Ezra 8
1 Hawa ni viongozi wa watangulizi familia ambazo zilitoka babeli pamoja nami kipindi cha utawala wa mfalme Artashasta.
Now, these, are their ancestral heads, and their genealogical register, —even of those who came up with me, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king, out of Babylon: —
2 Mwana wa Finehasi, Gershoni. Mwana wa Ithamari, Daniel. Mwana wa Daudi, Hatushi ambaye ni mwana Shekania,
Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom, of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel, —of the sons of David, Hattush;
3 ambaye pia ni mwana wa Paroshi na Zekaria na pamoja na yeye kulikuwa na wanaume mia moja na hamsini walitajwa kwenye idadi ya ukoo wake.
Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, —and, with him—by genealogical registry of males, a hundred and fifty:
4 Wana wa Pahath- Moabu, Eliehoenai mwana wa Zerahia na pamoja naye wanaume mia mbili. Wana wa
Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, son of Zerahiah, —and, with him, two hundred males;
5 Shekaniah, Yahazieli na pamoja naye wanaume mia tatu. Wana wa
Of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah, the son of Jehaziel, —and, with him, three hundred males;
6 adini, Ebedi mwana wa Yonathani na pamoja naye waliorodheshwa wanaume hamsini.
And, of the sons of Adin, Ebed, son of Jonathan, —and, with him, fifty males;
7 Wana wa Elamu, Yeshaya mwana wa Athalia na pamoja naye waliorodheshwa wanaume sabini.
And, of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah, son of Athaliah, —and, with him, seventy males;
8 Wana wa Shefatia, Zebadia, mwana wa Mikaeli na pamoja naye waliorodheshwa wanaume themanini.
And, of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, son of Michael, —and, with him, eighty males;
9 Wana wa Yoabu, Obadia mwana wa Yehieli pamoja na yeye waliorodheshwa wanaume mia mbili kumi na wanane. Wana wa Binui,
Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah, son of Jehiel, and, with him, two hundred and eighteen males;
10 Sheromithi, mwana wa Yosifia na pamoja na yeye waliorodheshwa wanaume mia moja na sitini.
And, of the sons of Bani, Shelomith, son of Josiphiah, —and, with him, a hundred and sixty males;
11 Wana wa Bebai, zekaria mwana wa Bebai na pamoja na yeye waliorodheshwa wanaume ishirini na wanane.
And, of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, son of Bebai, and, with him, twenty-eight males;
12 Wana wa Azgadi, Yohana mwana wa Hakatani na pamoja na yeye waliorodheshwa wanaume mia moja na kumi.
And, of the sons of Azgad, Johanan, son of Hakkatan, —and, with him, a hundred and ten males;
13 Wale wana wa Adonikamu wakaja baadaye. Na haya ndio majina yao: Elifereti, Yeueli na Shemaya na pamoja na wao wakaja wanaume sitini.
And, of the later sons of Adonikam, these being their names, Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, —and, with them, sixty males;
14 Wana wa Bigwai, Uthai, mwana wa zabudi na pamoja na yeye waliorodheshwa wanaume sabini
And, of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, —and, with him, seventy males.
15 Nikawakusanya wasafiri bandari iliyokuwa inaelekea Ahava. Tukaweka kambi muda wa siku tatu, nikawachunguza watu na makuhani, lakini sikuwaona wana wa Levi miongoni.
And I gathered them together, unto the river that cometh into Ahava, and we encamped there three days, —and I informed myself among the people and the priests, and, of the sons of Levi, found I none there.
16 Hivyo nikatuma kwa Eliezeri, arieli, Shemaya, Elnathani, Yaribu na Elnathani na Nathani, Zekaria na Meshulamu waliokuwa viongozi na kwa Yoyaribu na Elnathani ambao walikuwa ni walimu.
So I sent 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, teachers.
17 Tena nikawatuma kwa Ido, kiongozi wa Kasifia. Nikawaaambia kile watachomweleza Ido. na jamaa zake, watumishi wa Hekalu waliishi Kasifia, kwa hiyo, kutuma kwetu watumishi kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Mungu.
And I sent them forth unto Iddo the chief, at the place Casiphia, —and I put into their mouth words, to speak unto Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, to bring unto us attendants for the house of our God.
18 Hivyo wakatutuma sisi kwa Mungu na mkono mzuri wa mtu aliyeitwa Ishekeli. Alikuwa mwana wa mali Mwana wa Levi mwana wa Israel. Akaja na wana kumi na wanane na ndugu,
So they brought unto us, according to the good hand of our God upon us, a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel, —and Sherebiah, and his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
19 pamoja naye Hashabia, pamoja na Yeshaya wa wana wa Merari na ndugu zake na wana wake jumla watu ishirini wote. Miongoni
and Hashabiah, and, with him, Jeshaiah, of the sons of Merari, —his brethren and their sons, twenty;
20 mwao walichaguliwa kutumika katika Hekalu, ambapo Daudi na wakuu waliwapa kuwahudumia walawi: mia mbili ishirini kila mmoja wao aliagizwa kwa majina.
and, of the Nethinim whom David and the rulers had given for the service of the Levites, Nethinim, two hundred and twenty, —all of them, expressed by name.
