Nehemiah 3
1 And Eliashib the high priest rises, and his brothers the priests, and they build the Sheep Gate; they have sanctified it, and set up its doors, even to the Tower of Meah they have sanctified it, to the Tower of Hananeel;
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 by his hand men of Jericho have built; and by their hand Zaccur son of Imri has 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 and sons of Hassenaah have built the Fish Gate; they have walled it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.
4 And by their hand Merimoth son of Urijah, son of Koz, has strengthened; and by his hand Meshullam son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabeel, has strengthened; and by his hand Zadok son of Baana has strengthened;
5 and by his hand the Tekoites have strengthened, and their majestic ones have not brought in their neck to the service of their Lord.
6 And Jehoiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah have strengthened the Old Gate; they have walled it, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars.
7 And by their hand Melatiah the Gibeonite has strengthened, and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, [belonging] to the throne of the governor beyond the River.
8 By his hand Uzziel son of Harhaiah of the refiners has strengthened; and by his hand Hananiah son of [one of] the compounders has strengthened; and they leave Jerusalem to the broad wall.
9 And by their hand Rephaiah son of Hur, head of the half of the district of Jerusalem, has strengthened.
10 And by their hand Jedaiah son of Harumaph has strengthened, and opposite his own house; and by his hand Hattush son of Hashabniah has strengthened.
11 A second measure Malchijah son of Harim has strengthened, and Hashub son of Pahath-Moab, even the Tower of the Furnaces.
12 And by his hand Shallum son of Halohesh, head of the half of the district of Jerusalem, has strengthened, he and his daughters.
13 Hanun has strengthened the Valley Gate, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they have built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and one thousand cubits in the wall to the Refuse Gate.
14 And Malchijah son of Rechab, head of the district of Beth-Haccerem, has strengthened the Refuse Gate; he builds it, and sets up its doors, its locks, and its bars.
15 And Shallum son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, has strengthened the Fountain Gate: he builds it, and covers it, and sets up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Siloah, to the garden of the king, and to the steps that are going down from the City of David.
16 After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, head of the half of the district of Beth-Zur, has strengthened to opposite the graves of David, and to the pool that is made, and to the house of the mighty ones.
17 After him the Levites have strengthened, [and] Rehum son of Bani; by his hand Hashabiah, head of the half of the district of Keilah, has strengthened for his district.
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 have strengthened, [and] Bavvai son of Henadad, head of the half of the district of Keilah.
19 And Ezer son of Jeshua, head of Mizpah, strengthens, by his hand, a second measure, from in front of the ascent of the armory at the angle.
20 After him Baruch son of Zabbai has hurried to strengthen a second measure from the angle to the opening of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
21 After him Meremoth son of Urijah, son of Koz, has strengthened a second measure, from the opening of the house of Eliashib even to the completion of the house of Eliashib.
22 And after him the priests, men of the circuit, have strengthened.
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 them Benjamin has strengthened, and Hashub, opposite their house; after him Azariah son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, has strengthened near his house.
24 After him Binnui son of Henadad has strengthened a second measure, from the house of Azariah to the angle, and to the corner.
25 Palal son of Uzai [strengthened] from opposite the angle, and the tower that is going out from the upper house of the king that [is] at the court of the prison; after him Pedaiah son of Parosh [strengthened].
26 And the Nethinim have been dwelling in Ophel, to opposite the Water Gate at the east, and the tower that goes out.
27 After him the Tekoites have strengthened a second measure, from opposite the great tower that goes out, and to the wall of Ophel.
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 From above the Horse Gate the priests have strengthened, each opposite his house.
29 After them Zadok son of Immer has strengthened opposite his house; and after him Shemaiah son of Shechaniah, keeper of the East Gate, has strengthened.
30 After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah has strengthened, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, a second measure; after him Meshullam son of Berechiah has strengthened opposite his chamber.
31 After him Malchijah son of the refiner has strengthened, to the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, opposite the Miphkad Gate, and to the ascent of the corner.
32 And between the ascent of the corner and the Sheep Gate, the refiners and the merchants have strengthened.
