Ezra 10

1 Dok je Ezra molio i priznavao grijehe, plačući i ležeći pred Domom Božjim, skupilo se oko njega mnoštvo Izraelaca, ljudi, žena i djece: i taj je narod gorko plakao.

Now while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down before the house of God, a very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together round him: for the people were weeping bitterly.

2 Tada Šekanija, sin Jehielov, jedan od sinova Elamovih, uzimajući riječ reče Ezri: “Mi smo izdali Boga svoga ženeći se tuđinkama iz naroda zemlje. Ali još ima nade Izraelu.

And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.

3 Obnovimo sada Savez s Bogom svojim: obećajmo da ćemo, prema savjetu moga gospodara i onih koji osjećaju strahopočitanje prema zapovijedi Boga našega, otpustiti svoje žene tuđinke i djecu koju su rodile. Učinimo dakle po Zakonu!

Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law.

4 Ustani, jer to je tvoja dužnost, a mi ćemo biti uza te. Budi hrabar i na djelo!”

Up, now! for this is your business, and we are with you; take heart and do it.

5 Tada ustade Ezra i zakle glavare svećeničke, i levite, i sve Izraelce da će učiniti kako im bijaše rekao. I zakleše se.

Then Ezra got up, and made the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do this. So they took an oath.

6 Ezra se udalji ispred Doma Božjega i uđe u dvoranu Johanana, sina Elijašibova. Ondje provede noć i nije jeo ni kruha niti je pio vode jer tugovaše zbog nevjernosti povratnika.

Then Ezra got up from before the house of God and went into the room of Jehohanan, the son of Eliashib; but when he came there, he took no food or drink, for he was sorrowing for the sin of those who had come back.

7 Zatim je objavljeno u Judeji i Jeruzalemu svima povratnicima da se skupe u Jeruzalemu:

And they made a public statement through all Judah and Jerusalem, to all those who had come back, that they were to come together to Jerusalem;

8 a tko ne bude došao u Jeruzalem za tri dana, toga će pozvati glavari i starješine, bit će mu zaplijenjeno imanje i isključit će ga iz zbora povratnika.

And that if anyone did not come before three days were past, as ordered by the rulers and the responsible men, all his goods would be put under the curse, and he himself would be cut off from the meeting of the people who had come back.

9 Svi su se ljudi od Jude i Benjamina sakupili tako za tri dana u Jeruzalemu. Bilo je to devetoga mjeseca, dvadesetoga dana u mjesecu. Sav se narod smjestio na trgu pred Domom Božjim, dršćući zbog svega toga i zbog jake kiše.

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin came together to Jerusalem before three days were past; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people were seated in the wide square in front of the house of God, shaking with fear because of this business and because of the great rain.

10 Tada, ustavši, svećenik Ezra reče im: “Vi ste se iznevjerili kad ste se oženili tuđinkama. Tako ste povećali grijeh Izraelov!

And Ezra the priest got to his feet and said to them, You have done wrong and taken strange women for your wives, so increasing the sin of Israel.

11 Ali podajte sada hvalu Jahvi, Bogu otaca svojih, i izvršite volju njegovu te se rastavite od naroda zemlje i od žena tuđinki.”

So now, give praise to the Lord, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and make yourselves separate from the peoples of the land and from the strange women.

12 Sav je zbor odgovorio snažnim glasom: “Jest, dužnost nam je učiniti po tvome savjetu!

Then all the people, answering, said with a loud voice, As you have said, so it is right for us to do.

13 Ali naroda ima mnogo i dažd nahodi: vani se ne može stajati. Osim toga, nije to posao od dan-dva, jer nas je mnogo koji smo u tome sagriješili.

But the number of people is great, and it is a time of much rain; it is not possible for us to go on waiting outside, and this is not a thing which may be done in one day or even two: for our sin in this business is great.

14 Mogu nas na zajedničkom zboru zastupati naši glavari: svi koji su po našim gradovima oženjeni tuđinkama mogu doći u određeno vrijeme u pratnji starješina i sudaca svakoga grada, sve dok ne budemo odvratili gnjev Boga svojega zbog ovoga.”

So now let our rulers be representatives for all the people, and let all those in our towns who are married to strange women come at fixed times, and with them the responsible men and the judges of every town, till the burning wrath of our God is turned away from us, and this has been done.

15 Samo Jonatan, sin Asahelov, i Jahzija, sin Tikvin, bijahu se usprotivili; a podupirahu ih Mešulam i levit Šabetaj.

Only Jonathan, the son of Asahel, and Jahzeiah, the son of Tikvah, were against this, Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.

