I Paralipomenon 23
1 Igitur David senex et plenus dierum, regem constituit Salomonem filium suum super Israel.
And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 Et congregavit omnes principes Israel, et Sacerdotes atque Levitas.
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3 Numeratique sunt Levitae a viginti annis, et supra: et inventa sunt triginta octo millia virorum.
And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward; and their number, by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
4 Ex his electi sunt, et distributi in ministerium domus Domini viginti quattuor millia: praepositorum autem et iudicum sex millia.
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;
5 Porro quattuor millia ianitores: et totidem psaltes canentes Domino in organis, quae fecerat ad canendum.
and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, [said David, ] to praise [therewith].
6 Et distribuit eos David per vices filiorum Levi, Gerson videlicet, et Caath, et Merari.
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Filii Gerson: Leedan, et Semei.
Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.
8 Filii Leedan: princeps Iahiel, et Zethan, et Ioel, tres.
The sons of Laadan: the head was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9 Filii Semei: Salomith, et Hosiel, et Aran, tres: isti principes familiarum Leedan.
The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief fathers of Laadan.
10 Porro filii Semei, Leheth, et Ziza, et Iaus, et Baria: isti filii Semei, quattuor.
And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, and Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei.
11 Erat autem Leheth prior, Ziza secundus: porro Iaus et Baria non habuerunt plurimos filios, et idcirco in una familia, unaque domo computati sunt.
And Jahath was the head, and Ziza the second; and Jeush and Beriah had not many sons: as father's house, therefore, they were reckoned as one.
12 Filii Caath: Amram, et Isaar, Hebron, et Oziel, quattuor.
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Jizhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13 Filii Amram, Aaron et Moyses. Separatusque est Aaron ut ministraret in Sancto sanctorum, ipse et filii eius in sempiternum, et adoleret incensum Domino secundum ritum suum, ac benediceret nomini eius in perpetuum.
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated, that he should be hallowed as most holy, he and his sons for ever, to offer before Jehovah, to do service to him, and to bless in his name for ever.
14 Moysi quoque hominis Dei filii annumerati sunt in tribu Levi.
— And as to Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
15 Filii Moysi: Gersom, et Eliezer.
The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Filii Gersom: Subuel primus.
The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.
17 Fuerunt autem filii Eliezer: Rohobia primus: et non erant Eliezer filii alii. Porro filii Rohobia multiplicati sunt nimis.
And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the head; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18 Filii Isaar: Salomith primus.
— The sons of Jizhar: Shelomith the head.
19 Filii Hebron: Ieriau primus, Amarias secundus, Iahaziel tertius, Iecmaam quartus.
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Filii Oziel: Micha primus, Iesia secundus.
The sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Jishijah the second.
21 Filii Merari: Moholi, et Musi. Filii Moholi: Eleazar, et Cis.
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22 Mortuus est autem Eleazar, et non habuit filios, sed filias: acceperuntque eas filii Cis fratres earum.
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
23 Filii Musi: Moholi, et Eder, et Ierimoth, tres.
The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24 Hi filii Levi in cognationibus, et familiis suis, principes per vices, et numerum capitum singulorum, qui faciebant opera ministerii domus Domini a viginti annis, et supra.
These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses, the chief fathers, as they were reckoned, by number of names by their polls, who did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.
25 Dixit enim David: Requiem dedit Dominus Deus Israel populo suo, et habitationem Ierusalem usque in aeternum.
For David said, Jehovah the God of Israel has given rest to his people, and he will dwell in Jerusalem for ever;
26 Nec erit officii Levitarum ut ultra portent tabernaculum, et omnia vasa eius ad ministrandum.
and the Levites also have no more to carry the tabernacle, nor any of its vessels for its service.
27 Iuxta praecepta quoque David novissima supputabitur numerus filiorum Levi a viginti annis et supra.
For by the last words of David was this [done], — the numbering of the sons of Levi from twenty years old and upward.
28 Et erunt sub manu filiorum Aaron in cultum domus Domini, in vestibulis, et in exedris, et in loco purificationis, et in sanctuario, et in universis operibus ministerii templi Domini.
For their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purifying of all holy things, and [for] the work of the service of the house of God;
29 Sacerdotes autem, super panes propositionis, et ad similae sacrificium, et ad lagana et azyma, et sartaginem, et ad torrendum, et super omne pondus atque mensuram.
and for the loaves to be set in rows, and for the fine flour for the oblation, and for the unleavened cakes, and for [what is baked in] the pan, and for that which is saturated [with oil], and for all measure of capacity and size;
30 Levitae vero ut stent mane ad confitendum, et canendum Domino: similiterque ad vesperam
and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at even;
31 tam in oblatione holocaustorum Domini, quam in sabbatis et Calendis et sollemnitatibus reliquis iuxta numerum, et ceremonias uniuscuiusque rei, iugiter coram Domino.
and for all burnt-offerings offered up to Jehovah on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the ordinance concerning them, continually, before Jehovah;
32 Et custodiant observationes tabernaculi foederis, et ritum sanctuarii, et observationem filiorum Aaron fratrum suorum, ut ministrent in domo Domini.
and they kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of Jehovah.
