Ezra v'Nechemia (עזרא ונחמיה) - Neemia 12

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 וְאֵלֶּה הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם אֲשֶׁר עָלוּ עִם־זְרֻבָּבֶל בֶּן־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל וְיֵשׁוּעַ שְׂרָיָה יִרְמְיָה עֶזְרָא	1 The following are the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 אֲמַרְיָה מַלּוּךְ חַטּוּשׁ	2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 שְׁכַנְיָה רְחֻם מְרֵמֹת	3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 עִדֹּוא גִנְּתֹוי אֲבִיָּה	4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
5 מִיָּמִין מַעַדְיָה בִּלְגָּה	5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6 שְׁמַעְיָה וְיֹויָרִיב יְדַעְיָה	6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 סַלּוּ עָמֹוק חִלְקִיָּה יְדַעְיָה אֵלֶּה רָאשֵׁי הַכֹּהֲנִים וַאֲחֵיהֶם בִּימֵי יֵשׁוּעַ׃ פ	7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the priestly heads and their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
8 וְהַלְוִיִּם יֵשׁוּעַ בִּנּוּי קַדְמִיאֵל שֵׁרֵבְיָה יְהוּדָה מַתַּנְיָה עַל־הֻיְּדֹות הוּא וְאֶחָיו	8 The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah; the last-mentioned, together with his brethren, was in charge of the hymns,
9 וּבַקְבֻּקְיָה [וְעֻנֹּו כ] (וְעֻנִּי ק) אֲחֵיהֶם לְנֶגְדָּם לְמִשְׁמָרֹות	9 while Bakbukiah and Unno and their brethren ministered opposite them by turns.
10 וְיֵשׁוּעַ הֹולִיד אֶת־יֹויָקִים וְיֹויָקִים הֹולִיד אֶת־אֶלְיָשִׁיב וְאֶלְיָשִׁיב אֶת־יֹויָדָע	10 Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada.
11 וְיֹויָדָע הֹולִיד אֶת־יֹונָתָן וְיֹונָתָן הֹולִיד אֶת־יַדּוּעַ	11 Joiada became the father of Johanan, and Johanan became the father of Jaddua.
12 וּבִימֵי יֹויָקִים הָיוּ כֹהֲנִים רָאשֵׁי הָאָבֹות לִשְׂרָיָה מְרָיָה לְיִרְמְיָה חֲנַנְיָה	12 In the days of Joiakim these were the priestly family heads: for Seraiah, Meraiah; for Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13 לְעֶזְרָא מְשֻׁלָּם לַאֲמַרְיָה יְהֹוחָנָן	13 for Ezra, Meshullam; for Amariah, Jehohanan;
14 [לִמְלוּכִי כ] (לִמְלִיכוּ ק) יֹונָתָן לִשְׁבַנְיָה יֹוסֵף	14 for Malluchi, Jonathan; for Shebaniah, Joseph;
15 לְחָרִם עַדְנָא לִמְרָיֹות חֶלְקָי	15 for Harim, Adna; for Meremoth, Helkai;
16 [לַעֲדָיָא כ] (לְעִדֹּוא ק) זְכַרְיָה לְגִנְּתֹון מְשֻׁלָּם	16 for Iddo, Zechariah; for Ginnethon, Meshullam;
17 לַאֲבִיָּה זִכְרִי לְמִנְיָמִין לְמֹועַדְיָה פִּלְטָי	17 for Abijah, Zichri; for Miamin, . . . ; for Maadiah, Piltai;
18 לְבִלְגָּה שַׁמּוּעַ לִשְׁמַעְיָה יְהֹונָתָן	18 for Bilgah, Shammua; for Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
19 וּלְיֹויָרִיב מַתְּנַי לִידַעְיָה עֻזִּי	19 and for Joiarib, Mattenai; for Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20 לְסַלַּי קַלָּי לְעָמֹוק עֵבֶר	20 for Sallu, Kallai; for Amok, Eber;
21 לְחִלְקִיָּה חֲשַׁבְיָה לִידַעְיָה נְתַנְאֵל	21 for Hilkiah, Hashabiah; for Jedaiah, Nethanel.
22 הַלְוִיִּם בִּימֵי אֶלְיָשִׁיב יֹויָדָע וְיֹוחָנָן וְיַדּוּעַ כְּתוּבִים רָאשֵׁי אָבֹות וְהַכֹּהֲנִים עַל־מַלְכוּת דָּרְיָוֶשׁ הַפָּרְסִי׃ פ	22 In the time of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the family heads of the priests were written down in the Book of Chronicles, up until the reign of Darius the Persian.
23 בְּנֵי לֵוִי רָאשֵׁי הָאָבֹות כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים וְעַד־יְמֵי יֹוחָנָן בֶּן־אֶלְיָשִׁיב	23 The sons of Levi: the family heads were written down in the Book of Chronicles, up until the time of Johanan, the son of Eliashib.
