Rotherham(i)
4 Now, before this, Eliashib the priest, who was set over a chamber of the house of God, was allied unto Tobiah;
5 so he prepared him a large chamber, where aforetime they used to lay the meal–offering, the frankincense, and the utensils, and the tithe of the corn, the new wine and the oil, in charge of the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers,––and the heave–offerings for the priests.
6 But, throughout all this [time], was I not in Jerusalem,––for, in the thirty–second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I came unto the king, and, at the end of certain days, obtained I leave of the king;
7 and came to Jerusalem,––and had intelligence of the wickedness which Eliashib had committed for Tobiah, in preparing for him a chamber, in the courts of the house of God;
8 and it grieved me exceedingly,––and I cast forth all the household utensils of Tobiah, outside of the chamber.
9 Then commanded I, and they purified the chambers,––and I put back there, the utensils of the house of God, the meal–offering and the frankincense.
10 Then came I to know, that, the portions of the Levites, had not been given [them], ––so that the Levites and the singers, who had been doing the work, had fled every one to his field. 11 Therefore contended I with the deputies, and said, Wherefore is the house of God, forsaken? So I gathered them together, and set them in their place. 12 Then, all Judah, brought in the tithe of corn, and new wine, and oil, unto the treasuries; 13 and I made treasurers over the treasuries––Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from among the Levites, and, next unto them, Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah,––for faithful were they accounted, and it was [laid] upon them to distribute unto their brethren. 14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this,––and do not wipe out my lovingkindnesses, which I have done for the house of my God, and for those keeping charge thereof.
10 Then came I to know, that, the portions of the Levites, had not been given [them], ––so that the Levites and the singers, who had been doing the work, had fled every one to his field. 11 Therefore contended I with the deputies, and said, Wherefore is the house of God, forsaken? So I gathered them together, and set them in their place. 12 Then, all Judah, brought in the tithe of corn, and new wine, and oil, unto the treasuries; 13 and I made treasurers over the treasuries––Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from among the Levites, and, next unto them, Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah,––for faithful were they accounted, and it was [laid] upon them to distribute unto their brethren. 14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this,––and do not wipe out my lovingkindnesses, which I have done for the house of my God, and for those keeping charge thereof.