Nehemiah 3
1 And Eliashib, the great priest, rose up, with his brothers, the priests, and they built the gate of the flock. They sanctified it, and they set up its double doors, and as far as the tower of one hundred cubits, they sanctified it, even to the tower of Hananel.
Inilah laporan tentang bagaimana tembok kota Yerusalem diperbaiki. Imam Besar Elyasib dan rekan-rekannya membangun kembali Pintu Gerbang Domba, memasang daun-daun pintunya dan mengkhususkannya bagi TUHAN. Mereka memperbaiki dan mengkhususkan tembok sampai ke Menara Seratus dan sampai ke Menara Hananeel.
2 And beside him, the men of Jericho built. And beside them, Zaccur, the son of Imri, built.
Selain para imam itu, orang-orang ini memperbaiki tembok kota beserta pintu-pintu gerbang dan menara-menaranya dalam urutan sebagai berikut: Orang-orang Yerikho; Zakur anak Imri; Kaum Senaa: Pintu Gerbang Ikan dengan balok-balok, daun-daun pintu, baut-baut dan palang-palangnya; Meremot anak Uria dan cucu Hakos; Mesulam anak Berekhya dan cucu Mesezabeel; Zadok anak Baana; Warga kota Tekoa (para pemuka kota itu tidak mau melakukan pekerjaan kasar); Yoyada anak Paseah dan Mesulam anak Besoja: Pintu Gerbang Yesyana dengan balok-balok, daun-daun pintu, baut-baut dan palang-palangnya; Melaca dari Gibeon dan Yadon dari Meronot; Orang-orang Gibeon dan orang-orang Mizpa: tembok sampai ke istana gubernur Efrat Barat; Uziel, seorang tukang emas, anak Harhaya; Hananya, seorang pembuat minyak wangi; sampai Tembok Lebar; Refaya anak Hur, penguasa setengah distrik Yerusalem; Yedaya anak Harumaf: tembok yang berdekatan dengan rumahnya sendiri; Hatus anak Hasabneya; Malkia anak Harim dan Hasub anak Pahat-Moab: tembok berikutnya serta Menara Perapian; Salum anak Halohes, penguasa setengah distrik Yerusalem, dibantu oleh anak-anaknya perempuan; Hanun dan penduduk Zanoah: Pintu Gerbang Lembah beserta daun-daun pintu, baut-baut dan palang-palangnya. Juga tembok sepanjang 440 meter sampai Pintu Gerbang Sampah; Malkia anak Rekhab, penguasa distrik Bet-Kerem: Pintu Gerbang Sampah dengan daun-daun pintu, baut-baut dan palang-palangnya; Salum anak Kolhoze, penguasa distrik Mizpa: Pintu Gerbang Mata Air dengan atap, daun-daun pintu, baut-baut dan palang-palangnya; Juga tembok Kolam Selah di dekat taman istana sampai tangga-tangga yang menurun dari Kota Daud; Nehemia anak Azbuk, penguasa setengah distrik Bet-Zur: tembok sampai ke makam keluarga Daud, kolam buatan dan tangsi;
3 But the sons of Hassenaah built the fish gate. They covered it, and they set up its double doors and locks and bars. And beside them, Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, built.
4 And beside him, Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, built. And beside them, Zadok, the son of Baana, built.
5 And beside them, the Tekoites built. But the nobles among them did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.
6 And Joiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, built the old gate. They covered it, and they set up its double doors and locks and bars.
7 And beside them, Melatiah, a Gibeonite, and Jadon, a Meronothite, men from Gibeon and Mizpah, built, on behalf of the governor who was in the region across the river.
8 And beside him, Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah the goldsmith, built. And beside him, Hananiah, the son of the perfumer, built. And they left aside Jerusalem as far as the wall of the broad street.
9 And beside him, Rephaiah, the son of Hur, leader of a street of Jerusalem, built.
10 And beside him, Jedaiah, the son of Harumaph, built, opposite his own house. And beside him, Hattush, the son of Hashabneiah, built.
11 Malchijah, the son of Harim, and Hasshub, the son of Pahath-moab, built one half part of the street and the tower of the furnaces.
12 And beside him, Shallum, the son of Hallohesh, the leader of one half part of a street of Jerusalem, built, he and his daughters.
13 And Hanun built the gate of the valley, with the inhabitants of Zanoah. They built it, and they set up its double doors and locks and bars, with one thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the gate of the dunghill.
14 And Malchijah, the son of Rechab, the leader of the street of Beth-haccherem, built the gate of the dunghill. He built it, and he set up its double doors and locks and bars.
15 And Shallum, the son of Colhozeh, the leader of the district of Mizpah, built the gate of the fountain. He built it, and he covered it, and he set up its double doors and locks and bars, and the walls of the pool of Shelah at the garden of the king, and as far as the steps that descend from the City of David.
