Ezra 10
1 Sementara Ezra berdoa sambil menangis dan mengaku dosa di depan Rumah TUHAN, banyak sekali orang Israel datang berkumpul, baik laki-laki, maupun wanita dan anak-anak. Mereka mengelilinginya sambil menangis keras-keras.
As Ezra prayed and confessed, he wept and threw himself down before God's house. A very great assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered to him, for the people were weeping very greatly.
2 Kemudian Sekhanya anak Yehiel dari kaum Elam, berkata kepada Ezra, "Kami berdosa kepada TUHAN karena telah mengawini bangsa asing. Meskipun demikian masih ada harapan bagi Israel.
Shekaniah son of Jehiel of the descendants of Elam said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the people of the other lands. But in spite of this, there is still hope for Israel.
3 Marilah kita bersumpah kepada Allah, bahwa kita akan mengusir semua wanita itu bersama dengan anak-anak mereka. Kami akan menuruti segala nasihatmu serta nasihat orang-orang lain yang menghormati perintah Allah. Kami akan mentaati Hukum Allah.
So now let us make a covenant with our God to send out all the women and their children according to the Lord's instructions and the instructions of those who tremble at the commandments of our God, and let it be done according to the law.
4 Engkaulah yang harus bertindak. Kami akan membantu engkau sepenuhnya. Bertindaklah dengan tegas sampai tuntas."
Arise, for this thing is for you to carry out, and we are with you. Be strong and do this.”
5 Maka mulailah Ezra bertindak. Ia menyuruh imam-imam kepala, orang-orang Lewi dan orang-orang Israel lainnya bersumpah bahwa mereka akan melaksanakan usul Sekhanya itu.
So Ezra rose and made the priestly officials, the Levites, and all of Israel promise to act in this way. So they all took a solemn oath.
6 Setelah mereka bersumpah, pergilah Ezra dari depan Rumah TUHAN dan masuk ke dalam tempat tinggal Yohanan anak Elyasib dan bermalam di situ. Ia tidak mau makan atau minum karena sedih memikirkan perbuatan orang-orang buangan itu.
Then Ezra rose from before God's house and went to the rooms of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. He did not eat any bread or drink any water, since he was mourning concerning the faithlessness of those who had been in captivity.
7 Kemudian disiarkan sebuah maklumat ke seluruh Yerusalem dan Yehuda kepada semua orang yang telah kembali dari pembuangan, supaya berkumpul di Yerusalem.
So they sent word in Judah and Jerusalem to all the people back from exile to assemble in Jerusalem.
8 Barangsiapa tidak datang dalam tiga hari, akan disita seluruh hartanya dan ia tidak lagi dianggap anggota masyarakat. Maklumat itu ditandatangani oleh para pemimpin rakyat.
Anyone who did not come in three days according to the instructions from the officials and elders forfeited all of his possessions and would be excluded from the great assembly of the people who had come back from exile.
9 Sesudah tiga hari, pada tanggal dua puluh bulan sembilan, semua orang laki-laki yang tinggal di daerah Yehuda dan Benyamin datang ke Yerusalem dan berkumpul di halaman Rumah TUHAN. Pada waktu itu hujan turun dengan lebatnya. Semua orang menggigil karena dinginnya udara dan juga karena pentingnya pertemuan itu.
So all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem in three days. It was the ninth month and the twentieth day of the month. All the people stood in the square before God's house and trembled because of the word and the rain.
10 Kemudian Ezra berdiri dan berbicara kepada mereka. Ia berkata, "Kalian telah berdosa dan menambah kesalahan Israel karena mengawini wanita bangsa asing.
Ezra the priest arose and said, “You yourselves have committed treason. You lived with foreign women so as to increase Israel's guilt.
11 Sebab itu, akuilah dosamu kepada TUHAN, Allah yang disembah nenek moyang kita, dan lakukanlah apa yang menyenangkan hati-Nya. Jauhilah orang asing yang tinggal di negeri kita dan usirlah istri-istrimu dari bangsa asing itu."
But now give praise to Yahweh, your ancestors' God, and do his will. Separate from the people of the land and from the foreign women.”
12 Orang-orang itu menjawab dengan nyaring, "Kami akan menuruti nasihatmu."
All the assembly answered in a loud voice, “We will do as you have said.
13 Lalu kata mereka lagi, "Tetapi yang hadir di sini banyak sekali dan hujan begitu lebat. Kami tidak tahan berdiri di luar begini. Lagipula ini bukan perkara yang dapat diselesaikan dalam satu dua hari, sebab banyak sekali dari kami yang terlibat dalam dosa ini.
