عَزْرَا 10
| فَلَمَّا صَلَّى عَزْرَا وَٱعْتَرَفَ وَهُوَ بَاكٍ وَسَاقِطٌ أَمَامَ بَيْتِ ٱللهِ، ٱجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ جَمَاعَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ جِدًّا مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَاءِ وَٱلْأَوْلَادِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ بَكَى بُكَاءً عَظِيمًا. | ١ 1 |
As Ezra was praying and confessing sins, weeping and falling down on his face before God's Temple, a very large crowd of Israelites, men, women, and children, gathered around him. The people were weeping bitterly as well.
| وَأَجَابَ شَكَنْيَا بْنُ يَحِيئِيلَ مِنْ بَنِي عِيلَامَ وَقَالَ لِعَزْرَا: «إِنَّنَا قَدْ خُنَّا إِلَهَنَا وَٱتَّخَذْنَا نِسَاءً غَرِيبَةً مِنْ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. وَلَكِنِ ٱلْآنَ يُوجَدُ رَجَاءٌ لِإِسْرَائِيلَ فِي هَذَا. | ٢ 2 |
Shecaniah, son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “Yes, we have been unfaithful to our God because we have married foreign women from the people of the land. But even so there is still hope for Israel over this.
| فَلْنَقْطَعِ ٱلْآنَ عَهْدًا مَعَ إِلَهِنَا أَنْ نُخْرِجَ كُلَّ ٱلنِّسَاءِ وَٱلَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا مِنْهُنَّ، حَسَبَ مَشُورَةِ سَيِّدِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ وَصِيَّةَ إِلَهِنَا، وَلْيُعْمَلْ حَسَبَ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ. | ٣ 3 |
Let us make a solemn agreement right now before our God that we will send away all the foreign wives and their children. We will follow the directions given by you and those who respect the instructions of our God, carried out according to the Law.
| قُمْ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ وَنَحْنُ مَعَكَ. تَشَجَّعْ وَٱفْعَلْ». | ٤ 4 |
Take action! It's your responsibility. We are with you. Be brave and do it!”
| فَقَامَ عَزْرَا وَٱسْتَحْلَفَ رُؤَسَاءَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ وَكُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا حَسَبَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ، فَحَلَفُوا. | ٥ 5 |
So Ezra stood up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all the Israelites present take an oath to act on what had just been said. They all took the oath.
| ثُمَّ قَامَ عَزْرَا مِنْ أَمَامِ بَيْتِ ٱللهِ وَذَهَبَ إِلَى مُخْدَعِ يَهُوحَانَانَ بْنِ أَلْيَاشِيبَ. فَٱنْطَلَقَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ وَهُوَ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ خُبْزًا وَلَمْ يَشْرَبْ مَاءً، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَنُوحُ بِسَبَبِ خِيَانَةِ أَهْلِ ٱلسَّبْيِ. | ٦ 6 |
Then Ezra left them in front of God's Temple, and went to the room of Jehohanan, son of Eliashib. During the time he stayed there, he didn't eat or drink anything, because he was still mourning the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
| وَأَطْلَقُوا نِدَاءً فِي يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ بَنِي ٱلسَّبْيِ لِكَيْ يَجْتَمِعُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٧ 7 |
Then a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should assemble in Jerusalem.
| وَكُلُّ مَنْ لَا يَأْتِي فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ حَسَبَ مَشُورَةِ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ وَٱلشُّيُوخِ يُحَرَّمُ كُلُّ مَالِهِ، وَهُوَ يُفْرَزُ مِنْ جَمَاعَةِ أَهْلِ ٱلسَّبْيِ. | ٨ 8 |
Anyone who did not come within three days would have all their property confiscated, and would be banned from the assembly of the exiles. This was the decision of the leaders and elders.
| فَٱجْتَمَعَ كُلُّ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي ٱلثَّلَاثَةِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ، أَيْ فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلتَّاسِعِ، فِي ٱلْعِشْرِينَ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ، وَجَلَسَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ فِي سَاحَةِ بَيْتِ ٱللهِ مُرْتَعِدِينَ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ وَمِنَ ٱلْأَمْطَارِ. | ٩ 9 |
Within three days, everyone from Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square beside God's Temple, shivering because of this issue and also because of the heavy rain.
| فَقَامَ عَزْرَا ٱلْكَاهِنُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ خُنْتُمْ وَٱتَّخَذْتُمْ نِسَاءً غَرِيبَةً لِتَزِيدُوا عَلَى إِثْمِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Ezra the priest stood up and told them, “You have committed sin by marrying foreign women, making Israel's guilt even worse.
