1 Beresosɛm 23
1 Bere a Dawid bɔɔ akwakoraa no, oyii ne babarima Salomo sɛ ɔno na obedi Israel so hene.
And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead.
2 Dawid frɛfrɛɛ Israel amanyɛ ntuanofo nyinaa ne asɔfo, a Lewifo ka ho sɛ, wɔmmra ahensi afahyɛ no ase.
And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.
3 Wɔkan Lewifo a wɔadi mfirihyia aduasa anaa nea ɛboro saa, na wɔn nyinaa dodow yɛ mpem aduasa awotwe.
And the Levites numbered [themselves] from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty and eight thousand men.
4 Na Dawid kae se, “Wɔn mu mpem aduonu anan bɛhwɛ Awurade Asɔredan no ho adwuma so. Mpem asia bɛsom sɛ mpanyimfo ne atemmufo.
Of the overseers over the works of the house of the Lord [there were] twenty-four thousand, and [there were] six thousand scribes and judges;
5 Mpem anan bɛyɛ apon ano hwɛfo na mpem anan foforo de nnwontode a mayɛ no bɛkamfo Awurade.”
and four thousand doorkeepers, and four thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.
6 Na Dawid kyekyɛɛ Lewifo no mu akuwakuw de mmusuakuw a wɔyɛ Lewi mmabarima Gerson, Kohat ne Merari asefo no din totoo wɔn so.
And David divided them [into] daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
7 Gerson mmabarima ne: Libni ne Simei.
And for [the family of] Gedson, Edan, and Semei.
8 Libni asefo no mu baasa yɛ Yehiel (a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin), Setam ne Yoel.
The sons of Edan [were] Jeiel, the chief, and Zethan, and Joel, three.
9 Eyinom na na wɔyɛ Libni abusua no mpanyimfo. Na Simei asefo baasa no ne Selomot, Hasiel ne Haran.
The sons of Semei; Salomith, Jeiel, and Dan, three: these [were] the chiefs of the families of Edan.
10 Simei asefo baanan a wɔaka no ne Yahat, Sisa, Yeus ne Beria.
And to the sons of Semei, Jeth, and Ziza, and Joas, and Beria: these [were] the four sons of Semei.
11 Na Yahat yɛ ɔbeapanyin, na Sisa di Yahat akyi. Wɔfaa Yeus ne Beria sɛ abusua baako, efisɛ na wɔn mu biara nni mmabarima dodow.
And Jeth was the chief, and Ziza the second: and Joas and Beria did not multiply sons, and they became [only] one reckoning according to the house of their father.
12 Na Amram, Ishar, Hebron ne Usiel ka Kohat asefo no ho.
The sons of Caath; Ambram, Isaar, Chebron, Oziel, four.
13 Amram mmabarima yɛ: Aaron ne Mose. Woyii Aaron ne nʼasefo sɛ wonni nneɛma kronkron no ho dwuma, na wɔmmɔ afɔre wɔ Awurade anim, nsom Awurade, na wonhyira wɔ ne din mu daa daa.
The sons of Ambram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was appointed for the consecration of the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name for ever.
14 Mose a ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn nipa no de, wɔde ne mmabarima kaa Lewi abusuakuw ho.
And [as for] Moses the man of God, his sons were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.
15 Mose mmabarima no yɛ Gersom ne Elieser.
The sons of Moses; Gersam, and Eliezer.
16 Na Sebuel a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin no ka Gersom asefo no ho.
The sons of Gersam; Subael the chief.
17 Na Elieser wɔ ɔbabarima baako a wɔfrɛ no Rehabia a na ɔyɛ abusuapanyin. Na Rehabia asefo yɛ bebree.
And the sons of Eliezer were, Rabia the chief: and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rabia were very greatly multiplied.
18 Na Selomit a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin no ka Ishar asefo no ho.
The sons of Isaar; Salomoth the chief.
19 Na Yeria a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin, Amaria a odi hɔ, Yahasiel a ɔto so abiɛsa ne Yekameam a ɔto so anan no ne Hebron asefo no.
