1 Logo que foi restaurada a muralha, colocados os batentes das portas, e que os porteiros, cantores e levitas foram encarregados da vigilância,2 confiei a defesa da cidade a Hanani, meu irmão, e a Ananias, comandante da cidadela, porque era um homem sério e muito piedoso.3 Ordenei-lhes que não abrissem as portas de Jerusalém enquanto não viesse o calor do sol; à tarde, enquanto os guardas estivessem ainda em seus postos, colocaríamos as trancas e fecharíamos as portas; e durante a noite estabeleceríamos guardas recrutados entre os habitantes de Jerusalém; cada um devia montar guarda em seu posto diante de sua própria casa.4 A cidade era grande e espaçosa, mas não tinha muitos habitantes, e as moradias não estavam ainda todas reconstruídas.5 Meu Deus inspirou-me então que reunisse as pessoas importantes, os magistrados e o povo, e fizesse o recenseamento. Descobri um registro genealógico dos que tinham voltado em primeiro lugar, no qual estava escrito o que segue:6 Entre os exilados que Nabucodonosor, rei de Babilônia, tinha levado cativos, estes são os habitantes da província que se puseram a caminho para retornar a Jerusalém e à Judéia, cada um à sua localidade.7 Voltaram sob o comando de Zorobabel, Josué, Neemias, Azarias, Raamias, Naamani, Mardoqueu, Belsã, Mesfarat, Beguai, Naum, Baana. Este é o recenseamento dos israelitas:8 filhos de Farsos: 2.172;9 filhos de Safatias: 372;10 filhos de Area: 652;11 filhos de Faat-Moab, descendentes de Josué e de Joab: 2.818;12 filhos de Elão: 1.254;13 filhos de Zetua: 845;14 filhos de Zacai: 760;15 filhos de Banui: 648;16 filhos de Bebai: 628;17 filhos de Azgad: 2.322;18 filhos de Adonicão: 667;19 filhos de Beguai: 2.067;20 filhos de Adin: 655;21 filhos de Ater de Ezequias: 98;22 filhos de Hasem: 328;23 filhos de Bezai: 324;24 filhos de Haref: 112;25 filhos de Gabaon: 95;26 habitantes de Belém e de Netofa: 188;27 habitantes de Anatot: 128;28 habitantes de Bet-Azmot: 42;29 habitantes de Cariatiarim, de Cafira e de Berot: 743;30 habitantes de Ramá e de Geba: 621;31 habitantes de Macmas: 122;32 habitantes de Betel e Hai: 123;33 habitantes de outro Nebo: 52;34 filhos do outro Elão: 1.254;35 filhos de Harim: 320;36 habitantes de Jericó: 345;37 filhos de Lod, de Hadid e de Ono: 721;38 filhos de Senaa: 3.930.39 Sacerdotes: filhos de Iedaiá, da casa de Josué: 973;40 filhos de Emmer: 1.052;41 filhos de Pasur: 1.247;42 filhos de Harim: 1.017.43 Levitas: filhos de Josué e de Cadmiel, descendentes de Odaías: 74.44 Cantores: filhos de Asaf: 148.45 Porteiros: filhos de Selum, filhos de Ater, filhos de Telmon, filhos de Acub, filhos de Hatita, filhos de Sobai: 138.46 Natineus: filhos de Siha, filhos de Hasufa, filhos de Tabaot,47 filhos de Ceros, filhos de Sia, filhos de Fadon,48 filhos de Lebana, filhos de Hagaba, filhos de Selmai,49 filhos de Hanã, filhos de Gadel, filhos de Gaer,50 filhos de Reaia, filhos de Rasin, filhos de Necoda,51 filhos de Gazão, filhos de Aza, filho de Fazea,52 filhos de Basai, filhos de Munim, filhos de Nefusim,53 filhos de Bacbuc, filhos de Hacufa, filhos de Harur,54 filhos de Baslit, filhos de Maida, filhos de Harsa,55 filhos de Bercos, filhos de Sisara, filhos de Tema,56 filhos de Nasia, filhos de Hatifa.57 Filhos dos servos de Salomão: filhos de Sotai, filhos de Soferet, filhos de Farida,58 filhos de Jaala, filhos de Darcon, filhos de Gadel,59 filhos de Safatia, filhos de Hatil, filhos de Poceret-Asebaim, filhos de Amon.60 Total dos natineus e dos filhos dos servos de Salomão: 392.61 Eis aqueles que, partindo de Tel-Mela, de Tel-Harsa, de Querub-Adon e de Imer, não conseguiram provar sua origem israelita, nem tornar conhecidas sua família e descendência:62 filhos de Dalaías, filhos de Tobias, filhos de Necoda, 642;63 e entre os sacerdotes: filhos de Hobaia, filhos de Acos, filhos de Berzelai, o qual, tendo desposado uma das filhas de Berzelai, o galaadita, foi chamado pelo seu nome.64 Procuraram estabelecer sua genealogia, mas não o conseguiram descobrir. Assim, foram excluídos do sacerdócio.65 O governador proibiu-lhes comer das coisas sagradas, até que se pudesse encontrar um sacerdote qualificado para consultar Deus pelo Urim e Tumim.66 Toda a assembléia perfazia um total de 42.360 pessoas,67 sem contar seus servos e servas, que eram em número de 7.337. Havia com eles 245 cantores e cantoras.68 Tinham 736 cavalos, 245 burros,69 435 camelos e 6.720 jumentos.70 Alguns chefes de família fizeram donativos para os trabalhos. O governador doou ao tesouro mil dáricos de ouro, cinqüenta taças e quinhentas e trinta túnicas sacerdotais.71 Muitos chefes de família doaram ao tesouro vinte mil dáricos de ouro e duas mil e duzentas minas de prata.72 Enfim, o resto do povo doou vinte mil dáricos de ouro, duas mil minas de prata e sessenta e sete túnicas sacerdotais.73 Foi assim que os sacerdotes e levitas, os cantores, os porteiros, as pessoas do povo, os natineus e todos os israelitas estabeleceram-se em suas respectivas cidades.

