Nehemiah 10

1 Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,

Forsothe the seeleris weren Neemye, Athersata, the sone of Achilai,

2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

and Sedechie, Saraie, Azarie, Jeremye, Phasur,

3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,

Amarie, Melchie,

4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

Accus, Sebenye,

5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

Mellucarem, Nerymuth, Oddie, Danyel,

6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

Genton, Baruc, Mosollam, Abia,

7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

Mianymy, Mazie, Belga, and Semeie;

8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

these weren prestis.

9 The Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,

Forsothe dekenes weren Josue, the sone of Azarie, Bennuy, of the sones of Ennadab,

10 and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

Cedinyel, and hise britheren, Sethenye, Odenmye, Telita, Phalaie, Anam,

11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

Myca, Roob, Asebie

12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

Zaccur, Serebie, Sabanye,

13 Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.

Odias, Bany, Hamyn.

14 And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

The heedis of the puple, Phetos, Moab, Elam,

15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

Zecu, Banny, Bonny, Azgad, Bebay,

16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

Donai, Bogoia, Adyn,

17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,

Ather, Azochie, Azur,

18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

Odenye, Assuyn, Bessaie,

19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

Ares, Anatoth, Nebai,

20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

Methpie, Mosollam, Azir,

21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,

Meizabel, Sadoch, Reddua,

22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

Pheltie, Ananye, Osee,

23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,

Anaie, Azub, Aloes,

24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

Phaleam, Sobeth,

25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

Reu, Asebyne, Mathsie,

26 Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

Ethaie, Anam,

27 Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.

Mellucarem, Baana;

28 “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,

and othere of the puple, prestis, dekenes, porteris, and syngeris, Natynneis, and alle men that departiden hem silf fro the puplis of londis to the lawe of God, the wyues of hem, and `the sones of hem, and the douytris of hem;

29 hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

alle that myyten vndurstonde, bihetynge for her britheren, the principal men of hem, `and thei that camen to biheete, and to swere, that thei schulden go in the lawe of the Lord, which he `hadde youe bi the hond of Moyses, his seruaunt, that thei schulden do and kepe alle the heestis of `oure Lord God, and hise domes, and hise cerymonyes; and that we schulden not yyue

30 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.

oure douytris to the puple of the lond, and that we schulden not take her douytris to oure sones.

31 When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.

Also the puplis of the lond, `that bryngen in thingis set to sale, and alle thingis to vss, bi the dai of sabat, for to sille, we schulen not take of hem in the sabat, and in a dai halewid; and we schulen leeue the seuenthe yeer, and the axynge of al hond.

32 We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:

And we schulen ordeyne comaundementis `on vs, that we yyue the thridde part of a sicle `bi the yeer to the werk of `oure Lord God,

33 for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.

to the looues of settyngforth, and to the euerlastynge sacrifice, `and in to brent sacrifice euerlastynge, in sabatis, in calendis, `that is, bigynnyngis of monethis, in solempnytees, in halewid daies, and for synne, that `me preie for Israel, and in to al the vss of the hows of oure God.

34 We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.

`Therfor we senten `lottis on the offryng of trees, bitwixe prestis and dekenes and the puple, that tho schulden be brouyt in to the hows of oure God, bi the housis of oure fadris bi tymes, fro the tymes of a yeer `til to a yeer, that `tho schulden brenne on the auter of `oure Lord God, as it is writun in the lawe of Moyses;

35 We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.

and that we bringe the firste gendrid thingis of oure lond, and the firste fruytis of al fruyt of ech tree, fro yeer in to yeer,

36 And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.

in to the hows of the Lord, and the firste gendrid thingis of oure sones, and of oure beestis, as it is writun in the lawe, and the firste gendrid thingis of oure oxis, and of oure scheep, that tho be offrid in the hows of oure God, to prestis that mynystren in the hows of oure God;

37 Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.

and we schulen brynge the firste fruytis of oure metis, and of oure moiste sacrifices, and the applis of ech tre, and of vendage, and of oile, to `prestis, at the treserie of the Lord, and the tenthe part of oure lond to dekenes; thilke dekenes schulen take tithis of alle the citees of oure werkis.

38 A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.

Sotheli a prest, the sone of Aaron, schal be with the dekenes in the tithis of dekenes; and the dekenes schulen offre the tenthe part of her tithe in the hows of oure God, `at the tresorie, in the hows of tresour.

39 For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”

For the sones of Israel and the sones of Leuy schulen brynge the firste fruytis of wheete, of wiyn, and of oile; and halewid vessels schulen be there, and prestis, and syngeris, and porteris, and mynystris; and we schulen not forsake the hows of `oure God.