نَحَمْيا 12

١ 1 وَهَذَا بَيَانٌ بِأَسْمَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ عَادُوا مِنَ السَّبْيِ مَعَ زَرُبَّابِلَ بْنِ شَأَلْتِيئِيلَ وَيَشُوعَ: سَرَايَا وَيِرْمِيَا وَعِزْرَا،

Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

٢ 2 وَأَمَرْيَا وَمَلُّوخُ وَحَطُّوشُ،

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

٣ 3 وَشَكَنْيَا وَرَحُومُ وَمَرِيمُوثُ،

Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

٤ 4 وَعِدُّو وَجِنْتُويُ وَأَبِيَّا،

Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,

٥ 5 وَمِيَّامِينُ وَمَعَدْيَا وَبَلْجَةُ،

Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

٦ 6 وَشَمَعْيَا وَيُويَارِيبُ وَيَدَعْيَا،

Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.

٧ 7 وَسَلُّو وَعَامُوقُ وَيَدَعْيَا. هَؤُلاءِ هُمْ رُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَأَقْرِبَاؤُهُمْ فِي أَيَّامِ يَشُوعَ.

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.

٨ 8 ثُمَّ اللّاوِيُّونَ يَشُوعُ وَبِنُّويُ وَقَدْمِيئِيلُ وَشَرَبْيَا وَيَهُوذَا وَمَتَّنْيَا، الَّذِي كَانَ هُوَ وَبَقِيَّةُ أَقْرِبَائِهِ مَسْؤولِينَ عَنْ خِدْمَةِ التَّسْبِيحِ وَالْحَمْدِ.

Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers.

٩ 9 بَيْنَمَا كَانَ بَقْبُقْيَا وَعُنِّي قَرِيبَاهُمْ يَقِفَانِ قُبَالَتَهُمْ يُشَارِكَانِ فِي الْخِدْمَةِ.

Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were opposite them according to their offices.

١٠ 10 وَأَنْجَبَ يَشُوعُ يُويَاقِيمَ، وَيُويَاقِيمُ أَلِيَاشِيبَ، وَأَلِيَاشِيبُ يُويَادَاعَ،

And Jeshua begot Joiakim, and Joiakim begot Eliashib, and Eliashib begot Joiada,

١١ 11 وَيُويَادَاعُ يُونَاثانَ، وَيُونَاثَانُ يَدُّوعَ.

and Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua.

١٢ 12 وَفِي عَهْدِ يُويَاقِيمَ تَوَلَّى الْكَهَنَةُ التَّالُونَ رَئَاسَةَ عَشَائِرِ آبَائِهِمْ: مَرَايَا رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ سَرَايَا، وَحَنَنْيَا رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ يِرْمِيَا،

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah, of Jeremiah, Hananiah,

١٣ 13 وَمَشُلّامُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ عِزْرَا، وَيَهُوحَانَانُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ أَمَرْيَا،

of Ezra, Meshullam, of Amariah, Jehohanan,

١٤ 14 وَيُونَاثَانُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ مَلِيكُو، وَيُوسُفُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ شَبْنِيَا،

of Malluchi, Jonathan, of Shebaniah, Joseph,

١٥ 15 وَعَدْنَا رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ حَرِيمَ، وَحَلْقَايُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ مَرَايُوثَ،

of Harim, Adna, of Meraioth, Helkai,

١٦ 16 وَزَكَرِيَّا رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ عِدُّو، وَمَشُلّامُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ جِنَّثُونَ،

of Iddo, Zechariah, of Ginnethon, Meshullam,

١٧ 17 وَزِكْرِي رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ أَبِيَّا: وَفِلْطَايُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ مُوعَدْيَا وَمِنْيَامِينَ،

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

١٨ 18 وَشَمُّوعُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ بِلْجَةَ، وَيَهُونَاثَانُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ شَمَعْيَا،

of Bilgah, Shammua, of Shemaiah, Jehonathan,

١٩ 19 وَمَتْنَايُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ يُويَارِيبَ، وَعُزِّي رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ يَدَعْيَا،

and of Joiarib, Mattenai, of Jedaiah, Uzzi,

٢٠ 20 وَقَلّايُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ سَلَّايَ، وَعَابِرُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ عَامُوقَ،

of Sallai, Kallai, of Amok, Eber,

٢١ 21 وَحَشَبْيَا رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ حِلْقِيَّا، وَنَثَنْئِيلُ رَئِيساً لِعَشِيرَةِ يَدَعْيَا.

of Hilkiah, Hashabiah, of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

٢٢ 22 وَقَدْ تَمَّ تَدْوِينُ أَسْمَاءِ رُؤَسَاءِ الْعَشَائِرِ مِنْ كَهَنَةٍ وَلاوِيِّينَ فِي سِجِلِّ الأَنْسَابِ فِي حُكْمِ دَارِيُوسَ الْفَارِسِيِّ فِي أَيَّامِ أَلِيَاشِيبَ وَيُويَادَاعَ وَيُوحَانَانَ وَيَدُّوعَ

As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers, also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.

