Ezra 10
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
10 În timp ce Ezra se ruga şi se destăinuia plângând şi stând cu capul plecat înaintea Casei lui Dumnezeu, s-a strâns la el o mare mulţime de bărbaţi, de femei şi de copii din Israel. Şi poporul a început astfel să plângă şi el cu amar. 2 Atunci Şecania, fiul lui Iehiel, dintre urmaşii lui Elam, a luat cuvântul şi i-a zis lui Ezra: „I-am fost necredincioşi Dumnezeului nostru, căsătorindu-ne cu femei străine, care fac parte din popoarele ţării! Dar, în ciuda acestui lucru, încă mai există speranţă pentru Israel! 3 Să încheiem acum un legământ cu Dumnezeul nostru, angajându-ne să izgonim toate femeile acestea şi pe cei ce li s-au născut, potrivit cu sfatul stăpânului meu şi a celor ce se tem de porunca Dumnezeului nostru. Să se facă după Lege! 4 Ridică-te, căci este responsabilitatea ta, iar noi vom fi alături de tine! Fii tare şi lucrează!“
5 Ezra s-a ridicat şi le-a pus pe căpeteniile preoţilor şi ale leviţilor şi pe tot poporul lui Israel să jure că vor face ce s-a hotărât. Şi ei au jurat. 6 Ezra s-a retras dinaintea Casei lui Dumnezeu şi s-a dus în odaia lui Iehohanan, fiul lui Eliaşib. Când a intrat acolo, pâine nu a mâncat şi apă nu a băut, căci a continuat să bocească necredincioşia celor ce fuseseră în captivitate. 7 Au răspândit în Iuda şi în Ierusalim vestea ca toţi cei întorşi din captivitate să se strângă la Ierusalim, 8 urmând ca, potrivit sfatului căpeteniilor şi al celor din sfatul bătrânilor, toţi aceia care nu vor veni în trei zile să fie deposedaţi de toată averea şi să fie separaţi de adunarea celor întorşi din captivitate.
9 În trei zile, toţi bărbaţii lui Iuda şi ai lui Beniamin s-au strâns la Ierusalim – era a douăzecea zi a lunii a noua. Tot poporul stătea în piaţeta dinaintea Casei lui Dumnezeu, tremurând din cauza veştii şi din cauza ploii. 10 Preotul Ezra s-a ridicat şi le-a zis:
– Aţi fost necredincioşi şi v-aţi căsătorit cu femei străine, adăugând astfel la vina lui Israel. 11 Daţi slavă[a] acum Domnului, Dumnezeul strămoşilor voştri, şi împliniţi voia Lui! Separaţi-vă de popoarele din ţară şi de soţiile străine!
12 Toată adunarea a răspuns cu glas tare:
– Vom face precum ne-ai spus! 13 Poporul însă este numeros, iar vremea este ploioasă şi nu putem sta afară. De altfel, aceasta nu este o treabă de o zi sau două, căci sunt mulţi printre noi care au păcătuit în această privinţă. 14 Să rămână căpeteniile noastre în locul întregii adunări. Apoi toţi cei din cetăţile noastre care şi-au luat soţii străine să vină la date stabilite împreună cu cei din sfatul bătrânilor şi cu judecătorii cetăţii respective, până se va abate de la noi mânia aprigă a Dumnezeului nostru cu privire la acest lucru.
15 Doar Ionatan, fiul lui Asael, şi Iahzeia, fiul lui Tikva, au fost împotrivă, ei fiind susţinuţi de Meşulam şi de levitul Şabtai. 16 Prin urmare, cei întorşi din captivitate au făcut cum s-a propus. L-au ales pe preotul Ezra şi au numit căpetenii de familii, potrivit familiilor lor. Aceştia s-au aşezat să cerceteze problema în prima zi a lunii a zecea. 17 În prima zi a lunii întâi au isprăvit de rezolvat problema în legătură cu toţi bărbaţii care se căsătoriseră cu femei străine.
Cei vinovaţi de căsătorii mixte
18 Dintre urmaşii preoţilor, iată-i pe cei pe care i-au găsit căsătoriţi cu femei străine:
dintre urmaşii lui Iosua, fiul lui Ioţadak, şi dintre fraţii săi:
Maaseia,
Eliezer,
Iarib
şi Ghedalia.
19 Ei s-au înţeles să le alunge pe soţiile lor şi au adus pentru vina lor un berbec din turmă ca jertfă pentru vină.
20 Dintre urmaşii lui Imer:
Hanani
şi Zebadia;
21 dintre urmaşii lui Harim:
Maaseia,
Ilie,
Şemaia,
Iehiel
şi Uzia;
22 dintre urmaşii lui Paşhur:
Elionai,
Maaseia,
Ismael,
Netanel,
Iozabad
şi Elasa;
23 dintre leviţi:
Iozabad,
Şimei,
Chelaia, – numit şi Chelita –,
Petahia,
Iuda
şi Eliezer;
24 dintre cântăreţi:
Eliaşib;
dintre portari:
Şalum,
Telem
şi Uri.
