1 Krønikebok 23
1 Då David var gamall og mett av dagar, gjorde han Salomo, son sin, til konge yver Israel.
David was a very old man [DOU] when he appointed his son Solomon to be the next king.
2 Og han samla alle hovdingarne i Israel, og prestarne og levitarne.
David gathered the leaders of Israel and the priests and other descendants of Levi.
3 Og levitarne vart talde, ein for ein, dei som var tretti år gamle eller meir, og talet på alle karfolki var åtte og tretti tusund.
He [commanded some of his officials to] count the descendants of Levi who were at least thirty years old, and they found out that there were 38,000 of them.
4 «Av desse, » sagde han, «skal fire og tjuge tusund standa fyre arbeidet i Herrens hus, og seks tusund skal vera formenner og domarar,
Then David said, “From those 38,000 men, I want 24,000 of them to supervise the work at the temple of Yahweh, and I want 6,000 of them to be officials and judges.
5 fire tusund skal vera dørvaktarar, og fire tusund skal lovsyngja Herren til dei spelgognerne som eg hev late gjera til lovsongen.»
I want 4,000 to be guards at the gates, and 4,000 to praise Yahweh, using the musical instruments that I have provided for them.”
6 Og David skifte deim i skift etter sønerne åt Levi: Gerson, Kehat og Merari.
David divided the descendants of Levi into three family groups; each group consisted of men who were descendants of one of the three sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Til gersonitarne høyrde Ladan og Sime’i.
From the descendants of Gershon there were Ladan and Shimei.
8 Sønerne hans Ladan var Jehiel, hovdingen, Zetam og Joel, tri mann.
There were three sons of Ladan: Jehiel was the oldest, and his [younger] brothers Zetham and Joel.
9 Sønerne hans Sime’i var Selomot og Haziel og Haran, tri; dei var hovdingarne for Ladans-ættgreinerne.
There were three of the sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran. They were all leaders of the clans of Ladan.
10 Og sønerne åt Sime’i var Jahat, Ziza og Je’us og Beria; desse fire var sønerne hans Sime’i.
There were four men who were other sons of Shimei:
11 Jahat var hovdingen, og Ziza var den andre. Men Je’us og Beria hadde ikkje mange born, difor vart dei rekna for ei ættgrein, ein flokk for seg.
Jahath, who was his oldest son, and his [younger] brothers Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as though they were one family.
12 Sønerne åt Kahat var Amram, Jishar, Hebron og Uzziel, fire.
Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
13 Sønerne hans Amram var Aron og Moses. Og Aron vart utskild - han skulde vigjast til å vera høgheilag i all æva, han og sønerne hans, og skulde brenna røykjelse for Herren og tena honom og lysa velsigning i hans namn til æveleg tid.
There were two sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart to dedicate the very holy things, to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, to serve in his presence, and to declare [to the people] what Yahweh [MTY] would do to bless them. They were to do those things forever.
14 Men sønerne åt Moses, Guds mann, vert rekna til Levi-ætti.
The sons of Moses, the man who served God [well], were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.
15 Sønerne åt Moses var Gersom og Eliezer.
The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Av Gersoms-sønerne var Sebuel hovding.
The oldest son of Gershom was Shubael.
17 Og av Eliezer-sønerne var Rehabja hovding. Eliezer hadde ikkje fleire søner; men sønerne hans Rehabja var ovleg mange.
Rehabiah was the oldest son of Eliezer. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many sons.
18 Av Jishars-sønerne var Selomit hovdingen.
The oldest son of Izhar was Shelomith.
19 Hebrons-sønerne var Jerija hovdingen, Amarja, var den andre, Jahaziel, den tridje, og Jekamam, den fjorde.
Hebron had four sons. Jeriah was his oldest son, and his [younger] brothers were Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam.
20 Av Uzziels-sønerne var Mika hovding, og Jissia den andre.
Uzziel had two sons. Micah was the oldest son, and his [younger] brother was Isshiah.
21 Merari-sønerne var Mahli og Musi. Sønerne hans Mahli var Eleazar og Kis.
Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
22 Då Eleazar døydde, hadde han ingi søner etter seg, men berre døtter; men sønerne åt Kis, frendarne deira, gifte seg med deim.
Eleazar had no sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
23 Musi-sønerne var Mahli og Eder og Jeremot, tri.
The three sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
24 Dette var Levi-sønerne etter ættgreinene deira, ættarhovdingarne for deim som var mynstra og innskrivne i manntalet, ein for ein, dei som kunde gjera arbeid som høyrde til tenesta i Herrens hus, og var tjuge år gamle og yver det.
Those were the descendants of Levi, whose names were listed according to their families/clans. They were chosen for special jobs by (casting lots/throwing small marked stones). Each person who was at least 20 years old was listed. They all worked in the temple of Yahweh.
25 For David sagde: «Herren, Israels Gud, hev gjeve folket sitt ro, og hev no bustaden sin i Jerusalem for all æva.
David had said previously, “Yahweh, the God to whom we Israeli people belong, has enabled us to have peace, and he [has come to] live in Jerusalem forever.
26 Difor tarv ikkje heller levitarne bera tjeldet meir, og ikkje heller alle arbeidsgognerne som er i huset.»
Therefore, the descendants of Levi no longer need to carry the Sacred Tent and the items used in the work there.”
27 For etter fråsegni um Davids siste tid vart levitarne rekna frå tjugeårsalderen og uppetter.
Obeying the final instructions of David [before he died, instructions for doing this work at the temple], they counted only the descendants of Levi who were at least 20 years old.
28 Og dei vart sette med sida åt Arons-sønerne til tenesta i Herrens hus, i det som vedkom tuni og kovarne og rensingi av alt som heilagt var, og arbeidet med tenesta i Guds hus,
The work of those descendants of Levi was to assist the descendants of Aaron in their work in the temple of Yahweh: To be in charge of the temple courtyards and the side rooms, the ceremonies for purifying all the sacred things, and to do other work at the temple.
29 både skodebrødi og finmjølet til grjonofferet og dei usyrde tunnkakorne og takkorne og det knoda mjølet og med alt rom-mål og lengdemål.
They were also in charge of the sacred loaves of bread that were placed [each week] on the table [in the temple], the flour for the grain offerings, the wafers that were made without yeast, and the measuring the ingredients and mixing them and baking that bread and those wafers.
30 Og kvar morgon skulde dei standa og lova og prisa Herren, og like eins kvar kveld.
They were also told to stand every morning [at the temple] and thank Yahweh and praise him. They were also required to do the same thing every evening.
31 Og dei skulde ofra alle brennoffer åt Herren på kviledagar og høgtiderne, so mange som fastsett var, og soleis som det var deim fyresagt, allstødt for Herrens åsyn.
And they were to do the same thing whenever offerings that were to be completely burned [on the altar] were presented/offered to Yahweh on Sabbath days and during the new moon celebrations and other religious festivals. They were told how many of them should be there and what they should do each time.
32 Dei skulde gjera alt arbeidet som trongst ved møtetjeldet, og det som skulde gjerast ved heilagdomen, det som Arons-sønerne, brørne deira, hadde å gjera med gudstenesta i Herrens hus.
So the descendants of Levi did the work that was assigned to them by their fellow Israelis who were descendants of Aaron. They did that work in the area surrounding the Sacred Tent, and in the Sacred Tent, and [later] at the temple.
