1Igitur David,Then David,senex et plenus dierum,being old and full of days,regem constituit Salomonem filium suum super Israël.appointed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
2Et congregavit omnes principes Israël,And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel,et sacerdotes atque Levitas.with the priests as well as the Levites.
3Numeratique sunt Levitæ a triginta annis et supra:And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward.et inventa sunt triginta octo millia virorum.And there were found thirty-eight thousand men.
4Ex his electi sunt,Of these,et distributi in ministerium domus Domini,twenty-four thousand were chosenviginti quatuor millia:and distributed to the ministry of the house of the Lord.præpositorum autem et judicum,Then six thousand were overseerssex millia.and judges.
5Porro quatuor millia janitores,Moreover, four thousand were porters.et totidem psaltæ, canentes Domino in organis quæ fecerat ad canendum.And the same number were the singers of psalms to the Lord, with the musical instruments which he had made for the music.
6Et distribuit eos David per vices filiorum Levi,And David distributed them into courses according to the sons of Levi,Gerson videlicet,specifically, Gershom,et Caath,and Kohath,et Merari.and Merari.
7Filii Gerson:The sons of Gershom:Leedan,Ladanet Semei.and Shimei.
8Filii Leedan:The sons of Ladan:princeps Jahiel,the leader Jahiel,et Zethan,and Zetham,et Joël,and Joel,tres.three.
9Filii Semei:The sons of Shimei:Salomith,Shelomoth,et Hosiel,and Haziel,et Aran,and Haran,tres:three.isti principes familiarum Leedan.These were the leaders of the families of Ladan.
10Porro filii Semei:Then the sons of Shimei:Leheth,Jahath,et Ziza,and Zizah,et Jaus,and Jeush,et Baria:and Beriah.isti filii Semei,These were the sons of Shimei,quatuor.four.
11Erat autem Leheth prior,Now Jahath was first,Ziza secundus:Zizah second,porro Jaus et Baria non habuerunt plurimos filios,but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons,et idcirco in una familia, unaque domo computati sunt.and for this reason they were reckoned as one family and one house.
12Filii Caath:The sons of Kohath:Amram,Amramet Isaar,and Izhar,Hebron,Hebronet Oziel,and Uzziel,quatuor.four.
13Filii Amram: Aaron et Moyses.The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses.Separatusque est Aaron ut ministraret in Sancto sanctorum, ipse et filii ejus in sempiternum,Now Aaron was separated so that he might minister in the Holy of Holies, he and his sons forever,et adoleret incensum Domino secundum ritum suum,and so that he might burn incense to the Lord, according to his rite,ac benediceret nomini ejus in perpetuum.and so that he might bless his name in perpetuity.
14Moysi quoque hominis Dei filii annumerati sunt in tribu Levi.The sons of Moses, the man of God, were also numbered in the tribe of Levi.
15Filii Moysi:The sons of Moses:Gersom et Eliezer.Gershom and Eliezer.
16Filii Gersom:The sons of Gershom:Subuel primus.Shebuel the first.
17Fuerunt autem filii Eliezer: Rohobia primus:Now the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the first.et non erant Eliezer filii alii.And there were no other sons for Eliezer.Porro filii Rohobia multiplicati sunt nimis.But the sons of Rehabiah were multiplied exceedingly.
18Filii Isaar:The sons of Izhar:Salomith primus.Shelomith the first.
19Filii Hebron:The sons of Hebron:Jeriau primus,Jeriah the first,Amarias secundus,Amariah the second,Jahaziel tertius,Jahaziel the third,Jecmaam quartus.Jekameam the fourth.
20Filii Oziel:The sons of Uzziel:Micha primus,Micah the first,Jesia secundus.Isshiah the second.
21Filii Merari:The sons of Merari:Moholi, et Musi.Mahli and Mushi.Filii Moholi:The sons of Mahli:Eleazar et Cis.Eleazar and Kish.
22Mortuus est autem Eleazar,Then Eleazar died,et non habuit filios, sed filias:and had no sons, but only daughters.acceperuntque eas filii Cis fratres earum.And so the sons of Kish, their brothers, married them.
23Filii Musi:The sons of Mushi:Moholi,Mahli,et Eder,and Eder,et Jerimoth,and Jeremoth,tres.three.
24Hi filii Levi in cognationibus et familiis suis,These are the sons of Levi, in their kindred and families,principes per vices, et numerum capitum singulorum qui faciebant opera ministerii domus Domini,leaders in turns, and the number of each of the heads who were doing the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord,a viginti annis et supra.from twenty years of age and upward.
25Dixit enim David:For David said: “The Lord,Requiem dedit Dominus Deus Israël populo suo,the God of Israel, has given rest to his people,et habitationem Jerusalem usque in æternum.and a habitation in Jerusalem even unto eternity.
26Nec erit officii Levitarum ut ultra portent tabernaculum et omnia vasa ejus ad ministrandum.Neither shall it be the office of the Levites any more to carry the tabernacle with all its equipment for use in the ministry.”
27Juxta præcepta quoque David novissima,Also,supputabitur numerus filiorum Levi a viginti annisaccording to the last precepts of David,et supra.the sons of Levi shall be counted by number from twenty years of age and upward.
28Et erunt sub manu filiorum Aaron in cultum domus Domini,And they shall be under the hand of the sons of Aaron, in the care of the house of the Lord,in vestibulis,in the vestibule,et in exedris,and in the chambers,et in loco purificationis,and in the place of purification,et in sanctuario,and in the sanctuary,et in universis operibus ministerii templi Domini.and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord.
29Sacerdotes autem,But the priests shall be over the bread of the presence,super panes propositionis,and the sacrifice of fine wheat flour,et ad similæ sacrificium,and the unleavened cakes,et ad lagana azyma,and the frying pan,et sartaginem,and the roasting,et ad torrendum,and over every weightet super omne pondus atque mensuram.and measure.
30Levitæ vero ut stent mane ad confitendum et canendum Domino:Yet truly, the Levites shall stand to confess and to sing to the Lord, in the morning,similiterque ad vesperam,and similarly in the evening,
31tam in oblatione holocaustorum Domini,as much in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord,quam in sabbatis et calendis et solemnitatibus reliquis juxta numerum et cæremonias uniuscujusque rei,as in the Sabbaths and new moons and other solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies for each and every matter,jugiter coram Domino.perpetually before the Lord.
32Et custodiant observationes tabernaculi fœderis,And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant,et ritum sanctuarii,and the rituals of the sanctuary,et observationem filiorum Aaron fratrum suorum,and the observance of the sons of Aaron, their brothers,ut ministrent in domo Domini.so that they may minister in the house of the Lord.