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从被掳之地回来的人

这些是亚达薛西王在位的时候,同我从巴比伦上来的族长和他们的家谱: 非尼哈的子孙有革顺;属以他玛的子孙有但以理;属大卫的子孙有哈突 示迦尼的子孙;属巴录的子孙有撒迦利亚,同着他按家谱计算,男丁一百五十人; 巴哈‧摩押的子孙有西拉希雅的儿子以利约乃,同着他有男丁二百人; 萨土的子孙有雅哈悉的儿子示迦尼[a],同着他有男丁三百人; 亚丁的子孙有约拿单的儿子以别,同着他有男丁五十人; 以拦的子孙有亚他利雅的儿子耶筛亚,同着他有男丁七十人; 示法提雅的子孙有米迦勒的儿子西巴第雅,同着他有男丁八十人; 约押的子孙有耶歇的儿子俄巴底亚,同着他有男丁二百一十八人; 10 巴尼的子孙有约细斐的儿子示罗密[b],同着他有男丁一百六十人; 11 比拜的子孙有比拜的儿子撒迦利亚,同着他有男丁二十八人; 12 押甲的子孙有哈加坦的儿子约哈难,同着他有男丁一百一十人; 13 亚多尼干的子孙,就是晚到的,他们的名字是以利法列耶利示玛雅,同着他们有男丁六十人; 14 比革瓦伊的子孙有乌太撒刻[c],同着他们有男丁七十人。

以斯拉召集利未人

15 我召集这些人在流入亚哈瓦的河旁边,我们在那里扎营三日。我查看百姓和祭司,发现并没有利未人在那里, 16 就派人到以利以谢亚列示玛雅以利拿单雅立以利拿单拿单撒迦利亚米书兰等领袖,以及约雅立以利拿单[d]教师那里。 17 我吩咐他们往迦西斐雅地方去见那里的领袖易多,又告诉他们当向易多和他的弟兄,就是迦西斐雅那地方的殿役说什么话,好为我们 神的殿带事奉的人来。 18 蒙我们 神施恩的手帮助我们,他们在以色列的曾孙,利未的孙子,抹利的后裔中带了一个精明的人来,就是示利比,还有他的众子与兄弟共十八人。 19 另外,还有哈沙比雅,同着他有米拉利的子孙耶筛亚,以及他的众子和兄弟共二十人。 20 从前大卫和众领袖派殿役服事利未人,现在从这殿役中也带了二百二十人来,全都是按名指定的。

以斯拉禁食祷告

21 那时,我在亚哈瓦河边宣告禁食,为要在我们 神面前刻苦己心,求他使我们和我们的孩子,以及一切所有的,都得平坦的道路。 22 我以求王拨步兵骑兵帮助我们抵挡路上的仇敌为羞愧,因我们曾对王说:“我们 神施恩的手必帮助凡寻求他的,但他的能力和愤怒必攻击凡离弃他的。” 23 我们为此禁食祈求我们的 神,他就应允我们。

献给圣殿的礼物

24 我分派十二位祭司长,就是示利比哈沙比雅和与他们一起的兄弟十人, 25 把王和谋士、军官,并在那里的以色列众人为我们 神殿所献的金银和器皿,都秤了交给他们。 26 我秤了交在他们手中的有六百五十他连得银子,一百他连得银器,一百他连得金子, 27 二十个金碗,值一千达利克,上等光亮的铜器皿两个,珍贵如金。 28 我对他们说:“你们归耶和华为圣,器皿也归为圣;金银是甘心献给耶和华—你们列祖之 神的。 29 你们要警醒看守,直到你们在祭司长和利未族长,以及以色列的各族长面前,在耶路撒冷耶和华殿的库房内,把这些过了秤。” 30 于是,祭司和利未人把秤过的金银和器皿接过来,要带到耶路撒冷我们 神的殿里。

返回耶路撒冷

31 正月十二日,我们从亚哈瓦河边起行,要往耶路撒冷去。我们 神的手保佑我们,救我们脱离仇敌和路上埋伏之人的手。 32 我们到了耶路撒冷,在那里住了三日。 33 第四日,金银和器皿都在我们 神的殿里过了秤,交在乌利亚的儿子米利末祭司的手中。同着他的有非尼哈的儿子以利亚撒,还有利未耶书亚的儿子约撒拔宾内的儿子挪亚底 34 那时,这一切都点过秤过了,重量全写在册上。

