Nehemia 12

1 Hawa ndio makuhani na Walawi waliokuja pamoja na Zerubabeli mwana wa Shealueli, pamoja na Yoshua Seraya, Yeremia, Ezra,

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

2 Amaria, Maluki, Hatushi,

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

3 Shekania, Harimu na Meremothi.

Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

4 Kulikuwa na Iddo, Ginethoni, Abiya,

Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,

5 Miyamini, Maazia, Bilgai,

Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

6 Shemaya, Yoyaribu, Yedaya,

Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

7 Salu, Amoki, Hilkia, na Yedaya. Hawa walikuwa wakuu wa makuhani na washirika wao katika siku za Yoshua.

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

8 Walawi walikuwa Yeshua, Binui, Kadmieli, Sherebia, Yuda, na Matania, aliyekuwa akiongoza nyimbo za shukrani, pamoja na washirika wake.

Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

9 Bakbukia na Uno, washirika wao, walisimama pembeni yao wakati wa huduma.

Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, stood opposite them in the watches.

10 Yoshua alikuwa babaye Yoyakimu, Yoyakimu alikuwa baba wa Eliashibu, Eliashibu alikuwa babaye Yoyada,

And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

11 Yoyada alimzaa Yonathani, Yonathani akamzaa Yadua.

And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

12 Katika siku za Yoyakimu hawa walikuwa makuhani, wakuu wa jamaa; Meraya alikuwa mkuu wa Seraya, Hanania alikuwa kiongozi wa Yeremia,

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the heads of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

13 Meshulam alikuwa kiongozi wa Ezra, Yehohanani alikuwa kiongozi wa Amaria,

Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

14 Yonathani alikuwa kiongozi wa Maluki, na Yusufu alikuwa kiongozi wa Shekania.

Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

15 Ili kuendelea, Adna alikuwa kiongozi wa Harimu, Helkai kiongozi wa Meremothi,

Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

16 Zekaria alikuwa kiongozi wa Ido, Meshulamu alikuwa kiongozi wa Ginethoni, na

Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

17 Zikri alikuwa kiongozi wa Abia wa Miyaamini. Piltai alikuwa kiongozi wa Maazia.

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

18 Shamua alikuwa kiongozi wa Bilgai, Yehonathani alikuwa kiongozi wa Shemaya,

Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

19 Matenai alikuwa kiongozi wa Yoyaribu, Uzi alikuwa kiongozi wa Yedaya,

And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

20 Kalai alikuwa kiongozi wa Salu, Eberi alikuwa kiongozi wa Amok,

Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

21 Hashabia alikuwa kiongozi wa Hilkia, na Nethanel alikuwa kiongozi wa Yedaya.

Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

22 Katika siku za Eliashibu, Walawi Eliashibu, Yoyada, Yohana, na Yadua waliandikwa kama vichwa vya familia, na makuhani waliandikwa wakati wa utawala wa Dariyo wa Persia.

The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded heads of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.

23 Wana wa Lawi na viongozi wao wa familia waliandikwa katika Kitabu cha tarehe hadi siku za Yohana mwana wa Eliashibu.

The sons of Levi, the heads of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even till the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

24 Wakuu wa Walawi walikuwa Hashabia, Sherebia, na Yeshua mwana wa Kadmieli, pamoja na washirika wao, waliokuwa wamesimama mbele yao kumtukuza na kumshukuru, akijibu sehemu kwa sehemu, kwa kutii amri ya Daudi, mtu wa Mungu.

And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, division side by side with division.

25 Matania, Bakbukia, Obadiya, Meshulamu, Talmoni na Akubu walikuwa walinzi wa malango waliokuwa wakiwa wamesimama katika vyumba vya hazina penye malango.

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.

26 Walitumika katika siku za Yoyakimu, mwana wa Yoshua, mwana wa Yosadaki, na katika siku za Nehemiya, gavana na Ezra kuhani na mwandishi.

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

27 Katika kujitolea kwa ukuta wa Yerusalemu, watu walitafuta Walawi popote walipokuwa wakiishi, wakawaleta Yerusalemu ili kusherehekea kujitolea kwa furaha, pamoja na shukrani na kuimba kwa ngoma, vinanda na vinubi.

