एज्रा 10
1 १ एज्रा प्रार्थना करत असतांना आणि पापांची कबुली देत असतांना देवाच्या मंदिरापुढे पडून रडत व आक्रोश करत होता त्यावेळी इस्राएली बायका-पुरुष, मुले यांचा मोठा समुदाय त्याच्या भोवती जमला होता ते लोक मोठ्याने रडत होते
While I was kneeling down in front of the temple and praying and crying, I was confessing [the sins that the Israeli people had committed]. Many people, men and women and children, gathered around me and also cried very much.
2 २ त्यावेळी एलाम वंशातल्या यहीएलाचा मुलगा शखन्या एज्राला म्हणाला, “आपण देवाविरूद्ध अपराध केला आहे आणि दुसऱ्या देशातील परक्या स्त्रियांसोबत राहत आहो. तरी आता याविषयी इस्राएलाला अजून आशा आहे.
Then Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel from the clan of Elam, said this to me: “We have disobeyed God. [Some of] us have married women who are not Israelis. But we can still confidently expect [Yahweh to be merciful to] us Israeli people.
3 ३ तर आता, प्रभूच्या मसलतीप्रमाणे आणि आमच्या देवाच्या आज्ञेवरून थरथर कापतात त्यांच्या मताप्रमाणे सर्व त्या स्त्रिया आणि त्यांची संतती यांना देशाबाहेर घालवून देण्याची आपल्या देवाशी करार करावा. हे नियमशास्त्राप्रमाणे करावे.
We will do what you, and the others who have an awesome respect for what our God has commanded, tell us to do. We will do what God told us in his laws. We will make an agreement with our God, saying that we will divorce our wives who are not Israelis, and we will send them away with their children.
(It is your responsibility to/Because you are our leader, you must) [tell us what to do]. So get up, and be courageous, and do [what is necessary]. We will (support you/tell people to do what you say).”
5 ५ तेव्हा एज्रा उठला, प्रमुख यजाक, लेवी आणि सर्व इस्राएली लोक यांच्याकडून त्यांनी त्या वचनाप्रमाणे वागावे अशी शपथ घेतली. त्यांनी वचन दिले.
So I stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests, the [other] descendants of Levi, and all [the other] Israeli people solemnly declare that they would do what Shecaniah said that they should do. So they all solemnly promised to do that.
6 ६ मग एज्रा देवाच्या मंदिराच्या समोरच्या भागातून उठून एल्याशीबाचा मुलगा यहोहानान याच्या खोलीत गेला. यहोहानाने एज्रा समोर अन्नपाण्याला स्पर्शही केला नाही. कारण तो बंदीवासातून आलेल्या अविश्वासणाऱ्यासाठी शोक करीत होता.
Then I went away from the front of the temple and went to the room where Jehohanan lived. I stayed there that night, but I did not eat or drink anything. I was still sad because some of the Israelis who had returned [from Babylonia] had not faithfully obeyed [God’s laws].
7 ७ मग त्याने यहूदा आणि यरूशलेमेच्या प्रत्येक ठिकाणी बोलावणे पाठवले. बंदिवासातून आलेल्या समस्त यहूदी लोकांस त्याने यरूशलेमेमध्ये जमायला सांगितले.
Then we sent a message to all [the people in] Jerusalem and [in other towns in] Judah, saying that all those who had returned [from Babylonia] should come to Jerusalem immediately.
8 ८ आणि जो कोणी अधिकाऱ्यांच्या आणि वडीलांच्या मसलतीप्रमाणे तीन दिवसाच्या आत यरूशलेमेला येणार नाही त्याची सर्व मालमत्ता जप्त होईल आणि पकडून नेलेल्या अशा मोठ्या मंडळीतून त्या लोकांस हद्दपार करावे.
We said that if any of them did not arrive within three days, the leaders of the people would order that all the property of those people would be taken from them, and that they would no longer be considered to belong to the Israeli people; [they would be considered to be foreigners].
9 ९ त्यानुसार यहूदा आणि बन्यामीन यांच्या घराण्यातील सर्व पुरुषमंडळी तीन दिवसाच्या आत यरूशलेमात जमली. तो नवव्या महिन्याचा विसावा दिवस होता. हे सर्व लोक देवाच्या घराच्या चौकातील प्रचंड पाऊसामुळे आणि देवाच्या वचनामुळे थरथर कापत उभे होते.
So within three days, on December 19, all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. They were there, sitting in the courtyard in front of the temple. They were trembling because it was raining hard and because they were worried [that they would be punished for what they had done].
10 १० एज्रा याजक त्यांच्यासमोर उभा राहून म्हणाला, “तुम्ही देवाचे वचन पाळले नाही. परक्या स्त्रियांशी तुम्ही विवाह केलेत. या कृत्यामुळे इस्राएलाच्या अपराधात तुम्ही भर टाकली आहे.
