Nehemiah 12
1 [Many] priests and [other] descendants of Levi returned (from Babylonia/to Jerusalem) with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. They included Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Inilah para imam dan orang-orang Lewi yang berangkat pulang bersama-sama Zerubabel bin Sealtiel dan Yesua: Seraya, Yeremia, Ezra,
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
Amarya, Malukh, Hatus,
3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
Sekhanya, Rehum, Meremot,
4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
Ido, Ginetoi, Abia,
5 Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
Miyamin, Maaja, Bilga,
6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Semaya, Yoyarib, Yedaya,
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, Hilkia dan Yedaya. Itulah kepala-kepala imam dan saudara-saudara mereka pada zaman Yesua.
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].
Dari orang-orang Lewi: Yesua, Binui, Kadmiel, Serebya, Yehuda dan Matanya. Matanya ini dan saudara-saudaranya memimpin nyanyian syukur,
9 Bakbukiah, Unni, and other descendants of Levi formed a choir that stood opposite the other group [and sang in reply to them].
sementara Bakbukya dan Uni dan saudara-saudara mereka berdiri di hadapan mereka itu menurut kelompok-kelompok tugas.
10 Jeshua [who was the Supreme Priest] was the father of Joiakim, who was the father of Eliashib, who was the father of Joiada,
Yesua memperanakkan Yoyakim, dan Yoyakim memperanakkan Elyasib, dan Elyasib memperanakkan Yoyada,
11 who was the father of Jonathan, who was the father of Jaddua.
dan Yoyada memperanakkan Yonatan, dan Yonatan memperanakkan Yadua.
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;
Pada zaman Yoyakim yang menjadi imam adalah kepala-kepala kaum keluarga ini: Meraya, dari kaum keluarga Seraya, Hananya dari kaum keluarga Yeremia,
13 Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ezra; Jehohanan, from [the clan of] Amariah;
Mesulam dari kaum keluarga Ezra, Yohanan dari kaum keluarga Amarya,
14 Jonathan, from [the clan of] Malluch; Joseph, from [the clan of] Shecaniah;
Yonatan dari kaum keluarga Melikhu, Yusuf dari kaum keluarga Sebanya,
15 Adna, from [the clan of] Harim; Helkai, from [the clan of] Meremoth/Maraioth;
Adna dari kaum keluarga Harim, Helkai dari kaum keluarga Merayot,
16 Zechariah, from [the clan of] Iddo; Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ginnethon;
Zakharia dari kaum keluarga Ido, Mesulam dari kaum keluarga Gineton,
17 Zicri, from [the clan of] Abijah. There was also a leader from [the clan of] Miniamin; Piltai, from [the clan of] Moadiah;
Zikhri dari kaum keluarga Abia, dari kaum keluarga Minyamin, Piltai dari kaum keluarga Moaja,
18 Shammua, from [the clan of] Bilgah; Jehonathan, from [the clan of] Shemaiah;
Samua dari kaum keluarga Bilga, Yonatan dari kaum keluarga Semaya,
19 Mattenai, from [the clan of] Joiarib; Uzzi, from [the clan of] Jedaiah;
Matnai dari kaum keluarga Yoyarib, Uzi dari kaum keluarga Yedaya,
20 Kallai, from [the clan of] Sallu/Sallai; Eber, from [the clan of] Amok;
Kalai dari kaum keluarga Salai, Heber dari kaum keluarga Amok,
21 Hashabiah, from [the clan of] Hilkiah; and Nethanel, from [the clan of] Jedaiah.
Hasabya dari kaum keluarga Hilkia dan Netaneel dari kaum keluarga Yedaya.
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.
Tentang orang-orang Lewi, para kepala kaum keluarga mereka tercatat pada zaman Elyasib, Yoyada, Yohanan dan Yadua, sedang para imam tercatat sampai pemerintahan Darius, orang Persia itu.
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].
Kepala-kepala kaum keluarga anak-anak Lewi tercatat dalam kitab sejarah sampai zaman Yohanan bin Elyasib.
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.
Inilah para kepala orang-orang Lewi: Hasabya, Serebya, Yesua bin Kadmiel, dan saudara-saudara mereka yang berdiri di hadapan mereka untuk menyanyikan puji-pujian dan syukur sesuai dengan perintah Daud, abdi Allah itu, kelompok di samping kelompok.
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.
Matanya, Bakbukya, Obaja, Mesulam, Talmon dan Akub adalah penunggu-penunggu pintu gerbang yang mengadakan penjagaan di gudang-gudang perlengkapan pada pintu-pintu gerbang.
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.
