1.1
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of
the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred
up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians, and he issued a
proclamation through all his kingdom, and that in writing, saying,
1.2 Thus said Cyrus king of the Persians, The
Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he
has given me a charge to build him a house in Jerusalem that is in
Judea.
1.3 Who [is] there among you of all his people?
for his God shall be with him, and he shall go up to Jerusalem that is
in Judea, and let him build the house of the God of Israel: he [is] the
God that is in Jerusalem.
1.4 And [let] every [Jew] that is left [go]
from every place where he sojourns, and the men of his place shall help
him with silver, and gold, and goods, and cattle, together with the
voluntary offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
1.5 Then the chiefs of the families of Juda and
Benjamin arose, and the priests, and the Levites, all whose spirit the
Lord stirred up to go up to build the house of the Lord that [is] in
Jerusalem.
1.6 And all that were round about strengthened
their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with
cattle, and with presents, besides the voluntary offerings.
1.7 And king Cyrus brought out the vessels of
the house of the Lord, which Nabuchodonosor had brought from Jerusalem,
and put in the house of his god.
1.8 And Cyrus king of the Persians brought them
out by the hand of Mithradates the treasurer, and he numbered them to
Sasabasar, the chief man of Juda.
1.9 And this [is] their number: thirty gold
basons, and a thousand silver basons, nine and twenty changes, thirty
golden goblets,
1.10 and four hundred [and] ten double silver [vessels], and a thousand other vessels.
1.11 All the gold and silver vessels were five
thousand four hundred, [even] all that went up with Sasabasar from the
[place of] transportation, from Babylon to Jerusalem.
2.1
And these [are] the people of the land that went up, of the number of
prisoners who were removed, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried
away to Babylon, and they returned to Juda and Jerusalem, every man to
his city;
2.2 who came with Zorobabel: Jesus, Neemias,
Saraias, Reelias, Mardochaeus, Balasan, Masphar, Baguai, Reum, Baana.
The number of the people of Israel:
2.3 the children of Phares, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
2.4 The children of Saphatia, three hundred and seventy-two.
2.5 The children of Ares, seven hundred and seventy-five.
2.6 The children of Phaath Moab, belonging to
the sons of Jesue [and] Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
2.7 The children of Aelam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
2.8 The children of Zatthua, nine hundred and forty-five.
2.9 The children of Zacchu, seven hundred and sixty.
2.10 The children of Banui, six hundred and forty-two.
2.11 The children of Babai, six hundred and twenty-three.
2.12 The children of Asgad, a thousand two hundred and twenty-two.
2.13 The children of Adonicam, six hundred and sixty-six.
2.14 The children of Bague, two thousand and fifty-six.
2.15 The children of Addin, four hundred and fifty-four.
2.16 The children of Ater [the son] of Ezekias, ninety eight.
2.17 The children of Bassu, three hundred and twenty-three.
2.18 The children of Jora, a hundred and twelve.
2.19 The children of Asum, two hundred and twenty-three.
2.20 The children of Gaber, ninety-five.
2.21 The children of Bethlaem, a hundred and twenty-three.
2.22 The children of Netopha, fifty-six.
2.23 The children of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.
2.24 he children of Azmoth, forty-three.
2.25 The children of Cariathiarim, Chaphira, and Beroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
2.26 The children of Rama and Gabaa, six hundred and twenty-one.
2.27 The men of Machmas, a hundred and twenty-two.
2.28 The men of Baethel and Aia, four hundred and twenty-three.
2.29 The children of Nabu, fifty-two.
2.30 The children of Magebis, a hundred and fifty-six.
2.31 The children of Elamar, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
2.32 The children of Elam, three hundred and twenty.
2.33 The children of Lodadi and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five.
2.34 The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.
2.35 The children of Senaa, three thousand six hundred and thirty.
2.36 And the priests, the sons of Jedua, [belonging
to] the house of Jesus, [were] nine hundred and seventy-three.
2.37 The children of Emmer, a thousand [and] fifty-two.
2.38 The children of Phassur, a thousand two hundred [and] forty-seven.
2.39 The children of Erem, a thousand [and] seven.
2.40 And the Levites, the sons of Jesus and Cadmiel, belonging to the sons of Oduia, seventy-four.
2.41 The sons of Asaph, singers, a hundred [and] twenty-eight.
2.42 The children of the porters, the children of
Sellum, the children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the children of
Acub, the children of Atita, the children of Sobai, [in] all a hundred
[and] thirty-nine.
