Neemias 12

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.

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.