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1 同着撒拉鐵的兒子所羅巴伯和耶書亞回來的祭司與利未人記在下面:祭司是西萊雅、耶利米、以斯拉、
And 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,
Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 撒路、亞木、希勒家、耶大雅。這些人在耶書亞的時候作祭司和他們弟兄的首領。
Sallu, Amok, Hilkijah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
8 利未人是耶書亞、賓內、甲篾、示利比、猶大、瑪他尼。這瑪他尼和他的弟兄管理稱謝的事。
And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, [who was] over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren;
9 他們的弟兄八布迦和烏尼照自己的班次與他們相對。
and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them as watches.
10 耶書亞生約雅金;約雅金生以利亞實;以利亞實生耶何耶大;
And Jeshua begot Joiakim, and Joiakim begot Eliashib, and Eliashib begot Joiada,
and Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua.
12 在約雅金的時候,祭司作族長的西萊雅族有米拉雅;耶利米族有哈拿尼雅;
And in the days of Joiakim were priests, chief 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 亞比雅族有細基利;米拿民族某;摩亞底族有毗勒太;
of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin [and] Moadiah, Piltai;
of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
of Hilkijah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
22 至於利未人,當以利亞實、耶何耶大、約哈難、押杜亞的時候,他們的族長記在冊上。波斯王大流士在位的時候,作族長的祭司也記在冊上。
of the Levites, the chief fathers were recorded in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, and the priests, until the reign of Darius the Persian.
23 利未人作族長的記在歷史上,直到以利亞實的兒子約哈難的時候。
The children of Levi, the chief fathers, were recorded in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
24 利未人的族長是哈沙比雅、示利比、甲篾的兒子耶書亞,與他們弟兄的班次相對,照着神人大衛的命令一班一班地讚美稱謝。
And the chief Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
25 瑪他尼、八布迦、俄巴底亞、米書蘭、達們、亞谷是守門的,就是在庫房那裏守門。
Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were doorkeepers keeping the ward at the storehouses of the gates.
26 這都是在約撒達的孫子、耶書亞的兒子約雅金和省長尼希米,並祭司文士以斯拉的時候,有職任的。
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 耶路撒冷城牆告成的時候,眾民就把各處的利未人招到耶路撒冷,要稱謝、歌唱、敲鈸、鼓瑟、彈琴,歡歡喜喜地行告成之禮。
And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to hold the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, lutes and harps.
28 歌唱的人從耶路撒冷的周圍和尼陀法的村莊與伯‧吉甲,又從迦巴和押瑪弗的田地聚集,因為歌唱的人在耶路撒冷四圍為自己立了村莊。
And the children of the singers were assembled, both from the plain [of Jordan] round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,
also from Beth-Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves hamlets round about Jerusalem.
30 祭司和利未人就潔淨自己,也潔淨百姓和城門,並城牆。
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates and the wall.
31 我帶猶大的首領上城,使稱謝的人分為兩大隊,排列而行:第一隊在城上往右邊向糞廠門行走,
And I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs and processions, on the right hand upon the wall towards 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 還有些吹號之祭司的子孫,約拿單的兒子撒迦利亞。約拿單是示瑪雅的兒子;示瑪雅是瑪他尼的兒子;瑪他尼是米該亞的兒子;米該亞是撒刻的兒子;撒刻是亞薩的兒子;
and [certain] of the priests' sons with trumpets: 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 又有撒迦利亞的弟兄示瑪雅、亞撒利、米拉萊、基拉萊、瑪艾、拿坦業、猶大、哈拿尼,都拿着神人大衛的樂器,文士以斯拉引領他們。
and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe before them.
37 他們經過泉門往前,從大衛城的臺階隨地勢而上,在大衛宮殿以上,直行到朝東的水門。
And at the fountain-gate, and over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water-gate eastward.
38 第二隊稱謝的人要與那一隊相迎而行。我和民的一半跟隨他們,在城牆上過了爐樓,直到寬牆;
And the second choir went in the opposite direction upon the wall, and I after them, and the half of the people, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even to the broad wall;
39 又過了以法蓮門、古門、魚門、哈楠業樓、哈米亞樓,直到羊門,就在護衛門站住。
and from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the gate of the old [wall], and above the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even to the sheep-gate; and they stood still in the prison-gate.
40 於是,這兩隊稱謝的人連我和官長的一半,站在上帝的殿裏。
And both choirs stood in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
41 還有祭司以利亞金、瑪西雅、米拿民、米該亞、以利約乃、撒迦利亞、哈楠尼亞吹號;
and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets;
42 又有瑪西雅、示瑪雅、以利亞撒、烏西、約哈難、瑪基雅、以攔,和以謝奏樂。歌唱的就大聲歌唱,伊斯拉希雅管理他們。
and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud; and Jizrahiah was their overseer.
43 那日,眾人獻大祭而歡樂;因為上帝使他們大大歡樂,連婦女帶孩童也都歡樂,甚至耶路撒冷中的歡聲聽到遠處。
And that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and also the women and the children rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
44 當日,派人管理庫房,將舉祭、初熟之物和所取的十分之一,就是按各城田地,照律法所定歸給祭司和利未人的分,都收在裏頭。猶大人因祭司和利未人供職,就歡樂了。
And at that time men were appointed over the chambers of the treasures for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, out of the fields of the cities, the portions assigned by the law for the priests and the Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests, and over the Levites that waited.
45 祭司利未人遵守上帝所吩咐的,並守潔淨的禮。歌唱的、守門的,照着大衛和他兒子所羅門的命令也如此行。
And, with the singers and the doorkeepers, they kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David [and] of Solomon his son.
46 古時,在大衛和亞薩的日子,有歌唱的伶長,並有讚美稱謝上帝的詩歌。
For of old, in the days of David and Asaph, there were the chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgivings to God.
47 當所羅巴伯和尼希米的時候,以色列眾人將歌唱的、守門的,每日所當得的分供給他們,又給利未人當得的分;利未人又給亞倫的子孫當得的分。
And all Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers, every day what was needed, and they consecrated things for the Levites; and the Levites consecrated for the children of Aaron.