Ezara 10
1 Rĩrĩa Ezara aahooyaga akiumbũraga mehia na akĩrĩraga, o na akĩĩgũithagia thĩ hau nyũmba-inĩ ya Ngai-rĩ, gĩkundi kĩnene kĩa andũ a Isiraeli, kĩa arũme, na andũ-a-nja, na ciana, gĩkĩũngana gĩkĩmũthiũrũrũkĩria. O nao makĩrĩra marĩ na ruo mũno.
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.
2 Nake Shekania mũrũ wa Jehieli, ũmwe wa rũciaro rwa Elamu, akĩĩra Ezara atĩrĩ, “Tũkoretwo tũtarĩ ehokeku harĩ Ngai witũ nĩ ũndũ nĩtũhikĩtie andũ-a-nja kuuma ndũrĩrĩ iria itũthiũrũrũkĩirie. No o na kũrĩ ũguo-rĩ, Isiraeli no marĩ na kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro.
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.
3 Na rĩrĩ, nĩtũthondeke kĩrĩkanĩro tũrĩ mbere ya Ngai witũ atĩ nĩtũkũingata andũ-a-nja aya othe na ciana ciao, kũringana na mataaro ma mwathi wakwa, o na mataaro ma arĩa metigĩrĩte maathani ma Ngai witũ. Ũndũ ũyũ nĩwĩkwo kũringana na Watho.
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.
4 Arahũka; ũhoro ũyũ ũrĩ moko-inĩ maku. Ithuĩ tũrĩ hamwe nawe; nĩ ũndũ ũcio, wĩyũmĩrĩrie ũwĩke.”
Arise, for the matter belongs to you and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”
5 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Ezara akĩarahũka, agĩtũma atongoria a athĩnjĩri-Ngai na Alawii, o na andũ othe a Isiraeli mehĩte atĩ nĩmegwĩka ũrĩa kwerĩtwo. Nao makĩĩhĩta.
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.
6 Ningĩ Ezara akiuma hau mbere ya nyũmba ya Ngai, agĩthiĩ kanyũmba ka Jehohanani mũrũ wa Eliashibu. Arĩ kũu ndaigana kũrĩa irio kana kũnyua maaĩ tondũ aathiire o na mbere gũcakaya nĩ ũndũ andũ arĩa maatahĩtwo nĩmagĩte kwĩhokeka.
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 did not eat bread or drink water, for he mourned because of the trespass of the exiles.
7 Gũgĩcooka gũkĩanĩrĩrwo Juda na Jerusalemu guothe atĩ andũ othe arĩa maatahĩtwo mongane Jerusalemu.
They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem;
8 Mũndũ o wothe ũngĩagire gũkinya Jerusalemu mĩthenya ĩtatũ ĩtanathira kũringana na itua rĩa anene na athuuri, atunywo indo ciake ciothe, nake we mwene aingatwo, ehere kĩũngano-inĩ kĩa andũ arĩa maatahĩtwo.
and that whoever did not 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.
9 Mĩthenya ĩyo ĩtatũ ĩtanathira, arũme othe a Juda na Benjamini makĩũngana Jerusalemu. Naguo mũthenya wa mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ wa mweri wa kenda, andũ othe nĩmaikarĩte thĩ kĩhaaro-inĩ kĩrĩa kĩarĩ mbere ya nyũmba ya Ngai, mathĩnĩkĩte mũno tondũ wa ũndũ ũcio na nĩ ũndũ wa mbura.
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.
10 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Ezara ũcio mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai akĩrũgama na igũrũ, akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Mũkoretwo mũtarĩ ehokeku; nĩmũhikĩtie andũ-a-nja a kũngĩ, mũgakĩongerera mahĩtia ma Isiraeli.
Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, increasing the guilt of Israel.
11 Rĩu-rĩ, umbũrai mehia manyu kũrĩ Jehova Ngai wa maithe manyu, na mwĩke ũrĩa endaga. Mwĩyamũraniei na andũ arĩa mamũthiũrũrũkĩirie, o na atumia anyu a kũngĩ.”
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.”
12 Kĩũngano gĩothe gĩgĩcookia na mũgambo mũnene atĩrĩ, “Nĩwoiga ũrĩa kwagĩrĩire! No nginya twĩke o ta ũguo woiga.
Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “We must do as you have said concerning us.
13 No rĩrĩ, andũ aya marĩ haha nĩ aingĩ, na nĩ hĩndĩ ya mbura; nĩ ũndũ ũcio tũtingĩikara nja. Ningĩ ũhoro ũyũ ndũngĩthondekeka na mũthenya ũmwe kana ĩĩrĩ, tondũ nĩtwĩhĩtie mũno ũndũ-inĩ ũyũ.
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.
14 Reke anene aitũ marũgamĩrĩre kĩũngano gĩkĩ gĩothe. Ningĩ o mũndũ wothe ũrĩ matũũra-inĩ maitũ ũhikĩtie mũndũ-wa-nja wa kũngĩ nĩetĩkĩrio oke mahinda marĩa matuĩtwo, hamwe na athuuri na atuanĩri ciira a o itũũra, nginya twehererio marakara marĩa mahiũ ma Ngai witũ ũhoro-inĩ ũyũ.”
