నెహెమ్యా 7
1 ౧ నేను సరిహద్దు గోడలు కట్టి, తలుపులు నిలబెట్టిన తరువాత కాపలా కాసేవాళ్లను, గాయకులను, లేవీయులను నియమించాను.
Now when the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
2 ౨ తరువాత నా సహోదరుడు హనానీ, కోట అధికారి హనన్యాలకు యెరూషలేం బాధ్యతలు అప్పగించాను. హనన్యా అందరికంటే ఎక్కువగా దేవుడంటే భయం గల నమ్మకమైన వ్యక్తి.
I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man and feared God above many.
3 ౩ అప్పుడు నేను “బాగా పొద్దెక్కే దాకా యెరూషలేం ద్వారాలు తెరవ వద్దు. ప్రజలంతా దగ్గరగా నిలబడి ఉన్నప్పుడు ద్వారపాలకులు తలుపులు మూసి వాటికి అడ్డగడియలు పెట్టాలి. అంతేకాక, యెరూషలేంలో నివాసముండే వారంతా తమ వంతుల ప్రకారం తమ ఇళ్ళకు ఎదురు కాపలా కాసేలా నియమించుకోవాలి” అని చెప్పాను.
I said to them, “Don’t let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them; and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, with everyone near his house.”
Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.
5 ౫ ప్రధానులను, అధికారులను, ప్రజలను వంశాల వారీగా సమకూర్చి జనాభా లెక్క సేకరించాలని నా దేవుడు నా హృదయంలో ఆలోచన పుట్టించాడు. ఆ సమయంలో మొదట తిరిగి వచ్చిన వారి గురించి రాసిన వంశావళి ఉన్న గ్రంథం నాకు కనబడింది. అందులో రాసి ఉన్న వంశావళులు ఇవి.
My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be listed by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found this written in it:
6 ౬ బబులోను రాజు నెబుకద్నెజరు చెరలోకి తీసుకు పోగా తిరిగి యెరూషలేం, యూదా దేశంలోని తమ తమ పట్టణాలకు తిరిగి వచ్చిన జెరుబ్బాబెలు, యేషూవ, నెహెమ్యా, అజర్యా, రయమ్యా, నహమానీ, మొర్దెకై, బిల్షాను, మిస్పెరేతు, బిగ్వయి, నెహూము, బయనా అనే వాళ్ళతోపాటు
These are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city,
who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
The children of Parosh: two thousand and one hundred and seventy-two.
The children of Shephatiah: three hundred and seventy-two.
The children of Arah: six hundred and fifty-two.
The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab: two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.
The children of Elam: one thousand and two hundred and fifty-four.
The children of Zattu: eight hundred and forty-five.
The children of Zaccai: seven hundred and sixty.
The children of Binnui: six hundred and forty-eight.
The children of Bebai: six hundred and twenty-eight.
The children of Azgad: two thousand and three hundred and twenty-two.
The children of Adonikam: six hundred and sixty-seven.
The children of Bigvai: two thousand and sixty-seven.
The children of Adin: six hundred and fifty-five.
The children of Ater: of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
The children of Hashum: three hundred and twenty-eight.
The children of Bezai: three hundred and twenty-four.
The children of Hariph: one hundred and twelve.
The children of Gibeon: ninety-five.
The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: one hundred and eighty-eight.
The men of Anathoth: one hundred and twenty-eight.
The men of Beth Azmaveth: forty-two.
The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven hundred and forty-three.
The men of Ramah and Geba: six hundred and twenty-one.
The men of Michmas: one hundred and twenty-two.
The men of Bethel and Ai: one hundred and twenty-three.
The men of the other Nebo: fifty-two.
The children of the other Elam: one thousand and two hundred and fifty-four.
The children of Harim: three hundred and twenty.
The children of Jericho: three hundred and forty-five.
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: seven hundred and twenty-one.
The children of Senaah: three thousand and nine hundred and thirty.
The priests: The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua: nine hundred and seventy-three.
The children of Immer: one thousand and fifty-two.
The children of Pashhur: one thousand and two hundred and forty-seven.
The children of Harim: one thousand and seventeen.
The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah: seventy-four.
The singers: the children of Asaph: one hundred and forty-eight.
The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai: one hundred and thirty-eight.
The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,
the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah,
the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,
the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
the children of Neziah, and the children of Hatipha.
The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazzebaim, and the children of Amon.
All the temple servants and the children of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.
61 ౬౧ తేల్మెలహు, తేల్హర్షా, కెరూబు, అదోను, ఇమ్మేరు మొదలైన గ్రామాల నుండి కొందరు వచ్చారు. కానీ వాళ్ళు తమ పూర్వీకుల కుటుంబాలు, వంశాలు ఇశ్రాయేలు గోత్రాల్లో ఉన్నట్టు రుజువులు చూపించ లేకపోయారు.
These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, nor their offspring, whether they were of Israel:
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda: six hundred and forty-two.
63 ౬౩ హబాయ్యా, హక్కోజు, బర్జిల్లయి వంశాల వారు. అంటే, గిలాదీయుడు బర్జిల్లయి కూతుళ్ళలో ఒకామెను పెళ్లి చేసుకోవడం ద్వారా ఆ పేరుతో పిలువ బడిన బర్జిల్లయి వంశస్థులు, యాజక సంతానం వారు.
Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
64 ౬౪ వారు వంశావళి గ్రంథంలో తమ పేర్లు వెదికారు గానీ అవి కనబడలేదు. కాబట్టి వారిని అపవిత్రమైన వారుగా ఎంచి యాజకుల జాబితా నుండి తొలగించారు.
These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
65 ౬౫ ఊరీం, తుమ్మీం, ధరించగల ఒక యాజకుణ్ణి నియమించేదాకా దేవునికి ప్రతిష్టితమైన పదార్ధాలను తినకూడదని ప్రజల అధికారి వాళ్ళకు ఆదేశించాడు.
The governor told them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to minister with Urim and Thummim.
The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand and three hundred and sixty,
67 ౬౭ వీరు కాకుండా వీరి పనివారు, పనికత్తెలు 7, 337 మంది. గాయకుల్లో స్త్రీలు, పురుషులు కలిపి 245 మంది.
in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand and three hundred and thirty-seven. They had two hundred and forty-five singing men and singing women.
Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five;
their camels, four hundred and thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand and seven hundred and twenty.
70 ౭౦ వంశాల నాయకుల్లో కొందరు పని కోసం ఆర్ధిక సహాయం చేశారు. అధికారి 120 తులాల బంగారం, 50 పళ్ళాలు, 530 యాజక వస్త్రాలు ఖజానాలో జమ చేశాడు.
Some from amongst the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred minas of silver.
That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, plus two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests’ garments.
73 ౭౩ అప్పుడు యాజకులు, లేవీ గోత్రం వారు, ద్వారపాలకులు, గాయకులు, దేవాలయ సేవకులు, ప్రజల్లో కొందరు, ఇశ్రాయేలీయులంతా ఏడవ నెలకల్లా తమ తమ గ్రామాల్లో కాపురం ఉన్నారు.
So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities. When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their cities.
