Nehemías 12
1 Estos son los sacerdotes y los levitas que subieron con Zorobabel, el hijo de Salatiel, y Josué: Seraías, Jeremías, Esdras,
[Many] priests and [other] descendants of Levi returned (from Babylonia/to Jerusalem) with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. They included Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 Amarias, Maluc, Hatus,
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 Secanías, Rehum, Meremot,
Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Ido, Gineto, Abias,
Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
5 Mijamin, Maadias, Bilga,
Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
6 Semaías, y Joiarib, Jedaías.
Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Salu, Amoc, Hilcias, Jedaias. Estos fueron los jefes de los sacerdotes y de sus hermanos en los días de Josué.
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. All those men were leaders of the priests during the time that Jeshua [was the Supreme Priest].
8 Y los levitas: Josué, Binuy, Cadmiel, Serebias, Judá, y Matanias, que estaban encargados de la accion de gracias, él y sus hermanos.
[Some of the other] descendants of Levi who returned were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah. They were in charge of singing songs to thank [God].
9 Y Bacbuquias y Uni, sus hermanos, estaban frente a ellos para el desempeño de sus guardas.
Bakbukiah, Unni, and other descendants of Levi formed a choir that stood opposite the other group [and sang in reply to them].
10 Y Josué fue el padre de Joiacim, y Joiacim fue el padre de Eliasib, y Eliasib fue el padre de Joiada.
Jeshua [who was the Supreme Priest] was the father of Joiakim, who was the father of Eliashib, who was the father of Joiada,
11 Y Joiada fue el padre de Johanan, y Johanan fue el padre de Jadua.
who was the father of Jonathan, who was the father of Jaddua.
12 Y en los días de Joacim había sacerdotes, jefes de familia: de Seraías, Meraías; de Jeremías, Hananías;
When Joiakim was the Supreme Priest, these were the leaders of the clans of priests: Meraiah, from [the clan of] Seraiah; Hananiah, from [the clan of] Jeremiah;
13 De Esdras, Mesululam; de Amarias, Johanán;
Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ezra; Jehohanan, from [the clan of] Amariah;
14 De Malicu, Jonatán; de Sebanías, José;
Jonathan, from [the clan of] Malluch; Joseph, from [the clan of] Shecaniah;
15 De Harim, Adna; de Meraiot, Helcai;
Adna, from [the clan of] Harim; Helkai, from [the clan of] Meremoth/Maraioth;
16 De Ido, Zacarías; de Gineton, Mesulam;
Zechariah, from [the clan of] Iddo; Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ginnethon;
17 De Abías, Zicri; de Miniamin, de Moadias, Piltai;
Zicri, from [the clan of] Abijah. There was also a leader from [the clan of] Miniamin; Piltai, from [the clan of] Moadiah;
18 De Bilga, Samua; de Semaías, Jonatan;
Shammua, from [the clan of] Bilgah; Jehonathan, from [the clan of] Shemaiah;
19 Y de Joiarib, Matenai; de Jedaias, Uzi;
Mattenai, from [the clan of] Joiarib; Uzzi, from [the clan of] Jedaiah;
20 De Salai, Calai; de Amoc, Eber;
Kallai, from [the clan of] Sallu/Sallai; Eber, from [the clan of] Amok;
21 De Hilcías, Hasabías; de Jedaias, Natanael.
Hashabiah, from [the clan of] Hilkiah; and Nethanel, from [the clan of] Jedaiah.
22 Los levitas en los días de Eliasib, Joiada, Johanan y Jadua, fueron catalogados como jefes de familia; y los sacerdotes, cuando Darío el persa era rey.
During the years that Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua [were Supreme Priests], they (wrote/kept a list of) the names of the clans who were descendants of Levi. When Darius was the king of Persia, they stopped writing that list.
23 Los hijos de Leví, jefes de familia, fueron registrados en el libro de las crónicas, incluso hasta los días de Johanán, el hijo de Eliasib.
They wrote the names of the leaders of the clans who were descendants of Levi in the Book of Events [in Israel], but they stopped writing those names when Eliashib’s grandson Johanan [was the Supreme Priest].
24 Y los jefes de los levitas: Hasabías, Serebias y Josué, el hijo de Cadmiel, con sus hermanos frente a ellos, para bendecir y alabar a Dios según lo ordenó David, el hombre de Dios, durante su respectivo turno de servicio.
These are the leaders of the clans [who are] descendants of Levi: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel and others who were divided into two groups. The two groups faced each other, one group replying to the other, during the time that they praised and thanked God. They did that just as King David, the man who served God well, had instructed.
25 Matanias, y Bacbuquias, Obadias, Mesulam, Talmon, Acub, eran porteros que vigilaban las puertas de los almacenes.
These singers included Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. The men who guarded the storerooms close to the gates [of the temple] were Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub.
26 Estos fueron en los días de Joacim, el hijo de Josué, el hijo de Josadac, y en los días de Nehemías el gobernador y Esdras el sacerdote, el escriba.
They did that work during the time that Joiakim, who was the son of Jeshua and the grandson of Jehozadak, [was the Supreme Priest, ] and I was the governor, and Ezra was the priest who knew the Jewish laws very well.
27 Y cuando llegó el momento de santificar el muro de Jerusalén, enviaron a los levitas de todos sus lugares para que vinieran a Jerusalén, para celebrar la fiesta de dedicación y acción de gracias con alegría, con alabanza y melodía, con címbalos, arpas y liras.
When we dedicated the wall around Jerusalem, we summoned the descendants of Levi [who help the priests] from the nearby places where they [were living]. We asked them to [join with us to] celebrate when we dedicated the wall. We wanted them to sing songs to thank [Yahweh] and make music by playing cymbals and harps and other stringed instruments.
28 Y los hijos de los cantores se reunieron desde las tierras bajas alrededor de de las aldeas de los netofatitas,
We summoned the descendants of Levi who habitually sang together. They came to Jerusalem from nearby areas [where they had settled], and from places around Netophah [town southeast of Jerusalem],
29 Y de Bet-gilgal y de los campos de Geba y Azmavet: porque los cantores habían hecho aldeas alrededor de Jerusalén.
and from three places [northeast of Jerusalem]—Beth Gilgal [city] and the areas around Geba and Azmaveth. Those singers had built villages to live in near Jerusalem.
30 Y los sacerdotes y los levitas se purificaron; e hicieron purificar a la gente, y las puertas de la ciudad y la muralla.
[When they came to Jerusalem], the priests and [other] descendants of Levi [who help the priests] performed rituals to cause themselves to be acceptable to God, and then they performed similar rituals to purify the [other] people, the gates, and the wall.
31 Entonces hice que los gobernantes de Judá subieran a la muralla, y puse en posición dos grandes bandas de ellos que alababan, caminando en líneas ordenadas; uno fue a la derecha en la pared, en dirección a la puerta donde se colocaron los desechos;
Then I gathered together the leaders of Judah on top of the wall, and I appointed them to lead two large groups to march around the city [on top of the wall], thanking God. [As they faced the city, ] one group walked to the right toward the Dung Gate.
32 Y después de ellos fueron Osaias y la mitad de los gobernantes de Judá.
Behind their leaders marched Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah.
33 Y Azarías, Esdras y Mesulam,
Behind them marched a group of priests who were blowing trumpets. They were Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah. Next came Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, a descendant of Asaph.
34 Judá y Benjamín y Semaías y Jeremías,
35 Y algunos de los hijos de los sacerdotes con instrumentos de viento; Zacarías, hijo de Jonatán, hijo de Semaías, hijo de Matanías, hijo de Micaías, hijo de Zacur, hijo de Asaf,
36 Y sus hermanos, Semaías, y Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Natanael, Juda y Hanani, con los instrumentos musicales de David, el hombre de Dios; y Esdras el escriba estaba a la cabeza;
Behind them marched other members of Zechariah’s clan: Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. They all were playing the same kinds of musical instruments that King David had played [many years previously]. Ezra, the man who knew the Jewish laws very well, marched in front of this group.
37 Y junto a la entrada de la fuente y directamente delante de ellos, subieron por los escalones de la ciudad de David, en la pendiente de la pared, sobre la casa de David, hasta la puerta del Agua hacia el este.
