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1 Usoro otu ndị nche ọnụ ụzọ ụlọnsọ ahụ. Site na ndị Kora: Meshelemaia, nwa Kore, otu nʼime ụmụ Asaf.
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 Meshelemaia nwekwara ụmụ ndị ikom: nke mbụ bụ Zekaraya, na Jediael nke abụọ, Zebadaya, bụ nke atọ, Jatniel, nke anọ
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 Elam, nke ise na Jehohanan, bụ nke isii na Eliehoenai bụ onye nke asaa.
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 Obed-Edọm nwekwara ụmụ ndị ikom. Ha bụ ndị a: Shemaya, nwa mbụ ya, Jehozabad, osote ya, Joa, nke atọ, Saka, bụ onye nke anọ Netanel, nke ise,
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 Amiel, nke isii Isaka, nke asaa na Peuletai, onye bụ onye nke asatọ. Nʼihi na Chineke gọziri Obed-Edọm.
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 Shemaya, nwa ya mụtakwara ụmụ ndị ikom, ndị bụ ndị ndu nʼezinaụlọ nna ha, nʼihi na ha bụ dike na dimkpa.
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 Ụmụ ndị ikom Shemaya bụ, Otni, Refael, Obed na Elzabad; ụmụnne ya bụ Elihu na Semakaya bụkwa dike na dimkpa.
The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
8 Ndị a niile bụ ụmụ ụmụ Obed-Edọm; ha na ụmụ ha ndị ikom, na ndị ikwu ha niile bụ dimkpa ndị nwere ike ịrụ ọrụ ahụ. Ha niile bụ ụmụ ụmụ Obed-Edọm. Ha dị iri isii na abụọ nʼọnụọgụgụ.
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 E sitekwara nʼezinaụlọ Meshelemaia họpụta ndịisi iri na asatọ ndị bụkwa ezi ndị ndu.
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 Hosa, nwa Merari nwekwara ụmụ ndị ikom: Shimri onye nke mbụ (ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụghị ọkpara ya ma nna ya họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye mbụ).
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 Hilkaya, nke abụọ, Tebalaya, nke atọ na Zekaraya onye nke anọ. Ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụnne Hosa nwere dị iri na atọ.
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 E kere ndị nche ụlọnsọ ukwu niile nʼotu nʼotu. Otu ndị a nwekwara ndịisi. E kenyekwara otu ọbụla ọrụ dịka e si kenye ụmụnna ha ọrụ ha nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị.
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 E sitere nʼife nza kenye ma nwantakịrị ma okenye, ọnụ ụzọ ha ga-eche nche, dịka ezinaụlọ ha si dị.
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 Site nʼife nza, Shelemaya ketara iche ọnụ ụzọ dị nʼakụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nche. Zekaraya nwa ya, onye ndụmọdụ nwere uche, sitekwara nʼife nza keta iche ọnụ ụzọ dị nʼakụkụ ugwu, ya na ndị otu ya.
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-Edọm na ndị otu ya na-eche ụzọ dị na ndịda. Ụmụ ya bụ ndị na-eche ụlọ ebe a na-achịkọta ihe.
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 Shupim na Hosa na-eche ọnụ ụzọ dị nʼọdịda anyanwụ ya na ọnụ ụzọ ama Shaleket nke dị nʼụzọ elu elu. Ndị nche na-esota ndị nche ibe ha.
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 Ya mere, ọ bụ ndị Livayị isii na-eche nche nʼọnụ ụzọ dị nʼakụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ ụbọchị niile. Mmadụ anọ na-anọ nʼugwu, anọ na ndịda, abụọ nʼebe a na-achịkọbata ihe.
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 Nʼogige nke dị nʼọdịda anyanwụ e nwere ndị nche anọ nʼụzọ, ndị nche abụọ ọzọ nʼime ogige nʼonwe ya.
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 A họpụtara ndị nche ndị a site nʼikwu Kora na Merari.
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 Ụfọdụ ndị Livayị ka e nyefere ọrụ ilekọta ụlọakụ, na ụlọ a na-echekọta onyinye niile e doro nsọ nke e webatara nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Chineke.
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 Ndị agbụrụ Ladan, ndị si nʼikwu Geshọn, ndị bụ ndịisi ezinaụlọ nna ha Ladan, bụ onye Geshọn, bụ Jehieli,
[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 na ụmụ ndị ikom Jehieli, Zetam na nwanne ya nwoke Juel. Ndị a bụ ndị na-elekọta ụlọakụ niile dị nʼụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị.
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 Site na ndị Amram, na ndị Izha, na ndị Hebrọn, na ndị Uziel.
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 Shubuel nwa Geshọm, na nwa nwa Mosis ka e nyere ọrụ ịbụ onyeisi ụlọakụ dị nʼụlọnsọ ahụ.
[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 Ụmụnna ya site na Elieza bụ ndị a, Rehabaya nwa ya nwoke, Jeshaya nwa nwoke Rehabaya, Joram nwa nwoke Jeshaya na Zikri nwa nwoke Shelomit.
[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 Shelomit na ụmụnna ya ka ọ dị nʼaka ilekọta ụlọakụ nke ihe nsọ niile, nke Devid bụ eze, na ndịisi ezinaụlọ niile, ndị bụ ndịisi agha na-achị ọtụtụ puku ndị agha, na ndịisi agha na-achị ọtụtụ narị ndị agha, na ndịisi agha ndị ọzọ, doro nsọ.
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 Ụfọdụ ihe agha na ihe sitere nʼihe a kwatara nʼagha ka ha doro nsọ maka idozi ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị.
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 Ya na ihe niile nke Samuel, bụ onye ọhụ ụzọ, na Sọl, nwa Kish na Abna, nwa Nea na Joab, nwa Zeruaya na ihe niile ndị ọzọ e doro nsọ. Ọ bụ nʼaka Shelomit na ụmụnna ya ka ọ dị ilekọta ha.
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 Site nʼikwu Izha, Kenaniya, na ụmụ ndị ikom ya ka ozi dịrị pụọ nʼụlọnsọ, dịka ndịisi na ndị ikpe nye ndị Izrel.
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 Site na ndị Hebrọn, Hashabaya na ụmụnna ya ndị bụkwa dimkpa, ọnụọgụgụ ha dị otu puku na narị asaa, ka e mere ndịisi ala Izrel dị nʼakụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ osimiri Jọdan. Ihe niile banyere ọrụ Onyenwe anyị, na ijere eze ozi dị ha nʼaka.
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 Jeraya bụ onyendu ndị Hebrọn, dịka akwụkwọ e dekọrọ usoro ọmụmụ si gosi. Nʼihi na nʼafọ nke iri anọ nke ọchịchị eze Devid nʼIzrel, ka e mere nnyocha nʼakwụkwọ usoro ọmụmụ chọpụta na e nwere ndị dị ike ọrụ nʼetiti ndị Hebrọn. A chọpụtara ndị a nʼobodo Jeza nke dị na 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 Jeraya nwere ndị ikwu ya, ndị bụ dimkpa, na ndị dị ike ọrụ, ọnụọgụgụ ha dị puku abụọ na narị asaa. Ndị a niile bụkwa ndị ndu ezinaụlọ dị iche iche. Ya mere, Devid, eze Izrel, mere ha ndịisi ebo Ruben, na ebo Gad, na ọkara ebo Manase. Ọrụ ha bụ ilekọta ihe banyere ofufe Chineke na ije ozi niile metụtara eze.
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.
