1 Masolo ya Kala 23
1 Tango Davidi akomaki mobange makasi, akomisaki Salomo, mwana na ye ya mobali, mokonzi ya Isalaele.
And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead.
2 Asangisaki bakambi nyonso ya Isalaele elongo na Banganga-Nzambe mpe Balevi.
And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.
3 Batangaki Balevi nyonso oyo bazalaki na mibu tuku misato mpe koleka: motango nyonso ya Balevi ezalaki nkoto tuku misato na mwambe.
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 Davidi alobaki: « Tika ete Balevi nkoto tuku mibale na minei bazala bakambi ya misala ya Tempelo ya Yawe, Balevi nkoto motoba bazala bakomi mikanda mpe basambisi,
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 Balevi nkoto minei bazala bakengeli bikuke, mpe Balevi nkoto minei bakumisa Yawe na bibetelo mindule oyo nasalaki na tina na yango. »
and four thousand doorkeepers, and four thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.
6 Bongo Davidi akabolaki bango na masanga kolanda buku ya mabota ya bana mibali ya Levi: Gerishoni, Keati mpe Merari.
And David divided them [into] daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
7 Mpo na libota ya Gerishoni: Laedani mpe Shimei.
And for [the family of] Gedson, Edan, and Semei.
8 Laedani azalaki na bana mibali misato: mokonzi Yeyeli, Zetami mpe Joeli.
The sons of Edan [were] Jeiel, the chief, and Zethan, and Joel, three.
9 Shimei azalaki na bana mibali misato: Shelomiti, Azieli mpe Arani. Bango nde bazalaki bakambi ya mabota ya Laedani.
The sons of Semei; Salomith, Jeiel, and Dan, three: these [were] the chiefs of the families of Edan.
10 Shimei azalaki na bana mibali mosusu minei: Yaati, Ziza, Yewushi mpe Beria.
And to the sons of Semei, Jeth, and Ziza, and Joas, and Beria: these [were] the four sons of Semei.
11 Yaati azalaki mwana ya liboso, mpe Ziza, mwana ya mibale. Nzokande Yewushi mpe Beria bazalaki na bakitani ebele te. Boye batangaki bango lokola libota moko.
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 Keati azalaki na bana mibali minei: Amirami, Yitseari, Ebron mpe Uzieli.
The sons of Caath; Ambram, Isaar, Chebron, Oziel, four.
13 Amirami azalaki na bana mibali mibale: Aron mpe Moyize. Aron aponamaki mpo na libela, elongo na bana na ye ya mibali, mpo na kobulisa Esika-Oyo-Eleki-Bule, mpo na kotumba mbeka ya malasi liboso ya Yawe, mpo na kosalela Ye mpe kopambola bato mpo na libela na Kombo na Ye.
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 Bana ya Moyize, moto na Nzambe, batangaki bango na ekolo ya Levi.
And [as for] Moses the man of God, his sons were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.
15 Bana mibali ya Moyize: Gerishomi mpe Eliezeri.
The sons of Moses; Gersam, and Eliezer.
16 Bana mibali ya Gerishomi: Shebueli azalaki mwana mobali ya liboso.
The sons of Gersam; Subael the chief.
17 Bana mibali ya Eliezeri: Reabia azalaki mwana na ye se moko. Eliezeri azalaki na bana mosusu te, kasi Reabia azalaki na bana ebele.
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 Bana mibali ya Yitseari: Shelomiti azalaki mwana ya liboso kati na bana mibali ya Yitseari.
The sons of Isaar; Salomoth the chief.
19 Bana mibali ya Ebron: Yeriya, mwana ya liboso; Amaria, mwana ya mibale; Yaazieli, mwana ya misato mpe Yekameami, mwana ya minei.
The sons of Chebron; Jeria the chief, Amaria the second, Jeziel the third, Jekemias the fourth.
20 Bana mibali ya Uzieli: Mishe, mwana ya liboso; mpe Yishiya, mwana ya mibale.
The sons of Oziel; Micha the chief, and Isia the second.
21 Bana mibali ya Merari: Maali mpe Mushi. Bana mibali ya Maali: Eleazari mpe Kishi.
The sons of Merari; Mooli, and Musi: the sons of Mooli; Eleazar, and Kis.
22 Eleazari akufaki mpe atikalaki kobota bana mibali te, azalaki kaka na bana basi oyo babalanaki na bandeko na bango, bana mibali ya tata leki na bango Kishi.
And Eleazar died, and he had no sons, but daughters: and the sons of Kis, their brethren, took them.
23 Bana mibali ya Mushi: Maali, Ederi mpe Yeremoti. Bango nyonso bazalaki misato.
The sons of Musi; Mooli, and Eder, and Jarimoth, three.
24 Bango nde bazalaki bakitani ya Levi kolanda bituka na bango, mpe bakambi ya bituka na bango kolanda ndenge bakomamaki, moto na moto, na buku ya mabota. Bazwaki mokumba ya kosala misala kati na Tempelo ya Yawe, kobanda na oyo azalaki na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka.
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 Bongo Davidi alobaki: « Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, apesi bopemi na bato na Ye mpe avandi libela kati na Yelusalemi.
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 Boye Balevi bazala lisusu te na mokumba ya komema Mongombo mpe bisalelo na yango nyonso. »
And the Levites bore not the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it for its service.
27 Ezalaki kolanda malako ya suka ya Davidi nde batangaki bakitani ya Levi kobanda na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka.
For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites [taken] from twenty years old and upward.
28 Mosala ya Balevi ezalaki mpo na kosunga bakitani ya Aron na mosala ya Tempelo ya Yawe: kolandela bopeto ya veranda mpe ya bashambre, kopetola biloko nyonso ya bule mpe kosala misala nyonso ya Tempelo.
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 Bazalaki na mokumba ya kotanda mapa na mesa, kobongisa farine mpo na makabo ya bagato ezanga levire, bagalete mpe bagato batumba na kikalungu, mpe bagato basangisa na mafuta mpe biloko nyonso oyo bamekelaka kilo mpe molayi.
and for the show-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 Bazalaki mpe na mokumba ya kotelema liboso ya Yawe, tongo mpe pokwa nyonso, mpo na kokumisa mpe kosanzola Ye;
and to stand in the morning to praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening;
31 mpe kobonza tango nyonso bambeka ya kotumba oyo bazalaki komema epai na Yawe na mikolo ya Saba, na ebandeli ya sanza mpe na mikolo nyonso ya bafeti oyo ekatama, kolanda motango oyo bakatelaki bango mpo na libela liboso ya Yawe.
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 Boye Balevi bazalaki kosala mosala na bango ya kokengela Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani mpe Esika ya bule, mpe ya kosunga bandeko na bango ya mibali, bana ya Aron, na mosala ya Tempelo ya Yawe.
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.
