Ezra 8

1 Now, these, are their ancestral heads, and their genealogical register, —even of those who came up with me, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king, out of Babylon: —

١ وَهَؤُلَاءِ هُمْ رُؤُوسُ آبَائِهِمْ وَنِسْبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ صَعِدُوا مَعِي فِي مُلْكِ أَرْتَحْشَشْتَا ٱلْمَلِكِ مِنْ بَابِلَ:

2 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom, of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel, —of the sons of David, Hattush;

٢ مِنْ بَنِي فِينَحَاسَ: جِرْشُومُ. مِنْ بَنِي إِيثَامَارَ: دَانِيَالُ. مِنْ بَنِي دَاوُدَ: حَطُّوشُ.

3 Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, —and, with him—by genealogical registry of males, a hundred and fifty:

٣ مِنْ بَنِي شَكَنْيَا مِنْ بَنِي فَرْعُوشَ: زَكَرِيَّا، وَٱنْتَسَبَ مَعَهُ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ مِئَةٌ وَخَمْسُونَ.

4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, son of Zerahiah, —and, with him, two hundred males;

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

5 Of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah, the son of Jehaziel, —and, with him, three hundred males;

٥ مِنْ بَنِي شَكَنْيَا: ٱبْنُ يَحْزِيئِيلَ، وَمَعَهُ ثَلَاثُ مِئَةٍ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ.

6 And, of the sons of Adin, Ebed, son of Jonathan, —and, with him, fifty males;

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

7 And, of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah, son of Athaliah, —and, with him, seventy males;

٧ مِنْ بَنِي عِيلَامَ: يَشْعِيَا بْنُ عَثَلِيَا، وَمَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ.

8 And, of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, son of Michael, —and, with him, eighty males;

٨ وَمِنْ بَنِي شَفَطْيَا: زَبَدْيَا بْنُ مِيخَائِيلَ، وَمَعَهُ ثَمَانُونَ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ.

9 Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah, son of Jehiel, and, with him, two hundred and eighteen males;

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

10 And, of the sons of Bani, Shelomith, son of Josiphiah, —and, with him, a hundred and sixty males;

١٠ وَمِنْ بَنِي شَلُومِيثَ: ٱبْنُ يُوشَفْيَا، وَمَعَهُ مِئَةٌ وَسِتُّونَ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ.

11 And, of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, son of Bebai, and, with him, twenty-eight males;

١١ وَمِنْ بَنِي بَابَايَ: زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ بَابَايَ، وَمَعَهُ ثَمَانِيَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ.

12 And, of the sons of Azgad, Johanan, son of Hakkatan, —and, with him, a hundred and ten males;

١٢ وَمِنْ بَنِي عَزْجَدَ: يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ هِقَّاطَانَ، وَمَعَهُ مِئَةٌ وَعَشْرَةٌ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ.

13 And, of the later sons of Adonikam, these being their names, Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, —and, with them, sixty males;

١٣ وَمِنْ بَنِي أَدُونِيقَامَ ٱلْآخَرِينَ وَهَذِهِ أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ: أَلِيفَلَطُ وَيَعِيئِيلُ وَشَمْعِيَا، وَمَعَهُمْ سِتُّونَ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ.

14 And, of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, —and, with him, seventy males.

١٤ وَمِنْ بَنِي بَغْوَايَ: عُوتَايُ وَزَبُّودُ، وَمَعَهُمَا سَبْعُونَ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ.

15 And I gathered them together, unto the river that cometh into Ahava, and we encamped there three days, —and I informed myself among the people and the priests, and, of the sons of Levi, found I none there.

١٥ فَجَمَعْتُهُمْ إِلَى ٱلنَّهْرِ ٱلْجَارِي إِلَى أَهْوَا وَنَزَلْنَا هُنَاكَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَتَأَمَّلْتُ ٱلشَّعْبَ وَٱلْكَهَنَةَ، وَلَكِنَّنِي لَمْ أَجِدْ أَحَدًا مِنَ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ هُنَاكَ.

16 So 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, —also for Joiarib and for Elnathan, teachers.

١٦ فَأَرْسَلْتُ إِلَى: أَلِيعَزَرَ وَأَرِيئِيلَ وَشَمْعِيَا وَأَلْنَاثَانَ وَيَارِيبَ وَأَلْنَاثَانَ وَنَاثَانَ وَزَكَرِيَّا وَمَشُلَّامَ ٱلرُّؤُوسِ، وَإِلَى يُويَارِيبَ وَأَلْنَاثَانَ ٱلْفَهِيمَيْنِ،

17 And I sent them forth unto Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, —and I put into their mouth words, to speak unto Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, to bring unto us attendants for the house of our God.

