1 Lista dos sacerdotes e levitas que voltaram com Zorobabel, filho de Salatiel, e com Josué: Saraías, Jeremias, Esdras,
2 Amarias, Meluc, Hatus,
3 Sequenias, Rehum, Merimut,
4 Ado, Genton, Abias,
5 Miamin, Maadias, Belga, Semeías,
6 Joiarib, Idaías, Selu, Amoc, Helcias, Idaías.
7 Tais eram os chefes dos sacerdotes e seus irmãos no tempo de Josué.
8 Os levitas: Josué, Benui, Cedmiel, Serebias, Judá, Matanias, que estava com seus irmãos, dirigindo o canto de louvores;
9 Becbecias e Hani, seus irmãos, alternavam com eles.
10 Josué gerou Joaquim, Joaquim gerou Eliasib, Eliasib gerou Joiada,
11 Joiada gerou Jonatã, e Jonatã gerou Jedoa.
12 Eis os chefes das famílias sacerdotais no tempo de Joaquim: para a de Saraías, Maraías; para a de Jeremias, Ananias;
13 para Esdras, Mosolão; para Amarias, Joanã;
14 para Milico, Jonatã; para Sebenias, José;
15 para Harão, Edna; para Maraiot, Helci;
16 para Ado, Zacarias; para Genton, Mosolão;
17 para Abias, Zecri; para Miamin e Moadias, Felti;
18 para Belga, Samua; para Semeías, Jonatã;
19 para Joiarib, Matanai; para Jodaías, Azi;
20 para Selai, Celai; para Amoc, Heber;
21 para Helcias, Hasebias; para Idaías, Natanael.
22 Sob o reinado de Dario, rei da Pérsia, fez-se uma lista de todos os chefes de famílias levíticas e sacerdotais do tempo de Eliasib, de Joiada, de Joanã e de Jedoa.
23 No livro das Crônicas, os chefes de famílias levíticas só estão inscritos até o tempo de Joanã, filho de Eliasib.
24 Os chefes dos levitas foram, pois: Hasebias, Serebias e Josué, filho de Cedmiel, encarregados, alternadamente com os seus irmãos, do serviço dos louvores ao Senhor segundo o rito instituído por Davi, com um coro respondendo ao outro;
25 Matanias, Becbecias, Abdias, Mosolão, Telmon e Acub eram porteiros e tinham a guarda das portas.
26 Tais eram os que estavam em funções no tempo de Joaquim, filho de Josué, filho de Josedec, e no tempo do governador Neemias, e de Esdras, sacerdote e escriba.
27 Por ocasião da inauguração das muralhas de Jerusalém, convocaram-se os levitas de todos os lugares onde habitavam, para que viessem a Jerusalém celebrar alegremente tal dedicação com hinos e cânticos, ao som de címbalos, cítaras e harpas.
28 Os filhos dos cantores reuniram-se dos campos vizinhos de Jerusalém e das cidades dos netofateus, de Bet-Galgal e do território de Geba e de Azmavet,
29 porque os cantores haviam construído aldeias nos arredores de Jerusalém.
30 Os sacerdotes e levitas purificaram-se, e depois purificaram o povo, as portas e a muralha.
31 Fiz então subir à muralha os chefes de Judá, e formei dois grandes coros para o cortejo. Um ia pela direita, por cima da muralha, na direção da porta da Esterqueira.
32 Em seguida caminhavam Osaías e a metade dos chefes de Judá,
33 Azarias, Esdras, Mosolão,
34 Judá, Benjamim, Semeías e Jeremias;
35 depois os filhos dos sacerdotes com trombetas: Zacarias, filho de Jonatã, filho de Semeías, filho de Matanias, filho de Miquéias, filho de Zecur, filho de Asaf,
36 e seus irmãos, Semeías, Azareel, Malalai, Galalai, Maai, Natanael, Judá e Hanani, com os instrumentos musicais de Davi, o homem de Deus. O escriba Esdras ia à frente deles.
37 Chegando à porta da fonte, subiram reto diante de si os degraus da cidade de Davi, pela subida da muralha que protege a casa de Davi, até atingir a porta da Água, ao oriente.
38 O segundo coro pôs-se a caminho por cima da muralha, do lado oposto; a este é que eu seguia com a outra metade da multidão.
39 Passando por cima da torre dos Fornos, caminhou-se até a muralha larga; depois por cima da porta de Efraim, da torre de Nananeel, da torre de Mea, até a porta das Ovelhas; e paramos à porta da Prisão.
40 Os dois coros se detiveram na casa de Deus, bem como eu e a metade dos magistrados que me acompanhavam,
41 e os sacerdotes Eliacim, Maasias, Miamin, Miquéias, Elisenai, Zacarias, Ananias, munidos de trombetas,
42 e Maasias, Semeías, Eleazar, Azi, Joanã, Melquias, Elã e Ezer. E os cantores se fizeram ouvir, sob a direção de Jezraías.
43 Ofereceram-se naquele dia grandes sacrifícios e houve grande regozijo porque Deus havia dado ao povo um grande motivo de alegria. As mulheres e as crianças tomaram parte também nas festividades, e de muito longe ouviam-se os gritos de alegria que ecoavam de Jerusalém.
44 Naquele tempo, estabeleceram-se homens para guardar as salas que serviam de depósito para as oferendas, as ofertas reservadas, as primícias e os dízimos, onde foram recolhidas, em suas diversas divisões, as partes assinaladas pela lei aos sacerdotes e aos levitas. O povo de Judá alegrou-se, vendo em seus postos os sacerdotes e os levitas,
45 os quais, do mesmo modo que os cantores e os porteiros, asseguravam o serviço de seu Deus e os ritos das purificações, segundo as ordens de Davi e de Salomão, seu filho.
46 Com efeito, no tempo de Davi e de Asaf, havia chefes de cantores que cantavam louvores e ações de graças a Deus.
47 E agora, no tempo de Zorobabel e de Neemias, Israel inteiro servia quotidianamente porções destinadas aos cantores e porteiros; e dava as ofertas sagradas aos levitas, os quais entregavam sua parte aos filhos de Aarão.
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, Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
8 Moreover the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving songs, he and his brothers. 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were close to them according to their offices. 10 Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada, 11 and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.
12 In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ households: 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 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, Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian. 23 The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ households, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. 24 The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers close to them, to praise and give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, section next to section. 25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses 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 and scribe.
27 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 giving thanks and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps. 28 The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around 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 built themselves villages around Jerusalem. 30 The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
31 Then I brought the princes of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate; 32 and after them went Hoshaiah, with half of the princes of Judah, 33 and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, 35 and some 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 brothers, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them. 37 By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of David’s city, at the ascent of the wall, above David’s house, even to the water gate eastward.
38 The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people on the wall above the tower of the furnaces, even to the wide wall, 39 and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate; and they stood still in the gate of the guard. 40 So the two companies of those who gave thanks in God’s house stood, 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, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. 43 They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far away.
44 On that day, men were appointed over the rooms for the treasures, for the wave 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 who served. 45 They performed the duty of their God and the duty of the purification, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers, 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 to God. 47 All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, 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.