When they reached the Fountain Gate, they went up the steps to David’s City, past his palace, and then to the wall at the Water Gate, on the east side [of the city].
38 Y la otra banda de los que alababan iba a la izquierda, y yo fui tras ellos con la mitad de la gente, en la pared, sobre la torre de los hornos, hasta la pared ancha;
The other group of those who were thanking [Yahweh] marched to the left on top of the wall. I followed them with half of the people. [We marched] past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall.
39 Y sobre la puerta de Efraín y junto a la puerta vieja y la puerta de los Peces y la torre de Hananeel y la torre de los Cien, hasta la puerta de las Ovejas: y en la puerta de los Guardias se detuvieron.
[From there we marched] past Ephraim Gate, Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred Soldiers, to the Sheep Gate. We finished marching near the gate into the temple.
40 Así que las dos bandas de los que dieron alabanza tomaron sus posiciones en el templo de Dios, y yo y la mitad de los jefes conmigo:
Both the groups reached the temple while they were thanking God. They stood in their places there. The leaders who were with me [also stood with me in our places].
41 Y los sacerdotes; Eliacim, Maaseias, Miniamin, Micaias, Elioenai, Zacarías, y Hananias, con instrumentos de viento;
My group included these priests who were [all blowing] trumpets: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah,
42 Y Maasias y Semaías y Eleazar y Uzi y Johanan y Malquias y Elam y Ezer. Y los cantores, supervisados por Jezrahiah, alzaron sus cantos en voz alta.
[another] Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers, whose leader was Jezrahiah, sang loudly.
43 Y aquel día hicieron grandes ofrendas y se alegraron; porque Dios los había alegrado con gran gozo; y las mujeres y los niños se alegraron con ellos, de modo que la alegría de Jerusalén llegó a oídos de los que estaban lejos.
[After we went outside the temple, ] we offered many sacrifices. We men all rejoiced because God had caused us to be very happy. The women and the children also rejoiced. People far away could hear the noise that we made there in Jerusalem.
44 Y ese día pusieron a algunos hombres sobre las habitaciones donde estaban almacenadas las cosas que habían sido dadas, por las ofrendas y los primeros frutos y las décimas, que conforme a la ley llegaban las cantidades, de los campos de Cada pueblo, fijado por la ley para los sacerdotes y los levitas, porque Judá se alegró a causa de los sacerdotes y los levitas que estaban en sus lugares.
On that day, men were appointed {they appointed men} to be in charge of the storerooms where they kept the money that people contributed [for the temple]. They also kept there [the other things that the people contributed—] the tithes and the first part of the grain and fruit that was harvested each year. Those men collected those things from the fields/farms near the cities, and [took them to Jerusalem and] gave them to the priests and the [other] descendants of Levi, as [Moses had said in his] laws that they should do. All the Israeli people were happy about the work that the priests and the descendants of Levi did,
45 Y ellos guardaban la ordenanza de la purificación y culto a su Dios, y fueron responsables de purificar las cosas, y también lo hicieron los cantores y los encargados de las puertas, como lo ordenaron David y Salomón, su hijo.
because they performed the rituals to purify things, and the other rituals that God had commanded. The musicians in the temple also did their work as King David and his son Solomon had declared that they should do.
46 Porque en los días de David y Asaf en el pasado, había un maestro de la música, de cantos de agradecimiento y alabanza a Dios.
Ever since the time that David had been the king and Asaph had been his chief musician, the musicians had led the people while they sang songs to praise and thank God.
47 Y todo Israel en los días de Zorobabel y en los días de Nehemías dio lo que necesitaban a los cantores y los encargados de las puertas día tras día: e hicieron santos los ofrecimientos para los levitas; y los levitas hicieron lo mismo con los hijos de Aarón.
During the years that Zerubbabel and I governed the Israeli people, they all contributed the food that the singers and temple gatekeepers needed each day. They gave (a tithe/10%) of their crops to the descendants of Levi [who helped the priests], and those descendants of Levi gave (a tithe/10%) of that to [the priests, who were] descendants of Aaron [the first Supreme Priest].
