1 Beresosɛm 23
1 Bere a Dawid bɔɔ akwakoraa no, oyii ne babarima Salomo sɛ ɔno na obedi Israel so hene.
And David he was old and he was satisfied days and he made king Solomon son his over Israel.
2 Dawid frɛfrɛɛ Israel amanyɛ ntuanofo nyinaa ne asɔfo, a Lewifo ka ho sɛ, wɔmmra ahensi afahyɛ no ase.
And he gathered all [the] leaders 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 they were counted the Levites from a son of thirty year[s] and up-wards and it was number their to skulls their to men thirty and 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.
From these [are] to act as overseers over [the] work of [the] house of Yahweh twenty and four thousand and officials 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 gatekeepers and four thousand [those] praising Yahweh with instruments which I made to 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 he divided them David divisions. [the] sons of Levi to Gershon Kohath and Merari.
7 Gerson mmabarima ne: Libni ne Simei.
Of the Gershonite[s] 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 (Shelomith *Q(K)*) and Haziel and Haran three these [were] [the] heads of the fathers 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 he was Jahath the chief and Zizah the second and Jeush and Beriah not they had many sons and they became a house of a father a group one.
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 he was separated Aaron to consecrate it a holy one of holy ones he and descendants his until perpetuity to make smoke before Yahweh to serve him and to bless in name his until perpetuity.
14 Mose a ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn nipa no de, wɔde ne mmabarima kaa Lewi abusuakuw ho.
And Moses [the] man of God descendants his they were named on [the] tribe of the Levite[s].
15 Mose mmabarima no yɛ Gersom ne Elieser.
[the] sons of Moses Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Na Sebuel a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin no ka Gersom asefo no ho.
[the] sons of Gershom Shebuel the chief.
17 Na Elieser wɔ ɔbabarima baako a wɔfrɛ no Rehabia a na ɔyɛ abusuapanyin. Na Rehabia asefo yɛ bebree.
And they were [the] sons of Eliezer Rehabiah the chief and not it belonged to Eliezer sons other and [the] sons of Rehabiah they were numerous upwards.
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 Jahaziel 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 Mahli and Mushi [the] 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 he died Eleazar and not they belonged to him sons that except daughters and they took them [the] sons of Kish relatives their.
23 Musi mmabarima baasa no din de Mahli, Eder ne Yeremot.
[the] sons of Mushi 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] descendants of Levi to [the] house of ancestors their [the] chiefs of the fathers to [men] enrolled their by number of names to skulls their doer[s] of the work of [the] service of [the] house of Yahweh from a son of twenty year[s] and up-wards.
25 Na Dawid kae se, “Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn ama yɛn asomdwoe, na daa ɔbɛtena Yerusalem.
For he had said David he has given rest Yahweh [the] God of Israel to people his and he has settled in Jerusalem until for ever.
26 Afei, ɛho nhia sɛ Lewifo no bɛsoa Ahyiae Ntamadan no ne ne nkuku ne ne nkaka de adi atutena.”
And also to the Levites there not [is] to carry the tabernacle and all articles its for service its.
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] words of David last they [were] [the] number of [the] descendants of Levi from a son of twenty year[s] 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 function their [was] to [the] side of [the] descendants of Aaron for [the] service of [the] house of Yahweh over the courts and over the store-rooms and over [the] purification 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 to [the] bread of the row and to fine flour for a grain offering and to [the] wafers of the unleavened bread and to the baked cake and to the mixed [dough] and to every measurement and measurement.
30 Na anɔpa ne anwummere biara nso, wogyina Awurade anim to aseda ne nkamfo nnwom ma no.
And to stand in the morning in the morning to give thanks and to praise Yahweh and thus to 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 every of ering up of burnt offerings to Yahweh for the sabbaths for the new moons and for the appointed feasts by number according to [the] ordinance on 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 kept [the] duty of [the] tent of meeting and [the] duty of the holy place and [the] duty of [the] descendants of Aaron relatives their for [the] service of [the] house of Yahweh.
