Ezra 8
1 Ndị a bụ usoro ọmụmụ ndịisi ezinaụlọ ahụ niile sooro m site na Babilọn laghachi mgbe Ataksekses bụ eze:
And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
2 ndị ikwu Finehaz, Geshọm; ndị ikwu Itama, Daniel; ndị ikwu Devid, Hatush
Of the children of Phinehas, Gershom; of the children of Ithamar, Daniel; of the children of David, Hattush;
3 ndị ikwu Shekanaya; ndị ikwu Parosh, Zekaraya na narị mmadụ na iri ise ndị so ya denye aha ha nʼakwụkwọ.
of the children of Shecaniah, of the children of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered by genealogy of the males a hundred and fifty.
4 Ndị ikwu Pahat-Moab, Eliehoenai nwa Zerahaya dị narị mmadụ abụọ,
Of the children of Pahath-Moab, Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
5 ndị ikwu Zatu, Shekanaya nwa Jahaziel na narị mmadụ atọ so ya.
Of the children of Shechaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
6 Ndị ikwu Adin, Ebed nwa Jonatan na iri mmadụ ise so ya.
And of the children of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
7 Ndị sitere nʼikwu Elam, Jeshaya nwa Atalaya, na iri ndị ikom asaa,
And of the children of Elam, Isaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
8 ndị sitere nʼikwu Shefataya, Zebadaya nwa Maikel, na iri ndị ikom asatọ.
And of the children of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males.
9 Ndị sitere nʼikwu Joab, Ọbadaya nwa Jehiel na narị ndị ikom abụọ na iri na asatọ,
Of the children of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
10 ndị sitere nʼikwu Bani, Shelomit nwa Josifaya na narị ndị ikom na iri isii.
And of the children of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sixty males.
11 Ndị sitere nʼikwu Bebai; Zekaraya nwa Bebai na ndị ikom iri abụọ na asatọ,
And of the children of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight males.
12 ndị sitere nʼikwu Azgad, Johanan nwa Hakatan na narị ndị ikom na iri.
And of the children of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten males.
13 Ndị sitere nʼikwu Adonikam, ndị ikpeazụ, ndị aha ha bụ Elifelet, na Jeuel na Shemaya na iri ndị ikom isii bụ ndị so ha,
And of the children of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names are these: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.
14 ndị sitere nʼikwu Bigvai, Utai na Zakua na iri ndị ikom asaa bụ ndị so ha.
And of the children of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
15 Akpọkọtara m ha nʼakụkụ osimiri na-erubanye nʼAhava, anyị nọrọ nʼebe ahụ ụbọchị atọ. Mgbe m leruru anya nʼetiti ndị mmadụ zukọrọnụ, ha na ndị nchụaja bịara, a chọpụtara m na o nweghị ọ bụladị otu onye Livayị nọ nʼebe ahụ.
And I gathered them together at the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days; and I surveyed the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.
16 Mgbe ahụ, ezigara m ozi kpọọ Elieza, Ariel, Shemaya, Elnatan, Jarib, Elnatan, Netan, Zekaraya na Meshulam, ndị bụ ndịisi. Ezikwara m ozi kpọọ Joiarib na Elnatan, bụ ndị maara ihe.
And I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men, and for Joiarib and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
17 Enyere m ha iwu ka ha gakwuru Ido, onyendu nọ na Kasifia. Agwara m ha ihe ha ga-agwa Ido na ndị Livayị ibe ya, bụ ndị na-eje ozi nʼụlọnsọ dị na Kasifia, ka ha zite ndị ga-eje ozi ka ha bịakwute anyị maka ụlọnsọ Chineke.
And I gave them a commission to Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, and I put words in their mouths to say to Iddo [and] his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
18 Chineke gosikwara anyị obiọma zitere anyị nwoke a na-akpọ Sherebaya na ụmụ ya, na ụmụnne ya, ndị ọnụọgụgụ ha dị iri na asatọ. Sherebaya bụ nwa Mahali, nwa Livayị nwa Izrel, bụrụkwa nwoke nwere ezi uche.
And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely, Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
19 Chineke sitere nʼikwu Merari zite Hashabaya, na Jeshaya, tinyere ụmụnne ya na ụmụ ha ndị ikom, ndị ọnụọgụgụ ha dị iri ndị ikom abụọ.
and Hashabiah, and with him Isaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
20 Ha zitekwara narị abụọ na iri abụọ site na ndị na-eje ozi nʼụlọnsọ. Otu nke Devid na ndịisi ya họpụtara hiwee, maka inyere ndị Livayị aka. E deturu aha ha niile nʼotu nʼotu.
and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were expressed by name.
21 Nʼebe ahụ, ka m nọ kpọsaa obubu ọnụ nʼakụkụ osimiri Ahava, nʼihi iweda onwe anyị ala nʼihu Chineke anyị, na ịrịọ ya ka o duo anyị, ụmụ anyị na akụ anyị niile, nʼụzọ ziri ezi nʼije anyị, ma nọnyekwara anyị.
