Nehemiah 12
1 [Many] priests and [other] descendants of Levi returned (from Babylonia/to Jerusalem) with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. They included Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Aya nĩo athĩnjĩri-Ngai na Alawii arĩa maacookire hamwe na Zerubabeli mũrũ wa Shealitieli, na Jeshua: Seraia, na Jeremia, na Ezara,
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
na Amaria, na Maluku, na Hatushu,
3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
na Shekania, na Rehumu, na Meremothu,
4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
na Ido, na Ginethoni, na Abija,
5 Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
na Mijamini, na Maadia, na Biliga,
6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
na Shemaia, na Joiaribu, na Jedaia,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. All those men were leaders of the priests during the time that Jeshua [was the Supreme Priest].
na Salu, na Amoku, na Hilikia, na Jedaia. Acio nĩo maarĩ atongoria a athĩnjĩri-Ngai na athiritũ ao, matukũ-inĩ macio ma Jeshua.
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].
Nao Alawii maarĩ Jeshua, na Binui, na Kadimieli, na Sherebia, na Juda, o na Matania, ũrĩa, marĩ hamwe na athiritũ ake, nĩwe warũgamĩrĩire arĩa maainaga nyĩmbo cia gũcookia ngaatho.
9 Bakbukiah, Unni, and other descendants of Levi formed a choir that stood opposite the other group [and sang in reply to them].
Bakabukia na Uni, athiritũ ao, maarũgamaga mangʼethanĩire nao magĩtungata.
10 Jeshua [who was the Supreme Priest] was the father of Joiakim, who was the father of Eliashib, who was the father of Joiada,
Jeshua nĩwe warĩ ithe wa Joiakimu, nake Joiakimu aarĩ ithe wa Eliashibu, nake Eliashibu aarĩ ithe wa Joiada,
11 who was the father of Jonathan, who was the father of Jaddua.
nake Joiada aarĩ ithe wa Jonathani, nake Jonathani aarĩ ithe wa Jadua.
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;
Matukũ-inĩ ma Joiakimu, aya nĩo maarĩ atongoria a nyũmba cia athĩnjĩri-Ngai: ya Seraia, aarĩ Meraia; ya Jeremia, aarĩ Hanania;
13 Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ezra; Jehohanan, from [the clan of] Amariah;
ya Ezara, aarĩ Meshulamu; ya Amaria, aarĩ Jehohanani;
14 Jonathan, from [the clan of] Malluch; Joseph, from [the clan of] Shecaniah;
ya Maluki, aarĩ Jonathani; ya Shebania, aarĩ Jusufu;
15 Adna, from [the clan of] Harim; Helkai, from [the clan of] Meremoth/Maraioth;
ya Harimu, aarĩ Adina; ya Meraiothu, aarĩ Helikai;
16 Zechariah, from [the clan of] Iddo; Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ginnethon;
ya Ido, aarĩ Zekaria; ya Ginethoni, aarĩ Meshulamu;
17 Zicri, from [the clan of] Abijah. There was also a leader from [the clan of] Miniamin; Piltai, from [the clan of] Moadiah;
ya Abija, aarĩ Zikiri; ya Miniamini na Moadia, aarĩ Pilitai;
18 Shammua, from [the clan of] Bilgah; Jehonathan, from [the clan of] Shemaiah;
ya Biliga, aarĩ Shamua; ya Shemaia, aarĩ Jehonathani;
19 Mattenai, from [the clan of] Joiarib; Uzzi, from [the clan of] Jedaiah;
ya Joiaribu, aarĩ Matenai; ya Jedaia, aarĩ Uzi;
20 Kallai, from [the clan of] Sallu/Sallai; Eber, from [the clan of] Amok;
ya Salai, aarĩ Kalai; ya Amoku, aarĩ Eberi;
21 Hashabiah, from [the clan of] Hilkiah; and Nethanel, from [the clan of] Jedaiah.
ya Hilikia, aarĩ Hashabia; na ya Jedaia, aarĩ Nethaneli.
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.
