Esdræ 8

1 Hi sunt autem principes familiarum, et genealogia eorum, qui ascenderunt mecum in regno Artaxerxis regis de Babylone.

Now these are the heads of families who were listed of those who went up with me from Babylon, when Artaxerxes was king.

2 De filiis Phinees, Gersom. De filiis Ithamar, Daniel. De filiis David, Hattus.

Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush;

3 De filiis Secheniae, et de filiis Pharos, Zacharias: et cum eo numerati sunt viri centum quinquaginta.

Of the sons of Shecaniah; of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were listed a hundred and fifty males.

4 De filiis Phahath Moab, Elioenai filius Zarehe, et cum eo ducenti viri.

Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.

5 De filiis Secheniae, filius Ezechiel, et cum eo trecenti viri.

Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.

6 De filiis Adan, Abed filius Ionathan, et cum eo quinquaginta viri.

And of the sons of Adin, Ebed, the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.

7 De filiis Alam, Isaias filius Athaliae, et cum eo septuaginta viri.

And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah; the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.

8 De filiis Saphatiae, Zebedia filius Michael, et cum eo octoginta viri.

And of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, the son of Michael; and with him eighty males.

9 De filiis Ioab, Obedia filius Iahiel, et cum eo ducenti decem et octo viri.

Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

10 De filiis Selomith, filius Iosphiae, et cum eo centum sexaginta viri.

And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him a hundred and sixty males.

11 De filiis Bebai, Zacharias filius Bebai, et cum eo vigintiocto viri.

And of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males.

12 De filiis Azgad, Iohanan filius Eccetan, et cum eo centum et decem viri.

And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan; and with him a hundred and ten males.

13 De filiis Adonicam, qui erant novissimi: et haec nomina eorum: Elipheleth, et Iehiel, et Samaias, et cum eis sexaginta viri.

And of the sons of Adonikam, the last, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.

14 De filii Begui, Uthai et Zachur, et cum eis septuaginta viri.

And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.

15 Congregavi autem eos ad fluvium, qui decurrit ad Ahava, et mansimus ibi tribus diebus: quaesivique in populo et in sacerdotibus de filiis Levi, et non inveni ibi.

And I made them come together by the river flowing to Ahava; and we were there in tents for three days: and after viewing the people and the priests I saw that no sons of Levi were there.

16 Itaque misi Eliezer, et Ariel, et Semeiam, et Elnathan, et Iarib, et alterum Elnathan, et Nathan, et Zachariam, et Mosollam principes: et Ioiarib, et Elnathan sapientes.

Then I sent for Eliezer and Ariel and Shemaiah and Elnathan Jarib and Elnathan and Nathan and Zechariah and Meshullam, all responsible men; and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise men.

17 Et misi eos ad Eddo, qui est primus in Casphiae loco, et posui in ore eorum verba, quae loquerentur ad Eddo, et fratres eius Nathinaeos in loco Casphiae ut adducerent nobis ministros domus Dei nostri.

And I sent them to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and gave them orders what to say to Iddo and his brothers the Nethinim at the place Casiphia, so that they might come back to us with men to do the work of the house of our God.

18 Et adduxerunt nobis per manum Dei nostri bonam super nos, virum doctissimum de filiis Moholi filii Levi filii Israel, et Sarabiam et filios eius et fratres eius decem et octo,

And by the help of our God they got for us Ish-sechel, one of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah with his sons and brothers, eighteen;

19 et Hasabiam, et cum eo Isaiam de filiis Merari, fratresque eius, et filios eius viginti:

And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;

20 et de Nathinaeis, quos dederat David et principes ad ministeria Levitarum, Nathinaeos ducentos viginti: omnes hi suis nominibus vocabantur.

And of the Nethinim, to whom David and the captains had given the work of helping the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim, all of them specially named.

21 Et praedicavi ibi ieiunium iuxta fluvium Ahava ut affligeremur coram Domino Deo nostro, et peteremus ab eo viam rectam nobis et filiis nostris, universaeque substantiae nostrae.

Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.

22 Erubui enim petere a rege auxilium et equites, qui defenderent nos ab inimico in via: quia dixeramus regi: Manus Dei nostri est super omnes, qui quaerunt eum in bonitate: et imperium eius et fortitudo eius, et furor super omnes, qui derelinquunt eum.

For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.

23 Ieiunavimus autem, et rogavimus Deum nostrum per hoc: et evenit nobis prospere.

So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.

24 Et separavi de principibus Sacerdotum duodecim, Sarabiam, et Hasabiam, et cum eis de fratribus eorum decem.

So I put on one side twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,

25 appendique eis argentum et aurum, et vasa consecrata domus Dei nostri, quae obtulerat rex et consiliatores eius, et principes eius, universusque Israel eorum, qui inventi fuerant:

And gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house of our God which the king and his wise men and his captains and all Israel there present had given:

26 et appendi in manibus eorum argenti talenta sexcenta quinquaginta, et vasa argentea centum, auri centum talenta:

Measuring into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels, a hundred talents' weight, and a hundred talents of gold,

27 et crateres aureos viginti, qui habebant solidos millenos, et vasa aeris fulgentis optimi duo, pulchra, ut aurum.

And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.

28 Et dixi eis: Vos sancti Domini, et vasa sancta, et argentum et aurum, quod sponte oblatum est Domino Deo patrum nostrorum:

And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord and the vessels are holy: and the silver and the gold are an offering freely given to the Lord, the God of your fathers.

29 vigilate et custodite, donec appendatis coram principibus Sacerdotum, et Levitarum, et ducibus familiarum Israel in Ierusalem, in thesaurum domus Domini.

Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the chiefs of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of the Lord.

30 Susceperunt autem Sacerdotes et Levitae pondus argenti, et auri, et vasorum ut deferrent Ierusalem in domum Dei nostri.

So the priests and the Levites took the weight of silver and gold and the vessels, to take them to Jerusalem into the house of our God.

31 Promovimus ergo a flumine Ahava duodecimo die mensis primi ut pergeremus Ierusalem: et manus Dei nostri fuit super nos, et liberavit nos de manu inimici et insidiatoris in via.

Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.

32 Et venimus Ierusalem, et mansimus ibi tribus diebus.

And we came to Jerusalem and were there for three days.

33 Die autem quarta appensum est argentum, et aurum, et vasa in domo Dei nostri per manum Meremoth filii Uriae Sacerdotis, et cum eo Eleazar filius Phinees, cumque eis Iozabed filius Iosue, et Noadaia filius Bennoi Levitae,

And on the fourth day, the silver and the gold and the vessels were measured out by weight in the house of our God into the hands of Meremoth, the son of Uriah, 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, the Levites;

34 iuxta numerum et pondus omnium: descriptumque est omne pondus in tempore illo.

All was handed over by number and by weight: and the weight was put on record at that time.

35 Sed et qui venerant de captivitate filii transmigrationis, obtulerunt holocaustomata Deo Israel, vitulos duodecim pro omni populo Israel, arietes nonaginta sex, agnos septuaginta septem, hircos pro peccato, duodecim: omnia in holocaustum Domino.

And those who had been prisoners, who had come back from a strange land, made burned offerings to the God of Israel, twelve oxen for all Israel, ninety-six male sheep, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burned offering to the Lord.

36 Dederunt autem edicta regis satrapis, qui erant de conspectu regis et ducibus trans Flumen, et elevaverunt populum et domum Dei.

And they gave the king's orders to the king's captains and the rulers across the river, and they gave the people and the house of God the help which was needed.