1 Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
8 And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the music-makers, he and his brothers.
9 And Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were opposite them in their watches.
10 And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
11 And Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.
12 And in the days of Joiakim there were priests, heads of families: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
14 Of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were listed as heads of families; and the priests, when Darius the Persian was king.
23 The sons of Levi, heads of families, were recorded in the book of the histories, even till the days of Johanan, the son of Eliashib.
24 And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to give blessing and praise as ordered by David, the man of God, watch against watch.
25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were door-keepers keeping the watch at the store-houses of the doors.
26 These were in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the ruler and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
27 And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music.
28 And the sons of the music-makers came together from the lowland round about Jerusalem and from the daughter-towns of the Netophathites,
29 And from Beth-gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the music-makers had made daughter-towns for themselves round about Jerusalem.
30 And the priests and the Levites made themselves clean; and they made the people clean, and the doorways and the wall.
31 Then I made the rulers of Judah come up on the wall, and I put in position two great bands of them who gave praise, walking in ordered lines; one went to the right on the wall, in the direction of the doorway where the waste was put;
32 And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the rulers of Judah,
33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
34 Judah and Benjamin and Shemaiah and Jeremiah,
35 And certain of the priests' sons with wind instruments; 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,
36 And his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel and Judah, Hanani, with the music-instruments of David, the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was at their head;
37 And by the doorway of the fountain and straight in front of them, they went up by the steps of the town of David, at the slope up of the wall, over the house of David, as far as the water-doorway to the east.
38 And the other band of those who gave praise went to the left, and I went after them with half the people, on the wall, over the tower of the ovens, as far as the wide wall;
39 And over the doorway of Ephraim and by the old door and the fish door and the tower of Hananel and the tower of Hammeah, as far as the sheep door: and at the doorway of the watchmen they came to a stop.
40 So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God, and I and half of the chiefs with me:
41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with wind instruments;
42 And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer. And the makers of melody made their voices loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
43 And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.
44 And on that day certain men were put over the rooms where the things which had been given were stored, for the lifted offerings and the first-fruits and the tenths, and to take into them the amounts, from the fields of every town, fixed by the law for the priests and the Levites: for Judah was glad on account of the priests and the Levites who were in their places.
45 And they kept the watch of their God, and were responsible for making things clean, and so did the music-makers and the door-keepers, as it was ordered by David and Solomon his son.
46 For in the days of David and Asaph in the past, there was a master of the music, and songs of blessing and praise to God.
47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave what was needed by the music-makers and the door-keepers day by day: and they made the offerings holy for the Levites; and the Levites did the same for the sons of Aaron.
1 OR questi sono i sacerdoti e i Leviti, che salirono con Zorobabel, figliuolo di Sealtiel, e con Iesua: Seraia, Geremia,
2 Esdra, Amaria, Malluc,
3 Hattus, Secania, Rehum,
4 Meremot, Iddo, Ghinnetoi,
5 Abia, Miamin, Maadia,
6 Bilga, Semaaia, Ioiarib,
7 Iedaia, Sallu, Amoc, Hilchia, Iedaia. Questi erano i capi de’ sacerdoti, co’ lor fratelli, al tempo di Iesua.
8 E i Leviti erano Iesua, Binnui, Cadmiel, Serebia, Giuda, e Mattania; il quale, co’ suoi fratelli, avea la cura di cantar le laudi.
9 E Bacbuchia, ed Unni, lor fratelli, erano contraposti a loro nelle mute del lor servigio.
10 Or Iesua generò Ioiachim, e Ioiachim generò Eliasib, ed Eliasib generò Ioiada,
11 e Ioiada generò Gionatan, e Gionatan generò Iaddua.
12 Ed al tempo di Ioiachim, i sacerdoti, capi delle famiglie paterne, erano questi: per Seraia, Meraia; per Geremia, Hanania;
13 per Esdra, Mesullam; per Amaria, Iohanan;
14 per Melicu, Gionatan; per Sebania, Giuseppe;
15 per Harim, Adna; per Meraiot, Helcai;
16 per Iddo, Zaccaria; per Ghinneton, Mesullam;
17 per Abia, Zicri; per Miniamin, e per Moadia, Piltai;
18 per Bilga, Sammua, per Semaia, Gionatan;
19 per Ioiarib, Mattenai; per Iedaia, Uzzi;
20 per Sallai, Callai; per Amoc, Eber;
21 per Hilchia, Hasabia; per Iedaia, Natanaele.
22 Quant’è a’ Leviti, furono descritti per li capi delle famiglie paterne, al tempo di Eliasib, di Ioiada, di Iohanan, e di Iaddua, insieme co’ sacerdoti, fino al regno di Dario Persiano.
23 I figliuoli di Levi sono descritti per li capi delle famiglie paterne, nel libro delle Croniche, fino al tempo di Iohanan, figliuolo di Eliasib.
