Nehemiah 10

וְעַ֖ל הַחֲתוּמִ֑ים נְחֶמְיָ֧ה הַתִּרְשָׁ֛תָא בֶּן־חֲכַלְיָ֖ה וְצִדְקִיָּֽה׃

Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,

Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,

שְׂרָיָ֥ה עֲזַרְיָ֖ה יִרְמְיָֽה׃

Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

פַּשְׁח֥וּר אֲמַרְיָ֖ה מַלְכִּיָּֽה׃

Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,

Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,

חַטּ֥וּשׁ שְׁבַנְיָ֖ה מַלּֽוּךְ׃

Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

חָרִ֥ם מְרֵמ֖וֹת עֹֽבַדְיָֽה׃

Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

דָּנִיֵּ֥אל גִּנְּת֖וֹן בָּרֽוּךְ׃

Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

מְשֻׁלָּ֥ם אֲבִיָּ֖ה מִיָּמִֽן׃

Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

מַֽעַזְיָ֥ה בִלְגַּ֖י שְׁמַֽעְיָ֑ה אֵ֖לֶּה הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃

Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

וְֽהַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְיֵשׁ֨וּעַ֙ בֶּן־אֲזַנְיָ֔ה בִּנּ֕וּי מִבְּנֵ֥י חֵנָדָ֖ד קַדְמִיאֵֽל׃

The Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,

And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

וַאֲחֵיהֶ֑ם שְׁבַנְיָ֧ה הֽוֹדִיָּ֛ה קְלִיטָ֖א פְּלָאיָ֥ה חָנָֽן׃

and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

מִיכָ֥א רְח֖וֹב חֲשַׁבְיָֽה׃

Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

זַכּ֥וּר שֵׁרֵֽבְיָ֖ה שְׁבַנְיָֽה׃

Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

הוֹדִיָּ֥ה בָנִ֖י בְּנִֽינוּ׃

Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.

Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.

רָאשֵׁ֖י הָעָ֑ם פַּרְעֹשׁ֙ פַּחַ֣ת מוֹאָ֔ב עֵילָ֥ם זַתּ֖וּא בָּנִֽי׃

And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

בֻּנִּ֥י עַזְגָּ֖ד בֵּבָֽי׃

Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

אֲדֹנִיָּ֥ה בִגְוַ֖י עָדִֽין׃

Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

אָטֵ֥ר חִזְקִיָּ֖ה עַזּֽוּר׃

Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,

Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,

הוֹדִיָּ֥ה חָשֻׁ֖ם בֵּצָֽי׃

Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,

חָרִ֥יף עֲנָת֖וֹת (נובי) [נֵיבָֽי] ׃

Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

מַגְפִּיעָ֥שׁ מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם חֵזִֽיר׃

Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

מְשֵׁיזַבְאֵ֥ל צָד֖וֹק יַדּֽוּעַ׃

Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,

Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,

פְּלַטְיָ֥ה חָנָ֖ן עֲנָיָֽה׃

Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

הוֹשֵׁ֥עַ חֲנַנְיָ֖ה חַשּֽׁוּב׃

Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,

Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,

הַלּוֹחֵ֥שׁ פִּלְחָ֖א שׁוֹבֵֽק׃

Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,

רְח֥וּם חֲשַׁבְנָ֖ה מַעֲשֵׂיָֽה׃

Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

וַאֲחִיָּ֥ה חָנָ֖ן עָנָֽן׃

Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

מַלּ֥וּךְ חָרִ֖ם בַּעֲנָֽה׃

Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.

Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

וּשְׁאָ֣ר הָעָ֡ם הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים הַ֠לְוִיִּם הַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֨ים הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֜ים הַנְּתִינִ֗ים וְֽכָל־הַנִּבְדָּ֞ל מֵעַמֵּ֤י הָאֲרָצוֹת֙ אֶל־תּוֹרַ֣ת הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים נְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם בְּנֵיהֶ֣ם וּבְנֹתֵיהֶ֑ם כֹּ֖ל יוֹדֵ֥עַ מֵבִֽין׃

“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

מַחֲזִיקִ֣ים עַל־אֲחֵיהֶם֮ אַדִּירֵיהֶם֒ וּבָאִ֞ים בְּאָלָ֣ה וּבִשְׁבוּעָ֗ה לָלֶ֨כֶת֙ בְּתוֹרַ֣ת הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִתְּנָ֔ה בְּיַ֖ד מֹשֶׁ֣ה עֶֽבֶד־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְלִשְׁמ֣וֹר וְלַעֲשׂ֗וֹת אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֺת֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֲדֹנֵ֔ינוּ וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו וְחֻקָּֽיו׃

hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

וַאֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־נִתֵּ֥ן בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּ לְעַמֵּ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ וְאֶת־בְּנֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א נִקַּ֖ח לְבָנֵֽינוּ׃

We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.

