Ezra 8
1 Følgende er de Overhoveder over Fædrenehusene og de i deres Slægtsfortegnelser opførte, som drog op med mig fra Babel under Kong Artaxerxes's Regering:
Now these are the heads of families who were listed of those who went up with me from Babylon, when Artaxerxes was king.
2 Af Pinehas's Efterkommere Gersom; af Itamars Efterkommere Daniel; af Davids Efterkommere Hattusj,
Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush;
3 Sjekanjas Søn; af Par'osj's Efterkommere Zekarja, i hvis Slægtsfortegnelse der var opført 150 Mandspersoner;
Of the sons of Shecaniah; of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were listed a hundred and fifty males.
4 af Pahat-Moabs Efterkommere Eljoenaj, Zerajas Søn, med 200 Mandspersoner;
Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.
5 af Zattus Efterkommere Sjekanja, Jahaziels Søn, med 300 Mandspersoner;
Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.
6 af Adins Efterkommere Ebed. Jonatans Søn, med 50 Mandspersoner;
And of the sons of Adin, Ebed, the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.
7 af Elams Efterkommere Jesja'ja. Ataljas Søn, med 70 Mandspersoner;
And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah; the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.
8 af Sjefatjas Efterkommere Zebadja, Mikaels Søn, med 80 Mandspersoner;
And of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, the son of Michael; and with him eighty males.
9 af Joabs Efterkommere Obadja. Jehiels's Søn, med 218 Mandspersoner;
Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
10 af Banis Efterkommere Sjelomit, Josifjas Søn, med 160 Mandspersoner;
And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him a hundred and sixty males.
11 af Bebajs Efterkommere Zekarja, Bebajs Søn, med 28 Mandspersoner;
And of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males.
12 af Azgads Efterkommere Johanan, Hakkatans Søn, med 110 Mandspersoner;
And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan; and with him a hundred and ten males.
13 af Adonikams Efterkommere de sidst komne, nemlig Elifelet, Je'iel og Sjemaja, med 60 Mandspersoner;
And of the sons of Adonikam, the last, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.
14 af Bigvajs Efterkommere Utaj og Zabud med 70 Mandspersoner.
And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.
15 Og jeg samlede dem ved den Flod, der løber ad Ahava til, og vi laa lejret der i tre Dage. Men da jeg tog Folket og Præsterne nærmere i Øjesyn, fandt jeg ingen Leviter der.
And I made them come together by the river flowing to Ahava; and we were there in tents for three days: and after viewing the people and the priests I saw that no sons of Levi were there.
16 Jeg sendte derfor Overhovederne Eliezer, Ariel, Sjemaja, Elnatan, Jarib, Elnatan, Natan, Zekarja og Mesjullam og Lærerne Jojarib og Elnatan hen
Then I sent for Eliezer and Ariel and Shemaiah and Elnathan Jarib and Elnathan and Nathan and Zechariah and Meshullam, all responsible men; and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise men.
17 og bød dem gaa til Overhovedet Iddo i Byen Kasifja, idet jeg lagde dem de Ord i Munden, hvormed de skulde overtale Iddo og hans Brødre i Byen Kasifja til at sende os Tjenere til vor Guds Hus;
And I sent them to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and gave them orders what to say to Iddo and his brothers the Nethinim at the place Casiphia, so that they might come back to us with men to do the work of the house of our God.
18 og eftersom vor Guds gode Haand var over os, sendte de os en forstandig Mand af Efterkommerne efter Mali, Israels Søn Levis Søn, Sjerebja med hans Sønner og Brødre, atten Mand,
And by the help of our God they got for us Ish-sechel, one of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah with his sons and brothers, eighteen;
19 og Hasjabja og Jesja'ja af Meraris Efterkommere med deres Brødre og Sønner, tyve Mand,
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;
20 og af Tempeltrællene, som David og Øversterne havde stillet til Leviternes Tjeneste, 220 Tempeltrælle, alle med Navns Nævnelse.
And of the Nethinim, to whom David and the captains had given the work of helping the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim, all of them specially named.