16 After him, Nehemiah, the son of Azbuk, the leader of one half part of the street of Bethzur, built, as far as opposite the sepulcher of David, and even to the pool, which was constructed with great labor, and even to the house of the strong.
17 After him, the Levites, Rehum, the son of Bani, built. After him, Hashabiah, the leader of one half part of the street of Keilah, built, in his own neighborhood.
Beberapa bagian tembok berikutnya dibangun oleh orang-orang Lewi dalam urutan ini: Rehum anak Bani; Hasabya, penguasa setengah Distrik Kehila. Bagian tembok untuk distriknya sendiri; Binui anak Henadad, penguasa setengah Distrik Kehila; Ezer anak Yesua, penguasa Mizpa: tembok di sudut jalan di depan gedung senjata; Barukh anak Zabai: tembok dari sudut jalan sampai pintu rumah Imam Besar Elyasib; Meremot anak Uria dan cucu Hakos: bagian tembok dari pintu rumah Elyasib sampai ke ujung rumah itu;
18 After him, their brothers, Binnui, the son of Henadad, the leader of one half part of Keilah, built.
19 And beside him, Ezer, the son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, built another measure, opposite the ascent to the strongest corner.
20 After him, at the mount, Baruch, the son of Zabbai, built another measure, from the corner even to the door of the house of Eliashib, the great priest.
21 After him, Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, built another measure, from the door of the house of Eliashib, along the length of the house of Eliashib.
22 And after him, the priests, men from the plains of the Jordan, built.
Beberapa bagian tembok berikutnya diperbaiki oleh para imam dalam urutan ini: Imam-imam yang tinggal tidak jauh dari Yerusalem. Benyamin dan Hasub: tembok di depan rumah mereka. Azarya anak Maaseya anak Ananya: tembok di dekat rumahnya. Binui anak Henadad: tembok dari rumah Azariah sampai ke sudut tembok. Palal anak Uzai: tembok dari sudut tembok dan menara istana bagian atas, di dekat pelataran penjagaan. Pedaya anak Paros: tembok sampai di depan Pintu Gerbang Air di sebelah timur dan menara penjagaan Rumah TUHAN. (Tidak jauh dari situ ada daerah yang bernama Ofel, tempat tinggal para pekerja Rumah TUHAN.)
23 After him, Benjamin and Hasshub built, opposite their own house. And after him, Azariah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, built, opposite his own house.
24 After him, Binnui, the son of Henadad, built another measure, from the house of Azariah, even to the bend and to the corner.
25 Palal, the son of Uzai, built, opposite the bend and the tower that projects from the high house of the king, that is, into the court of the prison. After him, Pedaiah, the son of Parosh, built.
26 And the temple servants, who were living in Ophel, built to a point opposite the water gate, toward the east, and the tower that is prominent.
27 After him, the Tekoites built another measure in the opposite area, from the great and prominent tower to the wall of the temple.
Beberapa bagian tembok berikutnya diperbaiki oleh orang-orang ini dalam urutan sebagai berikut: Warga kota Tekoa: tembok dari depan menara penjagaan Rumah TUHAN sampai tembok daerah Ofel. Imam-imam yang tinggal di dekat Pintu Gerbang Kuda: tembok yang berhadapan dengan rumah masing-masing dari gerbang itu terus ke arah utara. Zadok anak Imer: tembok yang berhadapan dengan rumahnya. Semaya anak Sekhanya, penjaga pintu Gerbang Timur: tembok yang berhadapan dengan rumahnya. Hananya anak Selemya dan Hanun anak Zalaf yang keenam. Mesulam anak Berekhya: tembok yang berhadapan dengan rumahnya. Malkia, seorang tukang emas: tembok sampai ke asrama para pekerja Rumah TUHAN dan rumah-rumah para pedagang di depan Pintu Gerbang Mifkad dan sampai ke dekat kamar atas di sudut tembok sebelah timur laut. Para tukang emas dan pedagang: bagian tembok yang terakhir, mulai dari kamar atas di sudut tembok sampai ke Pintu Gerbang Domba.
28 Then, upward from the horse gate, the priests built, each one opposite his own house.
29 After them, Zadok, the son of Immer, built, opposite his own house. And after him, Shemaiah, the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate, built.
30 After him, Hananiah, the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, built another measure. After him, Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, built, opposite his own storehouse.
31 After him, Malchijah, the son of the goldsmith, built, even up to the house of the temple servants and of the sellers of small items, opposite the judgment gate, and even to the upper room of the corner.
32 And within the upper room of the corner, at the gate of the flock, the goldsmiths and the merchants built.