16 Povratnici učiniše tako: rastaše se. Svećenik Ezra izabra za pomoćnike glavare obitelji, prema njihovim domovima, i svi su bili poimence određeni. Počeli su zasjedati prvoga dana desetoga mjeseca da bi sve ispitali.

So those who had come back did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of families, by their fathers' families, all of them by their names, were marked out; and on the first day of the tenth month they took their places to go into the question with care.

17 I prvoga dana prvoga mjeseca završiše sa svima koji se bijahu oženili tuđinkama.

And they got to the end of all the men who were married to strange women by the first day of the first month.

18 Među pripadnicima svećenstva evo koji bijahu oženjeni tuđinkama: između sinova Ješue, sina Josadakova, i među njegovom braćom: Maaseja, Eliezer, Jarib i Gedalija;

And among the sons of the priests who were married to strange women were these: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak and his brothers, Maaseiah and Eliezer and Jarib and Gedaliah.

19 oni dadoše svoju ruku da će otpustiti svoje žene i da će za svoj grijeh prinijeti ovna kao naknadnicu.

And they gave their word that they would put away their wives; and for their sin, they gave an offering of a male sheep of the flock.

20 Od sinova Imerovih: Hanani i Zebadja;

And of the sons of Immer, Hanani and Zebadiah.

21 od Harimovih sinova: Maaseja, Ilija, Šemaja, Jehiel i Uzija;

And of the sons of Harim, Maaseiah and Elijah and Shemaiah and Jehiel and Uzziah.

22 od Pašhurovih sinova: Elijoenaj, Maaseja, Jišmael, Netanel, Jozabad i Elasa.

And of the sons of Pashhur, Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

23 Od levita: Jozabad, Šimej, Kelaja - nazvan Kelita - Petahja, Juda i Eliezer.

And of the Levites, Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (that is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

24 Od pjevača: Elijašib i Zakur. Od vratara: Šalum, Telem i Uri.

And of the music-makers, Eliashib; and of the door-keepers, Shallum and Telem and Uri.

25 A između Izraelaca: od sinova Paroševih: Ramja, Jizija, Malkija, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malkija i Benaja;

And of Israel, the sons of Parosh, Ramiah and Izziah and Malchijah and Mijamin and Eleazar and Malchijah and Benaiah.

26 od sinova Elamovih: Matanija, Zaharija, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremot i Ilija;

And of the sons of Elam, Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel and Abdi and Jeremoth and Elijah.

27 od sinova Zatuovih: Elijoenaj, Elijašib, Matanija, Jeremot, Zabad i Aziza;

And of the sons of Zattu, Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth and Zabad and Aziza.

28 od sinova Bebajevih: Johanan, Hananija, Zabaj i Atlaj;

And of the sons of Bebai, Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.

29 od Banijevih sinova: Mešulam, Maluk, Adaja, Jašub, Šeal i Ramot;

And of the sons of Bani, Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub and Sheal, Jeremoth.

30 od Pahat-Moabovih sinova: Adna, Kelal, Benaja, Maaseja, Matanija, Besalel, Binuj i Manaše;

And of the sons of Pahath-moab, Adna and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel and Binnui and Manasseh.

31 od sinova Harimovih: Eliezer, Jišija, Malkija, Šemaja, Šimun,

And of the sons of Harim, Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

32 Benjamin, Maluk, Semarja;

Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.

33 od sinova Hašumovih: Matnaj, Matata, Zabad, Elifelet, Jeremaj, Manaše, Šimej;

Of the sons of Hashum, Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

34 od sinova Banijevih: Maadaj, Amram, Joel,

Of the sons of Bani, Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

35 Benaja, Bedja, Kelu,

Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

36 Vanija, Meremot, Elijašib,

Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

37 Matanija, Matnaj i Jaasaj;

Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu,

38 od sinova Binujevih: Šimej,

And Bani and Binnui, Shimei;

39 Šelemja, Natan i Adaja;

And Shelemiah and Nathan and Adaiah,

40 od Zakajevih sinova: Šašaj, Šaraj,

Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

41 Azareel, Šelemja, Šemarja,

Azarel and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

42 Šalum, Amarja, Josip;

Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.

43 od Nebovih sinova: Jeiel, Matitja, Zabad, Zebina, Jadaj, Joel, Benaja.

Of the sons of Nebo, Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.

44 Svi su ovi bili oženjeni tuđinkama, ali su ih otpustili, žene i djecu.

All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had offspring.