Nehemiah 12:1-47
12 Olketa priest and olketa Levite wea go ap lo Jerusalem witim Zerubbabel, son blo Shealtiel, and Jeshua hem olsem: 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. Lo taem blo Jeshua, olketa hia nao olketa hed blo olketa priest and blo olketa brata blo olketa.
8 Olketa Levite hem Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah. Mattaniah and olketa brata blo hem nao leadim olketa song for sei thankiu lo God.
9 And tufala brata blo olketa wea standap opposite lo olketa for security* hem Bakbukiah and Unni.
10 Jeshua hem dadi blo Joiakim, and Joiakim hem dadi blo Eliashib, and Eliashib hem dadi blo Joiada,
11 and Joiada hem dadi blo Jonathan, and Jonathan hem dadi blo Jaddua.
12 Lo taem blo Joiakim, olketa priest wea hed lo laen blo dadi blo olketa hem olsem: Meraiah hem hed lo laen blo Seraiah, Hananiah hem hed lo laen blo Jeremiah.
13 Meshullam hem hed lo laen blo Ezra, Jehohanan hem hed lo laen blo Amariah.
14 Jonathan hem hed lo laen blo Malluchi, Joseph hem hed lo laen blo Shebaniah.
15 Adna hem hed lo laen blo Harim, Helkai hem hed lo laen blo Meraioth.
16 Zechariah hem hed lo laen blo Iddo, Meshullam hem hed lo laen blo Ginnethon.
17 Zichri hem hed lo laen blo Abijah, . . . * hem hed lo laen blo Miniamin, Piltai hem hed lo laen blo Moadiah.
18 Shammua hem hed lo laen blo Bilgah, Jehonathan hem hed lo laen blo Shemaiah.
19 Mattenai hem hed lo laen blo Joiarib, Uzzi hem hed lo laen blo Jedaiah.
20 Kallai hem hed lo laen blo Sallai, Eber hem hed lo laen blo Amok.
21 Hashabiah hem hed lo laen blo Hilkiah, Nethanel hem hed lo laen blo Jedaiah.
22 Lo taem wea Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua olketa stap, olketa raetem nem blo olketa Levite, and tu, nem blo olketa priest wea hed lo laen blo dadi blo olketa. Olketa duim datwan go kasem taem wea Darius, king blo Persia, hem rul.
23 Olketa raetem nem blo olketa Levite wea olketa hed lo laen blo dadi blo olketa insaed lo history buk blo datfala taem, go kasem taem blo Johanan, son blo Eliashib.
24 Olketa wea hed blo olketa Levite hem Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, son blo Kadmiel, and olketa brata blo olketa wea security standap opposite lo olketa insaed olketa grup for praisem and sei thankiu, followim olketa instruction blo David, man blo datfala tru God.
25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub, olketa security gard lo gate, olketa gaedem olketa stoa rum klosap lo olketa gate blo temple.
26 Olketa duim waka hia lo taem blo Joiakim, son blo Jeshua and wea hem granson blo Jozadak, and lo taem blo Nehemiah, datfala governor, and Ezra, datfala priest and man for copyim* olketa holy raeting.
27 Lo taem wea olketa dedicatem wall blo Jerusalem, olketa go lukaotem olketa Levite lo ples wea olketa stap and tekem olketa kam lo Jerusalem for celebratem datfala dedication. Olketa hapi and singim olketa song for sei thankiu and olketa pleim olketa cymbal, olketa string instrument, and olketa harp.
28 And olketa from laen blo olketa singer* hipap kam tugeta from datfala distrik.* Olketa hia kam from olketa area raonem full Jerusalem, from olketa ples wea olketa Netophathite stap,
29 from Beth-gilgal, and from land lo Geba and Azmaveth. Olketa singer hia mekem olketa vilij blo olketa seleva raonem Jerusalem.
30 And olketa priest and olketa Levite mekem olketa seleva kamap klin and olketa mekem pipol hia, olketa gate, and wall for kamap klin.
31 Then mi leadim olketa leader blo Judah go antap lo wall. And tu, mi organizem tufala big choir for singsing for sei thankiu and grup wea march followim olketa, and wanfala choir hia wakabaot antap lo wall lo raet saed wea feisim go Gate blo Hip Asis.
32 Olketa wea wakabaot bihaen lo olketa, hem Hoshaiah and wanfala grup blo olketa leader blo Judah,
33 and Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,
34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah.
35 And samfala wea go witim olketa hem samfala from laen blo olketa priest wea blowim olketa trumpet. Olketa hia nao: Zechariah, son blo Jonathan. Jonathan hem son blo Shemaiah, Shemaiah hem son blo Mattaniah, Mattaniah hem son blo Micaiah, Micaiah hem son blo Zaccur, and Zaccur hem son blo Asaph.
36 And olketa brata blo Zechariah hem Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. Olketa holem olketa instrument for pleim music olsem olketa instrument blo David, man blo datfala tru God. And Ezra datfala man for copyim* olketa holy raeting hem go firstaem lo olketa.
37 Taem olketa kasem Fountain Gate, olketa go ap stret lo Olketa Step blo Taon blo David and go ap pasim Haos blo David and go kasem Wata Gate wea stap lo east saed.
38 Nara choir wea singsing for sei thankiu wakabaot lo opposite direction,* and mi wakabaot bihaenem olketa witim evri narawan. Mifala wakabaot antap lo wall and go pasim Ovens Taoa and kasem Broad Wall.
39 And mifala go pasim Gate blo Ephraim and go kasem Gate blo Old Taon and go kasem Fish Gate and go kasem Hananel Taoa, Meah Taoa, and Sheep Gate. And mifala stop lo Gate blo Gard.
40 Gogo, tufala choir wea singsing for sei thankiu arrive lo front lo haos blo datfala tru God and mi witim wanfala grup blo olketa deputy tu kasem lo there,
41 and tu, olketa priest hem Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, wea blowim olketa trumpet,
42 and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And olketa singer singsing big and Izrahiah nao leadim olketa.
43 Lo datfala day olketa offerim staka sakrifaes and olketa hapi tumas bikos datfala tru God mekem olketa for barava hapi. Olketa woman and olketa pikinini tu hapi tumas. Olketa lo Jerusalem hapi tumas gogo nomata pipol wea stap farawe savve herem olketa.
44 Lo datfala day olketa appointim olketa man for lukaftarem olketa stoahaos for olketa contribution, olketa firstfrut, and olketa tithe.* Lo stoahaos hia olketa stoarem share blo kaikai wea Law talem for pipol mas givim for olketa priest and olketa Levite. Olketa pipol lo Judah duim evri samting hia bikos olketa hapi tumas olketa priest and olketa Levite waka lo temple.
45 And olketa start for duim olketa waka blo God blo olketa and olketa duim waka blo olketa for mekem olketa samting kamap klin. And olketa singer and olketa security gard lo gate tu duim waka blo olketa followim olketa instruction blo David and son blo hem Solomon.
46 Lo bifor yet lo taem blo David and Asaph, olketa garem olketa man wea leadim* olketa singer, and olketa man for leadim olketa wea singsing for praisem and sei thankiu lo God.
47 And lo taem blo Zerubbabel and lo taem blo Nehemiah, evri Israelite givim olketa contribution for olketa singer and olketa security gard lo gate, fitim wanem olketa needim each day. And olketa givim tu wan tenth from datfala contribution for olketa Levite, and olketa Levite givim wan tenth from wanem olketa kasem for olketa wea kam from laen blo Aaron.
Olketa footnote
^ Or maet, “lo taem blo worship.”
^ Luk olsem lo Hebrew raeting olketa aotem wanfala nem lo hia.
^ Or, “scribe blo.”
^ Or, “And olketa wea train gud for singsing.”
^ Diswan hem distrik klosap lo Jordan River.
^ Or, “scribe blo.”
^ Or, “front.”
^ Heb., “mek-ten part.”
^ Heb., “olketa hed lo.”
