以斯拉记 8
1 当亚达薛西王年间，同我从巴比伦上来的人，他们的族长和他们的家谱记在下面：
And so these are the leaders of the families, with their genealogy, of those who ascended with me from Babylon, during the reign of king Artaxerxes.
2 属非尼哈的子孙有革顺；属以他玛的子孙有但以理；属大卫的子孙有哈突；
From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. From the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. From the sons of David, Hattush.
3 属巴录的后裔，就是示迦尼的子孙有撒迦利亚，同着他，按家谱计算，男丁一百五十人；
From the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Parosh, Zechariah, and one hundred fifty men were numbered with him.
4 属巴哈·摩押的子孙有西拉希雅的儿子以利约乃，同着他有男丁二百；
From the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, the son of Zerahiah, and two hundred men were with him.
5 属示迦尼的子孙有雅哈悉的儿子，同着他有男丁三百；
From the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and three hundred men were with him.
6 属亚丁的子孙有约拿单的儿子以别，同着他有男丁五十；
From the sons of Adin, Ebed, the son of Jonathan, and fifty men were with him.
7 属以拦的子孙有亚他利雅的儿子耶筛亚，同着他有男丁七十；
From the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah, the son of Athaliah, and seventy men were with him.
8 属示法提雅的子孙有米迦勒的儿子西巴第雅，同着他有男丁八十；
From the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, the son of Michael, and eighty men were with him.
9 属约押的子孙有耶歇的儿子俄巴底亚，同着他有男丁二百一十八；
From the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel, and two hundred eighteen men were with him.
10 属示罗密的子孙有约细斐的儿子，同着他有男丁一百六十；
From the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and one hundred sixty men were with him.
11 属比拜的子孙有比拜的儿子撒迦利亚，同着他有男丁二十八；
From the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and twenty-eight men were with him.
12 属押甲的子孙有哈加坦的儿子约哈难，同着他有男丁一百一十；
From the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan, and one hundred and ten men were with him.
13 属亚多尼干的子孙，就是末尾的，他们的名字是以利法列、耶利、示玛雅，同着他们有男丁六十；
From the sons of Adonikam, who were the last, and these were their names: Eliphelet, and Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and sixty men were with them.
14 属比革瓦伊的子孙有乌太和撒布，同着他们有男丁七十。
From the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and seventy men were with them.
15 我招聚这些人在流入亚哈瓦的河边，我们在那里住了三日。我查看百姓和祭司，见没有利未人在那里，
Now I gathered them together at the river that runs down to Ahava, and we stayed there for three days. And I sought among the people and among the priests for the sons of Levi, and I found none there.
16 就召首领以利以谢、亚列、示玛雅、以利拿单、雅立、以利拿单、拿单、撒迦利亚、米书兰，又召教习约雅立和以利拿单。
And so I sent Eliezer, and Ariel, and Shemaiah, and Elnathan, and Jarib, and another Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise.
17 我打发他们往迦西斐雅地方去见那里的首领易多，又告诉他们当向易多和他的弟兄尼提宁说什么话，叫他们为我们 神的殿带使用的人来。
And I sent them to Iddo, who is first within the place of Casiphia. And I placed in their mouth the words that they should speak to Iddo and his brothers, the temple servants, in the place of Casiphia, so that they would lead to us ministers for the house of our God.
18 蒙我们 神施恩的手帮助我们，他们在以色列的曾孙、利未的孙子、抹利的后裔中带一个通达人来；还有示利比和他的众子与弟兄共一十八人。
And because the good hand of our God was over us, they led to us a very learned man from the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, with Sherebiah, and his sons, and his eighteen brothers,
19 又有哈沙比雅，同着他有米拉利的子孙耶筛亚，并他的众子和弟兄共二十人。
and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah, of the sons of Merari, and his brothers, and his sons, numbering twenty.
20 从前大卫和众首领派尼提宁服事利未人，现在从这尼提宁中也带了二百二十人来，都是按名指定的。
And from the temple servants, whom David, and the leaders had provided for the ministry of the Levites, there were two hundred twenty temple servants. All these were called by their names.
