Ezra 8

1 These are now the chiefe fathers of them, and the genealogie of them that came vp with mee from Babel, in the reigne of King Artahshashte.

١ وَهَذَا بَيَانٌ بِأَسْمَاءِ رُؤَسَاءِ عَائِلاتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مِمَّنْ رَجَعُوا مَعِي مِنْ بَابِلَ فِي عَهْدِ أَرْتَحْشَشْتَا الْمَلِكِ:

2 Of the sonnes of Phinehas, Gershom: of the sonnes of Ithamar, Daniel: of the sonnes of Dauid, Hattush:

٢ مِنْ بَنِي فِينْحَاسَ: جِرْشُومُ. مِنْ بَنِي إِيْثَامَارَ: دَانِيَالُ. مِنْ بَنِي دَاوُدَ: حَطُّوشُ.

3 Of the sonnes of Shechaniah, of the sonnes of Pharosh, Zechariah, and with him the count of the males, an hundreth and fiftie.

٣ مِنْ بَنِي شَكَنْيَا مِنْ نَسْلِ فَرْعُوشَ: زَكَرِيَّا وَمَعَهُ مِئَةٌ وَخَمْسُونَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ الْمُنْتَسِبِينَ إِلَى عَشِيرَتِهِ.

4 Of the sonnes of Pahath Moab, Elihoenai, the sonne of Zerahiah, and with him two hundreth males.

٤ مِنْ بَنِي فَحَثَ مُوآبَ: أَلِيهُوعِينَايُ بْنُ زَرَحْيَا وَمَعَهُ مِئَتَانِ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

5 Of the sonnes of Shechaniah, the sonne of Iahaziel, and with him three hundreth males.

٥ مِنْ بَنِي شَكَنْيَا: ابْنُ يَحْزِيئِيلَ وَمَعَهُ ثَلاثُ مِئَةٍ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

6 And of the sonnes of Adin, Ebed the sonne of Ionathan, and with him fiftie males.

٦ مِنْ بَنِي عَادِينَ: عَابِدُ بْنُ يُونَاثَانَ وَمَعَهُ خَمْسُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

7 And of the sonnes of Elam, Ieshaiah the sonne of Athaliah, and with him seuentie males.

٧ مِنْ بَنِي عِيلامَ: يَشْعِيَا بْنُ عَثَلِيَا وَمَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

8 And of the sonnes of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the sonne of Michael, and with him fourescore males.

٨ مِنْ بَنِي شَفَطْيَا: زَبَدْيَا بْنُ مِيخَائِيلَ وَمَعَهُ ثَمَانُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

9 Of the sonnes of Ioab, Obadiah the sonne of Iehiel, and with him two hundreth and eighteene males.

٩ مِنْ بَنِي يُوآبَ: عُوبَدْيَا بْنُ يَحِيئِيلَ وَمَعَهُ مِئَتَانِ وَثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

10 And of the sonnes of Shelomith the sonne of Iosiphiah, and with him an hundreth and threescore males.

١٠ مِنْ بَنِي شَلُومِيثَ: ابْنُ يُوشَفْيَا وَمَعَهُ مِئَةٌ وَسِتُّونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

11 And of the sonnes of Bebai, Zechariah the sonne of Bebai, and with him eight and twentie males.

١١ مِنْ بَنِي بَابَايَ: زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ بَابَايَ وَمَعَهُ ثَمَانِيَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

12 And of the sonnes of Azgad, Iohanan the sonne of Hakkatan, and with him an hundreth and ten males.

١٢ مِنْ بَنِي عَزْجَدَ: يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ هِقَّاطَانَ وَمَعَهُ مِئَةٌ وَعَشَرَةٌ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ،

13 And of the sonnes of Adonikam, that were the last, whose names are these: Eliphelet, Iehiel and Shemaiah, and with them three score males.

١٣ مِنْ بَنِي أَدُونِيقَامَ الآوَاخِرِ: أَلِيفَلْطُ، وَيَعِيئِيلُ، وَشَمْعِيَا، وَمَعَهُمْ سِتُّونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

14 And of the sonnes of Biguai, Vthai, and Zabbud, and with them seuentie males.

١٤ وَمِنْ بَنِي بِغْوَايَ: عُوتَايُ وَزَبُّودُ وَمَعَهُمَا سَبْعُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

15 And I gathered them to the Riuer that goeth toward Ahaua, and there abode we three dayes: then I viewed the people, and the Priests, and found there none of the sonnes of Leui.

١٥ وَلَقَدْ جَمَعْتُ هَؤُلاءِ إِلَى النَّهْرِ الْجَارِي نَحْوَ أَهْوَا، حَيْثُ مَكَثْنَا ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَبَعْدَ أَنْ فَحَصْتُ الشَّعْبَ وَالْكَهَنَةَ لَمْ أَجِدْ بَيْنَهُمْ أَحَداً مِنَ اللّاوِيِّينَ،

16 Therefore sent I to Eliezer, to Ariel, to Shemeiah, and to Elnathan, and to Iarib, and to Elnathan, and to Nathan, and to Zechariah, and to Meshullam the chiefe, and to Ioiarib and to Elnathan, men of vnderstanding,

١٦ فَاسْتَدْعَيْتُ الرُّؤَسَاءَ أَلِيعَزَرَ وَأَرِيئِيلَ وَشَمْعِيَا وَأَلْنَاثَانَ وَيَارِيبَ وَأَلْنَاثَانَ وَنَاثَانَ وَزَكَرِيَّا وَمَشُلّامَ، وَالْحَكِيمَيْنِ يُويَارِيبَ وَأَلْنَاثَانَ.

17 And I gaue them commandement, to Iddo the chiefest at the place of Casiphia, and I told them the words that they should speake to Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims at the place of Casiphia, that they should cause the ministers of the house of our God to come vnto vs.

١٧ وَأَرْسَلْتُهُمْ إِلَى الرَّئِيسِ إِدُّو السَّاكِنِ فِي كَسِفْيَا، بَعْدَ أَنْ لَقَّنْتُهُمْ مَا يُخَاطِبُونَ بِهِ إِدُّو وَأَقْرِبَاءَهُ خُدَّامَ الْهَيْكَلِ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي كَسِفْيَا، لِيَأْتُوا لَنَا بِخُدَّامٍ يَقُومُونَ بِأَعْمَالِ خِدْمَةِ هَيْكَلِ إِلَهِنَا.

18 So by the good hande of our God which was vpon vs, they brought vs a man of vnderstanding of the sonnes of Mahali the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel, and Sherebiah with his sonnes and his brethren, euen eighteene.

١٨ وَبِفَضْلِ رِعَايَةِ اللهِ الصَّالِحَةِ لَنَا رَجَعَ هَؤُلاءِ إِلَيْنَا، وَمَعَهُمْ رَجُلٌ فَطِنٌ مِنْ بَنِي مَحْلِي بْنِ لاوِي بْنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَشَرَبْيَا وَأَبْنَاؤُهُ وَإخْوَتُهُ، وَهُمْ فِي جُمْلَتِهِمْ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً،

19 Also Hashabiah, and with him Ieshaiah of the sonnes of Merari, with his brethren, and their sonnes twentie.

١٩ وَحَشَبْيَا وَمَعَهُ يَشَعْيَا مِنْ بَنِي مَرَارِي وَإخْوَتُهُ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُمْ، وَهُمْ فِي جُمْلَتِهِمْ عِشْرُونَ رَجُلاً.

20 And of the Nethinims, whom Dauid had set, and the Princes for the seruice of the Leuites, two hundreth and twentie of the Nethinims, which all were named by name.

