1 Ebyomumirembe 23
1 Awo Dawudi bwe yawangaala ennyo n’akaddiwa emyaka mingi n’afuula Sulemaani mutabani we okuba kabaka wa Isirayiri.
And David is old, and satisfied with days, and causeth his son Solomon to reign over Israel,
2 Era yakuŋŋaanya abakulembeze ba Isirayiri bonna, wamu ne bakabona n’Abaleevi.
and gathereth all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites;
3 Abaleevi abaali baweza emyaka amakumi asatu n’okusingawo baabalibwa, n’omuwendo gw’abasajja bonna gwali emitwalo esatu mu kanaana.
and the Levites are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, by their polls, is of mighty men thirty and eight thousand.
4 Awo Dawudi n’agamba nti, “Ku abo emitwalo ebiri mu enkumi nnya be banaalabiriranga omulimu ogwa yeekaalu ya Mukama, ate kakaaga banaabanga bakungu n’abalamuzi.
Of these to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah [are] twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand,
5 Enkumi nnya banaabanga baggazi, ate enkumi ennya abasigaddewo be banatenderezanga Mukama n’ebivuga bye nateekateeka ku lw’okutendereza.”
and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' [saith David.]
6 Awo Dawudi n’agabanyamu Abaleevi mu bibinja ng’abaana ba Leevi bwe baali: Gerusoni, ne Kokasi ne Merali.
And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Abaana ba Gerusoni baali Ladani ne Simeeyi.
Of the Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei.
8 Batabani ba Ladani baali Yekyeri omukulu, ne Zesamu, ne Yoweeri, basatu bonna awamu.
Sons of Laadan: the head [is] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9 Batabani ba Simeeyi baali Seromisi, ne Kasiyeri, ne Kalani, basatu bonna awamu, era be baali abakulu b’ennyumba ya Ladani.
Sons of Shimei [are] Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these [are] heads of the fathers of Laadan.
10 Batabani ba Simeeyi omulala Yakasi, ne Zina, ne Yewusi ne Beriya, be bana bonna awamu.
And sons of Shimei [are] Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these [are] sons of Shimei, four.
11 Yakasi ye yali omukulu, ne Ziza ye yali owookubiri, naye Yewusi be Beriya tebaalina baana noolwekyo baabalibwa ng’ekika kimu era nga bakola omulimu gwe gumu.
And Jahath is the head, and Zizah the second, and Jeush and Beriah have not multiplied sons, and they become the house of a father by one numbering.
12 Batabani ba Kokasi baali Amulaamu, ne Izukali, ne Kebbulooni ne Wuziyeeri, be bana.
Sons of Kohath [are] Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13 Batabani ba Amulaamu baali Alooni ne Musa. Alooni yayawulibwa, ye n’abazzukulu be emirembe gyonna, atukuzenga ebintu ebitukuvu ennyo, okuwangayo ssaddaaka eri Mukama, n’okumuweerezanga, era n’okusabanga omukisa mu linnya lye emirembe gyonna.
Sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron is separated for his sanctifying the holy of holies, he and his sons — unto the age, to make perfume before Jehovah, to serve Him, and to bless in His name — unto the age.
14 Batabani ba Musa omusajja wa Katonda babalibwa nga ba mu kika kya Leevi.
As to Moses, the man of God, his sons are called after the tribe of Levi.
15 Batabani ba Musa baali Gerusomu ne Eryeza.
Sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Mu bazzukulu ba Gerusomu, Sebweri ye yali omukulu.
Sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.
17 Mu bazzukulu ba Eryeza, Lekabiya ye yali omukulu. Eryeza teyalina baana balala, naye batabani ba Lekabiya baali bangi ddala.
And sons of Eliezer are Rehabiah the head, and Eliezer had no other sons, and the sons of Rehabiah have multiplied exceedingly.
18 Mu batabani ba Izukali, Seromisi ye yali omukulu.
Sons of Izhar: Shelomith the head.
19 Mu batabani ba Kebbulooni, Yeriya omukulu, Amaliya nga wakubiri, Yakaziyeri nga wakusatu, ne Yekameyamu nga ye wookuna.
Sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Mu batabani ba Wuziyeeri, Mikka ye yali omukulu, ne Issiya nga ye wookubiri.
Sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Ishshiah, the second.
21 Batabani ba Merali baali Makuli ne Musi. Batabani ba Makuli baali Eriyazaali ne Kiisi.
Sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22 Eriyazaali n’afa nga tazadde baana babulenzi wabula aboobuwala bokka. Baganda baabwe, batabani ba Kiisi be babawassa.
And Eleazar dieth, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them.
23 Batabani ba Musi baali Makuli, Ederi ne Yeremosi be basatu.
Sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.
24 Abo be baali abazzukulu ba Leevi mu bika byabwe, ng’emitwe gy’ennyumba bwe gyali giwandiikibbwa mu mannya gaabwe, era nga bwe baabalibwa buli kinoomu, be bakozi abaalina emyaka amakumi abiri n’okusingawo abaaweerezanga mu yeekaalu ya Mukama.
These [are] sons of Levi, by the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their polls, doing the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from a son of twenty years and upward,
25 Dawudi yali agambye nti, “Olw’okuba Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri, awadde abantu be emirembe, era abeera mu Yerusaalemi emirembe gyonna,
for David said, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, hath given rest to His people, and He doth tabernacle in Jerusalem unto the age;'
26 Abaleevi tekikyabagwaniranga kusitula eweema oba ebintu ebikozesebwa mu kuweereza.”
and also of the Levites, 'None [are] to bear the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service;'
27 Nga bagoberera ebigambo bya Dawudi ebyasembayo, Abaleevi abaabalibwa baali ba myaka amakumi abiri n’okusingawo.
for by the last words of David they [took] the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,
28 Omulimu gwabwe gwali gwa kuyambanga bazzukulu ba Alooni mu buweereza obwa yeekaalu ya Mukama, nga bavunaanyizibwa mu mpya ne mu bisenge, ne mu kutukuzanga ebintu byonna ebitukuvu, n’okukola emirimu emirala mu nnyumba ya Katonda.
for their station [is] at 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 cleansing of every holy thing, and the work of the service of the house of God,
29 Baavunaanyizibwanga emigaati egy’okulaga ku mmeeza, n’obutta obulungi obw’ekiweebwayo eky’obutta, n’obugaati obutazimbulukusibbwa, n’okufumba, n’okutabula, olw’ebiweebwayo, n’ebigero byonna mu bungi bwabyo ne mu bunene bwabyo.
and for the bread of the arrangement, and for fine flour for present, and for the thin unleavened cakes, and for [the work of] the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all [liquid] measure and [solid] measure;
30 Be baayimiriranga okwebazanga n’okutenderezanga Mukama buli nkya na buli akawungeezi,
and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks, and to give praise to Jehovah, and so at evening;
31 ne mu kuwaayo ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa, ebyaweebwangayo ku ssabbiiti, n’emyezi nga kye gijje giboneke, ne ku mbaga ezaateekebwawo. Kyabagwaniranga okuweerezanga mu maaso ga Mukama obutayosa, mu mpalo zaabwe, nga bwe balagibwa.
and for all the burnt-offerings — burnt-offerings to Jehovah for sabbaths, for new moons, and for appointed seasons, by number, according to the ordinance upon them continually, before Jehovah.
32 Awo Abaleevi ne bakolanga emirimu gyabwe mu Weema ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu, ne mu Kifo Ekitukuvu, nga bayamba baganda baabwe bazzukulu ba Alooni, okuweerezanga okw’omu yeekaalu ya Mukama.
And they have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of Jehovah.
