Nehemia 12

¹Zvino ava ndivo vapirisiti navaRevhi vakaenda naZerubhabheri, mwanakomana waShearitieri, naJeshua: Seraya, naJeremiya, naEzira;Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

²naAmaria, naMaruki, naHatushi;Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

³naShekania, naRehumi, naMeremoti;Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

⁴naIdho, naGinetoi, naAbhiya;Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,

⁵naMijamini, naMaadhia, naBhiriga;Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

⁶naShemaya, naJoyaribhi, naJedhaya;Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

⁷naSaru, naAmoki, naKirikiiya, naJedhaya. Ndivo vakanga vari vakuru vavapirisiti navehama dzavo pamazuva aJeshua.Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

⁸Uye navaRevhi ava: Jeshua, naBhinui, naKadhimieri, naSherebhia, naJudha, naMatania, iye nehama dzake ndivo vairaira vaimbi.Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.

⁹NaBhakibhukia, naUno, hama dzavo, vakanga vakatarisana navo pakurinda.Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.

¹⁰Jeshua akabereka Joyakimu, Joyakimu akabereka Eriashibhi, Eriashibhi akabereka Joyadha;And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

¹¹Joyadha akabereka Jonatani, Jonatani akabereka Jadhua.And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

¹²Pamazuva aJoyakimu vapirisiti, ivo vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba, vakanga vari: wokwaSeraya, Meraya; wokwaJeremiya, HananiyaAnd in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

¹³wokwaEzira, Meshurami, wokwaAmaria, Jehohanani;Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

¹⁴wokwaMaruki, Jonatani; wokwaShebhania, Josefa;Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

¹⁵wokwaHarimi, Adhina; wokwaMerayoti, Herikai;Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

¹⁶wokwa Idho, Zekariya; wokaGinetoni, Meshurami;Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

¹⁷wokwaAbhia, Zikiri; wokwaMinyamini waMoadhia, PiritaiOf Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;

¹⁸wokwaBhiriga, Shamua; wokwaShemaya, Jehonatani,Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

¹⁹wokwaJoyaribhi, Matenai; wokwaJedhaya, Uzi;And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

²⁰wokwaSarai, Karai; wokwaAmoki, Ebheri;Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

²¹wokwaHirikia Hashabhia; wokwaJedhaya, Netaneri.Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.

²²VaRevhi vakanyorwa mazita avakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba pamazuva aEriashibhi, naJoyadha, naJohanani, naJadhua; navapirisitiwo kusvikira pakubata ushe kwaDhariusi muPerisia.The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.

²³Vanakomana vaRevhi ivo vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba, vakanyorwa pabhuku yaMakoronike, kusvikira pamazuva aJohanani mwanakomana waEriashibhi.The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

²⁴Vakuru vavaRevhi vakanga vari: Hashabhia, naSherebhia, naJeshua, mwanakomana waKadhimieri, nehama dzavo dzakatarisana navo pakurumbidza nokuvonga, sezvakanga zvarairwa naDhavhidhi munhu waMwari, vachiita madzoro pakuimba.And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

²⁵Matania, naBhakibhukia, naObhadhiya, naMeshurami, naTarimoni, naAkubhi vakanga vari varindi vemikova, vairinda pamatura pamasuo.Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

²⁶Ndivo vakanga varipo pamazuva aJoyakimu mwanakomana waJeshua, mwanakomana waJozadhaki,. napamazuva aNehemiya mubati, nomupirisiti Ezira munyori.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.

²⁷Zvino pakutsaurira kwavo Jehovha rusvingo rweJerusaremu, vakandotsvaka vaRevhi pose pavakanga vagere, vakauya navo Jerusaremu, kuti vatsaure nomufaro, nokuvonga nokuimba, nokuridza makandira nemitengeranwa nembira.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.

