Ezra 10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Sending Away Foreign Wives
10 While Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and falling facedown(A) before the house of God, an extremely large assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered around him. The people also wept bitterly.(B) 2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel,(C) an Elamite, responded to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the surrounding peoples,(D) but there is still hope for Israel in spite of this. 3 Let us therefore make a covenant before our God(E) to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God.(F) Let it be done according to the law. 4 Get up, for this matter is your responsibility,(G) and we support you. Be strong and take action!”(H)
5 Then Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said; so they took the oath.(I) 6 Ezra then went from the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, where he spent the night.[a] He did not eat food or drink water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.(J)
7 They circulated a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem. 8 Whoever did not come within three days would forfeit all his possessions,[b] according to the decision of the leaders and elders, and would be excluded(K) from the assembly of the exiles.
9 So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God,(L) trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain. 10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to Israel’s guilt.(M) 11 Therefore, make a confession to Yahweh the God of your fathers and do His will. Separate yourselves from the surrounding peoples and your foreign wives.”
12 Then all the assembly responded with a loud voice: “Yes, we will do as you say! 13 But there are many people, and it is the rainy season. We don’t have the stamina to stay out in the open. This isn’t something that can be done in a day or two, for we have rebelled terribly in this matter. 14 Let our leaders represent the entire assembly. Then let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each town, in order to avert the fierce anger of our God(N) concerning[c] this matter.” 15 Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam(O) and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.
16 The exiles did what had been proposed. Ezra the priest selected men[d] who were family leaders, all identified by name, to represent[e] their ancestral houses. They convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter, 17 and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.
Those Married to Foreign Wives
18 The following were found to have married foreign women from the descendants of the priests:
from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. 19 They pledged[f] to send their wives away, and being guilty, they offered a ram from the flock for their guilt;(P)
20 Hanani and Zebadiah from Immer’s(Q) descendants;
21 Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah from Harim’s(R) descendants;
22 Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah from Pashhur’s(S) descendants.
23 The Levites:(T)
Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
24 The singers:(U)
Eliashib.
The gatekeepers:(V)
Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
25 The Israelites:(W)
Parosh’s descendants:(X) Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah,[g] and Benaiah;
26 Elam’s descendants:(Y) Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah;
