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1 Vedkommende dørvokternes skifter, så hørte til korahittene Meselemja, Kores sønn, av Asafs barn.
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 Og Meselemjas sønner var: Sakarja, den førstefødte, Jediael, den annen, Sebadja, den tredje, Jatniel, den fjerde,
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 Elam, den femte, Johanan, den sjette, Eljoenai, den syvende.
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 Obed-Edoms sønner var: Semaja, den førstefødte, Josabad, den annen, Joah, den tredje, og Sakar, den fjerde, og Netanel, den femte,
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 Ammiel, den sjette, Issakar, den syvende, Pe'ulletai, den åttende; for Gud hadde velsignet ham.
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 Hans sønn Semaja fikk og sønner, som blev de rådende i sin ætt; for de var dyktige menn.
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 Semajas sønner var: Otni og Refael og Obed, Elsabad og hans brødre, dyktige menn, Elihu og Semakja.
The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
8 Alle disse var efterkommere av Obed-Edom, både de og deres sønner og brødre, dyktige og sterke menn til tjenesten - i alt to og seksti efterkommere av Obed-Edom.
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 Meselemja hadde også sønner og brødre, dyktige menn - i alt atten.
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 Sønnene til Hosa, som hørte til Meraris barn, var: Simri, overhodet - for vel var han ikke den førstefødte, men hans far satte ham til å være overhode -
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 Hilkia, den annen, Tebalja, den tredje, Sakarja, den fjerde; Hosas sønner og brødre var i alt tretten.
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 Disse dørvokter-skifter, det vil si deres overhoder, pålå det å gjøre vakttjeneste i Herrens hus sammen med sine brødre.
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 Og de kastet lodd om hver port, den minste som den største, efter sine familier.
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 Loddet mot øst falt på Selemja; også for hans sønn Sakarja, en klok rådgiver, kastet de lodd, og hans lodd kom ut mot nord.
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 For Obed-Edom falt loddet mot syd, og for hans sønner falt det ved forrådshuset.
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 For Suppim og Hosa falt loddet mot vest ved Salleket-porten på allfarveien som går opover, den ene vaktpost ved den andre.
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 Mot øst stod seks levitter, mot nord hver dag fire, mot syd hver dag fire, og ved forrådshuset to og to.
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 Ved Parbar mot vest stod fire ved veien og to ved selve Parbar.
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 Dette var dørvokternes skifter av korahittenes barn og av Meraris barn.
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 Av levittene hadde Akia opsyn over skattene i Guds hus og over de til Herren helligede ting.
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 Ladans sønner, gersonittenes efterkommere gjennem Ladan, overhodene for gersonitten Ladans familier, var jehielittene.
[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 Jehielittenes sønner Setam og hans bror Joel hadde opsyn over skattene i Herrens hus.
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 Vedkommende amramittene, jisharittene, hebronittene, ossielittene,
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 så var Sebuel, sønn av Moses' sønn Gersom, overopsynsmann over skattene.
[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 Og hans frender av Eliesers ætt var Eliesers sønn Rehabja Og hans sønn Jesaja og hans sønn Joram Og hans sønn Sikri Og hans sønn Selomot.
[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 Denne Selomot Og hans brødre hadde opsyn over alle de til Herren helligede ting, som kong David og familiehodene blandt høvedsmennene over tusen og over hundre og hærførerne hadde helliget;
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 efter krigene hadde de helliget det av hærfanget for å sette Herrens hus i stand.
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 Og alt det seeren Samuel og Saul, Kis' sønn, og Abner, Ners sønn, og Joab, Serujas sønn, hadde helliget - alt som nogen hadde helliget - var under opsyn av Selomit og hans brødre.
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 Blandt jisharittene var Kenanja og hans sønner satt til å røkte de verdslige gjøremål i Israel som tilsynsmenn og dommere.
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 Blandt hebronittene var Hasabja og hans brødre, dyktige menn, tusen og syv hundre i tallet, satt over Israel i landet på vestsiden av Jordan i alt som vedkom Herrens gjerning og kongens tjeneste.
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 Til hebronittene hørte Jerija, overhodet for hebronittene efter deres ætter og familier; i det firtiende år av Davids regjering blev det foretatt undersøkelse blandt dem, og det fantes blandt dem dyktige krigsmenn i Jaser i Gilead.
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 Hans frender, dyktige menn, var to tusen og syv hundre, som alle var familiehoder; dem satte kong David over rubenittene og gadittene og den halve Manasse stamme i alle Guds saker og kongens saker.
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.
