Ezra 10

1 While I was kneeling down in front of the temple and praying and crying, I was confessing [the sins that the Israeli people had committed]. Many people, men and women and children, gathered around me and also cried very much.

and like/as to pray Ezra and like/as to give thanks he to weep and to fall: fall to/for face: before house: temple [the] God to gather to(wards) him from Israel assembly many much human and woman and youth for to weep [the] people to multiply bitterly

2 Then Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel from the clan of Elam, said this to me: “We have disobeyed God. [Some of] us have married women who are not Israelis. But we can still confidently expect [Yahweh to be merciful to] us Israeli people.

and to answer Shecaniah son: child Jehiel from son: descendant/people (Elam *Q(K)*) and to say to/for Ezra we be unfaithful in/on/with God our and to dwell woman foreign from people [the] land: country/planet and now there hope to/for Israel upon this

3 We will do what you, and the others who have an awesome respect for what our God has commanded, tell us to do. We will do what God told us in his laws. We will make an agreement with our God, saying that we will divorce our wives who are not Israelis, and we will send them away with their children.

and now to cut: make(covenant) covenant to/for God our to/for to come out: send all woman: wife and [the] to beget from them in/on/with counsel Lord and [the] trembling in/on/with commandment God our and like/as instruction to make: do

4 (It is your responsibility to/Because you are our leader, you must) [tell us what to do]. So get up, and be courageous, and do [what is necessary]. We will (support you/tell people to do what you say).”

to arise: rise for upon you [the] word: thing and we with you to strengthen: strengthen and to make: do

5 So I stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests, the [other] descendants of Levi, and all [the other] Israeli people solemnly declare that they would do what Shecaniah said that they should do. So they all solemnly promised to do that.

and to arise: rise Ezra and to swear [obj] ruler [the] priest [the] Levi and all Israel to/for to make: do like/as Chronicles [the] this and to swear

6 Then I went away from the front of the temple and went to the room where Jehohanan lived. I stayed there that night, but I did not eat or drink anything. I was still sad because some of the Israelis who had returned [from Babylonia] had not faithfully obeyed [God’s laws].

and to arise: rise Ezra from to/for face: before house: temple [the] God and to go: went to(wards) chamber Jehohanan son: child Eliashib and to go: continue there food: bread not to eat and water not to drink for to mourn upon unfaithfulness [the] captivity

7 Then we sent a message to all [the people in] Jerusalem and [in other towns in] Judah, saying that all those who had returned [from Babylonia] should come to Jerusalem immediately.

and to pass voice: message in/on/with Judah and Jerusalem to/for all son: type of [the] captivity to/for to gather Jerusalem

8 We said that if any of them did not arrive within three days, the leaders of the people would order that all the property of those people would be taken from them, and that they would no longer be considered to belong to the Israeli people; [they would be considered to be foreigners].

and all which not to come (in): come to/for three [the] day like/as counsel [the] ruler and [the] old: elder to devote/destroy all property his and he/she/it to separate from assembly [the] captivity

9 So within three days, on December 19, all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. They were there, sitting in the courtyard in front of the temple. They were trembling because it was raining hard and because they were worried [that they would be punished for what they had done].

and to gather all human Judah and Benjamin Jerusalem to/for three [the] day he/she/it month [the] ninth in/on/with twenty in/on/with month and to dwell all [the] people in/on/with street/plaza house: temple [the] God to tremble upon [the] word: because and from [the] rain

10 Then I stood up and said to them, “[Some of] you men have committed a very bad sin. You have married women who are not Israelis. By doing that, you have made us Israeli people more guilty [than we were before].

and to arise: rise Ezra [the] priest and to say to(wards) them you(m. p.) be unfaithful and to dwell woman foreign to/for to add upon guiltiness Israel

11 So now you must confess to Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [worshiped/belonged to], the sin which you have committed, and you must do what he wants. Separate yourselves from the people of other nations and from the women from those nations whom you have married.”

and now to give: make thanksgiving to/for LORD God father your and to make: do acceptance his and to separate from people [the] land: country/planet and from [the] woman: wife [the] foreign

12 The whole group answered, shouting loudly, “Yes, what you have said is right! We will do what you have said.”

and to answer all [the] assembly and to say voice great: large so (like/as word your *Q(K)*) upon us to/for to make: do

13 But then [one of] them said, “But we are a very large group, and it is raining hard. Also, there are many of us who have committed this bad sin. This is something that we cannot (take care of/handle) in one or two days, and we cannot stand here in this rain.

truly [the] people many and [the] time rain and nothing strength to/for to stand: stand in/on/with outside and [the] work not to/for day one and not to/for two for to multiply to/for to transgress in/on/with word: thing [the] this

14 So allow our leaders to decide for all of us what we should do. Tell everyone who has married a woman who is not Israeli to come at a time that you decide. They should come with the elders and judges from each city. If we do that, our God will stop being angry with us [because of what we have done].”

