Ezra 8
1 And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
Hawa ni viongozi wa watangulizi familia ambazo zilitoka babeli pamoja nami kipindi cha utawala wa mfalme Artashasta.
2 Of the children of Phinehas, Gershom; of the children of Ithamar, Daniel; of the children of David, Hattush;
Mwana wa Finehasi, Gershoni. Mwana wa Ithamari, Daniel. Mwana wa Daudi, Hatushi ambaye ni mwana Shekania,
3 of the children of Shecaniah, of the children of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered by genealogy of the males a hundred and fifty.
ambaye pia ni mwana wa Paroshi na Zekaria na pamoja na yeye kulikuwa na wanaume mia moja na hamsini walitajwa kwenye idadi ya ukoo wake.
4 Of the children of Pahath-Moab, Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
Wana wa Pahath- Moabu, Eliehoenai mwana wa Zerahia na pamoja naye wanaume mia mbili. Wana wa
5 Of the children of Shechaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
Shekaniah, Yahazieli na pamoja naye wanaume mia tatu. Wana wa
6 And of the children of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
adini, Ebedi mwana wa Yonathani na pamoja naye waliorodheshwa wanaume hamsini.
7 And of the children of Elam, Isaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
Wana wa Elamu, Yeshaya mwana wa Athalia na pamoja naye waliorodheshwa wanaume sabini.
8 And of the children of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males.
Wana wa Shefatia, Zebadia, mwana wa Mikaeli na pamoja naye waliorodheshwa wanaume themanini.
9 Of the children of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
Wana wa Yoabu, Obadia mwana wa Yehieli pamoja na yeye waliorodheshwa wanaume mia mbili kumi na wanane. Wana wa Binui,
10 And of the children of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sixty males.
Sheromithi, mwana wa Yosifia na pamoja na yeye waliorodheshwa wanaume mia moja na sitini.
11 And of the children of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males.
Wana wa Bebai, zekaria mwana wa Bebai na pamoja na yeye waliorodheshwa wanaume ishirini na wanane.
12 And of the children of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten males.
Wana wa Azgadi, Yohana mwana wa Hakatani na pamoja na yeye waliorodheshwa wanaume mia moja na kumi.
13 And of the children of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names are these: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.
Wale wana wa Adonikamu wakaja baadaye. Na haya ndio majina yao: Elifereti, Yeueli na Shemaya na pamoja na wao wakaja wanaume sitini.
14 And of the children of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
Wana wa Bigwai, Uthai, mwana wa zabudi na pamoja na yeye waliorodheshwa wanaume sabini
15 And I gathered them together at the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days; and I surveyed the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.
Nikawakusanya wasafiri bandari iliyokuwa inaelekea Ahava. Tukaweka kambi muda wa siku tatu, nikawachunguza watu na makuhani, lakini sikuwaona wana wa Levi miongoni.
16 And I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men, and for Joiarib and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
Hivyo nikatuma kwa Eliezeri, arieli, Shemaya, Elnathani, Yaribu na Elnathani na Nathani, Zekaria na Meshulamu waliokuwa viongozi na kwa Yoyaribu na Elnathani ambao walikuwa ni walimu.
17 And I gave them a commission to Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, and I put words in their mouths to say to Iddo [and] his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
Tena nikawatuma kwa Ido, kiongozi wa Kasifia. Nikawaaambia kile watachomweleza Ido. na jamaa zake, watumishi wa Hekalu waliishi Kasifia, kwa hiyo, kutuma kwetu watumishi kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Mungu.
18 And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely, Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
Hivyo wakatutuma sisi kwa Mungu na mkono mzuri wa mtu aliyeitwa Ishekeli. Alikuwa mwana wa mali Mwana wa Levi mwana wa Israel. Akaja na wana kumi na wanane na ndugu,
19 and Hashabiah, and with him Isaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
pamoja naye Hashabia, pamoja na Yeshaya wa wana wa Merari na ndugu zake na wana wake jumla watu ishirini wote. Miongoni
20 and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were expressed by name.
mwao walichaguliwa kutumika katika Hekalu, ambapo Daudi na wakuu waliwapa kuwahudumia walawi: mia mbili ishirini kila mmoja wao aliagizwa kwa majina.