27 Zattu’s descendants:(Z) Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza;
28 Bebai’s descendants:(AA) Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai;
29 Bani’s descendants:(AB) Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth;
30 Pahath-moab’s descendants:(AC) Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh;
31 Harim’s descendants:(AD) Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah;
33 Hashum’s descendants:(AE) Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei;
34 Bani’s descendants:(AF) Maadai, Amram, Uel, 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, 36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu, 38 Bani, Binnui, Shimei, 39 Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, 40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, 42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph;
43 Nebo’s descendants:(AG) Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
44 All of these(AH) had married foreign women, and some of the wives had given birth to children.(AI)
Footnotes
- Ezra 10:6 1 Esdras 9:2, Syr; MT, Vg read he went
- Ezra 10:8 Lit would set apart all his possessions for destruction
- Ezra 10:14 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read until
- Ezra 10:16 1 Esdras 9:16, Syr; MT, Vg read priest and men were selected
- Ezra 10:16 Lit name, for
- Ezra 10:19 Lit gave their hand
- Ezra 10:25 Some LXX mss, 1 Esdras 9:26 read Hashabiah
以斯拉记 10
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
民因娶异族女觉罪痛哭
10 以斯拉祷告、认罪、哭泣，俯伏在神殿前的时候，有以色列中的男女、孩童聚集到以斯拉那里，成了大会，众民无不痛哭。 2 属以拦的子孙，耶歇的儿子示迦尼对以斯拉说：“我们在此地娶了外邦女子为妻，干犯了我们的神，然而以色列人还有指望。 3 现在当与我们的神立约，休这一切的妻，离绝她们所生的，照着我主和那因神命令战兢之人所议定的，按律法而行。 4 你起来，这是你当办的事，我们必帮助你，你当奋勉而行。”
5 以斯拉便起来，使祭司长和利未人并以色列众人起誓说，必照这话去行。他们就起了誓。 6 以斯拉从神殿前起来，进入以利亚实的儿子约哈难的屋里，到了那里不吃饭，也不喝水，因为被掳归回之人所犯的罪心里悲伤。 7 他们通告犹大和耶路撒冷被掳归回的人，叫他们在耶路撒冷聚集。 8 凡不遵首领和长老所议定三日之内不来的，就必抄他的家，使他离开被掳归回之人的会。
以斯拉劝民认罪出其异族之妻
9 于是，犹大和便雅悯众人三日之内都聚集在耶路撒冷。那日正是九月二十日，众人都坐在神殿前的宽阔处；因这事，又因下大雨，就都战兢。 10 祭司以斯拉站起来，对他们说：“你们有罪了，因你们娶了外邦的女子为妻，增添以色列人的罪恶。 11 现在当向耶和华你们列祖的神认罪，遵行他的旨意，离绝这些国的民和外邦的女子。”
会众愿遵劝言而行
12 会众都大声回答说：“我们必照着你的话行。 13 只是百姓众多，又逢大雨的时令，我们不能站在外头；这也不是一两天办完的事，因我们在这事上犯了大罪。 14 不如为全会众派首领办理，凡我们城邑中娶外邦女子为妻的，当按所定的日期，同着本城的长老和士师而来，直到办完这事，神的烈怒就转离我们了。” 15 唯有亚撒黑的儿子约拿单、特瓦的儿子雅哈谢阻挡[a]这事，并有米书兰和利未人沙比太帮助他们。
记娶异族女为妻之人
16 被掳归回的人如此而行。祭司以斯拉和些族长按着宗族，都指名见派，在十月初一日，一同在座查办这事。 17 到正月初一日，才查清娶外邦女子的人数。
18 在祭司中查出娶外邦女子为妻的，就是耶书亚的子孙约萨达的儿子和他弟兄玛西雅、以利以谢、雅立、基大利， 19 他们便应许必休他们的妻。他们因有罪，就献群中的一只公绵羊赎罪。 20 音麦的子孙中有哈拿尼、西巴第雅； 21 哈琳的子孙中有玛西雅、以利雅、示玛雅、耶歇、乌西雅； 22 巴施户珥的子孙中有以利约乃、玛西雅、以实玛利、拿坦业、约撒拔、以利亚撒。
23 利未人中，有约撒拔、示每、基拉雅（基拉雅就是基利他），还有毗他希雅、犹大、以利以谢。
24 歌唱的人中，有以利亚实。守门的人中，有沙龙、提联、乌利。
25 以色列人，巴录的子孙中有拉米、耶西雅、玛基雅、米雅民、以利亚撒、玛基雅、比拿雅； 26 以拦的子孙中有玛他尼、撒迦利亚、耶歇、押底、耶利末、以利雅； 27 萨土的子孙中有以利约乃、以利亚实、玛他尼、耶利末、撒拔、亚西撒； 28 比拜的子孙中有约哈难、哈拿尼雅、萨拜、亚勒； 29 巴尼的子孙中有米书兰、玛鹿、亚大雅、雅述、示押、耶利末； 30 巴哈摩押的子孙中有阿底拿、基拉、比拿雅、玛西雅、玛他尼、比撒列、宾内、玛拿西； 31 哈琳的子孙中有以利以谢、伊示雅、玛基雅、示玛雅、西缅、 32 便雅悯、玛鹿、示玛利雅； 33 哈顺的子孙中有玛特乃、玛达他、撒拔、以利法列、耶利买、玛拿西、示每； 34 巴尼的子孙中有玛玳、暗兰、乌益、 35 比拿雅、比底雅、基禄、 36 瓦尼雅、米利末、以利亚实、 37 玛他尼、玛特乃、雅扫、 38 巴尼、宾内、示每、 39 示利米雅、拿单、亚大雅、 40 玛拿底拜、沙赛、沙赖、 41 亚萨利、示利米雅、示玛利雅、 42 沙龙、亚玛利雅、约瑟； 43 尼波的子孙中有耶利、玛他提雅、撒拔、西比拿、雅玳、约珥、比拿雅。 44 这些人都娶了外邦女子为妻，其中也有生了儿女的。
Footnotes
- 以斯拉记 10:15 或作：总办。
Ezra 10
King James Version
10 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
11 Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
30 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.
44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
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