عَزْرا 2

١ 1 وَهَؤُلاءِ هُمْ أَهْلُ الْبِلادِ الَّذِينَ عَادُوا مِنَ السَّبْيِ، مِمَّنْ سَبَاهُمْ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ إِلَى بَابِلَ، وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَهُوذَا، لِيُقِيمَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ فِي مَدِينَتِهِ.

King Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] had captured many [Israeli] people and taken them to Babylonia. [Many years later, ] some Israeli people returned to Judah. Some returned to Jerusalem, and some returned to [other places in] Judah. They went to the towns where their ancestors had lived. This is a list of the groups who returned.

٢ 2 وَقَدْ جَاءُوا بِقِيَادَةِ زَرُبَّابِلَ، وَيَشُوعَ، وَنَحَمْيَا، وَسَرَايَا، وَرَعْلايَا، وَمُرْدَخَايَ، وَبِلْشَانَ، وَمِسْفَارَ، وَبِغْوَايَ وَرَحُومَ، وَبَعْنَةَ. وَهَذَا بَيَانٌ بِالْعَائِدِينَ مِنْ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ:

The leaders of those groups were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. There were:

٣ 3 بَنُو فَرْعُوشَ: أَلْفَانِ وَمِئَةٌ وَاثْنَانِ وَسَبْعُونَ.

2,172 descendants of Parosh

٤ 4 بَنُو شَفَطْيَا: ثَلاثُ مِئَةٍ وَاثْنَانِ وَسَبْعُونَ.

372 descendants of Shephatiah

٥ 5 بَنُو آرَحَ: سَبْعُ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسَةٌ وَسَبْعُونَ.

775 descendants of Arah

٦ 6 بَنُو فَحَثَ مُوآبَ مِنْ نَسْلِ يَشُوعَ وَيُوآبَ: أَلْفَانِ وَثَمَانِي مِئَةٍ وَاثْنَا عَشَرَ.

2,812 descendants of Pahath-Moab, from the families of Jeshua and Joab

٧ 7 بَنُو عِيلامَ: أَلْفٌ وَمِئَتَانِ وَأَرْبَعَةٌ وَخَمْسُونَ.

1,254 descendants of Elam

٨ 8 بَنُو زَتُّو: تِسْعُ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسَةٌ وَأَرْبَعُونَ.

945 descendants of Zattu

٩ 9 بَنُو زَكَّايَ: سَبْعُ مِئَةٍ وَسِتُّونَ.

760 descendants of Zaccai

١٠ 10 بَنُو بَانِي: سِتُّ مِئَةٍ وَاثْنَانِ وَأَرْبَعُونَ.

642 descendants of Bani

١١ 11 بَنُو بَابَايَ: سِتُّ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ.

623 descendants of Bebai

١٢ 12 بَنُو عَزْجَدَ: أَلْفٌ وِمِئَتَانِ وَاثْنَانِ وَعِشْرُونَ.

1,222 descendants of Azgad

١٣ 13 بَنُو أَدُونِيقَامَ: سِتُّ مِئَةٍ وَسِتَّةٌ وَسِتُّونَ.

666 descendants of Adonikam

١٤ 14 بَنُو بِغْوَايَ: أَلْفَانِ وَسِتَّةٌ وَخَمْسُونَ.

2,056 descendants of Bigvai

١٥ 15 بَنُو عَادِينَ: أَرْبَعُ مِئَةٍ وَأَرْبَعَةٌ وَخَمْسُونَ.

454 descendants of Adin

١٦ 16 بَنُو آطِيرَ مِنْ نَسْلِ يَحَزَقِيَّا: ثَمَانِيَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ.

98 descendants of Ater, whose other name was Hezekiah

١٧ 17 بَنُو بِيصَايَ: ثَلاثُ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ.

323 descendants of Bezai

١٨ 18 بَنُو يُورَةَ: مِئَةٌ وَاثْنَا عَشَرَ.

112 descendants of Jorah

١٩ 19 بَنُو حَشُومَ: مِئَتَانِ وَثَلاثَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ.

223 descendants of Hashum

٢٠ 20 بَنُو جِبَّارَ: خَمْسَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ. (وَقَدْ عَادَ مِنَ الْمُدُنِ التَّالِيَةِ الَّتِي عَاشَ آبَاؤُهُمْ فِيهَا):

95 descendants of Gibbar. [People whose ancestors had lived in these towns in Judah: ]

٢١ 21 مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ: مِئَةٌ وَثَلاثَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ.

