1 Crônicas 23

Ngā Whānau o ngā Rīwaiti me āna Mahi

1 Nā, kua koroheketia a Rāwiri, kua rite ōna tau; ā, ka meinga e ia tāna tama a Horomona hei kīngi mō Īharaira.

2 Nā, ka huihuia e ia ngā rangatira katoa o Īharaira, rātou ko ngā tohunga, ko ngā Rīwaiti. 3 Nā, ka taua ngā Rīwaiti, ngā mea e toru tekau, he maha atu rānei, ō rātou tau. Nā, ko tō rātou tokomaha, he mea tatau ā-tangata tonu, e toru tekau mā waru mano. 4 "O ēnei, e rua tekau mā whā mano hei whakahaere i te mahi o te whare o Ihowā; nā, ko ngā rangatira, ko ngā kaiwhakarite, e ono mano. 5 Nā, e whā mano hei kaitiaki kūwaha, ā, e whā mano hei whakamoemiti ki a Ihowā i runga i ngā mea whakatangi i hangā e ahau," e ai tā Rāwiri, "hei mea whakamoemiti."

6 Ā, wehea ana rātou e Rāwiri, he wehenga, he wehenga, ki ngā tama a Rīwai, a Kerehona, a Kohata, a Merari.

7 O ngā Kerehoni: ko Rārana, ko Himei. 8 Ko ngā tama a Rārana: ko te upoko ko Tehiere, ko Tetama, ko Hoera, tokotoru. 9 Ko ngā tama a Himei: ko Heromoto, ko Hatiere, ko Harana, tokotoru. Ko ngā upoko ēnei o ngā whare o ngā mātua o Rārana 10 Nā, ko ngā tama a Himei: ko Iahata, ko Tīnā, ko Ieuhu, ko Peria. Ko ēnei tokowhā he tama nā Himei. 11 Ko Iahata te upoko, ko Tita te tuarua; nā, kīhai i tokomaha ngā tama a Ieuhu rāua ko Peria, ā, hei whare matua rāua, kotahi anō tauanga.

12 Ko ngā tama a Kohata: ko Āmarama, ko Itihara, ko Heperona, ko Utiere, tokowhā. 13 Ko ngā tama a Āmarama: ko Ārona rāua ko Mohi. Nā, i motuhia a Ārona hei whakatapu i ngā mea tapu rawa, a ia me āna tama, ake ake hei tahu whakakakara ki te aroaro o Ihowā, hei minita ki a ia, hei manaaki i runga i tōna ingoa ā ake ake. 14 Nā, ko Mohi tangata a te Atua, nō te iwi o Rīwai te karangatanga o āna tama. 15 Ko ngā tama a Mohi: ko Kerehoma, ko Eriētere. 16 O ngā tama a Kerehoma: ko Hepuere te upoko. 17 Nā, ko ngā tama a Eriētere: ko Rehāpia te upoko. Ā, kāhore atu he tama a Eriētere. He tokomaha rawa ia ngā tama a Rehāpia. 18 O ngā tama a Itihara: ko Heromiti te upoko. 19 O ngā tama a Heperona: ko Teria te upoko, ko Amaria te tuarua, ko Tahatiere te tuatoru, ko Tekameama te tuawhā. 20 O ngā tama a Utiere: ko Mika te upoko, ko Ihīa te tuarua.

21 Ko ngā tama a Merari: ko Māhari, ko Muhi. Ko ngā tama a Māhari: ko Ereātara, ko Kihi. 22 Nā, ka mate a Ereātara; kāhore āna tama; engari he tamāhine; ā, riro ana rātou hei wāhine i ō rātou tungāne, i ngā tama a Kihi. 23 Ko ngā tama a Muhi: ko Māhari, ko Ērere, ko Teremoto, tokotoru.

24 Ko ngā tama ēnei a Rīwai i ngā whare o ō rātou mātua; arā ngā upoko o ngā whare o ngā mātua, he mea tatau ā-tangata, tēnei ingoa, tēnei ingoa o ngā kaimahi i ngā mea mō te whare o Ihowā, te hunga, e rua tekau, he maha atu hoki ō rātou tau.

25 I mea hoki a Rāwiri, "Kua meinga nei e Ihowā, e te Atua o Īharaira tāna iwi kia okioki, ā, ka noho tonu ia ki Hiruhārama. 26 Me ngā Rīwaiti, heoi anō tā rātou amohanga i te tapenākara, me ōna mea katoa mō ngā mahi ki reira." 27 Nā ngā kupu whakamutunga hoki a Rāwiri i taua ai ngā Rīwaiti e rua nei tekau, he maha atu hoki, ō rātou tau.

28 Ko te tūranga hoki mō rātou kei te taha o ngā tama a Ārona, mō ngā mahi o te whare o Ihowā, i ngā marae, i ngā rūma, i te purenga o ngā mea tapu katoa, i te meatanga o te mahi o te whare o te Atua; 29 arā, o te taro aroaro, o te parāoa mō te whakahere totokore, o ngā keke rēwenakore, o te mea i tunua ki te pāraharaha, o te mea i parāipanatia, o ngā mea katoa e mēhuatia ana, e rūritia ana. 30 Hei tū i tēnei ata, i tēnei ata, ki te whakawhetai, ki te whakamoemiti ki a Ihowā. Kia pērā hoki i te ahiahi, 31 hei whakaeke mō ngā tahunga tinana katoa mā Ihowā i ngā hāpati, i ngā marama hou, i ngā hākari i whakaritea. He mea tatau tonu rātou, i runga i te tikanga mō rātou, i te aroaro tonu o Ihowā.

32 Ko rātou anō hei tiaki i ngā mea o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, hei tiaki i te wāhi tapu, hei tiaki hoki i ngā mea o ō rātou tuākana, o ngā tama a Ārona, i te mea e mahi ana i ngā mea o te whare o Ihowā.

1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 4 Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges; 5 and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. 6 And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei. 8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three. 9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Ladan. 10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. 11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.

12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, for ever, to burn incense before Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, for ever. 14 But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi. 15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. 16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief. 17 And the sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. 18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief. 19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.

21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. 22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them to wife. 23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

24 These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of those of them that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward. 25 For David said, Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath given rest unto his people; and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever: 26 and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof. 27 For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward. 28 For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God; 29 for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size; 30 and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at even; 31 and to offer all burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Jehovah; 32 and that they should 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, for the service of the house of Jehovah.