Sie Chronicle 23
1 Ke David el matuoh el oru tuh Solomon, wen natul, elan tokosra fin Israel.
Then David, being old and full of days, appointed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
2 Tokosra David el pangoneni mwet kol nukewa lun mwet Israel, oayapa mwet tol ac mwet Levi.
And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests as well as 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 were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward. And there were found thirty-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 these, twenty-four thousand were chosen and distributed to the ministry of the house of the Lord. Then six thousand were overseers 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.
Moreover, four thousand were porters. And the same number were the singers of psalms to the Lord, with the musical instruments which he had made for the music.
6 Tokosra David el kitalik mwet Levi nu ke u tolu, fal nu ke sou lulap inge: Gershon, Kohath, ac Merari.
And David distributed them into courses according to the sons of Levi, specifically, Gershom, and Kohath, and Merari.
7 Oasr wen luo natul Gershon: elos pa Ladan ac Shimei.
The sons of Gershom: Ladan and Shimei.
8 Oasr wen tolu natul Ladan: elos pa Jehiel, Zetham, ac Joel,
The sons of Ladan: the leader Jahiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9 ac elos sifen sou ke fwil natul Ladan. (Oasr wen tolu natul Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, ac Haran.)
The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the leaders of the families of Ladan.
10 Oasr wen akosr natul Shimei, ac pa inge inelos, takla fal nu ke matwalos: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, ac Beriah.
Then the sons of Shimei: Jahath, and Zizah, and Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei, four.
11 Tia pus wen natul Jeush ac Beriah, na pa elos oaoala oana sou sefanna.
Now Jahath was first, Zizah second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, and for this reason they were reckoned as one family and one house.
12 Oasr wen akosr natul Kohath: elos pa Amram, Izhar, Hebron, ac Uzziel.
The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel, 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 Amram: Aaron and Moses. Now Aaron was separated so that he might minister in the Holy of Holies, he and his sons forever, and so that he might burn incense to the Lord, according to his rite, and so that he might bless his name in perpetuity.
14 Tusruktu wen natul Moses [mwet se su pangpang mwet lun God] elos oaoa in mwet Levi.)
The sons of Moses, the man of God, were also numbered in the tribe of Levi.
15 Oasr wen luo natul Moses: elos pa Gershom ac Eliezer.
The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Inmasrlon wen natul Gershom, Shebuel pa mwet kol selos uh.
The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first.
17 Wen sefanna natul Eliezer: el pa Rehabiah, ac pukanten mwet in fwil natul Rehabiah.
Now the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the first. And there were no other sons for Eliezer. But the sons of Rehabiah were multiplied exceedingly.
18 Izhar, wen se akluo natul Kohath, oasr wen se natul: inel pa Shelomith, su el pa sifen sou sac.
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.
19 Hebron, wen se aktolu natul Kohath, oasr wen akosr natul: elos pa Jeriah, Amariah, Jahaziel, ac Jekameam.
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
20 Uzziel, wen se akakosr natul Kohath, oasr wen luo natul: elos pa Micah ac Isshiah.
The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, Isshiah 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: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
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.
Then Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters. And so the sons of Kish, their brothers, married them.
23 Mushi, wen se akluo natul Merari, oasr wen tolu natul: elos pa Mahli, Eder, ac Jeremoth.
The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, 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, in their kindred and families, leaders in turns, and the number of each of the heads who were doing the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord, from twenty years of age 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, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem even unto eternity.
26 Ke ma inge, mwet Levi elos tia sifil enenu in us Lohm Nuknuk sin LEUM GOD ac ma orekmakinyuk ke pacl in alu.”
Neither shall it be the office of the Levites any more to carry the tabernacle with all its equipment for use in the ministry.”
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.
Also, according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi shall be counted by number from twenty years of age 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.
And they shall be under the hand of the sons of Aaron, in the care of the house of the Lord, in the vestibule, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord.
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.
But the priests shall be over the bread of the presence, and the sacrifice of fine wheat flour, and the unleavened cakes, and the frying pan, and the roasting, and over every weight and measure.
30 Elos pa oru on in kaksak nu sin LEUM GOD ke lotutang ac eku nukewa,
Yet truly, the Levites shall stand to confess and to sing to the Lord, in the morning, and similarly 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.
as much in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as in the Sabbaths and new moons and other solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies for each and every matter, perpetually 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 let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the rituals of the sanctuary, and the observance of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, so that they may minister in the house of the Lord.
