1 ¶ So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon, his son, king over Israel.

وَلَمّا شاخَ داوُدُ وَاقْتَرَبَتْ حَياتُهُ مِنْ نِهايَتِها، نَصَّبَ ابْنَهُ سُلَيْمانَ مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ.

2 A nd he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and the Levites,

وَجَمَعَ داوُدُ كُلَّ قادَةِ إسْرائِيلَ وَالكَهَنَةِ وَالَّلاوِيِّينَ.

3 w ere numbered from the age of thirty years and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

وَأحْصَى عَدَدَ الَّلاوِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ تَبلُغُ أعمارُهُمْ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً فَما فَوْقُ. فَبَلَغَ عَدَدُهُمْ ثَمانِيَةً وَثَلاثِينَ ألفَ رَجُلٍ.

4 O f which, twenty-four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD, and six thousand were officers and judges;

وَكانَتْ وَظِيفَةُ أربَعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ألفاً مِنْ هَؤُلاءِ الإشْرافَ عَلَى عَمَلِ بَيتِ اللهِ. وَكانَ سِتَّةُ آلافٍ مِنْهُمْ عُرَفاءَ وَقَضاةً.

5 m oreover, four thousand were porters, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which David had made to praise therewith.

وَكانَ أربَعَةُ آلافٍ مِنْهُمْ بَوّابِينَ. وَكانَتْ وَظِيفَةُ أربَعَةِ آلافٍ آخَرِينَ تَسْبِيحَ اللهِ بِآلاتٍ مُوسِيقِيَّةٍ صَنَعَها داوُدُ مِنْ أجلِ تَسْبِيحِ اللهِ.

6 A nd David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

وَقَسَّمَهُمْ داوُدُ إلَى مَجمُوعاتٍ وَفْقَ أبْناءِ لاوِي: جَرْشُونَ وَقَهاتَ وَمَرارِي. الجَرْشُونِيُّون

7 T he sons of Gershon: Laadan and Shimei.

مِنَ الجَرْشُونِيِّينَ لَعْدانُ وَشَمْعَى.

8 T he sons of Laadan: Jehiel, the first, Zetham and Joel, three.

أبْناءُ لَعْدانَ الرَّئِيسُ يَحِيئِيلُ وَزِيثامُ وَيُوئِيلُ، وَعَدَدُهُمْ ثَلاثَةٌ.

9 T he sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.

أبْناءُ شَمْعَى شَلُومِيثُ وَحَزِيئِيلُ وَهارانُ، وَعَدَدُهُمْ ثَلاثَةٌ. كانَ هَؤُلاءِ الثَّلاثَةُ رُؤَساءَ عائِلاتِ لَعْدانَ.

10 A nd the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

أبْناءُ شَمْعَى يَحَثُ وَزِينا وَيَعُوشُ وَبَرِيعَةُ. كانَ هَؤُلاءِ الأربَعَةُ أبْناءَ شَمْعَى.

11 A nd Jahath was the first, and Zizah the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not multiply in many sons; therefore, they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.

وَكانَ يَحَثُ الرَّئِيسَ، وَزِيزَةُ الثّانِي. أمّا يَعُوشُ وَبَرِيعَةُ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُما أولادٌ كَثِيرُونَ. وَلِذا كانَ يَعُوشُ وَبَرِيعَةُ يُحْسَبانِ عائِلَةً واحِدَةً. القَهاتِيُّون

12 T he sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

وَأبْناءُ قَهاتَ أرْبَعةٌ هُم عَمْرامُ وَيَصْهارُ وَحَبْرونَ وَعُزِّيئِيلَ.

13 T he sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated, that he should be dedicated to the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him and to bless in his name for ever.

وَابْنا عُمْرامَ هُما هارُونَ وَمُوسَى. وَأُفْرِزَ هارونُ وَقُدِّسَ هُوَ وَأبْناؤُهُ إلَى الأبَدِ لِحَرْقِ بَخُورٍ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ ، وَلِيَخْدِمَهُ وَلِيُبارِكَ الشَّعبَ بِاسْمِهِ إلَى الأبَدِ.

14 A nd the sons of Moses, the man of God, were counted in the tribe of Levi.

أمّا ابْنا مُوسَى، رَجُلِ اللهِ، فَقَدْ كانا يُحْسَبانِ ضِمنَ عَشيرَةِ لاوِي.

15 T he sons of Moses were Gershon and Eliezer.

وَابْنا مُوسَى هُما جَرْشُومُ وَألِيعَزَرُ.

16 O f the sons of Gershon, Shebuel was the chief.

وَابنُ جَرشُومَ هُوَ شَبُوئِيلَ الرَّئيسُ.

17 A nd the son of Eliezer was Rehabiah, the chief. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

أمّا ابنُ ألِيعَزَرَ فَهُوَ رَحَبْيا الرَّئِيسُ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِألِيعَزَرَ ابْنٌ سِوَى رَحَبْيا، وَلَكِنَّ أبْناءَ رَحَبْيا كانُوا كَثِيرِينَ جِدّاً.

18 T he sons of Izhar: Shelomith, the chief.

وَابْنُ يَصْهارَ هُوَ الرَّئيسُ شَلُوميثُ.

