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,

١ وَهَذَا بَيَانٌ بِأَسْمَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ عَادُوا مِنَ السَّبْيِ مَعَ زَرُبَّابِلَ بْنِ شَأَلْتِيئِيلَ وَيَشُوعَ: سَرَايَا وَيِرْمِيَا وَعِزْرَا،

2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

٢ وَأَمَرْيَا وَمَلُّوخُ وَحَطُّوشُ،

3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

٣ وَشَكَنْيَا وَرَحُومُ وَمَرِيمُوثُ،

4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,

٤ وَعِدُّو وَجِنْتُويُ وَأَبِيَّا،

5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

٥ وَمِيَّامِينُ وَمَعَدْيَا وَبَلْجَةُ،

6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.

٦ وَشَمَعْيَا وَيُويَارِيبُ وَيَدَعْيَا،

7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.

٧ وَسَلُّو وَعَامُوقُ وَيَدَعْيَا. هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ رُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَأَقْرِبَاؤُهُمْ فِي أَيَّامِ يَشُوعَ.

8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers.

٨ ثُمَّ اللّاوِيُّونَ يَشُوعُ وَبِنُّويُ وَقَدْمِيئِيلُ وَشَرَبْيَا وَيَهُوذَا وَمَتَّنْيَا، الَّذِي كَانَ هُوَ وَبَقِيَّةُ أَقْرِبَائِهِ مَسْؤولِينَ عَنْ خِدْمَةِ التَّسْبِيحِ وَالْحَمْدِ.

9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, were over against them according to their offices.

٩ بَيْنَمَا كَانَ بَقْبُقْيَا وَعُنِّي قَرِيبَاهُمْ يَقِفَانِ قُبَالَتَهُمْ يُشَارِكَانِ فِي الْخِدْمَةِ.

10 Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,

١٠ وَأَنْجَبَ يَشُوعُ يُويَاقِيمَ، وَيُويَاقِيمُ أَلِيَاشِيبَ، وَأَلِيَاشِيبُ يُويَادَاعَ،

11 and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.

١١ وَيُويَادَاعُ يُونَاثانَ، وَيُونَاثَانُ يَدُّوعَ.

12 In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of ancestral houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

١٢ وَفِي عَهْدِ يُويَاقِيمَ تَوَلَّى الْكَهَنَةُ التَّالُونَ رَئَاسَةَ عَشَائِرِ آبَائِهِمْ: مَرَايَا رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ سَرَايَا، وَحَنَنْيَا رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ يِرْمِيَا،

13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

١٣ وَمَشُلّامُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ عِزْرَا، وَيَهُوحَانَانُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ أَمَرْيَا،

14 of Malluch, Jonathan; of Shecaniah, Joseph;

١٤ وَيُونَاثَانُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ مَلِيكُو، وَيُوسُفُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ شَبْنِيَا،

15 of Harim, Adna; of Meremoth, Helkai;

١٥ وَعَدْنَا رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ حَرِيمَ، وَحَلْقَايُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ مَرَايُوثَ،

16 of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

١٦ وَزَكَرِيَّا رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ عِدُّو، وَمَشُلّامُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ جِنَّثُونَ،

17 of Abijah, Zikri; of Minjamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;

١٧ وَزِكْرِي رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ أَبِيَّا: وَفِلْطَايُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ مُوعَدْيَا وَمِنْيَامِينَ،

18 of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

١٨ وَشَمُّوعُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ بِلْجَةَ، وَيَهُونَاثَانُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ شَمَعْيَا،

19 and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

١٩ وَمَتْنَايُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ يُويَارِيبَ، وَعُزِّي رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ يَدَعْيَا،

20 of Sallu, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

٢٠ وَقَلّايُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ سَلَّايَ، وَعَابِرُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ عَامُوقَ،

21 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

٢١ وَحَشَبْيَا رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ حِلْقِيَّا، وَنَثَنْئِيلُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ يَدَعْيَا.

22 As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of ancestral houses; also the priests, in the reign of Daryavesh the Persian.

٢٢ وَقَدْ تَمَّ تَدْوِينُ أَسْمَاءِ رُؤَسَاءِ الْعَشَائِرِ مِنْ كَهَنَةٍ وَلاوِيِّينَ فِي سِجِلِّ الأَنْسَابِ فِي حُكْمِ دَارِيُوسَ الْفَارِسِيِّ فِي أَيَّامِ أَلِيَاشِيبَ وَيُويَادَاعَ وَيُوحَانَانَ وَيَدُّوعَ

23 The sons of Levi, heads of ancestral houses, were written in the scroll of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

٢٣ وَكَانَتْ أَسْمَاءُ رُؤَسَاءِ عَشَائِرِ اللّاوِيِّينَ مُسَجَّلَةً فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ الأَيَّامِ حَتَّى زَمَانِ يُوحَانَانَ بْنِ أَلِيَاشِيبَ.

24 The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.

٢٤ وَكَانَ رُؤَسَاءُ اللّاوِيِّينَ حَشَبْيَا وَشَرَبْيَا وَيَشُوعُ بْنُ قَدْمِيئِيلَ وَأَقْرِبَاؤُهُمُ الْوَاقِفُونَ مُقَابِلَهُمْ يَقُومُونَ بِمَرَاسِمِ الْحَمْدِ وَالتَّسْبِيحِ، بِمُوْجِبِ أَمْرِ دَاوُدَ رَجُلِ اللهِ، فَكَانَتْ نَوْبَةٌ تَقِفُ فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ نَوْبَةٍ.

25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.

٢٥ أَمَّا مَتَّنْيَا وَبَقْبُقْيَا وَعُوبَدْيَا وَمَشُلّامُ وَطَلْمُونُ وَعَقُّوبُ فَكَانُوا حُرَّاسَ أَبْوَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ يَحْرُسُونَ مَخَازِنَ الأَبْوَابِ.

26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest the scribe.

٢٦ هَؤُلاءِ خَدَمُوا فِي أَيَّامِ يُويَاقِيمَ بْنِ يَشُوعَ بْنِ صَادُوقَ وَفِي عَهْدِ نَحَمْيَا الْوَالِي وَعِزْرَا الْكَاهِنِ الْكَاتِبِ.

27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.

٢٧ وَعِنْدَ تَدْشِينِ سُورِ أُورُشَلِيمَ اسْتَدْعَوْا اللّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ مَوَاطِنِهِمْ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِكَيْ يُدَشِّنُوا بِفَرَحٍ وَبِحَمْدٍ وَتَرْنِيمٍ بِالصُّنُوجِ وَالرَّبَابِ وَالْعِيدَانِ.

28 The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;

٢٨ فَاحْتَشَدَ الْمُرَنِّمُونَ قَادِمِينَ مِنَ الضَّوَاحِي الْمُحِيطَةِ بِأُورُشَلِيمَ وَمِنْ ضِيَاعِ النَّطُوفَاتِيِّ،

29 also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages around Jerusalem.

٢٩ وَمِنْ بَيْتِ الْجِلْجَالِ وَمِنْ حُقُولِ جَبَعَ وَعَزْمُوتَ لأَنَّ الْمُرَتِّلِينَ بَنَوْا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ ضِيَاعاً حَوْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

30 The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

٣٠ وَتَقَدَّسَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ وَطَهَّرُوا الشَّعْبَ وَالأَبْوَابَ والسُّورَ،

31 Then I brought up the leaders of Judah onto the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the Dung Gate;

٣١ وَأَصْعَدْتُ رُؤَسَاءَ يَهُوذَا عَلَى السُّورِ، وَأَقَمْتُ أَيْضاً فِرْقَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُرَتِّلِينَ بِالْحَمْدِ، فَانْطَلَقَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ فِي مَوْكِبٍ يَمِيناً فِي اتِّجَاهِ بَابِ الدِّمْنِ،

32 and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the leaders of Judah,

٣٢ وَسَارَ وَرَاءَهَا هُوشَعْيَا وَنِصْفُ رُؤَسَاءِ يَهُوذَا،

33 and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

٣٣ وَعَزَرْيَا وَعِزْرَا وَمَشُلّامُ،

34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

٣٤ وَيَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينُ وَشَمَعْيَا وَيِرْمِيَا،

35 and certain of the priests' sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zakkur, the son of Asaph;

٣٥ وَمِنَ الْكَهَنَةِ النَّافِخِينَ بِالأَبْوَاقِ زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يُونَاثَانَ بْنِ شَمَعْيَا بْنِ مَتَّنْيَا بْنِ مِيخَايَا بْنِ زَكُّورَ بْنِ آسَافَ،

36 and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.

٣٦ وَأَقْرِبَاؤُهُ شَمَعْيَا وَعَزَرْئِيلُ وَمِلَلايُ وَجِلَلايُ وَمَاعَايُ وَنَثَنْئِيلُ وَيَهُوذَا وَحَنَانِي عَازِفِينَ عَلَى آلاتِ غِنَاءِ دَاوُدَ رَجُلِ اللهِ، يَتَقَدَّمُهُمْ عِزْرَا الْكَاتِبُ.

37 By the Fountain Gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the City of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the Water Gate eastward.

٣٧ وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلُوا إِلَى بَابِ الْعَيْنِ ارْتَقَوْا الدَّرَجَ الْمُؤَدِّيَ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ بِمُوَازَاةِ مُرْتَقَى السُّورِ فَوْقَ قَصْرِ دَاوُدَ، وَاتَّجَهُوا نَحْوَ بَابِ الْمَاءِ شَرْقاً.

