1 Crónicas 23
1 David estaba viejo y lleno de días; e hizo que su hijo Salomón fuera rey sobre Israel.
David was a very old man [DOU] when he appointed his son Solomon to be the next king.
2 Reunió a todos los jefes de Israel con los sacerdotes y los levitas.
David gathered the leaders of Israel and the priests and other descendants of Levi.
3 Y los levitas, todos mayores de treinta años, fueron contados; y el número de ellos, por cabezas, hombre por hombre, fue treinta y ocho mil.
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 De estos, veinticuatro mil debían ser supervisores de la obra de la casa del Señor, y seis mil eran jueces y hombres de autoridad;
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 Cuatro mil guardias de las puertas. Y cuatro mil alabaron al Señor con los instrumentos que yo hice, dijo David, para alabar.
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 Y David los puso en divisiones bajo los nombres de los hijos de Leví: Gersón, Coat y 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 DeGerson: Laadan y Simei.
From the descendants of Gershon there were Ladan and Shimei.
8 Los hijos de Laadan: Jehiel el principal, Zetham, Joel, tres.
There were three sons of Ladan: Jehiel was the oldest, and his [younger] brothers Zetham and Joel.
9 Los hijos de Simei: Selomit y Haziel y Harán, tres; estos fueron los jefes de las familias de Laadan.
There were three of the sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran. They were all leaders of the clans of Ladan.
10 Y los hijos de Simei: Jahat, Ziza, Jeus y Beria; Estos cuatro fueron los hijos de Simei.
There were four men who were other sons of Shimei:
11 Jahat era el jefe y Ziza él segundo; pero Jeus y Beria tenían solo un pequeño número de hijos, por lo que se agruparon en una sola familia.
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 Los hijos de Coat: Amram, Izhar, Hebrón y Uziel, cuatro.
Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
13 Los hijos de Amram: Aarón y Moisés; y Aarón fue escogido por Dios, él y sus hijos para siempre, para el cuidado del Lugar Santísimo la quema de ofrendas ante el Señor, para hacer su trabajo y dar bendiciones en su nombre para siempre.
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 Y los hijos de Moisés, el hombre de Dios, fueron puestos en la lista de la tribu de Leví.
The sons of Moses, the man who served God [well], were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.
15 Los hijos de Moisés: Gersón y Eliezer.
The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Los hijos de Gersón: él primero Sebuel.
The oldest son of Gershom was Shubael.
17 Y los hijos de Eliezer: Rehabías el primero; y Eliezer no tuvo otros hijos, pero Rehabias tuvo un gran número.
Rehabiah was the oldest son of Eliezer. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many sons.
18 Los hijos de Izhar: Selomit el primero.
The oldest son of Izhar was Shelomith.
19 Los hijos de Hebrón: Jerias el primero; Amarías, el segundo; Jahaziel, el tercero y Jecaman el cuarto.
Hebron had four sons. Jeriah was his oldest son, and his [younger] brothers were Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam.
20 Los hijos de Uziel: Micaias, el primero; e Isaías, el segundo.
Uzziel had two sons. Micah was the oldest son, and his [younger] brother was Isshiah.
21 Los hijos de Merari: Mahli y Musi; Los hijos de Mahli: Eleazar y Cis.
Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
22 Y a su muerte, Eleazar no tenía hijos, sino hijas, y sus familiares, los hijos de Cis, los tomaron como esposas.
Eleazar had no sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
23 Los hijos de Musi: Mahli, Edar y Jeremot, tres.
The three sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
24 Estos fueron los hijos de Leví, agrupados por familias, los jefes de las familias de los que fueron numerados por su nombre, por los jefes, todos aquellos de veinte años y más que hicieron el trabajo de la casa del Señor.
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 Porque David dijo: él Señor, Dios de Israel, ha dado descanso a su pueblo, y él ha hecho su lugar de reposo en Jerusalén para siempre;
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 Y a partir de ahora, no habrá necesidad de que él templo del Señor, y las vasijas usadas en ella, sean movidas por los levitas.
Therefore, the descendants of Levi no longer need to carry the Sacred Tent and the items used in the work there.”
27 Así que entre los últimos actos de David estaba la numeración de los hijos de Leví, de veinte años en adelante.
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 Su lugar estaba al lado de los hijos de Aarón para todos los oficios del templo del Señor, en los atrios y en las habitaciones, en la purificación de todas las cosas santas, en hacer todos los oficios del templo del Señor,
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 El pan sagrado estaba a su cuidado, y el grano triturado para la ofrenda de cereales, de pasteles sin levadura o comida cocinada sobre el fuego o en agua; tenían control de todo tipo de pesos y medidas;
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 Tenían que tomar sus lugares cada mañana para alabar y hacer melodías al Señor, y de la misma manera en la tarde;
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 En cada ofrenda de holocaustos al Señor, en los sábados y en las lunas nuevas, y en las fiestas regulares, en el número ordenado por la ley, en todo momento delante del Señor;
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 Y cuidaron la tienda de reunión y él Lugar Santísimo, bajo la dirección de los hijos de Aarón, sus hermanos, para la obra del templo del Señor.
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.