²⁸Vanakomana vavaimbi vakaungana pamwechete vachibva kumapani akapoteredza Jerusaremu, nokumisha yavaNetofati;And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

²⁹napaBhetigirigari, naparuwa rweGebha neAzimavheti; nokuti vaimbi vakanga vazvivakira misha pamativi ose eJerusaremu.Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

³⁰Zvino vapirisiti navaRevhi vakazvinatsa, ndokunatsawo vanhu, namasuo, norusvingo.And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

³¹Ipapo ndakakwidza machinda avaJudha pamusoro porusvingo, ndikaraira mapoka makuru maviri vakavonga vachifamba vakaita mudungwe; vamwe vakafamba kurutivi rworudyi pamusoro porusvingo, vachienda kusuo ramarara;Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

³²shure kwavo kwakafamba Hosaya, nehafu yamachinda aJudha,And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

³³naAzaria, naEzira, naMeshurami,And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

³⁴naJudha, naBhenjamini, naShemaya, naJeremiya,Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

³⁵navamwe vanakomana vavapirisiti vane hwamanda. Zekariya, mwanakomana waJonatani, mwanakomana waShemaya, mwanakomana waMatania, mwanakomana waMikaya, mwanakomana waZakuri, mwanakomana waAsafi,And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:

³⁶nehama dzake: Shemaya, naAzareri, naMirarai, naGirarai, naMaai, naNetaneri, naJudha, naHanani vane zvokuridza zvaDhavhidhi munhu waMwari; Ezira, munyori akanga ari pamberi pavo;And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

³⁷vakafamba napasuo retsime, vakarurama, ndokukwira namatanho eguta raDhavhidhi, pamukwidzwa worusvingo, pamusoro peimba yaDhavhidhi, kusvikira pasuo remvura, kumabvazuva.And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

³⁸Rimwe boka ravavongi rakandosangana navo, ini ndichivatevera, ndine hafu yavanhu pamusoro porusvingo, pamusoro peshongwe yamavira, kusvikira parusvingo rupamhi;And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;

³⁹napamusoro pesuo raEfuremu, napasuo rekare, napasuo rehove, neshongwe yaHananeri, neshongwe yaHamea, kusvikira pasuo ramakwai, vakamira pasuo ravarindi.And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

⁴⁰Mapoka maviri avavongi vakamira saizvozvo paimba yaMwari, neni nehafu yavatariri,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:

⁴¹navapirisiti Eriakimu, naMaaseya, naMiniamini, naMikaya, naErionenai, naZekariya, naHanania, vane hwamanda;And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

⁴²naMaaseya, naShemaya, naEreazari, naUzi, naJehohanani, naMarikija, naErami, naEzeri. Vaimbi vakaimbisa kwazvo, vana Jezirahia mutariri wavo.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.

⁴³Vakabayira zvibayiro zvikuru nezuva iro, vakafara; nokuti Mwari akanga avafadza nomufaro mukuru; navakadziwo navana vakafara; naizvozvo mufaro weJerusaremu wakanzwika kure.Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

⁴⁴Pazuva iro varume vakagadzwa kutarira makamuri efuma, nezvipiriso zvinotsaurwa, nezvitsva, nezvegumi, kuti vaunganidziremo migove yavapirisiti neyavaRevhi yakanga yakatarwa nomurau, kuti itorwe paruwa rwamaguta; nokuti vaJudha vakafarira vapirisiti navaRevhi vaishumira.And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

⁴⁵Ivo vakachengeta murayiro waMwari wavo, nomurayiro wokunatsa, navaimbi navarindi vemikovawo saizvozvo, sezvakanga zvarairwa naDhavhidhi naSoromoni, mwanakomana wake.And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

⁴⁶Nokuti pamazuva akare aDhavhidhi naAsafi, kwaiva nomukuru wavaimbi, nenziyo dzokurumbidza nokuvonga Mwari.For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

⁴⁷Zvino vaIsiraeri vose pamazuva aZerubhabheri, napamazuva aNehemiya, vaipa vaimbi navarindi vemikova migove yavo, yakadikanwa zuva rimwe nerimwe; ivo vaitsaurira vaRevhi, uye vaRevhi vaitsaurira vanakomana vaAroni.And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.