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]:
Pea ko e kau tuʻukimuʻa ʻi he ngaahi tamai eni, pea ko e tohi hokohoko eni ʻokinautolu naʻa mau ʻalu hake mo au mei Papilone, ʻi he pule ʻa ʻAtakisekisi ko e tuʻi.
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
ʻI he ngaahi foha ʻo Finiasi; ko Kesomi: ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻItama, ko Taniela: ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Tevita; ko Hatusi.
3 Zechariah and 150 [other] men from the clan descended from Parosh
ʻI he ngaahi foha ʻo Sikania, ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Falosi, ko Sakalia: pea naʻe lau mo ia ʻi he hokohoko ʻoe kau tangata ko e toko teau ma nimangofulu.
4 Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah and 200 other men from the clan descended from Pahath-Moab
ʻI he ngaahi foha ʻo Pehati-Moape; ko Ilionei ko e foha ʻo Selaia, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko uangeau.
5 Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel and 300 other men from the clan descended from Zattu
ʻI he ngaahi foha ʻo Sikania; ko e foha ʻo Saesieli, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko tolungeau.
6 Ebed the son of Jonathan and 50 other men from the clan descended from Adin
ʻI he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻAtini foki; ko Epeti ko e foha ʻo Sioatani, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko nimangofulu.
7 Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and 70 other men from the clan descended from Elam
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻIlami ko Sisaia ko e tama ʻo ʻAtalia, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko fitungofulu.
8 Zebadiah the son of Michael and 80 other men from the clan descended from Shephatiah
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Sifatia; ko Sepatia ko e foha ʻo Mikaeli, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko valungofulu.
9 Obadiah the son of Jehiel and 218 other men from the clan descended from Joab
ʻI he ngaahi foha ʻo Soape: ko ʻOpataia ko e foha ʻo Sehieli, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko uangeau ma hongofulu ma valu.
10 Shelomith the son of Josiphiah and 160 other men from the clan descended from Bani
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Silomiti ko e foha ʻo Sosifia, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko teau ma onongofulu.
11 Zechariah the son of Bebai and 28 other men from the clan descended from [another man whose name was] Bebai
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Pepai, ko Sakalia ko e foha ʻo Pepai, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko uofulu ma toko valu.
12 Johanan the son of Hakkatan and 110 other men from the clan descended from Azgad
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻAsikati; ko Sohanani ko e foha ʻo Hakatani, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko teau ma hongofulu.
13 Also Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, who returned [here] later with 60 men from the clan descended from Adonikam
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ki mui ʻo ʻAtonikami, ʻaia ko honau hingoa eni, ko Ilifileti, ko Sieli, mo Simaia, pea naʻe ʻiate kinautolu ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko tolungofulu.
14 And Uthai and Zaccur and 70 other men from the clan descended from Bigvai.
ʻI he ngaahi foha foki ʻo Pikivai: ko Utei, mo Saputi, pea naʻe ʻiate kinaua ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko fitungofulu.
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].
Pea naʻaku fakakātoa fakataha ʻakinautolu ʻi he vaitafe ʻaia ʻoku tafe ki ʻAheva; pea naʻa mau nofo ai ʻi he ngaahi fale fehikitaki ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu: pea ne u vakai ʻae kakai, mo e kau taulaʻeiki, pea ne u ʻilo naʻe ʻikai ha niʻihi ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Livai.
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.
Pea ne u fekau ke haʻu ʻa ʻEliesa, mo Elieli, mo Simaia, pea mo Elinatani, pea mo Salipe, pea mo Elinatani, pea mo Natani, pea mo Sakalia, pea mo Mesulami, ko e kau tangata tuʻukimuʻa; pea mo Soialipe, pea mo Elinatani, ko e kau tangata loto poto.
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].
Pea ne u fekau ʻakinautolu ke ʻave ʻeku fekau kia Ito ko e ʻeiki ʻi he potu ko Kasifia, pea ne u tala kiate kinautolu ʻaia te nau lea ʻaki kia Ito, pea ki hono ngaahi kāinga ko e kakai Netenimi, ʻi he potu ko Kasifia, koeʻuhi ke nau ʻomi kiate kimautolu ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ki he fale ʻo hotau ʻOtua.
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.
Pea ʻi he kau lelei ʻae nima ʻo hotau ʻOtua ʻiate kitautolu naʻa nau ʻomi ha tangata loto poto maʻamautolu, ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Mali, ko e foha ʻo Livai, ko e foha ʻo ʻIsileli; mo Selipea, mo hono ngaahi foha mo hono ngaahi kāinga, ko e toko hongofulu ma valu:
19 They also sent to us Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, descendants of [Levi’s son] Merari, and 20 of their relatives.
Pea ko Hasapea, pea fakataha mo ia ʻa Sisaia ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Melali, ko hono ngaahi kāinga mo honau ngaahi foha, ko e toko uofulu;
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.
Pea ʻoe kau Netenimi foki, ʻaia naʻe fakanofo ʻe Tevita mo e houʻeiki ki he ngāue ʻoe kau Livai, ko e Netenimi ʻe toko uangeau ma uofulu: naʻe lau ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻi honau hingoa.
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.
Pea ne u fanongonongo ʻae ʻaukai ʻi ai, ʻi he veʻe vaitafe ko ʻAheva, koeʻuhi ke mau tautea ʻakimautolu ʻi he ʻao ʻo homau ʻOtua, ke kumi ʻiate ia ʻae hala totonu kiate kimautolu, pea moʻo ʻemau fānau iiki, pea ki heʻemau meʻa kotoa pē.