123 from Bethlehem

٢٢ 22 مِنْ أَهْلِ نَطُوفَةَ: سِتَّةٌ وَخَمْسُونَ.

56 from Netophah

٢٣ 23 مِنْ أَهْلِ رِجَالِ عَنَاثُوثَ: مِئَةٌ وَثَمَانِيَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ.

128 from Anathoth

٢٤ 24 مِنْ أَهْلِ عَزْمُوتَ: اثْنَانِ وَأَرْبَعُونَ.

42 from Azmaveth

٢٥ 25 مِنْ أَهْلِ قَرْيَةِ عَارِيمَ كَفِيرَةَ وَبَئِيرُوتَ: سَبْعُ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثَةٌ وَأَرْبَعُونَ.

743 from Kiriath-Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth

٢٦ 26 مِنْ أَهْلِ الرَّامَةِ وَجَبَعَ: سِتُّ مِئَةٍ وَوَاحِدٌ وَعِشْرُونَ.

621 from Ramah and Geba

٢٧ 27 مِنْ أَهْلِ مِخْمَاسَ: مِئَةٌ وَاثْنَانِ وَعِشْرُونَ.

122 from Micmash

٢٨ 28 مِنْ رِجَالِ بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَعَايَ: مِئَتَانِ وَثَلاثَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ.

223 from Bethel and Ai

٢٩ 29 مِنْ أَهْلِ نَبُو: اثْنَانِ وَخَمْسُونَ.

52 from Nebo

٣٠ 30 مِنْ أَهْلِ مَغْبِيشَ: مِئَةٌ وَسِتَّةٌ وَخَمْسُونَ.

156 from Magbish

٣١ 31 مِنْ أَهْلِ عِيلامَ الآخَرِ: أَلْفٌ وَمِئَتَانِ وَأَرْبَعَةٌ وَخَمْسُونَ.

1,254 from Elam

٣٢ 32 مِنْ أَهْلِ حَارِيمَ: ثَلاثُ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرُونَ.

320 from Harim

٣٣ 33 مِنْ أَهَالِي لُودٍ وَحَادِيدَ وَأُونُو: سَبْعُ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ.

725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono

٣٤ 34 مِنْ أَهْلِ أَرِيحَا: ثَلاثُ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسَةٌ وَأَرْبَعُونَ.

345 from Jericho

٣٥ 35 مِنْ أَهْلِ سَنَاءَةَ: ثَلاثَةُ آلافٍ وَسِتُّ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثُونَ.

3,630 from Senaah.

٣٦ 36 أَمَّا الْكَهَنَةُ الرَّاجِعُونَ: فَبَنُو يَدْعِيَا مِنْ عَائِلَةِ يَشُوعَ: تِسْعُ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثَةٌ وَسَبْعُونَ.

Priests who returned: 973 descendants of Jedaiah (that is, those from the family of Jeshua)

٣٧ 37 بَنُو إِمِّيرَ: أَلْفٌ وَاثْنَانِ وَخَمْسُونَ.

1,052 descendants of Immer

٣٨ 38 بَنُو فَشْحُورَ: أَلْفٌ وَمِئَتَانِ وَسَبْعَةٌ وَأَرْبَعُونَ.

1,247 descendants of Pashhur

٣٩ 39 بَنُو حَارِيمَ: أَلْفٌ وَسَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ.

1,017 descendants of Harim. The ones from the [rest of the] tribe of Levi who returned were:

٤٠ 40 وَهَذَا بَيَانٌ بِاللَّاوِيِّينَ الْعَائِدِينَ مِنَ السَّبْيِ: بَنُو يَشُوعَ وَقَدْمِيئِيلَ مِنْ نَسْلِ هُودُويَا: أَرْبَعَةٌ وَسَبْعُونَ.

74 descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, who were from the family of Hodaviah

٤١ 41 الْمُغَنُّونَ مِنْ بَنِي آسَافَ: مِئَةٌ وَثَمَانِيَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ.