to stand: stand please ruler our to/for all [the] assembly and all which in/on/with city our [the] to dwell woman: wife foreign to come (in): come to/for time to appoint and with them old: elder city and city and to judge her till to/for to return: return burning anger face: anger God our from us till to/for word: thing [the] this

15 Jonathan the son of Asahel, Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah, Meshullam, and Shabbethai, a descendant of Levi, were the only ones who objected to this.

surely Jonathan son: child Asahel and Jahzeiah son: child Tikvah to stand: stand upon this and Meshullam and Shabbethai [the] Levi to help them

16 All the others who had returned from Babylonia said that they would do it. So I chose leaders of each of the clans, and I wrote down their names. On December 29, these men came and sat down to investigate the matter.

and to make: do so son: type of [the] captivity and to separate Ezra [the] priest human head: leader [the] father to/for house: household father their and all their in/on/with name and to dwell in/on/with day one to/for month [the] tenth to/for to seek [the] word: thing

17 By March 27 of the next year they finished determining which men had married women who were not Israelis.

and to end: finish in/on/with all human [the] to dwell woman foreign till day one to/for month [the] first

18 This is a list of the names of the priests who had married non-Israeli women, and the clans to which they belonged. From the clan of Jeshua and his brothers, who were sons of Jehozadak, there were Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

and to find from son: descendant/people [the] priest which to dwell woman foreign from son: descendant/people Jeshua son: child Jozadak and brother: male-sibling his Maaseiah and Eliezer and Jarib and Gedaliah

19 They solemnly promised to divorce their wives, and they each sacrificed a ram to be an offering [to atone] for their sins.

and to give: give hand: themselves their to/for to come out: send woman: wife their and guilty ram flock upon guiltiness their

20 From the clan of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah.

and from son: descendant/people Immer Hanani and Zebadiah

21 From the clan of Harim there were Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.

and from son: descendant/people Harim Maaseiah and Elijah and Shemaiah and Jehiel and Uzziah

22 From the clan of Pashhur there were Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

and from son: descendant/people Pashhur Elioenai Maaseiah Ishmael Nethanel Jozabad and Elasah

23 The [other] descendants of Levi [who had married non-Israeli women] were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (whose other name was Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

and from [the] Levi Jozabad and Shimei and Kelaiah he/she/it Kelita Pethahiah Judah and Eliezer

24 There was Eliashib the musician. From the temple guards there were Shallum, Telem, and Uri.

and from [the] to sing Eliashib and from [the] gatekeeper Shallum and Telem and Uri

25 This is a list of the names of the other Israelis who had married foreign wives: From the clan of Parosh there were Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah, and Benaiah.

and from Israel from son: descendant/people Parosh Ramiah and Izziah and Malchijah and Mijamin and Eleazar and Hashabiah and Benaiah

26 From the clan of Elam there were Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.

and from son: descendant/people Elam Mattaniah Zechariah and Jehiel and Abdi and Jeremoth and Elijah

27 From the clan of Zattu there were Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.

and from son: descendant/people Zattu Elioenai Eliashib Mattaniah and Jeremoth and Zabad and Aziza

28 From the clan of Bebai there were Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.

and from son: descendant/people Bebai Jehohanan Hananiah Zabbai Athlai

29 From the clan of Bani there were Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.

and from son: descendant/people Bani Meshullam Malluch and Adaiah Jashub and Sheal (and Ramoth *Q(K)*)

30 From the clan of Pahath-Moab there were Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.

and from son: descendant/people Pahath-moab Pahath-moab Adna and Chelal Benaiah Maaseiah Mattaniah Bezalel and Binnui and Manasseh

31 From the clan of Harim there were Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

and son: descendant/people Harim Eliezer Isshijah Malchijah Shemaiah Shimeon

32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.

Benjamin Malluch Shemariah

33 From the clan of Hashum there were Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

from son: descendant/people Hashum Mattenai Mattattah Zabad Eliphelet Jeremai Manasseh Shimei

34 From the clan of Bigvai there were Maadai, Amram, Uel,

from son: descendant/people Bani Maadai Amram and Uel

35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi,

Benaiah Bedeiah (Cheluhi *Q(K)*)

36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

Vaniah Meremoth Eliashib

37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.

Mattaniah Mattenai (and Jaasu *Q(K)*)

38 From the clan of Binnui there were Shimei,

and `sons` and Binnui Shimei

39 Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,

and Shelemiah and Nathan and Adaiah

40 Macnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

Machnadebai Shashai Sharai

41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,

Azarel and Shelemiah Shemariah

42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.

Shallum Amariah Joseph

43 From the clan of Nebo there were Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.

from son: descendant/people Nebo Jeiel Mattithiah Zabad Zebina (Jaddai *Q(K)*) and Joel Benaiah

44 Each of those men had married a woman who was not an Israeli. [But immediately] they divorced those women and sent them and their children away.

all these (to lift: marry *Q(K)*) woman foreign and there from them woman and to set: take son: child