एज्रा 8
1 राजा अर्तासास्तको शासनकालमा बेबिलोनबाट मसितै आएका परिवारका अगुवाहरू यिनै हुन्:
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]:
2 पीनहासका परिवारका– गेर्शोम । ईतामारका परिवारका– दानिएल । दाऊदका परिवारका– शकन्याहका छोरा हत्तूश,
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
3 परोशका परिवारका– जकरिया र तिनीसँग दर्ता भएका १५० पुरुष जसको विवरण तिनको वंशावलीमा लेखिएको छ ।
Zechariah and 150 [other] men from the clan descended from Parosh
4 पहत-मोआबका परिवारका– जरयाहका छोरा एल्यहोएनै र तिनीसँग २०० पुरुष थिए ।
Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah and 200 other men from the clan descended from Pahath-Moab
5 जत्तूका परिवारका– बेन यहासेल र तिनीसँग ३०० पुरुष थिए ।
Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel and 300 other men from the clan descended from Zattu
6 आदीनका परिवारका– जोनाथनका छोरा एबेद र तिनीसँग ५० पुरुष थिए ।
Ebed the son of Jonathan and 50 other men from the clan descended from Adin
7 एलामका परिवारका– अतल्याहका छोरा यशयाह र तिनीसँग ७० पुरुष थिए ।
Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and 70 other men from the clan descended from Elam
8 शपत्याहका परिवारका– मिखाएलका छोरा जबदियाह र तिनीसँग ८० पुरुष थिए ।
Zebadiah the son of Michael and 80 other men from the clan descended from Shephatiah
9 योआबका परिवारका– यहीएलका छोरा ओबदिया र तिनीसँग २१८ पुरुष थिए ।
Obadiah the son of Jehiel and 218 other men from the clan descended from Joab
10 बानीका परिवारका– योसिपियाका छोरा शलोमीत र तिनीसँग १६० पुरुष थिए ।
Shelomith the son of Josiphiah and 160 other men from the clan descended from Bani
11 बेबैका परिवारका– बेबैका छोरा जकरिया, र तिनीसँग २८ पुरुष थिए ।
Zechariah the son of Bebai and 28 other men from the clan descended from [another man whose name was] Bebai
12 अज्गादका परिवारका– हक्कातानका छोरा योहानान र तिनीसँग ११० पुरुष थिए ।
Johanan the son of Hakkatan and 110 other men from the clan descended from Azgad
13 अदोनीकामका परिवारका– पछि आएका एलीपेलेत, यीएल र शमायाह, र तिनीहरूसँग ६० पुरुष थिए ।
Also Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, who returned [here] later with 60 men from the clan descended from Adonikam
14 बिग्वैको परिवारका– उत्तै र जक्कूर, र तिनीहरूसँग ७० पुरुष थिए ।
And Uthai and Zaccur and 70 other men from the clan descended from Bigvai.
15 मैले यात्रुहरूलाई अहावातिर बग्ने नहरमा जम्मा गरें, र हामीले त्यहाँ तिन दिनसम्म छाउनी हाल्यौं । मैले मानिसहरू र पुजारीहरूको जाँच गरें तर त्यहाँ लेवीका सन्तानहरू कोही पनि पाइनँ ।
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 त्यसैले एलीएजर, अरीएल, शमायाह, एल्नातान, यारीब र एल्नातान र नातान, जकरिया र मशुल्लाम जो अगुवाहरू थिए, अनि योयारीब र एल्नातान जो शिक्षकहरू थिए, तिनीहरूलाई मैले बोलाएँ ।
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 त्यसपछि मैले तिनीहरूलाई कासिपियाका अगुवा इद्दोकहाँ पठाएँ । इद्दो र तिनका आफन्तहरू, कासिपियामा बसिरहेका मन्दिरका सेवकहरूकहाँ गएर हामीकहाँ परमेश्वरको मन्दिरका लागि सेवकहरू पठाइदिनुहोस् भनी तिनीहरूलाई भन्न लगाएँ ।
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 त्यसैले हाम्रा परमेश्वरको भलो गर्ने हातद्वारा तिनीहरूले बुद्धिमान् मानिस शरेबियाहलाई हामीकहाँ पठाइदिए । तिनी इस्राएलका छोरा लेवीका छोरा महलीका परिवारका थिए । तिनी अठार छोरा र दाजुभाइसँगै आए ।
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.
19 तिनीसँगै हशब्याह पनि आए । त्यहाँ मरारीका छोराहरूमध्येका एक अर्थात् यशयाह र तिनका दाजुभाइ र तिनीहरूका छोराहरू गरी जम्मा बिस जना पुरुष थिए ।
They also sent to us Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, descendants of [Levi’s son] Merari, and 20 of their relatives.
