Ezra 10

1 Ke pacl se Ezra el suwoli ac pre ye mutun Tempul, ac tung ac fahkak ma koluk inge nukewa, sie u lulap lun mwet Israel, (mukul, mutan, ac tulik) elos fahsreni raunella ke tung mwemelil.

Now while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

2 Na Shecaniah wen natul Jehiel, sin fwil natul Elam, el fahk nu sel Ezra, “Kut sifacna kunausla inmasrlosr ac God ke kut payuk nu sin mutan sac. Tusruktu finne ouinge, srakna oasr finsrak lun Israel.

And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married strange women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

3 Inge kut enenu in orala sie wulela ku nu sin God lasr lah kut ac supwalik mutan inge ac tulik natulos in som liki kut. Kut fah oru ma kom, ac elos ngia su sunakin ma sap lun God, fahk nu sesr in oru. Kut ac oru oana ma sapkinyuk nu sesr in Ma Sap lun God.

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

4 Ma kunom in oru ouinge. Kut ac wi kom na, ke ma inge tuyak ac oru ma kom ac oru an.”

Arise; for the matter belongeth unto thee, and we are with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

5 Ouinge Ezra el tuyak ac sapkin tuh mwet kol inmasrlon mwet tol ac mwet Levi, ac mwet Israel nukewa saya, in fulahk tuh elos fah oru oana kas lal Shecaniah.

Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they sware.

6 Na el som liki mutun Tempul ac utyak nu ke infukil lal Jehohanan wen natul Eliashib, ac muta we fong fon se, ac tungi orekma koluk lun mwet sruoh. El tia mongo ku nim kutena ma.

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and [when] he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity.

7 Sie kas supweyukelik nu yen nukewa in acn Jerusalem ac Judah, tuh elos nukewa su foloko liki sruoh fah osun in Jerusalem,

And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

8 fal nu ke sap ku lun mwet kol lun mwet uh. Fin oasr kutena su tia tuku ke lusen len tolu, ma lalos nukewa fah itukla lukelos, ac elos fah tia sifil sie sin mwet in u se inge.

and that whosoever came not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of the captivity.

9 Inmasrlon len tolu ah, ke len aklongoul in malem akeu, mukul nukewa su muta in acn lun Judah ac Benjamin elos tuku nu Jerusalem ac toeni in acn mwesas lun Tempul. Len sac af na upa, ac mwet nukewa rarrar ke sripen oyohu len an, oayapa ke sripa na yohk se lun tukeni sac.

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

10 Ezra mwet tol el tuyak ac kaskas nu selos. El fahk, “Kowos mwet tia pwaye in lulalfongi la, ac ke kowos payuk nu sin mutan sac kowos sang mwata nu sin Israel.

And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have trespassed, and have married strange women, to increase the guilt of Israel.

11 Inge, fahkak ma koluk lowos nu sin LEUM GOD lun mwet matu lowos, ac oru ma El insewowo kac. Srikowosla liki mwetsac su muta in acn sesr, ac sisla mutan sac kiowos.”

Now therefore make confession unto the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the strange women.

12 Mwet uh wowoyak ac topuk, “Kut ac oru ma nukewa ma kom fahk an.”

Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, as thou hast said concerning us, so must we do.

13 Tusruktu elos tafwela ke kas inge, “Pusla mwet ke u se inge, ac af uh upa. Kut tia ku in tu ouinge likinum uh. Ma se inge tia ma ac ku in orekla ke len se ku luo, mweyen puslana sesr oasr ke ma koluk se inge.

But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.

14 Lela mwet kol lasr inge in muta Jerusalem ac orekma ke elya se inge. Na lela kutena mwet su oasr mutan sac se kia in tuku ke pacl se oakwuk nu sel, wi mwet kol ac mwet nununku lun siti sel. Fin ouinge, na mulat lun God ke ouiya se inge ac fah forla liki kut.”

Let now our princes be appointed for all the congregation, and let all them that are in our cities which have married strange women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter be despatched.

15 Wangin sie lain lemlem sac, sayal Jonathan wen natul Asahel, ac Jahzeiah wen natul Tikvah, su eis kasreyuk sel Meshullam ac Shabbethai, sie mwet Levi.

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this [matter]: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

16 Mwet nukewa su foloko liki sruoh elos insese nu ke lemlem sac. Ouinge Ezra mwet tol el srisrngiya mwet inmasrlon sifen sou uh, ac simusla inelos kais sie. Ke len se meet in malem se aksingoul, elos mutawauk in mukuikui ke sukok lalos,

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, [with] certain heads of fathers’ [houses], after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were separated; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

17 na inmasrlon malem tolu, elos konauk mukul nukewa su oasr mutan sac kia.

And they made an end with all the men that had married strange women by the first day of the first month.

18 Pa inge inen mukul su oasr mutan sac kia: [Mwet tol], simla ke sou: Ke sou lulap lal Joshua ac tamulel wial, wen natul Jehozadak: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, ac Gedaliah.

And among the sons of the priests there were found that had married strange women: [namely], of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

19 Elos wulela in sisla mutan kialos, ac elos sang sheep mukul soko in mwe kisa ke ma koluk lalos.

And 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 Ke sou lal Immer: Hanani ac Zebadiah

And of the sons of Immer; Hanani and Zebadiah.

21 Ke sou lal Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, ac Uzziah

And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

22 Ke sou lal Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, ac Elasah

And of the sons of Pashhur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

23 [Mwet Levi]: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (su pangpang pac Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, ac Eliezer

And of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

24 [Mwet on]: Eliashib [Mwet topang su forfor taran Tempul]: Shallum, Telem, ac Uri

And of the singers; Eliashib; and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

25 [Mwet saya]: Ke sou lal Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, ac Benaiah

And of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

26 Ke sou lal Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, ac Elijah

And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.

27 Ke sou lal Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, ac Aziza

And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

28 Ke sou lal Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, ac Athlai

And of the sons of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.

29 Ke sou lal Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, ac Jeremoth

And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, Jeremoth.

30 Ke sou lal Pahath Moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, ac Manasseh

And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

31 Ke sou lal Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

And [of] the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon;

32 Benjamin, Malluch, ac Shemariah

Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.

33 Ke sou lal Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, ac Shimei

Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

34 Ke sou lal Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,

Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel;

35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi;

36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib;

37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, ac Jaasu

Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu;

38 Ke sou lal Binnui: Shimei,

and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei;

39 Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,

and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah;

40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai;

41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,

Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah;

42 Shallum, Amariah, ac Joseph

Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.

43 Ke sou lal Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, ac Benaiah.

Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.

44 Mukul inge nukewa oasr mutan sac kia. Elos tari selos ac supwalosla wi tulik natulos.

All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.