Nehemia 3
1 Inilah laporan tentang bagaimana tembok kota Yerusalem diperbaiki. Imam Besar Elyasib dan rekan-rekannya membangun kembali Pintu Gerbang Domba, memasang daun-daun pintunya dan mengkhususkannya bagi TUHAN. Mereka memperbaiki dan mengkhususkan tembok sampai ke Menara Seratus dan sampai ke Menara Hananeel.
[(This is a list/These are the names) of the people who helped to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem]. Eliashib the Supreme Priest and the other priests began to rebuild it at the Sheep Gate. They also put the gates in their places. They built the wall as far as the Tower of 100 Soldiers and [further north] to the Tower of Hananel, and they dedicated it to God.
2 Selain para imam itu, orang-orang ini memperbaiki tembok kota beserta pintu-pintu gerbang dan menara-menaranya dalam urutan sebagai berikut: Orang-orang Yerikho; Zakur anak Imri; Kaum Senaa: Pintu Gerbang Ikan dengan balok-balok, daun-daun pintu, baut-baut dan palang-palangnya; Meremot anak Uria dan cucu Hakos; Mesulam anak Berekhya dan cucu Mesezabeel; Zadok anak Baana; Warga kota Tekoa (para pemuka kota itu tidak mau melakukan pekerjaan kasar); Yoyada anak Paseah dan Mesulam anak Besoja: Pintu Gerbang Yesyana dengan balok-balok, daun-daun pintu, baut-baut dan palang-palangnya; Melaca dari Gibeon dan Yadon dari Meronot; Orang-orang Gibeon dan orang-orang Mizpa: tembok sampai ke istana gubernur Efrat Barat; Uziel, seorang tukang emas, anak Harhaya; Hananya, seorang pembuat minyak wangi; sampai Tembok Lebar; Refaya anak Hur, penguasa setengah distrik Yerusalem; Yedaya anak Harumaf: tembok yang berdekatan dengan rumahnya sendiri; Hatus anak Hasabneya; Malkia anak Harim dan Hasub anak Pahat-Moab: tembok berikutnya serta Menara Perapian; Salum anak Halohes, penguasa setengah distrik Yerusalem, dibantu oleh anak-anaknya perempuan; Hanun dan penduduk Zanoah: Pintu Gerbang Lembah beserta daun-daun pintu, baut-baut dan palang-palangnya. Juga tembok sepanjang 440 meter sampai Pintu Gerbang Sampah; Malkia anak Rekhab, penguasa distrik Bet-Kerem: Pintu Gerbang Sampah dengan daun-daun pintu, baut-baut dan palang-palangnya; Salum anak Kolhoze, penguasa distrik Mizpa: Pintu Gerbang Mata Air dengan atap, daun-daun pintu, baut-baut dan palang-palangnya; Juga tembok Kolam Selah di dekat taman istana sampai tangga-tangga yang menurun dari Kota Daud; Nehemia anak Azbuk, penguasa setengah distrik Bet-Zur: tembok sampai ke makam keluarga Daud, kolam buatan dan tangsi;
Next to them, [beyond the Tower of Hananel, ] men from Jericho built [part of the wall]. Next to them, Zaccur, the son of Imri, built [part of the wall].
The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. The put in their places the wooden beams above the gates, and also the doors, the bolts, and the bars [for locking the gate].
Next to them, Meremoth, the son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, repaired [the next part of the wall]. Next to him, Meshullam, the son of Berekiah and grandson of Meshezabel, repaired [the next part of the wall]. Next to him, Zadok the son of Baana repaired the next part of the wall.
Next to him, the men from Tekoa [town] repaired [part of the wall], but the leaders of Tekoa refused to do the work that their boss/supervisor assigned to them.
Joiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah, repaired the Old Gate. They also put in their places the beams above the gate and put in the bolts and the bars [for locking the gate].
Next to them, Melatiah from Gibeon [city], Jadon from Meronoth [town], and other men from Gibeon and from Mizpah [city], which was where the governor of the province west of the [Euphrates] River lived, repaired [part of the wall].
Next to them, Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah, and Hananiah repaired the wall as far as the Broad/Wide Wall. Harhaiah made things from gold, and Hananiah made perfumes.
Next to them, Rephaiah the son of Hur, who ruled half of Jerusalem District, repaired [part of the wall].
Next to him, Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired [part of the wall] near his house. Next to him, Hattush the son of Hashabneiah repaired [part of the wall].
Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab, repaired a section [of the wall], and also repaired the Tower of the Ovens.
Next to them, Shallum the son of Hallohesh, who ruled the other half of Jerusalem District, repaired [part of the wall]. His daughters [helped him with the work].
Hanun and people from Zanoah [city] repaired the Valley Gate. They put the gates in their places, and also put in the bolts and bars [for locking the gate]. They repaired the wall for (1,500 feet/500 meters), as far as the Dung Gate.
Malchijah the son of Rechab, who ruled Beth-Haccherem District, repaired the Dung Gate. He also put in their places the bolts and bars [for locking the gate].
Shallum the son of Colhozeh, who ruled Mizpah District, repaired the Fountain Gate. He put/built a roof over the gate, and put in their places the gates and the bolts and the bars [for locking the gate]. Near the Pool of Shelah he built the wall next to the king’s garden, as far as the steps that went down from the City of David.
