Ezra · Chapter 12

[ edit] Theſe forſoþe ben þe preſtus and þe Leuitis, þat ſteȝeden vp wiþ Sorobabel, þe ſone of Salatiel, and Joſue; Saraia, Jeremia, Eſdras, Amaria, Melluch, Accus, Sechenia, Reum, Merimuþ, Addo, Jeþom, Miomin, Abia, Meldaa, Belga, Semeia, and Joarib, Adaia, Sellum, Amoe, Elceia, Idaia; þeſe þe princis of preſtys, and þe breþern of hem, in þe daȝes of Joſue. But Leuitus; Jeſua, Bennui, Cediniel, Serabia, Juda, Maþanias, vp on þe ympnes, þei and þe breþer of hem, in þe daȝis of Joſue; and Beſechia, and Ezamiþ, and þe breþern of hem, eche in his offis. Joſue forſoþe gat Joachim, and Joachim gat Eliazub, and Eliazub gat Joiada, and Joiada gat Jonaþan, and Jonaþan gat Jedaia.

In þe daȝis forſoþe of Joachim weren preſtus, and þe princis of meines, Saraie, Amarie, Jeremie, Ananie, Eſdre, Moſollam, Amarie, Johannan, Milicho, Jonaþan, Sebenie, Joſef, Aram, Edua, Maraioþ, Elchi, Adaie, Zacharie, Jenþon, Moſollam, Abie, Zecarie, Miamin, and Moadie, Felþi, Belge, Sannia, Semeie, Jonaþan, Joarib, Maþania, Jodaie, Aſi, Sellaie, Celaie, Mochebor, Elchie, Azebias, Idaie, Naþaneel. Leuitus in þe daȝes of Eliazub, and of Joiada, and Jonan, and Jeddoa, writen princis of meines, and preſtis in þe regne of Darie of Perſis. Þe ſonus of Leui, princis of meines, writen in þe boc of þe woordis of daȝes, and vn to þe daȝes of Jonaþan, ſone of Eliazub.

And þe princis of Leuitys; Azebia, Zerebia, and Jeſue, ſone of Cediniel; and þe breþern of hem bi þer whilis, þat þei ſhulden preiſen and knoulechen, aftir þe heſte of king Dauid, man of God, and waiten aboute euene bi ordre. Maþania, Belþbecia, and Obedia, Moſollam, Thelmon, Accub, keperis of ȝatis, and of veſtiaries befor þe ȝatus. Þeſe in þe daȝes of Joachim, ſone of Joſue, ſone of Joſedech, and in þe daȝes of Neemie, duke, and Eſdre, preſt and ſcribe.

In þe dedicacioun forſoþe of þe wal of Jeruſalem þei ſoȝten Leuites fro alle þer placis, þat þei bringen þem in to Jeruſalem, and do þe dedicacioun in gladneſſe, and in doing of gracis, and in ſong, and in cimbalis, and in ſautrees, and in harpis. Forſoþe þe ſonus of ſingeris ben gadered and of þe wilde feldis aboute Jeruſalem, and of þe tounus of Neþofati, and of þe hous of Galgal, and of þe regiouns of Jebes, and of Amanech; for tounes þe ſingeris bilden to hemſelf in þe enuiroun of Jeruſalem. And þe preſtus and Leuitus ben clenſid, and þei clenſeden þe puple, and þe ȝatus of þe wal.

Forſoþe I made þe princis of Juda to ſteȝen vp vpon þe wal, and I ſette two grete querus of preiſeris; and þei wenten at þe riȝt ſide vpon þe wal, at þe ȝate of þe dunghil. And þer wenten after hem Oſias, and þe half part of princis of Juda, and Azaria, Eſdras, and Moſollam, Juda, and Beniamyn, and Semeia, and Jeremia. And of þe ſonus of preſtis, in trumpis; Zacharias, þe ſone of Jonaþan, þe ſone of Semeie, þe ſone of Maþanie, þe ſone of Machaie, þe ſone of Seecur, þe ſone of Aſaf. And þe breþern of hym; Semeia, and Azarel, Malalai, Galalay, Mai, Naþanael, and Juda, and Amani, in þe veſſelis of þe ſong of Dauid, man of God; and Eſdras, ſcribe, beforn hem, in þe welle ȝate.

And aȝen hem ſteȝeden vp in þe gres of þe cite of Dauid, in þe ſteȝing vp of þe wal, vp on þe hous of Dauid, and vn to þe ȝate of watris at þe eſt. And þe ſecunde quer of men tellende gracis wente forn aȝen, and I after it; and þe half part of þe puple vp on þe wal, and vp on þe tour of ouenus, and vn to þe moſt large wal; and vp on þe ȝate of Effraym, and vp on þe olde ȝate, and vp on þe ȝate of fiſſhis, and þe tour of Ananehel, and þe tour of Emaþ, and vn to þe floc ȝate; and þei ſtoden in þe warde ȝate. And two queris of men preiſende ſtoden in þe hous of God, and I and þe half part of maiſter iugis wiþ me.

And þe preſtus, Eliachim, Maazia, Myamin, Michia, Elioenai, Zacharia, Anania, in trumpis; and Maazia, and Senea, and Eleazar, and Azi, and Johannan, and Melchia, and Elam, and Ezer; and clerli ſungen þe ſingeris, and Jeſraia, þe prouoſt. And þei offreden in þat dai grete ſlaine ſacrifiſes, and þei gladeden; God forſoþe hadde gladid hem in gret gladneſſe. But and þe wiues of hem and þe fre childer ioȝeden, and þe gladneſſe of Jeruſalem is herd aferre.

Alſo þei noumbreden in þat dai men vpon þe treſories of þe treſor, to ſacrifiſe of likour, and to þe firſte frutis, and dimes, þat þe princis of þe cite, in fairneſſe of doing of gracis, ſhulden bringen in to þe preſtis and Leuitus bi hem; for Juda gladede in þe preſtus and Leuitus ſtondende to. And þei kepten þe obſeruacioun of þer God, and þe beſineſſe of clenſing; and ſingeris, and porteris, after þe heſte of Dauid and of Salamon, his ſone; for in þe daȝis of Dauid and of Aſaph from þe beginnyng weren princis ordeined of ſingeris in dite, of men preiſende and knoulechende to God.

And al Irael, in þe daȝes of Sorobabel, and in þe daȝes of Neemie, ȝeuen partus to ſingeris and porteris bi alle daȝes; and þei halewiden þe Leuitus, and þe Leuitis halewiden þe ſonys of Aaron.