I Paralipomenon 26
1 Divisiones autem ianitorum: de Coritis Meselemia, filius Core, de filiis Asaph.
To the courses of the door-keepers, pertained, —of the Korahites, Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph;
2 Filii Meselemiæ: Zacharias primogenitus, Iadihel secundus, Zabadias tertius, Iathanael quartus,
and, Meshelemiah, had sons, —Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth;
3 Ælam quintus, Iohanan sextus, Elioenai septimus.
Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
4 Filii autem Obededom: Semeias primogenitus, Iozabad secundus, Ioaha tertius, Sachar quartus, Nathanael quintus,
And, Obed-edom, had sons, —Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Josh the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth;
5 Ammiel sextus, Issachar septimus, Phollathi octavus: quia benedixit illi Dominus.
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai, the eighth, —for God had blessed him.
6 Semei autem filio eius nati sunt filii, præfecti familiarum suarum: erant enim viri fortissimi.
And, to Shemaiah his son, were born sons, who bare rule to their ancestral house, —for, heroes of valour, were they.
7 Filii ergo Semeiæ: Othni, et Raphael, et Obed, Elzabad, fratres eius viri fortissimi: Eliu quoque, et Samachias.
the sons of Shemaiah, were Othni and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were sons of valour, —Elihu, and Semachiah.
8 Omnes hi, de filiis Obededom: ipsi, et filii, et fratres eorum fortissimi ad ministrandum, sexaginta duo de Obededom.
All these, were of the sons of Obed-edom, they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service, —sixty-two, pertaining to Obed-edom.
9 Porro Meselemiæ filii, et fratres eorum robustissimi, decem et octo.
And, Meshelemiah, had sons, and brethren, sons of valour, eighteen.
10 De Hosa autem, id est, de filiis Merari: Semri princeps (non enim habuerat primogenitum, et idcirco posuerat eum pater eius in principem)
And, Hosah of the sons of Merari, had sons, —Shimri the chief, for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father, made him, chief.
11 Helcias secundus, Tabelias tertius, Zacharias quartus. Omnes hi filii, et fratres Hosa, tredecim.
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth, —all the sons and brethren of Hosah, were thirteen.
12 Hi divisi sunt in ianitores, ut semper principes custodiarum, sicut et fratres eorum ministrarent in domo Domini.
To these, belonged the courses of door-keepers, to the chiefs of the strong men, belonged charges, equally with their brethren, —to be in attendance in the house of Yahweh.
13 Missæ sunt ergo sortes ex æquo, et parvis, et magnis, per familias suas in unamquamque portarum.
Yea they cast lots, as the small so the great, by their ancestral house, for every several gate.
14 Cecidit ergo sors Orientalis, Selemiæ. Porro Zachariæ filio eius, viro prudentissimo, et erudito, sortito obtigit plaga Septentrionalis.
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. And, for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots, and his lot came out, northward.
15 Obededom vero et filiis eius ad Austrum: in qua parte domus erat seniorum concilium.
To Obed-edom, southward, —and, to his sons, the storehouse.
16 Sephim, et Hosa ad Occidentem, iuxta portam, quæ ducit ad viam ascensionis: custodia contra custodiam.
To Shuppim and to Hosah, westward, near the refuse-gate, in the causeway that goeth up, —one ward as well as another.
17 Ad Orientem vero Levitæ sex: et ad Aquilonem quattuor per diem: atque ad Meridiem similiter in die quattuor: et ubi erat concilium bini et bini.
Eastward—daily, were six, —northward—daily, four, southward—daily, four, and, for the stores, two and two.
18 In cellulis quoque ianitorum ad Occidentem quattuor in via, binique per cellulas.
For the precinct—westward, four, at the causeway, two—by the precinct.
19 Hæ sunt divisiones ianitorum filiorum Core, et Merari.
These, were the courses of the door-keepers, of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
20 Porro Achias erat super thesauros domus Dei, et vasa sanctorum.
And, the Levites, their brethren, were over the treasuries of the house of God, even to the treasuries of hallowed things.
21 Filii Ledan, filii Gersonni: de Ledan principes familiarum, Ledan, et Gersonni, Iehieli.
The sons of Ladan—the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan—the ancestral chiefs belonging to Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli;
22 Filii Iehieli: Zathan, et Ioel fratres eius super thesauros domus Domini,
the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother who were over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.
23 Amramitis, et Isaaritis, et Hebronitis, et Ozihelitis.
Then came certain of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites.
24 Subael autem filius Gersom, filii Moysi, præpositus thesauris.
And, Shebuel, son of Gershom, son of Moses, was chief ruler over the treasuries.
25 Fratres quoque eius Eliezer, cuius filius Rahabia, et huius filius Isaias, et huius filius Ioram, huius quoque filius Zechri. Et huius filius Selemith.
And, his brethren pertaining to Eliezer, were Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.
26 Ipse Selemith, et fratres eius super thesauros sanctorum, quæ sanctificavit David rex, et principes familiarum, et tribuni, et centuriones, et duces exercitus
The same Shelomoth and his brethren, were over all the treasuries of the hallowed things, which David the king and the ancestral chiefs, with the captains of thousands and hundreds and the captains of the army, had hallowed:
27 de bellis, et manubiis præliorum, quæ consecraverant ad instaurationem, et supellectilem templi Domini.
out of the battles and out of the spoil, had they hallowed [them], —to strengthen [the provision] for the house of Yahweh.
28 Hæc autem universa sanctificavit Samuel Videns, et Saul filius Cis, et Abner filius Ner, et Ioab filius Sarviæ: omnes, qui sanctificaverant ea per manum Selemith, et fratrum eius.
And, all that Samuel the seer, and Saul son of Kish, and Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, had hallowed, whosoever had hallowed anything, it was under the direction of Shelomoth, and his brethren.
29 Isaaritis vero præerat Chonenias, et filii eius ad opera forinsecus super Israel ad docendum et iudicandum eos.
Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons, were for the outward business over Israel, —as officers, and as judges.
30 Porro de Hebronitis Hasabias, et fratres eius viri fortissimi, mille septingenti præerant Israeli trans Iordanem contra Occidentem, in cunctis operibus Domini, et in ministerium regis.
Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, sons of valour, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel, across the Jordan westward, —for all the business of Yahweh, and for the service of the king.
31 Hebronitarum autem princeps fuit Ieria secundum familias et cognationes eorum. Quadragesimo anno regni David recensiti sunt, et inventi sunt viri fortissimi in Iazer Galaad,
Of the Hebronites, Jerijah, was chief, [he was] of the Hebronites by his generations, by his fathers, —in the fortieth year of the reign of David, were they sought out, and there were found among them heroes of valour, in Jazer of Gilead;
32 fratresque eius robustioris ætatis, duo millia septingenti principes familiarum. Præposuit autem eos David rex Rubenitis, et Gadditis, et dimidiæ tribui Manasse, in omne ministerium Dei, et regis.
and, his brethren that were heroes of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred, ancestral chiefs, —so David the king gave them oversight, over the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half tribe of Manassites, in all the affairs of God, and the affairs of the king.
