Nehemiah 12

1 Now these [are] the priests and the Levites that 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 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

٣ وَشَكَنْيَا وَرَحُومُ وَمَرِيمُوثُ،

4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,

٤ وَعِدُّو وَجِنْتُويُ وَأَبِيَّا،

5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

٥ وَمِيَّامِينُ وَمَعَدْيَا وَبَلْجَةُ،

6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

٦ وَشَمَعْيَا وَيُويَارِيبُ وَيَدَعْيَا،

7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These [were] the chief of the priests and of their brethren 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 brethren.

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 brethren, [were] over against them in the watches.

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

10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

١٠ وَأَنْجَبَ يَشُوعُ يُويَاقِيمَ، وَيُويَاقِيمُ أَلِيَاشِيبَ، وَأَلِيَاشِيبُ يُويَادَاعَ،

11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

١١ وَيُويَادَاعُ يُونَاثانَ، وَيُونَاثَانُ يَدُّوعَ.

12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: 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 Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

١٤ وَيُونَاثَانُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ مَلِيكُو، وَيُوسُفُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ شَبْنِيَا،

15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, 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, Zichri; of Miniamin, 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 Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

٢٠ وَقَلّايُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ سَلَّايَ، وَعَابِرُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ عَامُوقَ،

21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

٢١ وَحَشَبْيَا رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ حِلْقِيَّا، وَنَثَنْئِيلُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ يَدَعْيَا.

22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, [were] recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius 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, the chief of the fathers, [were] written in the book of the chronicles, even till 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 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [and] to give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

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] porters keeping the ward at the threshholds 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 And 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 thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

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

28 And the sons of the singers assembled, both out of the plain country around Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

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

29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and from 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 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

٣٠ وَتَقَدَّسَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ وَطَهَّرُوا الشَّعْبَ وَالأَبْوَابَ والسُّورَ،

31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great [companies of them that gave] thanks, [of which one] went on the right hand upon the wall towards 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 princes 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; [namely], Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, 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 brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

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

37 And at the fountain-gate, which was over against 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 And the other [company of them that gave] thanks went over against [them], and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even 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 from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even to the sheep-gate: and they stood still in the prison-gate.

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 them that gave] thanks in the house of God, 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, Michaiah, 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. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah [their] overseer.

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

43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives 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 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

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 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, 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 in the days of David, and Asaph of old [there were] chief 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 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified [holy things] to the Levites; and the Levites sanctified [them] to the children 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.