Nehemiah 12

ve'elleh hakkohanim vehaleviyyim asher alu im-zerubbavel ben-she'alti'el veyeshua serayah yirmeyah ezra

These are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

amaryah mallukh khattush

Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

shekhanyah rekhum meremot

Shecaniah, Rehum, Meramoth,

iddo ginnetoy aviyyah

Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,

miyyamin ma'adyah bilgah

Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

shemayah veyoyariv yedayah

Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,

sallu amoq khilqiyyah yedayah elleh rashe hakkohanim va'akhehem bime yeshua

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

vehaleviyyim yeshua binnuy qadmi'el shereveyah yehudah mattanyah al-huyyedot hu ve'ekhayw

The Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, in charge of thanksgiving songs, he and his brothers;

uvaqbuqyah (vnv) [ve'unni] akhehem lenegdam lemishmarot

and Bakbukiah and Unni [and] their brothers served opposite them by shifts.

veyeshua holid et-yoyaqim veyoyaqim holid et-elyashiv ve'elyashiv et-yoyada

Jeshua begot Joiakim; Joiakim begot Eliashib; Eliashib [begot] Joiada;

veyoyada holid et-yonatan veyonatan holid et-yaddua

Joiada begot Jonathan; Jonathan begot Jaddua.

uvime yoyaqim hayu khohanim rashe ha'avot lisrayah merayah leyirmeyah khananyah

In the time of Joiakim, the heads of the priestly clans were: Meriaiah—of the Seraiah clan; Hananiah—of the Jeremiah clan;

le'ezra meshullam la'amaryah yehokhanan

Meshullam—of the Ezra clan; Jehohanan—of the Amariah clan;

(lmlvkhy) [limlikhu] yonatan lishvanyah yosef

Jonathan—of the Melicu clan; Joseph—of the Shebaniah clan;

lekharim adna limrayot khelqay

Adna—of the Harim clan; Helkai—of the Meraioth clan;

(ldy) [le'iddo] zekharyah leginneton meshullam

Zechariah—of the Iddo clan; Meshullam—of the Ginnethon clan;

la'aviyyah zikhri leminyamin lemo'adyah piltay

Zichri—of the Abijah clan … of the Miniamin clan; Piltai—of the Moadiah clan;

levilgah shammua lishmayah yehonatan

Shammua—of the Bilgah clan; Jehonathan—of the Shemaiah clan;

uleyoyariv mattenay lidayah uzzi

Mattenai—of the Joiarib clan; Uzzi—of the Jedaiah clan;

lesallay qallay le'amoq ever

Kallai—of the Sallai clan; Eber—of the Amok clan;

lekhilqiyyah khashavyah lidayah netanel

Hashabiah—of the Hilkiah clan; Nethanel—of the Jedaiah clan.

haleviyyim bime elyashiv yoyada veyokhanan veyaddua ketuvim rashe avot vehakkohanim al-malkhut dareyavesh happaresi

The Levites and the priests were listed by heads of clans in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, down to the reign of Darius the Persian.

bene levi rashe ha'avot ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim ve'ad-yeme yokhanan ben-elyashiv

But the Levite heads of clans are listed in the book of the chronicles to the time of Johanan son of Eliashib.

verashe haleviyyim khashavyah shereveyah veyeshua ben-qadmi'el va'akhehem lenegdam lehallel lehodot bemitsvat david ish-ha'elohim mishmar le'ummat mishmar

The heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brothers served opposite them, singing praise and thanksgiving hymns by the ordinance of David the agent of God—served opposite them in shifts;

mattanyah uvaqbuqyah ovadyah meshullam talmon aqquv shomerim sho'arim mishmar ba'asuppe hashe'arim

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub, guarding as gatekeepers by shifts at the vestibules of the gates.

elleh bime yoyaqim ben-yeshua ben-yotsadaq uvime nekhemyah happekhah ve'ezra hakkohen hassofer

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

uvakhanukkat khomat yerushalai͏m biqshu et-haleviyyim mikkol-meqomotam lahavi'am lirushalai͏m la'asot khanukkah vesimkhah uvetodot uveshir metsiltayim nevalim uvekhinnorot

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites, wherever they lived, were sought out and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate a joyful dedication with thanksgiving and with song, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

vayye'asefu bene hameshorerim umin-hakkikkar sevivot yerushalai͏m umin-khatsre netofati

The companies of singers assembled from the [Jordan] plain, the environs of Jerusalem, and from the Netophathite villages;

umibbet haggilgal umissedot geva ve'azmavet ki khatserim banu lahem hameshorerim sevivot yerushalai͏m

from Beth-hagilgal, from the countryside of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers built themselves villages in the environs of Jerusalem.