35 从被掳之地归回的人向以色列的 神献燔祭,为以色列众人献十二头公牛、九十六只公绵羊、七十七只小绵羊,又献十二只公山羊作赎罪祭,这些全都是献给耶和华的燔祭。 36 被掳归回的人把王的谕旨交给王的总督与河西的省长,他们就支助百姓和 神的殿。

Footnotes

  1. 8.5 “属萨土…示迦尼”是根据七十士译本;原文是“属示迦尼的子孙有雅哈悉的儿子”。
  2. 8.10 “属巴尼…示罗密”是根据七十士译本;原文是“属示罗密的子孙有约细斐的儿子”。
  3. 8.14 “撒刻”:原文另译“撒布”。
  4. 8.16 七十士译本的一些抄本没有“约雅立和以利拿单”。
'以 斯 拉 記 8 ' not found for the version: Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version.

List of the Family Heads Returning With Ezra

These are the family heads and those registered with them who came up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:(A)

of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom;

of the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel;

of the descendants of David, Hattush of the descendants of Shekaniah;(B)

of the descendants of Parosh,(C) Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;

of the descendants of Pahath-Moab,(D) Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;

of the descendants of Zattu,[a] Shekaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;

of the descendants of Adin,(E) Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men;

of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;

of the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;

of the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;

10 of the descendants of Bani,[b] Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;

11 of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;

12 of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;

13 of the descendants of Adonikam,(F) the last ones, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeuel and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;

14 of the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai and Zakkur, and with them 70 men.

The Return to Jerusalem

15 I assembled them at the canal that flows toward Ahava,(G) and we camped there three days. When I checked among the people and the priests, I found no Levites(H) there. 16 So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of learning, 17 and I ordered them to go to Iddo, the leader in Kasiphia. I told them what to say to Iddo and his fellow Levites, the temple servants(I) in Kasiphia, so that they might bring attendants to us for the house of our God. 18 Because the gracious hand of our God was on us,(J) they brought us Sherebiah,(K) a capable man, from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, and Sherebiah’s sons and brothers, 18 in all; 19 and Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and nephews, 20 in all. 20 They also brought 220 of the temple servants(L)—a body that David and the officials had established to assist the Levites. All were registered by name.

21 There, by the Ahava Canal,(M) I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey(N) for us and our children, with all our possessions. 22 I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers(O) and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, “The gracious hand of our God is on everyone(P) who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.(Q) 23 So we fasted(R) and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.

24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, namely, Sherebiah,(S) Hashabiah and ten of their brothers, 25 and I weighed out(T) to them the offering of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his advisers, his officials and all Israel present there had donated for the house of our God. 26 I weighed out to them 650 talents[c] of silver, silver articles weighing 100 talents,[d] 100 talents[e] of gold, 27 20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics,[f] and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.

28 I said to them, “You as well as these articles are consecrated to the Lord.(U) The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your ancestors. 29 Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem before the leading priests and the Levites and the family heads of Israel.” 30 Then the priests and Levites received the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.

31 On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal(V) to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us,(W) and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way. 32 So we arrived in Jerusalem, where we rested three days.(X)

33 On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out(Y) the silver and gold and the sacred articles into the hands of Meremoth(Z) son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, and so were the Levites Jozabad(AA) son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.(AB) 34 Everything was accounted for by number and weight, and the entire weight was recorded at that time.

35 Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls(AC) for all Israel,(AD) ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs and, as a sin offering,[g] twelve male goats.(AE) All this was a burnt offering to the Lord. 36 They also delivered the king’s orders(AF) to the royal satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates,(AG) who then gave assistance to the people and to the house of God.(AH)

Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:5 Some Septuagint manuscripts (also 1 Esdras 8:32); Hebrew does not have Zattu.
  2. Ezra 8:10 Some Septuagint manuscripts (also 1 Esdras 8:36); Hebrew does not have Bani.
  3. Ezra 8:26 That is, about 24 tons or about 22 metric tons
  4. Ezra 8:26 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
  5. Ezra 8:26 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
  6. Ezra 8:27 That is, about 19 pounds or about 8.4 kilograms
  7. Ezra 8:35 Or purification offering

These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.

Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.

Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.

Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.

11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.

12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.

13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

20 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:

26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;

27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers.

29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.

30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.

31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

34 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.

35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the Lord.

36 And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.