2.43 The Nathinim: the children of Suthia, the children of Asupha, the children of Tabaoth,
2.44 the sons of Cades, the children of Siaa, the children of Phadon,
2.45 the children of Labano, the children of Agaba, the sons of Acub,
2.46 the children of Agab, the children of Selami, the children of Anan,
2.47 the children of Geddel, the children of Gaar, the children of Raia,
2.48 the children of Rason, the children of Necoda, the children of Gazem,
2.49 the children of Azo, the children of Phase, the children of Basi,
2.50 the children of Asena, the children of Mounim, the children of Nephusim,
2.51 the children of Bacbuc, the children of Acupha, the children f Arur,
2.52 the children of Basaloth, the children of Mauda, the children of Arsa,
2.53 the children of Barcos, the children of Sisara, the children of Thema,
2.54 the children of Nasthie, the children of Atupha.
2.55 The children of the servants of Solomon: the
children of Sotai, the children of Sephera, the children of Phadura,
2.56 the children of Jeela, the children of Darcon, the children of Gedel,
2.57 the children of Saphatia, the children of Atil,
the children of Phacherath, the children of Aseboim, the children of
Emei.
2.58 All the Nathanim, and the sons of Abdeselma [were] three hundred and ninety-two.
2.59 And these [are] they that went up from
Thelmelech, Thelaresa, Cherub, Hedan, Emmer: and they were not able to
tell the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they were of
Israel:
2.60 the children of Dalaea, the children of Bua, the
children of Tobias, the children of Necoda, six hundred [and] fifty-two.
2.61 And of the children of the priests, the children
of Labeia, the children of Akkus, the children of Berzellai, who took a
wife of the daughter of Berzellai the Galaadite, and was called by
their name.
2.62 These sought their genealogy [as though] they
had been reckoned, but they were not found; and they were removed, [as
polluted], from the priesthood.
2.63 And the Athersastha told them that they should
not eat of the most holy things, until a priest should arise with
Lights and Perfections.
2.64 And all the congregation together [were] about forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty;
2.65 besides their men-servants and maid-servants,
[and] these were seven thousand three hundred [and] thirty-seven: and
[among] these were two hundred singing men and singing women.
2.66 Their horses [were] seven hundred [and] thirty-six, their mules, two hundred [and] forty-five.
2.67 Their camels, four hundred [and] thirty-five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred [and] twenty.
2.68 And [some] of the chiefs of families, when they
went into the house of the Lord that was in Jerusalem, offered
willingly for the house of God, to establish it on its prepared place.
2.69 According to their power they gave into the
treasury of the work pure gold sixty-one thousand pieces, and five
thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
2.70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the
people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nathinim, dwelt in
their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
3.1
And the seventh month came on, and the children of Israel [were] in
their cities, and the people assembled as one man at Jerusalem.
3.2 Then stood up Jesus the [son] of Josedec,
and his brethren the priests, and Zorobabel the [son] of Salathiel, and
his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer
upon it whole-burnt-offerings, according to the things that were
written in the law of Moses the man of God.
3.3 And they set up the altar on its place, for
there was a terror upon them because of the people of the lands: and
the whole-burnt-offerings was offered up upon it to the Lord morning
and evening.
3.4 And they kept the feast of tabernacles,
according to that which was written, and [offered]
whole-burnt-offerings daily in number according to the ordinance, the
exact daily rate.
3.5 And after this the perpetual
whole-burnt-offering, and [offering] for the season of new moon, and
for all the hallowed feasts to the Lord, and for every one that offered
a free-will-offering to the Lord.
3.6 On the first day of the seventh month they
began to offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord: but the foundation of
the house of the Lord was not laid.
3.7 And they gave money to the stone-hewers and
carpenters, and meat and drink, and oil, to the Sidonians, and Tyrians,
to bring cedar trees from Libanus to the sea of Joppa, according to the
grant of Cyrus king of the Persians to them.
3.8 And in the second year of their coming to
the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zorobabel the
[son] of Salathiel, and Jesus the [son] of Josedec, and the rest of
their brethren the priests ad the Levites, and all who came from the
captivity to Jerusalem, and they appointed the Levites, from twenty
years old and upward, over the workmen in the house of the Lord.
3.9 And Jesus and his sons and his brethren
stood, Cadmiel and his sons the sons of Juda, over them that wrought
the works in the house of God: the sons of Enadad, their sons and their
brethren the Levites.
