Nehemiya 12
1 Ansembe ndi Alevi amene anabwerera pamodzi ndi Zerubabeli mwana wa Sealatieli ndi Yesuwa anali awa: Seraya, Yeremiya, Ezara,
Now, these, are the priests and the Levites, who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, —Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra;
2 Amariya, Maluki, Hatusi,
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush;
3 Sekaniya, Rehumu, Meremoti,
Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth;
4 Ido, Ginetoyi, Abiya
Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah;
5 Miyamini, Maadiya, Biliga,
Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah;
6 Semaya, Yowaribu, Yedaya,
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah;
7 Salu, Amoki, Hilikiya ndi Yedaya. Awa ndiye anali atsogoleri a ansembe ndi abale awo pa nthawi ya Yesuwa.
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah, —these, were the chiefs of the priests and their brethren, in the days of Jeshua.
8 Alevi anali Yesuwa, Binuyi, Kadimieli, Serebiya, Yuda, ndiponso Mataniya, amene pamodzi ndi abale ake ankatsogolera nyimbo za mayamiko.
And, the Levites, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, —over the choirs, he and his brethren;
9 Abale awo, Bakibukiya ndi Uri, ankayimba nyimbo molandizana.
and Bakbukiah and Unno their brethren, were over against them, in wards.
10 Yesuwa anabereka Yowakimu, Yowakimu anabereka Eliyasibu, Eliyasibu anabereka Yoyada.
And Jeshua, begat Joiakim, —and Joiakim, begat Eliashib, and, Eliashib, [begat] Joiada;
11 Yoyada anabereka Yonatani, ndipo Yonatani anabereka Yaduwa.
and, Joiada, begat Jonathan, —and, Jonathan, begat Jaddua.
12 Pa nthawi ya Yowakimu, awa ndiwo anali atsogoleri a mabanja a ansembe: Mtsogoleri wa fuko la Seraya anali Meraya; wa fuko la Yeremiya anali Hananiya;
And, in the days of Joiakim, were priests, ancestral chiefs, —of Seraiah, Meraiah, of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13 wa fuko la Ezara anali Mesulamu; wa fuko la Amariya anali Yehohanani;
of Ezra, Meshullam, —of Amariah, Jehohanan;
14 wa fuko la Maluki anali Yonatani; wa fuko la Sebaniya anali Yosefe;
of Malluchi, Jonathan, —of Shebaniah, Joseph;
15 wa fuko la Harimu anali Adina; wa fuko la Merayoti anali Helikayi;
of Harim, Adna, —of Meraioth, Helkai;
16 wa fuko la Ido anali Zekariya; wa fuko la Ginetoni anali Mesulamu;
of Iddo, Zechariah, —of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
17 wa fuko la Abiya anali Zikiri; wa fuko la Miniyamini ndi banja la Maadiya anali Pilitayi;
of Abijah, Zichri, —of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
18 wa fuko la Biliga anali Samuwa; wa fuko la Semaya anali Yonatani;
of Bilgah, Shammua, —of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
19 wa fuko la Yowaribu anali Matenayi; wa fuko la Yedaya anali Uzi;
and, of Joiarib, Mattenai, —of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20 wa fuko la Salai anali Kalai; wa fuko la Amoki anali Eberi;
of Sallai, Kallai, —of Amok, Eber;
21 wa fuko la Hilikiya anali Hasabiya; wa fuko la Yedaya anali Netaneli.
of Hilkiah, Hashabiah, —of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
22 Pa nthawi ya Eliyasibu, Yoyada, Yohanani ndi Yaduwa panalembedwa atsogolera a mabanja a Alevi ndi a ansembe mpaka pa nthawi ya ulamuliro wa Dariyo Mperisi.
The Levites—in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded as ancestral chiefs, —also the priests, unto the reign of Darius the Persian.
23 Zidzukulu za Levi, makamaka atsogoleri a mabanja awo analembedwa mʼbuku la mbiri mpaka pa nthawi ya Yohanani mwana wa Eliyasibu.
the sons of Levi, ancestral heads, were written in the book of Chronicles, —even until the days of Johanan, son of Eliashib.
