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

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

2 A nd he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

وَجَمَعَ داوُدُ كُلَّ قادَةِ إسْرائِيلَ وَالكَهَنَةِ وَالَّلاوِيِّينَ.

3 N ow the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand.

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

4 O f these, twenty-four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the Lord, 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 f our thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the Lord with musical instruments, “which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.”

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

6 A lso David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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

7 O f the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.

مِنَ الجَرْشُونِيِّينَ لَعْدانُ وَشَمْعَى.

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

أبْناءُ لَعْدانَ الرَّئِيسُ يَحِيئِيلُ وَزِيثامُ وَيُوئِيلُ، وَعَدَدُهُمْ ثَلاثَةٌ.

9 T he sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses 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 were the four sons of Shimei.

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

11 J ahath was the first and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they were assigned as one 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 in all.

وَأبْناءُ قَهاتَ أرْبَعةٌ هُم عَمْرامُ وَيَصْهارُ وَحَبْرونَ وَعُزِّيئِيلَ.

13 T he sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was set apart, he and his sons forever, that he should sanctify the most holy things, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister to Him, and to give the blessing in His name forever.

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

14 N ow the sons of Moses the man of God were reckoned to 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 first.

وَابنُ جَرشُومَ هُوَ شَبُوئِيلَ الرَّئيسُ.

17 O f the descendants of Eliezer, Rehabiah was the first. 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 O f the sons of Izhar, Shelomith was the first.

وَابْنُ يَصْهارَ هُوَ الرَّئيسُ شَلُوميثُ.

19 O f the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

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

20 O f the sons of Uzziel, Michah was the first and Jesshiah the second.

وَابْنا عُزِّيئِيل هُما الرَّئِيسُ مِيخا وَالثّانِي يَشِّيّا. المَرارِيُّون

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

وَابْنا مَرارِيَ هُما مَحلِي وَمُوشي، وَابْنا مَحلِي ألعْازارُ وَقِيْسٌ.

22 A nd Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only 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 were Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three in all.

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

24 T hese were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses—the heads of the fathers’ houses as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and above.

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 to His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever”;

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

26 a nd also to the Levites, “They shall no longer carry the tabernacle, or any of the articles for its service.”

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 b ecause their duty was to help the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service 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 with the showbread and the fine flour for the grain offering, with the unleavened cakes and what is baked in the pan, with what is mixed and with all kinds of measures and sizes;

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 t o stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening;

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

31 a nd at every presentation of a burnt offering to the Lord on the Sabbaths and on the New Moons and on the set feasts, by number according to the ordinance governing them, regularly 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 attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, the needs of the holy place, and the needs of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the work of the house of the Lord.

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