以斯拉記 8
1 在阿塔薛西斯在位期間，與我從巴比倫一同起程的族長，笸他們的祖譜，記載如下：
This is a list of the family leaders and genealogical records of those who came back with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
2 丕乃哈斯的子孫，有革爾雄；依塔瑪爾的子孫，有達尼爾；達味的子孫，有舍加尼雅的兒子哈突士，
From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. From the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. From the sons of David, Hattush,
3 帕洛士的子孫，有則加黎雅，同他登記的，有男子一百五十名；
son of Shecaniah. From the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him 150 men were registered.
4 哈特摩阿布的子孫，有則辣希雅的兒子厄里約乃，同他一起的，有男子二百名；
From the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men.
5 匝突的子孫，有雅哈齊耳的兒子舍加尼雅，同他一起的，有男子三百名；
From the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah, son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men.
6 阿丁的子孫，有約納堂的兒子厄貝得，同他一起的，有男子五十名；
From the sons of Adin, Ebed, son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men.
7 厄藍的子孫，有阿塔里雅的所以耶沙雅，同他一起的，有男子七十名；
From the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah, son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men.
8 舍法提雅的子孫，有米加耳的兒子則把狄雅，同他一起的，有男子八十名；
From the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, son of Michael, and with him 80 men.
9 約阿布的子孫，有耶希耳的兒子敖巴狄雅，同他一起的，有男子二百一十八名；
From the sons of Joab, Obadiah, son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men.
10 巴尼的子孫，有約息非雅的兒子舍羅米特，同他一起的，有男子一百六十名；
From the sons of Bani, Shelomith, son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men.
11 貝拜的子孫，有貝拜的兒子則加黎雅，同他一起的，有男子二十八名；
From the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, son of Bebai, and with him 28 men.
12 阿次加得的子孫，有哈卡堂的兒子約哈南，同他一起的，有男子一百一十名；
From the sons of Azgad, Johanan, son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men.
13 阿多尼干的子孫，是最後來的，他們的名字是厄里培肋特、耶依耳和舍雅，同他們一起的，有男子六十名。
From the sons of Adonikam, those who were last, their names being Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men.
14 彼革外的子孫，鍵盤匝雇爾的兒子烏泰，同他一起的，有男子七十名。
From the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.
15 我將眾人召集在流往阿哈瓦的河邊，在那裏住了三天；當我視察眾人和司祭時，其中沒有發現一個肋未人。
I gathered the returning exiles together at the Ahava Canal. We camped there for three days while I reviewed who had come—the ordinary people, the priests, and the Levites. I discovered there wasn't a single Levite
16 我遂派首領厄里厄則爾、阿黎爾、舍瑪雅、厄耳納堂、雅黎布、厄耳納堂、納堂、則加黎雅和默叔藍通士約雅黎布和厄耳納堂，
so I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men with good insight.
17 命他們到加息非雅地方的首領依多那裏去，我並把他們應向那定居在加息非雅的依多和兄弟們，要說的話告訴了他們，好為我們天主的殿，給我們帶來侍役。
I told them to go to Iddo, the leader of the Temple servants at Casiphia, asking him and his relatives to send us ministers for the Temple of our God.
18 賴我們天主慈悲的手對我們的扶助，他們由以色列的兒子肋未的後裔瑪赫里的子孫中，給我們帶來了一位明智人，就是舍勒彼雅，和兒子及兄弟，一共十八人；
Since our gracious God was with us, they brought us Sherebiah, a man with good insight from the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel, together with his sons and brothers, a total of eighteen men;
19 還有哈沙彼雅，同他一起的，有默辣黎的子孫耶沙和雅及兒子，一共二 十人；
and Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, from the sons of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, a total of twenty men.
20 還有達味和諸首長服事肋未人所立 獻身者，一共二百二十人；這些人全部都是登記了的。
In addition they brought 220 of the Temple servants, a group appointed by David and his officials to help the Levites. These were all registered by name.
21 我遂在阿哈瓦河那裏禁食，在我們的天主前自謙自卑，祈求衪使我們和我們的子孫，並我們的一切財物，一路平安；
At the Ahava Canal I called for a fast so we could confess our sins before God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, along with all our possessions.
