Nehemiah 10

1 Now, upon the sealed writings, were, —Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah;

And with those whose seal was affixed were, Nehemiah the Tirshatha the son of Chachalyah, and Zidkiyah.

2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah;

[Then] Serayah, 'Azaryah, Jeremiah,

3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah;

Pashchui, Amaryah, Malkiyah,

4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch;

Chattush, Shebanyah, Malluch,

5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah;

Charim, Meremoth, 'Obadiah,

6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch;

Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin;

Meshullam, Abiyah, Miyamin,

8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah, —these, were, the priests.

Ma'azyah, Bilgai, Shema'yah: these were the priests.

9 And, the Levites, —Jeshua, son of Azaniah, Binnui, of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

And the Levites: Jeshua' the son of Azanyah, Binnui [[of]] the sons of Chenadad, Kadmiel;

10 and, their brethren, —Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan;

And their brethren, Shebanyah, Hodiyah, Kelita, Palayah, Chanan,

11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah;

Micha, Rechob, Chashabyah,

12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah;

Zaccur, Sherebyah, Shebanyah,

13 Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.

Hodiyah, Bani, Beninu.

14 The heads of the people, —Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani;

The chiefs of the people: Par'osh, Pachath-moab, 'Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai;

Bunni, 'Azgad, Bebai,

16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin;

Adoniyah, Bigvai, 'Adin,

17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur;

Ater, Chizkiyah, 'Azzur,

18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai;

Hodiyah, Chashum, Bezai,

19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nobai;

Chariph, 'Anathoth, Nebai,

20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir;

Magpi'ash, Meshullam, Chezir,

21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua;

Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua',

22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah;

Pelatyah, Chanan, 'Anayah,

23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub;

Hoshea', Chanayah, Chasshub,

24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek;

Hallochesh, Pilcha, Shobek,

25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah;

Rechum, Chashabnah, Ma'asseyah,

26 and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan;

And Achiyah, Chanan, 'Anan,

27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

Malluch, Charim, Ba'anah.

28 And, the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the doorkeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters, —every one having knowledge and understanding,

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gate-keepers, the singers, the temple-servants, and all those that had separated themselves from the nations of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding,

29 were holding fast unto their distinguished brethren, and were entering into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given through Moses the servant of God, —and to observe and do, all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his regulations, and his statutes;

Held firmly with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given through means of Moses the servant of God, and to observe and to do all the commandments of the Eternal One, our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

30 and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, —and, their daughters, would we not take for our sons;

And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;

31 and, if the peoples of the land should be bringing in wares, or any corn on the sabbath day, to sell, we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day, —and that we would remit the seventh year, and the loan of every hand.

And that if the people of the land should bring wares or any provisions on the sabbath day to sell, we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on [another] holy day; and that we would leave [the fields without reaping in] the seventh year, and [give up] every loan of hand.

32 And we laid on ourselves charges, appointing for ourselves the third of a shekel, yearly, —for the service of the house of our God:

And we established for us as one of the commandments to impose on ourselves [to give] the third part of a shekel in every year for the service of the house of our God;

33 for the bread to set in array, and the continual meal-offering, and for the continual ascending-sacrifice, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the appointed feasts, and for things hallowed, and for victims bearing sin, to put a propitiatory-covering over Israel, —and for all the work of the house of our God.

For the shew-bread, and for the continual meat-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, [for those of] the sabbaths, of the new-moons, for the appointed feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and [for] all the work of the house of our God.

34 Also, lots, did we cast, concerning the offering of wood among the priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring it unto the house of our God, by our ancestral houses, at times arranged, year by year, —to burn upon the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law.

And we, the priests, the Levites, and the people, cast lots concerning the procuring of the wood, to bring it into the house of our God, unto the house of our fathers, at fixed times, year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law;

35 And that we would bring in the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruit of all fruit of all trees, year by year, —unto the house of Yahweh;

And to bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the Lord;

36 also that, the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, —and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, we would bring in unto the house of our God, unto the priests who should be in attendance in the house of our God;

And also the first-born of our sons, and for our [unclean] cattle, as it is written in the law, and to bring the first-born of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God;

37 and, the first part of our meal and our heave-offerings and the fruit of all trees, new wine and oil, would we bring in unto the priests, into the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground unto the Levites, —the Levites themselves, taking the tithes in all our cities of agriculture.

And that we would bring the first portion of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and this of the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, to the priests, unto the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites; and that these same Levites should be the receivers of the tithes in all the cities of our land-tillage;

38 And the priest the son of Aaron should be with the Levites, when the Levites should take the tithes, —and the Levites, should bring up the tithe of the tithe, unto the house of our God, into the chambers pertaining unto the treasure-house.

And that the priest the son of Aaron should be with the Levites, when the Levites receive the tithes; and that the Levites should bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure-house.

39 For, into the chambers, should the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi bring in the heave-offering of the corn, the new wine and the oil, since, there, are the utensils of the sanctuary, and the priests who are in attendance, and the doorkeepers, and the singers, —so would we not neglect the house of our God.

For into the chambers shall the children of Israel and the children of Levi bring the heave-offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, and there shall be the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the gatekeepers, and the singers: and that we will not forsake the house of our God.