Nehemiah 12
1 [Many] priests and [other] descendants of Levi returned (from Babylonia/to Jerusalem) with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. They included Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Ndị a bụ ndị nchụaja na ndị Livayị ndị so Zerubabel nwa Shealtiel na Jeshua lọta. Seraya, Jeremaya, Ezra,
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
Amaraya, Maluk, Hatush,
3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
Shekanaya, Rehum, Meremot,
4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
Ido, Gineton, Abija
5 Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
Mijamin, Maadaya, Bilga,
6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Shemaya, Joiarib, Jedaya,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. All those men were leaders of the priests during the time that Jeshua [was the Supreme Priest].
Salu, Amok, Hilkaya na Jedaya. Ndị a niile bụ ndị ndu ndị nchụaja na ndị na-enyere ndị ndụ aka nʼụbọchị 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].
Ndị Livayị so ha bụ ndị a: Jeshua, Binui, Kadmiel, Sherebaya, Juda nakwa Matanaya, onye ya na ndị otu ya na-elekọta ofufe ekele.
9 Bakbukiah, Unni, and other descendants of Levi formed a choir that stood opposite the other group [and sang in reply to them].
Bakbukaya, na Unni, ndị otu ha nọ na ncherita ihu nʼofufe ahụ.
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 mụrụ Joiakim, Joiakim mụrụ Eliashib, Eliashib mụrụ Joiada,
11 who was the father of Jonathan, who was the father of Jaddua.
Joiada mụrụ Jonatan, ebe Jonatan mụrụ 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;
Ndị a bụ ndịisi ikwu ndị nchụaja nʼoge ndụ Joiakim. Meraia bụ onyeisi ụmụ Seraya, Hananaya bụ onyeisi ụmụ Jeremaya,
13 Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ezra; Jehohanan, from [the clan of] Amariah;
Meshulam bụ onyeisi ụmụ Ezra, Jehohanan, onyeisi ụmụ Amaraya;
14 Jonathan, from [the clan of] Malluch; Joseph, from [the clan of] Shecaniah;
Jonatan, onyeisi ụmụ Maluk; Josef bụ onyeisi ụmụ Shekanaya;
15 Adna, from [the clan of] Harim; Helkai, from [the clan of] Meremoth/Maraioth;
nke Harim, Adna, nke Meremot, Helkai;
16 Zechariah, from [the clan of] Iddo; Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ginnethon;
Zekaraya, onyeisi ụmụ Ido; Meshulam, onyeisi ụmụ Gineton
17 Zicri, from [the clan of] Abijah. There was also a leader from [the clan of] Miniamin; Piltai, from [the clan of] Moadiah;
Zikri, onyeisi ụmụ Abija; Piltai, onyeisi ụmụ Modaya na Miniamin
18 Shammua, from [the clan of] Bilgah; Jehonathan, from [the clan of] Shemaiah;
Shamua, onyeisi ụmụ Bilga, Jehonatan, onyeisi ụmụ Shemaya;
19 Mattenai, from [the clan of] Joiarib; Uzzi, from [the clan of] Jedaiah;
Matenai, onyeisi ụmụ Joiarib; Uzi, onyeisi ụmụ Jedaya;
20 Kallai, from [the clan of] Sallu/Sallai; Eber, from [the clan of] Amok;
Kalai, onyeisi ụmụ Salu; Eba, onyeisi ụmụ Amok,
21 Hashabiah, from [the clan of] Hilkiah; and Nethanel, from [the clan of] Jedaiah.
Hashabaya, onyeisi ụmụ Hilkaya; Netanel, onyeisi ndị Jedaya.
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.
E dekọtara aha ndịisi ezinaụlọ ndị Livayị niile nʼụbọchị Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan na Jadua, nakwa nke ndị nchụaja nʼakwụkwọ nʼoge ọchịchị Daraiọs bụ eze Peshịa.
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].
E dekwara aha ndịisi ndị Livayị niile nʼakwụkwọ tutu ruo nʼoge Johanan nwa Eliashib dị ndụ.
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.
Ndị a bụ ndịisi ndị Livayị nʼoge ahụ: Hashabaya, Sherebaya, Jeshua, nwa Kadmiel na ndị otu ha. Ha kere onwe ha ụzọ abụọ. Ụzọ abụọ ndị a na-eguzokwa na-eche ibe ha ihu mgbe ọbụla ha na-abụku Chineke abụ otuto na ekele. Otu ụzọ na-amalite nke ọzọ azaghachi, dịka Devid onye nke Chineke si nye ya nʼiwu.
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.
Ndị nche na-eche ọnụ ụzọ ụlọ ịchịkọba ihe nke ụlọnsọ bụ ndị a: Matanaya, Bakbukaya, Ọbadaya, Meshulam, Talmon na Akub.
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.
Ha jere ozi ha nʼoge Joiakim nwa Jeshua, nwa Jozadak, dị ndụ, na nʼoge Nehemaya bụ onyeisi ọchịchị, na nʼoge Ezra bụkwa onye nchụaja, na onye nkuzi okwu Chineke.
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.
Mgbe a na-edo mgbidi Jerusalem ọhụrụ ahụ nsọ, e sitere nʼobodo niile ndị Livayị bi kpọọ ha ka ha bịa nye aka iji ọṅụ mee mmemme ido nsọ ahụ. Ha bịakwara jiri abụ ekele na ihe egwu dị iche iche dịka ụbọ akwara, ịgba na une kelee Chineke.
