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
World English Bible
8 Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
2 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom.
Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel.
Of the sons of David, Hattush.
3 Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were listed by genealogy of the males one hundred fifty.
4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.
5 Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.
6 Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.
7 Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.
8 Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him eighty males.
9 Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred eighteen males.
10 Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him one hundred sixty males.
11 Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males.
12 Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred ten males.
13 Of the sons of Adonikam, who were the last, their names are: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.
14 Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.
15 I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days. Then I looked around at the people and the priests, and found there were none of the sons of Levi. 16 Then I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, for Elnathan, for Jarib, for Elnathan, for Nathan, for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib and for Elnathan, who were teachers. 17 I sent them out to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo and his brothers the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God. 18 According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen; 19 and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty; 20 and of the temple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred twenty temple servants. All of them were mentioned by name.
21 Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us, for our little ones, and for all our possessions. 22 For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.” 23 So we fasted and begged our God for this, and he granted our request.
24 Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them, 25 and weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered. 26 I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver,[a] one hundred talents of silver vessels, one hundred talents of gold, 27 twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics,[b] and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold. 28 I said to them, “You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a free will offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers. 29 Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ households of Israel at Jerusalem, in the rooms of Yahweh’s house.”
30 So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
31 Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandits by the way. 32 We came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days. 33 On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites. 34 Everything was counted and weighed; and all the weight was written at that time.
35 The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats for a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to Yahweh. 36 They delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s local governors and to the governors beyond the River. So they supported the people and God’s house.
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