एज्रा 8
1 १ आणि बाबेलहून माझ्याबरोबर अर्तहशश्त राजाच्या कारकीर्दीत पूर्वजांच्या घराण्याचे प्रमुख त्यांची नावे ही आहेत.
This is a list of the names of the leaders of the clans who came with me up [to Jerusalem] from Babylonia when Artaxerxes was the king [of Persia]:
Gershom, from the clan descended from [Aaron’s grandson] Phinehas Daniel, from the clan descended from [Aaron’s son] Ithamar Hattush, the son of Shecaniah, from the clan descended from King David
Zechariah and 150 [other] men from the clan descended from Parosh
Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah and 200 other men from the clan descended from Pahath-Moab
Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel and 300 other men from the clan descended from Zattu
Ebed the son of Jonathan and 50 other men from the clan descended from Adin
Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and 70 other men from the clan descended from Elam
Zebadiah the son of Michael and 80 other men from the clan descended from Shephatiah
Obadiah the son of Jehiel and 218 other men from the clan descended from Joab
Shelomith the son of Josiphiah and 160 other men from the clan descended from Bani
Zechariah the son of Bebai and 28 other men from the clan descended from [another man whose name was] Bebai
Johanan the son of Hakkatan and 110 other men from the clan descended from Azgad
Also Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, who returned [here] later with 60 men from the clan descended from Adonikam
And Uthai and Zaccur and 70 other men from the clan descended from Bigvai.
15 १५ मी त्यांना अहवाकडे वाहणाऱ्या कालव्याजवळ जमवले. त्याठिकाणी आमचा तीन दिवस मुक्काम होता. तेथे मी लोकांची व याजकांची तपासणी केली पण तेथे लेवीचे कोणीही वंशज सापडले नाहीत.
I gathered all of them together at the canal that goes [from Babylon] to Ahava [town]. We set up our tents there and stayed there for three days. [During that time] I checked the lists of names and found out that there were priests [going with us], but no [other] descendants of Levi [who could help them in the temple].
16 १६ तेव्हा, अलियेजर, अरीएल, शमाया, एलनाथान, यारीब, एलनाथान, नाथान, जखऱ्या, आणि मशुल्लाम या प्रमुखांना आणि योयारीब व एलनाथान या शिक्षकांना मी निरोप पाठवून बोलवून आणले.
So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, two men whose names were Elnathan, and Jarib, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were all leaders [of the people]. I also summoned Joiarib and another Elnathan, who were wise.
17 १७ कासिफ्याचा मुख्य इद्दो याच्याकडे मी त्यांना पाठवले. त्यास आणि त्याच्या नातलगांना काय सांगायचे हे मी त्यांना सांगितले. जे मंदिरात सेवाचाकरी करणारे कासिफ्यात राहत होते त्यांनी देवाच्या घरात सेवाचाकरी करण्यासाठी आमच्याकडे माणसे पाठवावीत.
I sent them all to Iddo, the leader of the descendants of Levi, who was living in Casiphia [town], to request that he and his relatives and other men who had worked in the temple send to us some men who would [go/come with us to] work in God’s new temple [in Jerusalem].
18 १८ देवाचा आमच्यावर चांगला हाथ असल्यामुळे इद्दोच्या नातलगांनी आमच्याकडे इस्राएलाचा मुलगा लेवी याचा मुलगा महली याच्या वंशातला एक शहाणा मनुष्य आणला, आणि शेरेब्याचे पुत्र आणि त्याचे भाऊ असे एकंदर अठराजण आले.
Because God was kind to us, they brought to us a man named Sherebiah and 18 of his sons and other relatives. Sherebiah was a very wise man, a descendant of Mahli, [who was a grandson] of Levi.
They also sent to us Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, descendants of [Levi’s son] Merari, and 20 of their relatives.
20 २० शिवाय त्यांनी मंदिरातल्या सेवा चाकरीसाठी दोनशे वीस जणांना पाठवले. या लोकांच्या पूर्वजांना दावीदाने आणि प्रमुख अधिकाऱ्यांनी लेवीचे मदतनीस म्हणून निवडले होते. त्या सर्वांची नावे यादीत लिहिलेली होती.
They also sent 220 other men to work in the temple. Those men’s ancestors had been appointed by King David to assist the descendants of Levi [who helped the priests in the temple]. I listed/wrote the names of all those men.
21 २१ तिथे अहवा कालव्याजवळ मी सर्वांनी उपवास करावा अशी घोषणा केली. देवापुढे नम्र व्हावे आणि आमची मुलेबाळे, साधनसंपत्ती यांच्यासह आमचा पुढचा प्रवास सुखरुप व्हावा.
There alongside the Ahava Canal, I told them that we all would (fast/abstain from eating food) and pray. I also told them that we should humble ourselves in the presence of our God. We prayed that God would protect us while we traveled, and also protect our children and our possessions/belongings.
22 २२ प्रवासातल्या सुरक्षिततेसाठी राजाकडे सैनिक आणि घोडेस्वार मागायचा मला संकोच वाटला. कारण आम्ही राजा अर्तहशश्तला म्हणालो होतो, “जो देवावर विश्वास ठेवतो त्याची देव पाठराखण करतो. पण देवाकडे पाठ फिरवली तर देवाचा कोप होतो.”
Previously we had told the king that our God takes care of all those who truly trust in him, but that he becomes very angry with those who refuse to obey him. So I would have been ashamed if I had asked the king to send soldiers and men riding on horses to protect us from our enemies while we were traveling along the road.
So we (fasted/abstained from eating food) and requested God to protect us, and he (answered our prayers/did what we requested.)
