Nehemiah 12

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

Hi sunt autem Sacerdotes et Levitæ, qui ascenderunt cum Zorobabel filio Salathiel, et Iosue: Saraia, Ieremias, Esdras,

2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Amaria, Melluch, Hattus,

3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

Sebenias, Rheum, Merimuth,

4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,

Addo, Genthon, Abia,

5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

Miamin, Madia, Belga,

6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.

Semeia, et Ioiarib, Idaia, Sellum, Amoc, Helcias,

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

Idaia. Isti principes Sacerdotum, et fratres eorum in diebus Iosue.

8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, [and] Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

Porro Levitæ, Iesua, Bennui, Cedmihel, Sarebia, Iuda, Mathanias, super hymnos ipsi et fratres eorum:

9 Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brethren, were over against them according to their offices.

et Becbecia atque Hanni, et fratres eorum unusquisque in officio suo.

10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, and Joiakim begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

Iosue autem genuit Ioacim, et Ioacim genuit Eliasib, et Eliasib genuit Ioiada,

11 and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

et Ioiada genuit Ionathan, et Ionathan genuit Ieddoa.

12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ [houses]: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

In diebus autem Ioacim erant Sacerdotes et principes familiarum: Saraiæ, Maraia: Ieremiæ, Hanania:

13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

Esdræ, Mosollam: Amariæ, Iohanan:

14 of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

Milicho, Ionathan, Sebeniæ, Ioseph:

15 of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

Haram, Edna: Maraioth, Helci:

16 of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

Adaiæ, Zacharia, Genthon, Mosollam:

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

Abiæ, Zechri, Miamin et Moadiæ, Phelti:

18 of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

Belgæ, Sammua: Semaiæ, Ionathan,

19 and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

Ioiarib, Mathanai: Iodaiæ, Azzi:

20 of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

Sellai, Celai: Amoc, Heber:

21 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

Helciæ, Hasebia: Idaiæ, Nathanael.

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

Levitæ in diebus Eliasib, et Ioiada, et Iohanan, et Ieddoa scripti principes familiarum, et Sacerdotes in regno Darii Persæ.

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

Filii Levi principes familiarum, scripti in Libro verborum dierum, et usque ad dies Ionathan, filii Eliasib.

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

Et principes Levitarum, Hasebia, Serebia, et Iosue filius Cedmihel: et fratres eorum per vices suas, ut laudarent et confiterentur iuxta præceptum David viri Dei, et observarent æque per ordinem.

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

Mathania, et Becbecia, Obedia, Mosollam, Telmon, Accub custodes portarum et vestibulorum ante portas.

26 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.

Hi in diebus Ioacim filii Iosue, filii Iosedec, et in diebus Nehemiæ ducis, et Esdræ sacerdotis scribæque.

27 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.

In dedicatione autem muri Ierusalem requisierunt Levitas de omnibus locis suis ut adducerent eos in Ierusalem, et facerent dedicationem et lætitiam in actione gratiarum, et cantico, et in cymbalis, psalteriis, et citharis.

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

Congregati sunt autem filii cantorum de campestribus circa Ierusalem, et de villis Nethuphathi,

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

et de domo Galgal, et de regionibus Geba et Azmaveth: quoniam villas ædificaverunt sibi cantores in circuitu Ierusalem.

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

Et mundati sunt Sacerdotes et Levitæ, et mundaverunt populum, et portas, et murum.

31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession; [whereof one went] on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

Ascendere autem feci principes Iuda super murum, et statui duos magnos choros laudantium. Et ierunt ad dexteram super murum ad portam sterquilinii.

32 and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

Et ivit post eos Osaias, et media pars principum Iuda,

33 and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

et Azarias, Esdras, et Mosollam,

34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

Iudas, et Beniamin, et Semeia, et Ieremias.

35 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;

Et de filiis sacerdotum in tubis, Zacharias filius Ionathan, filius Semeiæ, filius Mathaniæ, filius Michaiæ, filius Zechur, filius Asaph,

36 and his brethren, 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 before them.

et fratres eius Semeia, et Azareel, Malalai, Galalai, Maai, Nathanael, et Iudas, et Hanani, in vasis cantici David viri Dei: et Esdras scriba ante eos in porta Fontis.

37 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 unto the water gate eastward.

Et contra eos ascenderunt in gradibus civitatis David in ascensu muri super domum David, et usque ad portam Aquarum ad Orientem.

38 And the other company of them that 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 unto the broad wall,

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,

39 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 unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.

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,

40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

steteruntque duo chori laudantium in domo Dei, et ego, et dimidia pars magistratuum mecum.

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

Et Sacerdotes, Eliachim, Maasia, Miamin, Michea, Elioenai, Zacharia, Hanania in tubis,

42 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.

et Maasia, et Semeia, et Eleazar, et Azzi, et Iohanan, et Melchia, et Ælam, et Ezer. Et clare cecinerunt cantores, et Iezraia præpositus:

43 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.

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 Ierusalem procul.

44 And on that day were men 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 that waited.

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 Iuda in Sacerdotibus et Levitis astantibus.

45 And they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and [so did] the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

Et custodierunt observationem Dei sui, et observationem expiationis, et cantores, et ianitores iuxta præceptum David, et Salomonis filii eius,

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

quia in diebus David et Asaph ab exordio erant principes constituti cantorum in carmine laudantium, et confitentium Deo.

47 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.

Et omnis Israel, in diebus Zorobabel, et in diebus Nehemiæ dabant partes cantoribus et ianitoribus per dies singulos, et sanctificabant Levitas, et Levitæ sanctificabant filios Aaron.