Nehemia 12

1 Saa nnipa yi ne asɔfo ne Lewifo a wɔne Sealtiel babarima Serubabel ne ɔsɔfopanyin Yesua san wɔn akyi no: Seraia, Yeremia, Ɛsra,

And these [are] the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

2 Amaria, Maluk, Hatus,

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

3 Sekania, Rehum, Meremot,

Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

4 Ido, Ginetoi, Abia,

Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,

5 Miamin, Maadia, Bilga,

Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

6 Semaia, Yoiarib, Yedaia,

Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

7 Salu, Amok, Hilkia ne Yedaia. Yesua bere so no, na eyinom ne asɔfo ntuanofo ne wɔn mfɛfo.

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah; these [are] heads of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.

8 Lewifo a wɔne wɔn san wɔn akyi no ni: Yesua, Binui Kadmiel, Serebia, Yuda, Matania a na ɔne ne mfɛfo na na wɔhwɛ aseda nnwom so no.

And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, he [is] over the thanksgiving, and his brothers,

9 Na sɛ wɔresom a, wɔn mfɛfo Bakbukia ne Uni sɔre gyina ne wɔn di nhwɛanim.

and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, [are] opposite them in charges.

10 Ɔsɔfopanyin Yesua woo Yoiakim, Yoiakim woo Eliasib, Eliasib woo Yoiada,

And Jeshua has begotten Joiakim, and Joiakim has begotten Eliashib, and Eliashib has begotten Joiada,

11 na Yoiada woo Yonatan, na Yonatan woo Yadua.

and Joiada has begotten Jonathan, and Jonathan has begotten Jaddua.

12 Bere a Yoiakim yɛ ɔsɔfopanyin no, na asɔfo mmusua mu ntuanofo no ne: Meraia a otua Seraia abusua ano. Hanania a otua Yeremia abusua ano.

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

13 Mesulam a otua Ɛsra abusua ano. Yehohanan a otua Amaria abusua ano.

of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

14 Yonatan a otua Maluki abusua ano. Yosef a otua Sebania abusua ano.

of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

15 Adna a otua Harim abusua ano. Helkai a otua Meraiot abusua ano.

of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

16 Sakaria a otua Ido abusua ano. Mesulam a otua Gineton abusua ano.

of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

17 Sikri a otua Abia abusua ano. Miniamin abusua nso na obi tua ano. Piltai tua Moadia abusua ano.

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

18 Samua a otua Bilga abusua ano. Yehonatan a otua Semaia abusua ano.

of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;

19 Matenai a otua Yoiarib abusua ano. Usi a otua Yedaia abusua ano.

and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

20 Kalai a otua Salai abusua ano. Eber a otua Amok abusua ano.

of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

21 Hasabia a otua Hilkia abusua ano. Netanel a otua Yedaia abusua ano.

of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

22 Persiahene Dario a ɔto so abien bere so no, wɔkyerɛw Lewifo ne asɔfo mmusua mu ntuanofo no nyinaa din wɔ saa asɔfo mpanyimfo yi bere so: Eliasib, Yoiada, Yohanan, ne Yadua.

The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, are written, heads of fathers, and of the priests, in the kingdom of Darius the Persian.

23 Wɔkyerɛw Lewifo mmusua ntuanofo no din guu Abakɔsɛm Nhoma mu kosii Eliasib nena Yohanan bere so.

Sons of Levi, heads of the fathers, are written on the scroll of the Chronicles even until the days of Johanan son of Eliashib;

24 Eyinom ne Lewifo mmusua ntuanofo: Hasabia, Serebia, Yesua, Binui, Kadmiel ne wɔn mfɛfo bi a sɛ edu ayeyi ne aseda afahyɛ so a, wogyina hɔ ne wɔn di nhwɛanim, na ɔfa gye ɔfa so wɔ nnwonto mu, sɛnea Dawid, Onyankopɔn nipa, kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ wɔnyɛ no.

and heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brothers, [are] opposite them, to give praise, to give thanks, by command of David the man of God, charge close by charge.