3.10 And they laid a foundation for building the
house of the Lord: and the priests in their robes stood with trumpets
and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord,
according to the order of David king of Israel.
3.11 And they answered [each other] with praise and
thanksgiving to the Lord, [saying], For [it is] good, for his mercy to
Israel [endures] for ever. And all the people shouted with a loud voice
to praise the Lord at the laying the foundation of the house of the
Lord.
3.12 But many of the priests and the Levites, and the
elder men, heads of families, who had seen the former house on its
foundation, and [who saw] this house with their eyes, wept with a loud
voice: but the multitude shouted with joy to raise a song.
3.13 And the people did not distinguish the voice of
the glad shout from the voice of the weeping of the people: for the
people shouted with a loud voice, and the voice was heard even from
afar off.
4.1
And they that afflicted Juda and Benjamin heard, that the children of
the captivity were building a house to the Lord God of Israel.
4.2 And they drew near to Zorobabel, and to the
heads of families, and said to them, We will build with you; for as ye
[do], we seek [to serve] our God, and we do sacrifice to him from the
days of Asaradan king of Assur, who brought us hither.
4.3 then Zorobabel, and Jesus and the rest of
the heads of the families of Israel said to them, [It is] not for us
and you to build a house to our God, for we ourselves will build
together to the Lord our God, as Cyrus the king of the Persians
commanded us.
4.4 And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Juda, and hindered them in building,
4.5 and [continued] hiring [persons] against
them, plotting to frustrate their counsel, all the days of Cyrus king
of the Persians, and until the reign of Darius king of the Persians.
4.6 And in the reign of Assuerus, even in the
beginning of his reign, they wrote a letter against the inhabitants of
Juda and Jerusalem.
4.7 And in the days of Arthasastha, Tabeel
wrote peaceably to Mithradates and to the rest of his fellow-servants:
the tribute-gatherer wrote to Arthasastha king of the Persians a
writing in the Syrian tongue, and [the same] interpreted.
4.8 Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe
wrote an epistle against Jerusalem to King Arthasastha, [saying,]
4.9 Thus has judged Reum the chancellor, and
Sampsa the scribe, and the rest of our fellow-servants, the Dinaeans,
the Apharsathachaeans, the Tarphalaeans, the Apharsaeans, the
Archyaeans, the Babylonians, the Susanachaeans, Davaeans,
4.10 and the rest of the nations whom the great and
noble Assenaphar removed, and settled them in the cities of Somoron,
and the rest [of them] beyond the river.
4.11 This [is] the purport of the letter, which they
sent to him: Thy servants the men beyond the river to king Arthasastha.
4.12 Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came
up from thee to us have come to Jerusalem the rebellious and wicked
city, which they are building, and its walls are set in order, and they
have established the foundations of it.
4.13 Now then be it known to the king, that if that
city be built up, and its walls completed, thou shalt have no tribute,
neither will they pay [anything], and this injures kings.
4.14 And it is not lawful for us to see the dishonour
of the king: therefore have we sent and made known [the matter] to the
king;
4.15 That examination may be made in thy fathers'
book of record; and thou shalt find, and thou shalt know that city [is]
rebellious, and does harm to kings and countries, and there are in the
midst of it from very old time refuges for [runaway] slaves: therefore
this city has been made desolate.
4.16 We therefore declare to the king, that, if that
city be built, and its walls be set up, thou shalt not have peace.
4.17 Then the king sent to Reum the chancellor, and
Sampsa the scribe, and the rest of their fellow-servants who dwelt in
Samaria, and the rest beyond the river, [saying,] Peace; and he says,
4.18 The tribute-gatherer whom ye sent to us, has been called before me.
4.19 And a decree has been made by me, and we have
examined, and found that city of old time exalts itself against kings,
and that rebellions and desertions take place within it.
4.20 And there were powerful kings in Jerusalem, and
they ruled over all the [country] beyond the river, and abundant
revenues and tribute were given to them.
4.21 Now therefore make a decree to stop the work of those men, and that city shall no more be built.
4.22 [See] that ye be careful of the decree, [not] to
be remiss concerning this matter, lest at any time destruction should
abound to the harm of kings.
4.23 Then the tribute-gatherer of king Arthasastha
read [the letter] before Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe,
and his fellow-servants: and they went in haste to Jerusalem and
through Juda, and caused them to cease with horses and an [armed] force.
4.24 Then ceased the work of the house of God in
Jerusalem, and it was at a stand until the second year of the reign of
Darius king of the Persians.
