Nehemia 10
1 Orang pertama yang menandatanganinya ialah Gubernur Nehemia anak Hakhalya. Kemudian menyusul Zedekia. Setelah itu orang-orang berikut ini menandatanganinya juga:
(This is a list/These are the names) of those who signed the agreement: I, Nehemiah, the governor; and also Zedekiah.
2 Para imam: Seraya, Azarya, Yeremia, Pasyhur, Amarya, Malkia, Hatus, Sebanya, Malukh, Harim, Meremot, Obaja, Daniel, Gineton, Barukh, Mesulam, Abia, Miyamin, Maazya, Bilgai dan Semaya.
The priests who signed it were: Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah,
Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah.
9 Orang-orang Lewi: Yesua anak Azanya, Binui keturunan kaum Henadad, Kadmiel, Sebanya, Hodia, Kelita, Pelaya, Hanan, Mikha, Rehob, Hasabya, Zakur, Serebya, Sebanya, Hodia, Bani dan Beninu.
The [other] descendants of Levi who signed it were: Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui from the clan of Henadad, Kadmiel,
Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
14 Para pemimpin bangsa: Paros, Pahat-Moab, Elam, Zatu, Bani, Buni, Azgad, Bebai, Adonia, Bigwai, Adin, Ater, Hizkia, Azur, Hodia, Hasum, Bezai, Harif, Anatot, Nebai, Magpias, Mesulam, Hezir, Mesezabeel, Zadok, Yadua, Pelaca, Hanan, Anaya, Hosea, Hananya, Hasub, Halohes, Pilha, Sobek, Rehum, Hasabna, Maaseya, Ahia, Hanan, Anan, Malukh, Harim dan Baana.
The Israeli leaders who signed it were: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.
28 Kami, rakyat Israel, para imam orang-orang Lewi, para penjaga gerbang Rumah TUHAN, para pemain musik dan para pekerja di Rumah TUHAN, juga istri dan anak-anak kami yang cukup dewasa untuk mengerti serta semua orang yang taat kepada hukum Allah dan telah memisahkan diri dari orang asing yang tinggal di negeri kami.
Then the rest of the people also made a solemn agreement. The people who did it included priests, temple gatekeepers, singers, and temple workers. They also included all the men from other countries who had separated themselves from the other foreigners living in Israel. These men, along with their wives, their sons and daughters who were old enough to understand [what they were doing, were people who wanted to obey God’s laws].
29 Kami semua menggabungkan diri dengan para pemimpin kami dan bersumpah untuk hidup menurut hukum Allah yang telah diberikan-Nya dengan perantaraan Musa, hamba-Nya. Semoga Allah mengutuk kami kalau kami tidak menepati perjanjian ini. Kami bersumpah akan mematuhi segala perintah, hukum dan peraturan TUHAN, Allah kami.
They all joined with their leaders in making this solemn agreement. They agreed to obey all the laws that God had given to Moses. They agreed to obey everything that Yahweh our God had commanded, and all his regulations and instructions. [And this is what they promised to do: ]
30 Kami bersumpah untuk tidak kawin campur dengan bangsa-bangsa asing yang tinggal di negeri kami.
“We will not allow our daughters to marry people who live in this land [who do not worship Yahweh], and we will not allow our sons to marry them.
31 Bilamana ada bangsa asing yang mau menjual gandum atau barang apapun kepada kami pada hari Sabat atau hari suci lainnya, kami tidak akan membelinya. Pada setiap tahun yang ketujuh, kami tidak akan mengerjakan ladang dan tidak akan menagih hutang.
“If people from other countries who live in this land bring us grain or other things to sell to us on Sabbath days or any other sacred day, we will not buy anything from them. And in every seventh year, we will not plant any crops, and we will (cancel all debts/declare that people will no longer have to pay back what they owe us).
32 Setiap tahun kami masing-masing akan menyumbang lima gram perak untuk anggaran belanja Rumah TUHAN.
“We also promise that every year we will pay (one-eighth of an ounce/4 grams) of silver for the work of taking care of the temple.
