Nehemiah 12
1 [Many] priests and [other] descendants of Levi returned (from Babylonia/to Jerusalem) with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. They included Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Estes são sacerdotes e levitas que subiram com Zorobabel, filho de Sealthiel, e com Jesué: Seraias, Jeremias, Esdras,
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
Amarias, Malluch, Hattus,
3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
Sechanias, Rehun, Meremoth,
4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abias,
5 Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
Miamin, Maadias, Bilga,
6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Semaias, e Joiarib, Jedaias,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. All those men were leaders of the priests during the time that Jeshua [was the Supreme Priest].
Sallu, Amok, Hilkias, Jedaias: estes foram os chefes dos sacerdotes e de seus irmãos, nos dias de Jesué.
8 [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].
E foram os levitas: Jesué, Binnui, Kadmiel, Serebias, Judá, Matthanias: este e seus irmãos presidiam sobre os louvores.
9 Bakbukiah, Unni, and other descendants of Levi formed a choir that stood opposite the other group [and sang in reply to them].
E Bakbukias e Uni, seus irmãos, defronte dele, nas guardas.
10 Jeshua [who was the Supreme Priest] was the father of Joiakim, who was the father of Eliashib, who was the father of Joiada,
E Jesué gerou a Joaquim, e Joaquim gerou a Eliasib, e Eliasib gerou a Joiada,
11 who was the father of Jonathan, who was the father of Jaddua.
E Joiada gerou a Jonathan, e Jonathan gerou a Jaddua.
12 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;
E nos dias de Joaquim foram sacerdotes, cabeças dos pais: de Seraias, Meraias; de Jeremias, Hananias;
13 Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ezra; Jehohanan, from [the clan of] Amariah;
De Esdras, Messullam; de Amarias, Johanan;
14 Jonathan, from [the clan of] Malluch; Joseph, from [the clan of] Shecaniah;
De Melichu, Jonathan; de Sebanias, José;
15 Adna, from [the clan of] Harim; Helkai, from [the clan of] Meremoth/Maraioth;
De Harim, Adna; de Meraioth, Helkai;
16 Zechariah, from [the clan of] Iddo; Meshullam, from [the clan of] Ginnethon;
De Iddo, Zacarias; de Ginnethon, Messullam;
17 Zicri, from [the clan of] Abijah. There was also a leader from [the clan of] Miniamin; Piltai, from [the clan of] Moadiah;
D'Abias, Zichri; de Miamin e de Moadias, Piltai;
18 Shammua, from [the clan of] Bilgah; Jehonathan, from [the clan of] Shemaiah;
De Bilga, Sammua; de Semaias, Jonathan;
19 Mattenai, from [the clan of] Joiarib; Uzzi, from [the clan of] Jedaiah;
E de Joiarib, Matthenai; de Jedaias, Ezzi;
20 Kallai, from [the clan of] Sallu/Sallai; Eber, from [the clan of] Amok;
De Sallai, Kallai; de Amok, Eber;
21 Hashabiah, from [the clan of] Hilkiah; and Nethanel, from [the clan of] Jedaiah.
D'Hilkias, Hasabias; de Jedaias, Nethanael.
22 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.
Dos levitas foram nos dias de Eliasib escritos como cabeças de pais, Joiada, e Johnan, e Jaddua; como também os sacerdotes, até ao reinado de Dario o persa.
23 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].
Os filhos de Levi escritos como cabeças de pais no livro das crônicas, até aos dias de Johanan, filho de Eliasib.
24 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.
Foram pois os cabeças dos levitas; Hasabias, Serabias, e Jesué, filho de Kadmiel, e seus irmãos defronte deles, para louvarem e darem graças, segundo o mandado de David, homem de Deus: guarda contra guarda.
25 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.
Matthanias, e Bakbukias, Obadias, Mesullam, Talmon, e Akkub, eram porteiros, que faziam a guarda às tesourarias das portas.
26 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.