Nao atongoria a nyũmba cia Alawii matukũ-inĩ ma Eliashibu, na Joiada, na Johanani, na Jadua, o ũndũ ũmwe na atongoria a athinjĩri-Ngai, nĩmandĩkirwo marĩĩtwa mao hĩndĩ ya wathani wa Dario ũrĩa Mũperisia.
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].
Atongoria a nyũmba cia njiaro cia Lawi nginya hĩndĩ ya Johanani mũrũ wa Eliashibu o nao nĩmandĩkĩtwo ibuku-inĩ rĩa matukũ macio.
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.
Nao atongoria a Alawii maarĩ Hashabia, na Sherebia, na Jeshua mũrũ wa Kadimieli, na athiritũ ao, arĩa maarũgamaga mamangʼetheire makĩina nyĩmbo cia kũgooca na cia gũcookia ngaatho, gĩkundi kĩmwe gĩkaamũkagĩria kĩrĩa kĩngĩ, kũringana na ũrĩa gwathanĩtwo nĩ Daudi mũndũ wa Ngai.
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.
Matania, na Bakabukia, na Obadia, na Meshulamu, na Talimoni, na Akubu maarĩ aikaria a ihingo arĩa maarangagĩra makũmbĩ marĩa maarĩ ihingo-inĩ.
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.
Maatungataga hĩndĩ ya Joiakimu mũrũ wa Jeshua, mũrũ wa Jozadaku, na hĩndĩ ya Nehemia ũrĩa warĩ barũthi, na hĩndĩ ya Ezara ũrĩa warĩ mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai na mwandĩki-marũa.
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.
Hĩndĩ ya kwamũrwo kwa rũthingo rwa Jerusalemu, Alawii nĩmacaririo kuuma kũrĩa guothe maarĩ nĩguo moke Jerusalemu makũngũĩre kwamũrwo kũu marĩ na gĩkeno, na makĩinaga nyĩmbo cia gũcookia ngaatho, makĩinaga na thaani iria ihũũrithanagio, na inanda cia kĩnũbi, na cia mũgeeto.
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],
Aini o nao nĩmacookanĩrĩirio hamwe kuuma ngʼongo iria ciathiũrũrũkĩirie Jerusalemu, magĩcookanĩrĩrio kuuma tũtũũra-inĩ twa Anetofathi,
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.
na kuuma Bethi-Giligali, na kuuma mwena wa Geba na Azimavethu, nĩgũkorwo aini nĩmeyakĩire matũũra gũthiũrũrũkĩria Jerusalemu.
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.
Nao athĩnjĩri-Ngai na Alawii marĩkia gwĩtheria, magĩtheria andũ, na ihingo, o na rũthingo.
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.
Atongoria a Juda nĩndameerire mahaice rũthingo-igũrũ. Ningĩ ngĩhe ikundi igĩrĩ nene cia aini wĩra wa gũcookia ngaatho. Gĩkundi kĩmwe gĩgĩthiĩ mwena wa ũrĩo kĩrĩ rũthingo-igũrũ, kĩerekeire Kĩhingo gĩa Kĩara-inĩ.
32 Behind their leaders marched Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah.
Hoshaia hamwe na nuthu ya atongoria a Juda makĩmarũmĩrĩra,
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.
hamwe na Azaria, na Ezara, na Meshulamu,
na Juda, na Benjamini, na Shemaia, na Jeremia,
o ũndũ ũmwe na athĩnjĩri-Ngai amwe me na tũrumbeta, o na Zekaria mũrũ wa Jonathani, mũrũ wa Shemaia, mũrũ wa Matania, mũrũ wa Mikaia, mũrũ wa Zakuri, mũrũ wa Asafu,
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.
na athiritũ ake, nĩo Shemaia, na Azareli, na Milalai, na Gilalai, na Maai, na Nethaneli, na Juda, na Hanani, marĩ na indo cia kũina nacio o ta ũrĩa gwathanĩtwo nĩ Daudi, mũndũ wa Ngai. Ezara ũrĩa mwandĩki-marũa nĩwe wamatongoretie.