24 Ndipo atsogoleri a Alevi awa, Hasabiya, Serebiya, Yesuwa mwana wa Kadimieli ndi abale awo, ankayimba nyimbo zotamanda ndi zothokoza molandizana. Gulu limodzi linkavomerezana ndi linzake monga mmene Davide munthu wa Mulungu analamulira.
And, the chiefs of the Levites, Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise—to give thanks, by the commandment of David the man of God, —ward joined to ward.
25 Mataniya, Bakibukiya, Obadiya, Mesulamu, Talimoni ndi Akubu anali olonda nyumba zosungiramo chuma pa zipata za ku Nyumba ya Mulungu.
Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were watchers, doorkeepers of the ward, in the storehouses of the gates.
26 Iwo ndiwo ankatumikira pa nthawi ya Yowakimu mwana wa Yesuwa mwana wa Yozadaki, ndiponso pa nthawi ya bwanamkubwa Nehemiya ndi wansembe Ezara amene analinso mlembi.
These, were in the days of Joiakim, son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, —and in the days of Nehemiah the pasha, and Ezra the priest the scribe.
27 Pa mwambo wopereka khoma la Yerusalemu anayitana Alevi kulikonse kumene ankakhala kuti abwere ku Yerusalemu ku mwambo wopereka khoma kwa Mulungu, mwachimwemwe ndi mothokoza poyimba nyimbo pamodzi ndi ziwiya za malipenga, azeze ndi apangwe.
And, at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites, out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, —to keep the dedication and the rejoicing, both with thanksgiving and with music, cymbals, harps, and with lyres.
28 Tsono anthu a mabanja a Alevi oyimba nyimbo aja anasonkhana pamodzi kuchokera ku madera onse ozungulira Yerusalemu ndiponso ku midzi ya Anetofati,
So the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, —both out of the circuit round about Jerusalem, and out of the villages of the Netophathites;
29 Beti-Giligala ndi ku madera a ku Geba ndi Azimaveti, pakuti oyimbawo anali atamanga midzi yawo mozungulira Yerusalemu.
also out of Beth-gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba, and Azmaveth, —for, villages, had the singers builded for themselves, round about Jerusalem.
30 Tsono ansembe ndi Alevi anachita mwambo wodziyeretsa. Pambuyo pake anachita mwambo woyeretsa anthu onse ndi khoma la Yerusalemu.
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, —and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
31 Ine ndinabwera nawo atsogoleri a dziko la Yuda ndi kukwera nawo pa khoma. Ndipo ndinasankha magulu awiri akuluakulu oyimba nyimbo za matamando. Gulu limodzi linadzera mbali ya ku dzanja lamanja pa khoma mpaka ku Chipata cha Kudzala.
Then brought I up the rulers of Judah upon the wall, —and I appointed two large choirs, even to go in procession to the right, upon the wall, towards the dung-gate;
32 Pambuyo pawo panali Hosayia, theka la atsogoleri a Yuda aja
and after them went Hoshaiah, and half the rulers of Judah;
33 pamodzi ndi Azariya, Ezara, Mesulamu,
then Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam;
34 Yuda, Benjamini, Semaya ndi Yeremiya.
Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah;
35 Ena mwa ana a ansembe amene ankayimba malipenga awo anali awa: Zekariya mwana wa Yonatani mwana wa Semaya mwana wa Mataniya, mwana wa Mikaya, mwana wa Zakuri, mwana wa Asafu,
and, of the sons of the priests, with trumpets, Zechariah—son of Jonathan—son of Shemaiah—son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph;
36 pamodzi ndi abale awo awa: Semaya, Azareli, Milalai, Gilalayi, Maayi, Netaneli, Yuda ndi Hanani. Onse ankagwiritsa ntchito zida zoyimbira za Davide, munthu wa Mulungu. Tsono Ezara mlembi uja ankawatsogolera.
and his brethren—Shemaiah and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the instruments of music of David, the man of God, —with Ezra the scribe before them;
37 Kuchokera ku Chipata cha Kasupe anayenda nakakwera makwerero opita ku mzinda wa Davide pa njira yotsatira khoma, chakumtundu kwa nyumba ya Davide mpaka ku Chipata cha Madzi, mbali ya kummawa.
and, over they fountain gate and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, —above the house of David, even as far as the water-gate, eastward.