24 וְרָאשֵׁי הַלְוִיִּם חֲשַׁבְיָה שֵׁרֵבְיָה וְיֵשׁוּעַ בֶּן־קַדְמִיאֵל וַאֲחֵיהֶם לְנֶגְדָּם לְהַלֵּל לְהֹודֹות בְּמִצְוַת דָּוִיד אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִים מִשְׁמָר לְעֻמַּת מִשְׁמָר	24 The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel. Their brethren who stood opposite them to sing praises and thanksgiving in fulfillment of the command of David, the man of God, one section opposite the other,
25 מַתַּנְיָה וּבַקְבֻּקְיָה עֹבַדְיָה מְשֻׁלָּם טַלְמֹון עַקּוּב שֹׁמְרִים שֹׁועֲרִים מִשְׁמָר בַּאֲסֻפֵּי הַשְּׁעָרִים	25 were Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah.Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers. They kept watch over the storerooms at the gates.
26 אֵלֶּה בִּימֵי יֹויָקִים בֶּן־יֵשׁוּעַ בֶּן־יֹוצָדָק וּבִימֵי נְחֶמְיָה הַפֶּחָה וְעֶזְרָא הַכֹּהֵן הַסֹּופֵר׃ פ	26 All these lived in the time of Joiakim, son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak (and in the time of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest-scribe).
27 וּבַחֲנֻכַּת חֹומַת יְרוּשָׁלִַם בִּקְשׁוּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם מִכָּל־מְקֹומֹתָם לַהֲבִיאָם לִירוּשָׁלִָם לַעֲשֹׂת חֲנֻכָּה וְשִׂמְחָה וּבְתֹודֹות וּבְשִׁיר מְצִלְתַּיִם נְבָלִים וּבְכִנֹּרֹות	27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out wherever they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate a joyful dedication with thanksgiving hymns and the music of cymbals, harps, and lyres.
28 וַיֵּאָסְפוּ בְּנֵי הַמְשֹׁרְרִים וּמִן־הַכִּכָּר סְבִיבֹות יְרוּשָׁלִַם וּמִן־חַצְרֵי נְטֹפָתִי	28 The levitical singers gathered together from the region about Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,
29 וּמִבֵּית הַגִּלְגָּל וּמִשְּׂדֹות גֶּבַע וְעַזְמָוֶת כִּי חֲצֵרִים בָּנוּ לָהֶם הַמְשֹׁרֲרִים סְבִיבֹות יְרוּשָׁלִָם	29 from Beth-gilgal, and from the plains of Geba and Azmaveth (for the singers had built themselves settlements about Jerusalem).
30 וַיִּטַּהֲרוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם וַיְטַהֲרוּ אֶת־הָעָם וְאֶת־הַשְּׁעָרִים וְאֶת־הַחֹומָה	30 The priests and Levites first purified themselves, then they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
31 וָאַעֲלֶה אֶת־שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה מֵעַל לַחֹומָה וָאַעֲמִידָה שְׁתֵּי תֹודֹת גְּדֹולֹת וְתַהֲלֻכֹת לַיָּמִין מֵעַל לַחֹומָה לְשַׁעַר הָאַשְׁפֹּת	31 I had the princes of Judah mount the wall, and I arranged two great choirs. The first of these proceeded to the right, along the top of the wall, in the direction of the Dung Gate,
32 וַיֵּלֶךְ אַחֲרֵיהֶם הֹושַׁעְיָה וַחֲצִי שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה	32 followed by Hoshaiah and half the princes of Judah,
33 וַעֲזַרְיָה עֶזְרָא וּמְשֻׁלָּם	33 along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,
34 יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן וּשְׁמַעְיָה וְיִרְמְיָה׃ ס	34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
35 וּמִבְּנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים בַּחֲצֹצְרֹות זְכַרְיָה בֶן־יֹונָתָן בֶּן־שְׁמַעְיָה בֶּן־מַתַּנְיָה בֶּן־מִיכָיָה בֶּן־זַכּוּר בֶּן־אָסָף	35 priests with the trumpets, and also Zechariah, son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,
36 וְאֶחָיו שְׁמַעְיָה וַעֲזַרְאֵל מִלֲלַי גִּלֲלַי מָעַי נְתַנְאֵל וִיהוּדָה חֲנָנִי בִּכְלֵי־שִׁיר דָּוִיד אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים וְעֶזְרָא הַסֹּופֵר לִפְנֵיהֶם	36 and his brethren Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David, the man of God. (Ezra the scribe was at their head.)
37 וְעַל שַׁעַר הָעַיִן וְנֶגְדָּם עָלוּ עַל־מַעֲלֹות עִיר דָּוִיד בַּמַּעֲלֶה לַחֹומָה מֵעַל לְבֵית דָּוִיד וְעַד שַׁעַר הַמַּיִם מִזְרָח	37 At the Spring Gate they went straight up by the steps of the City of David and continued along the top of the wall above the house of David until they came to the Water Gate on the east.