And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

וְעַמֵּ֣י הָאָ֡רֶץ הַֽמְבִיאִים֩ אֶת־הַמַּקָּח֨וֹת וְכָל־שֶׁ֜בֶר בְּי֤וֹם הַשַּׁבָּת֙ לִמְכּ֔וֹר לֹא־נִקַּ֥ח מֵהֶ֛ם בַּשַּׁבָּ֖ת וּבְי֣וֹם קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְנִטֹּ֛שׁ אֶת־הַשָּׁנָ֥ה הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖ית וּמַשָּׁ֥א כָל־יָֽד׃

When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow and will cancel every debt.

And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

וְהֶעֱמַ֤דְנוּ עָלֵ֨ינוּ֙ מִצְוֺ֔ת לָתֵ֥ת עָלֵ֛ינוּ שְׁלִשִׁ֥ית הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה לַעֲבֹדַ֖ת בֵּ֥ית אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:

Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

לְלֶ֣חֶם הַֽמַּעֲרֶ֡כֶת וּמִנְחַ֣ת הַתָּמִ֣יד וּלְעוֹלַ֣ת הַ֠תָּמִיד הַשַּׁבָּת֨וֹת הֶחֳדָשִׁ֜ים לַמּוֹעֲדִ֗ים וְלַקֳּדָשִׁים֙ וְלַ֣חַטָּא֔וֹת לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְכֹ֖ל מְלֶ֥אכֶת בֵּית־אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.

For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

וְהַגּוֹרָל֨וֹת הִפַּ֜לְנוּ עַל־קֻרְבַּ֣ן הָעֵצִ֗ים הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים הַלְוִיִּם֮ וְהָעָם֒ לְ֠הָבִיא לְבֵ֨ית אֱלֹהֵ֧ינוּ לְבֵית־אֲבֹתֵ֛ינוּ לְעִתִּ֥ים מְזֻמָּנִ֖ים שָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֑ה לְבַעֵ֗ר עַל־מִזְבַּח֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ כַּכָּת֖וּב בַּתּוֹרָֽה׃

We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.

And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:

וּלְהָבִ֞יא אֶת־בִּכּוּרֵ֣י אַדְמָתֵ֗נוּ וּבִכּוּרֵ֛י כָּל־פְּרִ֥י כָל־עֵ֖ץ שָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֑ה לְבֵ֖ית יְהוָֽה׃

We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.

And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:

וְאֶת־בְּכֹר֤וֹת בָּנֵ֨ינוּ֙ וּבְהֶמְתֵּ֔ינוּ כַּכָּת֖וּב בַּתּוֹרָ֑ה וְאֶת־בְּכוֹרֵ֨י בְקָרֵ֜ינוּ וְצֹאנֵ֗ינוּ לְהָבִיא֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ לַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים הַמְשָׁרְתִ֖ים בְּבֵ֥ית אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.

Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:

וְאֶת־רֵאשִׁ֣ית עֲרִיסֹתֵ֣ינוּ וּ֠תְרוּמֹתֵינוּ וּפְרִ֨י כָל־עֵ֜ץ תִּיר֣וֹשׁ וְיִצְהָ֗ר נָבִ֤יא לַכֹּהֲנִים֙ אֶל־לִשְׁכ֣וֹת בֵּית־אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ וּמַעְשַׂ֥ר אַדְמָתֵ֖נוּ לַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְהֵם֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם הַֽמְעַשְּׂרִ֔ים בְּכֹ֖ל עָרֵ֥י עֲבֹדָתֵֽנוּ׃

Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.

And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

וְהָיָ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֧ן בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹ֛ן עִם־הַלְוִיִּ֖ם בַּעְשֵׂ֣ר הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם יַעֲל֨וּ אֶת־מַעֲשַׂ֤ר הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂר֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ אֶל־הַלְּשָׁכ֖וֹת לְבֵ֥ית הָאוֹצָֽר׃

A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.

And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.

כִּ֣י אֶל־הַ֠לְּשָׁכוֹת יָבִ֨יאוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל וּבְנֵ֣י הַלֵּוִ֗י אֶת־תְּרוּמַ֣ת הַדָּגָן֮ הַתִּיר֣וֹשׁ וְהַיִּצְהָר֒ וְשָׁם֙ כְּלֵ֣י הַמִּקְדָּ֔שׁ וְהַכֹּהֲנִים֙ הַמְשָׁ֣רְתִ֔ים וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֖ים וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים וְלֹ֥א נַעֲזֹ֖ב אֶת־בֵּ֥ית אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.