Nehemiah 11
1 Te vaengah pilnam mangpa rhoek tah Jerusalem ah kho a sak uh. Pilnam a coih te parha ah pakhat tah a cim khopuei Jerusalem ah khosa la khuen ham hmulung a naan uh. Pako rhoek tah khopuei kah hmatoeng ah omuh.
And the rulers of the people were living in Jerusalem: the rest of the people made selection, by the decision of chance, of one out of every ten to be living in Jerusalem, the holy town; the other nine to go to the other towns.
2 Jerusalem kah khosa la aka puhlu hlang boeih te pilnam loh yoethen a paek.
And the people gave a blessing to all the men who were freely offering to take up their places in Jerusalem.
3 Paeng kah boeilu rhoek tah Jerusalem ah kho a sak uh. Tedae Judah khopuei khuikah rhoek tah amah kah khohut dongah rhip om uh. Amih kah khopuei rhoek ah Israel khosoih rhoek khaw, Levi rhoek khaw, tamtaeng rhoek khaw, Solomon kah sal koca rhoek khaw omuh.
Now these are the chiefs of the divisions of the country who were living in Jerusalem: but in the towns of Judah everyone was living on his heritage in the towns, that is, Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.
4 Jerusalem ah khaw Judah koca lamkah neh Benjamin koca lamkah rhoek loh kho a sak uh. Judah koca loh Uzziah capa Athaiah, Zekhariah capa Uzziah, Amariah capa Zekhariah, Shephatiah capa Amariah, Perez koca lamloh Mahalalel capa Shephatiah.
And in Jerusalem there were living certain of the children of Judah and of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah, the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;
5 Shiloh koca lamloh Zekhariah capa Joiarib, Joiarib capa Adaiah, Adaiah capa Hazaiah, Hazaiah capa Kolhozeh, Kolhozeh capa Barukh, Barukh capa Maaseiah.
And Maaseiah, the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.
6 Jerusalem kah khosa Perez koca boeih he tatthai hlang ya li sawmrhuk parhet lo.
All the sons of Perez living in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight men of good position.
7 Benjamin koca rhoek he tah Isaiah capa Ithiel, Ithiel capa Maaseiah, Maaseiah capa Kolaiah, Kolaiah capa Pedaiah, Pedaiah capa Joed, Joed capa Meshullam, Meshuulam capa Salu.
And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu, the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah.
8 A hnuk kah Gabbai, Salu neh ya ko pakul neh parhet lo.
And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight.
9 Amih soah Zikhri capa Joel te hlangtawt la om tih, Hassenuah capa Judah te hnukthoi khopuei ah om.
And Joel, the son of Zichri, was their overseer; and Judah, the son of Hassenuah, was second over the town.
10 Khosoih rhoek lamloh Joiarib capa Jedaiah, Jakhin.
Of the priests: Jedaiah, the son of Joiarib, Jachin,
11 Pathen im kah rhaengsang rhoek la Ahitub capa Meraioth, Meraioth capa Zadok, Zadok capa Meshullam, Meshullam capa Hikiah, Hilkiah capa Seraiah.
Seraiah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God,
12 A boeinaphung ah, BOEIPA im ham bitat aka saii rhoek tah ya rhet pakul panit lo. Malkhiah capa Pashur, Pashur capa Zekhariah, Zekhariah capa Amzi, Amzi capa Pelaliah, Pelaliah capa Jeroham, Jeroham capa Adaiah.
And their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
13 A boeinaphung ah a napa rhoek kah boeilu he yahnih sawmli panit lo. Immer capa Meshillemoth, Meshillemoth capa Ahzai, Ahzai capa Azarel, Azarel capa Amashai.