١٧ وَأَرْسَلْتُهُمْ إِلَى إِدُّو ٱلرَّأْسِ فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلْمُسَمَّى كَسِفْيَا، وَجَعَلْتُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ كَلَامًا يُكَلِّمُونَ بِهِ إِدُّوَ وَإِخْوَتَهُ ٱلنَّثِينِيمَ فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ كَسِفْيَا لِيَأْتُوا إِلَيْنَا بِخُدَّامٍ لِبَيْتِ إِلَهِنَا.

18 So they brought unto us, according to the good hand of our God upon us, a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel, —and Sherebiah, and his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

١٨ فَأَتَوْا إِلَيْنَا حَسَبَ يَدِ ٱللهِ ٱلصَّالِحَةِ عَلَيْنَا بِرَجُلٍ فَطِنٍ مِنْ بَنِي مَحْلِي بْنِ لَاوِي بْنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَشَرَبْيَا وَبَنِيهِ وَإِخْوَتِهِ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ،

19 and Hashabiah, and, with him, Jeshaiah, of the sons of Merari, —his brethren and their sons, twenty;

١٩ وَحَشَبْيَا وَمَعْهُ يَشَعْيَا مِنْ بَنِي مَرَارِي وَإِخْوَتُهُ وَبَنُوهُمْ عِشْرُونَ.

20 and, of the Nethinim whom David and the rulers had given for the service of the Levites, Nethinim, two hundred and twenty, —all of them, expressed by name.

٢٠ وَمِنَ ٱلنَّثِينِيمِ ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلَهُمْ دَاوُدُ مَعَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ لِخِدْمَةِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ مِنَ ٱلنَّثِينِيمِ مِئَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ. ٱلْجَمِيعُ تَعَيَّنُوا بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ.

21 Then proclaimed I there a fast, by the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, —to seek of him a smooth way, for us and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

٢١ وَنَادَيْتُ هُنَاكَ بِصَوْمٍ عَلَى نَهْرِ أَهْوَا لِكَيْ نَتَذَلَّلَ أَمَامَ إِلَهِنَا لِنَطْلُبَ مِنْهُ طَرِيقًا مُسْتَقِيمَةً لَنَا وَلِأَطْفَالِنَا وَلِكُلِّ مَالِنَا.

22 For I was ashamed to ask of the king, a band of soldiers and horsemen, to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God, is upon all who seek him, for good, But, his power and his anger, are against all who forsake him.

٢٢ لِأَنِّي خَجِلْتُ مِنْ أَنْ أَطْلُبَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلِكِ جَيْشًا وَفُرْسَانًا لِيُنْجِدُونَا عَلَى ٱلْعَدُوِّ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ، لِأَنَّنَا كَلَّمْنَا ٱلْمَلِكَ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ يَدَ إِلَهِنَا عَلَى كُلِّ طَالِبِيهِ لِلْخَيْرِ، وَصَوْلَتَهُ وَغَضَبَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ يَتْرُكُهُ».

23 So we fasted and sought of our God, concerning this, —and he suffered himself to be entreated by us.

٢٣ فَصُمْنَا وَطَلَبْنَا ذَلِكَ مِنْ إِلَهِنَا فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَنَا.

24 Then I separated, from among the rulers of the priests, twelve, —even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and, with them, from among their brethren, ten;

٢٤ وَأَفْرَزْتُ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ: شَرَبْيَا وَحَشَبْيَا، وَمَعْهُمَا مِنْ إِخْوَتِهِمَا عَشَرَةٌ.

25 and weighed unto them, the silver and the gold, and the utensils, —the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counselors and his rulers and all Israel who were present, had offered:

٢٥ وَوَزَنْتُ لَهُمُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ وَٱلذَّهَبَ وَٱلْآنِيَةَ، تَقْدِمَةَ بَيْتِ إِلَهِنَا ٱلَّتِي قَدَّمَهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ وَمُشِيرُوهُ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُ وَجَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْمَوْجُودِينَ،

26 I even weighed unto their hand, of silver, six hundred and fifty talents, and, of utensils of silver, a hundred talents, —of gold, a hundred talents;

٢٦ وَزَنْتُ لِيَدِهِمْ سِتَّ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَزْنَةً مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَمِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ مِنْ آنِيَةِ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَمِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ،

27 and, bowls of gold, twenty, of a thousand drams, —and, utensils of fine bright bronze, two, precious as gold.

