Nehemiah 12
1 Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
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、
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
亞瑪利雅、瑪鹿、哈突、
3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
示迦尼、利宏、米利末、
4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
易多、近頓、亞比雅、
5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
米雅民、瑪底雅、璧迦、
6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
示瑪雅、約雅立、耶大雅、
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
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。
8 And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the music-makers, he and his brothers.
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。
9 And Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were opposite them in their watches.
他們的弟兄八布迦和烏尼照自己的班次與他們相對。
10 And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
耶書亞生約雅金；約雅金生以利亞實；以利亞實生耶何耶大；
11 And Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.
耶何耶大生約拿單；約拿單生押杜亞。
12 And in the days of Joiakim there were priests, heads of families: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
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；
13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
以斯拉族有米書蘭；亞瑪利雅族有約哈難；
14 Of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
米利古族有約拿單；示巴尼族有約瑟；
15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
哈琳族有押拿；米拉約族有希勒愷；
16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
易多族有撒迦利亞；近頓族有米書蘭；
17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
亞比雅族有細基利；米拿民族某；摩亞底族有毗勒太；
18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
璧迦族有沙母亞；示瑪雅族有約拿單；
19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
約雅立族有瑪特乃；耶大雅族有烏西；
20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
撒來族有加萊；亞木族有希伯；
21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
希勒家族有哈沙比雅；耶大雅族有拿坦業。
22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were listed as heads of families; and the priests, when Darius the Persian was king.
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。
23 The sons of Levi, heads of families, were recorded in the book of the histories, even till the days of Johanan, the son of Eliashib.
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。
24 And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to give blessing and praise as ordered by David, the man of God, watch against watch.
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。
25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were door-keepers keeping the watch at the store-houses of the doors.
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。
26 These were in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the ruler and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
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。
27 And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music.
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。
28 And the sons of the music-makers came together from the lowland round about Jerusalem and from the daughter-towns of the Netophathites,
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。
29 And from Beth-gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the music-makers had made daughter-towns for themselves round about Jerusalem.
30 And the priests and the Levites made themselves clean; and they made the people clean, and the doorways and the wall.
祭司和利未人就潔淨自己，也潔淨百姓和城門，並城牆。
31 Then I made the rulers of Judah come up on the wall, and I put in position two great bands of them who gave praise, walking in ordered lines; one went to the right on the wall, in the direction of the doorway where the waste was put;
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，
32 And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the rulers of Judah,
在他們後頭的有何沙雅與猶大首領的一半，
33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
又有亞撒利雅、以斯拉、米書蘭、
34 Judah and Benjamin and Shemaiah and Jeremiah,
猶大、便雅憫、示瑪雅、耶利米。
35 And certain of the priests' sons with wind instruments; 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,
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；
36 And his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel and Judah, Hanani, with the music-instruments of David, the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was at their head;
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。
37 And by the doorway of the fountain and straight in front of them, they went up by the steps of the town of David, at the slope up of the wall, over the house of David, as far as the water-doorway to the east.
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。
38 And the other band of those who gave praise went to the left, and I went after them with half the people, on the wall, over the tower of the ovens, as far as the wide wall;
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；
39 And over the doorway of Ephraim and by the old door and the fish door and the tower of Hananel and the tower of Hammeah, as far as the sheep door: and at the doorway of the watchmen they came to a stop.
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。
40 So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God, and I and half of the chiefs with me:
於是，這兩隊稱謝的人連我和官長的一半，站在上帝的殿裏。
41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with wind instruments;
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；
42 And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer. And the makers of melody made their voices loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
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。
43 And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.
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。
44 And on that day certain men were put over the rooms where the things which had been given were stored, for the lifted offerings and the first-fruits and the tenths, and to take into them the amounts, from the fields of every town, fixed by the law for the priests and the Levites: for Judah was glad on account of the priests and the Levites who were in their places.
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。
45 And they kept the watch of their God, and were responsible for making things clean, and so did the music-makers and the door-keepers, as it was ordered by David and Solomon his son.
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。
46 For in the days of David and Asaph in the past, there was a master of the music, and songs of blessing and praise to God.
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。
47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave what was needed by the music-makers and the door-keepers day by day: and they made the offerings holy for the Levites; and the Levites did the same for the sons of Aaron.
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。
