Sie Chronicle 23
1 Ke David el matuoh el oru tuh Solomon, wen natul, elan tokosra fin Israel.
And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead.
2 Tokosra David el pangoneni mwet kol nukewa lun mwet Israel, oayapa mwet tol ac mwet Levi.
And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.
3 El oakla pisen mukul nukewa sin mwet Levi su oasr ke yac tolngoulyak, ac sun mwet tolngoul oalkosr tausin.
And the Levites numbered [themselves] from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty and eight thousand men.
4 Na tokosra el sulela longoul akosr tausin sin mwet inge in fosrngakin orekma lun Tempul, ac onkosr tausin in karingin ma simusla nukewa, oayapa nununku fohsak inmasrlon mwet uh,
Of the overseers over the works of the house of the Lord [there were] twenty-four thousand, and [there were] six thousand scribes and judges;
5 akosr tausin in mwet topang, ac akosr tausin in kaksakin LEUM GOD ke mwe on ma tokosra el sang nu selos in orekmakin nu ke sripa se inge.
and four thousand door-keepers, and four thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.
6 Tokosra David el kitalik mwet Levi nu ke u tolu, fal nu ke sou lulap inge: Gershon, Kohath, ac Merari.
And David divided them [into] daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
7 Oasr wen luo natul Gershon: elos pa Ladan ac Shimei.
And for [the family of] Gedson, Edan, and Semei.
8 Oasr wen tolu natul Ladan: elos pa Jehiel, Zetham, ac Joel,
The sons of Edan [were] Jeiel, the chief, and Zethan, and Joel, three.
9 ac elos sifen sou ke fwil natul Ladan. (Oasr wen tolu natul Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, ac Haran.)
The sons of Semei; Salomith, Jeiel, and Dan, three: these [were] the chiefs of the families of Edan.
10 Oasr wen akosr natul Shimei, ac pa inge inelos, takla fal nu ke matwalos: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, ac Beriah.
And to the sons of Semei, Jeth, and Ziza, and Joas, and Beria: these [were] the four sons of Semei.
11 Tia pus wen natul Jeush ac Beriah, na pa elos oaoala oana sou sefanna.
And Jeth was the chief, and Ziza the second: and Joas and Beria did not multiply sons, and they became [only] one reckoning according to the house of their father.
12 Oasr wen akosr natul Kohath: elos pa Amram, Izhar, Hebron, ac Uzziel.
The sons of Caath; Ambram, Isaar, Chebron, Oziel, four.
13 Amram el wounse, ac el pa papa tumal Aaron ac Moses. (Aaron ac fwil natul elos sriyukla in karinganang ma mutal ke Tempul ma pahtpat, oayapa elos in akosak mwe kisa keng ke pacl in alu nu sin LEUM GOD, ac kulansupwal, ac akinsewowoye mwet uh Inel.
The sons of Ambram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was appointed for the consecration of the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name for ever.
14 Tusruktu wen natul Moses [mwet se su pangpang mwet lun God] elos oaoa in mwet Levi.)
And [as for] Moses the man of God, his sons were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.
15 Oasr wen luo natul Moses: elos pa Gershom ac Eliezer.
The sons of Moses; Gersam, and Eliezer.
16 Inmasrlon wen natul Gershom, Shebuel pa mwet kol selos uh.
The sons of Gersam; Subael the chief.
17 Wen sefanna natul Eliezer: el pa Rehabiah, ac pukanten mwet in fwil natul Rehabiah.
And the sons of Eliezer were, Rabia the chief: and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rabia were very greatly multiplied.
18 Izhar, wen se akluo natul Kohath, oasr wen se natul: inel pa Shelomith, su el pa sifen sou sac.
The sons of Isaar; Salomoth the chief.
19 Hebron, wen se aktolu natul Kohath, oasr wen akosr natul: elos pa Jeriah, Amariah, Jahaziel, ac Jekameam.
The sons of Chebron; Jeria the chief, Amaria the second, Jeziel the third, Jekemias the fourth.
20 Uzziel, wen se akakosr natul Kohath, oasr wen luo natul: elos pa Micah ac Isshiah.
The sons of Oziel; Micha the chief, and Isia the second.
21 Oasr wen luo natul Merari: elos pa Mahli ac Mushi. Oasr pac wen luo natul Mahli: elos pa Eleazar ac Kish,
The sons of Merari; Mooli, and Musi: the sons of Mooli; Eleazar, and Kis.
22 tusruktu Eleazar el misa ac wangin wen natul, a acn mukena. Acn natul inge elos payuk sin wen natul Kish, su ma wien papa tumaltal.
And Eleazar died, and he had no sons, but daughters: and the sons of Kis, their brethren, took them.
23 Mushi, wen se akluo natul Merari, oasr wen tolu natul: elos pa Mahli, Eder, ac Jeremoth.
The sons of Musi; Mooli, and Eder, and Jarimoth, three.
24 Pa ingan fwil natul Levi, ac kais sie selos simla inelos fal nu ke takin sou lalos. Na elos nukewa su yac longoulyak oasr ip kunalos ke orekma in Tempul lun LEUM GOD.
These [are] the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.
25 David el fahk, “LEUM GOD lun Israel El sang misla nu sin mwet lal, ac El ac fah sifacna muta in Jerusalem ma pahtpat.
For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given rest to his people, and has taken up his abode in Jerusalem for ever.
26 Ke ma inge, mwet Levi elos tia sifil enenu in us Lohm Nuknuk sin LEUM GOD ac ma orekmakinyuk ke pacl in alu.”
And the Levites bore not the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it for its service.
27 Ke sripen oakwuk safla lal David inge, mwet Levi nukewa elos enenu in simla inelos ac akola nu ke moul in kulansap ke elos sun yac longoul.
For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites [taken] from twenty years old and upward.
28 Orekma kunalos pa inge: in kasru mwet tol ke fwil natul Aaron ke pacl in alu, in karinganang inkalkal lun Tempul ac infukil nukewa we, ac taran tuh ma mutal nukewa in nasnas ac tia fohkfok.
For he appointed them to wait on Aaron, to minister in the house of the Lord, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the works of the service of the house of God;
29 Ma kunalos pac in akoo bread ma kisakinyuk nu sin God, ac flao ma orekmakinyuk ke mwe kisa, ku lof srisrik wangin mwe pulol kac, ac mwe kisa manman, ac flao ma kulamisyuk ke oil in olive, oayapa elos pa srikeya ac pauni mwe sang nukewa ma utuku nu in Tempul uh.
and for the shew-bread, and for the fine flour of the meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried cake, and for the dough, and for every measure;
30 Elos pa oru on in kaksak nu sin LEUM GOD ke lotutang ac eku nukewa,
and to stand in the morning to praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening;
31 oayapa ke pacl nukewa ma mwe kisa firir orek nu sin LEUM GOD ke len Sabbath, ke Malem Sasu, ac ke kufwa saya. Oasr ma sap oakwuki in fahkak pisen mwet Levi ma eneneyuk nu ke orekma inge ke kais sie pacl. Ma kunen mwet Levi in karingin pacl in alu nu sin LEUM GOD nwe tok.
and [to be] over all the whole-burnt-offerings that were offered up to the Lord on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, by number, according to the order [given] to them, continually before the Lord.
32 Elos pa karinganang Lohm Nuknuk sin LEUM GOD oayapa Tempul, ac elos pa kasru mwet tol wialos in fwil natul Aaron, ke pacl in alu in Tempul.
And they are to keep the charge of the tabernacle of witness, and the charge of the holy place, and the charges of the sons of Aaron their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.