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.
He naʻaku mā ʻo ʻikai faʻa kole ki he tuʻi ha kautau mo e kau tangata heka hoosi ke tokoni ʻakimautolu telia ʻae ngaahi fili ʻi he hala: koeʻuhi naʻa mau lea ki he tuʻi, ʻo pehē, Ko e nima ʻo homau ʻOtua ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku kumi kiate ia ke nau lelei ai; ka ko ʻene mālohi mo ʻene houhau ʻe tuʻu kiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku liʻaki ia.
23 So we (fasted/abstained from eating food) and requested God to protect us, and he (answered our prayers/did what we requested.)
Ko ia naʻa mau ʻaukai ai pea kole ki homau ʻOtua koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ni pea naʻa ne talia lelei ʻakimautolu.
24 I chose twelve of the leaders of the priests, Sherebiah and Hashabiah and ten of their relatives.
Pea ne u fili ʻae toko hongofulu ma toko ua ʻoe kau tuʻukimuʻa ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki, ko Selipea, mo Hasapea, mo hona kāinga ʻe toko hongofulu,
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.
Pea naʻaku fakatatau ʻae siliva kiate kinautolu, mo e koula, mo e ngaahi ipu, ʻio, ʻae meʻa foaki ʻoe fale ʻo hotau ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻe ʻatu ʻe he tuʻi, mo ʻene kau fakakaukau, pea mo ʻIsileli kotoa pē naʻe ʻi ai:
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,
ʻIo, naʻaku fakatatau ki honau nima ʻae taleniti siliva ʻe onongeau mo e nimangofulu, mo e ngaahi ipu siliva ko e taleniti ʻe teau, pea ʻi he koula ko e taleniti ʻe teau;
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.
Mo e ipu luoluo koula foki ʻe uofulu, ʻoe talami ʻe taha afe: mo e ipu ʻe ua ʻoe kapa lelei, ʻo tatau mo e koula hono maʻongoʻonga.
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).
Pea ne u pehē kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku māʻoniʻoni ʻakimoutolu kia Sihova; ʻoku māʻoniʻoni mo e ngaahi ipu foki; pea ko e siliva mo e koula ko e meʻa ʻatu loto lelei pe ia kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻetau ngaahi tamai.
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.”
Ko ia mou leʻohi, mo tauhi ia, kaeʻoua ke toe fakatatau ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki lahi mo e kau Livai, mo e kau tuʻukimuʻa ʻoe ngaahi mātuʻa ʻo ʻIsileli ʻi Selūsalema, ʻi he ngaahi potu fale ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova.”
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.
Pea naʻe pehē pe ʻae maʻu ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau Livai hono mamafa ʻoe siliva, mo e koula, mo e ngaahi ipu ke ʻomi ia ki Selūsalema ki he fale ʻo hotau ʻOtua.
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).
Pea naʻa mau toki hiki mei he vaitafe ʻo ʻAheva ʻi hono hongofulu ma ua ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe ʻuluaki māhina, ke ʻalu ki Selūsalema: pea naʻe ʻiate kimautolu ʻae nima ʻo homau ʻOtua, pea naʻa ne taukapoʻi ʻakimautolu mei he nima ʻoe fili, pea mo kinautolu naʻe toitoiʻi ʻakimautolu ʻi he hala.
32 After we arrived in Jerusalem, we rested for three days.
Pea naʻa mau hoko ki Selūsalema, pea nofo ki ai ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu.
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.
Pea ko eni ʻi hono fā ʻoe ʻaho naʻe fakatatau ai ʻae siliva, mo e koula, mo e ngaahi ipu, ʻi he fale ʻo hotau ʻOtua ʻi he nima ʻo Milemoti ko e foha ʻo ʻUlia ko e taulaʻeiki: pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻa ʻEliesa ko e foha ʻo Finiasi; pea naʻe ʻiate kinaua ʻa Sosapati ko e foha ʻo Sesua, mo Noatia ko e foha ʻo Pinui, ko e kau Livai;
34 They counted everything, and wrote down how much they weighed, and wrote [a description of] each item.
Naʻe lau ʻae mamafa ʻoe meʻa taki taha kotoa pē: pea naʻe tohi hono mamafa kotoa pē ʻi he ʻaho ko ia.
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.
Pea ko e ngaahi fānau foki ʻakinautolu naʻe fetuku ke pōpula, ʻaia kuo haʻu mei heʻenau nofo pōpula, naʻa nau ʻatu ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu ki he ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ko e fanga pulu ʻe hongofulu ma ua maʻa ʻIsileli kotoa pē, mo e sipitangata ʻe hivangofulu ma ono, ko e fanga lami ʻe fitungofulu ma fitu, ko e fanga kosi tangata ʻe hongofulu ma ua ko e feilaulau koeʻuhi ko e angahala: ko e meʻa ni kotoa pē ko e feilaulau tutu kia Sihova.
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.
Pea naʻa nau ʻatu ʻae ngaahi fekau ʻae tuʻi ki he kau talafekau ʻae tuʻi mo e kau pule fonua ʻi he kauvai ni ʻoe vaitafe: pea naʻa nau tokoni ki he kakai, mo e fale ʻoe ʻOtua.