128 singers who were descendants of Asaph

٤٢ 42 بَنُو حُرَّاسِ أَبْوَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ مِنْ نَسْلِ شَلُّومَ وَآطِيرَ وَطَلْمُونَ وَعَقُّوبَ وَحَطِيطَا وَشُوبَايَ: مِئَةٌ وَتِسْعَةٌ وَثَلاثُونَ.

139 (gatekeepers/men who guarded the gates of the temple) who were descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai.

٤٣ 43 وَمِنْ خَدَمِ الْهَيْكَلِ بَنُو صِيحَا وَحَسُوفَا وَطَبَاعُوتَ،

The (temple workers/men who would work in the temple) who were descendants of these men: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,

٤٤ 44 وَبَنُو قِيرُوسَ وَسِيعَهَا وَفَادُونَ،

Keros, Siaha, Padon,

٤٥ 45 وَلَبَانَةَ وَحَجَابَةَ وَعَقُّوبَ،

Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,

٤٦ 46 وَحَاجَابَ وَشَمُلايَ وَحَانَانَ،

Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,

٤٧ 47 بَنُو جَدِيلَ وَحَجَرَ وَرَآيَا،

Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,

٤٨ 48 وَرَصِينَ وَنَقُودَا وَجَزَّامَ،

Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,

٤٩ 49 وَعُزَّا وَفَاسِيحَ وَبِيسَايَ،

Uzza, Paseah, Besai,

٥٠ 50 وَبَنُو أَسْنَةَ وَمَعُونِيمَ وَنَفُوسِيمَ،

Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,

٥١ 51 وَبَنُو بَقْبُوقَ وَحَقُوفَا وَحَرْحُورَ،

Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,

٥٢ 52 وَبَنُو بَصْلُوتَ وَمَحِيدَا وَحَرْشَا،

Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,

٥٣ 53 وَبَنُو بَرْقُوسَ وَسِيسَرَا وَثَامَحَ،

Barkos, Sisera, Temah,

٥٤ 54 وَبَنُو نَصِيحَ وَحَطِيفَا.

Neziah, and Hatipha.

٥٥ 55 وَعَادَ مِنَ السَّبْيِ مِنْ نَسْلِ خُدَّامِ سُلَيْمَانَ بَنُو سَوْطَايَ وَهَسُّوفَرَثَ وَفَرُودَا،

These descendants of [King] Solomon’s servants [returned]: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,

٥٦ 56 وَبَنُو يَعْلَةَ وَدَرْقُونَ وَجَدِّيلَ،

Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,

٥٧ 57 وَشَفَطْيَا وَحَطِّيلَ وَفُوخَرَةَ الظِّبَاءِ وَآمِي.

Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and Ami.

٥٨ 58 فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ الْعَائِدِينَ مِنْ خُدَّامِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَبَنِي عَبِيدِ سُلَيْمَانَ ثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ وَاثْنَيْنِ وَتِسْعِينَ.

Altogether, there were 392 temple workers and descendants of Solomon’s servants who returned.

٥٩ 59 وَهَذَا بَيَانٌ بِالَّذِينَ قَدِمُوا مِنْ تَلِّ مِلْحٍ وَتَلِّ حَرْشَا وَكَرُوبَ وَأَدَّانَ وَإِمِّيرَ، مِمَّنْ عَجَزُوا عَنْ إِثْبَاتِ انْتِمَاءِ عَائِلاتِهِمْ إِلَى نَسْلِ إِسْرَائِيلَ:

There was another group who returned [to Judah] from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer [towns in Babylonia]. But they could not prove that they were descendants of [people who previously lived in] Israel.

٦٠ 60 بَنُو دَلايَا وَطُوبِيَّا وَنَقُودَا، وَجُمْلَتُهُمْ سِتُّ مِئَةٍ وَاثْنَانِ وَخَمْسُونَ.

This group included 652 people who were descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda.

٦١ 61 وَمِنْ بَنِي الْكَهَنَةِ: بَنُو حَبَايَا وَهَقُّوصَ وَبَرْزِلّايَ الَّذِي تَزَوَّجَ إِحْدَى بَنَاتِ بَرْزِلّايَ الْجِلْعَادِيِّ، وَتَسَمَّى بِاسْمِهِمْ.

Hobaiah’s clan, Hakkoz’s clan, and Barzillai’s clan also returned. Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai from [the] Gilead [region], and he had taken for himself the name of his father-in-law’s clan.

