عَزْرَا 8
| وَهَؤُلَاءِ هُمْ رُؤُوسُ آبَائِهِمْ وَنِسْبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ صَعِدُوا مَعِي فِي مُلْكِ أَرْتَحْشَشْتَا ٱلْمَلِكِ مِنْ بَابِلَ: | ١ 1 |
This is a list of the family leaders and genealogical records of those who came back with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
| مِنْ بَنِي فِينَحَاسَ: جِرْشُومُ. مِنْ بَنِي إِيثَامَارَ: دَانِيَالُ. مِنْ بَنِي دَاوُدَ: حَطُّوشُ. | ٢ 2 |
From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. From the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. From the sons of David, Hattush,
| مِنْ بَنِي شَكَنْيَا مِنْ بَنِي فَرْعُوشَ: زَكَرِيَّا، وَٱنْتَسَبَ مَعَهُ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ مِئَةٌ وَخَمْسُونَ. | ٣ 3 |
son of Shecaniah. From the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him 150 men were registered.
| مِنْ بَنِي فَحَثَ مُوآبَ: أَلِيهُوعِينَايُ بْنُ زَرَحْيَا، وَمَعَهُ مِئَتَانِ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ. | ٤ 4 |
From the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men.
| مِنْ بَنِي شَكَنْيَا: ٱبْنُ يَحْزِيئِيلَ، وَمَعَهُ ثَلَاثُ مِئَةٍ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ. | ٥ 5 |
From the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah, son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men.
| مِنْ بَنِي عَادِينَ: عَابِدُ بْنُ يُونَاثَانَ، وَمَعَهُ خَمْسُونَ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ. | ٦ 6 |
From the sons of Adin, Ebed, son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men.
| مِنْ بَنِي عِيلَامَ: يَشْعِيَا بْنُ عَثَلِيَا، وَمَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ. | ٧ 7 |
From the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah, son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي شَفَطْيَا: زَبَدْيَا بْنُ مِيخَائِيلَ، وَمَعَهُ ثَمَانُونَ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ. | ٨ 8 |
From the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, son of Michael, and with him 80 men.
| مِنْ بَنِي يُوآبَ: عُوبَدْيَا بْنُ يَحِيئِيلَ، وَمَعَهُ مِئَتَانِ وَثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ. | ٩ 9 |
From the sons of Joab, Obadiah, son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي شَلُومِيثَ: ٱبْنُ يُوشَفْيَا، وَمَعَهُ مِئَةٌ وَسِتُّونَ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ. | ١٠ 10 |
From the sons of Bani, Shelomith, son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي بَابَايَ: زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ بَابَايَ، وَمَعَهُ ثَمَانِيَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ. | ١١ 11 |
From the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, son of Bebai, and with him 28 men.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي عَزْجَدَ: يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ هِقَّاطَانَ، وَمَعَهُ مِئَةٌ وَعَشْرَةٌ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ. | ١٢ 12 |
From the sons of Azgad, Johanan, son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي أَدُونِيقَامَ ٱلْآخَرِينَ وَهَذِهِ أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ: أَلِيفَلَطُ وَيَعِيئِيلُ وَشَمْعِيَا، وَمَعَهُمْ سِتُّونَ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ. | ١٣ 13 |
From the sons of Adonikam, those who were last, their names being Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men.
| وَمِنْ بَنِي بَغْوَايَ: عُوتَايُ وَزَبُّودُ، وَمَعَهُمَا سَبْعُونَ مِنَ ٱلذُّكُورِ. | ١٤ 14 |
From the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.
| فَجَمَعْتُهُمْ إِلَى ٱلنَّهْرِ ٱلْجَارِي إِلَى أَهْوَا وَنَزَلْنَا هُنَاكَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَتَأَمَّلْتُ ٱلشَّعْبَ وَٱلْكَهَنَةَ، وَلَكِنَّنِي لَمْ أَجِدْ أَحَدًا مِنَ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ هُنَاكَ. | ١٥ 15 |
I gathered the returning exiles together at the Ahava Canal. We camped there for three days while I reviewed who had come—the ordinary people, the priests, and the Levites. I discovered there wasn't a single Levite
| فَأَرْسَلْتُ إِلَى: أَلِيعَزَرَ وَأَرِيئِيلَ وَشَمْعِيَا وَأَلْنَاثَانَ وَيَارِيبَ وَأَلْنَاثَانَ وَنَاثَانَ وَزَكَرِيَّا وَمَشُلَّامَ ٱلرُّؤُوسِ، وَإِلَى يُويَارِيبَ وَأَلْنَاثَانَ ٱلْفَهِيمَيْنِ، | ١٦ 16 |
so I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men with good insight.
