Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
Medens Ezra nu under Bøn og Syndsbekendelse grædende kastede sig ned foran Guds Hus, samlede en stor Skare Israeliter sig om ham, både Mænd, Kvinder og Børn, thi Folket græd heftigt.
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
Derpå tog Sjekanja, Jehiels Søn, af Elams Efterkommere til Orde og sagde til Ezra: Vi har været froløse mod vor Gud ved at hjemføre fremmede Kvinder af Hedningerne i Landet. Men trods alt er der endnu Håb for Israel.
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
Lad os slutte Pagt for vor Gud om at sbille os af med alle vore fremmede Kvinder og deres Børn efter min Herres Bestemmelse og deres, som bæver for Guds Bud, og lad der blive handlet efter Loven!
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
Derpå rejste Ezra sig fra Pladsen foran Guds Hus og begav sig til Johanans, Eljasjibs Søns, Kammer, hvor han tilbragte Natten; han hverken spiste eller drak, fordi han græmmede sig over Troløsheden hos dem, der havde været i Landflygtighed.
And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
Derpå lod man kundgøre i Juda og Jerusalem forætlle dem, der havde været i Landflygtighed, at de skulde give Møde i Jerusalem;
And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
og enhver, som ikke indfandt sig Tredjedagen derefter ifølge Øversternes og de Ældstes Bestemmelse, al hans Ejendom skulde der lægges Band på, og han selv skulde udelukkes fra deres Forsamling, der havde været i Landflygtighed.
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
Så samledes alle Mænd af Juda og Benjamin på Tredjedagen i Jerusalem; det var den tyvende Dag i den niende Måned; og alt Folket stillede sig op på den åbne Plads ved Guds Hus, skælvende både for Sagens Skyld og som Følge af Regnskyllene.
Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
så bekend da nu eders Synd for HERREN, eders Fædres Gud, og gør hans Vilje; skil eder ud fra Hedningerne i Landet og fra de fremmede Kvinder!"
But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
Men Folket er talrigt, og det er Vinterregnens Tid, så vi kan ikke blive stående her ude; og Sagen kan heller ikke afgøres på en Dag eller to, da vi har forbrudt os højligen her.
Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
Lad derfor Øversterne for hele vor Forsamling give Møde og lad alle dem, der i vore Byer har hjemført fremmede Kvinder, indfinde sig til en fastsat Tid, ledsaget af de enkelte Byers Ældste og Dommere, for at vi kan blive friet fra vor Guds Vrede i denne Sag!
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Men de, der havde været i Landflygtighed, handlede derefter; og Præsten Ezra udvalgte sig nogle Mænd, Overhovederne for de enkelte Fædrenehuse, alle med Navns Nævnelse. Disse holdt da Møde den første Dag i den tiende Måned for at undersøge Sagen,
And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
Blandt Præsterne fandtes følgende, der havde hjemført fremmede Kvinder: Af Jesuas, Jozadaks Søns, Efterkommere og hans Brødre Ma'aseja, Eliezer, Jarib og Gedalja;