25 Na Matania, Bakbukia ne Obadia nso ka ho. Mesulam, Talmon ne Akub na wɔyɛ aponanohwɛfo a wɔhwɛ adekoradan a ɛwɔ apon no ano no so.

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [are] gatekeepers, keeping watch in the gatherings of the gates.

26 Na eyinom nyinaa som wɔ Yesua babarima Yoiakim a ɔyɛ Yosadak nena ne Nehemia a ɔyɛ amrado ne Ɛsra a na ɔyɛ ɔsɔfo ne mmara no kyerɛkyerɛfo bere so.

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

27 Bere a wɔredwira Yerusalem fasu foforo no, wɔka kyerɛɛ Lewifo a wɔwɔ asase no so nyinaa se, wɔmmra Yerusalem mmɛboa dwumadi no. Na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde kyɛnkyɛn, mmɛnta ne asankuten to wɔn aseda nnwom de hyɛ anigye fa no.

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to make the dedication even with gladness, and with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, psalteries, and with harps;

28 Wɔde nnwontofo no fi Yerusalem ne ne nkuraa ne Netofafo nkuraa nyinaa bɔɔ mu bae.

and sons of the singers are gathered together even from the circuit around Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,

29 Ebi nso fi Bet-Gilgal ne Geba pɔw mu hɔ ne Asmawet, efisɛ na nnwontofo no ara akyekyere wɔn ankasa nkuraa afa Yerusalem ho ahyia.

and from the house of Gilgal, and from fields of Geba and Azmaveth, the singers have built for villages for themselves around Jerusalem;

30 Asɔfo no ne Lewifo no dwiraa wɔn ho, afei wodwiraa ɔmanfo no, dwiraa apon no ne fasu no nso.

and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they cleanse the people, and the gates, and the wall.

31 Midii Yuda ntuanofo no anim kɔɔ ɔfasu no atifi, na meboaboaa nnwontofo akuw akɛse abien ano ma wɔbɛdaa ase. Nnwontofo kuw no mu baako kɔɔ anafo wɔ ɔfasu no atifi kosii Sumina Pon no.

And I bring up the heads of Judah on the wall, and appoint two great thanksgiving companies and processions. At the right, on the wall, to the Refuse Gate;

32 Hosaia ne Yuda ntuanofo no mu fa dii wɔn akyi,

and after them goes Hoshaiah, and half of the heads of Judah,

33 na Asaria, Ɛsra, Mesulam,

and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

34 Yuda, Benyamin, Semaia, Yeremia

Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah;

35 ne asɔfo no bi a wɔhyɛn torobɛnto no dii wɔn akyi. Ɛno akyi na Yonatan babarima Sakaria, Semaia babarima, Matania babarima, Mikaia babarima, Sakur babarima a ɔyɛ Asaf aseni no di.

and of the sons of the priests with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Michaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,

36 Ne korakora no, Sakaria mfɛfo a wɔne Semaia, Asarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Netanel, Yuda ne Hanani dii wɔn so. Wɔfaa nnwontode a Dawid a ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn nipa akyerɛ sɛ wɔmfa no. Na Ɛsra a ɔyɛ mmara no kyerɛkyerɛfo no na odii santen no anim.

and his brothers Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with instruments of song of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe [is] before them;

37 Wɔfaa Asu Aniwa Pon no ho, kɔɔ tee kɔforoo kuropɔn no fasu antweri a ɛkyerɛ Dawid kuropɔn no. Wɔfaa Dawid fi ho, kosii Nsu Pon a ɛwɔ apuei fam no ho.

and by the Fountain Gate and in front of them, they have gone up by the steps of the City of David, at the going up of the wall beyond the house of David, and to the Water Gate eastward.