| فَٱعْتَرِفُوا ٱلْآنَ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِكُمْ وَٱعْمَلُوا مَرْضَاتَهُ، وَٱنْفَصِلُوا عَنْ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَعَنِ ٱلنِّسَاءِ ٱلْغَرِيبَةِ». | ١١ 11 |
Now you must confess your sin to the Lord, the God of your forefathers, and do what he requires. Sever your connections with the people of the land and your foreign wives.”
| فَأَجَابَ كُلُّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ وَقَالُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ: «كَمَا كَلَّمْتَنَا كَذَلِكَ نَعْمَلُ. | ١٢ 12 |
The whole assembly answered in a loud voice: “We agree, and we promise to do as you say!
| إِلَا أَنَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ كَثِيرٌ، وَٱلْوَقْتَ وَقْتُ أَمْطَارٍ، وَلَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا عَلَى ٱلْوُقُوفِ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ، وَٱلْعَمَلُ لَيْسَ لِيَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ أَوْ لِٱثْنَيْنِ، لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ أَكْثَرْنَا ٱلذَّنْبَ فِي هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ. | ١٣ 13 |
But there are a lot of people here, and it's pouring with rain. We can't stay outside. More to the point, this isn't something that can be fixed in one or two days, for we have sinned extremely seriously in this.
| فَلْيَقِفْ رُؤَسَاؤُنَا لِكُلِّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ. وَكُلُّ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي مُدُنِنَا قَدِ ٱتَّخَذُوا نِسَاءً غَرِيبَةً، فَلْيَأْتُوا فِي أَوْقَاتٍ مُعَيَّنَةٍ وَمَعَهُمْ شُيُوخُ مَدِينَةٍ فَمَدِينَةٍ وَقُضَاتُهَا، حَتَّى يَرْتَدَّ عَنَّا حُمُوُّ غَضَبِ إِلَهِنَا مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ». | ١٤ 14 |
Let our leaders act on behalf of the whole assembly. Then let every man in each of our towns who has married a foreign woman be given an appointment to come and meet, together with the elders and judges of that town, until our God is no longer angry with us over this.”
| وَيُونَاثَانُ بْنُ عَسَائِيلَ وَيَحْزِيَا بْنُ تِقْوَةَ فَقَطْ قَامَا عَلَى هَذَا، وَمَشُلَّامُ وَشَبْتَايُ ٱللَّاوِيُّ سَاعَدَاهُمَا. | ١٥ 15 |
The only ones to oppose this were Jonathan, son of Asahel, and Jahzeiah, son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite.
| وَفَعَلَ هَكَذَا بَنُو ٱلسَّبْيِ. وَٱنْفَصَلَ عَزْرَا ٱلْكَاهِنُ وَرِجَالٌ رُؤُوسُ آبَاءٍ، حَسَبَ بُيُوتِ آبَائِهِمْ، وَجَمِيعُهُمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ، وَجَلَسُوا فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْعَاشِرِ لِلْفَحْصِ عَنِ ٱلْأَمْرِ. | ١٦ 16 |
So this what the exiles did, selecting Ezra the priest and family leaders, according to their family divisions, all of them specifically named. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to begin the inquiry,
| وَٱنْتَهَوْا مِنْ كُلِّ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا نِسَاءً غَرِيبَةً فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ. | ١٧ 17 |
and by the first day of the first month they had finished handling all the cases of men who had married foreign women.