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.”
15 Andũ arĩa maareganire na ũhoro ũcio no Jonathani mũrũ wa Asaheli, na Jahazeia mũrũ wa Tikiva, hamwe na Meshulamu, na Shabethai ũrĩa Mũlawii.
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
16 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio andũ arĩa maatahĩtwo magĩĩka o ta ũrĩa kwerĩtwo. Nake Ezara ũcio mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai agĩthuura arũme arĩa maarĩ atongoria a nyũmba ciao, o mũndũ ũmwe kuuma o nyũmba, o ũrĩa ciagayanĩtio, nao othe makĩandĩkwo marĩĩtwa mao. Mũthenya wa mbere wa mweri wa ikũmi magĩikara thĩ nĩguo matuĩrie maciira macio,
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.
17 na gũgĩkinya mũthenya wa mbere wa mweri wa mbere, makĩrĩkia maciira ma arũme othe arĩa maahikĩtie andũ-a-nja a kũngĩ.
They finished with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.
18 Thĩinĩ wa njiaro cia athĩnjĩri-Ngai, andũ aya nĩo maahikĩtie andũ-a-nja a kũngĩ: Kuuma njiaro cia Jeshua mũrũ wa Jozadaku na ariũ a ithe nĩ: Maaseia, na Eliezeri, na Jaribu, na Gedalia.
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.
19 (Othe makĩĩranĩra atĩ nĩmegũtigana na atumia ao, na o mũndũ akĩruta ndũrũme kuuma rũũru-inĩ rwake nĩ ũndũ wa iruta rĩa mahĩtia mao.)
They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
20 Kuuma kũrĩ njiaro cia Imeri nĩ: Hanani na Zebadia.
Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
21 Kuuma kũrĩ njiaro cia Harimu nĩ: Maaseia, na Elija, na Shemaia, na Jehieli, na Uzia.
Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
22 Kuuma kũrĩ njiaro cia Pashuri nĩ: Elioenai, na Maaseia, na Ishumaeli, na Nethaneli, na Jozabadu, na Elasa.
Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
23 Kuuma kũrĩ Alawii nĩ: Jozabadu, na Shimei, na Kelaia (na nowe Kelita), na Pethahia, na Juda, na Eliezeri.
Of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (also called Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
24 Kuuma kũrĩ aini a nyĩmbo nĩ: Eliashibu. Kuuma kũrĩ aikaria a ihingo nĩ: Shakumu, na Telemu, na Uri.
Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
25 Na gatagatĩ-inĩ ga Aisiraeli arĩa angĩ: Kuuma kũrĩ njiaro cia Paroshu nĩ: Ramia, na Izia, na Malikija, na Mijamini, na Eleazaru, na Malikija, na Benaia.
Of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.
26 Kuuma kũrĩ njiaro cia Elamu nĩ: Matania, na Zekaria, na Jehieli, na Abadi, na Jeremothu, na Elija.
Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
27 Kuuma kũrĩ njiaro cia Zatu nĩ: Elioenai, na Eliashibu, na Matania, na Jeremothu, na Zabadi, na Aziza.
Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
28 Kuuma kũrĩ njiaro cia Bebai nĩ: Jehohanani, na Hanania, na Zabai, na Athilai.
Of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
29 Kuuma kũrĩ njiaro cia Bani nĩ: Meshulamu, na Maluku, na Adaia, na Jashubu, na Sheali, na Jeremothu.
Of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.
30 Kuuma kũrĩ njiaro cia Pahathu-Moabi nĩ: Adina, na Kelali, na Benaia, na Maaseia, na Matania, na Bezaleli, na Binui, na Manase.
Of the sons of Pahathmoab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
31 Kuuma kũrĩ njiaro cia Harimu nĩ: Eliezeri, na Ishija, na Malikija, na Shemaia, na Shimeoni,
Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
32 na Benjamini, na Maluku, na Shemaria.
Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
33 Kuuma kũrĩ njiaro cia Hashumu nĩ: Matenai, na Matata, na Zabadi, na Elifeleti, na Jeremai, na Manase, na Shimei.
Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
34 Kuuma kũrĩ njiaro cia Bani nĩ: Maadai, na Amuramu, na Ueli,
Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,
35 na Benaia, na Bedeia, na Keluhi,
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,
36 na Vania, na Meremothu, na Eliashibu,
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37 na Matania, na Matenai, na Jaasu.
Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu,
38 Kuuma kũrĩ njiaro cia Binui nĩ: Shimei,
Bani, Binnui, Shimei,
39 na Shelemia, na Nathani, na Adaia,
Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
40 na Makinadebai, na Shashai, na Sharai,
Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
41 na Azareli, na Shelemia, na Shemaria,
Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
42 na Shalumu, na Amaria, na Jusufu.
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43 Kuuma kũrĩ njiaro cia Nebo nĩ: Jeieli, na Matithia, na Zabadi, na Zabina, na Jadai, na Joeli, na Benaia.
Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, Joel, and Benaiah.
44 Acio othe nĩmahikĩtie andũ-a-nja a kũngĩ, na amwe ao nĩmaciarĩte ciana na atumia acio.
All these had taken foreign wives. Some of them had wives by whom they had children.