٢٧ وَعِشْرِينَ قَدَحًا مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ، وَآنِيَةً مِنْ نُحَاسٍ صَقِيلٍ جَيِّدٍ ثَمِينٍ كَٱلذَّهَبِ.

28 Then said I unto them, Ye, are hallowed unto Yahweh, and, the utensils, are hallowed, —and, the silver and the gold, are a freewill offering, unto Yahweh, God of your fathers:

٢٨ وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ مُقَدَّسُونَ لِلرَّبِّ، وَٱلْآنِيَةُ مُقَدَّسَةٌ، وَٱلْفِضَّةُ وَٱلذَّهَبُ تَبَرُّعٌ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِكُمْ.

29 Watch and guard, until ye weigh [them] before the rulers of the priests and the Levites and the ancestral rulers of Israel, in Jerusalem, —in the chambers of the house of Yahweh.

٢٩ فَٱسْهَرُوا وَٱحْفَظُوهَا حَتَّى تَزِنُوهَا أَمَامَ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ وَرُؤَسَاءِ آبَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فِي مَخَادِعِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ».

30 So the priests and the Levites accepted the weight of the silver and the gold, and the utensils, —to bring to Jerusalem, unto the house of our God.

٣٠ فَأَخَذَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱللَّاوِيُّونَ وَزْنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْآنِيَةِ لِيَأْتُوا بِهَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِلَى بَيْتِ إِلَهِنَا.

31 Then brake we up from the river of Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to journey unto Jerusalem, —and, the hand of our God, was upon us, and he delivered us from the grasp of the enemy and of the lier in wait, by the way.

٣١ ثُمَّ رَحَلْنَا مِنْ نَهْرِ أَهْوَا فِي ٱلثَّانِي عَشَرَ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ لِنَذْهَبَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَكَانَتْ يَدُ إِلَهِنَا عَلَيْنَا، فَأَنْقَذَنَا مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْعَدُوِّ وَٱلْكَامِنِ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ.

32 So we came to Jerusalem, —and we rested there, three days.

٣٢ فَأَتَيْنَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَقَمْنَا هُنَاكَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

33 And, on the fourth day, was weighed—the silver and the gold and the utensils, in the house of our God, unto the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, and, with him, was Eleazar son of Phinehas, —and, with them, were Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, Levites:

٣٣ وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلرَّابِع وُزِنَتِ ٱلْفِضَّةُ وَٱلذَّهَبُ وَٱلْآنِيَةُ فِي بَيْتِ إِلَهِنَا عَلَى يَدِ مَرِيمُوثَ بْنِ أُورِيَّا ٱلْكَاهِنِ، وَمَعَهُ أَلِعَازَارُ بْنُ فِينَحَاسَ، وَمَعَهُمَا يُوزَابَادُ بْنُ يَشُوعَ وَنُوعَدْيَا بْنُ بَنُّويَ ٱللَّاوِيَّانِ.

34 by the number and by the weight of the whole, —and all the weight, was written down, at that time.

٣٤ بِٱلْعَدَدِ وَٱلْوَزْنِ لِلْكُلِّ، وَكُتِبَ كُلُّ ٱلْوَزْنِ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ.

35 They who came in out of the captivity, Sons of the Exile, offered as ascending-sacrifices unto the God of Israel—bullocks twelve for all Israel, rams ninety-six, young sheep seventy-seven, he-goats for bearing sin, twelve, —the whole, as an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh.

٣٥ وَبَنُو ٱلسَّبْيِ ٱلْقَادِمُونَ مِنَ ٱلسَّبْيِ قَرَّبُوا مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِإِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ ثَوْرًا عَنْ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَسِتَّةً وَتِسْعِينَ كَبْشًا وَسَبْعَةً وَسَبْعِينَ خَرُوفًا وَٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ تَيْسًا، ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيَّةٍ ٱلْجَمِيعُ مُحْرَقَةٌ لِلرَّبِّ.

36 Then delivered they the decrees of the king, unto the satraps of the king, and the pashas Beyond the River, —and they upheld the people and the house of God.

٣٦ وَأَعْطَوْا أَوَامِرَ ٱلْمَلِكِ لِمَرَازِبَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَوُلَاةِ عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ، فَأَعَانُوا ٱلشَّعْبَ وَبَيْتَ ٱللهِ.