| فَوُجِدَ بَيْنَ بَنِي ٱلْكَهَنَةِ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ نِسَاءً غَرِيبَةً: فَمِنْ بَنِي يَشُوعَ بْنِ يُوصَادَاقَ وَإِخْوَتِهِ: مَعْشِيَّا وَأَلِيعَزَرُ وَيَارِيبُ وَجَدَلْيَا. | ١٨ 18 |
Among the descendants of the priests, the following had married foreign women: from the sons of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brothers Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
| وَأَعْطَوْا أَيْدِيَهُمْ لِإِخْرَاجِ نِسَائِهِمْ مُقَرِّبِينَ كَبْشَ غَنَمٍ لِأَجْلِ إِثْمِهِمْ. | ١٩ 19 |
They vowed to send their wives away, and they presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering for their guilt.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي إِمِّيرَ: حَنَانِي وَزَبْدِيَا. | ٢٠ 20 |
From the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي حَارِيمَ: مَعْسِيَّا وَإِيلِيَّا وَشَمْعِيَا وَيَحِيئِيلُ وَعُزِّيَّا. | ٢١ 21 |
From the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي فَشْحُورَ: أَلْيُوعِينَايُ وَمَعْسِيَّا وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ وَنَثَنْئِيلُ وَيُوزَابَادُ وَأَلْعَاسَةُ. | ٢٢ 22 |
From the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
| وَمِنَ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ: يُوزَابَادُ وَشِمْعِي وَقَلَايَا، هُوَ قَلِيطَا، وَفَتَحْيَا وَيَهُوذَا وَأَلِيعَزَرُ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (or Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
| وَمِنَ ٱلْمُغَنِّينَ: أَلْيَاشِيبُ. وَمِنَ ٱلْبَوَّابِينَ: شَلُّومُ وَطَالَمُ وَأُورِي. | ٢٤ 24 |
Among the singers: Eliashib. Among the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
| وَمِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ بَنِي فَرْعُوشَ: رَمْيَا وَيِزِّيَّا وَمَلْكِيَّا وَمِيَّامِينُ وَأَلْعَازَارُ وَمَلْكِيَّا وَبَنَايَا. | ٢٥ 25 |
Among the Israelites: From the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malkijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah, and Benaiah.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي عِيلَامَ: مَتَّنْيَا وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحِيئِيلُ وَعَبْدِي وَيَرِيمُوثُ وَإِيلِيَّا. | ٢٦ 26 |
From the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي زَتُّو: أَلْيُوعِينَايُ وَأَلْيَاشِيبُ وَمَتَّنْيَا وَيَرِيمُوثُ وَزَابَادُ وَعَزِيزَا. | ٢٧ 27 |
From the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي بَابَايَ: يَهُوحَانَانُ وَحَنَنْيَا وَزَبَايُ وَعَثْلَايُ. | ٢٨ 28 |
From the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي بَانِي: مَشُلَّامُ وَمَلُّوخُ وَعَدَايَا وَيَاشُوبُ وَشَآلُ وَرَامُوثُ. | ٢٩ 29 |
From the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي فَحَثَ مُوآبَ: عَدْنَا وَكَلَالُ وَبَنَايَا وَمَعْسِيَّا وَمَتَّنْيَا وَبَصَلْئِيلُ وَبَنُّويُ وَمَنَسَّى. | ٣٠ 30 |
From the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
| وَبَنُو حَارِيمَ: أَلِيعَزَرُ وَيِشِّيَّا وَمَلْكِيَّا وَشِمْعِيَا وَشِمْعُونُ | ٣١ 31 |
From the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
| وَبَنْيَامِينُ وَمَلُّوخُ وَشَمَرْيَا. | ٣٢ 32 |
Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
| مِنْ بَنِي حَشُومَ: مَتَّنَايُ ومَتَّاثَا وزَابَادُ وَأَلِيفَلَطُ ويَرِيمَايُ وَمَنَسَّى وَشِمْعِي. | ٣٣ 33 |
From the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
| مِنْ بَنِي بَانِي: مَعَدَايُ وَعَمْرَامُ وَأُوئِيلُ | ٣٤ 34 |
From the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,
| وَبَنَايَا وَبِيدْيَا وكَلُوهِي | ٣٥ 35 |
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi,
| وَوَنْيَا وَمَرِيمُوثُ وَأَلْيَاشِيبُ | ٣٦ 36 |
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
| وَمَتَّنْيَا وَمَتَّنَايُ وَيَعْسُو | ٣٧ 37 |
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.
| وَبَانِي وَبِنُّويُ وَشِمْعِي | ٣٨ 38 |
From the sons of Binnui: Shimei,
| وَشَلَمْيَا وَنَاثَانُ وَعَدَايَا | ٣٩ 39 |
Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
| وَمَكْنَدْبَايُ وَشَاشَايُ وَشَارَايُ | ٤٠ 40 |
Macnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
| وَعَزَرْئِيلُ وَشَلْمِيَا وَشَمَرْيَا | ٤١ 41 |
Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
| وَشَلُّومُ وَأَمَرْيَا وَيُوسُفُ. | ٤٢ 42 |
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
| مِنْ بَنِي نَبُو: يَعِيئِيلُ وَمَتَّثْيَا وَزَابَادُ وَزَبِينَا وَيَدُّو وَيُوئِيلُ وَبَنَايَا. | ٤٣ 43 |
From the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
| كُلُّ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱتَّخَذُوا نِسَاءً غَرِيبَةً وَمِنْهُنَّ نِسَاءٌ قَدْ وَضَعْنَ بَنِينَ. | ٤٤ 44 |
All of these men listed had married foreign women. They divorced them and sent them away with their children.