Then I stood up and said to them, “[Some of] you men have committed a very bad sin. You have married women who are not Israelis. By doing that, you have made us Israeli people more guilty [than we were before].
11 ११ तर आता तुम्ही परमेश्वर आपल्या पूर्वजांचा देव याच्याजवळ पाप कबूल करून त्यास इच्छेप्रमाणे ते करा. देशातल्या लोकांपासून आणि परक्या स्त्रिया यांच्यापासून वेगळे व्हा.”
So now you must confess to Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [worshiped/belonged to], the sin which you have committed, and you must do what he wants. Separate yourselves from the people of other nations and from the women from those nations whom you have married.”
The whole group answered, shouting loudly, “Yes, what you have said is right! We will do what you have said.”
13 १३ पण आम्ही पुष्कळजण आहोत शिवाय हा पावसाळा आहे त्यामुळे आम्हास बाहेर थांबण्याची शक्ती नाही. हे काम एकदोन दिवसाचे नाही. कारण या प्रकरणात आम्ही मोठ्या प्रमाणात मर्यादेचे उल्लंघन केले आहे.
But then [one of] them said, “But we are a very large group, and it is raining hard. Also, there are many of us who have committed this bad sin. This is something that we cannot (take care of/handle) in one or two days, and we cannot stand here in this rain.
14 १४ या समुदायाच्यावतीने आमच्यातूनच काहींना अधिकारी नेमावे. प्रत्येक नगरात ज्यांनी परक्या बायकांशी लग्ने केली आहेत त्यांनी यरूशलेमेला नेमलेल्या वेळी यावे त्या नगरातील न्यायाधीश आणि वडील मंडळी यांनीही त्यांच्याबरोबर यावे. असे झाले की मग देवाचा आमच्यावरचा क्रोध जाईल.”
So allow our leaders to decide for all of us what we should do. Tell everyone who has married a woman who is not Israeli to come at a time that you decide. They should come with the elders and judges from each city. If we do that, our God will stop being angry with us [because of what we have done].”
15 १५ असाएलाचा मुलगा योनाथान आणि तिकवाचा मुलगा यहज्या या गोष्टी विरूद्ध उभे राहिले आणि तसेच मशुल्लाम व शब्बथई लेव्यांनी त्यांना पाठिंबा दिला.
Jonathan the son of Asahel, Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah, Meshullam, and Shabbethai, a descendant of Levi, were the only ones who objected to this.
16 १६ बंदीवासातून आलेल्या लोकांनी हे केले. एज्राने प्रत्येक घराण्यातून एकेका प्रमुख व्यक्तीची नेमणूक केली. त्या प्रत्येकाच्या नावाने निवडले गेली. हे नियुक्त केलेले सर्वजण दहाव्या महिन्याच्या पहिल्या दिवशी प्रत्येक प्रकरणाचा बारकाईने विचार करायला बसले
All the others who had returned from Babylonia said that they would do it. So I chose leaders of each of the clans, and I wrote down their names. On December 29, these men came and sat down to investigate the matter.
By March 27 of the next year they finished determining which men had married women who were not Israelis.
18 १८ याजकांच्या ज्या वंशजांनी परकीय स्त्रियांशी विवाह केले त्यांची नावे पुढीलप्रमाणे, योसादाकाचा मुलगा येशूवा याच्या वंशातील आणि त्याच्या भाऊबंदांच्या वंशातील मासेया, अलियेजर, यारीब, गदल्या.
This is a list of the names of the priests who had married non-Israeli women, and the clans to which they belonged. From the clan of Jeshua and his brothers, who were sons of Jehozadak, there were Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
They solemnly promised to divorce their wives, and they each sacrificed a ram to be an offering [to atone] for their sins.
From the clan of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah.
From the clan of Harim there were Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
From the clan of Pashhur there were Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
The [other] descendants of Levi [who had married non-Israeli women] were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (whose other name was Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
There was Eliashib the musician. From the temple guards there were Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
This is a list of the names of the other Israelis who had married foreign wives: From the clan of Parosh there were Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah, and Benaiah.
From the clan of Elam there were Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
From the clan of Zattu there were Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
From the clan of Bebai there were Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
From the clan of Bani there were Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.
From the clan of Pahath-Moab there were Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
From the clan of Harim there were Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
From the clan of Hashum there were Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
From the clan of Bigvai there were Maadai, Amram, Uel,
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi,
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.
From the clan of Binnui there were Shimei,
Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
Macnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
From the clan of Nebo there were Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
44 ४४ वरील सर्वांनी परराष्ट्रीय बायकांशी लग्ने केली होती. त्यापैकी काहींना आपल्या बायकांकडून संतती झाली होती.
Each of those men had married a woman who was not an Israeli. [But immediately] they divorced those women and sent them and their children away.