The sons of Chebron; Jeria the chief, Amaria the second, Jeziel the third, Jekemias the fourth.
20 Na Mika a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin ne Yisia a odi hɔ no yɛ Usiel asefo no.
The sons of Oziel; Micha the chief, and Isia the second.
21 Na Mahli ne Musi yɛ Merari asefo no. Mahli mmabarima ne Eleasar ne Kis.
The sons of Merari; Mooli, and Musi: the sons of Mooli; Eleazar, and Kis.
22 (Eleasar wui a wanwo mmabarima biara, na mmom mmabea nko ara. Ne mmabea no wareware wɔn nuanom a wɔyɛ Kis mmabarima.)
And Eleazar died, and he had no sons, but daughters: and the sons of Kis, their brethren, took them.
23 Musi mmabarima baasa no din de Mahli, Eder ne Yeremot.
The sons of Musi; Mooli, and Eder, and Jarimoth, three.
24 Eyinom na na wɔn mmusua nti wɔyɛ Lewi asefo, na wɔyɛ wɔn mmusua akuw no ntuanofo a na wɔahwɛ akyerɛw wɔn din. Na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn mu biara di mfirihyia aduonu anaa nea ɛboro saa, ansa na waso Awurade fi som.
These [are] the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.
25 Na Dawid kae se, “Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn ama yɛn asomdwoe, na daa ɔbɛtena Yerusalem.
For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given rest to his people, and has taken up his abode in Jerusalem for ever.
26 Afei, ɛho nhia sɛ Lewifo no bɛsoa Ahyiae Ntamadan no ne ne nkuku ne ne nkaka de adi atutena.”
And the Levites bore not the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it for its service.
27 Sɛnea Dawid no ara akwankyerɛ a etwa to no se no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkyerɛw Lewifo a wɔadi mfirihyia aduonu ne nea ɛboro saa nyinaa din ma ɔsom.
For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites [taken] from twenty years old and upward.
28 Na Lewifo no adwuma ne sɛ, wɔbɛboa asɔfo no a wɔyɛ Aaron asefo no wɔ ɔsom nnwuma a wɔyɛ wɔ Awurade fi no mu. Afei, wɔbɛhwɛ adiwo ne adan a ɛwɔ nkyɛn nkyɛn no so. Na wɔbɛboa ahodwira nnwuma mu, na wɔasom akwan ahorow so wɔ Onyankopɔn fi.
For he appointed them to wait on Aaron, to minister in the house of the Lord, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the works of the service of the house of God;
29 Na wɔhwɛ brodo kronkron a wɔkora no didipon so no, asikresiam a wɔayam no muhumuhu a wɔde bɔ aduan afɔre, tetare a mmɔkaw nni mu, ɔfam a wɔde ngo dua srade akyew ne brodo afoforo a wɔde afrafra no so. Afei, na wɔn asɛde bi nso ne sɛ, wɔhwɛ nsania ne susudua nso so.
and for the show-bread, and for the fine flour of the meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried cake, and for the dough, and for every measure;
30 Na anɔpa ne anwummere biara nso, wogyina Awurade anim to aseda ne nkamfo nnwom ma no.
and to stand in the morning to praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening;
31 Wɔboa ɔhyew afɔre a wɔbɔ ma Awurade homeda ahorow mu wɔ Ɔsram Foforo Afahyɛ mu ne nnapɔnna nyinaa ho dwumadi mu. Bere biara, na Lewifo dodow a wɔfata wɔ hɔ a wɔsom wɔ Awurade anim.
and [to be] over all the whole burnt offerings that were offered up to the Lord on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, by number, according to the order [given] to them, continually before the Lord.
32 Ɛno nti, Lewifo no a na wɔsom wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu kɔɔ so som wɔ Asɔredan no mu. Na wɔde nokwaredi yɛɛ wɔn som no nnwuma wɔ Awurade fi.
And they are to keep the charge of the tabernacle of witness, and the charge of the holy place, and the charges of the sons of Aaron their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.