5.1
And Aggaeus the prophet, and Zacharias the [son] of Addo, prophesied a
prophesy to the Jews in Juda and Jerusalem in the name of the God of
Israel, [even] to them.
5.2 Then rose up Zorobabel the [son] of
Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and began to build the house
of God that was in Jerusalem: and with them [were] the prophets of God
assisting them.
5.3 At the same time came there upon them
Thanthanai, the governor on this side the river, and Satharbuzanai, and
their fellow-servants, and spoke thus to them, Who has ordained a
decree for you to build this house, and to [provide] this preparation?
5.4 Then they spoke thus to them, What are the names of the men that build this city?
5.5 But the eyes of God were upon the captivity
of Juda, and they did not cause them to cease till the decree was
brought to Darius; and then was sent by the tribute-gatherer concerning
this
5.6 the copy of a letter, which Thanthanai, the
governor of the part on this side the river, and Satharbuzanai, and
their fellow-servants the Apharsachaeans who were on this side of the
river, sent to king Darius.
5.7 They sent an account to him, and thus it was written in it: All peace to king Darius.
5.8 Be it known to the king, that we went into
the land of Judea, to the house of the great God; and it is building
with choice stones, and they are laying timbers in the walls, and that
work is prospering, and goes on favorably in their hands.
5.9 Then we asked those elders, and thus we
said to them, Who gave you the order to build this house, and to
[provide] this preparation?
5.10 And wee asked them their names, [in order] to
declare [them] to thee, so as to write to thee the names of their
leading men.
5.11 And they answered us thus, saying, We [are] the
servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we [are] building the
house which had been built many years before this, and a great king of
Israel built it, and established it for them.
5.12 But after that our fathers provoked the God of
heaven, he gave them into the hands of Nabuchodonosor the Chaldean,
king of Babylon, and he destroyed this house, and carried the people
captive to Babylon.
5.13 And in the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be built.
5.14 And the gold and silver vessels of the house of
God, which Nabuchodonosor brought out from the house that was in
Jerusalem, and carried them into the temple of the king, them did king
Cyrus bring out from the temple of the king, and gave them to Sabanasar
the treasurer, who was over the treasurer;
5.15 and said to him, Take all the vessels, and go, put them in the house that is in Jerusalem in their place.
5.16 Then that Sabanazar came, and laid the
foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem: and from that time even
until now it has been building, and has not been finished.
5.17 And now, if it [seem] good to the king, lest
search be made in the treasure-house of the king at Babylon, that thou
mayest know [if it be] that a decree was made by king Cyrus to build
that house of God that was in Jerusalem, and let the king send to us
when he has learnt concerning this [matter].
6.1
Then Darius the king made a decree, and caused a search to be made in
the record-offices, where the treasure is stored in Babylon.
6.2 And there was found in the city, in the palace, a volume, and this was the record written in it.
6.3 In the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the
king made a decree concerning the holy house of God that was in
Jerusalem, [saying,] Let the house be built, and the place where they
sacrifice the sacrifices. (Also he appointed its elevation, in height
sixty cubits; its breadth [was] of sixty cubits.)
6.4 And [let there be] three strong layers of
stone, and one layer of timber; and the expense shall be paid out of
the house of the king.
6.5 And the silver and the gold vessels of the
house of God, which Nabuchodonosor carried off from the house that was
in Jerusalem, and carried to Babylon, let them even be given, and be
carried to the temple that is in Jerusalem, and put in the place where
they were set in the house of God.
6.6 Now, ye rulers beyond the river,
Satharbuzanai, and their fellow-servants the Apharsachaeans, who [are]
on the other side of the river, give [these things], keeping far from
that place.
6.7 Now let alone the work of the house of God:
let the rulers of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build that house
of God on its place.
6.8 Also a decree has been made by me, if haply
ye may do somewhat in concert with the elders of the Jews for the
building of that house of God: to wit, out of the king's property,
[even] the tributes beyond the river, let there be money to defray the
expenses carefully granted to those men, so that they be not hindered.
6.9 And whatever need [there may be], ye shall
give both the young of bulls and rams, and lambs for
whole-burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, oil:--
let it be given them according to the word of the priests that are in
Jerusalem, day by day whatsoever they shall ask;
6.10 that they may offer sweet savours to the God of
heaven, and that they may pray for the life of the king and his sons.
6.11 And a decree has been made by me, that every man
who shall alter this word, timber shall be pulled down from his house,
and let him be lifted up and slain upon it, and his house shall be
confiscated.