38 Gulu loyimba lachiwiri linadzera mbali ya kumanzere kwa khomalo. Tsono ine ndi theka lina la atsogoleri aja tinkalitsata pambuyo tikuyenda pamwamba pa khomalo. Tinapitirira Nsanja ya Ngʼanjo mpaka ku Khoma Lotambasuka.
And, the second choir, was going over against them, I, following it, —with the half of the people upon the wall, above the tower of the ovens, even as far as the broad wall;
39 Tinadutsanso Chipata cha Efereimu, Chipata cha Yesana, Chipata cha Nsomba, Nsanja ya Hananeli, Nsanja ya Zana mpaka kukafika ku Chipata cha Nkhosa. Ndipo mdipiti uwu unakayima pa Chipata cha Mlonda.
and above the gate of Ephraim, and upon the old gate, and upon the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even as far as the sheep-gate, —and they came to a stand, at the gate of the guard.
40 Choncho magulu onse awiri oyimba nyimbo zothokoza aja anakayima pafupi ndi Nyumba ya Mulungu. Pamodzi ndi ine ndi theka la atsogoleri aja,
So the two choirs, came to a stand, at the house of God, —and I, and half the deputies with me;
41 panalinso ansembe awa akuyimba malipenga: Eliyakimu, Maaseya, Miniyamini, Mikaya, Eliyoenai, Zekariya ndi Hananiya.
and, the priests—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
42 Panalinso ansembe awa: Maaseya, Semaya, Eliezara, Uzi, Yehohanani, Milikiya, Elamu ndi Ezeri. Gulu loyimba linkatsogozedwa ndi Yezirahayiya.
and Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer, —and the musicians sounded, aloud with Jezrahiah who was over them.
43 Pa tsiku limenelo anthu anapereka nsembe zambiri ndipo anakondwera chifukwa Mulungu anawapatsa chimwemwe chachikulu. Nawonso akazi ndi ana anakondwera ndipo kukondwa kwa anthu a mu mzinda wa Yerusalemu kunamveka kutali.
And they sacrificed, on that day, great sacrifices, and rejoiced, for, God, had caused them to rejoice with great joy, moreover also, the women and children, rejoiced, —so that the rejoicing of Jerusalem was heard afar off.
44 Tsiku limenelo panasankhidwa anthu oyangʼanira zipinda zosungiramo zopereka zaufulu, zipatso zoyamba kucha, zopereka za chakhumi. Anthuwo ankasonkhanitsa zopereka kuchokera ku minda ya midzi yonse kuti azipereke kwa ansembe ndi Alevi malingana ndi malamulo. Izi zinali chomwechi chifukwa Ayuda ankakondwera ndi utumiki wa ansembe ndi Alevi.
And there were set in charge, on that day, certain men, over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave-offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, out of the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law, for the priests, and for the Levites, —for, the joy of Judah, was over the priests and over the Levites, who were remaining.
45 Iwowa ankagwira ntchito ya Mulungu wawo, makamaka mwambo woyeretsa zinthu. Nawonso oyimba nyimbo ndi olonda ku Nyumba ya Mulungu anagwira ntchito zawo monga Davide ndi mwana wake Solomoni analamula.
So they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and [so did] the singers and the doorkeepers, —according to the commandment of David and of Solomon his son.
46 Pakuti kalekale, pa nthawi ya Davide ndi Asafu, panali atsogoleri a anthu oyimba nyimbo za matamando ndi nyimbo zoyamika Mulungu.
For, in the days of David and Asaph, of old, there were chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving, unto God.
47 Choncho mu nthawi ya Zerubabeli ndi Nehemiya, Aisraeli onse anakapereka mphatso tsiku ndi tsiku kwa anthu oyimba nyimbo ndi alonda a ku Nyumba ya Mulungu. Ankayikanso padera chigawo cha zopereka cha Alevi. Nawonso Alevi ankayika padera chigawo cha zopereka cha ansembe, zidzukulu za Aaroni.
Now, all Israel—in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, used to give the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers, the need of a day upon its day, —and they hallowed them unto the Levites, and, the Levites, hallowed them unto the sons of Aaron.
