ネヘミヤ 記 12
1 シャルテルの子ゼルバベルおよびエシュアと一緒に上ってきた祭司とレビびとは次のとおりである。すなわちセラヤ、エレミヤ、エズラ、
[Many] priests and [other] descendants of Levi returned (from Babylonia/to Jerusalem) with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. They included Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 アマリヤ、マルク、ハットシ、
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 シカニヤ、レホム、メレモテ、
Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 イド、ギンネトイ、アビヤ、
Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
5 ミヤミン、マアデヤ、ビルガ、
Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
6 シマヤ、ヨヤリブ、エダヤ、
Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 サライ、アモク、ヒルキヤ、エダヤで、これらの者はエシュアの時代に祭司およびその兄弟らのかしらであった。
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. All those men were leaders of the priests during the time that Jeshua [was the Supreme Priest].
8 レビびとではエシュア、ビンヌイ、カデミエル、セレビヤ、ユダ、マッタニヤで、マッタニヤはその兄弟らと共に感謝のことをつかさどった。
[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 また彼らの兄弟であるバグブキヤおよびウンノは彼らの向かいに立って勤めをした。
Bakbukiah, Unni, and other descendants of Levi formed a choir that stood opposite the other group [and sang in reply to them].
10 エシュアの子はヨアキム、ヨアキムの子はエリアシブ、エリアシブの子はヨイアダ、
Jeshua [who was the Supreme Priest] was the father of Joiakim, who was the father of Eliashib, who was the father of Joiada,
11 ヨイアダの子はヨナタン、ヨナタンの子はヤドアである。
who was the father of Jonathan, who was the father of Jaddua.
12 ヨアキムの時代に祭司で氏族の長であった者はセラヤの氏族ではメラヤ、エレミヤの氏族ではハナニヤ、
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 エズラの氏族ではメシュラム、アマリヤの氏族ではヨハナン、
Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ezra; Jehohanan, from [the clan of] Amariah;
14 マルキの氏族ではヨナタン、シバニヤの氏族ではヨセフ、
Jonathan, from [the clan of] Malluch; Joseph, from [the clan of] Shecaniah;
15 ハリムの氏族ではアデナ、メラヨテの氏族ではヘルカイ、
Adna, from [the clan of] Harim; Helkai, from [the clan of] Meremoth/Maraioth;
16 イドの氏族ではゼカリヤ、ギンネトンの氏族ではメシュラム、
Zechariah, from [the clan of] Iddo; Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ginnethon;
17 アビヤの氏族ではジクリ、ミニヤミンの氏族、モアデヤの氏族ではピルタイ、
Zicri, from [the clan of] Abijah. There was also a leader from [the clan of] Miniamin; Piltai, from [the clan of] Moadiah;
18 ビルガの氏族ではシャンマ、シマヤの氏族ではヨナタン、
Shammua, from [the clan of] Bilgah; Jehonathan, from [the clan of] Shemaiah;
19 ヨヤリブの氏族ではマッテナイ、エダヤの氏族ではウジ、
Mattenai, from [the clan of] Joiarib; Uzzi, from [the clan of] Jedaiah;
20 サライの氏族ではカライ、アモクの氏族ではエベル、
Kallai, from [the clan of] Sallu/Sallai; Eber, from [the clan of] Amok;
21 ヒルキヤの氏族ではハシャビヤ、エダヤの氏族ではネタンエルである。
Hashabiah, from [the clan of] Hilkiah; and Nethanel, from [the clan of] Jedaiah.
