1 En op die verseëlde stukke het geteken: Nehem¡a, die goewerneur, die seun van Hag lja, en Sedek¡a,
2 Ser ja, As rja, Jerem¡a,
3 Pasgur, Am rja, Malk¡a,
4 Hattus, Seb nja, Mallug,
5 Harim, M,remot, Ob dja,
6 Daniël, G¡nneton, Barug,
7 Mesullam, Ab¡a, M¡jamin,
8 Ma„sja, B¡lgai, Sem ja; dit was die priesters.
9 En die Leviete: J,sua, die seun van As nja, B¡nnu‹van die seuns van Hen dad, K dmiël,
10 en hulle broers: Seb nja, Hod¡a, Kel¡ta, Pel ja, Hanan,
11 Miga, Rehob, Has bja,
12 Sakkur, Ser,bja, Seb nja,
13 Hod¡a, Ban¡, Beninu.
14 Die hoofde van die volk: Parhos, Pahat-Moab, Elam, Sattu, Bani,
15 Bunni, Asgad, B,bai,
16 Adonia, Bigwai, Adin,
17 Ater, Hisk¡a, Assur,
18 Hod¡a, Hasum, B,sai,
19 Harif, Anatot, Nobai,
20 Magp¡as, Mesullam, Hesir,
21 Meses beël, Sadok, J ddua,
22 Pel tja, Hanan, An ja,
23 Hos,a, Han nja, Hassub,
24 Hallohes, Pilha, Sobek,
25 Rehum, Has bna, Ma„s,ja,
26 en Ah¡a, Hanan, Anan,
27 Mallug, Harim, Ba„na.
28 En die res van die volk, die priesters, die Leviete, die poortwagters, die sangers, die tempelbediendes en almal wat hulle afgesonder het van die volke van die lande tot die wet van God, hulle vroue, hulle seuns en hulle dogters, almal wat enigsins kon verstaan,
29 het by hulle broers, die vername manne onder hulle, aangesluit, en hulle het onder eed en met beswering hulleself verplig om te wandel in die wet van God, wat deur die diens van Moses, die kneg van God, gegee is, en om te hou en te doen al die gebooie van die HERE onse Here, en sy verordeninge en sy insettinge;
30 verder dat ons ons dogters nie sou gee aan die volke van die land, en hulle dogters nie sou neem vir ons seuns nie;
31 en as die volke van die land koopware en allerhande soorte koring bring om op die sabbatdag te verkoop, dat ons niks van hulle sou neem op die sabbat of op 'n heilige dag nie; en dat ons in die sewende jaar die land braak sou laat lê en van elke skuldvordering afsien.
32 En ons het vir ons die verpligting aangegaan om ons 'n derde van 'n sikkel in die jaar op te lê vir die diens van die huis van onse God --
33 vir die toonbrode en die voortdurende spysoffer en die voortdurende brandoffer, die offers van die sabbatte, van die nuwemane, vir die feestye en vir wygawes en vir sondoffers om vir Israel versoening te doen, en vir enige dienswerk in die huis van onse God.
34 En ons, die priesters, die Leviete en die volk het die lot gewerp oor die lewering van hout, om dit volgens ons families op vasgestelde tye jaar vir jaar te bring na die huis van onse God om vuur te maak op die altaar van die HERE onse God soos geskrywe staan in die wet;
35 en om die eerstelinge van ons grond en die eerstelinge van allerhande vrugtebome jaar vir jaar in die huis van die HERE te bring;
36 en om die eersgeborenes van ons seuns en ons vee, soos geskrywe staan in die wet, en die eersgeborenes van ons grootvee en ons kleinvee te bring in die huis van onse God vir die priesters wat diens doen in die huis van onse God;
37 en dat ons die eerstelinge van ons growwe meel en van ons offergawes en van die vrugte van allerhande bome, van mos en olie, sou bring vir die priesters in die kamers van die huis van onse God en die tiendes van ons grond vir die Leviete, terwyl hulle, die Leviete, die tiendes sou invorder in al ons landboustede.
38 En die priester, die seun van A„ron, moet by die Leviete wees as die Leviete die tiendes invorder, en die Leviete moet 'n tiende van die tiendes na die huis van onse God bring, in die kamers van die skathuis.
39 Want in die kamers moet die kinders van Israel en die kinders van Levi die offergawe van koring, mos en olie bring, omdat die gereedskappe van die heiligdom en die diensdoende priesters en die poortwagters en die sangers daar is; want ons wou die huis van onse God nie laat verwaarloos nie.
1 Now those who put down their names were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.
9 And the Levites: by name, Jeshua, the son of Azaniah, Binnui, of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,
10 And their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
13 Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.
14 The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nobai,
20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
26 And Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the door-keepers, the music-makers, the Nethinim, and all those who had made themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, to keep the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and wisdom;
29 They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;
30 And that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the lands, or take their daughters for our sons;
31 And if the peoples of the lands come to do trade in goods or food on the Sabbath day, that we would do no trade with them on the Sabbath or on a holy day: and that in the seventh year we would take no payment from any debtor.
32 And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God;
33 For the holy bread, and for the regular meal offering and the regular burned offering on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and the fixed feasts, and for the sin-offerings to take away the sin of Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
34 And we, the priests and the Levites and the people, made selection, by the decision of the Lord, of those who were to take the wood offering into the house of God, by families at the regular times, year by year, to be burned on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is recorded in the law;
35 And to take the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of every sort of tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord;
36 As well as the first of our sons and of our cattle, as it is recorded in the law, and the first lambs of our herds and of our flocks, which are to be taken to the house of our God, to the priests who are servants in the house of our God:
37 And that we would take the first of our rough meal, and our lifted offerings, and the fruit of every sort of tree, and wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take a tenth in all the towns of our ploughed land.
38 And the priest, the son of Aaron, is to be with the Levites, when the Levites take the tenths: and the Levites are to take a tenth of the tenths into the house of our God, to the rooms, into the store-house;
39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi are to take the lifted offering of the grain and wine and oil into the rooms where the vessels of the holy place are, together with the priests and the door-keepers and the makers of music: and we will not give up caring for the house of our God.