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：

Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

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，

Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of 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；

Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were listed by genealogy of the males one hundred and fifty.

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；

Of the sons of Pahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.

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；

Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.

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；

Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.

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；

Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.

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；

Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him eighty males.

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；

Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

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；

Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him one hundred and sixty males.

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；

Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males.

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；

Of the sons of Azgad, Yochanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred and ten males.

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。

Of the sons of Adonikam, who were the last, their names are: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.

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。

Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.

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 them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days. Then I looked around at the people and the priests, and found there were none of the sons of Levi.

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，

Then I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, for Elnathan, for Jarib, for Elnathan, for Nathan, for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib and for Elnathan, who were teachers.

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 sent them out to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo and his brothers the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house 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；

According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;

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, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;

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。

and of the temple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty temple servants. All of them were mentioned 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；

Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us, for our little ones, and for 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」。

For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake 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 begged our God for this, and he granted our request.

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 set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,

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 weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counsellors, his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered.

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 into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, one hundred talents of silver vessels, one hundred 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。

twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious 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 said to them, “You are holy to the LORD, and the vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a free will offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.

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」。

Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ households of Israel at Jerusalem, in the rooms of the LORD’s house.”

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。

So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

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，

Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandits by the way.

32 平安到了耶路撒冷，在那裏休息了三天o

We came to Jerusalem, and stayed there 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 vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were Jozabad the son of Yeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites.

34 每件點過稱過，即將總數記錄下來。

Everything was counted and weighed; and all the weight was written at that 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。

The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats for a sin offering. All this was 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 delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s local governors and to the governors beyond the River. So they supported the people and God’s house.