22 レビびとについては、エリアシブ、ヨイアダ、ヨハナンおよびヤドアの時代に、その氏族の長たちが登録された。また祭司たちもペルシャ王ダリヨスの治世まで登録された。
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 レビの子孫で氏族の長たる者は、エリアシブの子ヨハナンの世まで歴代志の書にしるされている。
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 レビびとのかしらはハシャビヤ、セレビヤおよびカデミエルの子エシュアであって、その兄弟たち相向かい合い、組と組と対応して神の人ダビデの命令に従い、さんびと感謝をささげた。
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 マツタニヤ、バクブキヤ、オバデヤ、メシュラム、タルモンおよびアックブは門を守る者で門の内の倉を監督した。
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 これらはヨザダクの子エシュアの子ヨアキムの時代、また総督ネヘミヤおよび学者である祭司エズラの時代にいた人々である。
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 さてエルサレムの城壁の落成式に当って、レビびとを、そのすべての所から招いてエルサレムにこさせ、感謝と、歌と、シンバルと、立琴と、琴とをもって喜んで落成式を行おうとした。
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 そこで、歌うたう人々はエルサレムの周囲の地方、ネトパびとの村々から集まってきた。
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 またベテギルガルおよびゲバとアズマウテの地方からも集まってきた。この歌うたう者たちはエルサレムの周囲に自分の村々を建てていたからである。
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 そして祭司とレビびとたちは身を清め、また民およびもろもろの門と城壁とを清めた。
[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 そこでわたしはユダのつかさたちを城壁の上にのぼらせ、また感謝する者の二つの大きな組を作って、行進させた。その一つは城壁の上を右に糞の門をさして進んだ。
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 そのあとに従って進んだ者はホシャヤ、およびユダのつかさたちの半ば、
Behind their leaders marched Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah.
33 ならびにアザリヤ、エズラ、メシュラム、
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 ユダ、ベニヤミン、シマヤ、エレミヤであった。
35 また数人の祭司がラッパをもって従った。すなわちヨナタンの子ゼカリヤ。ヨナタンはシマヤの子、シマヤはマッタニヤの子、マッタニヤはミカヤの子、ミカヤはザックルの子、ザックルはアサフの子である。
36 またゼカリヤの兄弟たちシマヤ、アザリエル、ミラライ、ギラライ、マアイ、ネタンエル、ユダ、ハナニなどであって、神の人ダビデの楽器を持って従った。そして学者エズラは彼らの先に進んだ。
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 彼らは泉の門を経て、まっすぐに進み、城壁の上り口で、ダビデの町の階段から上り、ダビデの家の上を過ぎて東の方、水の門に至った。
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 他の一組の感謝する者は左に進んだ。わたしは民の半ばと共に彼らのあとに従った。そして城壁の上を行き、炉の望楼の上を過ぎて、城壁の広い所に至り、
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 エフライムの門の上を通り、古い門を過ぎ、魚の門およびハナネルの望楼とハンメアの望楼を過ぎて、羊の門に至り、近衛の門に立ち止まった。
[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 こうして二組の感謝する者は神の宮にはいって立った。わたしもそこに立ち、つかさたちの半ばもわたしと共に立った。
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 また祭司エリアキム、マアセヤ、ミニヤミン、ミカヤ、エリオエナイ、ゼカリヤ、ハナニヤらはラッパを持ち、
My group included these priests who were [all blowing] trumpets: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah,
42 マアセヤ、シマヤ、エレアザル、ウジ、ヨハナン、マルキヤ、エラムおよびエゼルも共にいた。そして歌うたう者たちは声高く歌った。エズラヒヤはその監督であった。
[another] Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers, whose leader was Jezrahiah, sang loudly.
43 こうして彼らはその日、大いなる犠牲をささげて喜んだ。神が彼らを大いに喜び楽しませられたからである。女子供までも喜んだ。それでエルサレムの喜びの声は遠くまで聞えた。
[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 その日、倉のもろもろのへやをつかさどる人々を選び、ささげ物、初物、十分の一など律法の定めるところの祭司およびレビびとの分を町々の田畑にしたがって取り集めて、へやに入れることをつかさどらせた。これは祭司およびレビびとの仕えるのを、ユダびとが喜んだからである。
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 彼らはダビデおよびその子ソロモンの命令に従って、神の勤めおよび清め事の勤めをした。歌うたう者および門を守る者もそのように行った。
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 昔ダビデおよびアサフの日には、歌うたう者のかしらがひとりいて、神にさんびと感謝をささげる事があった。
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 またゼルバベルの日およびネヘミヤの日には、イスラエルびとはみな歌うたう者と門を守る者に日々の分を与え、またレビびとに物を聖別して与え、レビびとはまたこれを聖別してアロンの子孫に与えた。
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].
