Neemias 12

He Rārangi o ngā Tohunga me ngā Rīwaiti

1 Nā, ko ngā tohunga ēnei, me ngā Rīwaiti, i haere tahi i a Herupapera tama a Haratiera rāua ko Hehua: arā ko Heraia, ko Heremaia, ko Etera, 2 ko Amaria, ko Maruku, ko Hatuhu, 3 ko Hekania, ko Rehumu, ko Meremoto, 4 ko Iro, ko Kinetoto, ko Apia, 5 ko Mīamini, ko Maaria, ko Pirika, 6 ko Hemaia, ko Toiaripi, ko Ieraia, 7 ko Hāru, ko Āmoko, ko Hirikia, ko Ieraia.

Ko ngā ariki ēnei o ngā tohunga, o ō rātou tēina hoki, i ngā rā o Hehua.

8 Nā, ko ngā Rīwaiti: ko Hehua, ko Pinui, ko Karamiēre, ko Herepia, ko Hūrā, ko Matania, kei a ia nei te tikanga mō te whakawhetai, kei a ia, rātou ko ōna tēina. 9 Nā, ko Pakapukia rāua ko Uni, ō rātou tēina, kei tō rātou aroaro i ngā tiakanga. 10 Nā, ka whānau ake tā Hehua; ko Ioiakimi; whānau ake tā Ioiakimi, ko Eriahipi; whānau ake tā Eriahipi, ko Ioiara. 11 Whānau ake tā Ioiara, ko Honatana; whānau ake tā Honatana, ko Tarua.

12 Nā, i ngā rā o Ioiakimi, tērā ngā tohunga, ko ngā ariki o ngā whare o ngā mātua: tā Heraia, ko Meraia; tā Heremaia, ko Hanania; 13 tā Etera, ko Mehūrāma; tā Amaria, ko Iehohanana; 14 tā Meriku, ko Honatana; tā Hepania, ko Hōhepa; 15 tā Hārimi, ko Arana; tā Meraioto, ko Herekai; 16 tā Iro, ko Hakaraia; tā Kinetono, ko Mehūrāma; 17 tā Apia, ko Tīkiri; tā Miniamini, tā Moaria, ko Piritai; 18 tā Pirika, ko Hāmua; tā Hemaia, ko Honatana; 19 tā Toiaripi, ko Matenai; tā Ieraia, ko Uti; 20 tā Harai, ko Karai; tā Āmoko, ko Ēpere; 21 tā Hirikia, ko Hahapia; tā Ieraia, ko Netanēre.

22 Ko ngā Rīwaiti i ngā rā i a Eriahipi, i a Ioiara, i a Iohanana, i a Tarua, he mea tuhituhi hei ariki mō ngā whare o ngā mātua; me ngā tohunga anō i te wā e kīngi ana a Tariuha o Pahia.

23 Ko ngā tama a Rīwai, ko ngā ariki o ngā whare o ngā mātua, he mea tuhituhi ki te Pukapuka o Ngā Rā, ā tae noa ki ngā rā o Iohanana tama a Eriahipi. 24 Ā, ko ngā ariki o ngā Rīwaiti; ko Hahapia, ko Herepia, ko Hehua tama a Karamiēre, me ō rātou tēina anō i te ritenga mai o rātou, hei whakamoemiti, hei whakawhetai; ko te mea hoki ia i whakahaua e tā te Atua tangata, e Rāwiri, tēnei tiakanga i te ritenga mai o tēnei tiakanga.

25 Ko Matania, ko Pakapukia, ko Opāria, ko Mehūrāma, ko Taramono, ko Akupu ngā kaitiaki kūwaha, hei tiaki i ngā whare taonga i ngā kūwaha. 26 Nō ngā rā ēnei i a Ioiakimi tama a Hehua tama a Iohereke, nō ngā rā anō hoki i a Nehemia kāwana, i a Etera tohunga, i te karaipi rā.

Te Kawanga o te Taiepa o te Pā

27 Nā, i te tāinga o te kawa o te taiepa o Hiruhārama, i rapua ngā Rīwaiti i ō rātou wāhi katoa, i meatia kia kawea ki Hiruhārama, kia tāia hoki te kawa i runga i te koa, i te whakawhetai, i te waiata, i te himipora, i te hātere, i te hāpa. 28 I huihui mai anō ngā tama a ngā kaiwaiata i te mānia i ngā taha katoa o Hiruhārama, i ngā kāinga anō hoki o ngā Netopati; 29 i Petekirikara anō, i ngā māra hoki o Kepa, o Ātamawete; i hangā hoki e ngā kaiwaiata he kāinga mō rātou ki ngā taha katoa o Hiruhārama. 30 Nā, kei te pure ngā tohunga rātou ko ngā Rīwaiti i a rātou; kei te pure hoki i te iwi, i ngā kūwaha, i te taiepa.