19 T he sons of Hebron: Jeriah, the first, Amariah, the second, Jahaziel, the third, and Jekameam, the fourth.

وَأبْناءُ حَبْرُونَ هُم: الرَّئيسُ يَرِيِّا، وَالثّانِي أمَرْيا، وَالثّالِثُ يَحْزِيئِيلُ، وَالرّابِعُ يَقْمَعامُ.

20 T he sons of Uzziel: Michah, the first, and Jesiah, the second.

وَابْنا عُزِّيئِيل هُما الرَّئِيسُ مِيخا وَالثّانِي يَشِّيّا. المَرارِيُّون

21 T he sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

وَابْنا مَرارِيَ هُما مَحلِي وَمُوشي، وَابْنا مَحلِي ألعْازارُ وَقِيْسٌ.

22 A nd Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters and their brethren, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.

وَماتَ ألعْازارُ بِلا أولادٍ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ إلّا بَناتٌ. فَتَزَوَّجَهُنَّ أبْناءُ عَمِّهِنَّ قَيْسٍ.

23 T he sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

أبْناءُ مُوشِي هُمْ مَحلِي وَعادِرُ وَيَرِيمُوثُ، وَعَدَدُهُمْ ثَلاثَةٌ. عَمَلُ الَّلاوِيِّين

24 ¶ These are the sons of Levi after the houses of their fathers, even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did work in the ministry of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ أبْناءُ لاوِي حَسَبَ عائِلاتِهِمْ، وَهُمْ رُؤَساءُ العائِلاتِ كَما سُجِّلُوا وَفْقَ عَدَدِ أسْمائِهِمْ، رَئِيساً رَئِيساً، الَّذِينَ كانَ مَطلُوباً مِنْهُمْ أنْ يَقُومُوا بِالعَمَلِ فِي خِدمَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ ، مِنَ الَّذِينَ بَلَغَتْ أعمارُهُمْ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فَما فَوْقُ.

25 F or David said, The LORD God of Israel has given rest unto his people, and he shall dwell in Jerusalem for ever.

فَقَدْ قالَ داوُدُ: «أعطَى اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ، شَعبَهُ راحَةً، وَسَكَنَ فِي القُدْسِ إلَى الأبَدِ.

26 A nd also unto the Levites, they shall no longer carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for its ministry.

فَلَمْ يَعُدِ الَّلاوِيُّونَ مُضْطَرِّينَ إلَى حَملِ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ أوْ أيّاً مِنَ آنِيَتَها وَأغراضِها اللازِمَةِ لِلْخِدْمَةِ فِيها.»

27 F or by the last words of David, the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above.

فَحَسَبَ آخِرِ تَعلِيماتِ داوُدَ، صارَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ يُعَدُّونَ اعتِباراً مِنْ سِنِّ العِشْرِينَ فَما فَوْقُ.

28 A nd their station was at the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and in the work of the ministry of the house of God,

لَكِنَّ وَاجِبَهُمْ هُوَ مُساعَدَةُ أبْناءِ هارُونَ فِي خِدْمَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ: أنْ يَكُونُوا مَسْؤُولِينَ عَنِ السّاحاتِ وَالغُرَفِ الجانِبِيَّةِ، وَتَطهِيرِ كُلِّ ما هُوَ مُقَدَّسٌ، وَأيَّ عَمَلٍ لِخِدْمَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ.

29 b oth for the showbread and for the fine flour for the sacrifice and for the unleavened cakes and for that which is baked in the pan and for that which is fried and for all manner of measure and size,

وَكانُوا مَسْؤُولِينَ أيضاً عَنْ تَرتِيبِ الخُبْزِ المُقَدَّسِ الّذي يُوضَعُ عَلَى المائِدَةِ، وَإعدادِ الطَّحِينِ لِتَقْدِمَةِ الدَّقِيقِ، وَرَقائِقِ الخُبْزِ غَيرِ المُخْتَمِرِ، وَكَعْكِ الصَّوانِي، وَأنواعِ الخُبْزِ المَخلُوطِ، مِنْ كُلِّ نَوعٍ وَحَجْمٍ.

30 a nd to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise in the evening;

وَكانَ عَلَيهِمْ أنْ يَقِفُوا كُلَّ صَباحٍ وَمَساءٍ لِتَقْدِيمِ الشُّكْرِ وَالتَّسْبِيحِ للهِ.

31 a nd to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons and solemnities, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD.

وَكُلَّما قُدِّمَتِ الذَّبائِحُ الصّاعِدِةُ فِي أيّامِ السَّبْتِ، وَأوائِلِ الشُّهُورِ، وَأيّامِ الأعيادِ، حَسَبَ العَدَدِ المَطلُوبِ مِنْهُمْ بانتِظامٍ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.

32 A nd that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony and the charge of the holy place and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, in the ministry of the house of the LORD.

وَكانَ عَلَيهِمْ أنْ يَحْفَظُوا أنظِمَةَ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ وَالمَقْدِسِ وَتَوجِيهاتِ أبناءِ هارُونَ أقرِبائِهِمْ حَولَ خِدمَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ.