Nehemia 12
1 Dit nu zijn de priesters en de Levieten, die met Zerubbabel, den zoon van Sealthiel, en Jesua, optogen: Seraja, Jeremia, Ezra,
[Many] priests and [other] descendants of Levi returned (from Babylonia/to Jerusalem) with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. They included Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 Amarja, Malluch, Hattus,
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 Sechanja, Rehum, Meremoth,
Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abia,
Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
5 Mijamin, Maadja, Bilga,
Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
6 Semaja, en Jojarib, Jedaja,
Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkia, Jedaja; dat waren de hoofden der priesteren, en hun broederen, in de dagen van Jesua.
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. All those men were leaders of the priests during the time that Jeshua [was the Supreme Priest].
8 En de Levieten waren: Jesua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Serebja, Juda, Matthanja; hij en zijn broederen waren over de dankzeggingen.
[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 En Bakbukja, en Unni, hun broederen, waren tegen hen over in de wachten.
Bakbukiah, Unni, and other descendants of Levi formed a choir that stood opposite the other group [and sang in reply to them].
10 Jesua nu gewon Jojakim, en Jojakim gewon Eljasib, en Eljasib gewon Jojada,
Jeshua [who was the Supreme Priest] was the father of Joiakim, who was the father of Eliashib, who was the father of Joiada,
11 En Jojada gewon Jonathan, en Jonathan gewon Jaddua.
who was the father of Jonathan, who was the father of Jaddua.
12 En in de dagen van Jojakim waren priesters, hoofden der vaderen: van Seraja was Meraja; van Jeremia, Hananja;
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 Van Ezra, Mesullam; van Amarja, Johanan;
Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ezra; Jehohanan, from [the clan of] Amariah;
14 Van Melichu, Jonathan; van Sebanja, Jozef;
Jonathan, from [the clan of] Malluch; Joseph, from [the clan of] Shecaniah;
15 Van Harim, Adna; van Merajoth, Helkai;
Adna, from [the clan of] Harim; Helkai, from [the clan of] Meremoth/Maraioth;
16 Van Iddo, Zacharia; van Ginnethon, Mesullam;
Zechariah, from [the clan of] Iddo; Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ginnethon;
17 Van Abia, Zichri; van Minjamin, van Moadja, Piltai;
Zicri, from [the clan of] Abijah. There was also a leader from [the clan of] Miniamin; Piltai, from [the clan of] Moadiah;
18 Van Bilga, Sammua; van Semaja, Jonathan;
Shammua, from [the clan of] Bilgah; Jehonathan, from [the clan of] Shemaiah;
19 En van Jojarib, Matthenai; van Jedaja, Uzzi;
Mattenai, from [the clan of] Joiarib; Uzzi, from [the clan of] Jedaiah;
20 Van Sallai, Kallai; van Amok, Heber;
Kallai, from [the clan of] Sallu/Sallai; Eber, from [the clan of] Amok;
21 Van Hilkia, Hasabja; van Jedaja, Nethaneel.
Hashabiah, from [the clan of] Hilkiah; and Nethanel, from [the clan of] Jedaiah.
22 Van de Levieten werden in de dagen van Eljasib, Jojada, en Johanan, en Jaddua, de hoofden der vaderen beschreven; mitsgaders de priesteren, tot het koninkrijk van Darius, den Perziaan.
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 De kinderen van Levi, de hoofden der vaderen, werden beschreven in het boek der kronieken, tot de dagen van Johanan, den zoon van Eljasib, toe.
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 De hoofden dan der Levieten waren Hasabja, Serebja, en Jesua, de zoon van Kadmiel, en hun broederen tegen hen over, om te prijzen en te danken, naar het gebod van David, den man Gods, wacht tegen wacht.
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 Matthanja en Bakbukja, Obadja, Mesullam, Talmon en Akkub, waren poortiers, de wacht waarnemende bij de schatkamers der poorten.
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 Dezen waren in de dagen van Jojakim, den zoon van Jesua, den zoon van Jozadak, en in de dagen van Nehemia, den landvoogd, en van den priester Ezra, den schriftgeleerde.