| وَأَرْسَلْتُهُمْ إِلَى إِدُّو ٱلرَّأْسِ فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلْمُسَمَّى كَسِفْيَا، وَجَعَلْتُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ كَلَامًا يُكَلِّمُونَ بِهِ إِدُّوَ وَإِخْوَتَهُ ٱلنَّثِينِيمَ فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ كَسِفْيَا لِيَأْتُوا إِلَيْنَا بِخُدَّامٍ لِبَيْتِ إِلَهِنَا. | ١٧ 17 |
I told them to go to Iddo, the leader of the Temple servants at Casiphia, asking him and his relatives to send us ministers for the Temple of our God.
| فَأَتَوْا إِلَيْنَا حَسَبَ يَدِ ٱللهِ ٱلصَّالِحَةِ عَلَيْنَا بِرَجُلٍ فَطِنٍ مِنْ بَنِي مَحْلِي بْنِ لَاوِي بْنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَشَرَبْيَا وَبَنِيهِ وَإِخْوَتِهِ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ، | ١٨ 18 |
Since our gracious God was with us, they brought us Sherebiah, a man with good insight from the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel, together with his sons and brothers, a total of eighteen men;
| وَحَشَبْيَا وَمَعْهُ يَشَعْيَا مِنْ بَنِي مَرَارِي وَإِخْوَتُهُ وَبَنُوهُمْ عِشْرُونَ. | ١٩ 19 |
and Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, from the sons of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, a total of twenty men.
| وَمِنَ ٱلنَّثِينِيمِ ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلَهُمْ دَاوُدُ مَعَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ لِخِدْمَةِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ مِنَ ٱلنَّثِينِيمِ مِئَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ. ٱلْجَمِيعُ تَعَيَّنُوا بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ. | ٢٠ 20 |
In addition they brought 220 of the Temple servants, a group appointed by David and his officials to help the Levites. These were all registered by name.
| وَنَادَيْتُ هُنَاكَ بِصَوْمٍ عَلَى نَهْرِ أَهْوَا لِكَيْ نَتَذَلَّلَ أَمَامَ إِلَهِنَا لِنَطْلُبَ مِنْهُ طَرِيقًا مُسْتَقِيمَةً لَنَا وَلِأَطْفَالِنَا وَلِكُلِّ مَالِنَا. | ٢١ 21 |
At the Ahava Canal I called for a fast so we could confess our sins before God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, along with all our possessions.
| لِأَنِّي خَجِلْتُ مِنْ أَنْ أَطْلُبَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلِكِ جَيْشًا وَفُرْسَانًا لِيُنْجِدُونَا عَلَى ٱلْعَدُوِّ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ، لِأَنَّنَا كَلَّمْنَا ٱلْمَلِكَ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ يَدَ إِلَهِنَا عَلَى كُلِّ طَالِبِيهِ لِلْخَيْرِ، وَصَوْلَتَهُ وَغَضَبَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ يَتْرُكُهُ». | ٢٢ 22 |
I had been reluctant to ask the king to give us a military escort to protect us from enemies on the way. We had told the king, “Our gracious God takes care of everyone who follows him, but shows his anger against anyone who abandons him.”
| فَصُمْنَا وَطَلَبْنَا ذَلِكَ مِنْ إِلَهِنَا فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَنَا. | ٢٣ 23 |
So we fasted and asked God to protect us, and he answered our prayers.
| وَأَفْرَزْتُ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ: شَرَبْيَا وَحَشَبْيَا، وَمَعْهُمَا مِنْ إِخْوَتِهِمَا عَشَرَةٌ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Then I designated twelve of the leading priests, and Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,
| وَوَزَنْتُ لَهُمُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ وَٱلذَّهَبَ وَٱلْآنِيَةَ، تَقْدِمَةَ بَيْتِ إِلَهِنَا ٱلَّتِي قَدَّمَهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ وَمُشِيرُوهُ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُ وَجَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْمَوْجُودِينَ، | ٢٥ 25 |
and I weighed out and handed them the donations of silver and gold, and the items that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the people of Israel there had given for the Temple of our God.
