एज्रा 8

1 यी तिनीहरूका विस्थापित कुल वंशाका अगुवाहरू ती हुन् जो राजा आर्ट-जारसेज को शासनकालमा मसंग बाबेलदेखिमाथि गए।

2 पीनहासका कुलकाः गेर्शोम, ईतामारका कुलबाटः दानियेल दाऊदका कुलबाटः

3 शकन्याहका कुलका, हत्तूश परोशका कुलबाटः जकर्याह अनि तिनी सित सूची भएका 150 मानिसहरू थिए।

4 पहत-मोआबका कुलबाटः एल्याहोएनै, जरहियाहका छोरा अनि तिनीसित 200 मानिसहरू।

5 जत्तूका कुलहरूबाटः यहजीएलका छोरा शकन्याह अनि तिनी सित 300 मानिसहरू।

6 आदीनका कुलबाटः जोनाथनका छोरा एबेद अनि तिनी सित 50 मानिसहरू।

7 एलमाका कुलबाटः अतल्याहका छोरा यशयियाह अनि तिनी सित 70 मानिसहरू।

8 शपत्याहका कुलबाटः मीकाएलका छोरा जबदियाह अनि तिनीसित 80 मानिसहरू।

9 योआबका कुलबाटः यहीएलका ओबदिया अनि तिनीसित 218 मानिसहरु।

10 बानीका कुलबाटः योसिपियाका छोरा शलोमीत अनि तिनीसित 160 मानिसहरु।

11 बेबैका कुलबाटः बेबैका छोरा जकर्याह अनि तिनीसित 28 मानिसहरु।

12 अज्गादका कुलबाटः हक्कातान छोरा योहानान अनि तिनीसित 110 मानिसहरू।

13 आखिरी चाँहि अदोनीकाम, सन्तानबाट थिए तिनीहरूका नाउँ:एलीपेलेत, यीएल र शमायाह तिनीहरूसित 60 मानिसहरू थिए।

14 बैग्बै कुलबाटः उत्तै अनि जब्बूद अनि तिनीहरू सित 70 मानिसहरू थिए।

15 मैले तिनीहरूलाई नदीको छेउमा भेला गरें जो अहवातर्फ बग्छ, हामी त्यहाँ छाउनी लगएर तीन दिनसम्म बस्यौ। मैले ती मानिसहरू अनि पूजाहारीहरूलाई हेरे तर मैले त्यहाँ कुनै लेवीहरूलाई देखिन।

16 यसकारण मैले एलाजार, अरीएल, शमायाह, एल्नातान, यारीब, एल्नातान, नातान, जकर्याह र अश्शूलाम, जो अगुवाहरू अनि योयारीब र एल्नातानहरूलाई बोलाएँ तिनीहरू बुझकि मानिस थिए।

17 अनि मैले तिनीहरूलाई कासिपियाह नामक स्थानमा अगुवा इद्दो कहाँ पठाएँ। इद्दो र तिनका दाज्यू-भाइहरू अनि कसिपियाह स्थानको मन्दिरका सेवकहरूलाई के भन्नु पर्ने सो भने जसद्वारा तिनीहरूले हामी कहाँ हाम्रा परमेश्वरको मन्दिरको निम्ति कर्मीहरू ल्याउन सकोस्।

18 किनभने हाम्रा परमेश्वरले हामीलाई सहयाता गर्नु भयो, तिनीहरूले हामीकहाँ एक वुद्धिमान मानिस, लेवीको छोरा महलीका कुलहरूका। इस्राएलका छोरा जस्तै शरेबियाह र तिनका छोराहरू भाइहरू एवं अन्य मानिसहरू।

19 अनि शरेबियाह तिनीसित मरारीका सन्तानहरूका यशैयार तिनका भाई र छोराहरू।

20 अनि मन्दिरका सेवकहरू जसलाई दाऊद अनि राजकुमारहरूले लेवीहरूलाई सहायता गर्न नियुक्त गरेका थिए। 220 जना मन्दिरमा सेवकहरू पठाए। ती सबै का नाउँ सूचीमा लेखिए।

21 त्यहाँ अहवा नदीको छेउमा, हामीहरू अनि हाम्रा केटा-केटीहरू र हाम्रा सबै सम्पत्तिहरूको निरापद यात्राको निम्ति उहाँसित विन्ती गर्नलाई हामी परमेश्वरको समक्ष स्वयंलाई विनम्र तुल्याउन सकौ भनी उपवासको घोषणा गर्यौं।