٢٠ وَمِنْ خُدَّامِ الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِينَ عَيَّنَهُمْ دَاوُدُ مَعَ الرُّؤَسَاءِ لِخِدْمَةِ اللّاوِيِّينَ الْعَامِلِينَ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ مِئَتَانِ وَعِشْرُونَ، تَعَيَّنُوا بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ.

21 And there at the Riuer, by Ahaua, I proclaimed a fast, that we might humble our selues before our God, and seeke of him a right way for vs, and for our children, and for all our substance.

٢١ وَنَادَيْتُ عِنْدَ نَهْرِ أَهْوَا بِصَوْمٍ لِنَتَذَلَّلَ أَمَامَ إِلَهِنَا لِيَشْمَلَنَا بِرِعَايَتِهِ نَحْنُ وَأَطْفَالَنَا وَأَمْوَالَنَا فِي أَثْنَاءِ رِحْلَتِنَا،

22 For I was ashamed to require of the King an armie and horsemen, to helpe vs against the enemie in the way, because we had spoken to the King, saying, The hande of our God is vpon all them that seeke him in goodnesse, but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

٢٢ لأَنَّنِي خَجِلْتُ أَنْ أَطْلُبَ مِنَ الْمَلِكِ أَنْ يُنْجِدَنَا بِجَيْشٍ وَفُرْسَانٍ لِحِمَايَتِنَا فِي الطَّرِيقِ مِنَ الأَعْدَاءِ، لأَنَّنَا كُنَّا قَدْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلِكِ: إِنَّ يَدَ إِلَهِنَا تَرْعَى طَالِبِيهِ لِلْخَيْرِ، وَيَنْصَبُّ سُخْطُهُ الْعَظِيمُ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ يَتْرُكُهُ.

23 So we fasted, aud besought our God for this: and he was intreated of vs.

٢٣ وَبَعْدَ أَنْ صُمْنَا وَابْتَهَلْنَا إِلَى إِلَهِنَا اسْتَجَابَ لَنَا.

24 Then I separated twelue of the chiefe of the Priests, Sherebiah, and Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

٢٤ فَاخْتَرْتُ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ كَاهِناً هُمْ: شَرَبْيَا وَحَشَبْيَا وَمَعَهُمَا عَشَرَةٌ مِنْ أَقْرِبَائِهِمَا،

25 And weighed them the siluer and the gold, and the vessels, euen the offring of ye house of our God, which the King and his counselers, and his Princes, and all Israel that were present had offred.

٢٥ وَأَوْدَعْتُهُمُ الْفِضَّةَ وَالذَّهَبَ وَالآنِيَةَ الْمُقَدَّمَةَ لِهَيْكَلِ إِلَهِنَا، الَّتِي تَبَرَّعَ بِها الْمَلِكُ وَمُسْتَشَارُوهُ وَقَادَتُهُ وَسَائِرُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ،

26 And I weighed vnto their hand sixe hundreth and fiftie talents of siluer, and in siluer vessel, an hundreth talents, and in golde, an hundreth talents:

٢٦ فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ مَا أَوْدَعْتُهُ عِنْدَهُمْ سِتَّ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَزْنَةً (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً وَأَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، ومِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ آلافٍ وَسِتِّ مِئَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) مِنْ آنِيَةِ الْفِضَّةِ، وَمِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ آلافٍ وَسِتِّ مِئَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) مِنَ الذَّهَبِ،

27 And twentie basins of golde, of a thousand drammes, and two vessels of shining brasse very good, and precious as golde.

٢٧ وَعِشْرِينَ قَدَحاً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ قِيمَتُهَا أَلْفُ دِرْهَمٍ، وَإِنَاءَيْنِ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ مَصْقُولٍ لَا تَقِلُّ قِيمَتُهُمَا عَنِ الذَّهَبِ الثَّمِينِ،

28 And I said vnto them, Ye are consecrate vnto the Lord, and the vessels are consecrate, and the gold and the siluer are freely offred vnto the Lord God of your fathers.