31 Kātahi ka kawea e ahau ngā rangatira o Hūrā ki runga ki te taiepa, ā, whakaritea ana e ahau kia rua ngā rōpū nui hei whakawhetai, hei haere ā-mātua. Kotahi hei haere ki matau i runga i te taiepa whaka te Kēti Pūranga Paru; 32 ā, i muri i a rātou ka haere ko Hōhaia me tētahi tānga o ngā rangatira o Hūrā, 33 a Atāria, a Etera, a Mehūrāma, 34 a Hūrā, a Pineamine, a Hemaia, a Heremaia, 35 me ētahi o ngā tama a ngā tohunga e mau tētere ana; me Hakaraia tama a Honatana, tama a Hemaia, tama a Matania, tama a Mikaia, tama a Tākuru, tama a Āhapa; 36 me ōna tēina, arā a Hemaia, a Atarēre, a Mirarai, a Kirarai, a Maai, a Netanēre, a Hūrā, a Hanani, e mau ana i ngā mea whakatangi a tā te Atua tangata, a Rāwiri; ā, ko Etera karaipi kei tō rātou aroaro. 37 Nā, i te Kēti o te Puna Wai, i te ritenga mai anō o rātou, ka haere atu rātou i ngā kaupae o te pā o Rāwiri, i te pīnakitanga o te taiepa i runga i te whare o Rāwiri, tae noa ki te Kēti Wai ki te rāwhiti.

38 Nā, ko tērā atu rōpū o ngā kaiwhakawhetai i haere ki te whakatūtaki i a rātou, me ahau i muri i a rātou, me tētahi tānga o te iwi i runga i te taiepa, i runga o te Taumaihi Oumu tae noa ki te taiepa whānui; 39 i runga hoki i te Kēti o Ēparaima, i te Kēti Tawhito, i te Kēti Ika, i te Taumaihi o Hananēre, i te Taumaihi anō o Meaha tae noa ki te Kēti Hipi; ā, tū tonu rātou ki te Kēti i te Whare Herehere.

40 Nā, tū ana ngā rōpū e rua o ngā kaiwhakawhetai ki te whare o te Atua, mātou tahi ko tētahi tānga o ngā rangatira; 41 ko ngā tohunga; ko Eriakimi, ko Maaheia, ko Miniamini, ko Mikaia, ko Erioenai, ko Hakaraia, ko Hanania, e mau tētere ana; 42 ko Maaheia, ko Hemaia, ko Ereātara, ko Uti, ko Iehohanana, ko Marakia, ko Erama, ko Ētere. Nā nui atu te waiata a ngā kaiwaiata rātou ko Itirahia, ko te kaitohutohu.

43 He nui anō ngā patunga tapu i patua e rātou i taua rangi, ā, koa ana rātou; he nui hoki te koa i meinga ai rātou e te Atua kia koa. I koa hoki ngā wāhine me ngā tamariki, nō, ka rangona mai te koa o Hiruhārama i tawhiti.

Ngā Kawenga o te Temepara

44 I whakaritea anō i taua wā ētahi kaitirotiro i ngā rūma mō ngā taonga, mō ngā whakahere hapahapai, mō ngā hua mātāmua, mō ngā whakatekau; mā rātou e kohikohi ki reira i ngā māra o ngā pā, ngā wāhi i whakaritea e te Ture mā ngā tohunga rātou ko ngā Rīwaiti; i koa hoki a Hūrā ki ngā tohunga, ki ngā Rīwaiti, ki ngā mea e minita ana. 45 Nā, kei te tiaki rātou i ngā mea o tō rātou Atua, kei te tiaki hoki i te purenga, ā, i pērā anō ngā kaiwaiata, me ngā kaitiaki kūwaha; rite tonu ki te whakahau a Rāwiri rāua ko tāna tama, ko Horomona. 46 Nō ngā rā hoki o Rāwiri rāua ko Āhapa, nōnamata iho, tērā anō te rangatira mō ngā kaiwaiata, me ngā waiata whakamoemiti, me ngā whakawhetai ki te Atua. 47 I ngā rā hoki i a Herupapera, i ngā rā anō i a Nehemia, i hōmai e Īharaira katoa ngā wāhi mā ngā kaiwaiata, mā ngā kaitiaki kūwaha, te wāhi mō tēnei rā, mō tēnei rā. I whakatapua anō e rātou ngā mea tapu mā ngā Rīwaiti; ā, ko ngā Rīwaiti hei whakatapu mā ngā tama a Ārona.

1 Now these are the priests and the Levites that 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 brethren in the days of Jeshua.

8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brethren, were over against them according to their offices. 10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, and Joiakim begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, 11 and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ houses: 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 As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ houses; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian. 23 The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ houses, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until 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 brethren over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch. 25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates. 26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest the scribe.

27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. 28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites; 29 also from Beth-gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. 30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession; whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: 32 and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, 33 and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, 35 and certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets: 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 brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them. 37 And by the fountain gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, upon the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even unto the broad wall, 39 and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard. 40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me; 41 and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; 42 and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. 43 And they offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

44 And on that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. 45 And they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. 46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, as every day required: and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.