merari te gen de pitit gason: Makli ak Mouchi. Makli te gen de pitit gason: Eleaza ak Kich.
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22 Eleaza mouri san kite pitit gason. Pitit fi ase li te genyen. Yo marye ak kouzen yo, pitit gason Kich yo.
And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
23 Mouchi te gen twa pitit gason: Makli, Edè ak Jerimòt.
The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.
24 Se tout moun nan ras Levi yo sa, dapre fanmi yo, ki te gen non yo kouche nan rejis tankou chèf fanmi. Yo chak te gen travay pa yo nan sèvis kay Seyè a, depi sa ki gen ventan pou pi piti rive sou pi gran yo.
These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.
25 David te di: -Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, te fè pèp li a viv ak kè poze. Li menm, Seyè a, l'ap toujou rete lavil Jerizalèm.
For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;
26 Konsa, moun Levi yo p'ap nan pote Tant Randevou Seyè a ankò ansanm ak tout bagay yo bezwen pou fè sèvis pou li ankò.
And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.
27 Se konsa, dapre dènye pawòl sa yo David te di lè sa a, yo enskri tout moun Levi yo, depi sa ki gen ventan pou pi piti rive sou pi gran yo.
So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.
28 Travay yo se ede prèt yo, pitit Arawon yo, nan sèvis y'ap fè nan Tanp Seyè a. Se yo ki pou okipe lakou yo ak tout pyès nan Tanp lan. Se yo ki pou veye pou tout bagay rete nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis Bondye a. Se yo ki reskonsab tout lòt sèvis nan Tanp lan.
Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,
29 Yo te reskonsab pen yo te ofri bay Bondye yo, farin frans yo sèvi pou fè ofrann yo, pen san ledven yo, ofrann farin melanje ak lwil yo. Se yo ki te reskonsab peze ak mezire ofrann nan Tanp lan.
The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures;
30 Lèfini, se pou yo la nan Tanp lan chak jou, nan maten ak nan aswè, pou di Bondye mèsi, pou fè lwanj pou li.
They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening;
31 Se pou yo la tou lè y'ap fè ofrann pou yo boule nèt pou Seyè a jou repo yo, premye jou chak mwa yo, ak pou lòt jou fèt yo. Te gen regleman ki te bay travay moun Levi yo gen pou fè ak kantite moun ki pou fè chak travay. Se te reskonsablite yo pou yo te toujou ap sèvi Seyè a.
At every offering of burned offerings to the Lord, on Sabbaths, and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts, in the number ordered by the law, at all times before the Lord;
32 Se yo menm tou ki te reskonsab okipe Tant Randevou a, ak kote yo mete apa pou Seyè a, ak prèt yo, fanmi yo ki soti nan branch fanmi Arawon an, lè y'ap sèvi nan Tanp lan.
And they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.
