Ezra 10
1 Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.
| وَفِيمَا كَانَ عِزْرَا يُصَلِّي وَيَعْتَرِفُ بَاكِياً وَمُنْطَرِحاً أَمَامَ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ، اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ حَشْدٌ غَفِيرٌ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالأَوْلادِ، لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ بَكَى بِمَرَارَةٍ. | ١ |
2 Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
| وَقَالَ شَكَنْيَا بْنُ يَحِيئِيلَ مِنْ بَنِي عِيلامَ لِعِزْرَا: «لَقَدْ خُنَّا إِلَهَنَا وَتَزَوَّجْنَا مِنْ نِسَاءٍ غَرِيبَاتٍ مِنْ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ، وَلَكِنْ عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ هَذَا فَلا يَزَالُ هُنَاكَ رَجَاءٌ لإِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢ |
3 Now therefore let’s make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and those who are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.
| لِذَلِكَ، لِنُبْرِمْ عَهْداً مَعَ إِلَهِنَا، بِأَنْ نُخْرِجَ كُلَّ النِّسَاءِ الْغَرِيبَاتِ، وَمَنْ أَنْجَبْنَ مِنْ أَبْنَاءٍ بِمُوْجِبِ رَأْيِ سَيِّدِي وَمَشُورَةِ سَائِرِ الَّذِينَ يُطِيعُونَ وَصَايَا اللهِ مُطَبِّقِينَ بِذَلِكَ نَصَّ الشَّرِيعَةِ. | ٣ |
4 Arise, for the matter belongs to you and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”
| فَانْهَضِ الآنَ فَإِنَّ عِبْءَ هَذَا الأَمْرِ هُوَ مَسْؤولِيَّتُكَ؛ وَلَكِنَّنَا مَعَكَ. تَشَجَّعْ وَتَصَرَّفْ». | ٤ |
5 Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.
| فَقَامَ عِزْرَا وَاسْتَحْلَفَ رُؤَسَاءَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ وَسَائِرَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يُنَفِّذُوا الْعَهْدَ. فَحَلَفُوا. | ٥ |
6 Then Ezra rose up from before God’s house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. When he came there, he didn’t eat bread or drink water, for he mourned because of the trespass of the exiles.
| ثُمَّ نَهَضَ عِزْرَا مِنْ أَمَامِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ وَمَضَى إِلَى مُخْدَعِ يَهُوحَانَانَ بْنِ أَلِيَاشِيبَ، وَمَكَثَ هُنَاكَ لَا يَأْكُلُ خُبْزاً وَلا يَشْرَبُ مَاءً، نُوَاحاً عَلَى خِيَانَةِ الْعَائِدِينَ مِنَ السَّبْيِ. | ٦ |
7 They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem;
| وَأَطْلَقُوا دَعْوَةً فِي أَرْجَاءِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَجْتَمِعَ جَمِيعُ الْعَائِدِينَ مِنَ السَّبْيِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٧ |
8 and that whoever didn’t come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his possessions should be forfeited, and he himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.
| وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَمْتَنِعُ عَنِ الْحُضُورِ فِي ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ الرُّؤَسَاءِ والشُّيُوخِ، يُحَرَّمُ مَالُهُ وَيُنْبَذُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَهْلِ السَّبْيِ. | ٨ |
9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the wide place in front of God’s house, trembling because of this matter, and because of the great rain.
| فَحَضَرَ كُلُّ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي غُضُونِ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَعَقَدَ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ اجْتِمَاعاً فِي الْيَوْمِ الْعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ التَّاسِعِ (كَانُونِ الأَوَّلِ – دِيسَمْبَرَ) فِي سَاحَةِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ. وَقَدْ جَلَسُوا مُرْتَعِدِينَ مِنْ هَوْلِ الأَمْرِ وَمِنَ الأَمْطَارِ الْغَزِيرَةِ الْهَاطِلَةِ. | ٩ |
10 Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, increasing the guilt of Israel.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ قَامَ عِزْرَا الْكَاهِنُ وَخَاطَبَهُمْ: «لَقَدْ خُنْتُمْ عَهْدَ الرَّبِّ وَتَزَوَّجْتُمْ مِنْ نِسَاءٍ غَرِيبَاتٍ لِتَزِيدُوا مِنْ وَطْأَةِ إِثْمِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٠ |
11 Now therefore make confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers and do his pleasure. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women.”
