-
that came with Zerubbabel; that is, Jeshua, (or Joshua,) Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. This is the number of [the] men of the sons of Israel; (yea, the leaders who came back with Zerubbabel; that is, Jeshua, or Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. And this is the list of the number of the men of the Israelites who returned;)
-
The words of Nehemiah, the son of Hachaliah. And it was done in the month of Chisleu, that is, November, in the twentieth year, and I was in the castle of Susa (and I was in the capital city of Susa);
-
And Nehemiah, the son of Azbuk, prince of the half part of the street of Bethzur, builded after him, unto over against the sepulchre of David, and unto the cistern, that is builded with great work, and unto the house of strong men. (And Nehemiah, the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half of the district of Bethzur, rebuilt after him, to a point opposite David’s tomb, and the pool that was built with great work, and the house for the strong men, that is, the barracks.)
-
And Nehemiah said (in prayer), Our God, hear thou, for we be made despising (for we be despised); turn thou the shame upon their own head(s), and give thou them into despising in the land of captivity;
-
Joshua, that is to say, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, (and) Baanah. And the number of the men of the people of Israel is this; (and their leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, or Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. And the number of the men of the people of Israel was this;)
-
Soothly [the] priests, and deacons, and porters, and singers, and the residue people, and Nethinims, and all Israel dwelled in their cities. And (when) the seventh month was come under Ezra and Nehemiah, soothly the sons of Israel were in their cities. (And so the priests, and the Levites, and the guards, or the doorkeepers, and the singers, and the rest of the people, and the Temple workers, yea, all Israel, lived in their own cities and towns. And when the seventh month had come under Ezra and Nehemiah, all the Israelites were in their cities.)
-
Forsooth Nehemiah said, he is (the) Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and writer, and the deacons, expounding to all the people, This is a day hallowed to the Lord our God; do not ye mourn, and do not ye weep. For all the people wept, when it heard the words of the law. (And Nehemiah, he was the governor, and Ezra, the priest and writer/the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites, expounding the Law to all the people, said to them, This day is holy to the Lord our God; do not ye mourn, and do not ye weep. For all the people had wept, when they had heard the words of the Law.)
-
And the sealers were Nehemiah, that is, Tirshatha (that is, the governor), the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
-
These men were (serving) in the days of Joiakim, the son of Joshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah, the duke, and of Ezra, the priest and writer. (These men served in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua, or Joshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah, the governor, and of Ezra, the priest and writer/the priest and teacher of the Law.)
-
And all Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave parts to (the) singers and to (the) porters, by all the days; and they hallowed (a part for the) deacons, and the deacons hallowed (a part for) the sons of Aaron. (And in the days of Zerubbabel, and of Nehemiah, all Israel gave the portions, or the gifts, for the singers and the guards, or the doorkeepers, as each day required; and they dedicated a portion for the Levites, and the Levites dedicated a portion for the priests, the sons of Aaron.)
-
and each is (re)turned again into Jerusalem, and into all the cities of Judea, each into his own city, that came with Zerubbabel, and with Jesus, (or Jeshua, or Joshua); Nehemiah, Zaraeas, and Resaiah, Eneneus, Mardochaeus (or Mordecai), Beelsarus, Aspharasus, Reeliah, Romelius, (and) Baana, one of the princes of them (or their princes).
-
And Nehemiah said to them, and Attharias, that they take not part of the holy things, till the time that there arise a taught bishop, into showing (or revelation) and truth.
-
And Nehemiah in the mind of much time, that raised [up] to (or for) us the walls, that were cast down, and made the gates and (the) locks to stand; which Nehemiah raised [up] our houses.
-
Therefore we to making purifying, or cleansing, of the temple, in the five and twentieth day of the month Kislev, that is, November, led needful for to signify to you, that and ye do also the day of Scenopegia (or the Feast of Tabernacles), and the day of fire, that was given, when Nehemiah offered sacrifices, after that the temple and the altar were builded.
-
Forsooth when many years had passed, and it pleased God that Nehemiah was sent from the king of Persia, he sent the sons’ sons of the priests that (had) hidden (it), for to seek the fire; and as they told to us, they found not fire, but fat water.
-
And he commanded them for to draw (it up), and bring (it) to him. And Nehemiah, the priest, commanded the sacrifices, that were put on, for to be sprinkled with the water, those and the trees (or the wood), and those things that were put above (or that were put upon them).
-
And the prayer of Nehemiah was having this manner. Lord God, Maker (out) of nought of all things, dreadful and strong, just and merciful, which alone art (the) good King,
-
Forsooth when the sacrifice was ended, Nehemiah commanded (that) the more (or the great) stones for to be beshed of (or with) the residue water;
-
Forsooth after the thing was known, it was told to the king of Persia, that in the place in which the priests that were translated (or who were led away), had hid fire, water appeared, of (or with) which Nehemiah and they that were with him cleansed (the) sacrifices.
-
Forsooth Nehemiah called this place Nephthar, that is interpreted, either expounded, cleansing; forsooth with many it is called Naphtha.
-
Forsooth and these same things were put in descriptions, and expositions of Nehemiah; and as he made a little bible (or a library), and gathered books of countries, and of prophets, and of David, and epistles of kings, and gifts. [Forsooth and these same things were born in descriptions, and the almeries (or the aumbries) of Nehemiah; and as he making a little bible (or a library), gathered of countries books, and of prophets, and of David, and epistles of kings, and gifts.]