Nehemiah 10

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 In view of al this we make a firm agreement, in writing. Our princes, our Levites, our priests and therest of the people have put their names to the document under seal.	1 And the signatories were: Nehemiah, the cupbearer, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
2 On the sealed document were the names of: Nehemiah, son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah;	2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
3 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,	3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
4 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,	4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
5 Hattush, Shebaniah, Mal uch,	5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
6 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,	6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,	7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8 Meshul am, Abijah, Mijamin,	8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.
9 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.	9 And the Levites were: Jeshua, the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,
10 The Levites were: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,	10 and their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
11 and their kinsmen Shebaniah, Hodaviah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,	11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
12 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,	12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
13 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,	13 Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.
14 Hodiah, Bani, Chenani.	14 The heads of the people were: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
15 The leaders of the people were: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,	15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
16 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,	16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
17 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,	17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
18 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,	18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
19 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,	19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
20 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,	20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hazir,
21 Magpiash, Meshul am, Hezir,	21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
22 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,	22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
23 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,	23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
24 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,	24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
25 Hal ohesh, Pilha, Shobek,	25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
26 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,	26 Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
27 Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,	27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
28 Mal uch, Harim, Baanah.	28 And the rest of the people were the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, and the singers, the temple servants, and all who had separated themselves, from the peoples of the lands, to the law of God, with their wives, their sons, and their daughters.
29 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple slavesand all those who had severed relations with the people of the country to adhere to the law of God, as also theirwives, their sons, their daughters, that is, al those who had reached the age of discretion,	29 All who were able to understand, pledged on behalf of their brothers, with their nobles, and they came forward to promise and to swear that they would walk in the law of God, which he had given to the hand of Moses, the servant of God, that they would do and keep all the commandments of the Lord our God, and his judgments and his ceremonies,
30 have joined their esteemed brothers in a solemn oath to follow the law of God given through Moses,servant of God, and to observe and practise all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, with his rules and hisstatutes.	30 and that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, and that we would not accept their daughters for our sons,
31 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the peoples of the country, nor allow their daughters tomarry our sons.	31 also that, if the people of the land carry in goods for sale or any useful things, so that they might sell them on the day of the Sabbath, that we would not buy them on the Sabbath, nor on a sanctified day, and that we would release the seventh year and the collection of debt from every hand.
32 If the people of the country bring goods or foodstuff of any kind to sel on the Sabbath day, we wilbuy nothing from them on Sabbath or holy day. In the seventh year, we wil forgo the produce of the soil and theexaction of al debts.	32 And we established precepts over ourselves, so that we would give one third part of a shekel each year for the work of the house of our God,
33 We recognise the fol owing obligations: to give one-third of a shekel yearly for the service of theTemple of our God:	33 for the bread of the presence, and for the continual sacrifice, and for a continual holocaust on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, on the solemnities, and for the holy things, and for the sin offering, so that atonement would be made for Israel, and for every use within the house of our God.
34 for the loaves of permanent offering, for the perpetual oblation, for the perpetual burnt offering, forthe sacrifices on Sabbaths, on New Moons and on festivals, for the consecrated gifts, the sin offerings to expiatefor Israel, in short, for the whole work of the Temple of our God;	34 Then we cast lots concerning the oblation of the wood among the priests, and the Levites, and the people, so that it would be carried into the house of our God, by the households of our fathers, at set times, from the times of one year to another, so that they might burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, just as it was written in the law of Moses,
35 Furthermore, as regards deliveries of wood for burning on the altar of our God as the law prescribes,we have arranged, by drawing lots, how these deliveries are to be made at the Temple of our God by the priests,the Levites and the people by families, at stated times every year.We wil no longer neglect the Temple of ourGod.	35 and so that we might bring in the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of all the produce from every tree, from year to year, in the house of our Lord,
36 and further, to bring yearly to the Temple of our God the first-fruits of our soil and the first-fruits of alour orchards,	36 and the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, just as it was written in the law, and the firstborn of our oxen and our sheep, so that they might be offered in the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God,
37 also the first-born of our sons and of our cattle, as the law prescribes, the first-born of our herds andflocks should be taken to the Temple of our God for the priests officiating in the Temple of our God.	37 and so that we might bring in the first-fruits of our foods, and of our libations, and the fruits of every tree, also of the vintage and of the oil, to the priests, to the storehouse of our God, with the tithes of our land for the Levites. The Levites also shall receive tithes from our works out of all the cities.
38 Furthermore, we shall bring the best of our dough, of every kind of fruit, of the new wine and of the oilto the priests, to the storerooms of the Temple of our God, and the tithe on our soil to the Levites -- the Leviteswil themselves col ect the tithes from all the towns of our religion.	38 Now the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites in the tithes of the Levites, and the Levites shall offer a tenth part of their tithes in the house of our God, to the storeroom in the house of the treasury.
39 An Aaronite priest wil accompany the Levites when they collect the tithes, and the Levites wil bringa tenth part	39 For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall carry to the storehouse the first-fruits of the grain, of the wine, and of the oil. And the sanctified vessels shall be there, and the priests, and the singing men, and the gatekeepers, and the ministers. And we shall not forsake the house of our God.
40 a,b of the tithes to the Temple of our God, into the treasury storerooms; for these rooms are wherethe Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of corn, wine and oil, and where the vessels of thesanctuary are, and the officiating priests, the gatekeepers and the singers.