1 Beresosɛm 23
1 Bere a Dawid bɔɔ akwakoraa no, oyii ne babarima Salomo sɛ ɔno na obedi Israel so hene.
Now, David, was old, and satisfied with days, —so he made Solomon his son king, over Israel;
2 Dawid frɛfrɛɛ Israel amanyɛ ntuanofo nyinaa ne asɔfo, a Lewifo ka ho sɛ, wɔmmra ahensi afahyɛ no ase.
and gathered together all the rulers of Israel, with the priests, and the Levites.
3 Wɔkan Lewifo a wɔadi mfirihyia aduasa anaa nea ɛboro saa, na wɔn nyinaa dodow yɛ mpem aduasa awotwe.
Now the Levites were numbered, from thirty years old and upwards, —and their number by their polls, of mature men, was thirty-eight thousand.
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—to preside over the work of the house of Yahweh, were twenty-four thousand, —and officers and judges, six thousand;
5 Mpem anan bɛyɛ apon ano hwɛfo na mpem anan foforo de nnwontode a mayɛ no bɛkamfo Awurade.”
and four thousand, were doorkeepers, —and, four thousand, were offerers of praise unto Yahweh, with instruments, which [said David] I made for offering praise.
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 courses, —pertaining to the sons of Levi, to Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
7 Gerson mmabarima ne: Libni ne Simei.
Of the Gershonites, Ladan and Shimei.
8 Libni asefo no mu baasa yɛ Yehiel (a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin), Setam ne Yoel.
The sons of Ladan, the chief 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.
The sons of Shimei, Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three, —these, were the ancestral chiefs of Ladan.
10 Simei asefo baanan a wɔaka no ne Yahat, Sisa, Yeus ne Beria.
And, the sons of Shimei, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah, —these, were the sons of Shimei, four.
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 was chief, and Zizah the second, —but, Jeush and Beriah, had not many sons, so they became an ancestral house, by one reckoning.
12 Na Amram, Ishar, Hebron ne Usiel ka Kohat asefo no ho.
The 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.
The sons of Amram, Aaron and Moses, —and Aaron was separated, to hallow the holy of holies, he and his sons, unto times age-abiding, to make a perfume before Yahweh, to be in attendance upon him, and to bless in his name, unto times age-abiding;
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 called unto the tribe of Levi.
15 Mose mmabarima no yɛ Gersom ne Elieser.
The sons of Moses, were Gershom, and Eliezer.
16 Na Sebuel a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin no ka Gersom asefo no ho.
the sons of Gershom, were Shebuel 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 Rehabiah the chief, —and Eliezer had no other sons, but, the sons of Rehabiah, were very many.
18 Na Selomit a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin no ka Ishar asefo no ho.
The sons of Izhar, Shelomith 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 Hebron, Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jehaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Na Mika a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin ne Yisia a odi hɔ no yɛ Usiel asefo no.
The sons of Uzziel, Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.
21 Na Mahli ne Musi yɛ Merari asefo no. Mahli mmabarima ne Eleasar ne Kis.
The sons of Merari, were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli, were 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.)
But Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only, —and so the sons of Kish their brethren took them.
23 Musi mmabarima baasa no din de Mahli, Eder ne Yeremot.
The sons of Mushi, were Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, 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, were the sons of Levi by their ancestral house, the ancestral chiefs of them who were counted in the number of their names, by their polls, doing the work, for the service of the house of Yahweh, —from twenty years old, and upwards.
25 Na Dawid kae se, “Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn ama yɛn asomdwoe, na daa ɔbɛtena Yerusalem.
For, said David, Yahweh the God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, —and hath taken up his habitation in Jerusalem, unto times age-abiding;
26 Afei, ɛho nhia sɛ Lewifo no bɛsoa Ahyiae Ntamadan no ne ne nkuku ne ne nkaka de adi atutena.”
moreover also, as for the Levites, they have no need to bear the habitation, nor any of its vessels in the laborious work thereof.
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, the same, were the number of the sons of Levi, —from twenty years old, and upwards.
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 duty, was—to be in attendance upon the sons of Aaron, in the laborious work of the house of Yahweh, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purifying of everything holy, —and doing the laborious work, 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 set in array, and for the fine meal for the meal-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, even for that which is baked in a pan, for the moistened food, —even of every measure, and size;
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 offer praise unto Yahweh, —and, likewise, at even;
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 offering of ascending-sacrifices unto Yahweh, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, —by number, according to the manner prescribed for them continually, before Yahweh; —
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 shall keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, —in the laborious work of the house of Yahweh.
