एज्रा 8

1 राजा अर्तासास्तको शासनकालमा बेबिलोनबाट मसितै आएका परिवारका अगुवाहरू यिनै हुन्:

Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

2 पीनहासका परिवारका– गेर्शोम । ईतामारका परिवारका– दानिएल । दाऊदका परिवारका– शकन्‍याहका छोरा हत्तूश,

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

3 परोशका परिवारका– जकरिया र तिनीसँग दर्ता भएका १५० पुरुष जसको विवरण तिनको वंशावलीमा लेखिएको छ ।

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

4 पहत-मोआबका परिवारका– जरयाहका छोरा एल्‍यहोएनै र तिनीसँग २०० पुरुष थिए ।

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

5 जत्तूका परिवारका– बेन यहासेल र तिनीसँग ३०० पुरुष थिए ।

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

6 आदीनका परिवारका– जोनाथनका छोरा एबेद र तिनीसँग ५० पुरुष थिए ।

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

7 एलामका परिवारका– अतल्‍याहका छोरा यशयाह र तिनीसँग ७० पुरुष थिए ।

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

8 शपत्‍याहका परिवारका– मिखाएलका छोरा जबदियाह र तिनीसँग ८० पुरुष थिए ।

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

9 योआबका परिवारका– यहीएलका छोरा ओबदिया र तिनीसँग २१८ पुरुष थिए ।

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

10 बानीका परिवारका– योसिपियाका छोरा शलोमीत र तिनीसँग १६० पुरुष थिए ।

Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him one hundred and sixty males.

11 बेबैका परिवारका– बेबैका छोरा जकरिया, र तिनीसँग २८ पुरुष थिए ।

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

12 अज्‍गादका परिवारका– हक्‍कातानका छोरा योहानान र तिनीसँग ११० पुरुष थिए ।

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

13 अदोनीकामका परिवारका– पछि आएका एलीपेलेत, यीएल र शमायाह, र तिनीहरूसँग ६० पुरुष थिए ।

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

14 बिग्‍वैको परिवारका– उत्तै र जक्‍कूर, र तिनीहरूसँग ७० पुरुष थिए ।

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

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 them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days. Then I looked around at the people and the priests, and found there were none of the sons of Levi.

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 ।

Then I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, for Elnathan, for Jarib, for Elnathan, for Nathan, for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib and for Elnathan, who were teachers.

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 out 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 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 ।

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, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;

19 तिनीसँगै हशब्याह पनि आए । त्यहाँ मरारीका छोराहरूमध्येका एक अर्थात् यशयाह र तिनका दाजुभाइ र तिनीहरूका छोराहरू गरी जम्मा बिस जना पुरुष थिए ।

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

20 दाऊद र तिनका अधिकारीहरूले लेवीहरूलाई सहायता गर्न मन्दिरमा सेवा गर्ने यस्ता सेवकहरूको नियुक्त गरेका, २२० जना त्यस्ता मानिसहरूको पनि नाउँ दर्ता गरिए ।

and of the temple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty temple servants. All of them were mentioned by name.

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 ।

Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us, for our little ones, and for all our possessions.

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 ।'

For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on 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 त्यसैले यस विषयमा हामीले उपवास बस्‍यौं, र परमेश्‍वरको खोजी गर्‍यौं, अनि हामीले उहाँलाई बिन्ती चढायौं ।

So we fasted and begged our God for this, and he granted our request.

24 त्यसपछि मैले पुजारीय अधिकारीहरूबाट बाह्र जना मानिस छानें: शरेबियाह र जशब्याह अनि तिनीहरूका दस जना दाजुभाइ थिए ।

Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,

25 राजा, तिनका सल्लाहकारहरू र अधिकारीहरू अनि सारा इस्राएलीले परमेश्‍वरको मन्दिरको लागि सित्तैंमा दिएका चाँदी, सुन, चिजहरू र भेटीहरू मैले तिनीहरूका निम्ति तौलें ।

and weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counsellors, his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered.

26 मैले तिनीहरूका हातमा बाइस हजार किलो चाँदी, चौतिस सय किलो चाँदीका वस्तुहरू, चौतिस सय किलोग्राम सुन,

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

27 आठ किलो सुनका बाटाहरू र सुनजस्तै बहुमूल्य काँसाका दुईवटा भाँडा दिएँ ।

twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as 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 them, “You are holy to the LORD, and the vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a free will offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.

29 यरूशलेममा परमेश्‍वरको मन्दिरका कोठाहरूमा भएका पुजारीका अधिकारीहरू, लेवीहरू र परिवारका अगुवाहरूको सामु यी जोखेर नदिएसम्म तिमीहरूले यिनको रेखदेख गरी सुरक्षित राख्‍नू ।”

Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ households of Israel at Jerusalem, in the rooms of the LORD’s house.”

30 यरूशलेममा हाम्रा परमेश्‍वरको मन्दिरमा लैजानलाई तौलिएका ति चाँदी, सुन र वस्तुहरू पुजारीहरू र लेवीहरूले जिम्‍मा लिएर राखे ।

So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

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 ।

Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandits by the way.

32 यसरी हामी यरूशलेम प्रवेश गर्‍यौं, र त्यहाँ तिन दिन बस्यौं।

We came to Jerusalem, and stayed there 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 ।

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 were Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites.

34 हरेक कुराको सङ्ख्या र तौल जाँच गरियो । त्यस बेला सबै कुराको तौल लेखेर राखियो ।

Everything was counted and weighed; and all the weight was written at that time.

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 ।

The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, 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 the LORD.

36 तब तिनीहरूले यूफ्रेटिस नदीपारिको प्रान्तमा बस्‍ने राजाका उच्‍च अधिकारीहरू र गभर्नरहरूलाई राजाको आदेश दिए, अनि तिनीहरूले मानिसहरू र परमेश्‍वरको मन्दिरलाई मदत गरे ।

They delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s local governors and to the governors beyond the River. So they supported the people and God’s house.