21 那时，我在亚哈瓦河边宣告禁食，为要在我们 神面前克苦己心，求他使我们和妇人孩子，并一切所有的，都得平坦的道路。
And I proclaimed a fast in that place, beside the river Ahava, so that we might afflict ourselves in the sight of the Lord our God, and so that we might request of him the right way for us, and for our sons, and for all our substance.
22 我求王拨步兵马兵帮助我们抵挡路上的仇敌，本以为羞耻；因我曾对王说：“我们 神施恩的手必帮助一切寻求他的；但他的能力和忿怒必攻击一切离弃他的。”
For I was ashamed to petition the king for assistance and for horsemen, who would defend us from the enemy along the way. For we had said to the king: “The hand of our God is over all those who seek him in goodness. And his authority, and his strength and fury, is over all those who forsake him.”
23 所以我们禁食祈求我们的 神，他就应允了我们。
And so we fasted and begged our God for this; and as a result, we prospered.
24 我分派祭司长十二人，就是示利比、哈沙比雅，和他们的弟兄十人，
And I separated twelve from among the leaders of the priests: Sherebiah, and Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers.
25 将王和谋士、军长，并在那里的以色列众人为我们 神殿所献的金银和器皿，都秤了交给他们。
And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold, and the vessels consecrated to the house of our God, which had been offered by the king, and by his counselors and his leaders, and by all those of Israel who had been found.
26 我秤了交在他们手中的银子有六百五十他连得；银器重一百他连得；金子一百他连得；
And I weighed out to their hands six hundred fifty talents of silver, and one hundred vessels of silver, and one hundred talents of gold,
27 金碗二十个，重一千达利克；上等光铜的器皿两个，宝贵如金。
and twenty gold bowls which had the weight of one thousand coins, and two vessels of the finest shining brass, as beautiful as gold.
28 我对他们说：“你们归耶和华为圣，器皿也为圣；金银是甘心献给耶和华—你们列祖之 神的。
And I said to them: “You are the holy ones of the Lord, and the vessels are holy, with the silver and the gold, which has been offered freely to the Lord, the God of our fathers.
29 你们当警醒看守，直到你们在耶路撒冷耶和华殿的库内，在祭司长和利未族长，并以色列的各族长面前过了秤。”
Watch and guard them, until you weigh them out before the leaders of the priests and the Levites, and the rulers of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, into the treasury of the house of the Lord.”
30 于是，祭司、利未人按着分量接受金银和器皿，要带到耶路撒冷我们 神的殿里。
Then the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, so that they might carry these to Jerusalem, into the house of our God.
31 正月十二日，我们从亚哈瓦河边起行，要往耶路撒冷去。我们 神的手保佑我们，救我们脱离仇敌和路上埋伏之人的手。
Therefore, we set out from the river Ahava, on the twelfth day of the first month, so that we might travel to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was over us, and he freed us from the hand of the enemy and of those who lay in ambush along the way.
32 我们到了耶路撒冷，在那里住了三日。
And we arrived at Jerusalem, and we stayed there for three days.
33 第四日，在我们 神的殿里把金银和器皿都秤了，交在祭司乌利亚的儿子米利末的手中。同着他有非尼哈的儿子以利亚撒，还有利未人耶书亚的儿子约撒拔和宾内的儿子挪亚底。
Then, on the fourth day, the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed out in the house of our God, by the hand of Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the priest; and with him was Eleazar, the son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, Jozabad, the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah, the son of Binnui.
34 当时都点了数目，按着分量写在册上。
This was done according to the number and weight of everything; and every weight was written down at that time.
35 从掳到之地归回的人向以色列的 神献燔祭，就是为以色列众人献公牛十二只，公绵羊九十六只，绵羊羔七十七只，又献公山羊十二只作赎罪祭，这都是向耶和华焚献的。
Moreover, those who came from the captivity, the sons of the transmigration, offered holocausts to the God of Israel: twelve calves on behalf of all the people of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve he-goats for sin. All these were a holocaust to the Lord.
36 他们将王的谕旨交给王所派的总督与河西的省长，他们就帮助百姓，又供给 神殿里所需用的。
Then they gave the edicts of the king to the rulers who served in the sight of the king, and to the governors beyond the river, and they exalted the people and the house of God.