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 with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

28 Ushirika wa waimbaji walikusanyika pamoja kutoka wilaya iliyozunguka Yerusalemu na kutoka vijiji vya Wanetofathi.

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country around Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

29 Walikuja kutoka Beth-gilgali na kutoka katika mashamba ya Geba na Azmawethi, kwa kuwa waimbaji walikuwa wamejijengea vijiji karibu na Yerusalemu.

Also from the house of Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages around Jerusalem.

30 Makuhani na Walawi wakajitakasa, kisha wakawatakasa watu, milango na ukuta.

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

31 Kisha nilikuwa na viongozi wa Yuda kwenda juu ya ukuta, na mimi kuteua mikutano miwili mikubwa ya hao walioshukuru. Mmoja alienda upande wa kulia juu ya ukuta kuelekea lango la jaa.

Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, of which one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

32 Hoshaya na nusu ya viongozi wa Yuda walimfuata,

And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

33 na baada yake akaenda Azaria, Ezra na Meshulamu,

And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

34 Yuda, Benyamini, Shemaya, Yeremia

Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

35 na wana wa makuhani waliokuwa na tarumbeta, na Zekaria mwana wa Yonathani, mwana wa Shemaya, mwana wa Mataniya, mwana wa Mikaya, mwana wa Zakuri, mwana wa Asafu.

And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:

36 Na pia jamaa za Zekaria, Shemaya, Azareli, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneli, Yuda, Hanani, pamoja na vyombo vya muziki vya Daudi mtu wa Mungu. Ezra mwandishi alikuwa mbele yao.

And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

37 Na kwa Lango la Chemchemi walikwenda moja kwa moja na madaraja ya mji wa Daudi juu ya kupanda kwa ukuta, juu ya nyumba ya Daudi, kwenye lango la Maji upande wa mashariki.

And at the fountain gate, which was opposite them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water gate eastward.

38 Na waimbaji wengine ambao walishukuru wakaenda upande mwingine. Niliwafuata juu ya ukuta pamoja na nusu ya watu, juu ya mnara wa vinyago, hadi kuta kubwa,

And the other company of them that gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even to the broad wall;

39 na juu ya lango la Efraimu, na mlango wa kale, na kwa lango la samaki na mnara wa Hananeli na mnara wa Hamea, kwa lango la Kondoo, na wakasimama kwenye mlango wa walinzi.

And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

40 Kwa hiyo, mikutano miwili ya wale waliomshukuru walipata nafasi yao katika nyumba ya Mungu, na mimi pia nikachukua nafasi yangu na nusu ya viongozi pamoja nami.

So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

41 Na makuhani wakachukua nafasi zao Eliakimu, Maaseya, Miyamini, Mikaya, Elioenai, Zekaria, na Hanania wenye tarumbeta,

And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

42 Maaseya, na Shemaya, Eleazari, Uzi, Yehohanani, Malkiya, Elamu, Ezeri. Waimbaji waliimba na Yezrahia kama wasimamizi.

And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

43 Walitoa dhabihu kubwa siku ile, wakafurahi, kwa sababu Mungu alikuwa amewafurahisha kwa furaha kubwa. Pia wanawake na watoto walifurahi. Hivyo furaha ya Yerusalemu ikasikiwa toka mbali.

Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

44 Siku hiyo watu waliteuliwa juu ya nyumba ya hazina kwa ajili ya michango, matunda ya kwanza, na zaka, ili kuzikusanya ndani yao sehemu zinazohitajika katika sheria za makuhani na Walawi. Kila mmoja aliteuliwa kufanya kazi mashambani karibu na miji. Kwa maana Yuda alifurahi juu ya makuhani na Walawi waliokuwa wamesimama mbele yao.

And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

45 Walifanya utumishi wa Mungu wao, na huduma ya utakaso, kwa mujibu wa amri ya Daudi na ya mwanawe Sulemani, na hivyo

And both the singers and the porters kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

46 Zamani za kale, katika siku za Daudi na Asafu, kulikuwa na wasimamizi wa waimbaji, na kulikuwa na nyimbo za sifa na shukrani kwa Mungu.

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

47 Katika siku za Zerubabeli na katika siku za Nehemia, Israeli wote walitoa sehemu za kila siku kwa waimbaji na walinzi wa mlango. Wakaweka pembeni sehemu ya Walawi, na Walawi waliweka sehemu ya wana wa Haruni.

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things to the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them to the children of Aaron.