And because of all this we make a firm covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and our priests, set their seal to it.

And with all this [i.e., notwithstanding all this evil that has come upon us], we are making a covenant and writing it down [(to accept His kingdom over us, so that it serve as witness)], and for the signatories, our leaders, our Levites, and our priests.

Now those who set their seal are, Neĥemya the Tirshata, the son of Ḥakhalya, and Żidqiyya,

And the signatories [(for the acceptance of the mitzvoth, the majority of our dignitaries)]: Nechemiah-Hatirshatha the son of Chachalyah and Tzidkiyah.

Seraya, ῾Azarya, Yirmeya,

Serayah, Azaryah, Yirmiyah.

Pashĥur, Amarya, Malkiyya,

Pashchur, Amaryah, Malkiyah.

Ḥattush, Shevanya, Mallukh,

Catush, Shevanyah, Maluch.

Ḥarim, Meremot, ῾Ovadya,

Charim, Meremoth, Ovadyah.

Daniyyel, Ginneton, Barukh,

Daniel, Ginthon, Baruch.

Meshullam, Aviyya, Miyyamin,

Meshulam, Aviyah, Miyamin.

Ma῾azeya, Bilgay, Shema῾ya: these were the priests.

Ma'azyah, Bilgai, Shemayah — these are the priests.

And the Levites: both Yeshua the son of Azanya, Binnuy of the sons of Ḥenadad, Qadmi᾽el;

And the Levites — Veyeshua the son of Azanyah, Binui of the sons of Chenadad, Kadmiel.

and their brothers, Shevanya, Hodiyya, Qelita, Pelaya, Ḥanan,

And their brethren, Shevanyah, Hodiysh, Kelita, Pelayah, Chanan.

Mikha, Reĥov, Ḥashavya,

Micha, Rechov, Chashavyah.

Zakhur, Sherevya, Shevanya,

Zakkur, Sherevyah, Shevanyah.

Hodiyya, Bani, Beninu.

Hodiyah, Bani, Beninu.

The chiefs of the people; Par῾osh, Paĥat-mo᾽av, ῾Elam, Zattu, Bani,

The heads of the people: Parosh, the governor of Moav, Eilam, Zatu, Bani.

Bunni, ῾Azgad, Bevay,

Buni, Azgad, Bevai.

Adoniyya, Bigvay, ῾Adin,

Adoniyah, Bigvai, Adin.

Ater, Ḥizqiyya, ῾Azzur,

Ater, Chizkyah, Azur.

Hodiyya, Ḥashum, Beżay,

Hodiyah, Chusham, Betzai.

Ḥarif, ῾Anatot, Nevay,

Charif, Anathoth, Nevai.

Magpi῾ash, Meshullam, Ḥezir,

Magpiash, Meshulam, Chezir.

Meshezav᾽el, Żadoq, Yaddua,

Meshezavel, Tzaddok, Yadua.

Pelatya, Ḥanan, ῾Anaya,

Pelatyah, Chanan, Anayah.

Hoshea, Ḥananya, Ḥashshuv,

Hoshea, Chananyah, Chashuv.

Halloĥesh, Pilĥa, Shoveq,

Halochesh, Pilcha, Shovek.

Reĥum, Ḥashavna, Ma῾aseya,

Rechum, Chashavnah, Ma'aseyah.

and Aĥiyya, Ḥanan, ῾Anan,

Va'achiyah, Chanan, Anan.

Mallukh, Ḥarim, Ba῾ana.

Maluch, Charim, Ba'anah.

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gate keepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all they who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Tora of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone having knowledge, and having understanding;

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all [the proselytes] who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the Torah of G-d, their wives, their sons, their daughters — all who were possessed of understanding —

join with their brethren, their nobles, and enter into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the Tora of God, which was given by Moshe the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

confirmed [the covenant of] their brethren, their dignitaries, and they undertook with oath and vow to walk in the Torah of G d that had been given by the hand of Moses, the servant of G d, and to keep and do all the mitzvoth of the L-rd, our Master, and His mitzvoth and His statutes,

and that we will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, or take their daughters for our sons:

and not to give our daughters to the people of the land, and not to take their daughters for our sons,

and if the peoples of the land bring in wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, that we will not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we will forego the produce of the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

and not to purchase on Sabbath or holy day from the peoples of the land who bring merchandise and all (kinds of) produce to sell on the Sabbath, and to let the land lie fallow on the seventh year [viz. Exodus 23:11] and [to relinquish] every claim [viz. Deuteronomy 15:2].

We also lay ordinances on ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

And we took upon ourselves as mitzvoth to give for ourselves a third of a shekel a year [(beyond the prescribed half-shekel [viz. Exodus 30:13])] for the service of the house of our G-d:

for the showbread, and for the continual meal offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the appointed seasons, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Yisra᾽el, and for all the work of the house of our God.

for the show bread and the perpetual oblation and the perpetual burnt-offering and the [offerings for] the Sabbaths, the New Moons, the festivals, and the [communal] (peace-) offerings and sin-offerings to atone for Israel, and for all the [silver] work of the house of our G-d.

And we have cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers’ houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Tora:

And we cast lots for the offering of wood [for the altar] — the priests, the Levites, and the people — to bring to the house of our G d, the house of [holiness] of our fathers, (to bring it) at set times, year by year, to burn on the altar of the L-rd our G d, as written in the Torah.

and to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the Lord:

And [we undertook] to bring the first-fruits of our land and the first-fruits of all fruit-trees year by year to the house of our L-rd [(the latter, a rabbinical enactment)]

also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the Tora, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God:

and (to bring) the [redemption monies] of our first-born sons and of our beasts [i.e., first-born of asses], as written in the Torah, and the first-born of our cattle and of our flocks, to bring (them) to the house of our G-d, to the priests who serve in the house of our G-d,

and that we shall bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites; for they, the Levites receive the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

and to bring the first of our dough and our tithes and the fruit of every tree, wine and oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our G-d, and (to bring) the tithe of our land to the Levites, the Levites who take their tithes in all the cities of our work [(in Eretz Israel)].

And the priest the son of Aharon shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.

And [we undertook that] a priest, a son [i.e., descendant] of Aaron be with the Levites, when the Levites tithed. And the Levites would bring a tithe of the tithe to the house of our G-d to the chambers [(of the priests, [who would not leave the Temple])], to the store-house.

For the children of Yisra᾽el and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, to the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests who minister, and the gate keepers, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

For to the chambers the sons of Israel and the sons of the Levites would bring the tithe of the grain, the wine, and the oil. And there were found the Temple vessels, and the ministering priests, and the gatekeepers and the singers — so that we not forsake the house of our G-d.