اول تواریخ 23
| وقتی داوود پیر و سالخورده شد پسرش سلیمان را بر تخت سلطنت اسرائیل نشاند. | 1 |
David was a very old man [DOU] when he appointed his son Solomon to be the next king.
| داوود تمام رهبران اسرائیل و کاهنان و لاویان را جمع کرد. | 2 |
David gathered the leaders of Israel and the priests and other descendants of Levi.
| سپس دستور داد که از لاویان سرشماری به عمل آید. تعداد کل مردان لاوی سی ساله و بالاتر، سی و هشت هزار نفر بود. | 3 |
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.
| داوود فرمان داد که بیست و چهار هزار نفر از آنها بر کار ساختمان خانهٔ خداوند نظارت کنند، شش هزار نفر قاضی و مأمور اجرا باشند، | 4 |
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.
| چهار هزار نفر نگهبان خانهٔ خدا و چهار هزار نفر دیگر با آلات موسیقی که او تهیه کرده بود خداوند را ستایش کنند. | 5 |
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.”
| سپس داوود آنها را برحسب طایفه‌های لاوی، به سه دسته تقسیم کرد: جرشون، قهات و مراری. | 6 |
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.
| دستهٔ جرشون از دو گروه به نامهای پسرانش لعدان و شمعی تشکیل شده بود. | 7 |
From the descendants of Gershon there were Ladan and Shimei.
| این دو گروه نیز از شش گروه دیگر تشکیل شده بودند که به نام پسران لعدان و شمعی خوانده می‌شدند. اسامی پسران لعدان یحی‌ئیل، زیتام و یوئیل بود. ایشان رهبران خاندان لعدان بودند. اسامی پسران شمعی شلومیت، حزی‌ئیل و هاران بود. | 8 |
There were three sons of Ladan: Jehiel was the oldest, and his [younger] brothers Zetham and Joel.
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There were three of the sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran. They were all leaders of the clans of Ladan.
| خاندانهای شمعی به اسم یحت، زینا، یعوش و بریعه (چهار پسر شمعی) نامیده می‌شدند. | 10 |
There were four men who were other sons of Shimei:
| یحت بزرگتر از همه بود و بعد زینا. اما یعوش و بریعه با هم یک خاندان را تشکیل می‌دادند، چون هیچ‌کدام پسران زیادی نداشتند. | 11 |
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.
| دستهٔ قهات از چهار گروه به نامهای پسرانش عمرام، یصهار، حبرون و عزی‌ئیل تشکیل شده بود. | 12 |
Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
| عمرام پدر موسی و هارون بود. هارون و نسل او برای خدمت مقدّس تقدیم قربانی و هدایای بنی‌اسرائیل به حضور خداوند انتخاب شدند تا پیوسته خداوند را خدمت کنند و بنی‌اسرائیل را به نام خداوند برکت دهند. | 13 |
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.
| جرشوم و العازار پسران موسی، مرد خدا نیز جزو قبیلهٔ لاوی بودند. | 14 |
The sons of Moses, the man who served God [well], were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.
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The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.
| بین پسران جرشوم، شبوئیل رهبر بود. | 16 |
The oldest son of Gershom was Shubael.
| العازار فقط یک پسر داشت به نام رحبیا. رحبیا رهبر خاندان خود بود و فرزندان بسیار داشت. | 17 |
Rehabiah was the oldest son of Eliezer. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many sons.
| از پسران یصهار، شلومیت رهبر خاندان بود. | 18 |
The oldest son of Izhar was Shelomith.
| پسران حبرون عبارت بودند از: یریا، امریا، یحزی‌ئیل و یقمعام. | 19 |
Hebron had four sons. Jeriah was his oldest son, and his [younger] brothers were Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam.
| پسران عزی‌ئیل، میکا و یشیا بودند. | 20 |
Uzziel had two sons. Micah was the oldest son, and his [younger] brother was Isshiah.
| مراری دو پسر داشت به نامهای محلی و موشی. العازار و قیس پسران محلی بودند. | 21 |
Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
| وقتی العازار مرد پسری نداشت. دخترانش با پسر عموهای خود، یعنی پسران قیس ازدواج کردند. | 22 |
Eleazar had no sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
| موشی هم سه پسر داشت: محلی، عادر و یریموت. | 23 |
The three sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
| هنگام سرشماری، تمام مردان لاوی که بیست ساله یا بالاتر بودند، جزو این طوایف و خاندانها اسم‌نویسی شدند و همه برای خدمت در خانهٔ خداوند تعیین گردیدند. | 24 |
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.
| داوود گفت: «خداوند، خدای اسرائیل به ما صلح و آرامش بخشیده و برای همیشه در اورشلیم ساکن شده است. | 25 |
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.
| پس دیگر لزومی ندارد لاویان خیمهٔ عبادت و لوازم آن را از مکانی به مکان دیگر حمل کنند.» | 26 |
Therefore, the descendants of Levi no longer need to carry the Sacred Tent and the items used in the work there.”
| به این ترتیب طبق آخرین دستور داوود تمام مردان قبیلهٔ لاوی بیست ساله و بالاتر، سرشماری شدند. | 27 |
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.
| وظیفهٔ لاویان این بود که در خدمت خانهٔ خداوند کاهنان را که از نسل هارون بودند، کمک کنند. نگهداری حیاط و اتاقهای خانهٔ خدا و نیز طهارت اشیاء مقدّس نیز به عهدهٔ ایشان بود. | 28 |
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.
| تهیهٔ نان حضور، آرد برای هدیهٔ آردی، نانهای فطیر، پختن و آغشته کردن هدایا به روغن زیتون و وزن کردن هدایا نیز جزو وظایف لاویان بود. | 29 |
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.
| ایشان هر روز صبح و عصر در حضور خداوند می‌ایستادند و با سرود او را ستایش می‌کردند. | 30 |
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.
| همین کار را هنگام تقدیم قربانیهای سوختنی به خداوند در روز شَبّات و ماه نو و جشنهای سالیانه انجام می‌دادند. لاویان موظف بودند به تعداد مناسب و به طریق تعیین شده به طور مرتب خدمت کنند. | 31 |
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.
| ایشان از خیمهٔ ملاقات و خانهٔ خداوند مواظبت می‌نمودند و کاهنان را که از نسل هارون بودند، کمک می‌کردند. | 32 |
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.
