עזרא 10
| וּכְהִתְפַּלֵּל עֶזְרָא וּכְהִתְוַדֹּתוֹ בֹּכֶה וּמִתְנַפֵּל לִפְנֵי בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים נִקְבְּצוּ אֵלָיו מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל קָהָל רַב־מְאֹד אֲנָשִׁים וְנָשִׁים וִֽילָדִים כִּֽי־בָכוּ הָעָם הַרְבֵּה־בֶֽכֶה׃ | 1 |
As Ezra prayed and confessed, he wept and threw himself down before God's house. A very great assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered to him, for the people were weeping very greatly.
| וַיַּעַן שְׁכַנְיָה בֶן־יְחִיאֵל מִבְּנֵי (עולם) [עֵילָם] וַיֹּאמֶר לְעֶזְרָא אֲנַחְנוּ מָעַלְנוּ בֵאלֹהֵינוּ וַנֹּשֶׁב נָשִׁים נׇכְרִיּוֹת מֵעַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ וְעַתָּה יֵשׁ־מִקְוֶה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל עַל־זֹֽאת׃ | 2 |
Shekaniah son of Jehiel of the descendants of Elam said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the people of the other lands. But in spite of this, there is still hope for Israel.
| וְעַתָּה נִֽכְרׇת־בְּרִית לֵאלֹהֵינוּ לְהוֹצִיא כׇל־נָשִׁים וְהַנּוֹלָד מֵהֶם בַּעֲצַת אֲדֹנָי וְהַחֲרֵדִים בְּמִצְוַת אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְכַתּוֹרָה יֵעָשֶֽׂה׃ | 3 |
So now let us make a covenant with our God to send out all the women and their children according to the Lord's instructions and the instructions of those who tremble at the commandments of our God, and let it be done according to the law.
| קוּם כִּֽי־עָלֶיךָ הַדָּבָר וַאֲנַחְנוּ עִמָּךְ חֲזַק וַעֲשֵֽׂה׃ | 4 |
Arise, for this thing is for you to carry out, and we are with you. Be strong and do this.”
| וַיָּקׇם עֶזְרָא וַיַּשְׁבַּע אֶת־שָׂרֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵל לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַיִּשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃ | 5 |
So Ezra rose and made the priestly officials, the Levites, and all of Israel promise to act in this way. So they all took a solemn oath.
| וַיָּקׇם עֶזְרָא מִלִּפְנֵי בֵּית הָֽאֱלֹהִים וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל־לִשְׁכַּת יְהוֹחָנָן בֶּן־אֶלְיָשִׁיב וַיֵּלֶךְ שָׁם לֶחֶם לֹֽא־אָכַל וּמַיִם לֹֽא־שָׁתָה כִּי מִתְאַבֵּל עַל־מַעַל הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ | 6 |
Then Ezra rose from before God's house and went to the rooms of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. He did not eat any bread or drink any water, since he was mourning concerning the faithlessness of those who had been in captivity.
| וַיַּעֲבִירוּ קוֹל בִּיהוּדָה וִירֽוּשָׁלַ͏ִם לְכֹל בְּנֵי הַגּוֹלָה לְהִקָּבֵץ יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ | 7 |
So they sent word in Judah and Jerusalem to all the people back from exile to assemble in Jerusalem.
| וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָבוֹא לִשְׁלֹשֶׁת הַיָּמִים כַּעֲצַת הַשָּׂרִים וְהַזְּקֵנִים יׇחֳרַם כׇּל־רְכוּשׁוֹ וְהוּא יִבָּדֵל מִקְּהַל הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ | 8 |
Anyone who did not come in three days according to the instructions from the officials and elders forfeited all of his possessions and would be excluded from the great assembly of the people who had come back from exile.
| וַיִּקָּבְצוּ כׇל־אַנְשֵֽׁי־יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן ׀ יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם לִשְׁלֹשֶׁת הַיָּמִים הוּא חֹדֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁיעִי בְּעֶשְׂרִים בַּחֹדֶשׁ וַיֵּשְׁבוּ כׇל־הָעָם בִּרְחוֹב בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים מַרְעִידִים עַל־הַדָּבָר וּמֵהַגְּשָׁמִֽים׃ | 9 |
So all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem in three days. It was the ninth month and the twentieth day of the month. All the people stood in the square before God's house and trembled because of the word and the rain.
| וַיָּקׇם עֶזְרָא הַכֹּהֵן וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם אַתֶּם מְעַלְתֶּם וַתֹּשִׁיבוּ נָשִׁים נׇכְרִיּוֹת לְהוֹסִיף עַל־אַשְׁמַת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | 10 |
Ezra the priest arose and said, “You yourselves have committed treason. You lived with foreign women so as to increase Israel's guilt.
