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Da Prieses An Da Odda Levi Ohana Guys
1 Dis da names fo da pries guys an da Levi ohana guys dat come back Jerusalem side wit Zerubbabel Sheltiel boy, an wit Jeshua da Main Pries Guy:
Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 Amariah, Malluk, Hattush,
3 Shekaniah, Rehum, Meremot,
4 Iddo, Ginnetoi, Abijah,
5 Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, an Jedaiah.
Dey da ones dat wen lead da pries guys an da pries helpa guys, da time Jeshua was da Main Pries Guy.
8 Get odda Levi ohana guys dat come back da same time, anodda Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, anodda Judah, an Mattaniah. Mattaniah an his helpa guys was da one in charge a da songs fo tell God “Mahalo!” 9 Wen dey come togedda fo pray to God, all da Levi guys stan one side, an dea helpa guys Bakbukiah an Unni stan da odda side.
Da Main Pries Guys
10 Jeshua was da Main Pries Guy wen dey come back.
Afta Jeshua, his boy Joiakim come da Main Pries Guy.
Afta Joiakim, his boy Eliashib come da Main Pries Guy.
11 Afta Eliashib, his boy Joiada come da Main Pries Guy.
Afta Joiada, his boy Johanan come da Main Pries Guy. He get one boy Jaddua.
12 Da time Joiakim was da Main Pries Guy, dis was da leadas fo da pries ohanas:
Meraiah was da leada fo da Seraiah ohana.
Hananiah was leada fo da Jeremiah ohana.
13 Meshullam was leada fo da Ezra ohana.
Jehohanan was leada fo da Amariah ohana.
14 Jonathan was leada fo da Malluk ohana.
Joseph was leada fo da Shekaniah ohana.
15 Adna was leada fo da Harim ohana.
Helkai was leada fo da Meraiot ohana.
16 Zekariah was leada fo da Iddo ohana.
Meshullam was leada fo da Ginneton ohana.
17 Zikri was leada fo da Abijah ohana.
Piltai was leada fo da Moadiah ohana.
18 Shammua was leada fo da Bilgah ohana.
Jehonatan was leada fo da Shemaiah ohana.
19 Mattenai was leada fo da Joiarib ohana.
Uzzi was leada fo da Jedaiah ohana.
20 Kallai was leada fo da Sallu ohana.
Eber was leada fo da Amok ohana.
21 Hashabiah was leada fo da Hilkiah ohana.
Netanel was leada fo da Jedaiah ohana.
22 Da time da Persia guy Darius Numba Two was king, da peopo write down who was da leadas fo all da Levi ohanas, an fo da odda pries ohanas. Da names, dey wen use all da time da Main Pries guys was Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, an Jaddua. 23 Da peopo write all dat inside da Book Fo Rememba Wat Wen Happen, till da time Johanan, Eliashib grankid, was da Main Pries Guy.
24 Da leada guys fo da Levi ohana was Hashabiah, Sherebiah, an Jeshua, Kadmiel boy. Dey stan one side an da oddas stan da odda side fo sing fo God an tell him “Mahalo!” jalike David wen tell um fo do, da guy dat stay tight wit God. Da guys one side sing, den da guys da odda side sing.
25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, an Akkub, dey da guys in charge a da security. Dey stay nea da Temple gates an da storage rooms.
26 Dat time, dese guys work inside da Temple. Joiakim was da Main Pries Guy, he Jeshua boy an Jozadak grankid. Nehemiah was da territorial govna. Da pries guy Ezra was da one stay teach da Rules From God.
