Nehemiah 12
1 [Many] priests and [other] descendants of Levi returned (from Babylonia/to Jerusalem) with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. They included Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Gobele salasu dunu amola Lifai dunu mugululi asi da Selababele (Sia: ladiele egefe) amola Yosiua (gobele salasu ouligisu) amola Yuda sogega sigi misi. Ilia dio da hagudu dedei,
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
Gobele Salasu Dunu Silaia, Yelemaia, Esela, A:malaia, Ma: lage, Ha: dase, Sieganaia, Lihame, Melimode, Idou, Ginidone, Abidia, Midiamini, Ma: iadaia, Biliga, Siema: ia, Yoialibe, Yeda: ia, Sa: la: iai, A:imoge, Hiligaia amola Yeda: ia. Amo dunu da Yosiua ea eso amoga, gobele salasu fi ilima ouligisu agoane esalebe ba: i.
3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
5 Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. All those men were leaders of the priests during the time that Jeshua [was the Supreme Priest].
8 [Some of the other] descendants of Levi who returned were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah. They were in charge of singing songs to thank [God].
Lifai Dunu Amo dunu da Godema nodomusa: gesami hea: su ouligisu. Ilia dio da hagudu dedei diala, Yesua, Binuai, Ga: demiele, Sielibaia, Yuda amola Ma: danaia.
9 Bakbukiah, Unni, and other descendants of Levi formed a choir that stood opposite the other group [and sang in reply to them].
Ilia da gesami hea: loba, hagudu dedei dunu da bu adole iasu agoane gesami hea: i, amo Ba: gabiugaia amola Unai amola ela na: iyado Lifai fi dunu.
10 Jeshua [who was the Supreme Priest] was the father of Joiakim, who was the father of Eliashib, who was the father of Joiada,
Yosiua egefe da Yoiagime amola Yoiagime egefe da Ilaiasibi amola Ilaiasibi egefe da Yoiada.
11 who was the father of Jonathan, who was the father of Jaddua.
Yoiada egefe da Yonada: ne amola Yonada: ne egefe da Ya: idiua.
12 When Joiakim was the Supreme Priest, these were the leaders of the clans of priests: Meraiah, from [the clan of] Seraiah; Hananiah, from [the clan of] Jeremiah;
Yoiagime da gobele salasu Fi amo ganodini hina bagade (Gobele salasu ouligisu) esalea, gobele salasu dunu hagudu dedei da gobele salasu fi amoga ouligisu esalu. Gobele salasu dunu Gobele salasu Fi Mila: ia...Sila: ia Ha: nanaia...Yelemaia Misiala: me...Esela Yihouha: ina: ne...A: malaia Yonada: ne...Ma: lage Yousefe...Siebanaia A: dana...Ha: ilime Helega: iai...Mila: iode Segalaia...Idou Misiala: me...Ginidone Sigalai...Abidia (Dio hame dedei) ...Miniamine Bilidai...Ma: iadaia Sia: miua...Biliga Yihonada: ne ...Siema: ia Ma: dena: yai ...Yoialibe Asai...Yeda: ia Ga: la: iai...Sa: la: iai Ibe...A: imoge Ha: siabaia...Hiligaia Nida: niele...Yeda: ia
13 Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ezra; Jehohanan, from [the clan of] Amariah;
14 Jonathan, from [the clan of] Malluch; Joseph, from [the clan of] Shecaniah;
15 Adna, from [the clan of] Harim; Helkai, from [the clan of] Meremoth/Maraioth;
16 Zechariah, from [the clan of] Iddo; Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ginnethon;
17 Zicri, from [the clan of] Abijah. There was also a leader from [the clan of] Miniamin; Piltai, from [the clan of] Moadiah;
18 Shammua, from [the clan of] Bilgah; Jehonathan, from [the clan of] Shemaiah;
19 Mattenai, from [the clan of] Joiarib; Uzzi, from [the clan of] Jedaiah;
20 Kallai, from [the clan of] Sallu/Sallai; Eber, from [the clan of] Amok;
21 Hashabiah, from [the clan of] Hilkiah; and Nethanel, from [the clan of] Jedaiah.
22 During the years that Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua [were Supreme Priests], they (wrote/kept a list of) the names of the clans who were descendants of Levi. When Darius was the king of Persia, they stopped writing that list.