However, there are many people, and it is the rainy season. We have no strength to stand outside, and this is not only one or two days of work, since we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
14 Izinkanlah para pemimpin kami tinggal di Yerusalem dan mengurus soal itu. Lalu setiap orang di kota-kota kami, yang mempunyai istri dari bangsa asing, harus datang pada waktu yang ditentukan, bersama dengan para pemimpin dan para hakim kotanya masing-masing. Dengan demikian Allah tidak akan marah lagi kepada kita karena perkara itu."
So let our officials represent all the assembly. Let all who have allowed foreign women to live in our cities come at the time that will be fixed with the city elders and the city judges until the raging wrath of our God goes away from us.”
15 Tidak seorang pun mengajukan keberatan terhadap rencana itu, kecuali Yonatan anak Asael dan Yahzeya anak Tikwa, disokong oleh dua orang Lewi, yaitu Mesulam dan Sabetai.
Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.
16 Orang-orang buangan yang telah kembali itu tetap hendak menjalankan rencana itu, sebab itu Imam Ezra memilih beberapa orang di antara kepala-kepala kaum, lalu mencatat nama mereka. Pada tanggal satu bulan sepuluh mereka mulai bersidang untuk menyelidiki perkara itu.
So the people who returned from exile did this. Ezra the priest selected men, the leaders in their ancestors' clans and houses—all of them by name, and they looked into the matter on the first day of the tenth month.
17 Dalam tiga bulan berikutnya berhasillah mereka menyelesaikan pemeriksaan terhadap semua pria yang telah mengawini wanita dari bangsa asing.
By the first day of the first month they had finished discovering which men had lived with foreign women.
18 Inilah daftar dari orang-orang yang mempunyai istri dari bangsa asing: Para Imam, terdaftar dengan kaumnya: Kaum Yesua dengan saudara-saudaranya, anak-anak Yozadak: Maaseya, Eliezer, Yarib dan Gedalya.
Among the descendants of the priests there were those who had lived with foreign women. Among the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers there were Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
19 Mereka berjanji akan menceraikan istri mereka, lalu mereka mempersembahkan domba jantan untuk kurban pengampunan dosa mereka.
So they determined to send their wives away. Since they were guilty, they offered a ram from the flock for their guilt.
20 Kaum Imer: Hanani dan Zebaja.
Among the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
21 Kaum Harim: Maaseya, Elia, Semaya, Yehiel dan Uzia.
Among the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
22 Kaum Pasyhur: Elyoenai, Maaseya, Ismael, Netaneel, Yozabad, dan Elasa.
Among the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
23 Orang-orang Lewi: Yozabad, Simei, Kelaya (juga disebut Kelita), Petahya, Yuda dan Eliezer.
Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah—that is, Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
24 Para penyanyi: Elyasib. Para penjaga pintu gerbang Rumah TUHAN: Salum, Telem dan Uri.
Among the singers: Eliashib. Among the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
25 Orang-orang Israel yang lain: Kaum Paros: Ramya, Yezia, Malkia, Miyamin, Eleazar, Malkia dan Benaya.
Among the rest of the Israelites—among the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.
26 Kaum Elam: Matanya, Zakharia, Yehiel, Abdi, Yeremot dan Elia.
Among the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
27 Kaum Zatu: Elyoenai, Elyasib, Matanya, Yeremot, Zabad dan Aziza.
Among the descendants of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
28 Kaum Bebai: Yohanan, Hananya, Zabai dan Atlai.
Among the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
29 Kaum Bani: Mesulam, Malukh, Adaya, Yasub, Seal dan Yeramot.
Among the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluk, Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal Jeremoth.
30 Kaum Pahat-Moab: Adna, Kelal, Benaya, Maaseya, Matanya, Bezaleel, Binui dan Manasye.
Among the descendants of Pahath-Moab: Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
31 Kaum Harim: Eliezer, Yisia, Malkia, Semaya, Simeon, Benyamin, Malukh dan Semarya.
Among the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Benjamin, Malluk, and Shemariah.
33 Kaum Hasum: Matnai, Matata, Zabad, Elifelet, Yeremai, Manasye dan Simei.
Among the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
34 Kaum Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel, Benaya, Bedeya, Keluhu, Wanya, Meremot, Elyasib, Matanya, Matnai, Yaasai,
Among the descendants of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi,
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.
38 Kaum Binui: Simei, Selemya, Natan, Adaya, Makhnadbai, Sasai, Sarai, Azareel, Selemya, Semarya, Salum, Amarya dan Yusuf.
Among the descendants of Binnui: Shimei,
Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
Maknadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43 Kaum Nebo: Yeiel, Matica, Zabad, Zebina, Yadai, Yoel dan Benaya.
Among the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
44 Semua orang itu telah mengawini wanita dari bangsa asing. Maka istri-istri itu diceraikan dan diusir bersama dengan anak-anak mereka.
All of these had taken foreign wives and had children with some of them.
