Nehemiæ 12

1 Hi sunt autem Sacerdotes et Levitæ, qui ascenderunt cum Zorobabel filio Salathiel, et Iosue: Saraia, Ieremias, Esdras,

Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

2 Amaria, Melluch, Hattus,

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

3 Sebenias, Rheum, Merimuth,

Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

4 Addo, Genthon, Abia,

Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,

5 Miamin, Madia, Belga,

Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

6 Semeia, et Ioiarib, Idaia, Sellum, Amoc, Helcias,

Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,

7 Idaia. Isti principes Sacerdotum, et fratres eorum in diebus Iosue.

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.

8 Porro Levitæ, Iesua, Bennui, Cedmihel, Sarebia, Iuda, Mathanias, super hymnos ipsi et fratres eorum:

The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.

9 et Becbecia atque Hanni, et fratres eorum unusquisque in officio suo.

Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.

10 Iosue autem genuit Ioacim, et Ioacim genuit Eliasib, et Eliasib genuit Ioiada,

Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,

11 et Ioiada genuit Ionathan, et Ionathan genuit Ieddoa.

Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.

12 In diebus autem Ioacim erant Sacerdotes et principes familiarum: Saraiæ, Maraia: Ieremiæ, Hanania:

In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families: of the family of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

13 Esdræ, Mosollam: Amariæ, Iohanan:

of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

14 Milicho, Ionathan, Sebeniæ, Ioseph:

of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

15 Haram, Edna: Maraioth, Helci:

of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

16 Adaiæ, Zacharia, Genthon, Mosollam:

of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

17 Abiæ, Zechri, Miamin et Moadiæ, Phelti:

of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai;

18 Belgæ, Sammua: Semaiæ, Ionathan,

of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;

19 Ioiarib, Mathanai: Iodaiæ, Azzi:

of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

20 Sellai, Celai: Amoc, Heber:

of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

21 Helciæ, Hasebia: Idaiæ, Nathanael.

of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; and of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

22 Levitæ in diebus Eliasib, et Ioiada, et Iohanan, et Ieddoa scripti principes familiarum, et Sacerdotes in regno Darii Persæ.

In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.

23 Filii Levi principes familiarum, scripti in Libro verborum dierum, et usque ad dies Ionathan, filii Eliasib.

As for the descendants of Levi, the family heads up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles.

24 Et principes Levitarum, Hasebia, Serebia, et Iosue filius Cedmihel: et fratres eorum per vices suas, ut laudarent et confiterentur iuxta præceptum David viri Dei, et observarent æque per ordinem.

The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.

25 Mathania, et Becbecia, Obedia, Mosollam, Telmon, Accub custodes portarum et vestibulorum ante portas.

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

26 Hi in diebus Ioacim filii Iosue, filii Iosedec, et in diebus Nehemiæ ducis, et Esdræ sacerdotis scribæque.

They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.

27 In dedicatione autem muri Ierusalem requisierunt Levitas de omnibus locis suis ut adducerent eos in Ierusalem, et facerent dedicationem et lætitiam in actione gratiarum, et cantico, et in cymbalis, psalteriis, et citharis.

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

28 Congregati sunt autem filii cantorum de campestribus circa Ierusalem, et de villis Nethuphathi,

The singers were also assembled from the region around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,

29 et de domo Galgal, et de regionibus Geba et Azmaveth: quoniam villas ædificaverunt sibi cantores in circuitu Ierusalem.

from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.

30 Et mundati sunt Sacerdotes et Levitæ, et mundaverunt populum, et portas, et murum.

After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

31 Ascendere autem feci principes Iuda super murum, et statui duos magnos choros laudantium. Et ierunt ad dexteram super murum ad portam sterquilinii.

Then I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and I appointed two great thanksgiving choirs. One was to proceed along the top of the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate.

32 Et ivit post eos Osaias, et media pars principum Iuda,

Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed,

33 et Azarias, Esdras, et Mosollam,

along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

34 Iudas, et Beniamin, et Semeia, et Ieremias.

Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,

35 Et de filiis sacerdotum in tubis, Zacharias filius Ionathan, filius Semeiæ, filius Mathaniæ, filius Michaiæ, filius Zechur, filius Asaph,

and some of the priests with trumpets, and also Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

36 et fratres eius Semeia, et Azareel, Malalai, Galalai, Maai, Nathanael, et Iudas, et Hanani, in vasis cantici David viri Dei: et Esdras scriba ante eos in porta Fontis.

and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.

37 Et contra eos ascenderunt in gradibus civitatis David in ascensu muri super domum David, et usque ad portam Aquarum ad Orientem.

At the Fountain Gate they climbed the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.

38 Et chorus secundus gratias referentium ibat ex adverso, et ego post eum, et media pars populi super murum et super turrim furnorum, et usque ad murum latissimum,

The second thanksgiving choir proceeded to the left, and I followed it with half the people along the top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

39 et super portam Ephraim, et super portam antiquam, et super portam piscium et turrim Hananeel, et turrim Emath, et usque ad portam gregis: et steterunt in porta custodiæ,

over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

40 steteruntque duo chori laudantium in domo Dei, et ego, et dimidia pars magistratuum mecum.

The two thanksgiving choirs then stood in the house of God, as did I, along with the half of the officials accompanying me,

41 Et Sacerdotes, Eliachim, Maasia, Miamin, Michea, Elioenai, Zacharia, Hanania in tubis,

as well as the priests with their trumpets—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah—

42 et Maasia, et Semeia, et Eleazar, et Azzi, et Iohanan, et Melchia, et Ælam, et Ezer. Et clare cecinerunt cantores, et Iezraia præpositus:

and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.

43 et immolaverunt in die illa victimas magnas, et lætati sunt: Deus enim lætificaverat eos lætitia magna: sed et uxores eorum et liberi gavisi sunt, et audita est lætitia Ierusalem procul.

On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.

44 Recensuerunt quoque in die illa viros super gazophylacia thesauri ad libamina, et ad primitias, et ad decimas, ut introferrent per eos principes civitatis in decore gratiarum actionis, Sacerdotes et Levitas: quia lætificatus est Iuda in Sacerdotibus et Levitis astantibus.

And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.

45 Et custodierunt observationem Dei sui, et observationem expiationis, et cantores, et ianitores iuxta præceptum David, et Salomonis filii eius,

They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.

46 quia in diebus David et Asaph ab exordio erant principes constituti cantorum in carmine laudantium, et confitentium Deo.

For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

47 Et omnis Israel, in diebus Zorobabel, et in diebus Nehemiæ dabant partes cantoribus et ianitoribus per dies singulos, et sanctificabant Levitas, et Levitæ sanctificabant filios Aaron.

So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.