1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built and I had set up the doors and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,2 that I commanded my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the prince of the palace in Jerusalem (for he was as a man of truth and feared God above many);3 and I said unto them, Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot and even [with] the [guards] present, let them shut the doors and bar [them]. And appoint guards of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each one in his watch and each one [to be] in front of his house.4 Now the city [was] large and great, but there were few people in it, and the houses [were] not rebuilt.5 And my God put [it] into my heart to gather together the principals and the rulers and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the register of the genealogy of those who had come up before and found written therein:6 These [are] the sons of the province, that came up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had carried away and returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each one unto his city,7 who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, [and] Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:8 The sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.9 The sons of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.10 The sons of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.11 The sons of Pahathmoab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred [and] eighteen.12 The sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.13 The sons of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five.14 The sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.15 The sons of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight.16 The sons of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight.17 The sons of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two.18 The sons of Adonikam, six hundred and seventy-seven.19 The sons of Bigvai, two thousand sixty-seven.20 The sons of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five.21 The sons of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.22 The sons of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight.23 The sons of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four.24 The sons of Hariph, one hundred and twelve.25 The sons of Gibeon, ninety-five.26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred and eighty-eight.27 The men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight.28 The men of Bethazmaveth, forty-two.29 The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.30 The men of Ramah and of Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.31 The men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two.32 The men of Bethel and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three.33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two.34 The sons of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.35 The sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty.36 The sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.37 The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one.38 The sons of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.39 The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.40 The sons of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.41 The sons of Pashur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven.42 The sons of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.43 The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, [and] of the sons of Hodevah, seventy-four.44 The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight.45 The porters: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, one hundred thirty-eight.46 The Nethinims: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hashupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,47 the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon,48 the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai,49 the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar,50 the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda,51 the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Phaseah,52 the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephishesim,53 the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,54 the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,55 the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Tamah,56 the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.57 The sons of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida,58 the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,59 the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, the sons of Amon.60 All the Nethinims, and the sons of Solomon's servants, [were] three hundred and ninety-two.61 And these [were] they which came up [also] from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their father's house, nor their seed, whether they [were] of Israel.62 The sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.63 And of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of Barzillai, who took [one] of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.64 These sought their register [among] those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found; therefore, were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.65 And the Tirshatha said unto them that they should not eat of the most holy things until there stood [up] a priest with Urim and Thummim.66 The whole congregation [united] as one [man] was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,67 not counting their menservants and their maidservants, of whom [there were] seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women singers.68 Their horses, seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five:69 [Their] camels, four hundred and thirty-five; [their] asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.70 And some of the princes of the families gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave for the treasure one thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priests' garments.71 And the princes of the families gave for the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver.72 And [that] which the rest of the people gave [was] twenty thousand drams of gold and two thousand pounds of silver and sixty-seven priests' garments.73 So the priests and the Levites and the porters and the singers and [those] of the people and the Nethinims and all Israel dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the sons of Israel [were] in their cities.: