Neemia 3
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Dregerea zidurilor Ierusalimului
3 Marele preot Eliaşib(A) s-a sculat împreună cu fraţii săi, preoţii, şi au zidit(B) Poarta Oilor. Au sfinţit-o şi i-au pus uşile; au sfinţit-o de la turnul Mea(C), până la turnul(D) lui Hananeel. 2 Alături de Eliaşib au zidit şi oamenii(E) din Ierihon; alături de el a zidit şi Zacur, fiul lui Imri. 3 Fiii lui Senaa au zidit Poarta(F) Peştilor. Au acoperit-o cu scânduri şi i-au pus uşile(G), încuietorile şi zăvoarele. 4 Alături de ei, a lucrat la dregerea zidului Meremot fiul lui Urie, fiul lui Hacoţ; alături de ei a lucrat Meşulam, fiul lui Berechia, fiul lui Meşezabeel; alături de ei a lucrat Ţadoc, fiul lui Baana; 5 alături de ei au lucrat tecoiţii, ai căror fruntaşi nu s-au supus în slujba(H) Domnului. 6 Ioiada, fiul lui Paseah, şi Meşulam, fiul lui Besodia, au dres poarta(I) cea veche. Au acoperit-o cu scânduri şi i-au pus uşile, încuietorile şi zăvoarele. 7 Alături de ei au lucrat Melatia, Gabaonitul, Iadon, Meronotitul, şi oamenii din Gabaon şi Miţpa, până la scaunul(J) dregătorului de dincoace de râul Eufrat; 8 alături de ei a lucrat Uziel, fiul lui Harhaia, dintre argintari, şi alături de el a lucrat Hanania, dintre făcătorii de mir. Au întărit Ierusalimul până la zidul cel lat(K). 9 Alături de ei a lucrat Refaia, fiul lui Hur, care era mai-mare peste jumătate din ţinutul Ierusalimului. 10 Alături de ei a lucrat, în faţa casei sale, Iedaia, fiul lui Harumaf, şi alături de el a lucrat Hatuş, fiul lui Haşabnia. 11 O altă parte a zidului şi turnul(L) cuptoarelor au fost drese de Malchia, fiul lui Harim, şi de Haşub, fiul lui Pahat-Moab. 12 Alături de ei a lucrat, cu fetele sale, Şalum, fiul lui Haloheş, mai-marele peste jumătate din ţinutul Ierusalimului. 13 Hanun şi locuitorii Zanoahului au dres Poarta(M) Văii. Au zidit-o şi i-au pus uşile, încuietorile şi zăvoarele. Ei au făcut o mie de coţi de zid până la Poarta(N) Gunoiului. 14 Malchia, fiul lui Recab, mai-marele peste ţinutul Bet-Hacheremului, a dres Poarta Gunoiului. A zidit-o şi i-a pus uşile, încuietorile şi zăvoarele. 15 Şalun, fiul lui Col-Hoze, mai-marele peste ţinutul Miţpa, a dres Poarta(O) Izvorului. A zidit-o, a acoperit-o cu scânduri şi i-a pus uşile, încuietorile şi zăvoarele. A făcut zidul iazului Siloe(P) lângă grădina împăratului, până la treptele care pogoară din cetatea lui David. 16 După el, Neemia, fiul lui Azbuc, mai-marele peste jumătate din ţinutul Bet-Ţurului, a lucrat la dregerea zidului până în faţa mormintelor lui David, până la iazul(Q) care fusese zidit şi până la casa vitejilor. 17 După el, au lucrat leviţii, Rehum, fiul lui Bani, şi alături de el a lucrat, pentru ţinutul său, Haşabia, mai-marele peste jumătate din ţinutul Cheila. 18 După el, au lucrat fraţii lor, Bavai, fiul lui Henadad, mai-marele peste jumătate din ţinutul Cheila, 19 şi alături de el, Ezer, fiul lui Iosua, mai-marele Miţpei, a dres o altă parte a zidului, în faţa suişului casei armelor, în unghi(R). 20 După el, Baruc, fiul lui Zabai, a dres cu râvnă o altă parte, de la unghi până la poarta casei marelui preot Eliaşib. 21 După el, Meremot, fiul lui Urie, fiul lui Hacoţ, a dres o altă parte, de la poarta casei lui Eliaşib până la capătul casei lui Eliaşib. 22 După el, au lucrat preoţii din împrejurimile Ierusalimului. 23 După ei, Beniamin şi Haşub au lucrat în dreptul casei lor. După ei, Azaria, fiul lui Maaseia, fiul lui Anania, a lucrat lângă casa lui. 24 După el, Binui, fiul lui Henadad, a dres o altă parte, de la casa lui Azaria până la unghi(S) şi până la colţ. 25 Palal, fiul lui Uzai, a lucrat în faţa unghiului şi în faţa turnului de sus, care iese înainte din casa împăratului, lângă curtea(T) temniţei. După el, a lucrat Pedaia, fiul lui Pareoş. 26 Slujitorii(U) Templului care locuiesc pe deal(V) au lucrat până în dreptul Porţii(W) Apelor, la răsărit, şi până în dreptul turnului care iese în afară. 27 După el, tecoiţii au dres o altă parte în dreptul turnului celui mare, care iese în afară până la zidul dealului. 28 Deasupra Porţii(X) Cailor, preoţii au lucrat fiecare înaintea casei lui. 29 După ei, Ţadoc, fiul lui Imer, a lucrat înaintea casei lui. După el, a lucrat Şemaia, fiul lui Şecania, păzitorul porţii de la răsărit. 30 După el, Hanania, fiul lui Şelemia, şi Hanun, al şaselea fiu al lui Ţalaf, au dres o altă parte a zidului. După ei, Meşulam, fiul lui Berechia, a lucrat în faţa odăii lui. 31 După el, Malchia, dintre argintari, a lucrat până la casele slujitorilor Templului şi negustorilor, în dreptul porţii Mifcad şi până la odaia de sus din colţ. 32 Argintarii şi negustorii au lucrat între odaia de sus din colţ şi Poarta Oilor.