25 Dintre ceilalţi din Israel:
dintre urmaşii lui Paroş:
Ramia,
Izia,
Malchia,
Miyamin,
Elazar,
Malchia
şi Benaia;
26 dintre urmaşii lui Elam:
Matania,
Zaharia,
Iehiel,
Abdi,
Ieremot
şi Ilie;
27 dintre urmaşii lui Zatu:
Elioenai,
Eliaşib,
Matania,
Ieremot,
Zabad
şi Aziza;
28 dintre urmaşii lui Bebai:
Iehohanan,
Hanania,
Zabai
şi Atlai;
29 dintre urmaşii lui Bani:
Meşulam,
Maluh,
Adaia,
Iaşub,
Şeal
şi Ieremot;
30 dintre urmaşii lui Pahat-Moab:
Adna,
Chelal,
Benaia,
Maaseia,
Matania,
Beţalel,
Binui
şi Manase;
31 dintre urmaşii lui Harim:
Eliezer,
Işia,
Malchia,
Şemaia,
Simeon,
32 Beniamin,
Maluh
şi Şemaria;
33 dintre urmaşii lui Haşum:
Matnai,
Matata,
Zabad,
Elifelet,
Ieremai,
Manase
şi Şimei;
34 dintre urmaşii lui Bani:
Maadai,
Amram,
Uel,
35 Benaia,
Bedia,
Cheluhu,
36 Vania,
Meremot,
Eliaşib,
37 Matania,
Matnai,
Iaasai,
38 Bani[b],
Binui,
Şimei,
39 Şelemia,
Natan,
Adaia,
40 Mahnadebai, Şaşai,
Şarai,
41 Azarel,
Şelemia,
Şemaria,
42 Şalum,
Amaria
şi Iosif;
43 dintre urmaşii lui Nebo:
Ieiel,
Matitia,
Zabad,
Zebina,
Iadai,
Ioel
şi Benaia.
44 Toţi aceştia se căsătoriseră cu femei străine şi unii chiar avuseseră fii cu ele.[c]
Footnotes
- Ezra 10:11 O provocare solemnă la mărturisire (vezi Ios. 7:19 şi nota)
- Ezra 10:38 TM; LXX (vezi şi 1 Esdra 9:34): dintre urmaşii lui Binui i-au găsit pe următorii: pe Şimei
- Ezra 10:44 Sau: însă le-au alungat, împreună cu copiii lor.
Ezra 10
Living Bible
10 As I lay on the ground in front of the Temple, weeping and praying and making this confession, a large crowd of men, women, and children gathered around and cried with me.
2 Then Shecaniah (the son of Jehiel of the clan of Elam) said to me, “We acknowledge our sin against our God, for we have married these heathen women. But there is hope for Israel in spite of this. 3 For we agree before our God to divorce our heathen wives and to send them away with our children; we will follow your commands and the commands of the others who fear our God. We will obey the laws of God. 4 Take courage and tell us how to proceed in setting things straight, and we will fully cooperate.”
5 So I stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests and the Levites and all the people of Israel swear that they would do as Shecaniah had said; and they all agreed. 6 Then I went into the room of Jehohanan in the Temple and refused all food and drink, for I was mourning because of the sin of the returned exiles.
7-8 Then a proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem that everyone should appear at Jerusalem within three days and that the leaders and elders had decided that anyone who refused to come would be disinherited and excommunicated from Israel. 9 Within three days, on the fifth day of December,[a] all the men of Judah and Benjamin had arrived and were sitting in the open space before the Temple; and they were trembling because of the seriousness of the matter and because of the heavy rainfall. 10 Then I, Ezra the priest, arose and addressed them:
“You have sinned, for you have married heathen women; now we are even more deeply under God’s condemnation than we were before. 11 Confess your sin to the Lord God of your fathers and do what he demands: separate yourselves from the heathen people about you and from these women.”
12 Then all the men spoke up and said, “We will do what you have said. 13 But this isn’t something that can be done in a day or two, for there are many of us involved in this sinful affair. And it is raining so hard that we can’t stay out here much longer. 14 Let our leaders arrange trials for us. Everyone who has a heathen wife will come at the scheduled time with the elders and judges of his city; then each case will be decided and the situation will be cleared up, and the fierce wrath of our God will be turned away from us.”
15 Only Jonathan (son of Asahel), Jahzeiah (son of Tikvah), Meshullam, and Shabbethai the Levite opposed this course of action.
16-19 So this was the plan that was followed: Some of the clan leaders and I were designated as judges; we began our work on December 15 and finished by March 15.
Following is the list of priests who had married heathen wives (they vowed to divorce their wives and acknowledged their guilt by offering rams as sacrifices): Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, Gedaliah.
20 The sons of Immer: Hanani, Zebadiah.
21 The sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, Uzziah.
22 The sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, Elasah.
23 The Levites who were guilty: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (also called Kelita), Pethahaiah, Judah, Eliezer.
24 Of the singers, there was Eliashib.
Of the gatekeepers, Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
25 Here is the list of ordinary citizens who were declared guilty:
From the clan of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah, Benaiah.
26 From the clan of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, Elijah.
27 From the clan of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, Aziza.
28 From the clan of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.
29 From the clan of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, Jeremoth.
30 From the clan of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, Manasseh.
31-32 From the clan of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.
33 From the clan of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.
34-42 From the clan of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel, Banaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu, Bani, Binnui, Shimei, Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.
43 From the clan of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, Benaiah.
44 Each of these men had heathen wives, and many had children by these wives.
Footnotes
- Ezra 10:9 the fifth day of December, literally, “the twentieth day of the ninth month” of the Hebrew calendar.
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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