I Paralipomenon 23
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Igitur David, senex et plenus dierum, regem constituit Salomonem filium suum super Israël.
1And David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2Et congregavit omnes principes Israël, et sacerdotes atque Levitas.
2And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and Levites.
3Numeratique sunt Levitæ a triginta annis et supra: et inventa sunt triginta octo millia virorum.
3And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found of them thirty-eight thousand men.
4Ex his electi sunt, et distributi in ministerium domus Domini, viginti quatuor millia: præpositorum autem et judicum, sex millia.
4Of these twenty-four thousand were chosen, and distributed unto the ministry of the house of the Lord: and six thousand were the overseers and judges.
5Porro quatuor millia janitores, et totidem psaltæ, canentes Domino in organis quæ fecerat ad canendum.
5Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with.
6Et distribuit eos David per vices filiorum Levi, Gerson videlicet, et Caath, et Merari.
6And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari.
7Filii Gerson: Leedan, et Semei.
7The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semei.
8Filii Leedan: princeps Jahiel, et Zethan, et Joël, tres.
8The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel, and Zethan, and Joel, three.
9Filii Semei: Salomith, et Hosiel, et Aran, tres: isti principes familiarum Leedan.
9The sons of Semei: Salomith, and Hosiel, and Aran, three: these were the heads of the families of Leedan.
10Porro filii Semei: Leheth, et Ziza, et Jaus, et Baria: isti filii Semei, quatuor.
10And the sons of Semei were Leheth, and Ziza, and Jaus, and Baria: these were the sons of Semei, four.
11Erat autem Leheth prior, Ziza secundus: porro Jaus et Baria non habuerunt plurimos filios, et idcirco in una familia, unaque domo computati sunt.
11And Leheth was the first, Ziza the second: but Jaus and Baria had not many children, and therefore they were counted in one family, and in one house.
12Filii Caath: Amram, et Isaar, Hebron, et Oziel, quatuor.
12The sons of Caath were Amram, and Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel, four.
13Filii Amram: Aaron et Moyses. Separatusque est Aaron ut ministraret in Sancto sanctorum, ipse et filii ejus in sempiternum, et adoleret incensum Domino secundum ritum suum, ac benediceret nomini ejus in perpetuum.
13The sons of Amram, Aaron, and Moses. And Aaron was separated to minister in the holy of holies, he and his sons for ever, and to burn incense before the Lord, according to his ceremonies, and to bless his name for ever.
14Moysi quoque hominis Dei filii annumerati sunt in tribu Levi.
14The sons also of Moses, the man of God, were numbered in the tribe of Levi.
15Filii Moysi: Gersom et Eliezer.
15The sons of Moses were Gersom and Eliezer:
16Filii Gersom: Subuel primus.
16The sons of Gersom: Subuel the first.
17Fuerunt autem filii Eliezer: Rohobia primus: et non erant Eliezer filii alii. Porro filii Rohobia multiplicati sunt nimis.
17And the sons of Eliezer were: Rohobia the first: and Eliezer had no more sons. But the sons of Rohobia were multiplied exceedingly.
18Filii Isaar: Salomith primus.
18The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first.
19Filii Hebron: Jeriau primus, Amarias secundus, Jahaziel tertius, Jecmaam quartus.
19The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Amarias the second, Jahaziel the third, Jecmaam the fourth.
20Filii Oziel: Micha primus, Jesia secundus.
20The sons of Oziel: Micha the first, Jesia the second.
21Filii Merari: Moholi, et Musi. Filii Moholi: Eleazar et Cis.
21The sons of Merari: Moholi, and Musi. The sons of Moholi: Eleazar and Cia.
22Mortuus est autem Eleazar, et non habuit filios, sed filias: acceperuntque eas filii Cis fratres earum.
22And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters: and the sons of Cis their brethren took them.
23Filii Musi: Moholi, et Eder, et Jerimoth, tres.
23The sons of Musi: Moholi, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.
24Hi filii Levi in cognationibus et familiis suis, principes per vices, et numerum capitum singulorum qui faciebant opera ministerii domus Domini, a viginti annis et supra.
24These are the sons of Levi in their kindreds and families, princes by their courses, and the number of every head that did the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord from twenty years old and upward.
25Dixit enim David: Requiem dedit Dominus Deus Israël populo suo, et habitationem Jerusalem usque in æternum.
25For David said: The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever.
26Nec erit officii Levitarum ut ultra portent tabernaculum et omnia vasa ejus ad ministrandum.
26And it shall not be the office of the Levites to carry any more the tabernacle, and all the vessels for the service thereof.
27Juxta præcepta quoque David novissima, supputabitur numerus filiorum Levi a viginti annis et supra.
27So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward.
28Et erunt sub manu filiorum Aaron in cultum domus Domini, in vestibulis, et in exedris, et in loco purificationis, et in sanctuario, et in universis operibus ministerii templi Domini.
28And they are to be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the porches, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord.
29Sacerdotes autem, super panes propositionis, et ad similæ sacrificium, et ad lagana azyma, et sartaginem, et ad torrendum, et super omne pondus atque mensuram.
29And the priests have the charge of the leaves of proposition, and of the sacrifice of fine flour, and of the unleavened cakes, and of the fryingpan, and of the roasting, and of every weight and measure.
30Levitæ vero ut stent mane ad confitendum et canendum Domino: similiterque ad vesperam,
30And the Levites are to stand in the morning to give thanks, and to sing praises to the Lord: and in like manner in the evening,
31tam in oblatione holocaustorum Domini, quam in sabbatis et calendis et solemnitatibus reliquis juxta numerum et cæremonias uniuscujusque rei, jugiter coram Domino.
31As well in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as in the sabbaths and in the new moons, and the rest of the solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies prescribed for every thing, continually before the Lord.
32Et custodiant observationes tabernaculi fœderis, et ritum sanctuarii, et observationem filiorum Aaron fratrum suorum, ut ministrent in domo Domini.
32And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ceremonies of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, that they may minister in the house of the Lord.
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