Nehemia 12
1 Aya nĩo athĩnjĩri-Ngai na Alawii arĩa maacookire hamwe na Zerubabeli mũrũ wa Shealitieli, na Jeshua: Seraia, na Jeremia, na Ezara,
Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 na Amaria, na Maluku, na Hatushu,
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 na Shekania, na Rehumu, na Meremothu,
Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 na Ido, na Ginethoni, na Abija,
Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
5 na Mijamini, na Maadia, na Biliga,
Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6 na Shemaia, na Joiaribu, na Jedaia,
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.
7 na Salu, na Amoku, na Hilikia, na Jedaia. Acio nĩo maarĩ atongoria a athĩnjĩri-Ngai na athiritũ ao, matukũ-inĩ macio ma Jeshua.
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
8 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.
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers.
9 Bakabukia na Uni, athiritũ ao, maarũgamaga mangʼethanĩire nao magĩtungata.
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, were over against them according to their offices.
10 Jeshua nĩwe warĩ ithe wa Joiakimu, nake Joiakimu aarĩ ithe wa Eliashibu, nake Eliashibu aarĩ ithe wa Joiada,
Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,
11 nake Joiada aarĩ ithe wa Jonathani, nake Jonathani aarĩ ithe wa Jadua.
and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.
12 Matukũ-inĩ ma Joiakimu, aya nĩo maarĩ atongoria a nyũmba cia athĩnjĩri-Ngai: ya Seraia, aarĩ Meraia; ya Jeremia, aarĩ Hanania;
In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of ancestral houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13 ya Ezara, aarĩ Meshulamu; ya Amaria, aarĩ Jehohanani;
of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
14 ya Maluki, aarĩ Jonathani; ya Shebania, aarĩ Jusufu;
of Malluch, Jonathan; of Shecaniah, Joseph;
15 ya Harimu, aarĩ Adina; ya Meraiothu, aarĩ Helikai;
of Harim, Adna; of Meremoth, Helkai;
16 ya Ido, aarĩ Zekaria; ya Ginethoni, aarĩ Meshulamu;
of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
17 ya Abija, aarĩ Zikiri; ya Miniamini na Moadia, aarĩ Pilitai;
of Abijah, Zikri; of Minjamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
18 ya Biliga, aarĩ Shamua; ya Shemaia, aarĩ Jehonathani;
of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
19 ya Joiaribu, aarĩ Matenai; ya Jedaia, aarĩ Uzi;
and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20 ya Salai, aarĩ Kalai; ya Amoku, aarĩ Eberi;
of Sallu, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
21 ya Hilikia, aarĩ Hashabia; na ya Jedaia, aarĩ Nethaneli.
of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
22 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.
As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of ancestral houses; also the priests, in the reign of Daryavesh the Persian.
23 Atongoria a nyũmba cia njiaro cia Lawi nginya hĩndĩ ya Johanani mũrũ wa Eliashibu o nao nĩmandĩkĩtwo ibuku-inĩ rĩa matukũ macio.
The sons of Levi, heads of ancestral houses, were written in the scroll of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
24 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.
The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.
25 Matania, na Bakabukia, na Obadia, na Meshulamu, na Talimoni, na Akubu maarĩ aikaria a ihingo arĩa maarangagĩra makũmbĩ marĩa maarĩ ihingo-inĩ.
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.
26 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.
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.
27 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.
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 giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.
28 Aini o nao nĩmacookanĩrĩirio hamwe kuuma ngʼongo iria ciathiũrũrũkĩirie Jerusalemu, magĩcookanĩrĩrio kuuma tũtũũra-inĩ twa Anetofathi,
The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;
29 na kuuma Bethi-Giligali, na kuuma mwena wa Geba na Azimavethu, nĩgũkorwo aini nĩmeyakĩire matũũra gũthiũrũrũkĩria Jerusalemu.
also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages around Jerusalem.
30 Nao athĩnjĩri-Ngai na Alawii marĩkia gwĩtheria, magĩtheria andũ, na ihingo, o na rũthingo.
The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
31 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.
Then I brought up the leaders of Judah onto the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the Dung Gate;
32 Hoshaia hamwe na nuthu ya atongoria a Juda makĩmarũmĩrĩra,
and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the leaders of Judah,
33 hamwe na Azaria, na Ezara, na Meshulamu,
and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
34 na Juda, na Benjamini, na Shemaia, na Jeremia,
Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
35 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,
and certain of the priests' sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zakkur, the son of Asaph;
36 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.
and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.
37 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.
By the Fountain Gate, and straight before 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.
38 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,
The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, on the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall,
39 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.
and above the Ephraim Gate, and by the Jeshanah Gate, and by the Fish Gate, and the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, and as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stood still in the Gate of the Guard.
40 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,
So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in God's house, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
41 o ũndũ ũmwe na athĩnjĩri-Ngai, nĩo Eliakimu, na Maaseia, na Miniamini, na Mikaia, na Elioenai, na Zekaria, na Hanania marĩ na tũrumbeta twao,
and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
42 o hamwe na Maaseia, na Shemaia, na Eleazaru, na Uzi, na Jehohanani, na Malikija, na Elamu, na Ezeri. Nao aini maatongoragio nĩ Jezerahia.
and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
43 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.
They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
44 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.
On that day men were appointed over the storerooms, for the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered.
45 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.
They performed the duty of their God, and the duty of the purification, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
46 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.
For long ago in the days of David and Asaph there were directors of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
47 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.
All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, as every day required: and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.
