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1 以下是同沙耳提的兒子責魯巴貝耳和耶叔亞回來的司祭和肋未人:色辣雅、耶肋米雅、厄次辣、
Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 撒路、阿摩克、希耳克雅、阿達雅:這些人是耶叔亞時期中的司祭,和他們兄弟的族長。
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
9 巴刻步克雅和烏尼,以及他們的兄弟依照班次,輪流服務。
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were opposite to them in the watches.
10 耶叔亞生約雅金,約雅金生厄肋史布,厄肋史布生約雅達,
And Jeshua brings forth Joiakim, Joiakim also brings forth Eliashib, and Eliashib brings forth Joiada,
And Joiada brings forth Jonathan, and Jonathan brings forth Jaddua.
12 在約雅金年間,司祭作族長的:色辣雅家是默辣雅,
And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
17 阿彼雅家是齊革黎,米尼雅明和摩阿狄雅家是丕耳泰,
Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai:
Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
22 在厄肋雅史布、約雅達、約哈南和雅杜亞年間,肋未人的族長都登記了,司祭也登記了,直到波斯達理阿的朝代。
The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
23 肋未人的族長也都登記在編年錄上,直到厄肋雅史布的孫子約哈南時代。
The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
24 肋未人的族長是哈沙彼雅。舍勒彼雅、耶亞、彼奴依和卡德米耳;他們和他們的兄弟,按天主的人達味所制定的,在唱讚美和頌謝經文時,對面站著,分班輪流歌唱。
And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren opposite to them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward opposite to ward.
25 瑪塔尼雅。巴刻步克雅、敖巴狄雅、默叔藍、塔耳孟和阿谷布,都是守門的,護守府庫的門:
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
26 以上都是約匝達克的孫子,耶叔亞兒子約雅金時代和乃赫米雅省長,及厄斯德拉司祭兼經師時代的人。
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
27 為耶路撒冷城垣舉行落成典禮時,召集住在各地的肋未人,在到耶路撒冷,詠唱詠謝讚美的詩歌,彈奏弦樂琴瑟,這落成典禮歡樂舉行。
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 with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
28 肋未人的子孫歌詠者,便由耶路撒冷四周區域,笸乃托法各村莊,
And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
29 由貝特基耳加耳、革巴和阿次瑪委特鄉間,集合前來,原是歌詠者在耶路撒冷四周,為自己建造了莊院。
Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages round about Jerusalem.
30 司祭和肋未人聖潔了自己以後,又聖潔了民眾、城門和城牆。
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
31 我叫猶大各省長登上城牆,將儀仗分為兩大隊:一隊在城牆上向右往糞門進行,
Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
35 這些人都是司祭中吹號筒的;還有約納堂的兒子加黎雅,──約納堂是舍瑪雅的兒子,舍瑪雅是瑪塔尼雅的兒子,瑪塔尼雅是米加雅的兒子,米加雅是匝雇爾的兒子,匝雇爾是阿撒夫的兒子,──
And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
36 以及則加黎雅的兄弟:舍瑪雅、阿匝勒耳、米拉來、基拉來、瑪艾、乃塔乃耳、猶達和哈納尼,演奏天主的人達味的樂器。厄斯德拉經師走在你們的前面。
And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
37 他們到了泉門之後,一直上了達味城的石級,沿著城城牆斜坡,靠著達味王宮,走到東邊水門。
And at the fountain gate, which was opposite to 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 unto the water gate eastward.
38 第二儀仗隊往左邊行,我在儀仗隊之後,與另一半首長在城牆上,路過爐堡,直到廣場的城牆,
And the other company of them that gave thanks went opposite to them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
39 以後,路過厄弗辣因門、魚門、哈約乃耳堡,直到羊門,便在更門停住了。
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
40 這兩儀仗隊站在天主殿內,有一半首長同我在一起;
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
41 還有司祭厄里雅金、瑪色雅、米尼雅明、 米加雅、厄里約乃、則則加雅、哈納尼雅,他們吹著號筒;
And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
42 還有瑪阿色雅、舍瑪雅、厄肋阿匝爾、烏齊、約哈南、瑪耳基雅、厄藍和厄則爾。歌詠都在耶辣希雅指導下高聲唱歌。
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
43 一日祭獻了很多犧牲,人們都很歡樂,因為天主使他們非常歡樂,連婦女童也都喜歡;耶路撒冷歡樂的聲音聞於遠方。
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far off.
44 那時,也定專員,管理孝放祭品、初熟之物和什一之的倉庫將各城各鄉照法律規定應交與司祭和肋未的物品,都存放在裏面,因為猶太人對盡職的司祭和肋未人都表喜悅。
And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
45 因他們各盡侍奉他們的天主之職,舉行取潔禮。歌詠者和守門者,也都遵照達味和他的兒子撒羅滿所制定的進行,
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
46 因為遠在達味和阿撒夫時代,已有了歌詠長的職務,和讚美並感謝天主的歌曲。
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
47 在責魯巴貝耳和乃赫米雅年間,全以色列天天都繳納給歌詠者和守門者應繳約之物,把一部分聖物交給人,肋未人將一部分交給亞郎的子孫。
And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.