Nehemiya 12
1 Waɗannan su ne firistoci da Lawiyawa waɗanda suka komo tare da Zerubbabel ɗan Sheyaltiyel da kuma Yeshuwa. Serahiya, Irmiya, Ezra,
[Many] priests and [other] descendants of Levi returned (from Babylonia/to Jerusalem) with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. They included Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 Amariya, Malluk, Hattush
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 Shekaniya, Rehum, Meremot,
Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Iddo, Ginneton, Abiya,
Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
5 Miyamin, Mowadiya, Bilga,
Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
6 Shemahiya, Yohiyarib, Yedahiya,
Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiya da Yedahiya. Waɗannan su ne shugabannin firistoci da’yan’uwansu a kwanakin Yeshuwa.
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. All those men were leaders of the priests during the time that Jeshua [was the Supreme Priest].
8 Lawiyawan su ne Yeshuwa, Binnuyi, Kadmiyel, Sherebiya, Yahuda, da kuma Mattaniya, wanda tare da’yan’uwansa yake lura da waƙoƙin godiya.
[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].
9 Bakbukiya da Unni,’yan’uwansu sun tsaya ɗaura da su a hidimomi.
Bakbukiah, Unni, and other descendants of Levi formed a choir that stood opposite the other group [and sang in reply to them].
10 Yeshuwa ne mahaifin Yohiyakim, Yohiyakim shi ne mahaifin Eliyashib, Eliyashib shi ne mahaifin Yohiyada,
Jeshua [who was the Supreme Priest] was the father of Joiakim, who was the father of Eliashib, who was the father of Joiada,
11 Yohiyada shi ne mahaifin Yonatan, Yonatan kuma mahaifin Yadduwa.
who was the father of Jonathan, who was the father of Jaddua.
12 A kwanakin Yohiyakim, waɗannan su ne shugabannin iyalan firistoci, na iyalin Serahiya, Merahiya; na iyalin Irmiya, Hananiya;
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;
13 na iyalin Ezra, Meshullam; na iyalin Amariya, Yehohanan;
Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ezra; Jehohanan, from [the clan of] Amariah;
14 na iyalin Malluk, Yonatan; na iyalin Shebaniya, Yusuf;
Jonathan, from [the clan of] Malluch; Joseph, from [the clan of] Shecaniah;
15 na iyalin Harim, Adna; na iyalin Merahiyot, Helkai;
Adna, from [the clan of] Harim; Helkai, from [the clan of] Meremoth/Maraioth;
16 na iyalin Iddo, Zakariya; na iyalin Ginneton, Meshullam;
Zechariah, from [the clan of] Iddo; Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ginnethon;
17 na iyalin Abiya, Zikri; na iyalin Miniyamin da na Mowadiya, Filtai;
Zicri, from [the clan of] Abijah. There was also a leader from [the clan of] Miniamin; Piltai, from [the clan of] Moadiah;
18 na iyalin Bilga, Shammuwa; na iyalin Shemahiya, Yehonatan;
Shammua, from [the clan of] Bilgah; Jehonathan, from [the clan of] Shemaiah;
19 na iyalin Yohiyarib, Mattenai; na iyalin Yedahiya, Uzzi;
Mattenai, from [the clan of] Joiarib; Uzzi, from [the clan of] Jedaiah;
20 na iyalin Sallu, Kallai; na iyalin Amok, Eber;
Kallai, from [the clan of] Sallu/Sallai; Eber, from [the clan of] Amok;
21 na iyalin Hilkiya, Hashabiya; na iyalin Yedahiya, Netanel.
Hashabiah, from [the clan of] Hilkiah; and Nethanel, from [the clan of] Jedaiah.
22 Shugabannin iyalin Lawiyawa a kwanakin Eliyashib, Yohiyada, Yohanan da Yadduwa, da kuma na firistoci, an rubuta su a zamanin mulkin Dariyus mutumin Farisa.
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.
23 Shugabannin iyali cikin zuriyar Lawi har zuwa lokacin Yohanan ɗan Eliyashib, an rubuta su a cikin littafin tarihi.
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].
24 Shugabannin Lawiyawa kuwa su ne Hashabiya, Sherebiya, Yeshuwa ɗan Kadmiyel, da’yan’uwansu, waɗanda suka tsaya ɗaura da su don su yi yabo da kuma godiya, sashe ɗaya kan ba da amsa ga ɗaya sashen, kamar yadda Dawuda mutumin Allah ya umarta.
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.
25 Mattaniya, Bakbukiya, Obadiya, Meshullam, Talmon da Akkub su ne matsaran ƙofofi waɗanda suka yi tsaron ɗaukan ajiya a ƙofofi.
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.
