以斯拉記 8
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
歸回之人
8 亞達薛西王年間，與我一起從巴比倫上到耶路撒冷之人的族長和家譜如下： 2 非尼哈的子孫有革順；以他瑪的子孫有但以理；大衛的子孫有哈突； 3 巴錄的後裔、示迦尼的子孫有撒迦利亞及一百五十名同族譜的男子； 4 巴哈·摩押的子孫有西拉希雅的兒子以利約乃及二百名男子； 5 薩土[a]的子孫有雅哈悉的兒子示迦尼及三百名男子； 6 亞丁的子孫有約拿單的兒子以別及五十名男子； 7 以攔的子孫有亞他利雅的兒子耶篩亞及七十名男子； 8 示法提雅的子孫有米迦勒的兒子西巴第雅及八十名男子； 9 約押的子孫有耶歇的兒子俄巴底亞及二百一十八名男子； 10 巴尼[b]的後裔、約細斐的子孫有示羅密及一百六十名男子； 11 比拜的後裔有比拜的兒子撒迦利亞及二十八名男子； 12 押甲的後裔有哈加坦的兒子約哈難及一百一十名男子； 13 稍後歸回的亞多尼干的子孫有以利法列、耶利、示瑪雅及六十名男子； 14 比革瓦伊的子孫有烏太、撒布及七十名男子。
以斯拉為聖殿召集利未人
15 我把他們召集在流向亞哈瓦的河邊，我們在那裡紮營三天。我察看民眾和祭司，發現他們當中沒有利未人。 16 於是，我派人叫來首領以利以謝、亞列、示瑪雅、以利拿單、雅立、以利拿單、拿單、撒迦利亞、米書蘭及兩位教師約雅立和以利拿單。 17 我派他們去見迦西斐雅的首領易多，請他們告訴易多及其做殿役的親族帶一些人來我們上帝的殿裡事奉。 18 我們的上帝施恩幫助我們，他們給我們帶來一位能幹的人示利比及其弟兄和兒子共十八人。示利比是以色列的兒子利未的後裔抹利的子孫。 19 他們還帶來哈沙比雅和米拉利的子孫耶篩亞，以及哈沙比雅的弟兄和兒子共二十人。 20 此外還有二百二十名殿役，他們都是被點名指派的。從前大衛和眾官員曾指派殿役服侍利未人。
以斯拉帶領百姓禁食
21 然後，我在亞哈瓦河邊宣佈禁食，為要在我們的上帝面前謙卑下來，祈求祂保護我們、我們的兒女及財物一路平安。 22 我羞於求王派步兵和騎兵沿途幫助我們禦敵，因為我們曾經告訴王：「我們的上帝會施恩幫助尋求祂的人，但會向背棄祂的人發烈怒。」 23 因此，我們為這事禁食、尋求我們的上帝，祂應允了我們。
獻給聖殿的禮物
24 我選出十二位祭司長：示利比、哈沙比雅和他們的十個弟兄。 25 王及其謀士和將領，以及所有在場的以色列人獻給我們上帝殿的金銀和器皿，我都秤了交給他們。 26 我交給他們的有二十二噸銀子、三點四噸銀器、三點四噸金子、 27 共重八公斤半的二十個金碗和兩件貴重如金子的上等精銅器皿。 28 我對他們說：「你們和這些器皿是獻給耶和華的，金銀是自願獻給你們祖先的上帝耶和華的禮物。 29 你們要好好保管，護送到耶路撒冷耶和華殿的庫房裡，要在祭司長、利未人和以色列的各族長面前過秤。」 30 於是，祭司和利未人接過這些稱過的金銀和器皿，要帶去耶路撒冷我們上帝的殿裡。
返回耶路撒冷
31 一月十二日，我們從亞哈瓦河邊出發上耶路撒冷。我們的上帝施恩幫助我們，救我們脫離仇敵和路上埋伏之人的攻擊。 32 到耶路撒冷後，我們休息了三天。 33 第四天，我們在我們上帝的殿裡把金銀和器皿過秤，交給烏利亞的兒子米利末祭司。在場的還有非尼哈的兒子以利亞撒，利未人耶書亞的兒子約撒拔和賓內的兒子挪亞底。 34 每樣東西都被數過、稱過，其重量都被記錄下來。
35 從流亡之地歸回的人又獻燔祭給以色列的上帝，為全體以色列人獻上十二頭公牛、九十六隻公綿羊和七十七隻綿羊羔，並獻上十二隻公山羊作贖罪祭。這些都是獻給耶和華的燔祭。 36 他們將王的諭旨交給王的總督和幼發拉底河西的省長，眾官員都為民眾和上帝殿的工作提供幫助。
Ezra 8
Living Bible
8 These are the names and genealogies of the leaders who accompanied me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
2-14 From the clan of Phinehas—Gershom;
From the clan of Ithamar—Daniel;
From the subclan of David of the clan of Shecaniah—Hattush;
From the clan of Parosh—Zechariah, and 150 other men;
From the clan of Pahath-moab—Eliehoenai (son of Zerahiah), and 200 other men;
From the clan of Shecaniah—the son of Jahaziel, and 300 other men;
From the clan of Adin—Ebed (son of Jonathan), and 50 other men;
From the clan of Elam—Jeshaiah (son of Athaliah), and 70 other men;
From the clan of Shephatiah—Zebadiah (son of Michael), and 80 other men;
From the clan of Joab—Obadiah (son of Jehiel), and 218 other men;
From the clan of Bani—Shelomith (son of Josiphiah), and 160 other men;
From the clan of Bebai—Zechariah (son of Bebai), and 28 other men;
From the clan of Azgad—Johanan (son of Hakkatan), and 110 other men;
From the clan of Adonikam—Eliphelet, Jeuel, Shemaiah, and 60 other men (they arrived at a later time);
From the clan of Bigvai—Uthai, Zaccur, and 70 other men.
15 We assembled at the Ahava River and camped there for three days while I went over the lists of the people and the priests who had arrived; and I found that not one Levite had volunteered! 16 So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, the Levite leaders; I also sent for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were very wise men. 17 I sent them to Iddo, the leader of the Jews at Casiphia, to ask him and his brothers and the Temple attendants to send us priests for the Temple of God at Jerusalem. 18 And God was good! He sent us an outstanding man named Sherebiah, along with eighteen of his sons and brothers; he was a very astute man and a descendant of Mahli, the son of Levi and grandson of Israel. 19 God also sent Hashabiah; and Jeshaiah (the son of Merari), with twenty of his sons and brothers; 20 and 220 Temple attendants. (The Temple attendants were assistants to the Levites—a job classification of Temple employees first instituted by King David.) These 220 men were all listed by name.