20 दाऊद र तिनका अधिकारीहरूले लेवीहरूलाई सहायता गर्न मन्दिरमा सेवा गर्ने यस्ता सेवकहरूको नियुक्त गरेका, २२० जना त्यस्ता मानिसहरूको पनि नाउँ दर्ता गरिए ।
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 त्यसपछि परमप्रभुको सामु आफैलाई विनम्र तुल्याउन, र हामी, हाम्रा बालबच्चा अनि हाम्रा सबै सम्पत्तिको लागि सोझो मार्गको खोजी गर्न मैले अहावा नहरमा उपवासको घोषणा गरें ।
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 बाटोमा शत्रुहरूबाट हाम्रो रक्षा गर्नका लागि राजासँग सेना वा घोडचढीहरू माग्न म लजाएँ किनकि हामीले राजालाई भनेका थियौं, 'हाम्रा परमेश्वरको खोजी गर्ने सबैमाथि सदाको लागि उहाँको हात रहेको हुन्छ, तर उहाँलाई त्याग्नेहरू सबैमाथि उहाँको शक्ति र क्रोध पर्छ ।'
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.
23 त्यसैले यस विषयमा हामीले उपवास बस्यौं, र परमेश्वरको खोजी गर्यौं, अनि हामीले उहाँलाई बिन्ती चढायौं ।
So we (fasted/abstained from eating food) and requested God to protect us, and he (answered our prayers/did what we requested.)
24 त्यसपछि मैले पुजारीय अधिकारीहरूबाट बाह्र जना मानिस छानें: शरेबियाह र जशब्याह अनि तिनीहरूका दस जना दाजुभाइ थिए ।
I chose twelve of the leaders of the priests, Sherebiah and Hashabiah and ten of their relatives.
25 राजा, तिनका सल्लाहकारहरू र अधिकारीहरू अनि सारा इस्राएलीले परमेश्वरको मन्दिरको लागि सित्तैंमा दिएका चाँदी, सुन, चिजहरू र भेटीहरू मैले तिनीहरूका निम्ति तौलें ।
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.
26 मैले तिनीहरूका हातमा बाइस हजार किलो चाँदी, चौतिस सय किलो चाँदीका वस्तुहरू, चौतिस सय किलोग्राम सुन,
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 आठ किलो सुनका बाटाहरू र सुनजस्तै बहुमूल्य काँसाका दुईवटा भाँडा दिएँ ।
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 तब मैले तिनीहरूलाई भनें, “तिमीहरू र यी वस्तुहरू परमप्रभुका निम्ति समर्पण गरिएका छन् । चाँदी र सुन तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूका परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको निम्ति स्वेच्छिक भेटी हुन् ।
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 यरूशलेममा परमेश्वरको मन्दिरका कोठाहरूमा भएका पुजारीका अधिकारीहरू, लेवीहरू र परिवारका अगुवाहरूको सामु यी जोखेर नदिएसम्म तिमीहरूले यिनको रेखदेख गरी सुरक्षित राख्नू ।”
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 यरूशलेममा हाम्रा परमेश्वरको मन्दिरमा लैजानलाई तौलिएका ति चाँदी, सुन र वस्तुहरू पुजारीहरू र लेवीहरूले जिम्मा लिएर राखे ।
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 पहिलो महिनाको बाह्रौं दिनमा हामी अहावा नहरबाट यरूशलेम प्रस्थान गर्यौं । हामीमाथि हाम्रा परमेश्वरको हात थियो । उहाँले हामीलाई शत्रु र बाटोमा लुकेर बसेका लुटेराहरूको हातबाट सुरक्षा दिनुभयो ।
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).
32 यसरी हामी यरूशलेम प्रवेश गर्यौं, र त्यहाँ तिन दिन बस्यौं।
After we arrived in Jerusalem, we rested for three days.
33 तब चौथो दिनमा चाँदी, सुन र वस्तुहरू तौलेर हाम्रा परमेश्वरको घरमा उरियाह पुजारीका छोरा मरेमोत र तिनको साथमा भएका पीनहासका छोरा एलाजार, यशूअका छोरा योजाबाद, लेवी बिन्नूईका छोरा नोअदिया हातमा जिम्मा लगाइयो ।
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.
34 हरेक कुराको सङ्ख्या र तौल जाँच गरियो । त्यस बेला सबै कुराको तौल लेखेर राखियो ।
They counted everything, and wrote down how much they weighed, and wrote [a description of] each item.
35 निर्वासन अर्थात् कैदबाट फर्केर आएकाहरूले इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको निम्ति होमबलिहरू चढाए । तिनीहरूले सारा इस्राएलीका निम्ति बाह्रवटा साँढे, पापबलिको रूपमा छयानब्बेवटा भेडा, सतहत्तरवटा थुमा र बाह्रवटा बोका चढाए । यी सबै परमप्रभुका निम्ति होमबलि थिए ।
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 तब तिनीहरूले यूफ्रेटिस नदीपारिको प्रान्तमा बस्ने राजाका उच्च अधिकारीहरू र गभर्नरहरूलाई राजाको आदेश दिए, अनि तिनीहरूले मानिसहरू र परमेश्वरको मन्दिरलाई मदत गरे ।
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.