Mereka itu hidup pada zaman Yoyakim bin Yesua bin Yozadak dan pada zaman bupati Nehemia dan imam Ezra, ahli kitab itu.
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.
Pada pentahbisan tembok Yerusalem orang-orang Lewi dipanggil dari segala tempat mereka dan dibawa ke Yerusalem untuk mengadakan pentahbisan yang meriah dengan ucapan syukur dan kidung, dengan ceracap, gambus dan kecapi.
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],
Maka berkumpullah kaum penyanyi dari daerah sekitar Yerusalem, dari desa-desa orang 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.
dari Bet-Gilgal, dari padang Geba dan Asmawet, karena para penyanyi itu telah mendirikan desa-desa sekitar Yerusalem.
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.
Para imam dan orang-orang Lewi mentahirkan dirinya, lalu mentahirkan seluruh umat itu, dan kemudian pintu-pintu gerbang dan tembok.
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.
Lalu aku mempersilakan para pemimpin orang Yehuda naik ke atas tembok dan kubentuk dua paduan suara yang besar. Yang satu berarak ke kanan di atas tembok ke jurusan pintu gerbang Sampah.
32 Behind their leaders marched Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah.
Di belakangnya berjalanlah Hosaya dengan sebagian dari para pemimpin orang Yehuda,
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.
pula Azarya, Ezra, Mesulam,
Yehuda, Benyamin, Semaya dan Yeremia,
dan dari kaum imam yang memegang nafiri: Zakharia bin Yonatan bin Semaya bin Matanya bin Mikha bin Zakur bin 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.
dan saudara-saudaranya, yakni: Semaya, Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Netaneel, Yehuda dan Hanani dengan bunyi-bunyian Daud, abdi Allah itu, sedang Ezra, ahli kitab itu berjalan di depan mereka.
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].
Lalu pada pintu gerbang Mata Air mereka langsung naik tangga-tangga kota Daud, pada jalan pendakian tembok, lewat istana Daud, dan berjalan sampai pintu gerbang Air, di sebelah Timur.
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.
Dan paduan suara yang kedua berarak ke kiri dan aku mengikutinya dengan sebagian dari orang-orang itu melalui tembok dan menara Perapian sampai tembok Lebar.
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.
Lalu kami melalui pintu gerbang Efraim, pintu gerbang Lama, pintu gerbang Ikan, menara Hananeel dan menara Mea sampai pintu gerbang Domba. Mereka berhenti di pintu gerbang Penjagaan.
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].
Kemudian kedua paduan suara itu berdiri di rumah Allah. Demikian juga aku bersama-sama sebagian dari para penguasa,
41 My group included these priests who were [all blowing] trumpets: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah,
dan para imam, yakni: Elyakim, Maaseya, Minyamin, Mikha, Elyoenai, Zakharia, Hananya dengan memegang nafiri,
42 [another] Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers, whose leader was Jezrahiah, sang loudly.
dan Maaseya, Semaya, Eleazar, Uzi, Yohanan, Malkia, Elam dan Ezer. Lalu para penyanyi memperdengarkan kidung di bawah pimpinan Yizrahya.
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.
Pada hari itu mereka mempersembahkan korban yang besar. Mereka bersukaria karena Allah memberi mereka kesukaan yang besar. Juga segala perempuan dan anak-anak bersukaria, sehingga kesukaan Yerusalem terdengar sampai jauh.
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,
Pada masa itu beberapa orang diangkat untuk mengawasi bilik-bilik perbendaharaan, bilik-bilik untuk persembahan khusus, untuk hasil pertama dan untuk persembahan persepuluhan, supaya sumbangan yang menurut hukum menjadi bagian para imam dan orang-orang Lewi dikumpulkan di bilik-bilik itu sesuai dengan ladang setiap kota. Sebab Yehuda bersukacita karena para imam dan orang-orang Lewi yang bertugas.
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.
Karena merekalah yang melakukan tugas pelayanan bagi Allah mereka dan tugas pentahiran, demikian juga para penyanyi dan para penunggu pintu gerbang, sesuai dengan perintah Daud dan Salomo, anaknya.
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.
Karena sudah sejak dahulu, pada zaman Daud dan Asaf, ada pemimpin-pemimpin penyanyi, ada nyanyian pujian dan nyanyian syukur bagi Allah.
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].
Pada zaman Zerubabel dan Nehemia semua orang Israel memberikan sumbangan bagi para penyanyi dan para penunggu pintu gerbang sekadar yang perlu tiap-tiap hari dan mempersembahkan persembahan kudus kepada orang-orang Lewi. Dan orang-orang Lewi mempersembahkan persembahan kudus kepada anak-anak Harun.