٢٣ 23 وَكَانَتْ أَسْمَاءُ رُؤَسَاءِ عَشَائِرِ اللّاوِيِّينَ مُسَجَّلَةً فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ الأَيَّامِ حَتَّى زَمَانِ يُوحَانَانَ بْنِ أَلِيَاشِيبَ.

The sons of Levi, heads of fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

٢٤ 24 وَكَانَ رُؤَسَاءُ اللّاوِيِّينَ حَشَبْيَا وَشَرَبْيَا وَيَشُوعُ بْنُ قَدْمِيئِيلَ وَأَقْرِبَاؤُهُمُ الْوَاقِفُونَ مُقَابِلَهُمْ يَقُومُونَ بِمَرَاسِمِ الْحَمْدِ وَالتَّسْبِيحِ، بِمُوْجِبِ أَمْرِ دَاوُدَ رَجُلِ اللهِ، فَكَانَتْ نَوْبَةٌ تَقِفُ فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ نَوْبَةٍ.

And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.

٢٥ 25 أَمَّا مَتَّنْيَا وَبَقْبُقْيَا وَعُوبَدْيَا وَمَشُلّامُ وَطَلْمُونُ وَعَقُّوبُ فَكَانُوا حُرَّاسَ أَبْوَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ يَحْرُسُونَ مَخَازِنَ الأَبْوَابِ.

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates.

٢٦ 26 هَؤُلاءِ خَدَمُوا فِي أَيَّامِ يُويَاقِيمَ بْنِ يَشُوعَ بْنِ صَادُوقَ وَفِي عَهْدِ نَحَمْيَا الْوَالِي وَعِزْرَا الْكَاهِنِ الْكَاتِبِ.

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

٢٧ 27 وَعِنْدَ تَدْشِينِ سُورِ أُورُشَلِيمَ اسْتَدْعَوْا اللّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ مَوَاطِنِهِمْ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِكَيْ يُدَشِّنُوا بِفَرَحٍ وَبِحَمْدٍ وَتَرْنِيمٍ بِالصُّنُوجِ وَالرَّبَابِ وَالْعِيدَانِ.

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

٢٨ 28 فَاحْتَشَدَ الْمُرَنِّمُونَ قَادِمِينَ مِنَ الضَّوَاحِي الْمُحِيطَةِ بِأُورُشَلِيمَ وَمِنْ ضِيَاعِ النَّطُوفَاتِيِّ،

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,

٢٩ 29 وَمِنْ بَيْتِ الْجِلْجَالِ وَمِنْ حُقُولِ جَبَعَ وَعَزْمُوتَ لأَنَّ الْمُرَتِّلِينَ بَنَوْا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ ضِيَاعاً حَوْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

also from Beth-gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built for them villages round about Jerusalem.

٣٠ 30 وَتَقَدَّسَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ وَطَهَّرُوا الشَّعْبَ وَالأَبْوَابَ والسُّورَ،

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

٣١ 31 وَأَصْعَدْتُ رُؤَسَاءَ يَهُوذَا عَلَى السُّورِ، وَأَقَمْتُ أَيْضاً فِرْقَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُرَتِّلِينَ بِالْحَمْدِ، فَانْطَلَقَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ فِي مَوْكِبٍ يَمِيناً فِي اتِّجَاهِ بَابِ الدِّمْنِ،

Then I brought up the rulers of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession, one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate,

٣٢ 32 وَسَارَ وَرَاءَهَا هُوشَعْيَا وَنِصْفُ رُؤَسَاءِ يَهُوذَا،

and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the rulers of Judah,

٣٣ 33 وَعَزَرْيَا وَعِزْرَا وَمَشُلّامُ،

and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

٣٤ 34 وَيَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينُ وَشَمَعْيَا وَيِرْمِيَا،

Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

٣٥ 35 وَمِنَ الْكَهَنَةِ النَّافِخِينَ بِالأَبْوَاقِ زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يُونَاثَانَ بْنِ شَمَعْيَا بْنِ مَتَّنْيَا بْنِ مِيخَايَا بْنِ زَكُّورَ بْنِ آسَافَ،

and certain of the priests' sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

٣٦ 36 وَأَقْرِبَاؤُهُ شَمَعْيَا وَعَزَرْئِيلُ وَمِلَلايُ وَجِلَلايُ وَمَاعَايُ وَنَثَنْئِيلُ وَيَهُوذَا وَحَنَانِي عَازِفِينَ عَلَى آلاتِ غِنَاءِ دَاوُدَ رَجُلِ اللهِ، يَتَقَدَّمُهُمْ عِزْرَا الْكَاتِبُ.

and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe was ahead of them.