38 Nnwontofo a wɔto so abien no faa atifi kwan kohyiaa wɔn. Me ne ɔmanfo no mu fa dii wɔn akyi. Yɛfaa ɔfasu no so nam Fononoo Abantenten no ho kosii Ɔfasu Tɛtrɛɛ no,

And the second thanksgiving company that is going opposite, and I after it, and half of the people on the wall from beyond the Tower of the Furnaces and to the broad wall,

39 afei yetwaa Efraim Pon no ho, kosii Kuropɔn Dedaw Pon no, yɛfaa Mpataa Pon no ho, kosii Hananel Abantenten ho kɔɔ Ɔha Abantenten no ho. Yɛtoaa so kɔɔ Nguan Pon no ho, na yekogyinaa Ɔwɛn Pon no ano.

and from beyond the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate, and by the Fish Gate, and the Tower of Hananeel, and the Tower of Meah, and to the Sheep Gate—and they have stood at the Prison Gate.

40 Nnwontokuw abien a na wɔreda ase no kɔɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu kɔtenatenaa ase. Me nso me ne akuw ntuanofo a na wɔka me ho no yɛɛ saa ara.

And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me,

41 Yɛne asɔfo a na wɔhyɛn torobɛnto a wɔne Eliakim, Maaseia, Miniamin, Mikaia, Elioenai, Sakaria, Hanania

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

42 ne nnwontofo Maaseia, Semaia, Eleasar, Usi, Yehohanan, Malkia, Elam ne Eser na yɛbɔɔ mu kɔe. Wɔtoo nnwom a na dwonkyerɛfo Yisrahia rema wɔn akwankyerɛ.

and Masseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers sound, and Jezrahiah the inspector;

43 Saa anigye da no, wɔbɔɔ afɔre bebree, efisɛ na Onyankopɔn ayɛ biribi ama wɔn a enti ɛsɛ sɛ wɔma wɔn ani gye. Mmea ne mmofra nyinaa de wɔn ho hyɛɛ afahyɛ no mu, na ɔmanfo a wɔwɔ Yerusalem no osebɔ no duu akyirikyiri.

and they sacrifice on that day great sacrifices and rejoice, for God has made them rejoice [with] great joy, and also, the women and the children have rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem is heard—to a distance.

44 Da no, woyii mmarima sɛ wɔnhwɛ adekoradan a wɔde akyɛde, otwakan ne ntotoso du du gu mu no so. Na ɛyɛ wɔn asɛde sɛ wokogyigye fi mfuw mu, sɛnea asɔfo ne Lewifo mmara kyerɛ no, efisɛ na asɔfo ne Lewifo ne wɔn dwumadi no ho hia Yudafo nyinaa yiye.

And certain are appointed on that day over the chambers for treasures, for raised-offerings, for first-fruits, and for tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for priests, and for Levites, for the joy of Judah [is] over the priests, and over the Levites, who are standing up.

45 Wɔyɛɛ wɔn Nyankopɔn som no ne ahodwira som no pɛpɛɛpɛ, sɛnea Dawid ne ne babarima Salomo mmara kyerɛ no, na saa ara nso na nnwontofo no ne aponanohwɛfo no yɛe.

And the singers and the gatekeepers keep the charge of their God, even the charge of the cleansing—according to the command of David [and] his son Solomon,

46 Amanne a wɔma nnwontofo akwankyerɛfo di nnwontofo no anim wɔ nkamfo ne aseda nnwom a wɔto de ma Onyankopɔn no fii ase fi Dawid ne Asaf bere so.

for in the days of David and Asaph of old [were] heads of the singers, and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God.

47 Enti efi Serubabel ne Nehemia bere so no, na daa ɔmanfo brɛ nnwontofo no ne aponanohwɛfo ne Lewifo no nnuan. Na Lewifo no nso de nea wonya no mu bi ma asɔfo a wɔyɛ Aaron asefo no.

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, are giving the portions of the singers, and of the gatekeepers, the matter of a day in its day, and are sanctifying to the Levites, and the Levites are sanctifying to the sons of Aaron.