Ezra 8
1 This is a list of the names of the leaders of the clans who came with me up [to Jerusalem] from Babylonia when Artaxerxes was the king [of Persia]:
在阿塔薛西斯在位期間，與我從巴比倫一同起程的族長，笸他們的祖譜，記載如下：
2 Gershom, from the clan descended from [Aaron’s grandson] Phinehas Daniel, from the clan descended from [Aaron’s son] Ithamar Hattush, the son of Shecaniah, from the clan descended from King David
丕乃哈斯的子孫，有革爾雄；依塔瑪爾的子孫，有達尼爾；達味的子孫，有舍加尼雅的兒子哈突士，
3 Zechariah and 150 [other] men from the clan descended from Parosh
帕洛士的子孫，有則加黎雅，同他登記的，有男子一百五十名；
4 Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah and 200 other men from the clan descended from Pahath-Moab
哈特摩阿布的子孫，有則辣希雅的兒子厄里約乃，同他一起的，有男子二百名；
5 Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel and 300 other men from the clan descended from Zattu
匝突的子孫，有雅哈齊耳的兒子舍加尼雅，同他一起的，有男子三百名；
6 Ebed the son of Jonathan and 50 other men from the clan descended from Adin
阿丁的子孫，有約納堂的兒子厄貝得，同他一起的，有男子五十名；
7 Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and 70 other men from the clan descended from Elam
厄藍的子孫，有阿塔里雅的所以耶沙雅，同他一起的，有男子七十名；
8 Zebadiah the son of Michael and 80 other men from the clan descended from Shephatiah
舍法提雅的子孫，有米加耳的兒子則把狄雅，同他一起的，有男子八十名；
9 Obadiah the son of Jehiel and 218 other men from the clan descended from Joab
約阿布的子孫，有耶希耳的兒子敖巴狄雅，同他一起的，有男子二百一十八名；
10 Shelomith the son of Josiphiah and 160 other men from the clan descended from Bani
巴尼的子孫，有約息非雅的兒子舍羅米特，同他一起的，有男子一百六十名；
11 Zechariah the son of Bebai and 28 other men from the clan descended from [another man whose name was] Bebai
貝拜的子孫，有貝拜的兒子則加黎雅，同他一起的，有男子二十八名；
12 Johanan the son of Hakkatan and 110 other men from the clan descended from Azgad
阿次加得的子孫，有哈卡堂的兒子約哈南，同他一起的，有男子一百一十名；
13 Also Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, who returned [here] later with 60 men from the clan descended from Adonikam
阿多尼干的子孫，是最後來的，他們的名字是厄里培肋特、耶依耳和舍雅，同他們一起的，有男子六十名。
14 And Uthai and Zaccur and 70 other men from the clan descended from Bigvai.
彼革外的子孫，鍵盤匝雇爾的兒子烏泰，同他一起的，有男子七十名。
15 I gathered all of them together at the canal that goes [from Babylon] to Ahava [town]. We set up our tents there and stayed there for three days. [During that time] I checked the lists of names and found out that there were priests [going with us], but no [other] descendants of Levi [who could help them in the temple].
我將眾人召集在流往阿哈瓦的河邊，在那裏住了三天；當我視察眾人和司祭時，其中沒有發現一個肋未人。
16 So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, two men whose names were Elnathan, and Jarib, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were all leaders [of the people]. I also summoned Joiarib and another Elnathan, who were wise.
我遂派首領厄里厄則爾、阿黎爾、舍瑪雅、厄耳納堂、雅黎布、厄耳納堂、納堂、則加黎雅和默叔藍通士約雅黎布和厄耳納堂，
17 I sent them all to Iddo, the leader of the descendants of Levi, who was living in Casiphia [town], to request that he and his relatives and other men who had worked in the temple send to us some men who would [go/come with us to] work in God’s new temple [in Jerusalem].
命他們到加息非雅地方的首領依多那裏去，我並把他們應向那定居在加息非雅的依多和兄弟們，要說的話告訴了他們，好為我們天主的殿，給我們帶來侍役。
18 Because God was kind to us, they brought to us a man named Sherebiah and 18 of his sons and other relatives. Sherebiah was a very wise man, a descendant of Mahli, [who was a grandson] of Levi.
賴我們天主慈悲的手對我們的扶助，他們由以色列的兒子肋未的後裔瑪赫里的子孫中，給我們帶來了一位明智人，就是舍勒彼雅，和兒子及兄弟，一共十八人；
19 They also sent to us Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, descendants of [Levi’s son] Merari, and 20 of their relatives.
還有哈沙彼雅，同他一起的，有默辣黎的子孫耶沙和雅及兒子，一共二 十人；
20 They also sent 220 other men to work in the temple. Those men’s ancestors had been appointed by King David to assist the descendants of Levi [who helped the priests in the temple]. I listed/wrote the names of all those men.
還有達味和諸首長服事肋未人所立 獻身者，一共二百二十人；這些人全部都是登記了的。
21 There alongside the Ahava Canal, I told them that we all would (fast/abstain from eating food) and pray. I also told them that we should humble ourselves in the presence of our God. We prayed that God would protect us while we traveled, and also protect our children and our possessions/belongings.
