Nehemiae 12

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1 Hi sunt autem sacerdotes et Levitæ, qui ascenderunt cum Zorobabel filio Salathiel, et Josue : Saraia, Jeremias, Esdras,	1 The following are the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 Amaria, Melluch, Hattus,	2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 Sebenias, Rheum, Merimuth,	3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Addo, Genthon, Abia,	4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
5 Miamin, Madia, Belga,	5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6 Semeia, et Jojarib, Idaia, Sellum, Amoc, Helcias,	6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Idaia. Isti principes sacerdotum, et fratres eorum in diebus Josue.	7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the priestly heads and their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
8 Porro Levitæ, Jesua, Bennui, Cedmihel, Sarebia, Juda, Mathanias, super hymnos ipsi et fratres eorum :	8 The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah; the last-mentioned, together with his brethren, was in charge of the hymns,
9 et Becbecia atque Hanni, et fratres eorum, unusquisque in officio suo.	9 while Bakbukiah and Unno and their brethren ministered opposite them by turns.
10 Josue autem genuit Joacim, et Joacim genuit Eliasib, et Eliasib genuit Jojada,	10 Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada.
11 et Jojada genuit Jonathan, et Jonathan genuit Jeddoa.	11 Joiada became the father of Johanan, and Johanan became the father of Jaddua.
12 In diebus autem Joacim erant sacerdotes et principes familiarum : Saraiæ, Maraia : Jeremiæ, Hanania :	12 In the days of Joiakim these were the priestly family heads: for Seraiah, Meraiah; for Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13 Esdræ, Mosollam : Amariæ, Johanan :	13 for Ezra, Meshullam; for Amariah, Jehohanan;
14 Milicho, Jonathan : Sebeniæ, Joseph :	14 for Malluchi, Jonathan; for Shebaniah, Joseph;
15 Haram, Edna : Maraioth, Helci :	15 for Harim, Adna; for Meremoth, Helkai;
16 Adaiæ, Zacharia : Genthon, Mosollam :	16 for Iddo, Zechariah; for Ginnethon, Meshullam;
17 Abiæ, Zechri : Miamin et Moadiæ, Phelti :	17 for Abijah, Zichri; for Miamin, . . . ; for Maadiah, Piltai;
18 Belgæ, Sammua : Semaiæ, Jonathan :	18 for Bilgah, Shammua; for Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
19 Jojarib, Mathanai : Jodaiæ, Azzi :	19 and for Joiarib, Mattenai; for Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20 Sellai, Celai : Amoc, Heber :	20 for Sallu, Kallai; for Amok, Eber;
21 Helciæ, Hasebia : Idaiæ, Nathanaël.	21 for Hilkiah, Hashabiah; for Jedaiah, Nethanel.
22 Levitæ in diebus Eliasib, et Jojada, et Johanan, et Jeddoa, scripti principes familiarum, et sacerdotes in regno Darii Persæ.	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 Filii Levi principes familiarum, scripti in libro verborum dierum, et usque ad dies Jonathan, filii Eliasib.	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 Et principes Levitarum, Hasebia, Serebia, et Josue filius Cedmihel : et fratres eorum per vices suas, ut laudarent et confiterentur juxta præceptum David viri Dei, et observarent æque per ordinem.	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 Mathania, et Becbecia, Obedia, Mosollam, Telmon, Accub, custodes portarum et vestibulorum ante portas.	25 were Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah.Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers. They kept watch over the storerooms at the gates.
26 Hi in diebus Joacim filii Josue, filii Josedec, et in diebus Nehemiæ ducis, et Esdræ sacerdotis scribæque.	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 In dedicatione autem muri Jerusalem, requisierunt Levitas de omnibus locis suis ut adducerent eos in Jerusalem, et facerent dedicationem et lætitiam in actione gratiarum, et cantico, et in cymbalis, psalteriis, et citharis.	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 Congregati sunt autem filii cantorum de campestribus circa Jerusalem, et de villis Nethuphathi,	28 The levitical singers gathered together from the region about Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,
29 et de domo Galgal, et de regionibus Geba et Azmaveth : quoniam villas ædificaverunt sibi cantores in circuitu Jerusalem.	29 from Beth-gilgal, and from the plains of Geba and Azmaveth (for the singers had built themselves settlements about Jerusalem).
30 Et mundati sunt sacerdotes et Levitæ, et mundaverunt populum, et portas, et murum.	30 The priests and Levites first purified themselves, then they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
31 Ascendere autem feci principes Juda super murum, et statui duos magnos choros laudantium. Et ierunt ad dexteram super murum ad portam sterquilinii.	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 Et ivit post eos Osaias, et media pars principum Juda,	32 followed by Hoshaiah and half the princes of Judah,
33 et Azarias, Esdras, et Mosollam, Judas, et Benjamin, et Semeia, et Jeremias.	33 along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,
34 Et de filiis sacerdotum in tubis, Zacharias filius Jonathan, filius Semeiæ, filius Mathaniæ, filius Michaiæ, filius Zechur, filius Asaph,	34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
35 et fratres ejus Semeia, et Azareel, Malalai, Galalai, Maai, Nathanaël, et Judas, et Hanani, in vasis cantici David viri Dei : et Esdras scriba ante eos in porta fontis.	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 Et contra eos ascenderunt in gradibus civitatis David in ascensu muri super domum David, et usque ad portam aquarum ad orientem.	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 Et chorus secundus gratias referentium ibat ex adverso, et ego post eum, et media pars populi super murum, et super turrim furnorum, et usque ad murum latissimum,	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 et super portam Ephraim, et super portam antiquam, et super portam piscium et turrim Hananeel, et turrim Emath, et usque ad portam gregis : et steterunt in porta custodiæ,	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 steteruntque duo chori laudantium in domo Dei, et ego, et dimidia pars magistratuum mecum.	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 Et sacerdotes, Eliachim, Maasia, Miamin, Michea, Elioënai, Zacharia, Hanania in tubis,	40 The two choirs took up a position in the house of God; I, too, who had with me half the magistrates,
41 et Maasia, et Semeia, et Eleazar, et Azzi, et Johanan, et Melchia, et Ælam, et Ezer. Et clare cecinerunt cantores, et Jezraia præpositus :	41 the priests Eliakim, Maaseiah, Minjamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with the trumpets,
42 et immolaverunt in die illa victimas magnas, et lætati sunt : Deus enim lætificaverat eos lætitia magna : sed et uxores eorum et liberi gavisi sunt, et audita est lætitia Jerusalem procul.	42 and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers were heard under the leadership of Jezrahiah.
43 Recensuerunt quoque in die illa viros super gazophylacia thesauri ad libamina, et ad primitias, et ad decimas, ut introferrent per eos principes civitatis in decore gratiarum actionis, sacerdotes et Levitas : quia lætificatus est Juda in sacerdotibus et Levitis adstantibus.	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 Et custodierunt observationem Dei sui, et observationem expiationis, et cantores, et janitores juxta præceptum David, et Salomonis filii ejus,	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 quia in diebus David et Asaph ab exordio erant principes constituti cantorum in carmine laudantium et confitentium Deo.	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 Et omnis Israël in diebus Zorobabel et in diebus Nehemiæ, dabant partes cantoribus et janitoribus per dies singulos, et sanctificabant Levitas, et Levitæ sanctificabant filios Aaron.	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 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.