22 किनभने यात्रामा हामीलाई शत्रुहरूबाट सुरक्षित राख्नको निम्ति राजासंग सैनिक अनि घोडसवारहरूको माग गर्नमा लज्जित थियौं। किनभने हामीले राजालाई भनेको थियौ, “हाम्रा परमेश्वरले ती सबैलाई सहायता गर्नु हुन्छ, जो उहाँ प्रति विश्वास गर्छन् तर उहाँ तिनीहरू प्रति अति क्रोधित हुनुहुन्छ, जो उहाँदेखि टाढा हुन्छन्।”

23 यसर्थ हामीले यसका निम्ति उपवास बस्यौं र हाम्रा परमेश्वर प्रति प्रार्थना गर्यौ अनि उहाँले हाम्रो प्रर्थनाको उत्तर दिनु भयो।

24 त्यसपछि मैले शेरेब्याह र हबिशयाह अनि तिनीहरूका भाईहरू मध्ये दशजना पूजाहारीहरू सहित 12 जना अगुवाहरूलाई चुनें।

25 त्यसपछि राजा र तिनका सल्लाहकारहरू र अधिकारीहरू त्यहाँ उपस्थित भएका इस्राएलका सबै मानिसहरूले हाम्रा परमेश्वरको मन्दिरका निम्ति अर्पण गरेका सुन, चाँदी र भाँडा-वत्तर्नहरू तौलेर मैले तिनीहरूलाई दिए।

26 मैले तौलिएर तिनीहरूलाई 22,100 किलो ग्राम चाँदी 100 चाँदीका भाडाहरू 3,400 किलो ग्राम ओजनको, 3,400 किलोग्राम सुन

27 सुनका कचौराहरू 8 1/2 किलोग्राम ओजनको,

28 तब मैले ती बाह्र पूजाहारीहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरू अनि यी चीजहरू परमप्रभुको निम्ति पवित्र छौ। मानिहरूले तिमीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाका परमेश्वरलाई सुन र चाँदीहरू दिए।

29 यिनीहरू को खूबै होशियारी सित रक्षा गर। जब सम्म तिमीहरूले पूजाहारीहरू अनि लेवीहरूका अगुवाहरू अनि यरूशलेममा इस्राएल कुलका प्रमुखहरू समक्ष परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको कोठाहरू भित्र तौलँदैनौं।”

30 यसर्थ पूजाहारीहरू र लेवीहरूले जोखिएका ती सुन-चाँदी र अरू मत्तोपुर्ण सामानहरू यरूशलेममा, हाम्रा परमेश्वरको मन्दिरमा ल्याउनका निम्ति प्राप्त गरे।

31 हामीले यरूशलेम जानका निम्ति पहिलो महिनाको बाह्रौ दिनमा अहावा नदी छोडियौ। अनि हाम्रा परमेश्वर हामीसित हुनुहुन्थ्यो र उहाँले हामीलाई शत्रुहरूको शक्ति र चोरहरूबाट बाटोमा सुरक्षित गर्नुभयो।

32 अनि हामी यरूशलेम आइपुग्यौ। त्यहाँ हामीले तीनदिन विश्राम गर्यौ।

33 चौथो दिनमा हामीले हाम्रा परमेश्वरको मन्दिरमा ती चाँदी अनि सुन अनि सामानहरू जोखियौ र ती पूजाहारी उरियाहका छोरा मरेमोत साथै पीनहासका छोरा एलाजार अनि तिनीहरूसित लेवीहरू, येशूअका छोरा योजाबाद अनि बिन्नुईका छोरा नोअदियाहलाई दियौ।

34 हरेक वस्तुको संख्याद्वारा ओजन जाँच गरि अनि त्यस समयमा ठोस ओजन टिपियो।

35 तब कैदबाट फर्केर आउने यहूदीहरूले इस्राएलका परमेश्वरलाई समस्त इस्राएलका निम्ति होमबलि अर्पण गरे 12 वटा साँढे, 96 वटा भेडा, 77 वटा थुमा अनि पाप बलिका निम्ति 12 वटा बोकाहरू यी सबै परमप्रभुका निम्ति होमबलि थिए।

36 तिनीहरूले राजाका आदेश पनि राज अधिकारीहरू अनि नदीपारीका प्रशासकहरूलाई दिए। तब तिनीहरूले यी अधिकारीहरूले प्रशासकहरू अनि इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले परमेश्वरको मन्दिरलाई सहयोग दिए।

1 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.

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

3 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.

4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

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

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

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

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

9 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 counsellers, 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.