Ezra · Chapter 11

[ edit] Forſoþe þe princis of þe puple dwelten in Jeruſalem; þe moſt. wrſhipeful men wiþ oute lot in þe middel of þe puple dwelten; þe toþer forſoþe puple leide lot, þat it take o part of ten, þat weren to dwellen in Jeruſalem, in þe holi cite; þe tenþe part of þe puple is rerid, þat it dwelle in Jeruſalem, for þe cite was voide; nyne forſoþe partis in cites. Forſoþe þe puple bleſſide to alle men, þat hadden offrid hemſelf wilfulli, þat þei dwelle in Jeruſalem. And ſo þeſe ben þe princis of þe prouince, þat dwelten in Jeruſalem, and in þe cites of Juda; forſoþe eche dwelte in his poſſeſſioun, in þer cites, Irael, preſtis, Leuitis, ſodeknis, and þe ſonus of þe þrallis of Salomon.

And in Jeruſalem dwelten of þe ſonus of Juda, and of þe ſonus of Beniamyn; of þe ſonus of Juda, Aþaias, þe ſone of Azian, þe ſonus of Zacharie, þe ſonus of Amarie, þe ſonus of Safaie, þe ſonus of Malalele; of þe ſonus of Fares, Amaſia, þe ſone of Baruch, þe ſone of Choloſai, þe ſone of Aſia, þe ſone of Adaia, þe ſone of Joſarib, þe ſone of Zacharie, þe ſone of Salonites; alle þe ſonus of Fares, þat dwelten in Jeruſalem, foure hundrid ſixti and eiȝte, ſtronge men.

Þeſe ben forſoþe þe ſonus of Beniamyn; Sellum, þe ſone of Moſollam, þe ſone of Joadi, þe ſone of Sadaia, þe ſone of Cholaia, þe ſone of Maiſia, þe ſone of Eþel, þe ſone of Saia; and aftir hym Gabai, Sellai, nyne hundrid and eiȝte and twenti; and Joel, þe ſone of Secry, þe prouoſt of hem, and Judas, þe ſone of Sennua, vpon þe cite þe ſecunde. And of þe preſtis; Idaia, þe ſone of Joarib, Jachim, Saraia, þe ſone of Elchie, þe ſone of Moſollam, þe ſone of Sadoch, þe ſone of Meraioþ, þe ſone of Achitob, princis of þe hous of God, and þe breþern of hem, doende þe werkis of þe temple; eiȝte hundrid and two and twenti.

And Adaia, þe ſone of Jeroam, þe ſone of Feler, þe ſone of Ampſi, þe ſone of Zacharie, þe ſone of Feſſur, þe ſone of Melchie, and þe breþern of hem, princis of fadris; two hundrid and two and fourty. And Amazie, þe ſone of Azriel, þe ſone of Azi, þe ſone of Moſollamoþ, þe ſone of Seminer, and þe breþer of hem, ful miȝti, an hundrid and eiȝte and twenti; and þe prouoſt of hem, Zebdiel, þe ſone of miȝti men. And of þe Leuitus; Zechenia, þe ſone of Azab, þe ſone of Azarie, þe ſone of Azabie, þe ſone of Boni, and of Sabaþai, and Joſabel; and vp on alle þe werkis þat weren wiþ oute forþ in þe hous of God, fro þe princis of Leuitus.

And Maþania, þe ſone of Micha, þe ſone of Sebdai, þe ſone of Aſaf, prince, to preiſen, and to knoulechen in oriſoun; and Beþechias þe ſecunde of his breþern, and Abdia, þe ſone of Sammia, þe ſone of Galai, þe ſone of Iditum. Alle þe Leuitus in þe holi cite, two hundrid foure ſcore and foure. And þe porteris; Accub, Thelmon, and þe breþern of hem, þat kepten þe doris; an hundrid ſeuenti and two. And þe toþere of Irael, preſtis, and Leuitus, in alle þe cites of Juda, eche in his poſſeſſioun. And þe ſodeknis, þat dwelten in Ofel, and Ciacha, and Gaffa, of þe ſodekins. And biſſhopis of Leuitus in Jeruſalem; Aazi, þe ſone of Bani, þe ſone of Azabie, þe ſone of Maþanie, þe ſone of Miche.

Of þe ſonus of Aſaf, ſingeres in þe ſeruiſe of þe hous of God. Forſoþe þe heſte of þe king was vpon hem, and ordre in þe ſingeris bi alle daȝis; and Afataia, þe ſone of Moſeſehel, of þe ſonus of Zara, ſone of Juda, in þe hond of þe king, aftir al þe woord of þe puple; and in þe houſis bi alle þe regiouns of hem.

Of þe ſonis of Juda dwelten in Cariaþarbe, and in þe doȝtris of it, and in Dibon, and in þe doȝtris of it, and in Capceel, and in þe litle tounus of it; and in Jeſue, and in Molada, and in Beþfeleþ, and in Aſerſual, and in Berſabe, and in þe doȝtris of it; and in Sichelech, and in Mochone, and in þe doȝtris of it; and in Remon, and in Sara, and in Jerimuþ, Sonocha, Odollam, and in þe litle tounus of hem; in Lachis, in þe regiouns of it; Azecha, and in þe doȝtris of it; and þei dwelten in Berſabe vn to þe valei of Ennon.

Þe ſonus forſoþe of Beniamyn; Areba, Mechinas, and Aia, and Beþel, and in þe doȝtris of it; Anatot, Nob, Anania, Nazor, Rama, Jeþeem, Adid, Zoboim, Nebollaloþ, and Onam, in þe valei of craftis men. And of Leuitus, þe porceouns of Jude and of Beniamyn.