1 And at the head of those that sealed were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, 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: Jeshua the son of Azaniah; Binnui, of the sons of Henadad; Kadmiel,10 and their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.14 -The chief of the people: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,26 and Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the doorkeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters, every one having knowledge {and} having understanding,29 joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which had been given by Moses the servant of God, and to keep and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;30 and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:31 and that if the peoples of the land brought wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we would not take it of them on the sabbath, or on {any} holy day; and that we would leave {the land uncultivated} the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.32 And we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God,33 for the bread to be set in rows, and for the continual oblation, and for the continual burnt-offering, {for that} of the sabbaths {and} of the new moons, for the set feasts and for the holy {things}, and for the sin-offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and {for} all the work of the house of our God.34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring {it} into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law;35 and to bring the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year to the house of Jehovah,36 and the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the law; and to bring the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests that minister in the house of our God;37 and that we should bring the first-fruits of our coarse meal and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, new wine and oil, to the priests, into the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that they, the Levites, should take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes; and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, into the chambers of the treasure-house.39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave-offering of the corn, of the new wine and the oil, into the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the doorkeepers and the singers. And we will not forsake the house of our God.

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.