And I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
22 Nʼihi na ihere ekweghị m rịọ eze ka o dunyere anyị ndị agha, na ndị na-agba ịnyịnya ga-edu anyị, ichebe anyị nʼụzọ, site nʼaka ndị iro. Nʼihi na anyị agwalarị eze na Chineke, onye anyị na-efe, na-echebe ndị niile na-efe ya; gwakwa ya na oke iwe ya na-adakwasị ndị niile gbakụtara ya azụ.
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him.
23 Ya mere, anyị buru ọnụ, kpee ekpere, rịọ Chineke ka o chebe anyị. O chebekwara anyị.
And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.
24 Ahọpụtara m ndị nchụaja iri na abụọ ndị a: Sherebaya, Hashabaya na mmadụ iri ndị ọzọ bụ ụmụnna ha ka ha hụ maka ọlaọcha, na ọlaedo, na efere ọlaedo ahụ, na ihe ndị ọzọ ahụ eze na ndị na-adụ ya ọdụ, na ndịisi ọchịchị ya, na ụmụ Izrel niile nyere maka ụlọnsọ ukwu Chineke anyị.
And I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
25 Eji m ihe ọtụtụ tụọ onyinye ọlaọcha na ọlaedo na ihe ndị ọzọ eze, na ndị ndụmọdụ ya, na ndịisi ozi ya, na ndị Izrel nyere maka ụlọnsọ ukwu Chineke.
and I weighed to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors and his princes, and all Israel present, had offered.
26 E jiri m ihe ọtụtụ tụnye ha ọlaọcha dị narị talenti isii na iri ise (ya bụ 650), na ngwongwo ọlaọcha dị otu narị talenti (ya bụ 100), na ọlaedo dị otu narị talenti (ya bụ 100).
And I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver; and silver vessels a hundred talents, [and] of gold a hundred talents;
27 Iri efere ọlaedo abụọ nke ọnụahịa ya bụ puku darik, tinyere efere bronz abụọ e hichaziri nke ọma, nke dị oke ọnụahịa dị ka efere ọlaedo.
and twenty basons of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of shining copper, precious as gold.
28 Emesịa, agwara m ha okwu sị ha, “Lee, unu onwe unu na ihe ndị a niile bụ ihe dị nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị. Ọlaọcha na ọlaedo ndị a bụkwa onyinye afọ ofufu e nyere Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna nna unu ha.
And I said to them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah; the vessels also are holy; and the silver and the gold is a voluntary offering to Jehovah the God of your fathers.
29 Chenụ ha nche, debekwa ha nke ọma, tupu ruo mgbe unu ga-atụ ha nʼihu ndịisi nchụaja, na ndịisi Livayị, na ndịisi ụlọ nke Izrel nʼime Jerusalem, nʼime ụlọakụ nke ụlọ Onyenwe anyị.”
Watch and keep [them] until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.
30 Ya mere, ndị nchụaja na ndị Livayị kwenyere ibu ọlaọcha na ọlaedo, na ngwongwo ihe nsọ ndị ahụ, buga ha nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Chineke dị na Jerusalem.
And the priests and the Levites received by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
31 Anyị hapụrụ osimiri Ahava nʼụbọchị nke iri na abụọ nke ọnwa mbụ, chee ihu anyị ịga Jerusalem. Chineke nọnyekwaara anyị, dọpụta anyị site nʼaka ndị iro ọbụla, na nʼaka ndị ohi.
And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
32 Nʼikpeazụ, anyị rutere Jerusalem nʼudo, zukwaa ike ụbọchị atọ.
And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
33 Nʼụbọchị nke anọ, site nʼoge anyị ruru, e jiri ihe ọtụtụ tụọkwa ọlaọcha na ọlaedo ahụ, ha na ngwongwo ihe nsọ ndị ọzọ ahụ. E mere nke a nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Chineke. Ndị tụrụ ha bụ Meremot nwa Ụraya onye nchụaja, na Elieza nwa Finehaz. Jozabad nwa Jeshua, na Noadaya nwa Binui, ndị Livayị, sokwa tụọ ha.
And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Urijah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites:
34 Ihe niile zuru ezu dịka ịdị arọ ha si dị. E dekwara ọnụọgụgụ ihe a tụpụtara nʼakwụkwọ nʼoge ahụ.
the whole by number and by weight; and all the weight was written down at that time.
35 Emesịa, onye ọbụla nʼime anyị si esi lọta chụụrụ Chineke Izrel aja nsure ọkụ. E ji oke ehi iri na abụọ chụọ aja maka ebo Izrel niile, ya na iri ebule itoolu na isii, na iri ụmụ ebule asaa na asaa. Ma e ji mkpi iri na abụọ chụọ aja mmehie. E jichakwa ha niile chụọ aja nsure ọkụ nye Onyenwe anyị.
The children of those that had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, presented burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.
36 E nyere ndịisi ọrụ eze niile, na ndịisi ọchịchị niile dị nʼofe ọdịda anyanwụ osimiri Yufretis akwụkwọ iwu ahụ eze nyere. Ndịisi a nyekwara aka nʼọrụ iwughachi ụlọnsọ Chineke ahụ.
And they delivered the king's edicts to the king's satraps, and to the governors on this side the river. And they furthered the people and the house of God.