22 因為我羞於請求君王派遺步隊和騎兵，協助我們防禦路上的仇敵，因為我們曾向君王說萵：「凡尋求天主的人，衪的手常加助佑；凡離棄衪的人，衪便施行強力和義怒」。
I had been reluctant to ask the king to give us a military escort to protect us from enemies on the way. We had told the king, “Our gracious God takes care of everyone who follows him, but shows his anger against anyone who abandons him.”
23 我們為此禁食，祈求我們的天主，衪便俯聽了我們。
So we fasted and asked God to protect us, and he answered our prayers.
24 我由司祭的首領選了十二人，又選了舍勒彼雅和哈沙彼雅，以及同他們在一起的十個兄弟，
Then I designated twelve of the leading priests, and Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,
25 把金銀和器皿，即君王和他的謀、首長，以及在那裏所有的以色列人，奉獻給我們天主殿的禮品，一一衡量了交給了他們。
and I weighed out and handed them the donations of silver and gold, and the items that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the people of Israel there had given for the Temple of our God.
26 我衡量了交在他們手中的，有銀子六百五十「塔冷通」，銀器一百「塔冷通」，金子一百「塔冷通」；
I weighed out and placed in their hands 650 talents of silver, silver Temple items weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,
27 還有金碗二十個，值一千「達理克」；發亮的銅器二個，貴如黃金。
20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two articles of highly-polished bronze, as valuable as gold.
28 我向他們說：「你們在上主前是聖的，器皿也是聖的，金銀是自願獻於上主你們祖先的天主，作禮品的。
I told them, “You are set apart for the Lord, and these Temple items are too. The silver and gold are a voluntary offering to the Lord, the God of your forefathers.
29 你們要謹慎護守，直到在耶路撒冷，在上主殿宇的庫房內，當著司祭和肋未人的首領，以及以色列眾族長的面，衡量交清為止」。
You are to guard them and keep them safe until you hand them over, weighing them before the high priests, the Levites and the family leaders in Israel at Jerusalem, in the treasury rooms within the Lord's Temple.”
30 司祭自己和肋未人，就把數點過的金銀和器皿收下，帶到耶路撒冷我們天主的殿內。
The priests and Levites took responsibility for the silver and gold and the Temple items that had been weighed out to be brought to the Temple of our God in Jerusalem.
31 一月十二日，我們從阿哈瓦河起程赴耶路撒冷，賴我們天主的手扶助，我們一路脫免了仇人和暗害者的手，
On the twelfth day of the first month, we left the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and our God was with us to protect us from enemy ambushes along the way.
32 平安到了耶路撒冷，在那裏休息了三天o
Eventually we arrived in Jerusalem and rested there for three days.
33 第四日，在我們天主是殿內，衡量了金銀和器皿，交給了烏利雅的兒子默勒摩特司祭，同他在一起的，還有丕乃哈斯的兒子厄肋阿匝爾，以及肋未人耶叔亞的兒子約匝巴得，和彼奴依的兒子諾阿狄雅，
On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the Temple items were weighed out in the Temple of our God and handed over to Meremoth, son of Uriah the priest, accompanied by Eleazar, son of Phinehas. Also present were the Levites, Jozabad, son of Jeshua, and Noadiah, son of Binnui.
34 每件點過稱過，即將總數記錄下來。
Everything was checked, both by number and weight, and the total weight was written down at the time.
35 當時被擄充軍回來的子民，向以色列的天主奉獻了全燔祭，為全以色列奉獻了牛犢十二頭，公綿羊九十六隻，羔羊七十二隻，作贖罪祭的公山羊十二隻：這一切都獻給上主作全燔祭。
Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel—twelve bulls for all of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and a sin offering of twelve goats. All were sacrificed as a burnt offering to the Lord.
36 以後，他們向君王的州長和河西諸省長，呈上君王的諭令；他們便協助民眾，資助天主的殿宇。
They also delivered the king's decrees to the chief officers of the king and the governors of the province west of the Euphrates, who then provided assistance to the people and to God's Temple.
