Ezra 8

وَهؤُلاَءِ هُمْ رُؤُوسُ آبَائِهِمْ وَنِسْبَةُ الَّذِينَ صَعِدُوا مَعِي فِي مُلْكِ أَرْتَحْشَسْتَا الْمَلِكِ مِنْ بَابَِلَ:

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.

مِنْ بَنِي فِينَحَاسَ: جِرْشُومُ. مِنْ بَنِي إِيثَامَارَ: دَانِيَالُ. مِنْ بَنِي دَاوُدَ: حَطُّوشُ.

Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.

مِنْ بَنِي شَكَنْيَا مِنْ بَنِي فَرْعُوشَ: زَكَرِيَّا، وَانْتَسَبَ مَعَهُ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ مِئَةٌ وَخَمْسُونَ.

Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

مِنْ بَنِي فَحَثَ مُوآبَ: أَلِيهُوعِينَايُ بْنُ زَرَحْيَا، وَمَعَهُ مِئَتَانِ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

Of the sons of Pahath–moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

مِنْ بَنِي شَكَنْيَا: ابْنُ يَحْزِيئِيلَ، وَمَعَهُ ثَلاَثُ مِئَةٍ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

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

مِنْ بَنِي عَادِينَ: عَابِدُ بْنُ يُونَاثَانَ، وَمَعَهُ خَمْسُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

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

مِنْ بَنِي عِيلاَمَ: يَشْعِيَا بْنُ عَثَلِيَا، وَمَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

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

وَمِنْ بَنِي شَفَطْيَا: زَبَدْيَا بْنُ مِيخَائِيلَ، وَمَعَهُ ثَمَانُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.

مِنْ بَنِي يُوآبَ: عُوبَدْيَا بْنُ يَحِيئِيلَ، وَمَعَهُ مِئَتَانِ وَثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

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

وَمِنْ بَنِي شَلُومِيثَ: ابْنُ يُوشَفْيَا، وَمَعَهُ مِئَةٌ وَسِتُّونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.

وَمِنْ بَنِي بَابَايَ: زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ بَابَايَ، وَمَعَهُ ثَمَانِيَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

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

وَمِنْ بَنِي عَزْجَدَ: يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ هِقَّاطَانَ، وَمَعَهُ مِئَةٌ وَعَشَْرَةٌ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

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

وَمِنْ بَنِي أَدُونِيقَامَ الآخَرِينَ وَهذِهِ أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ: أَلِيفَلَطُ وَيَعِيئِيلُ وَشَمْعِيَا، وَمَعَهُمْ سِتُّونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

وَمِنْ بَنِي بَغْوَايَ: عُوتَايُ وَزَبُّودُ، وَمَعَهُمَا سَبْعُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

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

فَجَمَعْتُهُمْ إِلَى النَّهْرِ الْجَارِي إِلَى أَهْوَا وَنَزَلْنَا هُنَاكَ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَتَأَمَّلْتُ الشَّعْبَ وَالْكَهَنَةَ، وَلكِنَّنِي لَمْ أَجِدْ أَحَدًا مِنَ اللاَّوِيِّينَ هُنَاكَ.

And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

فَأَرْسَلْتُ إِلَى: أَلِيعَزَرَ وَأَرِيئِيلَ وَشَمْعِيَا وَأَلْنَاثَانَ وَيَارِيبَ وَأَلْنَاثَانَ وَنَاثَانَ وَزَكَرِيَّا وَمَشُلاَّمَ الرُّؤُوسِ، وَإِلَى يُويَارِيبَ وَأَلْنَاثَانَ الْفَهِيمَيْنِ،

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.

وَأَرْسَلْتُهُمْ إِلَى إِدُّو الرَّأْسِ فِي الْمَكَانِ الْمُسَمَّى كَسِفْيَا، وَجَعَلْتُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ كَلاَمًا يُكَلِّمُونَ بِهِ إِدُّوَ وَإِخْوَتَهُ النَّثِينِيمَ فِي الْمَكَانِ كَسِفْيَا لِيَأْتُوا إِلَيْنَا بِخُدَّامٍ لِبَيْتِ إِلهِنَا.

And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

فَأَتَوْا إِلَيْنَا حَسَبَ يَدِ اللهِ الصَّالِحَةِ عَلَيْنَا بِرَجُل فَطِنٍ مِنْ بَنِي مَحْلِي بْنِ لاَوِي بْنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَشَرَبْيَا وَبَنِيهِ وَإِخْوَتِهِ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ،

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;

وَحَشَبْيَا وَمَعَْهُ يَشَعْيَا مِنْ بَنِي مَرَارِي وَإِخْوَتُهُ وَبَنُوهُمْ عِشْرُونَ.

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

وَمِنَ النَّثِينِيمِ الَّذِينَ جَعَلَهُمْ دَاوُدُ مَعَ الرُّؤَسَاءِ لِخِدْمَةِ اللاَّوِيِّينَ مِنَ النَّثِينِيمِ مِئَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ. الْجَمِيعُ تَعَيَّنُوا بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ.

