¹Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

¹Huan David a nadam sawtin a na upa mahmah taa; huchiin a tapa Solomon Israelte kumpipain a bawlta hi.

²He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

²Huan Israelte makai tengteng siampute leh Levite toh a sam khawma.

³The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

³Huan, Levite kum sawmthum akipan tunglam sim ahi ua; a tamlam uh piching sing thum leh sang giat ahi uh.

⁴David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh; six thousand were officers and judges;

⁴Huaite laka sing nih leh sang li TOUPA in lamheutute heutu ding ahi ua; huan, sang gukte bel heutute leh vaihawmmite dingte ahi uh;

⁵four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, for giving praise.”

⁵Huan sang lite kongkhakngakmite ding ahi ua, huan sang li te bel, Phatna dinga thil tumging chi ka bawl, Davidin a chihte zanga TOUPA phatmi dingte ahi uh.

⁶David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

⁶Huan Levi ta Gerson te, Kahath te, Merari te zahin Davidin pawl a bawla.

⁷Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

⁷Gerson mite Ladan leh Simei ahi uh.

⁸The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

⁸Ladan tate pipente Jehiel te, Setham te, Joel te, thum ahi uh.

⁹The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan.

⁹Simei tate Solomoth te, Haziel te, Haran te, thum ahi uh. Hiaite Ladan suan inkote pipente ahi uh.

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

¹⁰Huan Simei tate bel Juhath te Juhath te, Zin te, Jeus te, Beria te ahi uh. Hiai lite Simei tate ahi uh.

¹¹Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah didn’t have many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.

¹¹Huan Jahath a upa pen ahi a, Ziza a sang ahi; Jeus leh Beriaten bel ta a hau kei ua; huaijiakin inkuan khat banga sim ahi uh.

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

¹²Kahath tate Amram te, Izhar te, Hebron te, Uziel te, li ahi uh.

¹³The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.

¹³Amram tate Aron leh Mosi ahi uh; Aron bel amah leh a suante khantawna dinga thil siangthou takte hihsiangthou-a, khantawna TOUPA maa gimlim hala, a na sema, a mina vualjawlpa dinga hihtuam ahi uh.

¹⁴But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

¹⁴Pathian mi Mosi bel, a tate Levi nam laka sim ahi uh.

¹⁵The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

¹⁵Mosi tate Gersom leh Eliezer ahi uh, Gersom tate laka upa pen Sebuel ahi.

¹⁶The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.

¹⁶Huan Eliezer tate laka upapen Rehabia ahi.

¹⁷The sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

¹⁷Huan Eliezerin tapa dang himhim a neikei; Rehabia in bel tapa tampi a nei.

¹⁸The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

¹⁸Izhar tapate; Selmoth a pipen.

¹⁹The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

¹⁹Hebron tate laka pipen Jeria ahi a, a sang Amaria, a sang nawn Jahaziel, a sang nawn Jekameam ahi.

²⁰The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.

²⁰Uziel tate laka upajaw Mika ahi a, a sang Isia ahi.

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

²¹Merari tate; Merari tate bel Mahli leh Musi ahi uh, Mahli tate, Eleazar leh Kis ahi uh.

²²Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them as wives.

²²Huan Eleazar a si a, tapate neilouin, tanute kia a nei a; huan Kis tapa a unaute un jiin a nei uh.

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

²³Musi tate Mahli te, Eder te, Jeremoth te, thum ahi uh.

²⁴These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward.

²⁴Huaite Levi suan, a inkuan uh bang jela min gelha a sim uh inkuan pipen, TOUPA in lama kuan, kum sawmnih akipan tunglama sim tengte ahi uh.

²⁵For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

²⁵Davidin, TOUPA, Israelte Pathianin a mite galmuang takin a omsaktaa, Jerusalem ah a om nilouha,

²⁶Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.”

²⁶Leviten leng biakbuk leh a nasepna ding tuiumbelsuan tengteng a zon uh a kiphamohta kei hi, a chi ahi.

²⁷For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

²⁷David thupiak nanung jiakin Levite kum sawmnih akipan tung lam tanin sim ahi ngal ua.

²⁸For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts, and in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of God’s house;

²⁸A nasep uh Pathian ina nasepa Aron tapate panpiha intual sung leh dantan sunga thil siangthou tengteng hihsiangthou-a, TOUPA ina nasep lah ahi ngala;

²⁹for the show bread 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 kinds of measure and size;

²⁹Tanghou koih ding te, tangbuang thillat dinga tangbuang nel mahmah, silngou hel louh tanghoupek hiam, bela uk hiam, kan hiam, a teh leh a letdan bang tengteng ding bawl khawng te toh;

³⁰and to stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh, and likewise in the evening;

³⁰Huan jingsang tenga TOUPA kianga kipahthu gen leh amah phatte toh, nitaka leng huchi mah;

³¹and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Yahweh;

³¹Huan khawlni te-a, kha thak te-a ankuanglui neih te-a, a hihding seh bang jela TOUPA kianga halmang thillat tengteng TOUPA maa lat gige te toh;Huan kihoupihna puanin kep te, mun siangthou kep te, TOUPA ina nasema a unau Aron tapaten hih ding a seh peuhmah uh hih te toh.

³²and that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, and the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of Yahweh.

³²Huan kihoupihna puanin kep te, mun siangthou kep te, TOUPA ina nasema a unau Aron tapaten hih ding a seh peuhmah uh hih te toh.