vayyittaharu hakkohanim vehaleviyyim vayetaharu et-ha'am ve'et-hashe'arim ve'et-hakhomah

The priests and Levites purified themselves; then they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

va'a'aleh et-sare yehudah me'al lakhomah va'a'amidah shete todot gedolot vetahalukhot layyamin me'al lakhomah lesha'ar ha'ashpot

I had the officers of Judah go up onto the wall, and I appointed two large thanksgiving [choirs] and processions. [One marched] south on the wall, to the Dung Gate;

vayyelekh akharehem hoshayah vakhatsi sare yehudah

behind them were Hoshaiah and half the officers of Judah,

va'azaryah ezra umeshullam

and Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

yehudah uvinyamin ushemayah veyirmeyah

Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

umibbene hakkohanim bakhatsotserot zekharyah ven-yonatan ben-shemayah ben-mattanyah ben-mikhayah ben-zakkur ben-asaf

and some of the young priests, with trumpets; Zechariah son of Jonathan son of Shemaiah son of Mattaniah son of Micaiah son of Zaccur son of Asaph,

ve'ekhayw shemayah va'azarel millay gillay ma'ay netanel vihudah khanani bikhle-shir david ish ha'elohim ve'ezra hassofer lifnehem

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

ve'al sha'ar ha'ayin venegdam alu al-ma'alot ir david bamma'aleh lakhomah me'al levet david ve'ad sha'ar hammayim mizrakh

From there to the Fountain Gate, where they ascended the steps of the City of David directly before them, by the ascent on the wall, above the house of David, [and onward] to the Water Gate on the east.

vehattodah hashenit haholekhet lemol va'ani akhareha vakhatsi ha'am me'al lehakhomah me'al lemigdal hattannurim ve'ad hakhomah harekhavah

The other thanksgiving [choir] marched on the wall in the opposite direction, with me and half the people behind it, above the Tower of Ovens to the Broad Wall;

ume'al lesha'ar-efrayim ve'al-sha'ar hayeshanah ve'al-sha'ar haddagim umigdal khananel umigdal hamme'ah ve'ad sha'ar hatson ve'amedu besha'ar hammattarah

and above the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate; and they halted at the Gate of the Prison Compound.

vatta'amodenah shete hattodot bevet ha'elohim va'ani vakhatsi hasseganim immi

Both thanksgiving choirs halted at the House of God, and I and half the prefects with me,

vehakkohanim elyaqim ma'aseyah minyamin mikhayah elyo'enay zekharyah khananyah bakhatsotserot

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

uma'aseyah ushemayah ve'elazar ve'uzzi vihokhanan umalkiyyah ve'elam va'azer vayyashmi'u hameshorerim veyizrakhyah happaqid

and Maaseiah and Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the singers sounded forth, with Jezrahiah in charge.

vayyizbekhu vayyom-hahu zevakhim gedolim vayyismakhu ki ha'elohim simmekham simkhah gedolah vegam hannashim vehayeladim samekhu vattishama simkhat yerushalai͏m merakhoq

On that day, they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God made them rejoice greatly; the women and children also rejoiced, and the rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from afar.

vayyippaqedu vayyom hahu anashim al-hanneshakhot la'otsarot latterumot lareshit velamma'asrot likhnos bahem lisde he'arim mena'ot hattorah lakkohanim velalviyyim ki simkhat yehudah al-hakkohanim ve'al-haleviyyim ha'omedim

At that time commissioners were appointed over the chambers that served as treasuries for the gifts, the first fruits, and the tithes, into which the portions prescribed by the Teaching for the priests and Levites were gathered from the fields of the towns; for the people of Judah were grateful to the priests and Levites who were in attendance,

vayyishmeru mishmeret elohehem umishmeret hattohorah vehameshorerim vehasho'arim kemitsvat david shelomoh veno

who kept the charge of their God and the charge of purity, as well as to the singers and gatekeepers [serving] in accord with the ordinance of David and Solomon his son—

ki-vime david ve'asaf miqqedem (rsh) [rashe] hameshorerim veshir-tehillah vehodot lelohim

for the chiefs of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God already existed in the time of David and Asaph.

vekhol-yisra'el bime zerubbavel uvime nekhemyah notenim menayot hameshorerim vehasho'arim devar-yom beyomo umaqdishim lalviyyim vehaleviyyim maqdishim livne aharon

And in the time of Zerubbabel, and in the time of Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, and made sacred contributions for the Levites, and the Levites made sacred contributions for the Aaronites.