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 In de inwijding nu van Jeruzalems muur, zochten zij de Levieten uit al hun plaatsen, dat zij hen te Jeruzalem brachten, om de inwijding te doen met vreugde, en met dankzeggingen, en met gezang, cimbalen, luiten, en met harpen.
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 Alzo werden de kinderen der zangers verzameld, zo uit het vlakke veld rondom Jeruzalem, als uit de dorpen van de Netofathieten;
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 En uit het huis van Gilgal, en uit de velden van Geba en Asmaveth; want de zangers hadden zich dorpen gebouwd rondom Jeruzalem.
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 En de priesters en de Levieten reinigden zichzelven; daarna reinigden zij het volk, en de poorten, en den muur.
[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 Toen deed ik de vorsten van Juda opgaan op den muur; en ik stelde twee grote dankkoren en omgangen, een ter rechterhand op den muur, naar de Mistpoort toe.
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 En achter hen ging Hosaja, en de helft der vorsten van Juda.
Behind their leaders marched Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah.
33 En Azarja, Ezra, en Mesullam,
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 Juda, en Benjamin, en Semaja, en Jeremia;
35 En van de priesters kinderen met trompetten: Zecharja, de zoon van Jonathan, den zoon van Semaja, den zoon van Matthanja, den zoon van Michaja, den zoon van Zakkur, den zoon van Asaf;
36 En zijn broeders, Semaja, en Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, en Juda, Hanani, met muziekinstrumenten van David, den man Gods; en Ezra, de schriftgeleerde, ging voor hun aangezicht heen.
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 Voorts naar de Fonteinpoort, en tegen hen over, gingen zij op bij de trappen van Davids stad, door den opgang des muurs, boven Davids huis, tot aan de Waterpoort, tegen het oosten.
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 Het tweede dankkoor nu ging tegenover, en ik achter hetzelve, met de helft des volks, op den muur, van boven den Bakoventoren, tot aan den breden muur;
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 En van boven de poort van Efraim, en boven de Oude poort, en boven de Vispoort, en den toren Hananeel, en den toren Mea, tot aan de Schaapspoort, en zij bleven staan in de Gevangenpoort.
[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 Daarna stonden de beide dankkoren in Gods huis; ook ik en de helft der overheden met mij.
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 En de priesters, Eljakim, Maaseja, Minjamin, Michaja, Eljoenai, Zacharja, Hananja, met trompetten;
My group included these priests who were [all blowing] trumpets: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah,
42 Voorts Maaseja, en Semaja, en Eleazar, en Uzzi, en Johanan, en Malchia, en Elam, en Ezer; ook lieten zich de zangers horen, met Jizrahja, den opziener.
[another] Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers, whose leader was Jezrahiah, sang loudly.
43 En zij offerden deszelven daags grote slachtofferen, en waren vrolijk; want God had hen vrolijk gemaakt met grote vrolijkheid; en ook waren de vrouwen en de kinderen vrolijk; zodat de vrolijkheid van Jeruzalem tot van verre gehoord werd.
[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 Ook werden ten zelfden dage mannen gesteld over de kameren, tot de schatten, tot de hefofferen, tot de eerstelingen en tot de tienden, om daarin uit de akkers der steden te verzamelen de delen der wet, voor de priesteren en voor de Levieten; want Juda was vrolijk over de priesteren en over de Levieten, die daar stonden.
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 En de wacht huns Gods waarnamen, en de wacht der reiniging, ook de zangers, en de poortiers, naar het gebod van David en zijn zoon Salomo.
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 Want in de dagen van David en Asaf, van ouds, waren er hoofden der zangers, en des lofgezangs, en der dankzeggingen tot God.
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 Daarom gaf gans Israel, in de dagen van Zerubbabel, en in de dagen van Nehemia, de delen der zangers en der poortiers, van elk dagelijks op zijn dag; en zij heiligden voor de Levieten, en de Levieten heiligden voor de kinderen van Aaron.
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].
