Nehemias 12

¹ Følgende er Præsterne og Leviter, der drog op med Zerubbabel, Sjealtiels Søn, og Jesua: Seraja, Jirmeja, Ezra,

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

³ Sjekanja, Harim, Meremot,

³ Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

⁵ Mijjamin, Ma'adja, Bilga,

⁵ Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

⁷ Sallu, Amok, Hilkija og Jedaja. Det var Overhovederne for Præsterne og deres Brødre på Jesuas Tid.

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

⁹ medens Bakbukja og Unni sammen med deres Brødre stod over for dem efter deres Afdelinger.

⁹ Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood opposite them in their service divisions.

¹¹ Jojada avlede Johanan, og Johanan avlede Jaddua.

¹¹ and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.

¹³ Mesjullam for Ezra, Johanan for Amarja,

¹³ of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

¹⁵ Adna for Harim, Helkajtor Merajot,

¹⁵ of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

¹⁷ Zikri for Abija,....... for Minjamin, Piltaj for Ma'adja,

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

¹⁹ Mattenaj for Jojarib, Uzzi for Jedaja,

¹⁹ of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

²¹ Hasjabja for Hilkija og Netan'el for Jedaja.

²¹ of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

²³ Af Levis Efterkommere optegnedes Overhovederne for Fædrenehusene i Krønikebogen ned til Johanans, Eljasjibs Søns, Dage.

²³ The sons of Levi, the heads of fathers’ households, were registered in the Book of the Chronicles up to the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

²⁵ og Mattanja, Bakbukja og Obadja, Mesjullam, Talmon og Akkub var Dørvogtere og holdt Vagt ved Portenes Forrådskamre.

²⁵ Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping watch at the storehouses of the gates.

²⁷ Da Jerusalems Mur skulde indvies opsøgte man Leviterne alle Vegne, hvor de boede, og bragte dem til Jerusalem, for at de skulde fejre Indvielsen med Fryd og Takkesang, med Sang, Cymbler, Harper og Citre.

²⁷ Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps and lyres.

²⁹ fra Bet-Gilgal, fra Gebas og Azmavets Marker; thi Sangerne havde bygget sig Landsbyer rundt om Jerusalem.

²⁹ from Beth-gilgal and from their fields in Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.

³¹ Så lod jeg Judas Øverster stige op på Muren og opstillede to store Lovprisningstog. Det ene drog til højre oven på Muren ad Møgporten til,

³¹ Then I had the leaders of Judah come up on top of the wall, and I appointed two great choirs, the first proceeding to the right on top of the wall toward the Refuse Gate.

³³ dernæst nogle af Præsterne med Trompeter, Azarja, Ezra, Mesjullam,

³³ with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

³⁵ endvidere Zekarja, en Søn af Jonatan, en Søn af Sjemaja, en Søn af Mattanja, en Søn af Mika, en Søn af Zakkur, en Søn af Asaf,

³⁵ and some of the sons of the priests with trumpets; and 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,

³⁷ og de gik over Kildeporten; derpå gik de lige ud op ad Trinene til Davidsbyen, ad Opgangen på Muren oven for Davids Palads hen til Vandporten mod Øst.

³⁷ At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the city of David by the stairway of the wall above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.

³⁹ og videre over Efraimsporten, den gamle Port, Fiskeporten, Hanan'eltårnet og Meatårnet til Fåreporten og stillede sig op i Fængselsporten.

³⁹ and above the Gate of Ephraim, by the Old Gate, by the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

⁴¹ og Præsterne Eljakim, Ma'aseja, Minjamin, Mika, Eljoenaj, Zekarja, Hananja med Trompeter,

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

⁴³ På den Dag ofrede de store Slagtofre og var glade, thi Gud havde bragt dem stor Glæde; også Kvinderne og Børnene var glade; og Glæden i Jerusalem hørtes langt bort.

⁴³ and on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.

⁴⁵ og disse tog Vare på, hvad der var at varetage for deres Gud og ved Renselsen, ligesom også Sangerne og Dørvogterne gjorde deres Gerning efter Davids og hans Søn Salomos Bud.

⁴⁵ For they performed the worship of their God and the service of purification, together with the singers and the gatekeepers in accordance with the command of David and of his son Solomon.

⁴⁷ Hele Israel gav på Zerubbabels og Nehemias's Tid Afgifter til Sangerne og Dørvogterne, efter som det krævedes Dag for Dag; og de gav Leviterne Helliggaver, og Leviterne gav Arons Sønner Helliggaver. 

⁴⁷ So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah gave the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required, and set apart the consecrated portion for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the consecrated portion for the sons of Aaron.