24 Ed i capi de’ Leviti furono Hasabia, Serebia, e Iesua, figliuoli di Cadmiel; e i lor fratelli, appaiati con loro, per lodare, e per celebrare Iddio, secondo l’ordine di Davide, uomo di Dio, l’una muta essendo appaiata con l’altra.
25 Mattania, Bacbuchia, Obadia, Mesullam, Talmon, Accub, facevano la guardia alla soglia delle porte, in qualità di portinai.
26 Costoro furono al tempo di Ioiachim, figliuolo di Iesua, figliuolo di Iosadac; ed al tempo del governatore Neemia, e del sacerdote Esdra, scriba
27 OR nella dedicazione delle mura di Gerusalemme, si ricercarono i Leviti da tutti i luoghi loro, per farli venire in Gerusalemme, per far la dedicazione con allegrezza, con laudi, e cantici, con cembali, e salteri, e cetere.
28 E furono adunati i figliuoli de’ cantori, così dalla pianura d’intorno a Gerusalemme, come dalle villate de’ Netofatiti;
29 e da Bet-ghilgal, e da’ contadi di Gheba, e d’Azmavet; perciocchè i cantori si aveano edificate delle ville d’intorno a Gerusalemme.
30 E i sacerdoti e i Leviti si purificarono; ed anche purificarono il popolo, e le porte, e le mura.
31 Poi io feci salire sopra il muro i capi di Giuda, ed ordinai due grandi schiere, che cantavano le laudi di Dio; e l’una di quelle processioni trasse a man destra, disopra il muro, verso la porta del letame.
32 Ed appresso quelli camminava Hosaia, e la metà de’ capi di Giuda,
33 ed Azaria, Esdra, Mesullam, Giuda,
34 Beniamino, Semaia, e Geremia;
35 e de’ figliuoli de’ sacerdoti, con le trombe: Zaccaria, figliuolo di Gionatan, figliuolo di Semaia, figliuolo di Mattania, figliuolo di Micaia, figliuolo di Zaccur, figliuolo di Asaf;
36 co’ suoi fratelli, Semaia, Azareel, Milalai, Ghilalai, Maai, Natanaele, Giuda, ed Hanani, con gli strumenti musicali di Davide, uomo di Dio, ed Esdra, scriba, camminava davanti a loro.
37 Ed essendo giunti alla porta della fonte, salirono al diritto davanti a loro a’ gradi della Città di Davide, per la salita del muro, disopra alla casa di Davide; e pervennero fino alla porta delle acque, verso Oriente.
38 E la seconda schiera di quelli che cantavano le laudi di Dio camminava dal lato opposto, ed io appresso ad essa, con l’altra metà del popolo, sopra il muro, disopra alla torre de’ forni, fino al muro largo;
39 e disopra alla porta di Efraim, e disopra alla porta vecchia, ed alla porta de’ pesci, ed alla torre di Hananeel, ed alla torre di Cento, fino alla porta delle pecore; e quella schiera si fermò alla porta della carcere.
40 Poi quelle due schiere di quelli che cantavano le laudi di Dio si fermarono nella Casa di Dio;
41 ed io ancora, con la metà de’ magistrati, e i sacerdoti Eliachim, Maaseia, Miniamin, Micaia, Elioenai, Zaccaria, ed Hanania, con le trombe;
42 e Maaseia, e Semaia, ed Eleazaro, ed Uzzi, e Iohanan, e Malchia, ed Elam, ed Ezer. I cantori cantavano anch’essi ad alta voce, ed Israhia era il sopraintendente.
43 E in quel giorno il popolo sacrificò di gran sacrificii, e si rallegrò; perciocchè Iddio gli avea data gran letizia; le donne eziandio, ed i fanciulli, si rallegrarono; talchè l’allegrezza di Gerusalemme fu udita fin da lungi
44 IN quel giorno ancora furono costituiti uomini sopra le camere dei magazzini delle offerte, primizie, e decime, per raccogliere in esse, dal contado della città, le porzioni assegnate per la Legge a’ sacerdoti, ed a’ Leviti; perciocchè Giuda ebbe una grande allegrezza per cagione de’ sacerdoti e dei Leviti che stavano al loro ufficio;
45 ed aveano osservato ciò che l’Iddio loro avea loro comandato d’osservare, e l’osservanza della purificazione. Come ancora i cantori, e i portinai, secondo il comandamento di Davide, e di Salomone, suo figliuolo;
46 perciocchè anticamente, al tempo di Davide, e di Asaf, erano stati costituiti i capi de’ cantori, e la musica da lodare, e celebrare Iddio.
47 E però, al tempo di Zorobabel, e al tempo di Neemia, tutto Israele dava le porzioni assegnate a’ cantori, ed a’ portinai, giorno per giorno; così le consacravano a’ Leviti, e i Leviti le consacravano ai figliuoli d’Aaronne