I Paralipomenon 26
1 Divisiones autem ianitorum: de Coritis Meselemia, filius Core, de filiis Asaph.
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 Filii Meselemiae: Zacharias primogenitus, Iadihel secundus, Zabadias tertius, Iathanael quartus,
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 Aelam quintus, Iohanan sextus, Elioenai septimus.
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 Filii autem Obededom: Semeias primogenitus, Iozabad secundus, Ioaha tertius, Sachar quartus, Nathanael quintus,
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 Ammiel sextus, Issachar septimus, Phollathi octavus: quia benedixit illi Dominus.
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 Semei autem filio eius nati sunt filii, praefecti familiarum suarum: erant enim viri fortissimi.
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 filii ergo Semeiae: Othni, et Raphael, et Obed, Elzabad et, fratres eius viri fortissimi: Eliu quoque, et Samachias.
The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
8 Omnes hi, de filiis Obededom: ipsi, et filii, et fratres eorum fortissimi ad ministrandum, sexaginta duo de Obededom.
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 Porro Meselemiae filii, et fratres eorum robustissimi, decem et octo.
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 De Hosa autem, id est de filiis Merari: Semri princeps (non enim habuerat primogenitum, et idcirco posuerat eum pater eius in principem)
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 Helcias secundus, Tabelias tertius, Zacharias quartus. omnes hi filii, et fratres Hosa, tredecim.
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 Hi divisi sunt in ianitores, ut semper principes custodiarum, sicut et fratres eorum ministrarent in domo Domini.
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 Missae sunt ergo sortes ex aequo, et parvis, et magnis, per familias suas in unamquamque portarum.
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 Cecidit ergo sors Orientalis, Selemiae. Porro Zachariae filio eius, viro prudentissimo, et erudito, sortito obtigit plaga Septentrionalis.
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 Obededom vero et filiis eius ad Austrum: in qua parte domus erat seniorum concilium.
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 Sephim, et Hosa ad Occidentem, iuxta portam, quae ducit ad viam ascensionis: custodia contra custodiam.
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 Ad Orientem vero Levitae sex: et ad Aquilonem quattuor per diem: atque ad Meridiem similiter in die quattuor: et ubi erat concilium bini et bini.
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 In cellulis quoque ianitorum ad Occidentem quattuor in via, binique per cellulas.
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 Hae sunt divisiones ianitorum filiorum Core, et Merari.
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 Porro Achias erat super thesauros domus Dei, et vasa sanctorum.
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 Filii quoque Ledan, filii Gersonni: de Ledan principes familiarum, Ledan, et Gersonni, Iehieli.
[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 Filii Iehieli: Zathan, et Ioel fratres eius super thesauros domus Domini,
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 Amramitis, et Isaaritis, et Hebronitis, et Ozihelitis.
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 Subael autem filius Gersom, filii Moysi, praepositus thesauris.
[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 Frater quoque eius Eliezer, cuius filius Rahabia, et huius filius Isaias, et huius filius Ioram, huius quoque filius Zechri. et huius filius Selemith.
[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 Ipse Selemith, et fratres eius super thesauros sanctorum, quae sanctificavit David rex, et principes familiarum, et tribuni, et centuriones, et duces exercitus
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 de bellis, et manubiis praeliorum, quae consecraverant ad instaurationem, et supellectilem templi Domini.
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 Haec autem universa sanctificavit Samuel Videns, et Saul filius Cis, et Abner filius Ner, et Ioab filius Sarviae: omnesque sanctificaverant ea per manum Selemith, et fratrum eius.
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 Isaaritis vero praeerat Chonenias, et filiis eius ad opera forinsecus super Israel ad docendum et iudicandum eos.
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 Porro de Hebronitis Hasabias, et fratres eius viri fortissimi, mille septingenti praeerant Israeli trans Iordanem contra Occidentem, in cunctis operibus Domini, et in ministerium regis.
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 Hebronitarum autem princeps fuit Ieria secundum familias et cognationes eorum. Quadragesimo anno regni David recensiti sunt, et inventi sunt viri fortissimi in Iazer Galaad,
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 fratresque eius robustioris aetatis, duo millia septingenti principes familiarum. Praeposuit autem eos David rex Rubenitis, et Gadditis, et dimidiae tribui Manasse, in omne ministerium Dei, et regis.
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.
