歴代誌Ⅰ 26
1 門を守る者の組は次のとおりである。すなわちコラびとのうちでは、アサフの子孫のうちのコレの子メシレミヤ。
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 メシレミヤの子たちは、長子はゼカリヤ、次はエデアエル、第三はゼバデヤ、第四はヤテニエル、
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 第五はエラム、第六はヨハナン、第七はエリヨエナイである。
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 オベデ・エドムの子たちは、長子はシマヤ、次はヨザバデ、第三はヨア、第四はサカル、第五はネタネル、
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 第六はアンミエル、第七はイッサカル、第八はピウレタイである。神が彼を祝福されたからである。
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 彼の子シマヤにも数人の子が生れ、有能な人々であったので、その父の家を治める者となった。
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 すなわちシマヤの子たちはオテニ、レパエル、オベデ、エルザバデで、エルザバデの兄弟エリウとセマキヤは力ある人々であった。
The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
8 これらは皆オベデ・エドムの子孫である。彼らはその子たちおよびその兄弟たちと共にその勤めに適した力ある人々で、合わせて六十二人、みなオベデ・エドムに属する者である。
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 メシレミヤにも子たちと兄弟たち合わせて十八人あって、皆力ある人々であった。
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 メラリの子孫ホサにも子たちがあった。そのかしらはシムリ、これは長子ではなかったが、父はこれをかしらにしたのであった。
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 次はヒルキヤ、第三はテバリヤ、第四はゼカリヤである。ホサの子たちと兄弟たちは合わせて十三人である。
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 これらは門を守る者の組の長たる人々であって、その兄弟たちと同様に務をなして、主の宮に仕えた。
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 彼らはそれぞれ門のために小なる者も、大なる者も等しく、その氏族にしたがってくじを引いた。
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 東の門のくじはシレミヤに当った。また彼の子で思慮深い議士ゼカリヤのためにくじを引いたが、北の門のくじがこれに当った。
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 オベデ・エドムには南の門のくじ、その子たちには倉のくじ、
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 シュパムとホサには西の門のくじが当った。これは坂の大路にあるシャレケテの門のかたわらにあった。守る者と守る者とが相対していた。
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 東の方には毎日六人、北の方には毎日四人、南の方には毎日四人、倉には二人と二人、
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 西の方パルバルには大路に四人、パルバルに二人。
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 門を守る者の組は以上のとおりで、コラの子孫とメラリの子孫であった。
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 レビびとのうちアヒヤは神の宮の倉および聖なる物の倉をつかさどった。
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 ラダンの子孫すなわちラダンから出たゲルションびとの子孫で、ゲルションびとの氏族の長はエヒエリである。
[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 エヒエリ、ゼタムおよびその兄弟ヨエルの子たちは主の宮の倉をつかさどった。
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 アムラムびと、イヅハルびと、ヘブロンびと、ウジエルびとのうちでは次のとおりであった。
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 すなわちモーセの子ゲルショムの子シブエルは倉のつかさであった。
[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 その兄弟でエリエゼルから出た者は、その子はレハビヤ、その子はエサヤ、その子はヨラム、その子はジクリ、その子はシロミテである。
[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 このシロミテとその兄弟たちはすべての聖なる物の倉をつかさどった。これはダビデ王と、氏族の長と、千人の長と、百人の長と、軍の長たちのささげたものである。
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 すなわち彼らが戦いで獲たぶんどり物のうちから主の宮の修繕のためにささげたものである。
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 またすべて先見者サムエル、キシの子サウル、ネルの子アブネル、ゼルヤの子ヨアブなどがささげた物。すべてこれらのささげ物はシロミテとその兄弟たちが管理した。
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 イヅハルびとのうちでは、ケナニヤとその子たちが、つかさおよびさばきびととしてイスラエルの外事のために選ばれた。
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 ヘブロンびとのうちでは、ハシャビヤおよびその兄弟など勇士千七百人があって、ヨルダンのこなた、すなわち西の方でイスラエルの監督となり、主のすべての事を行い、王に奉仕した。
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 ヘブロンびとのうちでは、系図と氏族によってエリヤがヘブロンびとの長であったが、ダビデの治世の第四十年に彼らを尋ね求め、ギレアデのヤゼルで彼らのうちから大勇士を得た。
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 ダビデ王は彼とその兄弟など氏族の長たち二千七百人の勇士をルベンびと、ガドびと、マナセびとの半部族の監督となし、すべて神につける事と王の事とをつかさどらせた。
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.
