Ezra 8
1 Now these are the chiefs of families, and the genealogy of them, who came up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
Nawa mayina a atsogoleri a mabanja amene anabwera nane kuchokera ku Babuloni nthawi ya ulamuliro wa mfumu Aritasasita:
2 Of the sons of Phinees, Gersom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattus.
Geresomu wa fuko la Finehasi; Danieli wa fuko la Itamara; Hatusi
3 Of the sons of Sechenias, the son of Pharos, Zacharias, and with him were numbered a hundred and fifty men.
mwana wa Sekaniya wa fuko la Davide; Zekariya wa fuko la Parosi. Pamodzi ndi iyeyu panalembedwa anthu ena 150;
4 Of the sons of Phahath Moab, Eleoenai the son of Zareha, and with him two hundred men.
Elihunai mwana wa Zerahiya, wa fuko la Pahati-Mowabu. Pamodzi ndi iyeyu panalinso anthu ena 400.
5 Of the sons of Sechenias, the son of Ezechiel, and with him three hundred men.
Sekaniya, mwana wa Yahazieli wa fuko la Zatu. Pamodzi ndi iyeyu panalembedwanso anthu 300.
6 Of the sons of Adan, Abed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty men.
Ebedi, mwana wa Yonatani wa fuko la Adini. Pamodzi naye analembedwanso anthu ena makumi asanu.
7 Of the sons of Alam, Isaias the son of Athalias, and with him seventy men.
Yesaiya, mwana wa Ataliya wa fuko la Elamu. Pamodzi naye panali anthu ena 70.
8 Of the sons of Saphatia: Zebodia the son of Michael, and with him eighty men.
Zebadiya, mwana wa Mikayeli wa fuko la Sefatiya. Pamodzi naye panalinso anthu 80.
9 Of the sons of Joab, Obedia the son of Jahiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen men.
Obadiya, mwana wa Yehieli wa fuko la Yowabu. Pamodzi naye panalinso anthu 218.
10 Of the sons of Selomith, the son of Josphia, and with him a hundred and sixty men.
Selomiti mwana wa Yosifiya wa fuko la Bani. Pamodzi ndi iyeyu panalinso anthu 160.
11 Of the sons of Bebai, Zacharias the son of Bebai: and with him eight and twenty men.
Zekariya, mwana wa Bebai wa fuko la Babai. Pamodzi naye analembedwanso anthu 28.
12 Of the sons of Azgad, Joanan the son of Eccetan, and with him a hundred and ten men.
Yohanani, mwana wa Hakatani wa fuko la Azigadi. Pamodzi naye panalinso anthu 110.
13 Of the sons of Adonicam, who were the last: and these are their names: Eliphelet, and Jehiel, and Samaias, and with them sixty men.
Atsogoleri a fuko la Adonikamu, anthu amene anabwera pambuyo pake mayina awo anali Elifeleti, Yeiyeli ndi Semaya. Pamodzi ndi iwowa panalinso anthu 60.
14 Of the sons of Begui, Uthai and Zachur, and with them seventy men.
Atsogoleri a fuko la Bigivai anali Utai ndi Zakuri. Pamodzi ndi iwowa panali anthu 70.
15 And I gathered them together to the river, which runneth down to Ahava, and we stayed there three days: and I sought among the people and among the priests for the sons of Levi, and found none there.
Anthu onse ndinawasonkhanitsa ku mtsinje umene umapita mpaka ku Ahava, ndipo kumeneko tinagona mʼmisasa masiku atatu. Nditayangʼana pakati pa anthu ndi ansembe, ndinapeza kuti panalibe Alevi.
16 So I sent Eliezer, and Ariel, and Semeias, and Elnathan, and Jarib, and another Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zacharias, and Mosollam, chief men: and Joiarib, and Elnathan, wise men.
Choncho ndinayitana atsogoleri awa: Eliezara, Arieli, Semaiya, Elinatani, Yaribu, Elinatani, Natani, Zekariya ndi Mesulamu, pamodzi ndi aphunzitsi awiri, Yoyaribu ndi Elinatani,
17 And I sent them to Eddo, who is chief in the place of Chasphia, and I put in their mouth the words that they should speak to Eddo, and his brethren the Nathinites in the place of Chasphia, that they should bring us ministers of the house of our God.
ndipo ndinawatuma kwa Ido, mtsogoleri wa malo otchedwa Kasifiya. Ine ndinawawuza zoti akanene kwa Ido ndi kwa abale ake, ogwira ntchito ku Nyumba ya Mulungu ku Kasifiyako, kuti atitumizire anthu odzatumikira ku Nyumba ya Mulungu.
18 And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a most learned man of the sons of Moholi the son of Levi the son of Israel, and Sarabias and his sons, and his brethren eighteen,
Chifukwa cha kutikomera mtima kwa Mulungu wathu, Ido anatitumizira munthu wanzeru, Serabiya, wa fuko la Mahili, mwana wa Levi, mwana wa Israeli, pamodzi ndi ana ake aamuna ndi abale ake, anthu 18.
19 And Hasabias, and with him Isaias of the sons of Merari, and his brethren, and his sons twenty.
Anatitumiziranso Hasabiya ndi Yesaiya wa fuko la Merari pamodzi ndi abale ake ndi adzukulu ake, anthu makumi awiri.
20 And of the Nathinites, whom David, and the princes gave for the service of the Levites, Nathinites two hundred and twenty: all these were called by their names.
Panalinso anthu ena 220 mwa anthu ogwira ntchito mʼNyumba ya Mulungu amene Davide ndi nduna zake anawasankha kuti azitumikira Alevi. Anthu onsewa analembedwa potsata mayina awo.
