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 satisfied with days, and he causes his son Solomon to reign over Israel,
2 Dawid frɛfrɛɛ Israel amanyɛ ntuanofo nyinaa ne asɔfo, a Lewifo ka ho sɛ, wɔmmra ahensi afahyɛ no ase.
and gathers all the heads 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 are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, for their counted heads, is of thirty-eight thousand mighty 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 these, twenty-four thousand [are] to preside over the work of the house of YHWH, and six thousand officers and judges,
5 Mpem anan bɛyɛ apon ano hwɛfo na mpem anan foforo de nnwontode a mayɛ no bɛkamfo Awurade.”
and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to YHWH, “with instruments that I made for praising,” [says David.]
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 distributes them into divisions of the sons of Levi—of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Gerson mmabarima ne: Libni ne Simei.
Of the Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei.
8 Libni asefo no mu baasa yɛ Yehiel (a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin), Setam ne Yoel.
Sons of Laadan: the head [is] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel—three.
9 Eyinom na na wɔyɛ Libni abusua no mpanyimfo. Na Simei asefo baasa no ne Selomot, Hasiel ne Haran.
Sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran—three; these [are] heads of the fathers of Laadan.
10 Simei asefo baanan a wɔaka no ne Yahat, Sisa, Yeus ne Beria.
And sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these [are] the four sons of Shimei.
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 Jahath is the head, and Zizah the second, and Jeush and Beriah have not multiplied sons, and they become the house of a father by one numbering.
12 Na Amram, Ishar, Hebron ne Usiel ka Kohat asefo no ho.
Sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—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.
Sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron is separated for his sanctifying the Holy of Holies, he and his sons, for all time, to make incense before YHWH, to serve Him, and to bless in His Name for all time.
14 Mose a ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn nipa no de, wɔde ne mmabarima kaa Lewi abusuakuw ho.
As for Moses, the man of God, his sons are called after the tribe of Levi.
15 Mose mmabarima no yɛ Gersom ne Elieser.
Sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Na Sebuel a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin no ka Gersom asefo no ho.
Sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.
17 Na Elieser wɔ ɔbabarima baako a wɔfrɛ no Rehabia a na ɔyɛ abusuapanyin. Na Rehabia asefo yɛ bebree.
And sons of Eliezer are Rehabiah the head, and Eliezer had no other sons, and the sons of Rehabiah have multiplied exceedingly.
18 Na Selomit a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin no ka Ishar asefo no ho.
Sons of Izhar: Shelomith the head.
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.
Sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Na Mika a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin ne Yisia a odi hɔ no yɛ Usiel asefo no.
Sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Ishshiah the second.
21 Na Mahli ne Musi yɛ Merari asefo no. Mahli mmabarima ne Eleasar ne Kis.
Sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22 (Eleasar wui a wanwo mmabarima biara, na mmom mmabea nko ara. Ne mmabea no wareware wɔn nuanom a wɔyɛ Kis mmabarima.)
And Eleazar dies, and he had no sons, but daughters, and their brothers, sons of Kish, take them.
23 Musi mmabarima baasa no din de Mahli, Eder ne Yeremot.
Sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth—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] sons of Levi, by the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their counted heads, doing the work for the service of the house of YHWH, from a son of twenty years and upward,
25 Na Dawid kae se, “Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn ama yɛn asomdwoe, na daa ɔbɛtena Yerusalem.
for David said, “YHWH, God of Israel, has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem for all time”;
26 Afei, ɛho nhia sɛ Lewifo no bɛsoa Ahyiae Ntamadan no ne ne nkuku ne ne nkaka de adi atutena.”
and also of the Levites, “None [are] to carry the Dwelling Place and all its vessels 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 they [took] the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years 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 their station [is] at the side of the sons of Aaron, for the service of the house of YHWH, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the cleansing of every holy thing, and the work 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 bread of the arrangement, and for fine flour for present, and for the thin unleavened cakes, and for [the work of] the pan, and for that which is stirred, and for all [liquid] measure and [solid] measure;
30 Na anɔpa ne anwummere biara nso, wogyina Awurade anim to aseda ne nkamfo nnwom ma no.
and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks, and to give praise to YHWH, and so at 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 for all the burnt-offerings—burnt-offerings to YHWH for Sabbaths, for new moons, and for appointed times, by number, according to the ordinance on them continually, before YHWH.
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 have kept the charge of the Tent of Meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of their brothers, the sons of Aaron, for the service of the house of YHWH.