| فَاعْتَرِفُوا الآنَ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِكُمْ وَاطْلُبُوا مَرْضَاتَهُ، وَانْفَصِلُوا عَنْ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ وَعَنِ النِّسَاءِ الْغَرِيبَاتِ». | ١١ |
12 Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “We must do as you have said concerning us.
| فَأَجَابَتِ الْجمَاعَةُ كُلُّهَا بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ: «سَنَفْعَلُ مَا طَالَبْتَنَا بِهِ، | ١٢ |
13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside. This is not a work of one day or two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
| إِلّا أَنَّ الشَّعْبَ غَفِيرٌ، وَالْفَصْلَ فَصْلُ أَمْطَارٍ، وَلا طَاقَةَ لَنَا عَلَى الْوُقُوفِ خَارِجاً مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً تَحْتَ الأَمْطَارِ، وَلاسِيَّمَا أَنَّ الْعَمَلَ يَسْتَغْرِقُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ أَوِ اثْنَيْنِ، لأَنَّنَا تَوَرَّطْنَا بِارْتِكَابِ هَذَا الإِثْمِ تَوَرُّطاً عَظِيماً. | ١٣ |
14 Now let our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God is turned from us, until this matter is resolved.”
| لِذَلِكَ فَلْيَقْضِ كُلُّ رُؤَسَائِنَا لِكُلِّ الْجَمَاعَةِ، وَلْيَأْتِ مِنْ مُدُنِنَا كُلُّ مَنْ تَزَوَّجَ مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ غَرِيبَةٍ، فِي أَوْقَاتٍ مُعَيَّنَةٍ، بِرِفْقَةِ شُيُوخِ مَدِينَتِهِ وَقُضَاتِهَا، فَيَرْتَدَّ عَنَّا احْتِدَامُ غَضَبِ إِلَهِنَا مِنْ جَرَّاءِ خَطِيئَتِنَا». | ١٤ |
15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
| وَلَمْ يَعْتَرِضْ عَلَى هَذَا الأَمْرِ سِوَى يُونَاثَانَ بْنِ عَسَائِيلَ وَيَحْزِيَا بْنِ تِقْوَةَ، وَأَيَّدَهُمَا فِي ذَلِكَ مَشُلّامُ وَشَبْتَايُ اللّاوِيَّانِ. | ١٥ |
16 The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
| وَنَفَّذَ الْعَائِدُونَ مِنَ السَّبْيِ هَذَا الأَمْرَ، وَاخْتَارَ عِزْرَا الْكَاهِنُ رُؤَسَاءَ الْعَائِلاتِ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ وَفْقاً لِعَشَائِرِهِمْ، فَانْفَصَلُوا عَنِ الْجَمَاعَةِ وَجَلَسُوا فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ (مُنْتَصَفِ كَانُونِ الأَوَّلِ – دِيسَمْبَرَ) لِلْقَضَاءِ فِي الأَمْرِ. | ١٦ |
17 They finished with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.
| وَتَمَّ الْفَصْلُ فِي قَضَايَا كُلِّ الرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ تَزَوَّجُوا مِنْ نِسَاءٍ غَرِيبَاتٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ (آذَارَ – مَارِسَ). | ١٧ |
18 Among the sons of the priests there were found who had married foreign women: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
| فَوُجِدَ بَيْنَ الْكَهَنَةِ مِمَّنْ تَزَوَّجُوا مِنْ نِسَاءٍ غَرِيبَاتٍ: مِنْ بَنِي يَشُوعَ بْنِ يُوصَادَاقَ وَإِخْوَتِهِ: مَعْشِيَا وَأَلِيعَزَرُ وَيَارِيبُ وَجَدَلْيَا. | ١٨ |
19 They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
| هَؤُلاءِ تَعَهَّدُوا بِإِخْرَاجِ نِسَائِهِمِ الْغَرِيبَاتِ مُقَرِّبِينَ كَبْشَ غَنَمٍ تَكْفِيراً عَنْ إِثْمِهِمْ. | ١٩ |
20 Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي إِمِّيرَ: حَنَانِي وَزَبْدِيَا. | ٢٠ |
21 Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي حَارِيمَ: مَعْسِيَا وَإِيلِيَّا وَشَمْعِيَا وَيَحِيئِيلُ وَعُزِّيَّا. | ٢١ |
22 Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي فَشْحُورَ: أَلْيُوعِينَايُ وَمَعْسِيَا وَإِسْمعِيلُ وَنَثَنْئِيلُ وَيُوزَابَادُ وَأَلْعَاسَةُ. | ٢٢ |
23 Of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (also called Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
| وَمِنَ اللّاوِيِّينَ: يُوزَابَادُ، وَشِمْعِي، وَقَلايَا (أَيْ قَلِيطَا)، وَفَتَحْيَا وَيَهُوذَا وَأَلِيعَزَرُ. | ٢٣ |
24 Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
| وَمِنَ الْمُغَنِّينَ: أَلْيَاشِيبُ. وَمِنْ حُرَّاسِ أَبْوَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ: شَلُّومُ وَطَالَمُ وَأُورِي. | ٢٤ |
