1 Berɛsosɛm 24
1 Sɛdeɛ wɔkyekyɛɛ Aaron asefoɔ a wɔyɛ asɔfoɔ no mu akuakuo ma wɔsomeeɛ no nie: Na Aaron mmammarima no yɛ Nadab, Abihu, Eleasa ne Itamar.
And to the sons of Aaron [are] their courses: sons of Aaron [are] Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar,
2 Nanso, Nadab ne Abihu wuiɛ a wɔnni mma ansa na wɔn agya rewu. Enti, ɛkaa Eleasa ne Itamar nko ara a na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ asɔfoɔ.
and Nadab dieth, and Abihu, in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests.
3 Mmoa a Sadok a na ɔyɛ Eleasa aseni ne Ahimelek a na ɔyɛ Itamar aseni no boaa no enti, Dawid kyekyɛɛ Aaron asefoɔ mu akuakuo sɛdeɛ wɔn dwumadie teɛ.
And David distributeth them, and Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service;
4 Wɔkyɛɛ Itamar deɛ mu akuo nwɔtwe, ɛfiri sɛ, na Eleasa asefoɔ mu mmusua mpanimfoɔ no dɔɔso.
and there are found of the sons of Eleazar more for heads of the mighty men than of the sons of Ithamar; and they distribute them: Of the sons of Eleazar, heads for a house of fathers, sixteen; and of the sons of Ithamar, for a house of their fathers, eight.
5 Wɔnam ntontobɔ kronkron so, kyekyɛɛ dwumadie ahodoɔ nyinaa maa akuakuo no, sɛdeɛ ɛrenyɛ nhwɛanimsɛm biara. Ɛfiri sɛ, na mpanimfoɔ bebree a wɔfata sɛ wɔsom Onyankopɔn kronkronbea hɔ a wɔyɛ Eleasa ne Itamar asefoɔ no nso wɔ hɔ.
And they distribute them, by lots, one with another, for princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, have been of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
6 Netanel babarima Semaia a na ɔyɛ Lewini no yɛɛ adwuma sɛ ɔtwerɛfoɔ. Ɔtwerɛɛ din ne nnwuma ahodoɔ wɔ ɔhene no ne ɔsɔfoɔ Sadok ne Abiatar babarima Ahimelek ne asɔfoɔ no ne Lewi mmusua no mpanimfoɔ anim. Eleasa ne Itamar asefoɔ bobɔɔ ntonto sɛdeɛ ɛdidi soɔ yi:
And Shemaiah son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, writeth them before the king and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites: one house of a father being taken possession of for Eleazar, and one being taken possession of for Ithamar.
7 Ntonto a ɛdi ɛkan no bɔɔ Yehoiarib. Ntonto a ɛtɔ so mmienu no bɔɔ Yedaia.
And the first lot goeth out for Jehoiarib, for Jedaiah the second,
8 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa no bɔɔ Harim. Ntonto a ɛtɔ so ɛnan no bɔɔ Seorim.
for Harim the third, for Seorim the fourth,
9 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so enum no bɔɔ Malkia. Ntonto a ɛtɔ so nsia no bɔɔ Miyamin.
for Malchijah the fifth, for Mijamin the sixth,
10 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so nson no bɔɔ Hakos. Ntonto a ɛtɔ so nwɔtwe no bɔɔ Abia.
for Hakkoz the seventh, for Abijah the eighth,
11 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so nkron no bɔɔ Yesua. Ntonto a ɛtɔ so edu no bɔɔ Sekania.
for Jeshuah the ninth, for Shecaniah the tenth,
12 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dubaako no bɔɔ Eliasib. Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dumienu no bɔɔ Yakim.
for Eliashib the eleventh, for Jakim the twelfth,
13 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dumiɛnsa no bɔɔ Hupa. Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dunan no bɔɔ Yesebeab.