38 וְהַתֹּודָה הַשֵּׁנִית הַהֹולֶכֶת לְמֹואל וַאֲנִי אַחֲרֶיהָ וַחֲצִי הָעָם מֵעַל לְהַחֹומָה מֵעַל לְמִגְדַּל הַתַּנּוּרִים וְעַד הַחֹומָה הָרְחָבָה	38 The second choir proceeded to the left, followed by myself and the other half of the princes of the people, along the top of the wall past the Oven Tower as far as the Broad Wall,
39 וּמֵעַל לְשַׁעַר־אֶפְרַיִם וְעַל־שַׁעַר הַיְשָׁנָה וְעַל־שַׁעַר הַדָּגִים וּמִגְדַּל חֲנַנְאֵל וּמִגְדַּל הַמֵּאָה וְעַד שַׁעַר הַצֹּאן וְעָמְדוּ בְּשַׁעַר הַמַּטָּרָה	39 then past the Ephraim Gate (the New City Gate), the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Hundred Tower, as far as the Sheep Gate (and they came to a halt at the Prison Gate).
40 וַתַּעֲמֹדְנָה שְׁתֵּי הַתֹּודֹת בְּבֵית הָאֱלֹהִים וַאֲנִי וַחֲצִי הַסְּגָנִים עִמִּי	40 The two choirs took up a position in the house of God; I, too, who had with me half the magistrates,
41 וְהַכֹּהֲנִים אֶלְיָקִים מַעֲשֵׂיָה מִנְיָמִין מִיכָיָה אֶלְיֹועֵינַי זְכַרְיָה חֲנַנְיָה בַּחֲצֹצְרֹות	41 the priests Eliakim, Maaseiah, Minjamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with the trumpets,
42 וּמַעֲשֵׂיָה וּשְׁמַעְיָה וְאֶלְעָזָר וְעֻזִּי וִיהֹוחָנָן וּמַלְכִּיָּה וְעֵילָם וָעָזֶר וַיַּשְׁמִיעוּ הַמְשֹׁרְרִים וְיִזְרַחְיָה הַפָּקִיד	42 and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers were heard under the leadership of Jezrahiah.
43 וַיִּזְבְּחוּ בַיֹּום־הַהוּא זְבָחִים גְּדֹולִים וַיִּשְׂמָחוּ כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים שִׂמְּחָם שִׂמְחָה גְדֹולָה וְגַם הַנָּשִׁים וְהַיְלָדִים שָׂמֵחוּ וַתִּשָּׁמַע שִׂמְחַת יְרוּשָׁלִַם מֵרָחֹוק	43 Great sacrifices were offered on that day, and there was rejoicing over the great feast of the LORD in which they shared. The women and the children joined in, and the rejoicing at Jerusalem could be heard from afar off.
44 וַיִּפָּקְדוּ בַיֹּום הַהוּא אֲנָשִׁים עַל־הַנְּשָׁכֹות לָאֹוצָרֹות לַתְּרוּמֹות לָרֵאשִׁית וְלַמַּעַשְׂרֹות לִכְנֹוס בָּהֶם לִשְׂדֵי הֶעָרִים מְנָאֹות הַתֹּורָה לַכֹּהֲנִים וְלַלְוִיִּם כִּי שִׂמְחַת יְהוּדָה עַל־הַכֹּהֲנִים וְעַל־הַלְוִיִּם הָעֹמְדִים	44 At that time men were appointed over the chambers set aside for stores, offerings, first fruits, and tithes; in them they were to collect from the fields of the various cities the portions legally assigned to the priests and Levites. For Judah rejoiced in its appointed priests and Levites
45 וַיִּשְׁמְרוּ מִשְׁמֶרֶת אֱלֹהֵיהֶם וּמִשְׁמֶרֶת הַטָּהֳרָה וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִים וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִים כְּמִצְוַת דָּוִיד שְׁלֹמֹה בְנֹו	45 who carried out the ministry of their God and the ministry of purification (as did the singers and the gatekeepers) in accordance with the prescriptions of David and of Solomon, his son.
46 כִּי־בִימֵי דָוִיד וְאָסָף מִקֶּדֶם [רֹאשׁ כ] (רָאשֵׁי ק) הַמְשֹׁרְרִים וְשִׁיר־תְּהִלָּה וְהֹדֹות לֵאלֹהִים	46 For the heads of the families of the singers and the hymns of praise and thanksgiving to God came down from the days of David and Asaph in times of old.
47 וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּימֵי זְרֻבָּבֶל וּבִימֵי נְחֶמְיָה נֹתְנִים מְנָיֹות הַמְשֹׁרְרִים וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִים דְּבַר־יֹום בְּיֹומֹו וּמַקְדִּשִׁים לַלְוִיִּם וְהַלְוִיִּם מַקְדִּשִׁים לִבְנֵי אַהֲרֹן׃ פ	47 Thus all Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel (and in the days of Nehemiah), gave the singers and the gatekeepers their portions, according to their daily needs. They made their consecrated offering to the Levites, and the Levites made theirs to the sons of Aaron.