Ezra 8
1 Ndị a bụ usoro ọmụmụ ndịisi ezinaụlọ ahụ niile sooro m site na Babilọn laghachi mgbe Ataksekses bụ eze:
These [are] now the chief of their fathers, and [this is] the genealogy of them that 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 sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons 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 sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males a hundred and fifty.
4 Ndị ikwu Pahat-Moab, Eliehoenai nwa Zerahaya dị narị mmadụ abụọ,
Of the sons 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 sons 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.
Of the sons also 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 sons of Elam; Jeshaiah 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 sons 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 sons 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 sons 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 sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
12 ndị sitere nʼikwu Azgad, Johanan nwa Hakatan na narị ndị ikom na iri.
And of the sons 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 last sons of Adonikam, 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.
Of the sons also 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 assembled them at the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we abode in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
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.
Then sent I 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; also 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 sent them with commandment to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo, [and] to his brethren the Nethinims, 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; and 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 Jeshaiah 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.
Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: 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.
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might afflict 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: because 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 wrath [is] against all them that forsake him.
23 Ya mere, anyị buru ọnụ, kpee ekpere, rịọ Chineke ka o chebe anyị. O chebekwara anyị.
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated by 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.
Then I separated twelve of the chief 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 weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, [even] the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his lords, and all Israel [there] 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).
I even weighed to 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.
Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine 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 to the LORD; the vessels [are] holy also; and the silver and the gold [are] a free-will-offering to the LORD 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 ye, and keep [them], until ye weigh [them], before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in 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 [them] to Jerusalem to 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.
Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth [day] 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.
Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him [was] Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them [was] 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.
By number [and] by weight of every one: and all the weight was written 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.
[Also] the children of those that had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, offered burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he-goats [for] a sin-offering: all [this was] a burnt-offering 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 delivered the king's commissions to the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side of the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