Gobele salasu ouligisu dunu hagudu dedei, amo da esaloba, ilia da gobele salasu amola Lifai fi ilia sosogo fi ouligisu dunu dio huluane dedei. Amo gobele salasu ouligisu dunu ilia dio da, Ilaiasibi, Yoiada, Yonada: ne amola Ya: idiua. Da: liase da Besia hina bagade ouligisu hou hamonanea, amo dio dedei da dagoi ba: i.
23 They wrote the names of the leaders of the clans who were descendants of Levi in the Book of Events [in Israel], but they stopped writing those names when Eliashib’s grandson Johanan [was the Supreme Priest].
Be Lifai sosogo fi ilia ouligisu dio da dedenanu, Yonada: ne (Ilaiasibi ea aowa) amo ea ouligisu esoga fisili, bu hame dedei.
24 These are the leaders of the clans [who are] descendants of Levi: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel and others who were divided into two groups. The two groups faced each other, one group replying to the other, during the time that they praised and thanked God. They did that just as King David, the man who served God well, had instructed.
Gobele salasu hina dunu amo Ha: siabaia, Sielibaia, Yesua, Binuai amola Ga: demiele ilia da sia: beba: le, Lifai dunu fi da mogili, gilisisu afae afae hamosu. Gilisisu aduna eso afaega da Godema nodosu (ilia da hina bagade Da: ibidi, Gode ea hawa: hamosu dunu, amo ea olelei defele hamosu).
25 These singers included Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. The men who guarded the storerooms close to the gates [of the temple] were Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub.
Debolo sosodo aligisu dunu ilia dio hagudu dedei, amo da modale ligisisisu sesei Debolo logo ga: su gadenene sosodo aligi. Ilia dio da Ma: danaia, Ba: gabiugaia, Oubadaia, Misiala: me, Da: lamone amola A: gabe.
26 They did that work during the time that Joiakim, who was the son of Jeshua and the grandson of Jehozadak, [was the Supreme Priest, ] and I was the governor, and Ezra was the priest who knew the Jewish laws very well.
Amo dunu huluane da eso amoga Yoiagime (Yosiua egefe amola Yihosada: ge ea aowa), Nihemaia (eagene ouligisu dunu) amola Esela (gobele salasu dunu amo da sema hogolalu, bagade dawa: su), ilia da amo dunu ilia esalebe esoga esalebe ba: i.
27 When we dedicated the wall around Jerusalem, we summoned the descendants of Levi [who help the priests] from the nearby places where they [were living]. We asked them to [join with us to] celebrate when we dedicated the wall. We wanted them to sing songs to thank [Yahweh] and make music by playing cymbals and harps and other stringed instruments.
Ilia da moilai bai bagade gagoi dobea Godema imunusa: modale ligiagaloba, ilia da Lifai dunu huluane Yuda soge ganodini esalu amo ilia da gagoi modale ligiagasu gilisisu madelagima: ne, nodosu gesami hea: su amola gisila gisila: su amola sani baidama amoga fidima: ne, misa: ne hiougi.
28 We summoned the descendants of Levi who habitually sang together. They came to Jerusalem from nearby areas [where they had settled], and from places around Netophah [town southeast of Jerusalem],
Amola Lifai gesami hea: su dunu ilia sosogo fi da ilia moilai Yelusaleme gadenene amo fisili, Yelusaleme moilai bai bagadega doaga: i.
29 and from three places [northeast of Jerusalem]—Beth Gilgal [city] and the areas around Geba and Azmaveth. Those singers had built villages to live in near Jerusalem.
Ilia moilai amo Nidoufa amola Bede Giliga: le, Giba, A:sama: ifede amola moilai fonobahadi amo gadenene, amo fisili Yelusaleme moilaiga misi.
30 [When they came to Jerusalem], the priests and [other] descendants of Levi [who help the priests] performed rituals to cause themselves to be acceptable to God, and then they performed similar rituals to purify the [other] people, the gates, and the wall.
