1 Masolo ya Kala 23
1 Tango Davidi akomaki mobange makasi, akomisaki Salomo, mwana na ye ya mobali, mokonzi ya Isalaele.
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 Asangisaki bakambi nyonso ya Isalaele elongo na Banganga-Nzambe mpe Balevi.
And he assembled all the princes of Israel, with 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.
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
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 which, twenty and four thousand [were] to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand [were] officers and judges:
5 Balevi nkoto minei bazala bakengeli bikuke, mpe Balevi nkoto minei bakumisa Yawe na bibetelo mindule oyo nasalaki na tina na yango. »
Moreover, four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [with them].
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 courses among the sons of Levi, [namely], Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Mpo na libota ya Gerishoni: Laedani mpe Shimei.
Of the Gershonites, [were], Laadan and Shimei.
8 Laedani azalaki na bana mibali misato: mokonzi Yeyeli, Zetami mpe Joeli.
The sons of Laadan: the chief [was] Jehiel, and Zetham, 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 Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These [were] the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
10 Shimei azalaki na bana mibali mosusu minei: Yaati, Ziza, Yewushi mpe Beria.
And the sons of Shimei [were], Jahath, Zina, and Jeush and Beriah. These four [were] the sons of Shimei.
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 Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to [their] father's house.
12 Keati azalaki na bana mibali minei: Amirami, Yitseari, Ebron mpe Uzieli.
The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, 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 Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to him, and to bless in his name for ever.
14 Bana ya Moyize, moto na Nzambe, batangaki bango na ekolo ya Levi.
Now [concerning] Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
15 Bana mibali ya Moyize: Gerishomi mpe Eliezeri.
The sons of Moses [were], Gershom, and Eliezer.
16 Bana mibali ya Gerishomi: Shebueli azalaki mwana mobali ya liboso.
Of the sons of Gershom; Shebuel [was] 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], Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18 Bana mibali ya Yitseari: Shelomiti azalaki mwana ya liboso kati na bana mibali ya Yitseari.
Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
19 Bana mibali ya Ebron: Yeriya, mwana ya liboso; Amaria, mwana ya mibale; Yaazieli, mwana ya misato mpe Yekameami, mwana ya minei.
Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jehaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Bana mibali ya Uzieli: Mishe, mwana ya liboso; mpe Yishiya, mwana ya mibale.
Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first, and Jesiah the second.
21 Bana mibali ya Merari: Maali mpe Mushi. Bana mibali ya Maali: Eleazari mpe Kishi.
The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
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 had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
23 Bana mibali ya Mushi: Maali, Ederi mpe Yeremoti. Bango nyonso bazalaki misato.
The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, 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 [were] the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; [even] the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years 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 hath given rest to his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever;
26 Boye Balevi bazala lisusu te na mokumba ya komema Mongombo mpe bisalelo na yango nyonso. »
And also to the Levites: they shall no [more] carry the tabernacle, nor any 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 the Levites [were] numbered from twenty years old and above:
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.
Because their office [was] to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work 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.
Both for the show-bread, and for the fine flour for meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for [that which is baked in] the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
30 Bazalaki mpe na mokumba ya kotelema liboso ya Yawe, tongo mpe pokwa nyonso, mpo na kokumisa mpe kosanzola Ye;
And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at 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 offer all burnt-sacrifices to the LORD on the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded 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 that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy [place], and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