25 Of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.
| وَمِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ بَنِي فَرْعُوشَ: رَمْيَا وَيِزِّيَّا وَمَلْكِيَا وَمَيَّامِينُ وَأَلِعَازَارُ وَمَلْكِيَّا وَبَنَايَا. | ٢٥ |
26 Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي عِيلامَ: مَتَّنْيَا وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحِيئِيلُ وَعَبْدِي وَيَرِيمُوثُ وَإِيلِيَّا. | ٢٦ |
27 Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
| بَنِي زَتُّو: أَلْيُوعِينَايُ وَأَلْيَاشِيبُ وَمَتَّنْيَا وَيَرِمُوثُ وَزَابَادُ وَعَزِيزَا. | ٢٧ |
28 Of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي بَابَايَ: يَهُوحَانَانُ وَحَنَنْيَا وَزَبَايُ وَعَثْلايُ. | ٢٨ |
29 Of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي بَانِي: مَشُلّامُ وَمَلُّوخُ وَعَدَايَا وَيَاشُوبُ وَشَآلُ وَرَامُوثُ. | ٢٩ |
30 Of the sons of Pahathmoab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي فَحَثَ مُوآبَ: عَدْنَا وَكَلالُ وَبَنَايَا وَمَعْسِيَا وَمَتَّنْيَا وَبَصَلْئِيلُ وَبَنُّويُ وَمَنَسَّى. | ٣٠ |
31 Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
| وَمِنْ بَنِي حَارِيمَ: أَلِيعَزَرُ وَيِشِّيَّا وَمَلْكِيَّا وَشِمْعِيَا وَشِمْعُونُ، | ٣١ |
32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
| وَبَنْيَامِينُ وَملُّوخُ وَشَمَرْيَا. | ٣٢ |
33 Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي حَشُومَ: مَتَّنَايُ وَمَتَّاثَا وَزَابَادُ وَأَلِيفَلَطُ وَيَرِيمَايُ وَمَنَسَّى وَشِمْعِي. | ٣٣ |
34 Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,
| وَمِنْ بَنِي بَانِي: مَعْدَايُ وَعَمْرَامُ وَأُوئِيلُ، | ٣٤ |
35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,
| وَبَنَايَا وَبِيدْيَا وَكَلُوهِي، | ٣٥ |
36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
| وَوَنْيَا وَمَرِيمُوثُ وَأَلْيَاشِيبُ، | ٣٦ |
37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu,
| وَمَتَّنْيَا وَمَتَّنَايُ وَيَعْسُو، | ٣٧ |
38 Bani, Binnui, Shimei,
| وَبَانِي وَبَنُّويُ وَشِمْعِي، | ٣٨ |
39 Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
| وَشَلَمْيَا وَنَاثَانُ وَعَدَايَا، | ٣٩ |
40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
| وَمَكْنَدْبَايُ وَشَاشَايُ وَشَارَايُ، | ٤٠ |
41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
| وَعَزَرْئِيلُ وَشَلَمْيَا وَشَمَرْيَا، | ٤١ |
42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
| وَشَلُّومُ وَأَمَرْيَا وَيُوسُفُ، | ٤٢ |
43 Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, Joel, and Benaiah.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي نَبُو: يَعِيئِيلُ وَمَتَّثْيَا وَزَابَادُ وَزَبِينَا وَيَدُّو وَيُوئِيلُ وَبَنَايَا. | ٤٣ |
44 All these had taken foreign wives. Some of them had wives by whom they had children.
| وَقَدْ تَزَوَّجَ جَمِيعُ هَؤُلاءِ مِنْ نِسَاءٍ غَرِيبَاتٍ، أَنْجَبَتْ بَعْضُهُنَّ لَهُمْ أَبْنَاءً. | ٤٤ |
