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of the Levites, the chief fathers were recorded in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, and the priests, until the reign of Darius the Persian.
And the chief 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.
А вождями левитов были Хашавия, Шеревия, Иисус, сын Кадмиила, и их собратья, которые стояли напротив них, чтобы воздавать хвалу и благодарения, — один хор напротив другого, как предписано Божьим человеком Давидом.
And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to hold the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, lutes and harps.
На освящение иерусалимской стены из всех местностей, где они жили, были вызваны и приведены в Иерусалим левиты, чтобы радостно отпраздновать освящение с песнями благодарения, под музыку тарелок, лир и арф.
And I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs and processions, on the right hand upon the wall towards the dung-gate.
Я возвел вождей Иудеи на стену и назначил два больших хора, чтобы они возносили хвалу и шли в шествии. Один из них пошел по правой стороне стены, к Навозным воротам.
and [certain] 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;
and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe before them.
и его собратья — Шемая, Азариил, Милалай, Гилалай, Маай, Нафанаил, Иуда и Ханани — с музыкальными инструментами, которые были определены Давидом, человеком Бога. Возглавлял шествие книжник Ездра.
And at the fountain-gate, and over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water-gate eastward.
У ворот Источника — прямо перед ними — они поднялись по ступеням Города Давида на возвышение стены, прошли над домом Давида и далее, до Водных ворот на востоке.
And the second choir went in the opposite direction upon the wall, and I after them, and the half of the people, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even to the broad wall;
and from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the gate of the old [wall], and above the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even to the sheep-gate; and they stood still in the prison-gate.
and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud; and Jizrahiah was their overseer.
And that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and also the women and the children rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
В тот день они принесли великие жертвы и радовались, потому что Бог даровал им великую радость. Женщины и дети тоже радовались. Крики радости в Иерусалиме были слышны далеко вокруг.
And at that time men were appointed over the chambers of the treasures for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, out of the fields of the cities, the portions assigned by the law for the priests and the Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests, and over the Levites that waited.
В тот же день были назначены люди, чьей заботе были вверены хранилища для пожертвований, первых плодов и десятин. С полей вокруг городов они должны были собирать в хранилища доли, назначенные Законом для священников и левитов, ведь иудеи были довольны их служением.
And, with the singers and the doorkeepers, they kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David [and] of Solomon his son.
And all Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers, every day what was needed, and they consecrated things for the Levites; and the Levites consecrated for the children of Aaron.
И во дни Зоровавеля и Неемии весь Израиль давал ежедневные доли для певцов и привратников. Еще они отделяли часть для остальных левитов, а левиты отделяли часть для потомков Аарона.