1 Istwa 26
1 Pou divizyon gadyen pòtay yo, te gen nan Koreyit yo; Meschélémia, fis a Koré a, fis yo a Asaph yo.
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 Meschélémia te gen fis: Zacharie, premye ne a, Jediaël, dezyèm nan, Zebadia, twazyèm nan, Jathiel, katriyèm nan,
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 Élam, senkyèm nan, Jochanan, sizyèm nan, Eljoénaï, setyèm nan.
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 Obed-Édom te gen fis: Schemaeja, premye ne a, Jozabad, dezyèm nan, Joach, twazyèm nan, Sacar, katriyèm nan, Nethaneel, senkyèm nan,
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 Ammiel, sizyèm nan, Issacar, setyèm nan, Peulthaï, uityèm nan; paske Bondye te vrèman beni li.
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 Anplis, a fis li, Schemaeja, te ne fis ki te renye sou lakay papa yo; paske yo te mesye pwisan ak gwo kouraj.
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 Fis a Schemaeja yo: Othni, Rephaël, Obed, Elzabad, avèk frè pa yo Élihu ak Semaeja ki te mesye ak gwo kouraj.
The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
8 Tout nan sila yo, se te fis a Obed-Édom; yo menm avèk fis pa yo ak fanmi yo te mesye ak gwo kapasite, avèk fòs pou sèvis; swasann-de mesye ki sòti Obed-Édom.
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 Fis a Meschélémia yo, mesye plen ak kouraj te kontwole diz-uit mesye.
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 Anplis, Hosa, nan fis a Merari yo te fè fis: Schimri, premye a (malgre li pa t ne premyèman, men papa li te fè l premye),
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, dezyèm nan, Thebalia, twazyèm nan, Zacharie, katriyèm nan. Tout fis yo avèk fanmi a Hosa yo te trèz mesye.
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 Se nan divizyon a gadyen pòtay sila yo, mesye chèf yo te bay responsabilite kon fanmi pa yo pou fè sèvis lakay SENYÈ a.
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 Yo te tire yo osò, piti kon gran, selon lakay zansèt pa yo pou chak pòtay.
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 Tiraj osò ki tonbe pou lès la te devni pou Schélémia. Alò, yo te tire osò pou fis li a, Zacharie, yon konseye avèk bon konprann e tiraj osò li a te sòti nan nò.
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 Pou Obed-Édom li te tonbe vè sid e a fis li yo, te ale chanm depo yo.
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 Pou Schuppm avèk Hosa, li te tonbe kote lwès, akote pòt Schalléketh la, vè chemen monte a. Yo te pozisyone gad anfas gad.
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 Sou lès la, te gen sis Levit; nan nò a, kat chak jou e nan chanm depo yo, de pa de yon kote apa.
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 Nan cham bati sou kote lwès la, te gen kat sou gran chemen an e de nan cham nan a menm.
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 Sila yo se te divizyon a gadyen pòtay a fis a Kore yo avèk fis a Merari yo.
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 Levit yo avèk fanmi pa yo te gen chaj sou trezò lakay Bondye a ak trezò a don konsakre yo.
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 Fis a Laedan yo, fis a Gèshonit yo, ki apatyen a Laedan, chèf lakay zansèt pa yo ki te rele Jehiéli, te tèt lakay zansèt pa yo ki te pou Laedan, Gèshonit lan.
[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 Fis a Jehiéli yo, Zetham avèk Joël, frè li a, ki te an chaj trezò lakay SENYÈ a.
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 Pou Amramit yo, Jitsearit yo, Ebwonit avèk Izyelit yo,
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 Schebuel, fis a Guerschom an, fis a Moïse la te ofisye sou trezò yo.
[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 Fanmi li pa Éliézer te Rechabia, fis li a, Ésaïe, fis li a, Joram, fis li a, Zicri, fis li a ak Schelomith, fis li a.
[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 Schelomith sila avèk fanmi li te gen chaj sou tout trezò a don konsakre ke Wa David avèk chèf lakay zansèt yo, kòmandan a dè milye, a dè santèn e kòmandan lame yo te dedye.
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 Yo te dedye yon pati nan piyaj ki te sezi nan gè yo pou repare lakay SENYÈ a.
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 Epi tout sa ke Samuel, konseye a, te dedye e Saül, fis a Kis la, pa Abner, fis a Ner a, pa Joab, fis a Tseruja a, tout moun ki te dedye bagay anba jerans a Schelomith lan avèk fanmi pa li.
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 Pou Jitsearit yo, Kenania avèk frè pa li yo, yo te anplwaye pou zafè andeyò kon majistra ak jij an Israël.
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 Pou Ebwonit yo, Haschavbia avèk fanmi li, mil-sèt-san mesye ak kapasite, ki te an chaj tout zafè Israël yo nan lwès a Jourdain an, pou tout sèvis SENYÈ a ak sèvis wa a.
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 Pou Ebwonit yo, Jerija, chèf la, (Ebwonit sila yo te envestige selon listwa fanmi avèk zansèt pa yo, nan karantyèm ane nan règn David la e mesye ak kapasite siperyè yo te twouve pami yo kote Jaezer nan Galaad).
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 Moun fanmi pa li, mesye byen kapab, te de-mil-sèt-san òm, chèf lakay zansèt pa yo. Epi Wa David te fè yo sipèvizè sou Ribenit yo, Gadit yo ak mwatye tribi Manassé pou tout zafè Bondye avèk wa a.
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.