我遂在阿哈瓦河那裏禁食，在我們的天主前自謙自卑，祈求衪使我們和我們的子孫，並我們的一切財物，一路平安；
22 Previously we had told the king that our God takes care of all those who truly trust in him, but that he becomes very angry with those who refuse to obey him. So I would have been ashamed if I had asked the king to send soldiers and men riding on horses to protect us from our enemies while we were traveling along the road.
因為我羞於請求君王派遺步隊和騎兵，協助我們防禦路上的仇敵，因為我們曾向君王說萵：「凡尋求天主的人，衪的手常加助佑；凡離棄衪的人，衪便施行強力和義怒」。
23 So we (fasted/abstained from eating food) and requested God to protect us, and he (answered our prayers/did what we requested.)
我們為此禁食，祈求我們的天主，衪便俯聽了我們。
24 I chose twelve of the leaders of the priests, Sherebiah and Hashabiah and ten of their relatives.
我由司祭的首領選了十二人，又選了舍勒彼雅和哈沙彼雅，以及同他們在一起的十個兄弟，
25 I appointed them to supervise carrying to Jerusalem the gifts of silver and gold and the other valuable items that the king and his advisors and other officials, and the Israeli people [who were living in Babylonia], had contributed for the temple of our God.
把金銀和器皿，即君王和他的謀、首長，以及在那裏所有的以色列人，奉獻給我們天主殿的禮品，一一衡量了交給了他們。
26 As I gave these various items to those priests, I weighed each of the items. This was the total: 25 tons of silver, 100 items made from silver that altogether weighed 7,500 pounds, (7,500 pounds/3,400 kg.) of gold,
我衡量了交在他們手中的，有銀子六百五十「塔冷通」，銀器一百「塔冷通」，金子一百「塔冷通」；
27 20 gold bowls that altogether weighed (19 pounds/8.6 kg.), and two items made of polished bronze that were as valuable as ones made of gold.
還有金碗二十個，值一千「達理克」；發亮的銅器二個，貴如黃金。
28 I said to those priests, “You belong to Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors (worshiped/also belonged to), and these valuable things also belong to him. The people themselves gave these things to be offerings to Yahweh (voluntarily/because they wanted to).
我向他們說：「你們在上主前是聖的，器皿也是聖的，金銀是自願獻於上主你們祖先的天主，作禮品的。
29 So guard them carefully, and [when we arrive] in Jerusalem, weigh them in the presence of the priests, the descendants of Levi [who will help the priests], and the other Israeli leaders there. They will then put them in the storerooms in the new temple.”
你們要謹慎護守，直到在耶路撒冷，在上主殿宇的庫房內，當著司祭和肋未人的首領，以及以色列眾族長的面，衡量交清為止」。
30 So the priests and [other] descendants of Levi took from me all the gifts of silver and gold and the other valuable items, in order to carry them to the temple in Jerusalem.
司祭自己和肋未人，就把數點過的金銀和器皿收下，帶到耶路撒冷我們天主的殿內。
31 On April 19, we left the Ahava Canal and started to travel to Jerusalem. Our God took care of us, and while we traveled, he prevented our enemies and bandits from (ambushing us/suddenly attacking us).
一月十二日，我們從阿哈瓦河起程赴耶路撒冷，賴我們天主的手扶助，我們一路脫免了仇人和暗害者的手，
32 After we arrived in Jerusalem, we rested for three days.
平安到了耶路撒冷，在那裏休息了三天o
33 Then on the fourth/next day we went to the temple. There the silver and gold and the other items were weighed and given to the priest Meremoth, the son of Uriah. Eleazar the son of Phinehas and two descendants of Levi, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui, were with him.
第四日，在我們天主是殿內，衡量了金銀和器皿，交給了烏利雅的兒子默勒摩特司祭，同他在一起的，還有丕乃哈斯的兒子厄肋阿匝爾，以及肋未人耶叔亞的兒子約匝巴得，和彼奴依的兒子諾阿狄雅，
34 They counted everything, and wrote down how much they weighed, and wrote [a description of] each item.
每件點過稱過，即將總數記錄下來。
35 We who had returned from Babylonia offered to God sacrifices on the altar. We offered twelve bulls for all us Israeli people. We also offered 96 rams and 27 lambs. We also sacrificed twelve goats [to atone] for the sins that all the people had committed. These were all completely burned on the altar.
當時被擄充軍回來的子民，向以色列的天主奉獻了全燔祭，為全以色列奉獻了牛犢十二頭，公綿羊九十六隻，羔羊七十二隻，作贖罪祭的公山羊十二隻：這一切都獻給上主作全燔祭。
36 Some of us who returned [from Babylonia] took to the governors and other officials of the province west of the [Euphrates] River the letter that the king had given to us. [After they read the letter, ] they did all [that they were able to do] for us Israeli people and for the temple of God.
以後，他們向君王的州長和河西諸省長，呈上君王的諭令；他們便協助民眾，資助天主的殿宇。
