1 Krönikeboken 26
1 Om dörravaktarenas ordning: Utaf de Korhiter var Meselemia, Kore son, af Assaphs barnom.
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 Meselemia barn voro desse: Den förstfödde Zacharia, den andre Jediael, den tredje Sebadja, den fjerde Jathniel,
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 Den femte Elam, den sjette Johanan, den sjunde Eljoenai.
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 Men ObedEdoms barn voro desse: Den förstfödde Semaja, den andre Josabad, den tredje Joah, den fjerde Sacar, den femte Nethaneel,
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 Den sjette Ammiel, den sjunde Isaschar, den åttonde Peulthai; ty Gud hade välsignat honom.
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 Och hans sone Semaja vordo ock söner födde, som i deras fäders hus regerade; ty de voro starke hjeltar.
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 Så voro nu Semaja barn: Othni, Rephael, Obed, och Elsabad, hvilkens bröder mägtige män voro, Elihu och Semachia.
The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
8 Desse voro alle utaf ObedEdoms barn; de med deras barn och bröder, mägtige män, skicklige till ämbete, två och sextio af ObedEdom.
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 Meselemia hade barn och bröder, mägtige män, aderton.
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 Men Hosa utaf Merari barnom hade barn: Den ypperste Simri; ty den förstfödde var icke till, derföre satte hans fader honom främst;
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 Den andre Hilkia, den tredje Tebalia, den fjerde Zacharia. All Hosa barn och bröder voro tretton.
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 Detta är dörravaktarenas ordning, bland höfdingarna i ämbetet med deras bröder, till att tjena i Herrans hus.
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 Och lotten vardt kastad dem litsla såväl som dem stora, i deras fäders hus till hvarjo dörrena.
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 Den lotten österut föll på Selemia; men hans sone Zacharia, hvilken en klok och rådig man var, kastade man lotten, och honom föll norrut;
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 Men ObedEdom söderut, och hans sönom vid huset Asuppim;
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 Och Suppim och Hosa, vesterut vid dörrena Sallecheth, på bränneoffers vägenom, der vakterna vid hvarandra stå.
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 Österut voro sex af Leviterna, norrut fyra om dagen, söderut fyra om dagen; men vid Asuppim ju två och två;
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 Vid Parbar, vesterut, fyra på vägenom, och två vid Parbar.
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 Detta är dörravaktarenas ordning, ibland de Korhiters barn, och Merari barn.
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 Utaf Leviterna var Ahija öfver halvorna i Guds hus; och öfver de håfvor, som helgada vordo.
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 Af Laedans barn, de Gersoniters barn; af Laedan voro höfdingar ibland fäderna, nämliga de Jehieliter.
[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 De Jehieliters barn voro: Setham och hans broder Joel, öfver Herrans hus håfvor.
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 Utaf de Amramiter, Jizeariter, Hebroniter och Asieliter,
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 Var Sebuel, Gersoms son, Mose sons, en Förste öfver håfvorna.
[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 Men hans broder Elieser hade en son Rehabia. Hans son var Jesaja; hans son var Joram; hans son var Sichri; hans son var Selomith.
[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 Den samme Selomith och hans bröder voro öfver alla de helgada tings håfvor, hvilka Konung David helgade, och de öfverste fäderna ibland de öfversta öfver tusende och öfver hundrade, och de öfverste i härenom.
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 Utaf strid och rof hade de helgat det, till att förbättra Herrans hus.
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 Desslikes allt det Samuel Siaren, och Saul Kis son, och Abner, Ners son, och Joab, ZeruJa son, helgat hade; allt det helgada var under Selomiths hand, och hans bröders.
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 Utaf de Jizeariter var Chenanja med sina söner, till de verk utantill, öfver Israel befallningsmän och domare.
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 Utaf de Hebroniter var Hasabia och hans bröder, mägtige män, tusende och sjuhundrade, öfver Israels ämbete, på desso sidone Jordan vesterut, till allahanda Herrans sysslo, och till att tjena Konungenom.
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 Var ock ibland de Hebroniter Jeria, den ypperste ibland de Hebroniter, af fäderna i hans ätt. Det vordo ock af dem sökte och funne, uti fyrationde årena af Davids rike, mägtige män, i Jaeser 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 Och deras bröder, mägtige män, tutusend och sjuhundrad öfverste fäder. Och David satte dem öfver de Rubeniter, Gaditer, och öfver den halfva slägtena Manasse, till all Guds och Konungens ärende.
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.
