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 their ancestral houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artachshasta the 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.

the son of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males one hundred fifty.

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 Zattu, Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.

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

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.

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.

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.

Of the sons of Bani, Shelomoth the son of Josiphiah, and with him one hundred sixty males.

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

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.

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

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

Of the sons of Adonikam, who were the last; and these are their names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.

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

Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zakkur; 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.

I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we camped three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

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 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, who were teachers.

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.

I sent them forth to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo, and his brothers the temple servants, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for 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,

According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his 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 from the temple servants, whom David and the officials had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty temple servants. All of them were mentioned by name.

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 proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of 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 was ashamed to ask 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 on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him."

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

So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

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

Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, namely, Sherebiah, and 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 weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his officials, and all Israel there present, had offered:

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

I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels one hundred talents; of gold one hundred talents;

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

and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold.

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

I said to them, "You are holy to YHWH, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to YHWH, 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.

Watch, and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the leaders of the ancestral houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of YHWH."

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 received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to 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 departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandit by the way.

32 Et venimus Ierusalem, et mansimus ibi tribus diebus.

We came to Jerusalem, and stayed there 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,

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 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, the Levite;

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

the whole by number and by weight: and all the weight was written 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.

The exiles who had returned from captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering to YHWH.

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

They delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and God's house.