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1 Mapoka avachengeti vemikova aiva: Kubva kuvaKora: Mesheremia mwanakomana waKore, mumwe wavanakomana vaAsafi.
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 Mesheremia aiva navanakomana vaiti: Zekaria dangwe, Jedhiaeri wechipiri, Zebhadhia wechitatu, Jatinieri wechina,
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 Eramu wechishanu, Jehohanani wechitanhatu, naEriehoenai wechinomwe.
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 Obhedhi-Edhomu aivawo navanakomana vaiti: Shemaya dangwe, Jehozabhadhi wechipiri, Joa wechitatu, Sakari wechina, Netaneri wechishanu,
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 Amieri wechitanhatu, Isakari wechinomwe naPeuretai wechisere. (Nokuti Mwari akanga aropafadza Obedhi-Edhomu.)
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 Mwanakomana wake Shemaya aivawo navanakomana vaiva: vatungamiri mumhuri yababa vavo nokuti vaiva varume vaikwanisa kwazvo.
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 Vanakomana vaShemaya vaiti: Otini, Refaeri, Obhedhi naErizabhadhi; hama dzake Erihu naSemakia vaivawo varume vaikwanisa.
The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
8 Vose ava vaiva zvizvarwa zvaObhedhi-Edhomu. Ivo navanakomana vavo nehama dzavo vaiva varume vaikwanisa vaine simba rokuita basa, zvizvarwa zvaObhedhi-Edhomu, vaisvika makumi matanhatu navaviri pamwe chete.
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 Mesheremia aiva navanakomana nehama vakanga vari varume voumhare vaisvika gumi navasere pamwe chete.
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 Hosa muMerati aiva navanakomana vaiti: Shimiri wokutanga (kunyange zvake akanga asiri dangwe, baba vake vakamuita wokutanga.)
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 Hirikia wechipiri, Tabharia wechitatu naZekaria wechina. Vanakomana nehama dzaHosa vaiva gumi navatatu vose pamwe chete.
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 Aya mapoka avachengeti vamasuo, kubudikidza navakuru vavo, vaiva nemabasa okushumira mutemberi yaJehovha, sezvaingoitawo hama dzavo.
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 Mijenya yakakandwa nokuda kwesuo rimwe nerimwe, maererano nemhuri dzavo, vadiki nevakuru pamwe chete.
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 Mujenya weSuo Rokumabvazuva wakawira pana Sheremia. Zvino mijenya yakakandwa nokuda kwomwanakomana wake Zekaria, mupi wamazano akachenjera uye mujenya weSuo Rokumusoro wakawira paari.
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 Mujenya weSuo Rezasi wakawira pana Obhedhi-Edhomu, uye mujenya wedura wakawira kuvanakomana vake.
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 Mijenya yeSuo Rokumadokero neSuo reShareketi kunzira yokumusoro yakawira kuna Shupimi naHosa. Murindi aimira parutivi rwomumwe murindi.
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 Kumabvazuva kwainge kuine vaRevhi vatanhatu pazuva, kurutivi rwokumusoro kuine vana pazuva, zasi kuine vana pazuva uye vaviri panguva imwe chete padura.
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 Kana rwuri ruvanze rwokumadokero kwaiva navana kunzira navaviri paruvanze chaipo.
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 Aya ndiwo aiva mapoka avachengeti vemasuo avo vaiva zvizvarwa zvaKora naMerari.
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 Pakati pehama dzavo vaRevhi, Ahija ndiye aiva mukuru wavachengeti vepfuma yomumba yaMwari nepfuma yezvinhu zvakakumikidzwa.
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 Zvizvarwa zvaRadhani, avo vaiva vaGerishoni kubudikidza naRadhani uye vaiva vatungamiri vemhuri dzaRadhani muGerishoni vaiti: Jehieri,
[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 vanakomana vaJeheri, Zetami, nomununʼuna wake Joere. Vaiva nebasa rokuchengeta pfuma yetemberi yaJehovha.
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 Kubva kuvaAmiramu, vaIzhari, vaHebhuroni navaUzieri:
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 Shubhaeri chizvarwa chaGerishoni mwanakomana waMozisi, ndiye aiva mukuru pakuchengetwa kwepfuma.
[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 Hama dzake kubudikidza naEriezeri dzaiva: Rehabhia mwanakomana wake, Jeshaya mwanakomana wake, Joramu mwanakomana wake, Zikiri mwanakomana wake naSheromiti mwanakomana wake.
[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 (Sheromiti nehama dzake vaiva nebasa rokuchengetedza pfuma yose yezvinhu zvakakumikidzwa naMambo Dhavhidhi, navakuru vemhuri dzavo vaiva vatungamiri vezviuru navatungamiri vamazana uye navamwe vatungamiri.
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 Zvimwe zvezvakapambwa muhondo vakazvikumikidza kuti zvishandiswe pakugadziridza temberi yaJehovha.
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 Uye zvose zvakakumikidzwa naSamueri muoni naSauro naJoabhu mwanakomana waZeruya, nezvimwe zvinhu zvose zvakakumikidzwa zvaichengetwa naSheromiti nehama dzake.)
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 Kubva kuvaIzhari: Kenania navanakomana vake vakapiwa mabasa ekure netemberi vari machinda navatongi muIsraeri.
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 Kubva kuvaHebhuroni: Hashabhia nehama dzake, varume chiuru namazana manomwe vaikwanisa ndivo vaiva vakuru muIsraeri kumadokero kweJorodhani pabasa rose raJehovha napabasa rose ramambo.
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 Kana vari vaHebhuroni, Jeria ndiye aiva mukuru wavo maererano nezvinyorwa zvenhoroondo dzemhuri dzavo. (Mugore ramakumi mana rokutonga kwaDhavhidhi, pakaitwa ongororo yezvinyorwa zvenhoroondo, uye pakawanikwa varume vaikwanisa pakati pavaHebhuroni paJazeri muGireadhi.
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 Jeria aiva nehama zviuru zviviri namazana manomwe vaiva varume vaikwanisa uye vari vakuru vemhuri dzavo, uye Mambo Dhavhidhi akavaita kuti vave vatariri vavaRubheni, vaGhadhi, nehafu yorudzi rwaManase kuti vagadzirise nyaya dzose dzezvaMwari nenyaya dzose dzamambo.)
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.