٢٨ وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ مُقَدَّسُونَ لِلرَّبِّ وَكَذَلِكَ الآنِيَةُ مُقَدَّسَةٌ، أَمَّا الذَّهَبُ وَالْفِضَّةُ فَقَدْ تَمَّ التَّبَرُّعُ بِها لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِكُمْ،

29 Watch ye, and keepe them vntill ye weigh them before the chiefe Priestes and the Leuites, and the chiefe fathers of Israel in Ierusalem in the chambers of the house of the Lord.

٢٩ فَاحْرُسُوهَا وَحَافِظُوا عَلَيْهَا إِلَى أَنْ يَتِمَّ وَزْنُهَا أَمَامَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ وَرُؤَسَاءِ عَائِلاتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي مَخَادِعِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ».

30 So the Priests and the Leuites receiued the weight of the siluer and of the golde, and of the vessels to bring them to Ierusalem, vnto the house of our God.

٣٠ فَتَسَلَّمَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ الْفِضَّةَ وَالذَّهَبَ وَالآنِيَةَ الْمَوْزُونَةَ لِيَحْمِلُوهَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ إِلَهِنَا.

31 Then we departed from the Riuer of Ahauah on the twelft day of the first moneth, to go vnto Ierusalem, and the hand of our God was vpon vs, and deliuered vs from the hand of the enemie, and of such as layde waite by the way.

٣١ ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ نَهْرِ أَهْوَا فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ (آذَارَ – مَارِسَ) لِنَذْهَبَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. فَكَانَتْ عِنَايَةُ الرَّبِّ تَرْعَانَا فَأَنْقَذَتْنَا مِنْ يَدِ الْعَدُوِّ الْمُتَرَصِّدِ لَنَا عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ،

32 And we came to Ierusalem, and abode there three dayes.

٣٢ إِلَى أَنْ وَصَلْنَا أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَقَمْنَا هُنَاكَ ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

33 And on ye fourth day was the siluer weighed, and the golde and the vessell in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the sonne of Vriah the Priest, and with him was Eleazar the sonne of Phinehas, and with them was Iozabad the sonne of Ieshua, and Noadiah the sonne of Binnui the Leuites,

٣٣ ثُمَّ فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ قَامَ مَرِيمُوثُ بْنُ أُورِيَّا الْكَاهِنِ، وَأَلِعَازَارُ بْنُ فِينْحَاسَ وَمَعَهُمَا اثْنَانِ مِنَ اللّاوِيِّينَ هُمَا يُوزَابَادُ بْنُ يَشُوعَ، وَنُوعَدْيَا بْنُ بَنُّويَ، بِوَزْنِ الْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَالآنِيَةِ فِي بَيْتِ إِلَهِنَا.

34 By number and by weight of euery one, and all the weight was written at the same time.

٣٤ وَتَمَّ تَسْجِيلُ عَدَدِهَا وَوَزْنِهَا فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ.

35 Also the children of the captiuitie, which were come out of captiuitie, offred burnt offrings vnto the God of Israel, twelue bullockes for all Israel, ninetie and sixe rammes, seuentie and seuen lambes, and twelue hee goates for sinne: all was a burnt offring of the Lord.

٣٥ وَقَرَّبَ الْمَسْبِيُّونَ الْقَادِمُونَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ لإِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ ثَوْراً عَنْ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَسِتَّةً وَتِسْعِينَ كَبْشاً وَسَبْعَةً وَسَبْعِينَ خَرُوفاً وَاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ تَيْساً ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ، فَأُصْعِدَتْ كُلُّهَا مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِلرَّبِّ.

36 And they deliuered the Kings commission vnto the Kings officers, and to the captaines beyond the Riuer: and they promoted the people, and the house of God.

٣٦ وَسَلَّمُوا أَوَامِرَ الْمَلِكِ لِوُلاةِ الْمَلِكِ فِي عَبْرِ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ، فَأَعَانُوا الشَّعْبَ وَوَفَّرُوا مَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ بِنَاءُ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.