21 Tena nikatangaza kufunga mto Ahava ili kujinyenyekeza mbele za Mungu, kutafuta njia iliyoonyoka kutoka kwake kwa ajili yetu, watoto wetu na mali zetu,
Then proclaimed I there a fast, by the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, —to seek of him a smooth way, for us and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
22 Niliona aibu kumwomba mfalme kwa ajili ya jeshi au mpandafarasi kwa ajili ya kutulinda tunapokuwa njiani, tangu tumemwambia mfalme “mkono wa Mungu uko pamoja na wote wanaomtafuta kwa mazuri. lakini uweza wake na ghazabu yake ni juu ya wale wote wanaomwasi yeye.
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 unto the king, saying, The hand of our God, is upon all who seek him, for good, But, his power and his anger, are against all who forsake him.
23 Hivyo tulifunga na kumsihi Mungu kwa jambo hilo.
So we fasted and sought of our God, concerning this, —and he suffered himself to be entreated by us.
24 Tena nikachagua watu kumi na wawili kutoka kwa kuhani: Sherebia na Hashabia na ndugu zao wengine kumi.
Then I separated, from among the rulers of the priests, twelve, —even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and, with them, from among their brethren, ten;
25 Nikapima kwa ajili yao fedha, dhahabu na vyombo na sadaka kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Mungu kwa wafalme, washauri, na wakuu na Israel wote walitoa kwa hiari.
and weighed unto them, the silver and the gold, and the utensils, —the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counselors and his rulers and all Israel who were present, had offered:
26 Hivyo nikawapimia kwenye mikono yao talanta za fedha mia sita na hamsini, talanta mia moja ya vyombo vya fedha, talanta mia moja za dhahabu.
I even weighed unto their hand, of silver, six hundred and fifty talents, and, of utensils of silver, a hundred talents, —of gold, a hundred talents;
27 vifaa ishirini vya dhahabu kwa pamoja vilikuwa na thamani ya elfu moja darkoni na vitu viwili vya sanamu vivyonakshiwa kama dhahabu ya kupendeza.
and, bowls of gold, twenty, of a thousand drams, —and, utensils of fine bright bronze, two, precious as gold.
28 Kisha nikawaambia, mmewekwa wakfu kwa Bwana, na hivi vyombo pia na fedha na dhahabu, vimetolewa kwa hiari kwa Yahwe, Mungu wa watangulizi wenu.
Then said I unto them, Ye, are hallowed unto Yahweh, and, the utensils, are hallowed, —and, the silver and the gold, are a freewill offering, unto Yahweh, God of your fathers:
29 mviangalie na kuvitunza hadi mtakapovipima mbele ya makuhani, walawi, na viongozi wa wataangulizi wa jamii ya Israel katika Yerusalem katika nyumba ya Mungu.
Watch and guard, until ye weigh [them] before the rulers of the priests and the Levites and the ancestral rulers of Israel, in Jerusalem, —in the chambers of the house of Yahweh.
30 Makuhani na walawi walikubali vipimo vya fedha na dhahabu na vyombo kwa ajili ya kuvichukua na kuvipeleka Yerusalem, kwenye nyumba ya Mungu wetu.
So the priests and the Levites accepted the weight of the silver and the gold, and the utensils, —to bring to Jerusalem, unto the house of our God.
31 Tukatoka kwenda mto Ahava siku ya kumi na mbili katika mwezi wa kwanza kwenda Yerusalem, Mkono wa Mungu ulikuwa pamoja nasi, ulitulinda na mikono ya adui na wale waliotaka kutufanyia fujo njiani.
Then brake we up from the river of Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to journey unto Jerusalem, —and, the hand of our God, was upon us, and he delivered us from the grasp of the enemy and of the lier in wait, by the way.
32 Hivyo tukaingia Yerusalem na kukaa humo kwa siku tatu.
So we came to Jerusalem, —and we rested there, three days.
33 Tena siku ya nne fedha na dhahabu na vyombo vilipimwa ndani ya nyumba ya Mungu wetu kwa mikono ya Meremothi mwana wa Uria kuhani, na pamoja nao alikuwepo Eleazari mwana wa Finehasi, Yozabadi mwana wa Yeshua, na Noadia mwana wa Binui, Walawi.
And, on the fourth day, was weighed—the silver and the gold and the utensils, in the house of our God, unto the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, and, with him, was Eleazar son of Phinehas, —and, with them, were Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, Levites:
34 Idadi na uzito wa kila kitu uliweza kujulikana. Uzito wote uliweza kuandikwa katika kipindi hicho
by the number and by the weight of the whole, —and all the weight, was written down, at that time.
35 Na wale waliokuja kutoka matekani, watu wa uhamisho, wakatoa sadaka ya kutekezwa kwa Mungu wa Israel, kondoo tisini na sita, wana-kondoo sabini na saba na mbuzi wa kiume kumi na wawili kama sadaka ya dhambi. Zote zilikuwa sadaka za kutekezwa kwa ajili ya Yahwe.
They who came in out of the captivity, Sons of the Exile, offered as ascending-sacrifices unto the God of Israel—bullocks twelve for all Israel, rams ninety-six, young sheep seventy-seven, he-goats for bearing sin, twelve, —the whole, as an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh.
36 Tena wakawapa amri za mfalme kwa wakuu wa wafalme na wakuu katika mji ngambo ya mto, na wakawasaidia watu na nyumba ya Mungu.
Then delivered they the decrees of the king, unto the satraps of the king, and the pashas Beyond the River, —and they upheld the people and the house of God.
