Ezra 8

1 Hawa ni viongozi wa watangulizi familia ambazo zilitoka babeli pamoja nami kipindi cha utawala wa mfalme Artashasta.

These [are] now the chief of their fathers, and [this is] the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

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 Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the 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; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

5 Shekaniah, Yahazieli na pamoja naye wanaume mia tatu. Wana wa

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

6 adini, Ebedi mwana wa Yonathani na pamoja naye waliorodheshwa wanaume hamsini.

Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the 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 the 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 the 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 the 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 Shelomith; the 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 the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and 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 the 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 last sons of Adonikam, whose names [are] these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.

14 Wana wa Bigwai, Uthai, mwana wa zabudi na pamoja na yeye waliorodheshwa wanaume sabini

Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them 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 assembled them at the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we abode in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

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.

Then sent I 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, men of understanding.

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 with commandment to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo, [and] to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers 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,

And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with 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.

Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were 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 I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right 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 require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God [is] upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath [is] against all them that forsake him.

23 Hivyo tulifunga na kumsihi Mungu kwa jambo hilo.

So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated by us.

24 Tena nikachagua watu kumi na wawili kutoka kwa kuhani: Sherebia na Hashabia na ndugu zao wengine kumi.

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

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 to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, [even] the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his lords, and all Israel [there] 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 to their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred talents, [and] 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.

Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, 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.

And I said to them, Ye [are] holy to the LORD; the vessels [are] holy also; and the silver and the gold [are] a free-will-offering to the LORD 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 ye, and keep [them], until ye weigh [them], before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

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 took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring [them] to Jerusalem to 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 we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

32 Hivyo tukaingia Yerusalem na kukaa humo kwa siku tatu.

And we came to Jerusalem, and abode 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.

Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him [was] Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them [was] Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

34 Idadi na uzito wa kila kitu uliweza kujulikana. Uzito wote uliweza kuandikwa katika kipindi hicho

By number [and] by weight of every one: and all the weight was written 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.

[Also] the children of those that had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, offered burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he-goats [for] a sin-offering: all [this was] a burnt-offering to the LORD.

36 Tena wakawapa amri za mfalme kwa wakuu wa wafalme na wakuu katika mji ngambo ya mto, na wakawasaidia watu na nyumba ya Mungu.

And they delivered the king's commissions to the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side of the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.