Nehemiah 3
The Voice
3 The sheep gate was first. Led by their brother, the high priest Eliashib, the priests began the work of rebuilding. They framed it,[a] then they set its doors in place. They proceeded to the tower of the hundred, and after dedicating it they made it as far as the tower of Hananel. 2 The men of Jericho partnered with Eliashib, as did Zacur (Imri’s son).
3 Hassenaah’s sons rebuilt the fish gate. They framed it, set its doors in place, then secured it with bolts and bars. 4 Meremoth (Hakkoz’s grandson and Uriah’s son) partnered with Hassenaah’s sons in repairing the wall, as did Meshullam (Berechiah’s son and Meshezabel’s grandson) and Zadok (Baana’s son). 5 Even the men from Tekoa partnered in the repairs; however, Jerusalem’s long-standing noblemen didn’t support the new leadership’s plans.
6 Joiada (Paseah’s son) and Meshullam (Besodeiah’s son) rebuilt the old gate. In the same way, they framed it, set its doors in place, and secured it with bolts and bars. 7 The men of Gibeon and Mizpah (that’s the Mizpah where the governor of the Persian Empire beyond the Euphrates River had his capital)—Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite—partnered with them. 8 Uzziel the goldsmith (Harhaiah’s son) partnered with them in the repairs, as did Hananiah, a perfumer. The wall they built was the broad wall. 9 There, a half-district ruler of Jerusalem named Rephaiah (Hur’s son) partnered with them in the repairs. 10 Jedaiah (Harumaph’s son) partnered with Rephaiah, working directly across from his own house, as did Hattush (Hashabneiah’s son). 11 Malchijah (Harim’s son) and Hasshub (Pahath-moab’s son) repaired another section and the oven tower. 12 A half-district ruler named Shallum (Hallohesh’s son) and his daughters partnered with Malchijah.
13 Working with the residents of Zanoah, Hanun rebuilt the valley gate. In the same way, they framed it, set its doors in place, and secured it with bolts and bars. They were able to build the wall as far as the potsherd gate—a full 500 yards past where they started.
14 The ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem rebuilt the potsherd gate. In the same way, he framed it, set its doors in place, then secured it with bolts and bars.
15 Mizpah’s ruler, Shallum (Col-hozeh’s son) repaired the fountain gate, adding a roof while framing it, setting its doors in place, and securing it with bolts and bars. It fell to him to repair the wall of the pool of Shelah—of the king’s garden—to the steps leading down and away from the city of David.
Instead of repairing the old, these people build entirely new sections of wall inside the former wall’s perimeter, because reterracing the steep incline and clearing the rubble would be far too time consuming.
16 Nehemiah (Azbuk’s son), who was ruler of the half-district of Beth-zur, built until he was directly across from David’s tombs, which is also where the artificial pool is and the house of the heroes.
17 Down the wall, the Levites worked: Rehum (Bani’s son), then Hashabiah, the half-district ruler of Keilah who worked on behalf of his own people. 18 Then came their brothers: Bavvai (Henadad’s son), the other half-district ruler of Keilah. 19 Ezer (Jeshua’s son), who ruled in Mizpah, partnered with Bavvai on the section of the wall that faced the road leading up to the armory—as far as the point where the wall angles away.[b] 20 Then came Baruch (Zabbai’s son), who worked fervently on the section between the angle of the wall and the entrance to High Priest Eliashib’s house. 21 From that entrance all the way to the end of Eliashib’s house, Meremoth (Uriah’s son and Hakkoz’s grandson) worked, in addition to the work he had completed next to the fish gate. 22 Priests from the surrounding region repaired the next portion of the wall. 23 Benjamin and Hasshub worked on sections directly in front of their homes, then Azariah (Maaseiah’s son and Ananiah’s grandson) worked on a section beside his home. 24 From Azariah’s home to the angle and the corner, Binnui (Henadad’s son) completed a second section. 25 Palal (Uzai’s son) worked on the wall section at a point across from both the angle and the place where the upper tower comes out of the palace near the guards’ court. Then came Pedaiah (Parosh’s son) 26 and servants from the temple living on the Ophel’s hill making repairs as far as the point directly across from the water gate to the east and the upper palace tower. 27 The men of Tekoa, who worked without the support of their nobles, worked from that same tower as far as Ophel’s wall.
28 Beyond the horse gate, each priest repaired the wall section in front of his own house, 29 as did Zadok (Immer’s son) and the guard of the east gate, Shemaiah (Shecaniah’s son). 30 Then Hananiah (Shelemiah’s son) and Hanun (Zalaph’s sixth-born son) worked on the next section, and Meshullam (Berechiah’s son) worked on the section across from where he lived. 31 Malchijah, a goldsmith, then repaired the wall all the way to the place where the temple servants and the merchants live, the place across from the inspection gate just beyond the room above the corner. 32 The goldsmiths and the merchants were the ones responsible for the final area between that room and the sheep gate.
Nehemiah 3
King James Version
3 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.
20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.
25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
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