21 And I proclaimed there a fast by the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before the Lord our God, and might ask of him a right way for us and for our children, and for all our substance.
Ku mtsinje wa Ahava, ndinalengeza kuti anthu onse asale zakudya, adzichepetse pamaso pa Mulungu wathu ndi kupempha kuti atiyendetse bwino ife ndi ana athu, ndi kuteteza katundu wathu yense.
22 For I was ashamed to ask the king for aid and for horsemen, to defend us from the enemy in the way: because we had said to the king: The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him in goodness: and his power and strength, and wrath upon all them that forsake him.
Ine ndinali ndi manyazi kupempha mfumu kuti atipatse asilikali oyenda pansi ndi ena okwera pa akavalo kuti atiteteze kwa adani athu pa ulendo wathuwu popeza tinali titawuza kale mfumu kuti “Yehova amateteza aliyense amene amamudalira, koma amakwiyira onse amene amamukana.”
23 And we fasted, and besought our God for this: and it fell out prosperously unto us.
Choncho tinasala zakudya ndi kupemphera kwa Mulungu wathu kuti atiteteze ndipo Iye anamva pemphero lathu.
24 And I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sarabias, and Hasabias, and with them ten of their brethren,
Tsono ndinasankha atsogoleri a ansembe khumi ndi awiri awa, Serebiya, Hasabiya ndi abale awo khumi
25 And I weighed unto them the silver and gold, and the vessels consecrated for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel, that were found had offered.
ndipo ndinawayezera siliva ndi golide, ndiponso ziwiya ndi zopereka za ku Nyumba ya Mulungu wathu zimene mfumu ndi alangizi ake, nduna zake ndi Aisraeli onse amene anali kumeneko anazipereka.
26 And I weighed to their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and a hundred vessels of silver, and a hundred talents of gold,
Nditayeza zonse, ndinapereka mʼmanja mwawo, matani 22 asiliva, ziwiya zasiliva zolemera makilogalamu 70, ndiponso makilogalamu 3,400 a golide,
27 And twenty cups of gold, of a thousand solids, and two vessels of the best shining brass, beautiful as gold.
mbale zagolide makumi awiri zolemera makilogalamu asanu ndi atatu ndi theka ndiponso ziwiya ziwiri zamkuwa wosalala, wonyezimira bwino ngati golide wamtengowapatali.
28 And I said to them: You are the holy ones of the Lord, and the vessels are holy, and the silver and gold, that is freely offered to the Lord the God of our fathers.
Kenaka ndinawawuza kuti, “Inu ndi opatulika a Yehova, ndiponso mphatso zonsezi ndi zopatulika. Siliva ndi golideyu ndi zopereka zaufulu kwa Yehova, Mulungu wa makolo anu.
29 Watch ye and beep them, till you deliver them by weight before the chief of the priests, and of the Levites, and the heads of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, into the treasure of the house of the Lord.
Muzisamale bwino mpaka mutaziyeza pamaso pa atsogoleri a ansembe ndi Alevi ndi akulu a mabanja a Israeli mʼzipinda za mʼNyumba ya Mulungu ku Yerusalemu.”
30 And the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and gold, and the vessels, to carry them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
Choncho ansembe ndi Alevi analandira zonse zoyezedwa zija, siliva, golide pamodzi ndi ziwiya kuti apite nazo ku Nyumba ya Yehova ku Yerusalemu.
31 Then we set forward from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
Pa tsiku la khumi ndi chiwiri la mwezi woyamba, tinachoka ku mtsinje wa Ahava kupita ku Yerusalemu. Ndipo Mulungu wathu anali nafe, ndipo anatiteteza kwa adani athu makamaka otibisalira pa njira.
32 And we came to Jerusalem, and we stayed there three days.
Tinafika ku Yerusalemu, komwe tinapumula masiku atatu.
33 And on the fourth day the silver and the gold, and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Urias the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them Jozabad the son of Josue, and Noadaia the son of Benoi, Levites.
Pa tsiku la chinayi lake, mʼNyumba ya Mulungu wathu, tinayeza siliva ndi golide ndi ziwiya zija nʼkuzipereka mʼmanja mwa Meremoti mwana wa wansembe Uriya. Pamodzi ndi iyeyo panali Eliezara mwana wa Finehasi ndiponso Alevi awa: Yozabadi mwana wa Yesuwa ndi Nowadiya mwana wa Binuyi.
34 According to the number and weight of every thing: and all the weight was written at that time.
Zonsezi anaziwerenga ndi kuziyeza ndipo analemba kulemera kwa chinthu chilichonse.
35 Moreover the children of them that had been carried away that were come out of the captivity, offered holocausts to the God of Israel, twelve calves for all the people of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve he goats for sin: all for a holocaust to the Lord.
Pamenepo anthu amene anatengedwa ukapolo aja anabwerera, anapereka nsembe zopsereza kwa Mulungu wa Israeli: ngʼombe zazimuna khumi ndi ziwiri, kuperekera Aisraeli onse, nkhosa zazimuna 96, ana ankhosa 77, ndiponso mbuzi zazimuna khumi ndi ziwiri ngati nsembe yopepesera machimo. Zonsezi zinali nsembe yopsereza zopereka kwa Yehova.
36 And they gave the king’s edicts to the lords that were from the king’s court, and the governors beyond the river, and they furthered the people and the house of God.
Iwo anaperekanso chidziwitso cha mfumu chija kwa akuluakulu a mfumu ndi kwa akazembe a mʼdera la Patsidya pa Yufurate. Pamenepo iwo anathandiza Ayuda ndiponso ntchito za pa Nyumba ya Mulungu.
