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、
Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Yeshua: 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, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
5 米雅明、瑪阿狄雅、彼耳加、
Mijamin, Maadiah, 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. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Yeshua.
8 他和他的兄弟們啟唱頌謝經文。
Moreover the Levites were Yeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving songs, he and his brothers.
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 Unno, their brothers, were close to them according to their offices.
10 耶叔亞生約雅金，約雅金生厄肋史布，厄肋史布生約雅達，
Yeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,
11 約雅達約哈南，約哈南生雅杜亞。
and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became 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，
In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ households: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13 厄次辣家是默叔藍，阿瑪黎雅家是約哈南，
of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
14 瑪路克家是約納堂，舍巴尼雅是約色夫，
of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
15 哈陵家是阿德納，默辣摩特家是赫耳凱，
of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
16 依多家是則加雅，金厏通家是默叔藍，
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;
18 彼耳家是沙慕亞，舍瑪雅家是約納堂，
of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
19 約雅黎布是瑪特乃，耶達雅是烏齊，
of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20 撒路家是卡來，阿克摩家是厄貝爾，
of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
21 希耳克雅是哈沙彼雅，阿達雅是乃塔乃耳。
of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
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。
As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Yochanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in 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, heads of fathers’ households, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Yochanan 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。
The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Yeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers close to them, to praise and give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, section next to section.
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, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses 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 Yeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest and 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。
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 giving thanks and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, 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，
The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;
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 Beth Gilgal and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around 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。
The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the 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 brought the princes of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall towards the dung gate;
32 在隊後隨行的，是曷沙雅和猶大的一半首長，
and after them went Hoshaiah, with half of the princes of Judah,
33 以及阿匝雅、厄次辣、默叔藍、
and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
34 猶達、本雅明、舍瑪雅和耶勒米雅，
Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, 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 some of the priests’ sons with shofars: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, 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 brothers, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was 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。
By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of David’s city, at the ascent of the wall, above David’s house, even to 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，
The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people on the wall above the tower of the furnaces, even to the wide 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 above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate; and they stood still in the gate of the guard.
40 這兩儀仗隊站在天主殿內，有一半首長同我在一起；
So the two companies of those who gave thanks in God’s house stood, 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, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with shofars;
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, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. 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。
They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far away.
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 over the rooms for the treasures, for the wave offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them according to the fields of the cities the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who served.
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，
They performed the duty of their God and the duty of the purification, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers, 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 was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to 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。
All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, as every day required; and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.