| וְעַתָּה תְּנוּ תוֹדָה לַיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽי־אֲבֹתֵיכֶם וַעֲשׂוּ רְצוֹנוֹ וְהִבָּֽדְלוּ מֵעַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ וּמִן־הַנָּשִׁים הַנׇּכְרִיּֽוֹת׃ | 11 |
But now give praise to Yahweh, your ancestors' God, and do his will. Separate from the people of the land and from the foreign women.”
| וַיַּֽעֲנוּ כׇֽל־הַקָּהָל וַיֹּאמְרוּ קוֹל גָּדוֹל כֵּן (כדבריך) [כִּדְבָרְךָ] עָלֵינוּ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ | 12 |
All the assembly answered in a loud voice, “We will do as you have said.
| אֲבָל הָעָם רָב וְהָעֵת גְּשָׁמִים וְאֵין כֹּחַ לַעֲמוֹד בַּחוּץ וְהַמְּלָאכָה לֹֽא־לְיוֹם אֶחָד וְלֹא לִשְׁנַיִם כִּֽי־הִרְבִּינוּ לִפְשֹׁעַ בַּדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה׃ | 13 |
However, there are many people, and it is the rainy season. We have no strength to stand outside, and this is not only one or two days of work, since we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
| יַֽעַמְדוּ־נָא שָׂרֵינוּ לְֽכׇל־הַקָּהָל וְכֹל ׀ אֲשֶׁר בֶּעָרֵינוּ הַהֹשִׁיב נָשִׁים נׇכְרִיּוֹת יָבֹא לְעִתִּים מְזֻמָּנִים וְעִמָּהֶם זִקְנֵי־עִיר וָעִיר וְשֹׁפְטֶיהָ עַד לְהָשִׁיב חֲרוֹן אַף־אֱלֹהֵינוּ מִמֶּנּוּ עַד לַדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה׃ | 14 |
So let our officials represent all the assembly. Let all who have allowed foreign women to live in our cities come at the time that will be fixed with the city elders and the city judges until the raging wrath of our God goes away from us.”
| אַךְ יוֹנָתָן בֶּן־עֲשָׂהאֵל וְיַחְזְיָה בֶן־תִּקְוָה עָמְדוּ עַל־זֹאת וּמְשֻׁלָּם וְשַׁבְּתַי הַלֵּוִי עֲזָרֻֽם׃ | 15 |
Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.
| וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן בְּנֵי הַגּוֹלָה וַיִּבָּדְלוּ עֶזְרָא הַכֹּהֵן אֲנָשִׁים רָאשֵׁי הָאָבוֹת לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם וְכֻלָּם בְּשֵׁמוֹת וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בְּיוֹם אֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִי לְדַרְיוֹשׁ הַדָּבָֽר׃ | 16 |
So the people who returned from exile did this. Ezra the priest selected men, the leaders in their ancestors' clans and houses—all of them by name, and they looked into the matter on the first day of the tenth month.
| וַיְכַלּוּ בַכֹּל אֲנָשִׁים הַהֹשִׁיבוּ נָשִׁים נׇכְרִיּוֹת עַד יוֹם אֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ | 17 |
By the first day of the first month they had finished discovering which men had lived with foreign women.
| וַיִּמָּצֵא מִבְּנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים אֲשֶׁר הֹשִׁיבוּ נָשִׁים נׇכְרִיּוֹת מִבְּנֵי יֵשׁוּעַ בֶּן־יֽוֹצָדָק וְאֶחָיו מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה וֶֽאֱלִיעֶזֶר וְיָרִיב וּגְדַלְיָֽה׃ | 18 |
Among the descendants of the priests there were those who had lived with foreign women. Among the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers there were Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
| וַיִּתְּנוּ יָדָם לְהוֹצִיא נְשֵׁיהֶם וַאֲשֵׁמִים אֵֽיל־צֹאן עַל־אַשְׁמָתָֽם׃ | 19 |
So they determined to send their wives away. Since they were guilty, they offered a ram from the flock for their guilt.
