Nehemiæ 12
1 hii autem sacerdotes et Levitae qui ascenderunt cum Zorobabel filio Salathihel et Iosue Saraia Hieremias Ezra
Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 Amaria Melluch Attus
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 Sechenia Reum Meremuth
Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Addo Genthon Abia
Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
5 Miamin Madia Belga
Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6 Semaia et Ioarib Idaia Sellum Amoc Elceia
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 Levitae Iesua Bennui Cedmihel Sarabia 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 et Hanni fratres eorum unusquisque in officio suo
Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.
10 Hiesue autem genuit Ioachim et Ioachim 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 Ioachim erant sacerdotes principes familiarum Saraiae Amaria Hieremiae Anania
In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families: of the family of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13 Ezrae Mosollam Amariae Iohanan
of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
14 Milico Ionathan Sebeniae Ioseph
of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
15 Arem Edna Maraioth Elci
of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
16 Addaiae Zaccharia Genthon Mosollam
of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
17 Abiae Zecheri Miamin et Moadiae Felti
of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai;
18 Belgae Sammua Semaiae Ionathan
of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;
19 Ioiarib Matthanai Iadaiae Azzi
of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20 Sellaiae Celai Amoc Eber
of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
21 Elciae Asebia Idaiae Nathanahel
of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; and of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
22 Levitae in diebus Eliasib et Ioiada et Ionan et Ieddoa scripti principes familiarum et sacerdotes in regno Darii Persae
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 Asebia Serebia et Iesue filius Cedmihel et fratres eorum per vices suas ut laudarent et confiterentur iuxta praeceptum David viri Dei et observarent aeque 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 Matthania et Becbecia Obedia Mosollam Thelmon Accub custodes portarum et vestibulorum ante portas
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
26 hii in diebus Ioachim filii Iesue filii Iosedech et in diebus Neemiae ducis et Ezrae sacerdotis scribaeque
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 Hierusalem requisierunt Levitas de omnibus locis suis ut adducerent eos in Hierusalem et facerent dedicationem et laetitiam in actione gratiarum et in cantico 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 ergo filii cantorum et de campestribus circa Hierusalem et de villis Netuphati
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 aedificaverunt sibi cantores in circuitu Hierusalem
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 Levitae 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 choros laudantium magnos 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 Ezras et Mosollam
along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,
34 Iuda et Beniamin et Semeia et Hieremia
Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
35 et de filiis sacerdotum in tubis Zaccharias filius Ionathan filius Semeiae filius Mathaniae filius Michaiae filius Zecchur 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 Azarel Malalai Galalai Maai Nathanel et Iuda et Anani in vasis cantici David viri Dei et Ezras 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 turrem 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 turrem Ananehel et turrem Ema et usque ad portam Gregis et steterunt in porta Custodiae
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 Miniamin Michea Elioenai Zaccharia Anania in tubis
as well as the priests with their trumpets—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah—
42 et Maasia et Semea et Eleazar et Azi et Iohanan et Melchia et Elam et Ezer et clare cecinerunt cantores et Iezraia praepositus
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 laetati sunt Deus enim laetificaverat eos laetitia magna sed et uxores eorum et liberi gavisi sunt et audita est laetitia Hierusalem 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 gazofilacia thesauri ad libamina et ad primitias et ad decimas ut introferrent per eos principes civitatis in decore gratiarum actionis sacerdotes et Levitas quia laetatus est Iuda in sacerdotibus et Levitis adstantibus
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 praeceptum 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 Israhel in diebus Zorobabel et in diebus Neemiae dabat partes cantoribus et ianitoribus per dies singulos et sanctificabant Levitas et Levitae 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.