Next to him, Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, who ruled half of the Beth-Zur District, repaired [the wall] as far as the tombs [in the City] of David, to the reservoir that the people had made and the army barracks.
17 Beberapa bagian tembok berikutnya dibangun oleh orang-orang Lewi dalam urutan ini: Rehum anak Bani; Hasabya, penguasa setengah Distrik Kehila. Bagian tembok untuk distriknya sendiri; Binui anak Henadad, penguasa setengah Distrik Kehila; Ezer anak Yesua, penguasa Mizpa: tembok di sudut jalan di depan gedung senjata; Barukh anak Zabai: tembok dari sudut jalan sampai pintu rumah Imam Besar Elyasib; Meremot anak Uria dan cucu Hakos: bagian tembok dari pintu rumah Elyasib sampai ke ujung rumah itu;
Next to him, several descendants of Levi [who helped the priests] repaired [parts of the wall]. Rehum the son of Bani repaired one section. Hashabiah, who ruled half of the Keilah District, repaired the next section on behalf of the people of his district.
Bavvai the son of Henadad, who ruled the other half of the Keilah District, repaired [the next section] along with other descendants of Levi.
Next to him, Ezer the son of Jeshua, who ruled Mizpah [city], repaired another section in front of the [steps which] went up to the (armory/building where the weapons are kept), as far as where the wall turns [a bit to the right].
Next to him, Baruch the son of Zabbai repaired a section, as far as the door of the house of Eliashib the Supreme Priest.
Next to him, Meremoth the son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, repaired a section from the door of Eliashib’s house to the end of Eliahib’s house.
22 Beberapa bagian tembok berikutnya diperbaiki oleh para imam dalam urutan ini: Imam-imam yang tinggal tidak jauh dari Yerusalem. Benyamin dan Hasub: tembok di depan rumah mereka. Azarya anak Maaseya anak Ananya: tembok di dekat rumahnya. Binui anak Henadad: tembok dari rumah Azariah sampai ke sudut tembok. Palal anak Uzai: tembok dari sudut tembok dan menara istana bagian atas, di dekat pelataran penjagaan. Pedaya anak Paros: tembok sampai di depan Pintu Gerbang Air di sebelah timur dan menara penjagaan Rumah TUHAN. (Tidak jauh dari situ ada daerah yang bernama Ofel, tempat tinggal para pekerja Rumah TUHAN.)
Next to him, [several priests repaired parts of the wall]. Priests from the area near Jerusalem repaired [one section].
Next to them, Benjamin and Hasshub repaired [a section] in front of their house. Azariah, the son of Maaseiah and grandson of Ananiah, repaired the next [section] in front of his house.
Next to him, Binnui the son of Henadad repaired a section, from Azariah’s house to where the wall turns a bit.
[Next to him], Palal the son of Uzai repaired [a section], from where the wall turns and from where the watchtower is taller than the upper palace, the one where King [Solomon] had lived. The watchtower is near the courtyard where the guards [live].
Next to him, Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired [a section] toward the east to a place near the Water Gate and near the tall tower. That part of the wall is near Ophel [Hill], where the temple servants lived.
27 Beberapa bagian tembok berikutnya diperbaiki oleh orang-orang ini dalam urutan sebagai berikut: Warga kota Tekoa: tembok dari depan menara penjagaan Rumah TUHAN sampai tembok daerah Ofel. Imam-imam yang tinggal di dekat Pintu Gerbang Kuda: tembok yang berhadapan dengan rumah masing-masing dari gerbang itu terus ke arah utara. Zadok anak Imer: tembok yang berhadapan dengan rumahnya. Semaya anak Sekhanya, penjaga pintu Gerbang Timur: tembok yang berhadapan dengan rumahnya. Hananya anak Selemya dan Hanun anak Zalaf yang keenam. Mesulam anak Berekhya: tembok yang berhadapan dengan rumahnya. Malkia, seorang tukang emas: tembok sampai ke asrama para pekerja Rumah TUHAN dan rumah-rumah para pedagang di depan Pintu Gerbang Mifkad dan sampai ke dekat kamar atas di sudut tembok sebelah timur laut. Para tukang emas dan pedagang: bagian tembok yang terakhir, mulai dari kamar atas di sudut tembok sampai ke Pintu Gerbang Domba.
Next to him, men from Tekoa [town] repaired another section, from near the tall tower as far as the wall near Ophel [Hill]. [That was the second section that they repaired].
A group of priests repaired [the wall] north from the Horse Gate. Each one repaired the section near his own house.
Next to them, Zadok the son of Immer repaired [the section] in front of his house. Next to him, Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, who (was the gatekeeper at/opened and closed) the East Gate, repaired [the next section].
Next to him, Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired a section. That was the second [section that they repaired]. Next to them, Meshullam the son of Berekiah, made repairs across from where he lived.
Next to them, Malchijah, who also made things from gold, repaired [a section] as far as the building used by the temple servants and merchants, which was close to the Inspection Gate. This was the gate into the temple that was near the room on top of the northeast corner of the wall.
Other men who made things from gold, along with merchants, repaired [the last section of the wall], as far as the Sheep Gate.