Gobele salasu dunu amola Lifai dunu ilia da Gode Ea sema defele, ilisu amola dunu huluane amola logo ga: su amola moilai bai bagade gagoi dobea, amoma Gode Ea sema dodofesu hamosu.
31 Then I gathered together the leaders of Judah on top of the wall, and I appointed them to lead two large groups to march around the city [on top of the wall], thanking God. [As they faced the city, ] one group walked to the right toward the Dung Gate.
Na da gagoi dobea gadodili, Yuda ouligisu dunu gilisi dagoi. Na da ilia dunu gilisisu aduna amo da moilai sisiga: le dadalele masa: ne amo gilisisu ouligima: ne sia: i. Amo dunu da dadalele mogodigili ahoanoba, ilia Godema nodoma: ne, na sia: i. Bisili gilisisu da gagoi gadodili fila heda: iwane lobodafa la: ididili, Isu Ga: su amoga doaga: musa: asi.
32 Behind their leaders marched Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah.
Housia: ia da gesami hea: su dunu ilima fa: no bobogele, mogodigili asi. Amalalu, Yuda ouligisu dunu dogoa mogili, gilisisu aduna hamoi. Gilisisu afae da ema fa: no bobogei.
33 Behind them marched a group of priests who were blowing trumpets. They were Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah. Next came Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, a descendant of Asaph.
Amalalu, gobele salasu dunu amo ilia dio da hagudu dedei, ilia da dalabede dusawane fa: no bobogele, mogodigili asi. A: salaia, Esela, Misiala: me, Yuda, Bediamini, Siema: ia, amola Yelemaia. Amo dunu ilia baligia, Segalaia (Yonada: ne egefe amola Siema: ia ea aowa) da fa: no bobogei. Segalaia ea aowalali eno mogili da Ma: danaia, Maiga: ia amola Sa: ge. Amo da A: isa: fe fi dunu.
36 Behind them marched other members of Zechariah’s clan: Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. They all were playing the same kinds of musical instruments that King David had played [many years previously]. Ezra, the man who knew the Jewish laws very well, marched in front of this group.
Segalaia ea baligia, ea fi dunu eno fa: no bobogei, amo Siema: ia, Asa: iliele, Miala: iai, Gilalai, Ma: iai, Nida: niele, Yuda amola Hana: inai. Amo huluane da gesami liligi amo Da: ibidi, Gode Ea fidisu dunu da dusu defele, amo gaguli ahoasu. Sema dawa: su dunu Esela da dunu huluane ilima bisili mogodigili asi.
37 When they reached the Fountain Gate, they went up the steps to David’s City, past his palace, and then to the wall at the Water Gate, on the east side [of the city].
Ilia da Hano Bubuga: su Logo Ga: su amoga doaga: loba, ilia da fa: gu amo da Da: ibidi Moilai Bai Bagadega heda: su amoba: le heda: le, Da: ibidi ea Ouligisu Diasu baligili, Hano Logo Ga: su (amo da Yelusaleme moilai eso mabe la: idi dialu) amoga doaga: i.
38 The other group of those who were thanking [Yahweh] marched to the left on top of the wall. I followed them with half of the people. [We marched] past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall.
Gesami hea: su dadalei gilisisu eno amo da Godema nodosu, da lobo fofadi la: ididili gagoi da: iya asi. Na amola dunu huluane mogili ilima fa: no bobogele mogodigili asi. Ninia da asili, Gobele Nasu Diasu Gagagula Heda: i amo baligili, Ba: de Gagoi amoga doaga: i.
39 [From there we marched] past Ephraim Gate, Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred Soldiers, to the Sheep Gate. We finished marching near the gate into the temple.
Amalalu, ninia da bu asili, Ifala: ime Logo Ga: su, Yesiana Logo Ga: su, Menabo Logo Ga: su amola Hana: niele Gado Gagagula Heda: i Diasu amo huluane baligili, Sibi Logo Ga: suga doaga: i. Bu asili ninia dadalele mogodigili ahoasu da Debolo logo ga: su gadenene dagoi ba: i.
40 Both the groups reached the temple while they were thanking God. They stood in their places there. The leaders who were with me [also stood with me in our places].