6.12 And may the God whose name dwells there,
overthrow every king and people who shall stretch out his hand to alter
or destroy the house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius have made a
decree; let it be diligently [attended to].
6.13 Then Thanthanai the governor on this side beyond
the river, Satharbuzanai, and his fellow-servants, according to that
which king Darius sent, so they did diligently.
6.14 And the elders of the Jews and the Levites
built, at the prophecy of Aegis the prophet, and Zacharias the son of
Addo: and they built up, and finished [it], by the decree of the God of
Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Arthasastha, kings
of the Persians.
6.15 And they finished this house by the third day of
the month Adar, which is the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
6.16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the
Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the
dedication of the house of God with gladness.
6.17 And they offered for the dedication of the house
of God a hundred calves, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, twelve
kids of the goats for a sin-offering for all Israel, according to the
number of the tribes of Israel.
6.18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and
the Levites in their separate orders, for the services of God in
Jerusalem, according to the writing of the book of Moses
6.19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
6.20 For the priests and Levites were purified, all
were clean to a man, and they slew the passover for all the children of
the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
6.21 And the children of Israel ate the passover,
[even] they that were of the captivity, and every one who separated
himself to them from the uncleanness of the nations of the land, to
seek the Lord God of Israel.
6.22 and they kept the feast of unleavened bread
seven days with gladness, because the Lord made them glad, and he
turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their
hands in the works of the house of the God of Israel.
7.1
Now after these things, in the reign of Arthasastha king of the
Persians, came up Esdras the son of Saraias, the son of Azarias, the
son of Chelcias,
7.2 the son of Selum, the son of Sadduc, the son of Achitob,
7.3 the son of Samarias, the son of Esria, the son of Mareoth,
7.4 the son of Zaraia, the son of Ozias, the son of Bokki,
7.5 the son of Abisue, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the first priest.
7.6 This Esdras went up out of Babylon; and he
was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel
gave: and the king gave him [leave], for the hand of the Lord his God
was upon him in all things which he sought.
7.7 And [some] of the children of Israel went
up, and [some] of the priests, and of the Levites, and the singers, and
the door-keepers, and the Nathinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year
of Arthasastha the king.
7.8 And they came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, this [was] the seventh year of the king.
7.9 For in the first [day] of the first month
he began the going up from Babylon, and in the first day of the fifth
month, they came to Jerusalem, for the good hand of his God was upon
him.
7.10 For Esdras had determined in his heart to seek
the law, and to do and teach the ordinances and judgments in Israel.
7.11 And this [is the copy of the order which
Arthasastha gave to Esdras the priest, the scribe of the book of the
words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his ordinances to Israel.
7.12 Arthasastha, king of kings, to Esdras, the
scribe of the law of the Lord God of heaven, Let the order and the
answer be accomplished.
7.13 A decree is made by me, that every one who is
willing in my kingdom of the people of Israel, and of the priests and
Levites, to go to Jerusalem, [be permitted] to go with thee.
7.14 [One] has been sent from the king and the seven
councillors, to visit Judea and Jerusalem, according to the law of
their God that is in thine hand.
7.15 And for the house of the Lord [there have been
sent] silver and gold, which the king and the councillors have freely
given to the God of Israel, who dwells in Jerusalem.
7.16 And all the silver and gold, whatsoever thou
shalt find in all the land of Babylon, with the freewill-offering of
the people, and the priests that offer freely for the house of God
which is in Jerusalem.
7.17 And as for every one that arrives [there],
speedily order him by this letter [to bring] calves, rams, lambs, and
their meat-offerings, and their drink-offerings; and thou shalt offer
them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
7.18 And whatever it shall seem good to thee and to
thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do as it
is pleasing to your God.
7.19 And deliver the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of God, before God in Jerusalem.
7.20 And as to the rest of the need of the house of thy God, thou shalt give from the king's treasure-houses,
7.21 and from me, whatever it shall seem [good] to
thee to give. I king Arthasastha have made a decree for all the
treasuries that are in the [country] beyond the river, that whatever
Esdras the priest and scribe of the God of heaven may ask you, it shall
be done speedily,
7.22 to [the amount of] a hundred talents of silver,
and a hundred measures of wheat, and a hundred baths of wine, and a
hundred baths of oil, and salt without reckoning.
7.23 Let whatever is in the decree of the God of
heaven, be done: take heed lest any one make an attack on the house of
the God of heaven, lest at any time there shall be wrath against the
realm of the king and his sons.