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].
Na rĩrĩ, kuuma Kĩhingo gĩa Gĩthima maathiire marũngĩrĩirie, makĩhaica rũthingo igũrũ na ngathĩ cia Itũũra rĩa Daudi, makĩhĩtũkĩra igũrũ rĩa nyũmba ya Daudi, o nginya Kĩhingo kĩa Maaĩ mwena wa irathĩro.
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.
Gĩkundi gĩa keerĩ kĩa aini gĩgĩthiĩ kĩerekeire mwena wa ũmotho. Na niĩ ngĩmarũmĩrĩra kũu rũthingo igũrũ hamwe na nuthu ya andũ, tũkĩhĩtũkĩra Mũthiringo wa Mariiko ma Mwaki o nginya Rũthingo-inĩ Rwariĩ,
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.
igũrũ rĩa Kĩhingo kĩa Efiraimu, na Kĩhingo kĩa Jeshana, na Kĩhingo gĩa Thamaki, na Mũthiringo wa Hananeli, na Mũthiringo wa Igana, nginya Kĩhingo-inĩ kĩa Ngʼondu. Makĩrũgama Kĩhingo-inĩ kĩa Mũrangĩri.
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].
Ikundi icio cierĩ cia aini cia gũcookia ngaatho igĩikara handũ ha cio thĩinĩ wa nyũmba ya Ngai, o na niĩ ngĩĩka o ũguo, hamwe na nuthu ya anene,
41 My group included these priests who were [all blowing] trumpets: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah,
o ũndũ ũmwe na athĩnjĩri-Ngai, nĩo Eliakimu, na Maaseia, na Miniamini, na Mikaia, na Elioenai, na Zekaria, na Hanania marĩ na tũrumbeta twao,
42 [another] Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers, whose leader was Jezrahiah, sang loudly.
o hamwe na Maaseia, na Shemaia, na Eleazaru, na Uzi, na Jehohanani, na Malikija, na Elamu, na Ezeri. Nao aini maatongoragio nĩ Jezerahia.
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.
Na mũthenya ũcio nĩmarutire magongona manene, makĩrũũhagia tondũ Ngai nĩamaheete gĩkeno kĩnene. O nao andũ-a-nja na ciana magĩkena. Mbugĩrĩrio ya gĩkeno kũu Jerusalemu nĩyaiguĩkaga kũndũ kũraya.
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,
Mahinda-inĩ macio nĩ gwathuurirwo andũ marũgamĩrĩre makũmbĩ ma indo iria ciarutagwo, na maciaro ma mbere, na gĩcunjĩ gĩa ikũmi. Kuuma mĩgũnda-inĩ ĩrĩa yathiũrũrũkĩirie matũũra magĩrĩirwo kurehe makũmbĩ-inĩ icunjĩ iria ciatuĩtwo nĩ watho irĩ cia athĩnjĩri-Ngai na Alawii, tondũ andũ a Juda nĩmakenagĩra athĩnjĩri-Ngai na Alawii arĩa maatungataga.
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.
Nĩmarutaga wĩra wa gũtungatĩra Ngai wao, na wĩra wa gwĩtheria, o ta ũrĩa aini na aikaria a ihingo meekaga, kũringana na ũrĩa gwathanĩtwo nĩ Daudi na mũriũ Solomoni.
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.
Nĩgũkorwo tene mũno, matukũ-inĩ ma Daudi na ma Asafu, nĩ kwarĩ na atongoria a aini na a nyĩmbo cia kũgooca na gũcookeria Ngai ngaatho.
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].
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio matukũ-inĩ ma Zerubabeli na ma Nehemia, andũ a Isiraeli othe nĩmarutaga icunjĩ cia o mũthenya nĩ ũndũ wa aini na aikaria a ihingo. Ningĩ nĩmamũraga icunjĩ nĩ ũndũ wa Alawii arĩa angĩ, nao Alawii makaamũra icunjĩ nĩ ũndũ wa njiaro cia Harũni.