33 Kami akan menyediakan keperluan-keperluan ibadat di Rumah TUHAN, yaitu: roti sajian, persembahan gandum harian, binatang untuk kurban bakaran harian, persembahan suci yang lain, kurban-kurban pengampunan dosa Israel, dan segala apa yang diperlukan untuk Rumah TUHAN.
With that money they can buy these things: The sacred bread [that is placed before God], the grain that is burned [on the altar] each day, the lambs that were completely burned [on the altar], the sacred offerings for the Sabbath days and for celebrating each new moon and other festivals that God told us to celebrate, and other offerings that are dedicated to God, the animals to be sacrificed to atone for the sins of the Israeli people, and anything else that is needed for the work of taking care of the temple.
34 Kami, rakyat, para imam dan orang-orang Lewi, akan membuang undi setiap tahun untuk menentukan kaum mana yang harus menyediakan kayu bakar untuk kurban-kurban persembahan kepada TUHAN Allah kami, menurut peraturan Hukum.
“Each year the priests, the [other] descendants of Levi who help the priests, and the rest of us will (cast lots/throw marked stones) to determine [for that year] which clans will provide wood to burn on the altar the sacrifices that are offered to Yahweh our God, in order to do what was written in the laws [God gave to Moses].
35 Setiap tahun kami akan membawa ke Rumah TUHAN hasil gandum yang pertama dan buah-buahan yang mula-mula masak pada pohon-pohon kami.
“We promise that each year each family will take to the temple an offering from the first grain that we harvest and from the first fruit that grows on our trees [that year].
36 Kami akan membawa anak laki-laki kami yang sulung kepada para imam di Rumah TUHAN untuk menyerahkannya kepada Allah, sesuai dengan peraturan Hukum. Kami akan menyerahkan juga anak sapi, anak domba atau anak kambing kami yang pertama lahir.
“Also, we will take to the priests at the temple our firstborn sons and dedicate them to God. And we will also bring firstborn calves and lambs and baby goats [to be offered as sacrifices]. That is what is written in God’s laws [that we must do].
37 Kami akan membawa kepada para imam di Rumah TUHAN adonan dari gandum yang pertama dipetik setiap tahun, juga persembahan-persembahan lain berupa anggur, minyak zaitun dan segala macam buah-buahan. Persembahan persepuluhan dari hasil ladang kami akan kami bawa kepada orang-orang Lewi yang memungut persembahan-persembahan persepuluhan di kota-kota pertanian.
“We will also take to the priests at the temple the flour made from the first grain [that we harvest each year], and our other offerings of wine, [olive] oil, and fruit. We will also take to the descendants of Levi [who help the priests] the tithes/10% of [the crops that we grow on] our land, because they are the ones who collect the tithes in all the villages where we work/live.
38 Tetapi seorang imam keturunan Harun harus mendampingi orang-orang Lewi itu bilamana mereka memungut persembahan-persembahan itu. Dan sepersepuluh dari semua persembahan itu harus dibawa oleh orang-orang Lewi itu ke kamar-kamar perbekalan di Rumah TUHAN.
The priests who are descendants of Aaron will be with the [other] descendants of Levi and supervise them when they collect the tithes. Then the descendants of Levi must take 10% of the things that people bring and put them in the storerooms in the temple.
39 Rakyat Israel dan orang-orang Lewi harus membawa sumbangan tetap berupa gandum, anggur dan minyak zaitun ke kamar-kamar perbekalan tempat menyimpan alat-alat Rumah TUHAN. Di situ pula tempat tinggal para imam yang sedang bertugas, para penjaga gerbang Rumah TUHAN dan para penyanyi. Kami tidak akan lalai merawat Rumah TUHAN kami.
The descendants of Levi and [some of] the other Israeli people must take 10% of the offerings of grain, wine, and [olive] oil to the storerooms where the various utensils that are used in the temple are kept. That is the place where the priests who are serving at that time, the temple guards, and those who sing in the temple choir live. [We promise that] we will not neglect [taking care of the temple of our God].”