21 And I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Tena nikatangaza kufunga mto Ahava ili kujinyenyekeza mbele za Mungu, kutafuta njia iliyoonyoka kutoka kwake kwa ajili yetu, watoto wetu na mali zetu,
22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him.
Niliona aibu kumwomba mfalme kwa ajili ya jeshi au mpandafarasi kwa ajili ya kutulinda tunapokuwa njiani, tangu tumemwambia mfalme “mkono wa Mungu uko pamoja na wote wanaomtafuta kwa mazuri. lakini uweza wake na ghazabu yake ni juu ya wale wote wanaomwasi yeye.
23 And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.
Hivyo tulifunga na kumsihi Mungu kwa jambo hilo.
24 And I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
Tena nikachagua watu kumi na wawili kutoka kwa kuhani: Sherebia na Hashabia na ndugu zao wengine kumi.
25 and I weighed to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors and his princes, and all Israel present, had offered.
Nikapima kwa ajili yao fedha, dhahabu na vyombo na sadaka kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Mungu kwa wafalme, washauri, na wakuu na Israel wote walitoa kwa hiari.
26 And I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver; and silver vessels a hundred talents, [and] of gold a hundred talents;
Hivyo nikawapimia kwenye mikono yao talanta za fedha mia sita na hamsini, talanta mia moja ya vyombo vya fedha, talanta mia moja za dhahabu.
27 and twenty basons of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of shining copper, precious as gold.
vifaa ishirini vya dhahabu kwa pamoja vilikuwa na thamani ya elfu moja darkoni na vitu viwili vya sanamu vivyonakshiwa kama dhahabu ya kupendeza.
28 And I said to them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah; the vessels also are holy; and the silver and the gold is a voluntary offering to Jehovah the God of your fathers.
Kisha nikawaambia, mmewekwa wakfu kwa Bwana, na hivi vyombo pia na fedha na dhahabu, vimetolewa kwa hiari kwa Yahwe, Mungu wa watangulizi wenu.
29 Watch and keep [them] until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.
mviangalie na kuvitunza hadi mtakapovipima mbele ya makuhani, walawi, na viongozi wa wataangulizi wa jamii ya Israel katika Yerusalem katika nyumba ya Mungu.
30 And the priests and the Levites received by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
Makuhani na walawi walikubali vipimo vya fedha na dhahabu na vyombo kwa ajili ya kuvichukua na kuvipeleka Yerusalem, kwenye nyumba ya Mungu wetu.
31 And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
Tukatoka kwenda mto Ahava siku ya kumi na mbili katika mwezi wa kwanza kwenda Yerusalem, Mkono wa Mungu ulikuwa pamoja nasi, ulitulinda na mikono ya adui na wale waliotaka kutufanyia fujo njiani.
32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
Hivyo tukaingia Yerusalem na kukaa humo kwa siku tatu.
33 And 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 Urijah 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, Levites:
Tena siku ya nne fedha na dhahabu na vyombo vilipimwa ndani ya nyumba ya Mungu wetu kwa mikono ya Meremothi mwana wa Uria kuhani, na pamoja nao alikuwepo Eleazari mwana wa Finehasi, Yozabadi mwana wa Yeshua, na Noadia mwana wa Binui, Walawi.
34 the whole by number and by weight; and all the weight was written down at that time.
Idadi na uzito wa kila kitu uliweza kujulikana. Uzito wote uliweza kuandikwa katika kipindi hicho
35 The children of those that had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, presented burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.
Na wale waliokuja kutoka matekani, watu wa uhamisho, wakatoa sadaka ya kutekezwa kwa Mungu wa Israel, kondoo tisini na sita, wana-kondoo sabini na saba na mbuzi wa kiume kumi na wawili kama sadaka ya dhambi. Zote zilikuwa sadaka za kutekezwa kwa ajili ya Yahwe.
36 And they delivered the king's edicts to the king's satraps, and to the governors on this side the river. And they furthered the people and the house of God.
Tena wakawapa amri za mfalme kwa wakuu wa wafalme na wakuu katika mji ngambo ya mto, na wakawasaidia watu na nyumba ya Mungu.