| וּמִבְּנֵי אִמֵּר חֲנָנִי וּזְבַדְיָֽה׃ | 20 |
Among the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
| וּמִבְּנֵי חָרִם מַעֲשֵׂיָה וְאֵֽלִיָּה וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָה וִיחִיאֵל וְעֻזִּיָּֽה׃ | 21 |
Among the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
| וּמִבְּנֵי פַּשְׁחוּר אֶלְיוֹעֵינַי מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה יִשְׁמָעֵאל נְתַנְאֵל יוֹזָבָד וְאֶלְעָשָֽׂה׃ | 22 |
Among the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
| וּמִֽן־הַלְוִיִּם יוֹזָבָד וְשִׁמְעִי וְקֵֽלָיָה הוּא קְלִיטָא פְּתַֽחְיָה יְהוּדָה וֶאֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃ | 23 |
Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah—that is, Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
| וּמִן־הַמְשֹׁרְרִים אֶלְיָשִׁיב וּמִן־הַשֹּׁעֲרִים שַׁלֻּם וָטֶלֶם וְאוּרִֽי׃ | 24 |
Among the singers: Eliashib. Among the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
| וּמִֽיִּשְׂרָאֵל מִבְּנֵי פַרְעֹשׁ רַמְיָה וְיִזִּיָּה וּמַלְכִּיָּה וּמִיָּמִן וְאֶלְעָזָר וּמַלְכִּיָּה וּבְנָיָֽה׃ | 25 |
Among the rest of the Israelites—among the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.
| וּמִבְּנֵי עֵילָם מַתַּנְיָה זְכַרְיָה וִיחִיאֵל וְעַבְדִּי וִירֵמוֹת וְאֵלִיָּֽה׃ | 26 |
Among the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
| וּמִבְּנֵי זַתּוּא אֶלְיוֹעֵנַי אֶלְיָשִׁיב מַתַּנְיָה וִֽירֵמוֹת וְזָבָד וַעֲזִיזָֽא׃ | 27 |
Among the descendants of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
| וּמִבְּנֵי בֵּבָי יְהוֹחָנָן חֲנַנְיָה זַבַּי עַתְלָֽי׃ | 28 |
Among the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
| וּמִבְּנֵי בָּנִי מְשֻׁלָּם מַלּוּךְ וַעֲדָיָה יָשׁוּב וּשְׁאָל (ירמות) [וְרָמֽוֹת]׃ | 29 |
Among the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluk, Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal Jeremoth.
| וּמִבְּנֵי פַּחַת מוֹאָב עַדְנָא וּכְלָל בְּנָיָה מַעֲשֵׂיָה מַתַּנְיָה בְצַלְאֵל וּבִנּוּי וּמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ | 30 |
Among the descendants of Pahath-Moab: Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
| וּבְנֵי חָרִם אֱלִיעֶזֶר יִשִּׁיָּה מַלְכִּיָּה שְׁמַֽעְיָה שִׁמְעֽוֹן׃ | 31 |
Among the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
| בִּנְיָמִן מַלּוּךְ שְׁמַרְיָֽה׃ | 32 |
Benjamin, Malluk, and Shemariah.
| מִבְּנֵי חָשֻׁם מַתְּנַי מַתַּתָּה זָבָד אֱלִיפֶלֶט יְרֵמַי מְנַשֶּׁה שִׁמְעִֽי׃ | 33 |
Among the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
| מִבְּנֵי בָנִי מַעֲדַי עַמְרָם וְאוּאֵֽל׃ | 34 |
Among the descendants of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,
| בְּנָיָה בֵדְיָה (כלוהי) [כְּלֽוּהוּ]׃ | 35 |
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi,
| וַנְיָה מְרֵמוֹת אֶלְיָשִֽׁיב׃ | 36 |
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
| מַתַּנְיָה מַתְּנַי (ויעשו) [וְיַעֲשָֽׂי]׃ | 37 |
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.
| וּבָנִי וּבִנּוּי שִׁמְעִֽי׃ | 38 |
Among the descendants of Binnui: Shimei,
| וְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָה וְנָתָן וַעֲדָיָֽה׃ | 39 |
Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
| מַכְנַדְבַי שָׁשַׁי שָׁרָֽי׃ | 40 |
Maknadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
| עֲזַרְאֵל וְשֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ שְׁמַרְיָֽה׃ | 41 |
Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
| שַׁלּוּם אֲמַרְיָה יוֹסֵֽף׃ | 42 |
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
| מִבְּנֵי נְבוֹ יְעִיאֵל מַתִּתְיָה זָבָד זְבִינָא (ידו) [יַדַּי] וְיוֹאֵל בְּנָיָֽה׃ | 43 |
Among the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
| כׇּל־אֵלֶּה (נשאי) [נָשְׂאוּ] נָשִׁים נׇכְרִיּוֹת וְיֵשׁ מֵהֶם נָשִׁים וַיָּשִׂימוּ בָּנִֽים׃ | 44 |
All of these had taken foreign wives and had children with some of them.