7.24 Also this has been declared to you, with respect
to all the priests, and Levites, the singers, porters, Nathinim and
ministers of the house of God, let no tribute be [paid] to thee; thou
shalt not have power to oppress them.
7.25 And thou, Esdras, as the wisdom of God [is] in
thy hand, appoint scribes and judges, that they may judge for all the
people beyond the river, all that know the law of the Lord thy God; and
ye shall make it known to him that knows not.
7.26 And whosoever shall not do the law of God, and
the law of the king readily, judgment shall be taken upon him, whether
for death or for chastisement, or for a fine of his property, or
casting into prison.
7.27 Blessed [be] the Lord God of our fathers, who
has put it thus into the heart of the king, to glorify the house of the
Lord which is in Jerusalem;
7.28 and has given me favour in the eyes of the king,
and of his councillors, and all the rulers of the king, the exalted
ones. And I was strengthened according to the good hand of God upon me,
and I gathered chief men of Israel to go up with me.
8.1
And these [are] the heads of their families, the leaders that went up
with me in the reign of Arthasastha the king of Babylon.
8.2 Of the sons of Phinees; Gerson: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Attus.
8.3 Of the sons of Sachania, and the sons of
Phoros; Zacharias: and with him a company [of] a hundred and fifty.
8.4 Of the sons of Phaath-Moab; Eliana the son of Saraia, and with him two hundred that were males.
8.5 And of the sons of Zathoes; Sechenias the son of Aziel, and with him three hundred males.
8.6 And of the sons of Adin; Obeth the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
8.7 And of the sons of Elam; Isaeas the son of Athelia, and with him seventy males.
8.8 And of the sons of Saphatia; Zabadias the son of Michael, and with him eighty males.
8.9 And of the sons of Joab; Abadia the son of Jeiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
8.10 And of the sons of Baani; Selimuth the son of Josephia, and with him a hundred and sixty males.
8.11 And of the sons of Babi; Zacharias the son of Babi, and with him twenty-eight males.
8.12 And of the sons of Asgad; Joanan the son of Accatan, and with him a hundred and ten males.
8.13 And of the sons of Adonicam [were the] last, and
these [were] their names, Eliphalat, Jeel, and Samaea, and with them
sixty males.
8.14 And of the sons of Baguae, Uthai, and Zabud, and with him seventy males.
8.15 And I gathered them to the river that comes to
Evi, and we encamped there three days: and I reviewed the people and
the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.
8.16 And I sent men of understanding to Eleazar, to
Ariel, to Semeias, and to Alonam, and to Jarib, and to Elnatham, and to
Nathan, and to Zacharias, and to Mesollam, and to Joarim, and to
Elnathan.
8.17 And I forwarded them to the rulers with the
money of the place, and I put words in their mouth to speak to their
brethren the Athinim with the money of the place, that they should
bring us singers for the house of our God.
8.18 And they came to us, as the good hand of our God
was upon us, even a man of understanding of the sons of Mooli, the son
of Levi, the son of Israel, and at the commencement came his sons and
his brethren, eighteen.
8.19 And Asebia, and Isaia of the sons of Merari, his brethren and his sons, twenty.
8.20 And of the Nathinim; whom David and the princes
had appointed for the service of the Levites [there were] two hundred
and twenty Nathinim; all were gathered by [their] names.
8.21 And I proclaimed there a fast, at the river Aue,
that [we] should humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a
straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our property.
8.22 For I was ashamed to ask of the king a guard and
horsemen to save us from he enemy in the way: for we had spoken to the
king, saying, The hand of our God [is] upon all that seek him, for
good; but his power and his wrath [are] upon all that forsake him.
8.23 So we fasted, and asked of our God concerning this; and he hearkened to us.
8.24 And I gave charge to twelve of the chiefs of the
priests, to Saraia, to Asabia, and ten of their brethren with them.
8.25 And I weighed to them the silver, and the gold,
and the vessels of the first-fruits of the house of our God, which the
king, and his councillors, and his princes, and all Israel that were
found, had dedicated.
8.26 I even weighed into their hands six hundred and
fifty talents of silver, and a hundred silver vessels, and a hundred
talents of gold;
8.27 and twenty golden bowls, [weighing] about a
thousand drachms, and superior vessels of fine shining brass,
[precious] as gold.
8.28 And I said to them, Ye [are] holy to the Lord;
and the vessels [are] holy; and the silver and the gold are
freewill-offerings to the Lord God of our fathers.