And his brothers, heads of families, two hundred and forty-two; and Amashsai, the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
14 A boeinaphung ah tatthai hlangrhalh he ya pakul parhet lo tih amih soah Haggedolim capa Zabdiel te hlangtawt la om.
And their brothers, men of war, a hundred and twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
15 Levi rhoek lamloh Buni capa Hashabiah, Hashabiah capa Azrikam, Azrikam capa Hasshub, Hasshub capa Shemaiah.
And of the Levites: Shemaiah, the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni,
16 Levi boeilu lamkah Shabbethai neh Jozabad loh Pathen im kah poengben kah bitat te a om thil.
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were responsible for the outside business of the house of God;
17 Boeilu lamhma Asaph capa Zabdi, Zabdi capa Maikah, Maikah capa Mattaniah loh thangthuinah te a uem. Bakbukiah khaw amah boeinaphung khuiah a pabae la om. Te phoeiah Jeduthun lamloh Jeduthun capa Galal, Galal capa Shammua, Shammua capa Abda.
And Mattaniah, the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who had to give the first note of the song of praise in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers, and Abda, the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
18 A cim khopuei kah Levi boeih tah yahnih sawmrhet pali lo.
All the Levites in the holy town were two hundred and eighty-four.
19 Thoh tawt Akkub, Talmon neh a boeinaphung ah vongka aka ngaithuen rhoek te ya sawmrhih panit lo.
In addition the door-keepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers who kept watch at the doors, were a hundred and seventy-two.
20 Israel kah a coih, khosoih rhoek, Levi rhoek tah Judah kho tom ah amah rho dongah rhip omuh.
And the rest of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his heritage.
21 Ophel kah khosa rhoek tah tamtaeng rhoek tih tamtaeng rhoek soah Ziha neh Gispha om.
But the Nethinim were living in the Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.
22 Jerusalem kah Levi hlangtawt khuiah khaw Asaph koca rhoek lamkah Mikha capa Mattaniah, Mattaniah capa Hashabiah, Hashabiah capa Bani, Bani capa Uzzi loh Pathen im kah bitat ham a hlai uh.
And the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi, the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the music-makers, who was over the business of the house of God.
23 Amih ham manghai olpaek neh a hnin, hnin kah bitat aka hlai rhoek ham olkamnah khaw om.
For there was an order from the king about them and a regular amount for the music-makers, for their needs day by day.
24 Judah capa Zerah koca, Mezhezabel capa Pethahiah tah pilnam kah olka cungkuem dongah manghai kut la om.
And Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.
25 Judah koca lamkah rhoek khaw amah vongup, amah khohmuen neh kho a sak uh. Kiriatharba neh a khobuel ah, Dibon neh a khobuel ah, Jekabzeel neh a vangca rhoek ah omuh.
And for the daughter-towns with their fields, some of the men of Judah were living in Kiriath-arba and its daughter-towns, and in Dibon and its daughter-towns, and in Jekabzeel and its daughter-towns,
26 Jeshua ah khaw, Moladah ah khaw, Bethpelet ah khaw,
And in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth-pelet,
27 Hazarshual ah khaw, Beersheba neh a khobuel rhoek ah khaw,
And in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and its daughter-towns,
28 Ziklag ah khaw, Mekonah neh a khobuel rhoek ah khaw,
And in Ziklag, and in Meconah and its daughter-towns,
29 Enrimmon ah khaw, Zorah ah khaw, Jarmuth ah khaw,
And in En-rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth,
30 Zanoah, Adullam neh a vangca rhoek, Lakhish neh a khohmuen rhoek, Azekah neh a khobuel rhoek ah khaw Beersheba lamloh kolrhawk duela rhaeh uh.
Zanoah, Adullam and their daughter-towns, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its daughter-towns. So they were living from Beer-sheba to the valley of Hinnom.
31 Benjamin koca rhoek khaw Geba lamloh Mikmash, Ai, Bethel neh a khobuel rhoek ah,
And the children of Benjamin were living from Geba, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and its daughter-towns,
32 Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
At Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33 Hazor, Ramah, Gatayim,
Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35 Lod neh Ono kolrhawk ah.
Lod and Ono, the valley of expert workers.
36 Levi lamkah rhoek khaw Benjamin kah Judah boelnah khuiah.
And of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah were joined to Benjamin.