24 २४ तेव्हा मी याजकांमध्ये जे प्रमुख होते अशा बारा जणांची निवड केली. मी शेरेब्या, हशब्या आणि त्यांचे आणखी दहा भाऊ यांची निवड केली.
I chose twelve of the leaders of the priests, Sherebiah and Hashabiah and ten of their relatives.
25 २५ मंदिरासाठी देण्यात आलेले सोने, चांदी आणि इतर वस्तू देवाच्या घरासाठी जे अर्पण राजा अर्तहशश्त, त्याचे मंत्री, प्रमुख अधिकारी, आणि इस्राएल लोकांनी स्वखुशीने अर्पिले होते ते तोलून दिले.
I appointed them to supervise carrying to Jerusalem the gifts of silver and gold and the other valuable items that the king and his advisors and other officials, and the Israeli people [who were living in Babylonia], had contributed for the temple of our God.
As I gave these various items to those priests, I weighed each of the items. This was the total: 25 tons of silver, 100 items made from silver that altogether weighed 7,500 pounds, (7,500 pounds/3,400 kg.) of gold,
27 २७ शिवाय एक हजार दारिकांचे सोन्याच्या वीस वाट्या व चांगली चकचकीत पितळेची सोन्याएवढी मोलवान दोन पात्रे ही तोलून दिली.
20 gold bowls that altogether weighed (19 pounds/8.6 kg.), and two items made of polished bronze that were as valuable as ones made of gold.
28 २८ मग मी त्यांना म्हणालो, “तुम्ही तसेच या वस्तू देखील परमेश्वर देवाच्या दृष्टीने पवित्र आहेत. लोकांनी हे सोने व चांदी आपल्या पूर्वजांचा देव परमेश्वर याच्यासाठी स्वखुशीचे अर्पण आहे.
I said to those priests, “You belong to Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors (worshiped/also belonged to), and these valuable things also belong to him. The people themselves gave these things to be offerings to Yahweh (voluntarily/because they wanted to).
29 २९ या गोष्टी यरूशलेममधील परमेश्वराच्या मंदिराच्या प्रमुखांच्या हवाली करेपर्यंत त्यांची जबाबदारी तुमच्यावरच आहे. तुम्ही या वस्तू मुख्य लेवी आणि इस्राएलाच्या वडिलांच्या घराण्यांच्या हाती सोपवा. त्यांचे वजन करून त्या गोष्टी यरूशलेमेमधील मंदिराच्या खोल्यांमध्ये ठेवतील.”
So guard them carefully, and [when we arrive] in Jerusalem, weigh them in the presence of the priests, the descendants of Levi [who will help the priests], and the other Israeli leaders there. They will then put them in the storerooms in the new temple.”
30 ३० यावर, एज्राने वजन करून दिलेल्या खास भेटवस्तू आणि सोने व चांदी याजकांनी व लेवींनी ताब्यात घेतल्या. यरूशलेमेमधील देवाच्या घरात त्यांना घेऊन जाण्यास सांगण्यात आले.
So the priests and [other] descendants of Levi took from me all the gifts of silver and gold and the other valuable items, in order to carry them to the temple in Jerusalem.
31 ३१ पहिल्या महिन्याच्या बाराव्या दिवशी आम्ही अहवा कालव्यापासून यरूशलेमेला जायला निघालो. देवाची आमच्यावर कृपा असल्यामुळे त्याने वैरी आणि वाटमारे यांच्यापासून आमचे संरक्षण केले.
On April 19, we left the Ahava Canal and started to travel to Jerusalem. Our God took care of us, and while we traveled, he prevented our enemies and bandits from (ambushing us/suddenly attacking us).
After we arrived in Jerusalem, we rested for three days.
33 ३३ चौथ्या दिवशी देवाच्या मंदिरात ते सोने, चांदी व इतर वस्तू वजन करून उरीया याजकाचा मुलगा मरेमोथ यांच्याकडे देण्यात आल्या. तेव्हा फिनहासचा मुलगा एलाजार तसेच येशूवाचा मुलगा योजाबाद आणि बिन्नुईचा मुलगा नोअद्या हे लेवी, एवढे जण मरेमोथ बरोबर होते.
Then on the fourth/next day we went to the temple. There the silver and gold and the other items were weighed and given to the priest Meremoth, the son of Uriah. Eleazar the son of Phinehas and two descendants of Levi, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui, were with him.
They counted everything, and wrote down how much they weighed, and wrote [a description of] each item.
35 ३५ त्यानंतर बंदिवासातून परत आलेल्या यहूद्यांनी इस्राएलाच्या देवाला होमार्पणे वाहिली. सर्व इस्राएलाकरीता बारा बैल, शहाण्णव मेंढे, सत्याहत्तर नर कोकरे, पापार्पणासाठी बारा बोकड एवढे सगळे त्यांनी परमेश्वरास होमार्पण केले.
We who had returned from Babylonia offered to God sacrifices on the altar. We offered twelve bulls for all us Israeli people. We also offered 96 rams and 27 lambs. We also sacrificed twelve goats [to atone] for the sins that all the people had committed. These were all completely burned on the altar.
36 ३६ मग या लोकांनी राजाने दिलेला आदेश राजाच्या अधिकाऱ्यांना तसेच नदीच्या अलीकडे भागावरच्या अधिकाऱ्यांना दिले. तेव्हा या सर्व अधिकाऱ्यांनी इस्राएल लोकांस आणि देवाच्या घराला सहाय्य केले.
Some of us who returned [from Babylonia] took to the governors and other officials of the province west of the [Euphrates] River the letter that the king had given to us. [After they read the letter, ] they did all [that they were able to do] for us Israeli people and for the temple of God.