Estes foram nos dias de Joaquim, filho de Jesué, o filho de Josadak; como também nos dias de Nehemias, o governador, e do sacerdote Esdras, o escriba.
27 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.
E na dedicação dos muros de Jerusalém buscaram os levitas de todos os seus lugares, para os trazerem, afim de fazerem a dedicação com alegrias, e com louvores, e com canto, saltérios, alaúdes, e com harpas.
28 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],
E assim ajuntaram os filhos dos cantores, tanto da campina dos arredores de Jerusalém, como das aldeias de Netophati;
29 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.
Como também da casa de Gilgal, e dos campos de Gibeah, e Azmaveth: porque os cantores se edificaram aldeias nos arredores de Jerusalém.
30 [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.
E purificaram-se os sacerdotes e os levitas; e logo purificaram o povo, e as portas, e o muro.
31 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.
Então fiz subir os príncipes de Judá sobre o muro, e ordenei dois grandes coros e procissões, um à mão direita sobre o muro da banda da porta do monturo.
32 Behind their leaders marched Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah.
E após eles ia Hosaias, e a metade dos príncipes de Judá,
33 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.
E Azarias, Esdras, e Mesullam,
Judá, e Benjamin, e Semaias, e Jeremias.
E dos filhos dos sacerdotes, com trombetas: Zacarias, filho de Jonathan, o filho de Semaias, filho de Matthanias, filho de Michaias, filho de Zacchur, filho d'Asaph,
36 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.
E seus irmãos, Semaias, e Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanael, e Judá, e Hanani, com os instrumentos músicos de David, homem de Deus; e Esdras o escriba ia adiante deles.
37 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].
Indo assim para a porta da fonte, e defronte deles, subiram as escadas da cidade de David pela subida do muro, desde cima da casa de David, até à porta das águas, da banda do oriente.
38 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.
E o coro segundo ia defronte, e eu após ele; e a metade do povo ia sobre o muro, desde a torre dos fornos, até à muralha larga;
39 [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.
E desde a porta de Ephraim, e para a porta velha, e para a porta do peixe, e a torre de Hananeel, e a torre de Mea, até à porta do gado; e pararam à porta da prisão.
40 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].
Então ambos os coros pararam na casa de Deus; como também eu, e a metade dos magistrados comigo.
41 My group included these priests who were [all blowing] trumpets: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah,
E os sacerdotes Eliakim, Maaseias, Miniamin, Michaias, Elioenai, Zacarias, e Hananias, com trombetas,
42 [another] Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers, whose leader was Jezrahiah, sang loudly.
Como também, Maaseias, e Semaias, e Eleazar, e Uzzi, e Johanan, e Malchias, e Elam, e Ezer; e faziam-se ouvir os cantores, juntamente com Jezrahias, o superintendente.
43 [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.
E sacrificaram no mesmo dia grandes sacrifícios, e se alegraram; porque Deus os alegrara com grande alegria; e até as mulheres e os meninos se alegraram, que a alegria de Jerusalém se ouviu até de longe.
44 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,
Também no mesmo dia se nomearam homens sobre as câmaras, para os tesouros, para as ofertas alçadas, para as primícias, e para os dízimos, para ajuntarem nelas, das terras das cidades, as partes da lei para os sacerdotes e para os levitas; porque Judá estava alegre por causa dos sacerdotes e dos levitas que assistiam ali.
45 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.
E faziam a guarda do seu Deus, e a guarda da purificação; como também os cantores e porteiros, conforme ao mandado de David e de seu filho Salomão.
46 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.
Porque já nos dias de David e Asaph, desde a antiguidade, havia cabeças dos cantores, e dos cânticos de louvores, e de ação de graças a Deus
47 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].
Pelo que todo o Israel, já nos dias de Zorobabel, nos dias de Nehemias, dava as partes dos cantores e dos porteiros a cada um no seu dia; e santificavam as porções aos levitas, e os levitas santificavam aos filhos de Aarão.
