Nehemiah 10

1 And over them that sealed were Neemias the Artasastha, son of Achalia, and Zedekias,

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

2 the son of Araea, and Azaria, and Jeremia,

and Sedechie, Saraie, Azarie, Jeremye, Phasur,

3 Phasur, Amaria, Melchia,

Amarie, Melchie,

4 Attus, Sebani, Maluch,

Accus, Sebenye,

5 Iram, Meramoth, Abdia,

Mellucarem, Nerymuth, Oddie, Danyel,

6 Daniel, Gannathon, Baruch,

Genton, Baruc, Mosollam, Abia,

7 Mesulam, Abia, Miamin,

Mianymy, Mazie, Belga, and Semeie;

8 Maazia, Belgai, Samaia; these [were] priests.

these weren prestis.

9 And the Levites; Jesus the son of Azania, Banaiu of the sons of Enadad, Cadmiel

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

10 and his brethren, Sabania, Oduia, Calitan, Phelia, Anan,

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

11 Micha, Roob, Asebias,

Myca, Roob, Asebie

12 Zacchor, Sarabia, Sebania,

Zaccur, Serebie, Sabanye,

13 Odum, the sons of Banuae.

Odias, Bany, Hamyn.

14 The heads of the people; Phoros, Phaath Moab, Elam, Zathuia,

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

15 the sons of Bani, Asgad, Bebai,

Zecu, Banny, Bonny, Azgad, Bebay,

16 Adania, Bagoi, Hedin

Donai, Bogoia, Adyn,

17 Ater, Ezekia, Azur,

Ather, Azochie, Azur,

18 Oduia, Esam, Besi,

Odenye, Assuyn, Bessaie,

19 Ariph, Anathoth, Nobai,

Ares, Anatoth, Nebai,

20 Megaphes, Mesullam, Ezir,

Methpie, Mosollam, Azir,

21 Mesozebel, Saduc, Jeddua,

Meizabel, Sadoch, Reddua,

22 Phaltia, Anan, Anaea,

Pheltie, Ananye, Osee,

23 Osee, Anania, Asub,

Anaie, Azub, Aloes,

24 Aloes, Phalai, Sobec,

Phaleam, Sobeth,

25 Reum, Essabana, Maasia,

Reu, Asebyne, Mathsie,

26 and Aia, Aenan, Enam,

Ethaie, Anam,

27 Maluch, Eram, Baana.

Mellucarem, Baana;

28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nathinim, and every one who drew off from the nations of the land to the law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, every one who had knowledge and understanding,

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 were urgent with their brethren, and bound them under a curse, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given by the hand of Moses, the servant of God; to keep and to do all the commandments of the Lord, and his judgements, and his ordinances;

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 and that we will not, [they said, ]give our daughters to the people of the land, nor will we take their daughters to our sons.

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

31 And [as for] the people of the land who bring wares and all [manner of] merchandise to sell on the sabbath-day, we [will] not buy of them on the sabbath or on the holy day: and we will leave the seventh year, and the exaction of 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 And we will impose ordinances upon ourselves, to levy on ourselves the third part of a didrachm 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 the show bread, and the continual meat-offering, and for the continual whole burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moon, for the feast, and for the holy things, and the sin-offerings, to make atonement for Israel, and for the works 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 And we cast lots for the office of wood-bearing, [we] the priests, and the Levites, and the people, to bring [wood] into the house of our God, according to the house of our families, at certain set times, year by year, 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 and to bring the first fruits of our land, and the first fruits of the fruit of every tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord:

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 the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, for the priests that 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 And the first fruits of our corn, and the fruit of every tree, of wine, and of oil, will we bring to the priests to the treasury of the house of God; and a tithe of our land to the Levites: for the Levites themselves shall receive tithes in all the cities of the land we cultivate.

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 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites in the tithe of the Levite: and the Levites shall bring up the tenth part of [their] tithe to the house of our God, into the treasuries of the house of 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 children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring into the treasuries the first fruits of the corn, and wine, and oil; and there [are] the holy vessels, and the priests, and the ministers, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake 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.