26 Sun yi hidima a kwanakin Yohiyakim ɗan Yeshuwa, ɗan Yozadak, kuma a kwanakin Nehemiya gwamna da kuma na Ezra firist da kuma marubuci.
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.
27 A keɓewar katangar Urushalima, an nemi Lawiyawa daga inda suke zama aka kawo su Urushalima don su yi bikin miƙawa da farin ciki da waƙoƙin godiya da kuma kiɗin kuge, garaya da molo.
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.
28 Aka kuma tattara mawaƙa su ma daga yankin kewayen Urushalima, daga ƙauyukan Netofawa,
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],
29 daga Bet-Gilgal, da kuma daga wuraren Geba da Azmawet, gama mawaƙan sun gina wa kansu ƙauyuka kewaye da Urushalima.
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.
30 Sa’ad da firistoci da Lawiyawa suka tsarkake kansu da tsarki, sai suka tsarkake mutane, ƙofofi da kuma katanga.
[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.
31 Sai na sa shugabannin Yahuda suka haura zuwa bisan katangar. Na kuma sa manyan ƙungiyoyi biyu na mawaƙa su miƙa godiya. Ɗaya ya haura zuwa bisan katangar zuwa dama, wajen Ƙofar Juji.
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.
32 Hoshahiya da rabin shugabannin Yahuda kuwa suka bi su,
Behind their leaders marched Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah.
33 tare da Azariya, Ezra, Meshullam,
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.
34 Yahuda, Benyamin, Shemahiya, Irmiya,
35 da waɗansu firistoci kuma da ƙahoni, da kuma Zakariya ɗan Yonatan, ɗan Shemahiya, ɗan Mattaniya, ɗan Mikahiya, ɗan Zakkur, ɗan Asaf,
36 da’yan’uwansa, Shemahiya, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Ma’ai, Netanel, Yahuda da Hanani, tare da kayan kiɗi da Dawuda mutumin Allah ya umarta. Ezra malamin Doka ya jagoranci jerin gwanon.
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.
37 A Ƙofar Maɓuɓɓuga suka ci gaba kai tsaye suka haura matakalan Birnin Dawuda a kan hawa zuwa katangar suka wuce a bisa gidan Dawuda zuwa Ƙofar Ruwa wajen gabas.
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].
38 Ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta biyu suka yi jerin gwano a ɗaya gefen. Na bi su a bisan katangar, tare da rabin mutanen, muka wuce Hasumiya Tanderu zuwa Katanga Mai Faɗi,
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.
39 bisa Ƙofar Efraim, Ƙofar Yeshana, Ƙofar Kifi, Hasumiyar Hananel da kuma Hasumiya ɗari, har zuwa Ƙofar Tumaki. A Ƙofar Matsara suka tsaya.
[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.
40 Ƙungiyoyin mawaƙa biyu da suka yi godiya suka ɗauki wurarensu a gidan Allah, haka ma ni, tare da rabin shugabanni,
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].
41 da kuma firistoci, Eliyakim, Ma’asehiya, Miniyamin, Mikahiya, Eliyohenai, Zakariya da Hananiya tare da ƙahoninsu,
My group included these priests who were [all blowing] trumpets: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah,
42 haka ma Ma’asehiya, Shemahiya, Eleyazar, Uzzi, Yehohanan, Malkiya, Elam da Ezer. Mawaƙan suka rera waƙoƙi a ƙarƙashin kulawar Yezrahiya.
[another] Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers, whose leader was Jezrahiah, sang loudly.
43 A rana ta uku kuma suka miƙa manyan hadayu, suna farin ciki domin Allah ya ba su farin ciki mai girma. Mata da yara suka yi farin ciki su ma. An ji ƙarar farin ciki da ake yi a Urushalima daga nesa.
[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.
44 A lokacin an naɗa mutane su lura da ɗakunan ajiya don sadakoki, nunan fari da kuma zakka. Daga gonakin garuruwan da suke kewaye za su kawo sassan da Dokar ta umarta zuwa ɗakunan ajiya domin firistoci da Lawiyawa, gama Yahuda ya ji daɗin aikin firistoci da Lawiyawa.
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,
45 Sun yi hidimar Allahnsu da kuma hidimar tsarkakewa, kamar yadda mawaƙa da matsaran ƙofofi suka yi, bisa ga umarnin Dawuda da ɗansa Solomon.
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.
46 Gama tun dā, a kwanakin Dawuda da Asaf, akwai masu bi da mawaƙa da kuma na waƙoƙin yabo da na godiya ga Allah.
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.
47 Saboda haka a kwanakin Zerubbabel da Nehemiya, dukan Isra’ila suka ba da sashe na kowace rana domin mawaƙa da matsaran ƙofofi. Suka kuma keɓe sashe don sauran Lawiyawa, Lawiyawan kuma suka keɓe sashe don zuriyar Haruna.
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].
