Ezra 8

1 and these head: leader father their and to enroll they [the] to ascend: rise with me in/on/with royalty Artaxerxes [the] king from Babylon

And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

2 from son: descendant/people Phinehas Gershom from son: descendant/people Ithamar Daniel from son: descendant/people David Hattush

Of the children of Phinehas, Gershom; of the children of Ithamar, Daniel; of the children of David, Hattush;

3 from son: descendant/people Shecaniah from son: descendant/people Parosh Zechariah and with him to enroll to/for male hundred and fifty

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.

4 from son: descendant/people Pahath-moab Pahath-moab Eliehoenai son: descendant/people Zerahiah and with him hundred [the] male

Of the children of Pahath-Moab, Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

5 from son: descendant/people (Zattu *X*) Shecaniah son: child Jahaziel and with him three hundred [the] male

Of the children of Shechaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.

6 and from son: descendant/people Adin Ebed son: child Jonathan and with him fifty [the] male

And of the children of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

7 and from son: descendant/people Elam Jeshaiah son: child Athaliah and with him seventy [the] male

And of the children of Elam, Isaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

8 and from son: descendant/people Shephatiah Zebadiah son: child Michael and with him eighty [the] male

And of the children of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males.

9 from son: descendant/people Joab Obadiah son: child Jehiel and with him hundred and eight ten [the] male

Of the children of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

10 and from son: descendant/people (Bani *X*) Shelomith son: descendant/people Josiphiah and with him hundred and sixty [the] male

And of the children of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sixty males.

11 and from son: descendant/people Bebai Zechariah son: descendant/people Bebai and with him twenty and eight [the] male

And of the children of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males.

12 and from son: descendant/people Azgad Johanan son: descendant/people Hakkatan and with him hundred and ten [the] male

And of the children of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten males.

13 and from son: descendant/people Adonikam last and these name their Eliphelet Jeuel and Shemaiah and with them sixty [the] male

And of the children of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names are these: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.

14 and from son: descendant/people Bigvai Uthai (and Zaccur *Q(K)*) and with him seventy [the] male

And of the children of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

15 and to gather them to(wards) [the] river [the] to come (in): come to(wards) Ahava and to camp there day three and to understand [emph?] in/on/with people and in/on/with priest and from son: descendant/people Levi not to find there

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.

16 and to send: depart [emph?] to/for Eliezer to/for Ariel to/for Shemaiah and to/for Elnathan and to/for Jarib and to/for Elnathan and to/for Nathan and to/for Zechariah and to/for Meshullam head: leader and to/for Joiarib and to/for Elnathan to understand

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.

17 (and to command *Q(K)*) [obj] them upon Iddo [the] head: leader in/on/with Casiphia [the] place and to set: put [emph?] in/on/with lip their word: speaking to/for to speak: speak to(wards) Iddo brother: male-sibling his ([the] temple servant *Q(K)*) in/on/with Casiphia [the] place to/for to come (in): bring to/for us to minister to/for house: temple God our

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.

18 and to come (in): bring to/for us like/as hand: power God our [the] pleasant upon us man understanding from son: descendant/people Mahli son: child Levi son: child Israel and Sherebiah and son: descendant/people his and brother: male-relative his eight ten

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;

19 and [obj] Hashabiah and with him Jeshaiah from son: descendant/people Merari brother: male-relative his and son: descendant/people their twenty

and Hashabiah, and with him Isaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

20 and from [the] temple servant which/that to give: put David and [the] ruler to/for service: ministry [the] Levi temple servant hundred and twenty all their to pierce in/on/with name

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.

21 and to call: call out there fast upon [the] river Ahava to/for to afflict to/for face: before God our to/for to seek from him way: journey upright to/for us and to/for child our and to/for all property our

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.

22 for be ashamed to/for to ask from [the] king strength: soldiers and horseman to/for to help us from enemy in/on/with way: journey for to say to/for king to/for to say hand: power God our upon all to seek him to/for welfare and strength his and face: anger his upon all to leave: forsake him

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.

23 and to fast [emph?] and to seek [emph?] from God our upon this and to pray to/for us

And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.

24 and to separate [emph?] from ruler [the] priest two ten to/for Sherebiah Hashabiah and with them from brother: male-relative their ten

And I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

25 (and to weigh [emph?] *Q(k)*) to/for them [obj] [the] silver: money and [obj] [the] gold and [obj] [the] article/utensil contribution house: temple God our [the] to exalt [the] king and to advise him and ruler his and all Israel [the] to find

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.

26 and to weigh [emph?] upon hand their silver: money talent six hundred and fifty and article/utensil silver: money hundred to/for talent gold hundred talent

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;

27 and bowl gold twenty to/for dram thousand and article/utensil bronze to gleam pleasant two precious thing like/as gold

and twenty basons of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of shining copper, precious as gold.

28 and to say [emph?] to(wards) them you(m. p.) holiness to/for LORD and [the] article/utensil holiness and [the] silver: money and [the] gold voluntariness to/for LORD God father your

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.

29 to watch and to keep: guard till to weigh to/for face: before ruler [the] priest and [the] Levi and ruler [the] father to/for Israel in/on/with Jerusalem [the] chamber house: temple LORD

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.

30 and to receive [the] priest and [the] Levi weight [the] silver: money and [the] gold and [the] article/utensil to/for to come (in): bring to/for Jerusalem to/for house: temple God our

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.

31 and to set out [emph?] from river Ahava in/on/with two ten to/for month [the] first to/for to go: went Jerusalem and hand: power God our to be upon us and to rescue us from palm enemy and to ambush upon [the] way: journey

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.

32 and to come (in): come Jerusalem and to dwell there day three

And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

33 and in/on/with day [the] fourth to weigh [the] silver: money and [the] gold and [the] article/utensil in/on/with house: temple God our upon hand: power Meremoth son: child Uriah [the] priest and with him Eleazar son: child Phinehas and with them Jozabad son: child Jeshua and Noadiah son: child Binnui [the] Levi

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:

34 in/on/with number in/on/with weight to/for all and to write all [the] weight in/on/with time [the] he/she/it

the whole by number and by weight; and all the weight was written down at that time.

35 [the] to come (in): come from [the] captivity son: type of [the] captivity to present: bring burnt offering to/for God Israel bullock two ten upon all Israel ram ninety and six lamb seventy and seven male goat sin: sin offering two ten [the] all burnt offering to/for LORD

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.

36 and to give: give [obj] law [the] king to/for satrap [the] king and governor side: beside [the] River and to lift: aid [obj] [the] people and [obj] house: temple [the] God

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.