8.29 Be watchful and keep them, until ye weigh [them]
before the chief priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of families in
Jerusalem, at the chambers of the house of the Lord.
8.30 So the priests and the Levites took the weight
of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem
into the house of our God.
8.31 And we departed from the river of Aue on the
twelfth day of the first month, to come to Jerusalem: and the hand of
our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemy and
adversary in the way.
8.32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
8.33 And it came to pass on the fourth day that we
weighed the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, in the house of our
God, into the hand of Merimoth the son of Uria the priest; and with him
[was] Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them Jozabad the son of
Jesus, and Noadia the son of Banaia, the Levites.
8.34 All things [were reckoned] by number and weight, and the whole weight was written [down].
8.35 At that time the children of the banishment that
came from the captivity offered whole-burnt-offerings to the God of
Israel, twelve calves for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven
lambs, twelve goats for a sin-offering; all whole-burnt-offerings to
the Lord.
8.36 And they gave the king's mandate to the king's
lieutenants, and the governors beyond the river: and they honoured the
people and the house of God.
9.1
And when these things were finished, the princes drew near to me,
saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have
not separated themselves from the people of the lands in their
abominations, [even] the Chananite, the Ethite, the Pherezite, the
Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, and the Moserite and the Amorite.
9.2 For they have taken of their daughters for
themselves and their sons; and the holy seed has passed among the
nations of the lands, and the hand of the rulers [has been] first in
this transgression.
9.3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my
garments, and trembled, and plucked [some] of the hairs of my head and
of my beard, and sat down mourning.
9.4 Then there assembled to me all that
followed the word of the God of Israel, on account of the transgression
of the captivity; and I remained mourning until the evening sacrifice.
9.5 And at the evening sacrifice I rose up from
my humiliation; and when I had rent my garments, then I trembled, and I
bow myself on my knees, and spread out my hands to the Lord God,
9.6 and I said, O Lord, I am ashamed and
confounded, O my God, to lift up my face to thee: for our
transgressions have abounded over our head, and our trespasses have
increased even to heaven.
9.7 From the days of our fathers we have been
in a great trespass until this day: and because of our iniquities we,
and our kings, and our children, have been delivered into the hand of
the kings of the Gentiles by the sword, and by captivity, and by spoil,
and with shame of our face, as at this day.
9.8 And now our God has dealt mercifully with
us, so as to leave us to escape, and to give us an establishment in the
place of his sanctuary, to enlighten our eyes, and to give a little
quickening in our servitude.
9.9 For we are slaves, yet in our servitude the
Lord our God has not deserted us; and he has extended favour to us in
the sight of the kings of the Persians, to give us a quickening, that
they should raise up the house of our God, and restore the desolate
places of it, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem.
9.10 What shall we say, our God, after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
9.11 which thou hast given us by the hand of thy
servants the prophets, saying, The land, into which ye go to inherit
it, is a land subject to disturbance by the removal of the people of
the nations for their abominations, wherewith they have filled it from
one end to the other by their uncleanness.
9.12 And now give not your daughters to their sons,
and take not of their daughters for your sons, neither shall ye seek
their peace or their good for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the
good of the land, and transmit it as an inheritance to your children
for ever.
9.13 And after all that is come upon us because of
our evil deeds, and our great trespass, [it is clear] that there is
none such as our God, for thou has lightly visited our iniquities, and
given us deliverance;
9.14 whereas we have repeatedly broken thy
commandments, and intermarried with the people of the lands: be not
very angry with us to [our] utter destruction, so that there should be
no remnant or escaping one.
9.15 O Lord God of Israel, thou [art] righteous; for
we remain [yet] escaped, as at this day: behold, we [are] before thee
in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee on this account.
10.1
So when Esdras [had] prayed, and when he [had] confessed, weeping and
praying before the house of God, a very great assembly of Israel came
together to him, men and women and youths; for the people wept, and
wept aloud.
10.2 And Sechenias the son of Jeel, of the sons of
Elam, answered and said to Esdras, We have broken covenant with our
God, and have taken strange wives of the nations of the land: yet now
there is patience [of hope] to Israel concerning this thing.
10.3 Now then let us make a covenant with our God, to
put away all the wives, and their offspring, as thou shalt advise:
10.4 arise, and alarm them with the commands of our
God; and let [it] be done according to the law. Rise up, for the matter
[is] upon thee; and we [are] with thee: be strong and do.
10.5 Then Esdras arose, and caused the rulers, the
priests, and Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do
according to this word: and they swore.