21 Then I declared a fast while we were at the Ahava River so that we would humble ourselves before our God; and we prayed that he would give us a good journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled. 22 For I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and cavalry to accompany us and protect us from the enemies along the way. After all, we had told the king that our God would protect all those who worshiped him, and that disaster could come only to those who had forsaken him! 23 So we fasted and begged God to take care of us. And he did.
24 I appointed twelve leaders of the priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten other priests— 25 to be in charge of transporting the silver, gold, the gold bowls, and the other items that the king and his council and the leaders and people of Israel had presented to the Temple of God. 26-27 I weighed the money as I gave it to them and found it to total $1,300,000 in silver; $200,000 in silver utensils; many millions in gold; and twenty gold bowls worth a total of $100,000. There were also two beautiful pieces of brass that were as precious as gold. 28 I consecrated these men to the Lord and then consecrated the treasures—the equipment and money and bowls that had been given as freewill offerings to the Lord God of our fathers.
29 “Guard these treasures well!” I told them; “present them without a penny lost to the priests and the Levite leaders and the elders of Israel at Jerusalem, where they are to be placed in the treasury of the Temple.”
30 So the priests and the Levites accepted the responsibility of taking them to God’s Temple in Jerusalem. 31 We broke camp at the Ahava River at the end of March[a] and started off to Jerusalem; and God protected us and saved us from enemies and bandits along the way. 32 So at last we arrived safely at Jerusalem.
33 On the fourth day after our arrival, the silver, gold, and other valuables were weighed in the Temple by Meremoth (the son of Uriah the priest), Eleazar (son of Phinehas), Jozabad (son of Jeshua), and Noadiah (son of Binnui)—all of whom were Levites. 34 A receipt was given for each item, and the weight of the gold and silver was noted.
35 Then everyone in our party sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel—twelve oxen for the nation of Israel; ninety-six rams; seventy-seven lambs; and twelve goats as a sin offering. 36 The king’s decrees were delivered to his lieutenants and the governors of all the provinces west of the Euphrates River, and of course they then cooperated in the rebuilding of the Temple of God.
Footnotes
- Ezra 8:31 the end of March, or “the twelfth day of the first month” of the Hebrew calendar.
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