Nehemiæ 12

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

Now, these, are the priests and the Levites, who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, —Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra;

2 Amaria, Melluch, Hattus,

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush;

3 Sebenias, Rheum, Merimuth,

Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth;

4 Addo, Genthom, Abia,

Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah;

5 Miamin, Madia, Belga,

Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah;

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

Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah;

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

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah, —these, were the chiefs of the priests and their brethren, in the days of Jeshua.

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

And, the Levites, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, —over the choirs, he and his brethren;

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

and Bakbukiah and Unno their brethren, were over against them, in wards.

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

And Jeshua, begat Joiakim, —and Joiakim, begat Eliashib, and, Eliashib, [begat] Joiada;

11 et Ioiada genuit Ionathan, et Ionathan genuit Ieddoa.

and, Joiada, begat Jonathan, —and, Jonathan, begat Jaddua.

12 In diebus autem Ioachim erant Sacerdotes et principes familiarum: Saraiae, Maraia: Ieremiae, Hanania:

And, in the days of Joiakim, were priests, ancestral chiefs, —of Seraiah, Meraiah, of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

13 Esdrae, Mosollam: Amariae, Iohanan:

of Ezra, Meshullam, —of Amariah, Jehohanan;

14 Milicho, Ionathan, Sebeniae, Ioseph:

of Malluchi, Jonathan, —of Shebaniah, Joseph;

15 Haram, Edna: Maraioth, Helci:

of Harim, Adna, —of Meraioth, Helkai;

16 Adaiae, Zacharia, Genthon, Mosollam:

of Iddo, Zechariah, —of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

17 Abiae, Zechri, Miamin et Moadiae, Phelti:

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

18 Belgae, Sammua: Semaiae, Ionathan,

of Bilgah, Shammua, —of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

19 Ioiarib, Mathanai: Iodaiae, Azzi:

and, of Joiarib, Mattenai, —of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

20 Sellai, Celai: Amoc, Heber:

of Sallai, Kallai, —of Amok, Eber;

21 Helciae, Hasebia: Idaiae, Nathanael.

of Hilkiah, Hashabiah, —of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

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

The Levites—in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded as ancestral chiefs, —also the priests, unto the reign of Darius the Persian.

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

the sons of Levi, ancestral heads, were written in the book of Chronicles, —even until the days of Johanan, son of Eliashib.

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

And, the chiefs of the Levites, Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise—to give thanks, by the commandment of David the man of God, —ward joined to ward.

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

Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were watchers, doorkeepers of the ward, in the storehouses of the gates.

26 Hi in diebus Ioachim filii Iosue, filii Iosedec, et in diebus Nehemiae ducis, et Esdrae sacerdotis scribaeque.

These, were in the days of Joiakim, son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, —and in the days of Nehemiah the pasha, and Ezra the priest the scribe.

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

And, at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites, out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, —to keep the dedication and the rejoicing, both with thanksgiving and with music, cymbals, harps, and with lyres.

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

So the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, —both out of the circuit round about Jerusalem, and out of the villages of the Netophathites;

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

also out of Beth-gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba, and Azmaveth, —for, villages, had the singers builded for themselves, round about Jerusalem.

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

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, —and purified the people, and 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 brought I up the rulers of Judah upon the wall, —and I appointed two large choirs, even to go in procession to the right, upon the wall, towards the dung-gate;

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

and after them went Hoshaiah, and half the rulers of Judah;

33 et Azarias, Esdras, et Mosollam,

then Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam;

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

Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah;

35 Et de filiis sacerdotum in tubis, Zacharias filius Ionathan, filius Semeiae, filius Mathaniae, filius Michaiae, filius Zechur, filius Asaph,

and, of the sons of the priests, with trumpets, Zechariah—son of Jonathan—son of Shemaiah—son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, 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 brethren—Shemaiah and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the instruments of music of David, the man of God, —with Ezra the scribe before them;

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

and, over they fountain gate and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, —above the house of David, even as far as the water-gate, eastward.

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,

And, the second choir, was going over against them, I, following it, —with the half of the people upon the wall, above the tower of the ovens, even as far as 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 custodiae,

and above the gate of Ephraim, and upon the old gate, and upon the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even as far as the sheep-gate, —and they came to a stand, at the gate of the guard.

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

So the two choirs, came to a stand, at the house of God, —and I, and half the deputies with me;

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

and, the priests—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

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

and Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer, —and the musicians sounded, aloud with Jezrahiah who was over them.

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

And they sacrificed, on that day, great sacrifices, and rejoiced, for, God, had caused them to rejoice with great joy, moreover also, the women and children, rejoiced, —so that the rejoicing of Jerusalem was heard afar off.

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 laetificatus est Iuda in Sacerdotibus et Levitis astantibus.

And there were set in charge, on that day, certain men, over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave-offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, out of the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law, for the priests, and for the Levites, —for, the joy of Judah, was over the priests and over the Levites, who were remaining.

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

So they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and [so did] the singers and the doorkeepers, —according to the commandment of David and of Solomon his son.

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

For, in the days of David and Asaph, of old, there were chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving, unto God.

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

Now, all Israel—in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, used to give the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers, the need of a day upon its day, —and they hallowed them unto the Levites, and, the Levites, hallowed them unto the sons of Aaron.