10.6 And Esdras rose up from before the house of God,
and went to the treasury of Joanan the son of Elisub; he even went
thither: he ate no bread, and drank no water; for he mourned over the
unfaithfulness [of them] of the captivity.
10.7 And they made proclamation throughout Juda and
Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should
assemble at Jerusalem, [saying],
10.8 Every one who shall not arrive within three
days, as [is] the counsel of the rulers and the elders, all his
substance shall be forfeited, and he shall be separated from the
congregation of the captivity.
10.9 So all the men of Juda and Benjamin assembled at
Jerusalem within the three days. This [was] the ninth month: on the
twentieth day of the month all the people sat down in the street of the
house of the Lord, because of their alarm concerning the word, and
because of the storm.
10.10 And Esdras the priest arose, and said to them, Ye
have broken covenant, and have taken strange wives, to add to the
trespass of Israel.
10.11 Now therefore give praise to the Lord God of our
fathers, and do that which is pleasing in his sight: and separate
yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the strange wives.
10.12 Then all the congregation answered and said, This thy word [is] powerful upon us to do it.
10.13 But the people [is] numerous, and the season [is]
stormy, and there is no power to stand without, and the work is more
than enough for one day or for two; for we have greatly sinned in this
matter.
10.14 Let now our rulers stand, and for all those in our
cities who have taken strange wives, let them come at appointed times,
and with them elders from every several city, and judges, to turn away
the fierce wrath of our God from us concerning this matter.
10.15 Only Jonathan the son of Asael, and Jazias the son of
Thecoe [were] with me concerning this; and Mesollam, and Sabbathai the
Levite helped them.
10.16 And the children of the captivity did thus: and
Esdras the priest, and heads of families according to [their] house
were separated, and all by their names, for they returned in the first
day of the tenth month to search out the matter.
10.17 And they made an end with all the men who had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
10.18 And there were found [some] of the sons of the
priests who had taken strange wives: of the sons of Jesus the son of
Josedec, and his brethren; Maasia, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gadalia.
10.19 And they pledged themselves to put away their wives,
and [offered] a ram of the flock for a trespass-offering because of
their trespass.
10.20 And of the sons of Emmer; Anani, and Zabdia.
10.21 And of the sons of Eram; Masael, and Elia, and Samaia, and Jeel, and Ozia.
10.22 And of the sons of Phasur; Elionai, Maasia, and Ismael, and Nathanael, and Jozabad, and Elasa.
10.23 And of the Levites; Jozabad, and Samu, and Colia (he [is] Colitas,) and Phetheia, and Judas, and Eliezer.
10.24 And of the singers; Elisab: and of the porters; Solmen, and Telmen, and Oduth.
10.25 Also of Israel: of the sons of Phoros; Ramia, and
Azia, and Melchia, and Meamin, and Eleazar, and Asabia, and Banaia.
10.26 And of the sons of Helam; Matthania, and Zacharia, and Jaiel, and Abdia, and Jarimoth, and Elia.
10.27 And of the sons of Zathua; Elionai, Elisub, Matthanai, and Armoth, and Zabad, and Oziza.
10.28 And of the sons of Babei; Joanan, Anania, and Zabu, and Thali.
10.29 And of the sons of Banui; Mosollam, Maluch, Adaia, Jasub, and Saluia, and Remoth.
10.30 And of the sons of Phaath Moab; Edne, and Chalel, and
Banaia, Maasia, Matthania, Beseleel, and Banui, and Manasse.
10.31 And of the sons of Eram; Eliezer, Jesia, Melchia, Samaias, Semeon,
10.32 Benjamin, Baluch, Samaria.
10.33 And of the sons of Asem; Metthania, Matthatha, Zadab, Eliphalet, Jerami, Manasse, Semei.
10.34 And of the sons of Bani; Moodia, Amram, Uel,
10.35 Banaia, Badaia, Chelkia,
10.36 Uvania, Marimoth, Eliasiph,
10.37 Matthania, Matthanai:
10.38 and [so] did the children of Banui, and the children of Semei,
10.39 and Selemia, and Nathan, and Adaia,
10.40 Machadnabu, Sesei, Sariu,
10.41 Ezriel, and Selemia, and Samaria,
10.42 and Sellum, Amaria, Joseph.
10.43 Of the sons of Nabu; Jael, Matthanias, Zabad, Zebennas, Jadai, and Joel, and Banaia.
10.44 All these had taken strange wives, and had begotten sons of them.