Gilisisu aduna amo da Godema nodosu iasu da Debolo sogebi amoga doaga: i. Na gilisisu da agoane ba: i.
41 My group included these priests who were [all blowing] trumpets: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah,
Ouligisu dunu amola na, gobele salasu dunu (ilia da dalabede fulabosa ahoanu) ilia dio da, Ilaiagime, Ma: iasia, Miniamine, Maiga: ia, Eliounai, Segalaia amola Ha: nanaia.
42 [another] Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers, whose leader was Jezrahiah, sang loudly.
Ilima fa: no bobogelalebe ba: i da Ma: iasia, Siema: ia, Elia: isa, Asai, Yihouha: ina: ne, Ma: lagaia, Ila: me amola Isa. Gesami hea: su gilisisu bisili asi dunu da Yesalahaia. Ilia da ha: giwane gesami hea: laluwane mogodigili ahoanebe ba: i.
43 [After we went outside the temple, ] we offered many sacrifices. We men all rejoiced because God had caused us to be very happy. The women and the children also rejoiced. People far away could hear the noise that we made there in Jerusalem.
Amo esoga, ilia da gobele salasu bagohame hamosu. Amola, Gode da ilia dogo amoga hahawane hou bagade olelebeba: le, dunu huluane da hahawane bagadedafa ba: i. Uda amola mano amola huluane da amo hahawane hou gilisi dagoi. Amola ilia da ha: giwane hahawane nodosu hamobeba: le, dunu huluanedafa soge sedaga esalu ilia da nabi.
44 On that day, men were appointed {they appointed men} to be in charge of the storerooms where they kept the money that people contributed [for the temple]. They also kept there [the other things that the people contributed—] the tithes and the first part of the grain and fruit that was harvested each year. Those men collected those things from the fields/farms near the cities, and [took them to Jerusalem and] gave them to the priests and the [other] descendants of Levi, as [Moses had said in his] laws that they should do. All the Israeli people were happy about the work that the priests and the descendants of Levi did,
Amo esoga, ilia da ouligisu dunu, amo da Debolo modale ligisisisu diasu amo ganodini ilia da ‘daide’, bisili fai gagoma amola ifa fage legesu, amo modale ligisisu ouligima: ne ilegesu. Ilia da ifabi moilai hisu hisu amo gadenene, liligi amo sema da Lifai dunu amola gobele salasu dunuma ima: ne sia: i, amo lale modale ligisisu diasu ganodini legesu. Yuda dunu huluane da gobele salasu dunu amola Lifai dunu hahawane ba: i.
45 because they performed the rituals to purify things, and the other rituals that God had commanded. The musicians in the temple also did their work as King David and his son Solomon had declared that they should do.
Bai ilia da sema dodofesu hou amola hou eno huluane Gode Ea hamoma: ne sia: i hou, amo hahawane hamosu. Debolo gesami hea: su dunu amola Debolo sosodo aligisu dunu da ilia hawa: hamosu, hina bagade Da: ibidi amola egefe Soloumane, amo ilia hamoma: ne sia: i defele hamosu.
46 Ever since the time that David had been the king and Asaph had been his chief musician, the musicians had led the people while they sang songs to praise and thank God.
Musa: hemonega amo hina bagade Da: ibidi amola gesami hea: su dunu A: isa: fe ela esoga amola fa: no, gesami hea: su dunu da bisili Godema nodosu amo hea: lalu.
47 During the years that Zerubbabel and I governed the Israeli people, they all contributed the food that the singers and temple gatekeepers needed each day. They gave (a tithe/10%) of their crops to the descendants of Levi [who helped the priests], and those descendants of Levi gave (a tithe/10%) of that to [the priests, who were] descendants of Aaron [the first Supreme Priest].
Selababele ea esoga amola Nihemaia ea esoga, Isala: ili dunu huluane da eso huluane ha: i manu amola eno liligi amo Debolo gesami hea: su dunu amola Debolo sosodo aligisu dunu fidima: ne iasu. Ilia da agoane iasu. Dunu huluane da sema iasu amo Lifai dunu ilima iasu. Amola, Lifai dunu da sema ilegei defele amo liligi la: idi, gobele salasu dunuma iasu.