| وَزَنْتُ لِيَدِهِمْ سِتَّ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَزْنَةً مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَمِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ مِنْ آنِيَةِ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَمِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ، | ٢٦ 26 |
I weighed out and placed in their hands 650 talents of silver, silver Temple items weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,
| وَعِشْرِينَ قَدَحًا مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ، وَآنِيَةً مِنْ نُحَاسٍ صَقِيلٍ جَيِّدٍ ثَمِينٍ كَٱلذَّهَبِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two articles of highly-polished bronze, as valuable as gold.
| وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ مُقَدَّسُونَ لِلرَّبِّ، وَٱلْآنِيَةُ مُقَدَّسَةٌ، وَٱلْفِضَّةُ وَٱلذَّهَبُ تَبَرُّعٌ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِكُمْ. | ٢٨ 28 |
I told them, “You are set apart for the Lord, and these Temple items are too. The silver and gold are a voluntary offering to the Lord, the God of your forefathers.
| فَٱسْهَرُوا وَٱحْفَظُوهَا حَتَّى تَزِنُوهَا أَمَامَ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ وَرُؤَسَاءِ آبَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فِي مَخَادِعِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ». | ٢٩ 29 |
You are to guard them and keep them safe until you hand them over, weighing them before the high priests, the Levites and the family leaders in Israel at Jerusalem, in the treasury rooms within the Lord's Temple.”
| فَأَخَذَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱللَّاوِيُّونَ وَزْنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْآنِيَةِ لِيَأْتُوا بِهَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِلَى بَيْتِ إِلَهِنَا. | ٣٠ 30 |
The priests and Levites took responsibility for the silver and gold and the Temple items that had been weighed out to be brought to the Temple of our God in Jerusalem.
| ثُمَّ رَحَلْنَا مِنْ نَهْرِ أَهْوَا فِي ٱلثَّانِي عَشَرَ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ لِنَذْهَبَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَكَانَتْ يَدُ إِلَهِنَا عَلَيْنَا، فَأَنْقَذَنَا مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْعَدُوِّ وَٱلْكَامِنِ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ. | ٣١ 31 |
On the twelfth day of the first month, we left the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and our God was with us to protect us from enemy ambushes along the way.
| فَأَتَيْنَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَقَمْنَا هُنَاكَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. | ٣٢ 32 |
Eventually we arrived in Jerusalem and rested there for three days.
| وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلرَّابِع وُزِنَتِ ٱلْفِضَّةُ وَٱلذَّهَبُ وَٱلْآنِيَةُ فِي بَيْتِ إِلَهِنَا عَلَى يَدِ مَرِيمُوثَ بْنِ أُورِيَّا ٱلْكَاهِنِ، وَمَعَهُ أَلِعَازَارُ بْنُ فِينَحَاسَ، وَمَعَهُمَا يُوزَابَادُ بْنُ يَشُوعَ وَنُوعَدْيَا بْنُ بَنُّويَ ٱللَّاوِيَّانِ. | ٣٣ 33 |
On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the Temple items were weighed out in the Temple of our God and handed over to Meremoth, son of Uriah the priest, accompanied by Eleazar, son of Phinehas. Also present were the Levites, Jozabad, son of Jeshua, and Noadiah, son of Binnui.
| بِٱلْعَدَدِ وَٱلْوَزْنِ لِلْكُلِّ، وَكُتِبَ كُلُّ ٱلْوَزْنِ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Everything was checked, both by number and weight, and the total weight was written down at the time.
| وَبَنُو ٱلسَّبْيِ ٱلْقَادِمُونَ مِنَ ٱلسَّبْيِ قَرَّبُوا مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِإِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ ثَوْرًا عَنْ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَسِتَّةً وَتِسْعِينَ كَبْشًا وَسَبْعَةً وَسَبْعِينَ خَرُوفًا وَٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ تَيْسًا، ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيَّةٍ ٱلْجَمِيعُ مُحْرَقَةٌ لِلرَّبِّ. | ٣٥ 35 |
Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel—twelve bulls for all of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and a sin offering of twelve goats. All were sacrificed as a burnt offering to the Lord.
| وَأَعْطَوْا أَوَامِرَ ٱلْمَلِكِ لِمَرَازِبَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَوُلَاةِ عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ، فَأَعَانُوا ٱلشَّعْبَ وَبَيْتَ ٱللهِ. | ٣٦ 36 |
They also delivered the king's decrees to the chief officers of the king and the governors of the province west of the Euphrates, who then provided assistance to the people and to God's Temple.