38 The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, on the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall,

٣٨ وَسَارَتِ الْفِرْقَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ مِنَ الْمُرَتِّلِينَ بِالْحَمْدِ مُقَابِلَهُمْ فِي مَوْكِبٍ، وَأَنَا وَرَاءَهَا فِي طَلِيعَةِ نِصْفِ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي اكْتَظَّ بِهِ السُّورُ، مِنْ عِنْدِ بُرْجِ التَّنَانِيرِ إِلَى السُّورِ الْعَرِيضِ.

39 and above the Ephraim Gate, and by the Jeshanah Gate, and by the Fish Gate, and the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, and as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stood still in the Gate of the Guard.

٣٩ وَمِنْ فَوْقِ بَابِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَفَوْقَ الْبَابِ الْعَتِيقِ وَفَوْقَ بَابِ السَّمَكِ وَبُرْجِ حَنَنْئِيلَ وَبُرْجِ الْمِئَةِ إِلَى بَابِ الضَّأْنِ وَتَوَقَّفُوا عِنْدَ بَابِ السِّجْنِ.

40 So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in God's house, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

٤٠ ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْفِرْقَتَانِ الْمُرَتِّلَتَانِ بِالْحَمْدِ فِي هَيْكَلِ اللهِ، وَكَذَلِكَ أَنَا وَنِصْفُ الْقَادَةِ،

41 and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

٤١ وَالْكَهَنَةُ أَلِيَاقِيمُ وَمَعْسِيَا وَمِنْيَامِينُ وَمِيخَايَا وَأَلْيُوعِينَايُ وَزَكَرِيَّا وَحَنَنْيَا مِنْ نَافِخِي الأَبْوَاقِ،

42 and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

٤٢ وَمَعْسِيَا وَشَمَعْيَا وَأَلِعَازَارُ وَعُزِّي وَيَهُوحَانَانُ وَمَلْكِيَّا وَعِيلامُ وَعَازَرُ، وَالْمُرَتِّلُونَ الَّذِينَ رَنَّمُوا بِقِيَادَةِ يِزْرَحْيَا.

43 They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

٤٣ وَذَبَحُوا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قَرَابِينَ كَثِيرَةً وَفَرِحُوا لأَنَّ اللهَ مَلأَهُمْ بِغِبْطَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، وَابْتَهَجَ الأَوْلادُ وَالنِّسَاءُ أَيْضاً حَتَّى تَرَدَّدَتْ أَصْدَاءُ فَرَحِ أُورُشَلِيمَ عَنْ بُعْدٍ.

44 On that day men were appointed over the storerooms, for the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered.

٤٤ وَعُهِدَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ بِالْمَخَازِنِ وَالْخَزَائِنِ وَالرَّفَائِعِ وَأَوَائِلِ الْمَحَاصِيلِ وَالْعُشُورِ إِلَى أَشْخَاصٍ مُعَيَّنِينَ، لِيَجْمَعُوا فِيهَا مِنْ حُقُولِ الْمُدُنِ مَا نَصَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّرِيعَةُ مِنْ مُخَصَّصَاتِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ، لأَنَّ أَبْنَاءَ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا فَرِحُوا بِالْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ الْقَائِمِينَ

45 They performed the duty of their God, and the duty of the purification, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

٤٥ بِخِدْمَةِ إِلَهِهِمْ، وَخَدَمَاتِ التَّطْهِيرِ، وَكَذَلِكَ بِالْمُرَتِّلِينَ وَحُرَّاسِ أَبْوَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ الْمُتَوَلِّينَ مَهَامَّهُمْ، بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ دَاوُدَ وَابْنِهِ سُلَيْمَانَ.

46 For long ago in the days of David and Asaph there were directors of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

٤٦ فَقَدْ تَعَيَّنَ مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ دَاوُدَ وَآسَافَ فِي الْحِقَبِ الْغَابِرَةِ رُؤَسَاءُ مُرَتِّلِينَ لِقِيَادَةِ تَرَانِيمِ التَّسْبِيحِ وَالْحَمْدِ لِلهِ.

47 All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, as every day required: and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.

٤٧ وَكَانَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي أَيَّامِ زَرُبَّابِلَ وَنَحَمْيَا يَقُومُونَ بِتَزْوِيدِ الْمُرَتِّلِينَ وَحُرَّاسِ أَبْوَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ بِالطَّعَامِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، وَيَقُومُ اللّاوِيُّونَ بِتَقْدِيمِ جُزْءٍ مِمَّا يَتَلَقَّوْنَهُ مِنْ طَعَامٍ لِلْكَهَنَةِ.