21 Saa lod jeg der ved Floden Ahava udraabe en Faste til Ydmygelse for vor Guds Aasyn for hos ham at udvirke en lykkelig Rejse for os og vore Familier og Ejendele;
Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.
22 thi jeg undsaa mig ved at bede Kongen om Krigsfolk og Ryttere til at hjælpe os undervejs mod Fjenden, eftersom vi havde sagt til Kongen: Vor Guds Haand er over alle; der søger ham, og hjælper dem, men hans Vælde og Vrede kommer over alle dem, der forlader ham.
For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.
23 Saa fastede vi og bad til vor Gud derom, og han bønhørte os.
So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.
24 Derpaa udvalgte jeg tolv af Præsternes Øverster og Sjerebja og Hasjabja og ti af deres Brødre;
So I put on one side twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,
25 og dem tilvejede jeg Sølvet og Guldet og gav dem Karrene, den Offerydelse til vor Guds Hus, som Kongen, hans Raadgivere og Fyrster og alle de der boende Israeliter havde ydet;
And gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house of our God which the king and his wise men and his captains and all Israel there present had given:
26 jeg tilvejede dem af Sølv 650 Talenter, Sølvkar til en Værdi af 100 Talenter, af Guld 100 Talenter,
Measuring into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels, a hundred talents' weight, and a hundred talents of gold,
27 tyve Guldbægre til 1000 Darejker og to Kar af fint, guldglinsende Kobber, kostbare som Guld.
And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.
28 Saa sagde jeg til dem: »I er helliget HERREN, og Karrene er helliget, og Sølvet og Guldet er en frivillig Gave til HERREN, eders Fædres Gud;
And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord and the vessels are holy: and the silver and the gold are an offering freely given to the Lord, the God of your fathers.
29 vaag derfor over det og vogt paa det, indtil I i Paasyn af Præsternes og Leviternes Øverster og Israels Fædrenehuses Øverster vejer det ud i Jerusalem i Kamrene i HERRENS Hus!«
Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the chiefs of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of the Lord.
30 Da modtog Præsterne og Leviterne det tilvejede, Sølvet og Guldet og Karrene, for at bringe det til vor Guds Hus i Jerusalem.
So the priests and the Levites took the weight of silver and gold and the vessels, to take them to Jerusalem into the house of our God.
31 Saa brød vi op fra Floden Ahava paa den tolvte Dag i den første Maaned for at drage til Jerusalem; og vor Guds Haand var over os, saa han frelste os fra Fjendernes og Røvernes Haand undervejs.
Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.
32 Da vi var kommet til Jerusalem, holdt vi os rolige der i tre Dage;
And we came to Jerusalem and were there for three days.
33 og paa den fjerde Dag blev Sølvet, Guldet og Karrene afvejet i vor Guds Hus og overgivet Præsten Meremot, Urijas Søn, tillige med El'azar, Pinehas's Søn, og Leviterne Jozabad, Jesuas Søn, og Noadja, Binnujs Søn,
And on the fourth day, the silver and the gold and the vessels were measured out by weight in the house of our God into the hands 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 Jeshua, and Noadiah, the son of Binnui, the Levites;
34 alt sammen efter Tal og Vægt, og hele Vægten blev optegnet: Paa samme Tid
All was handed over by number and by weight: and the weight was put on record at that time.
35 bragte de, der kom fra Fangenskabet, de, der havde været i Landflygtighed, Brændofre til Israels Gud: 12 Tyre for hele Israel, 96 Vædre, 77 Lam og 12 Gedebukke til Syndofre, alt sammen som Brændoffer til HERREN.
And those who had been prisoners, who had come back from a strange land, made burned offerings to the God of Israel, twelve oxen for all Israel, ninety-six male sheep, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burned offering to the Lord.
36 Og de overgav Kongens Befalinger til Kongens Satraper og Statholderne hinsides Floden, og disse ydede Folket og Guds Hus deres Hjælp.
And they gave the king's orders to the king's captains and the rulers across the river, and they gave the people and the house of God the help which was needed.
