尼希米記 12
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、
[Many] priests and [other] descendants of Levi returned (from Babylonia/to Jerusalem) with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. They included Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 阿瑪黎、瑪路克、哈突士、
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 舍加尼雅、哈陵、默摩特、
Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 依多、金乃通、阿彼雅、
Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
5 米雅明、瑪阿狄雅、彼耳加、
Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
6 舍瑪雅、約雅黎布、耶達雅、
Shemaiah, 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, and Jedaiah. All those men were leaders of the priests during the time that Jeshua [was the Supreme Priest].
8 他和他的兄弟們啟唱頌謝經文。
[Some of the other] descendants of Levi who returned were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah. They were in charge of singing songs to thank [God].
9 巴刻步克雅和烏尼，以及他們的兄弟依照班次，輪流服務。
Bakbukiah, Unni, and other descendants of Levi formed a choir that stood opposite the other group [and sang in reply to them].
10 耶叔亞生約雅金，約雅金生厄肋史布，厄肋史布生約雅達，
Jeshua [who was the Supreme Priest] was the father of Joiakim, who was the father of Eliashib, who was the father of Joiada,
11 約雅達約哈南，約哈南生雅杜亞。
who was the father of Jonathan, who was the father of Jaddua.
12 在約雅金年間，司祭作族長的：色辣雅家是默辣雅，
When Joiakim was the Supreme Priest, these were the leaders of the clans of priests: Meraiah, from [the clan of] Seraiah; Hananiah, from [the clan of] Jeremiah;
13 厄次辣家是默叔藍，阿瑪黎雅家是約哈南，
Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ezra; Jehohanan, from [the clan of] Amariah;
14 瑪路克家是約納堂，舍巴尼雅是約色夫，
Jonathan, from [the clan of] Malluch; Joseph, from [the clan of] Shecaniah;
15 哈陵家是阿德納，默辣摩特家是赫耳凱，
Adna, from [the clan of] Harim; Helkai, from [the clan of] Meremoth/Maraioth;
16 依多家是則加雅，金厏通家是默叔藍，
Zechariah, from [the clan of] Iddo; Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ginnethon;
17 阿彼雅家是齊革黎，米尼雅明和摩阿狄雅家是丕耳泰，
Zicri, from [the clan of] Abijah. There was also a leader from [the clan of] Miniamin; Piltai, from [the clan of] Moadiah;
18 彼耳家是沙慕亞，舍瑪雅家是約納堂，
Shammua, from [the clan of] Bilgah; Jehonathan, from [the clan of] Shemaiah;
19 約雅黎布是瑪特乃，耶達雅是烏齊，
Mattenai, from [the clan of] Joiarib; Uzzi, from [the clan of] Jedaiah;
20 撒路家是卡來，阿克摩家是厄貝爾，
Kallai, from [the clan of] Sallu/Sallai; Eber, from [the clan of] Amok;
21 希耳克雅是哈沙彼雅，阿達雅是乃塔乃耳。
Hashabiah, from [the clan of] Hilkiah; and Nethanel, from [the clan of] Jedaiah.
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。
During the years that Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua [were Supreme Priests], they (wrote/kept a list of) the names of the clans who were descendants of Levi. When Darius was the king of Persia, they stopped writing that list.
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。
They wrote the names of the leaders of the clans who were descendants of Levi in the Book of Events [in Israel], but they stopped writing those names when Eliashib’s grandson Johanan [was the Supreme Priest].
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。
These are the leaders of the clans [who are] descendants of Levi: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel and others who were divided into two groups. The two groups faced each other, one group replying to the other, during the time that they praised and thanked God. They did that just as King David, the man who served God well, had instructed.
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：
These singers included Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. The men who guarded the storerooms close to the gates [of the temple] were Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub.
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。
They did that work during the time that Joiakim, who was the son of Jeshua and the grandson of Jehozadak, [was the Supreme Priest, ] and I was the governor, and Ezra was the priest who knew the Jewish laws very well.
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。
When we dedicated the wall around Jerusalem, we summoned the descendants of Levi [who help the priests] from the nearby places where they [were living]. We asked them to [join with us to] celebrate when we dedicated the wall. We wanted them to sing songs to thank [Yahweh] and make music by playing cymbals and harps and other stringed instruments.
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，
We summoned the descendants of Levi who habitually sang together. They came to Jerusalem from nearby areas [where they had settled], and from places around Netophah [town southeast of Jerusalem],
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。
and from three places [northeast of Jerusalem]—Beth Gilgal [city] and the areas around Geba and Azmaveth. Those singers had built villages to live in near 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。
[When they came to Jerusalem], the priests and [other] descendants of Levi [who help the priests] performed rituals to cause themselves to be acceptable to God, and then they performed similar rituals to purify the [other] people, 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 gathered together the leaders of Judah on top of the wall, and I appointed them to lead two large groups to march around the city [on top of the wall], thanking God. [As they faced the city, ] one group walked to the right toward the Dung Gate.
32 在隊後隨行的，是曷沙雅和猶大的一半首長，
Behind their leaders marched Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah.
33 以及阿匝雅、厄次辣、默叔藍、
Behind them marched a group of priests who were blowing trumpets. They were Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah. Next came Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, a descendant of Asaph.
34 猶達、本雅明、舍瑪雅和耶勒米雅，
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，──
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。
Behind them marched other members of Zechariah’s clan: Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. They all were playing the same kinds of musical instruments that King David had played [many years previously]. Ezra, the man who knew the Jewish laws very well, marched in front of this group.
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。
When they reached the Fountain Gate, they went up the steps to David’s City, past his palace, and then to the wall at the Water Gate, on the east side [of the city].
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，
The other group of those who were thanking [Yahweh] marched to the left on top of the wall. I followed them with half of the people. [We marched] past the Tower of the Ovens to 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。
[From there we marched] past Ephraim Gate, Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred Soldiers, to the Sheep Gate. We finished marching near the gate into the temple.
40 這兩儀仗隊站在天主殿內，有一半首長同我在一起；
Both the groups reached the temple while they were thanking God. They stood in their places there. The leaders who were with me [also stood with me in our places].
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；
My group included these priests who were [all blowing] trumpets: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah,
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。
[another] Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers, whose leader was Jezrahiah, sang loudly.
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。
[After we went outside the temple, ] we offered many sacrifices. We men all rejoiced because God had caused us to be very happy. The women and the children also rejoiced. People far away could hear the noise that we made there in Jerusalem.
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。
On that day, men were appointed {they appointed men} to be in charge of the storerooms where they kept the money that people contributed [for the temple]. They also kept there [the other things that the people contributed—] the tithes and the first part of the grain and fruit that was harvested each year. Those men collected those things from the fields/farms near the cities, and [took them to Jerusalem and] gave them to the priests and the [other] descendants of Levi, as [Moses had said in his] laws that they should do. All the Israeli people were happy about the work that the priests and the descendants of Levi did,
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，
because they performed the rituals to purify things, and the other rituals that God had commanded. The musicians in the temple also did their work as King David and his son Solomon had declared that they should do.
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。
Ever since the time that David had been the king and Asaph had been his chief musician, the musicians had led the people while they sang songs to praise and thank 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。
During the years that Zerubbabel and I governed the Israeli people, they all contributed the food that the singers and temple gatekeepers needed each day. They gave (a tithe/10%) of their crops to the descendants of Levi [who helped the priests], and those descendants of Levi gave (a tithe/10%) of that to [the priests, who were] descendants of Aaron [the first Supreme Priest].