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.

وَنَادَيْتُ هُنَاكَ بِصَوْمٍ عَلَى نَهْرِ أَهْوَا لِكَيْ نَتَذَلَّلَ أَمَامَ إِلهِنَا لِنَطْلُبَ مِنْهُ طَرِيقًا مُسْتَقِيمَةً لَنَا وَلأَطْفَالِنَا وَلِكُلِّ مَالِنَا.

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of 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.

لأَنِّي خَجِلْتُ مِنْ أَنْ أَطْلُبَ مِنَ الْمَلِكِ جَيْشًا وَفُرْسَانًا لِيُنْجِدُونَا عَلَى الْعَدُوِّ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، لأَنَّنَا كَلَّمْنَا الْمَلِكَ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ يَدَ إِلهِنَا عَلَى كُلِّ طَالِبِيهِ لِلْخَيْرِ، وَصَوْلَتَهُ وَغَضَبَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ يَتْرُكُهُ».

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 unto 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.

فَصُمْنَا وَطَلَبْنَا ذلِكَ مِنْ إِلهِنَا فَاسْتَجَابَ لَنَا.

So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

وَأَفْرَزْتُ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ: شَرَبْيَا وَحَشَبْيَا، وَمَعَْهُمَا مِنْ إِخْوَتِهِمَا عَشَرَةٌ.

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

وَوَزَنْتُ لَهُمُ الْفِضَّةَ وَالذَّهَبَ وَالآنِيَةَ، تَقْدِمَةَ بَيْتِ إِلهِنَا الَّتِي قَدَّمَهَا الْمَلِكُ وَمُشِيرُوهُ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُ وَجَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمَوْجُودِينَ،

And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:

وَزَنْتُ لِيَدِهِمْ سِتَّ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَزْنَةً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، وَمِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ مِنْ آنِيَةِ الْفِضَّةِ، وَمِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ،

I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;

وَعِشْرِينَ قَدَحًا مِنَ الذَّهَبِ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ، وَآنِيَةً مِنْ نُحَاسٍ صَقِيل جَيِّدٍ ثَمِينٍ كَالذَّهَبِ.

Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ مُقَدَّسُونَ لِلرَّبِّ، وَالآنِيَةُ مُقَدَّسَةٌ، وَالْفِضَّةُ وَالذَّهَبُ تَبَرُّعٌ لِلرَّبِّ إِلهِ آبَائِكُمْ.

And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.

فَاسْهَرُوا وَاحْفَظُوهَا حَتَّى تَزِنُوهَا أَمَامَ رُؤَسَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللاَّوِيِّينَ وَرُؤَسَاءِ آبَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فِي مَخَادِعِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ».

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.

فَأَخَذَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللاَّوِيُّونَ وَزْنَ الْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَالآنِيَةِ لِيَأْتُوا بِهَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِلَى بَيْتِ إِلهِنَا.

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

ثُمَّ رَحَلْنَا مِنْ نَهْرِ أَهْوَا فِي الثَّانِي عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ لِنَذْهَبَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَكَانَتْ يَدُ إِلهِنَا عَلَيْنَا، فَأَنْقَذَنَا مِنْ يَدِ الْعَدُوِّ وَالْكَامِنِ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ.

Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto 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.

فَأَتَيْنَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَقَمْنَا هُنَاكَ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابعِ وُزِنَتِ الْفِضَّةُ وَالذَّهَبُ وَالآنِيَةُ فِي بَيْتِ إِلهِنَا عَلَى يَدِ مَرِيمُوثَ بْنِ أُورِيَّا الْكَاهِنِ، وَمَعَهُ أَلِعَازَارُ بْنُ فِينَحَاسَ، وَمَعَهُمَا يُوزَابَادُ بْنُ يَشُوعَ وَنُوعَدْيَا بْنُ بَنُّويَ اللاَّوِيَّانِ.

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;

بِالْعَدَدِ وَالْوَزْنِ لِلْكُلِّ، وَكُتِبَ كُلُّ الْوَزْنِ فِي ذلِكَ الْوَقْتِ.

By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.

وَبَنُو السَّبْيِ الْقَادِمُونَ مِنَ السَّبْيِ قَرَّبُوا مُحْرَقَاتٍ لإِلهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ ثَوْرًا عَنْ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَسِتَّةً وَتِسْعِينَ كَبْشًا وَسَبْعَةً وَسَبْعِينَ خَرُوفًا وَاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ تَيْسًا، ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيَّةٍ الْجَمِيعُ مُحْرَقَةٌ لِلرَّبِّ.

Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto 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 unto the LORD.

وَأَعْطَوْا أَوَامِرَ الْمَلِكِ لِمَرَازِبَةِ الْمَلِكِ وَوُلاَةِ عَبْرِ النَّهْرِ، فَأَعَانُوا الشَّعْبَ وَبَيْتَ اللهِ.

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