for Huppah the thirteenth, for Jeshebeab the fourteenth,
14 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dunum no bɔɔ Bilga. Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dunsia no bɔɔ Imer.
for Bilgah the fifteenth, for Immer the sixteenth,
15 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dunson no bɔɔ Hesir. Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dunwɔtwe no bɔɔ Hapises.
for Hezir the seventeenth, for Aphses the eighteenth,
16 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dunkron no bɔɔ Petahia. Ntonto a ɛtɔ so aduonu no bɔɔ Yeheskel.
for Pethahiah the nineteenth, for Jehezekel the twentieth,
17 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so aduonu baako no bɔɔ Yakin. Ntonto a ɛtɔ so aduonu mmienu no bɔɔ Gamul.
for Jachin the one and twentieth, for Gamul the two and twentieth,
18 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so aduonu mmiɛnsa no bɔɔ Delaia. Ntonto a ɛtɔ so aduonu ɛnan no bɔɔ Maasia.
for Delaiah the three and twentieth, for Maaziah the four and twentieth.
19 Ekuo biara dii ne dwuma wɔ Awurade fie sɛdeɛ wɔn agya Aaron nam Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn akwankyerɛ so hyehyɛ maa wɔn no.
These [are] their appointments for their service, to come in to the house of Jehovah, according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as Jehovah God of Israel, commanded them.
20 Yeinom ne mmusua a aka a wɔyɛ Lewi asefoɔ no mpanimfoɔ: Amram asefoɔ ntuanoni ne Subael. Subael asefoɔ ntuanoni ne Yehdeia.
And for the sons of Levi who are left: for sons of Amram, Shubael; for sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.
21 Rehabia asefoɔ ntuanoni ne Yisia.
For Rehabiah: for sons of Rehabiah, the head Ishshiah.
22 Yishar asefoɔ ntuanoni ne Selomot. Selomot asefoɔ ntuanoni ne Yahat.
For the Izharite: Shelomoth; for sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.
23 Hebron asefoɔ ntuanofoɔ ne: Yeria; Amaria ne nʼabadiakyire, Yahasiel na ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa na Yekameam tɔ so ɛnan.
And sons of Jeriah: Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
24 Usiel asefoɔ ntuanoni ne Mika. Mika asefoɔ ntuanoni ne Samir
Sons of Uzziel: Michah; for sons of Michah: Shamir.
25 ne Mika nuabarima Yisia. Yisia asefoɔ ntuanoni ne Sakaria.
A brother of Michah [is] Ishshiah; for sons of Ishshiah: Zechariah;
26 Merari asefoɔ ntuanofoɔ ne Mahli ne Musi. Yasia asefoɔ ntuanoni ne Beno.
sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Jaaziah: Beno;
27 Merari asefoɔ a wɔfiri Yasia mu no, ntuanofoɔ no ne: Beno, Soham, Sakur ne Ibri.
sons of Merari: of Jaaziah: Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
28 Mahli asefoɔ ntuanoni ne Eleasa a na ɔnni mmammarima no.
For Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons;
29 Kis asefoɔ ntuanoni ne Yerahmeel.
for Kish: sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.
30 Musi asefoɔ ntuanofoɔ ne Mahli, Eder ne Yerimot. Yeinom ne Lewi asefoɔ ne sɛdeɛ wɔn mmusua teɛ.
And sons of Mushi [are] Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth; these [are] sons of the Levites, for the house of their fathers,
31 Wɔnam ntonto kronkron a wɔbɔɔ wɔ wɔn so na wɔde wɔn nnwuma hyɛɛ wɔn nsa te sɛ Aaron asefoɔ deɛ no, a wɔanhwɛ mfeɛ a wɔadi ne wɔn diberɛ. Wɔdii dwuma no wɔ ɔhene Dawid, Sadok, Ahimelek, asɔfoɔ ne Lewifoɔ mmusua mpanimfoɔ no anim.
and they cast, they also, lots over-against their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites; the chief father over-against his younger brother.