٦٢ 62 وَقَدْ بَحَثَ هَؤُلاءِ عَنْ أَسْمَاءِ عَائِلاتِهِمْ فِي سِجِلَّاتِ أَنْسَابِ الْكَهَنَةِ فَلَمْ يَعْثُرُوا عَلَيْهَا فَمُنِعُوا مِنْ خِدْمَةِ الْكَهَنُوتِ،

The people in that group searched in the documents that had the names of the ancestors of all the clans, but these men’s names were not found. So they were not permitted do the work that priests did.

٦٣ 63 وَحَرَّمَ عَلَيْهِمِ الْحَاكِمُ الأَكْلَ مِنْ طَعَامِ الْكَهَنَةِ إِلَى أَنْ يَحْضُرَ كَاهِنٌ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَسْتَخْدِمَ الأُورِيمَ وَالتُّمِّيمَ (لِيُعْلِنَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ صِحَّةَ نَسَبِهِمْ إِلَى الْكَهَنَةِ).

The governor told them that they would need to ask a priest to consult Yahweh by [(casting/throwing] the sacred lots/stones [that had been marked]), to determine if those men were truly Israelis. When the priests did that, [if the stones showed that those men were Israelis], they would be permitted to eat the shares of the sacrifices that were given to the priests.

٦٤ 64 فَكَانَ مَجْمُوعُ الرَّاجِعِينَ مِنَ السَّبْيِ: اثْنَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفاً وَثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ وَسِتِّينَ.

Altogether 42,360 Israeli people who returned to Judah.

٦٥ 65 فَضْلاً عَنْ عَبِيدِهِمْ وَإِمَائِهِمْ وَعَدَدُهُمْ سَبْعَةُ آلافٍ وَثَلاثُ مِئَةٍ وَسَبْعَةٌ وَثَلاثُونَ بِالإِضَافَةِ إِلَى مِئَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُغَنِّينَ وَالْمُغَنِّيَاتِ.

There were also 7,337 servants and 200 musicians, both men and women, who returned.

٦٦ 66 وَكَانَ مَعَهُمْ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ سَبْعُ مِئَةٍ وَسِتَّةٌ وَثَلاثُونَ، وَمِنَ الْبِغَالِ مِئَتَانِ وَخَمْسَةٌ وَأَرْبَعُونَ،

The Israelis brought with them [from Babylonia] 736 horses, 245 mules,

٦٧ 67 وَمِنَ الْجِمَالِ أَرْبَعُ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسَةٌ وَثَلاثُونَ، وَمِنَ الْحَمِيرِ سِتَّةُ آلافٍ وَسَبْعُ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرُونَ.

435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

٦٨ 68 وَتَبَرَّعَ بَعْضُ رُؤَسَاءِ الْعَائِلاتِ لَدَى وُصُولِهِمْ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِبِنَاءِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ فِي مَوْقِعِهِ الأَصْلِيِّ،

When they arrived at the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem, some of the clan leaders gave money [for the supplies needed] to rebuild the temple at the place where the temple had been previously.

٦٩ 69 فَقَدَّمَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ حَسَبَ طَاقَتِهِ لِخِزَانَةِ الْعَمَلِ، فَبَلَغَتْ تَبَرُّعَاتُهُمْ وَاحِداً وَسِتِّينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ (نَحْوَ خَمْسِ مِئَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) وَخَمْسَةَ آلافٍ منّاً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَطْنَانٍ) وَمِئَةَ قَمِيصٍ لِلْكَهَنَةِ.

They all gave as much money as they were able to give. Altogether they gave 61,000 gold coins, (6,250 pounds/3,000 kg.) of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.

٧٠ 70 فَاسْتَوْطَنَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ وَبَعْضُ الشَّعْبِ وَالْمُغَنُّونَ وَحُرَّاسُ أَبْوَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَخُدَّامُهُ فِي مُدُنِهِمِ الْخَاصَّةِ بِهِمْ. أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَتَوَزَّعُوا عَلَى مُدُنِهِمْ.

Then the priests, the [other] descendants of Levi, the musicians, the temple guards, and some of the [other] people started to live in the towns and villages [near Jerusalem]. The rest of the people went to the other places in Israel where their ancestors had lived.