Dey Make One Ceremony
Fo Da Jerusalem Wall
27 Da time come fo da ceremony fo tell da peopo da spesho tings God like do fo dem cuz dey get da new town wall aroun Jerusalem. Dey sen peopo all da place da Levi ohana guys live, fo bring all a dem to Jerusalem town fo erybody make one big party fo God cuz dey stay feel real good inside. Dey tell God he awesome, an dey sing, an dey play cymbal an bass harp an small harp. 28 All da peopo dat sing come togedda from da towns aroun Jerusalem. Dey even come from da small towns wea da Netofat peopo live, 29 an from Bet-Gilgal an nea Geba an Azmavet (cuz da singa guys wen build small towns fo dem live nea Jerusalem). 30 Da pries guys an da Levi ohana guys wen make one sacrifice fo make shua dey can go in front God, an dey make one sacrifice fo all da peopo, an fo da gates an da wall too.
31 Den I bring da Judah leada guys up on top da wall. I half half da peopo fo make parade an tell God he awesome. Half a dem go da right side on top da wall, all da way to da Rubbish Gate. 32 Hoshaiah go wit dem, an half da govmen guys from Judah, 33 an Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, 34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, an Jeremiah. 35 An get some a da younga pries guys wit trumpets—Zekariah dat get fo ancesta guys Jonathan, Shemaiah, Mattaniah, Mikaiah, Zakkur dat come from Asaf. 36 Get odda guys from da same ohana, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Netanel, anodda Judah, an Hanani. Dey use da kine music instruments dat David wen make, da guy dat stay tight wit God. Ezra, da guy dat stay teach da Rules From God, he go firs, den da oddas. 37 Wen dey come da Fountain Gate, dey go strait up da steps on top da wall wea da wall go up da hill to David Town, above David House. Den dey go da east side to da Watta Gate.
38 All da odda ones dat wen come fo tell God he awesome, dey go da lef side. I go behind dem wit half da peopo, above da Towa Wit Ovens, to da Wide Wall, 39 above da Efraim Gate an da Ol Gate, an da Fish Gate an da Hananel Towa an da Towa Fo Da Hundred, to da Sheep Gate, an den we stop by da Gate Fo Da Temple Guard. 40 Get peopo dat wen go wit me fo tell God he awesome. Me, an half da govmen guys, an da odda half a da peopo dat wen go da lef side, we all stan togedda inside da open lanai outside da Temple Fo God. 41 Some a da pries guys carry trumpets: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Mikaiah, Elioenai, Zekariah, an Hananiah. 42 Odda guys sing: Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, an Ezer. Da singa guys wen do one good job fo sing. Jezrahiah was da leada. 43 Dat day, da peopo make choke plenny sacrifice. Dey all stay real good inside cuz God make dem feel plenny good. Da wahines an da kids, same ting, dey stay feel real good inside. Can hear how good inside da Jerusalem peopo stay, no matta you stay far from da town.
Da Jobs Fo Da Temple Leadas
44 Dat same day, us guys wen give guys dea jobs. Some take kea da rooms an da storage places, some take da gifs dat peopo bring, oddas take da bestes stuff dat da peopo harves from da groun an bring to da Temple jalike da Rules From God tell fo da pries guys eat. Da peopo bring stuff from da fields aroun da small towns too fo da Levi ohana peopo. All da Judah peopo stay real good inside cuz a da pries guys an da Levi ohana guys dat help da prieses. 45 ✡Da pries guys do dea work fo God, an make da sacrifices fo dem an da peopo go in front God. Da singa guys an da security guard guys, dey all do dea job jalike King David an his boy King Solomon wen tell um fo do befo time. 46 Was jalike da time David was King an Asaf was one a da prieses. Had one leada guy fo da singas, an dey make plenny songs fo tell God dat he da greates, an fo tell him “Mahalo!” 47 An da time Zerubbabel stay in charge, an layta wen me, Nehemiah, stay in charge, all da Israel peopo give da food ery day fo da singa guys an da security guard guys. Dey put um inside one storage place, all da stuff dass spesho fo God fo da Levi ohana guys. Den da Levi ohana guys put inside anodda storage place, da part a dat stuff dass fo da pries guys dat get Aaron fo dea ancesta.
✡ 12:45 12:45 a: 1Rec 25:1-8; 1Rec 26:12