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],
Ndị ọbụ abụ sitekwara nʼobodo niile dị gburugburu Jerusalem bịa, ọ bụladị site nʼobodo niile ndị Netofa,
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 Bet-Gilgal, na akụkụ Geba na Azmavet, nʼihi na ha ewuorola onwe ha obodo nta dị iche iche gburugburu Jerusalem.
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.
Mgbe ndị nchụaja na ndị Livayị dochara onwe ha ọcha, ha dokwara ndị Izrel niile, na ọnụ ụzọ ama niile, na mgbidi ahụ ọcha.
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.
E mere m ka ndị ndu Juda niile rigoro nʼelu mgbidi ahụ. Nʼebe ahụ ka m kenyere otu ndị ọbụ abụ abụọ inye ekele. Otu ụzọ gara akụkụ aka nri nke elu mgbidi ahụ ruo nʼỌnụ Ụzọ Ama Ikpofu Ahịhịa.
32 Behind their leaders marched Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah.
Hoshaya na ọkara ndị ndu Juda na-eso ha nʼazụ,
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.
ha na Azaraya, Ezra, Meshulam,
Juda, Benjamin, Shemaya, Jeremaya
na ndị nchụaja ndị a ndị na-afụ opi, tinyere Zekaraya nwa Jonatan, nwa Shemaya. Ndị bụ nna nna Zekaraya bụ Matanaya, Mikaya na Zakua, ndị ikwu Asaf.
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.
Ndị otu ya, bụ Shemaya, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Netanel, Juda na Hanani. Ha niile ji ngwa egwu ha, ụdị ngwa egwu ndị ahụ Devid onye nke Chineke nyere nʼiwu na ndị ọbụ abụ ga-eji. Ezra, bụ ode akwụkwọ nọ nʼihu na-edu ha.
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].
Mgbe ha rutere nʼỌnụ Ụzọ ama Isi Iyi, ha rigooro nʼelu nkwasa nrigo ụlọ elu e si abata nʼobodo Devid, si ebe ahụ gafee ụlọeze Devid, gaakwa lọghachi nʼỌnụ Ụzọ Ama Mmiri, nke dị nʼakụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ obodo ahụ.
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.
Ndị ọbụ abụ nke ọzọ bụ ndị na-enye ekele gara ụzọ aka ekpe. Mụ onwe m sooro ha nʼelu mgbidi ahụ, tinyere ọkara ndị mmadụ ahụ, gafee Ụlọ elu Ite Ọkụ jeruo Mgbidi Sara Mbara.
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.
Anyị sitekwara nʼebe ahụ gafee Ọnụ Ụzọ Ama Ifrem, Ọnụ Ụzọ ama Jeshana, Ọnụ Ụzọ Ama Azụ, Ọnụ Ụzọ Ama Ụlọ Elu Hananel, ruokwa nʼỌnụ Ụzọ Ama Ụlọ Elu Narị na ruo nʼỌnụ Ụzọ Ama Atụrụ, kwụsị nʼỌnụ Ụzọ Ama Ndị Nche.
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].
Ya mere, ụzọ ndị mmadụ abụọ na-abụ abụ ekele nye Chineke zukọtara bata nʼụlọnsọ ukwu. Esokwa m ha bata, mụ na ọkara ndị ndu,
41 My group included these priests who were [all blowing] trumpets: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah,
tinyere ndị nchụaja ndị a: Eliakịm, Maaseia, Miniamin, Mikaya, Elioenai, Zekaraya na Hananaya. Ndị a niile ji opi ha.
42 [another] Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers, whose leader was Jezrahiah, sang loudly.
Ndị ọzọ sokwa bata bụ ndị a: Maaseia, Shemaya, Elieza, Uzi, Jehohanan, Malkija, Elam na Eza. Onyendu ndị ọbụ abụ ahụ niile bụ Jezrahaya.
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.
Ha chụrụ ọtụtụ aja nʼụbọchị ahụ nʼihi na Chineke nyere ha oke ọṅụ. Ụmụnta na ndị inyom sokwa ṅụrịa ọṅụ. Ha nụkwara ụda ọṅụ ndị Jerusalem site nʼebe dị anya.
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,
Nʼoge ahụ ka a họpụtara ndị ikom na-elekọta ụlọ ịchịkọba ihe, ebe a na-achịkọba onyinye mkpụrụ mbụ, na onyinye otu ụzọ nʼụzọ iri. A na-esite nʼobodo gbara Jerusalem gburugburu na-ewebata nʼụlọ ịchịkọba ihe onyinye niile e nyere nʼiwu maka ọdịmma ndị nchụaja na ndị Livayị. E si otu a na-ewebata ya nʼihi na ọrụ ndị nchụaja na ndị Livayị na-arụ na-atọ ndị Juda ụtọ nke ukwuu.
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.
Nʼihi na ha na-arụ ọrụ Chineke ahụ ha ketara ịrụ, ya na ọrụ ido ndị mmadụ na ihe ọbụla nsọ. Otu a kwa ka ndị ọbụ abụ, na ndị na-eche nche sị arụkwa ọrụ a dịka iwu Devid na Solomọn nwa ya nyere si dị.
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.
Ọ bụ nʼoge Devid na Asaf ka e bidoro inwe ndị ndu abụ ito na ikele Chineke.
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].
Ya mere, nʼoge Zerubabel na Nehemaya, ndị Izrel niile na-ewebata onyinye e ji akwagide ọrụ ndị ọbụ abụ, na ndị nche, na ndị Livayị. Ha kewapụtakwara oke ruru ndị Livayị ndị ọzọ iche, ndị Livayị nʼonwe ha kwa, kewapụtara oke ruru ụmụ Erọn nʼime ihe e nyere ha dịka e si nye ya nʼiwu.