٣٧ 37 وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلُوا إِلَى بَابِ الْعَيْنِ ارْتَقَوْا الدَّرَجَ الْمُؤَدِّيَ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ بِمُوَازَاةِ مُرْتَقَى السُّورِ فَوْقَ قَصْرِ دَاوُدَ، وَاتَّجَهُوا نَحْوَ بَابِ الْمَاءِ شَرْقاً.

And by the fountain gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water gate eastward.

٣٨ 38 وَسَارَتِ الْفِرْقَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ مِنَ الْمُرَتِّلِينَ بِالْحَمْدِ مُقَابِلَهُمْ فِي مَوْكِبٍ، وَأَنَا وَرَاءَهَا فِي طَلِيعَةِ نِصْفِ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي اكْتَظَّ بِهِ السُّورُ، مِنْ عِنْدِ بُرْجِ التَّنَانِيرِ إِلَى السُّورِ الْعَرِيضِ.

And the other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, upon the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even to the broad wall,

٣٩ 39 وَمِنْ فَوْقِ بَابِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَفَوْقَ الْبَابِ الْعَتِيقِ وَفَوْقَ بَابِ السَّمَكِ وَبُرْجِ حَنَنْئِيلَ وَبُرْجِ الْمِئَةِ إِلَى بَابِ الضَّأْنِ وَتَوَقَّفُوا عِنْدَ بَابِ السِّجْنِ.

and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate. And they stood still in the gate of the guard.

٤٠ 40 ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْفِرْقَتَانِ الْمُرَتِّلَتَانِ بِالْحَمْدِ فِي هَيْكَلِ اللهِ، وَكَذَلِكَ أَنَا وَنِصْفُ الْقَادَةِ،

So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me,

٤١ 41 وَالْكَهَنَةُ أَلِيَاقِيمُ وَمَعْسِيَا وَمِنْيَامِينُ وَمِيخَايَا وَأَلْيُوعِينَايُ وَزَكَرِيَّا وَحَنَنْيَا مِنْ نَافِخِي الأَبْوَاقِ،

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

٤٢ 42 وَمَعْسِيَا وَشَمَعْيَا وَأَلِعَازَارُ وَعُزِّي وَيَهُوحَانَانُ وَمَلْكِيَّا وَعِيلامُ وَعَازَرُ، وَالْمُرَتِّلُونَ الَّذِينَ رَنَّمُوا بِقِيَادَةِ يِزْرَحْيَا.

and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

٤٣ 43 وَذَبَحُوا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قَرَابِينَ كَثِيرَةً وَفَرِحُوا لأَنَّ اللهَ مَلأَهُمْ بِغِبْطَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، وَابْتَهَجَ الأَوْلادُ وَالنِّسَاءُ أَيْضاً حَتَّى تَرَدَّدَتْ أَصْدَاءُ فَرَحِ أُورُشَلِيمَ عَنْ بُعْدٍ.

And they offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy. And the women also and the children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

٤٤ 44 وَعُهِدَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ بِالْمَخَازِنِ وَالْخَزَائِنِ وَالرَّفَائِعِ وَأَوَائِلِ الْمَحَاصِيلِ وَالْعُشُورِ إِلَى أَشْخَاصٍ مُعَيَّنِينَ، لِيَجْمَعُوا فِيهَا مِنْ حُقُولِ الْمُدُنِ مَا نَصَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّرِيعَةُ مِنْ مُخَصَّصَاتِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ، لأَنَّ أَبْنَاءَ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا فَرِحُوا بِالْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ الْقَائِمِينَ

And on that day men were appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites. For Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who served.

٤٥ 45 بِخِدْمَةِ إِلَهِهِمْ، وَخَدَمَاتِ التَّطْهِيرِ، وَكَذَلِكَ بِالْمُرَتِّلِينَ وَحُرَّاسِ أَبْوَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ الْمُتَوَلِّينَ مَهَامَّهُمْ، بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ دَاوُدَ وَابْنِهِ سُلَيْمَانَ.

And they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and also the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

٤٦ 46 فَقَدْ تَعَيَّنَ مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ دَاوُدَ وَآسَافَ فِي الْحِقَبِ الْغَابِرَةِ رُؤَسَاءُ مُرَتِّلِينَ لِقِيَادَةِ تَرَانِيمِ التَّسْبِيحِ وَالْحَمْدِ لِلهِ.

For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

٤٧ 47 وَكَانَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي أَيَّامِ زَرُبَّابِلَ وَنَحَمْيَا يَقُومُونَ بِتَزْوِيدِ الْمُرَتِّلِينَ وَحُرَّاسِ أَبْوَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ بِالطَّعَامِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، وَيَقُومُ اللّاوِيُّونَ بِتَقْدِيمِ جُزْءٍ مِمَّا يَتَلَقَّوْنَهُ مِنْ طَعَامٍ لِلْكَهَنَةِ.

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters as every day required. And they set apart that which was for the Levites, and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.