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 heads of their families, the leaders that went up with me in the reign of Arthasastha the king of Babylon.
2 ndị ikwu Finehaz, Geshọm; ndị ikwu Itama, Daniel; ndị ikwu Devid, Hatush
Of the sons of Phinees; Gerson: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Attus.
3 ndị ikwu Shekanaya; ndị ikwu Parosh, Zekaraya na narị mmadụ na iri ise ndị so ya denye aha ha nʼakwụkwọ.
Of the sons of Sachania, and the sons of Phoros; Zacharias: and with him a company [of] a hundred and fifty.
4 Ndị ikwu Pahat-Moab, Eliehoenai nwa Zerahaya dị narị mmadụ abụọ,
Of the sons of Phaath-Moab; Eliana the son of Saraia, and with him two hundred that were males.
5 ndị ikwu Zatu, Shekanaya nwa Jahaziel na narị mmadụ atọ so ya.
And of the sons of Zathoes; Sechenias the son of Aziel, and with him three hundred males.
6 Ndị ikwu Adin, Ebed nwa Jonatan na iri mmadụ ise so ya.
And of the sons of Adin; Obeth 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 sons of Elam; Isaeas the son of Athelia, and with him seventy males.
8 ndị sitere nʼikwu Shefataya, Zebadaya nwa Maikel, na iri ndị ikom asatọ.
And of the sons of Saphatia; Zabadias 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,
And of the sons of Joab; Abadia the son of Jeiel, 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 sons of Baani; Selimuth the son of Josephia, 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 sons of Babi; Zacharias the son of Babi, and with him twenty-eight males.
12 ndị sitere nʼikwu Azgad, Johanan nwa Hakatan na narị ndị ikom na iri.
And of the sons of Asgad; Joanan the son of Accatan, 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 sons of Adonicam [were the] last, and these [were] their names, Eliphalat, Jeel, and Samaea, 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 sons of Baguae, Uthai, and Zabud, and with him 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 to the river that comes to Evi, and we encamped there three days: and I reviewed 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 men of understanding to Eleazar, to Ariel, to Semeias, and to Alonam, and to Jarib, and to Elnatham, and to Nathan, and to Zacharias, and to Mesollam, and to Joarim, and to Elnathan.
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 forwarded them to the rulers with the money of the place, and I put words in their mouth to speak to their brethren the Athinim with the money of the place, that they should bring us singers 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 they came to us, as the good hand of our God was upon us, even a man of understanding of the sons of Mooli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, and at the commencement came 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 Asebia, and Isaia of the sons of Merari, his brethren and his 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 Nathinim; whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites [there were] two hundred and twenty Nathinim; all were gathered by [their] names.
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 there a fast, at the river Aue, that [we] should humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our property.
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 ask of the king a guard and horsemen to save us from the enemy in the way: for we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God [is] upon all that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath [are] upon all that forsake him.
23 Ya mere, anyị buru ọnụ, kpee ekpere, rịọ Chineke ka o chebe anyị. O chebekwara anyị.
So we fasted, and asked of our God concerning this; and he listened to 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 gave charge to twelve of the chiefs of the priests, to Saraia, to Asabia, 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 of the first fruits of the house of our God, which the king, and his councillors, and his princes, and all Israel that were found, had dedicated.
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).
I even weighed into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and a hundred silver vessels, and a hundred talents of gold;
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 golden bowls, [weighing] about a thousand drachmas, and superior vessels of fine shining brass, [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, You [are] holy to the Lord; and the vessels [are] holy; and the silver and the gold are free will offerings to the Lord God of our 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.”
Be watchful and keep them, until you weigh [them] before the chief priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of families in Jerusalem, at the chambers of the house of the Lord.
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.
So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem into 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 of Aue on the twelfth day of the first month, to come to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemy and adversary in 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 it came to pass on the fourth day that we weighed the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, in the house of our God, into the hand of Merimoth the son of Uria the priest; and with him [was] Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them Jozabad the son of Jesus, and Noadia the son of Banaia, the Levites.
34 Ihe niile zuru ezu dịka ịdị arọ ha si dị. E dekwara ọnụọgụgụ ihe a tụpụtara nʼakwụkwọ nʼoge ahụ.
All things [were reckoned] by number and weight, and the whole weight was written [down].
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.
At that time the children of the banishment that came from the captivity offered whole burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve calves for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve goats for a sin-offering; all whole burnt offerings to the Lord.
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 gave the king's mandate to the king's lieutenants, and the governors beyond the river: and they honored the people and the house of God.
