The Family Leaders Who Returned to Jerusalem With Ezra
1Many family leaders came up to Jerusalem with me from Babylon. So did others who were listed with them. It was during the time when Artaxerxes was king. Here is a list of those who came.
2Gershom came from the family line of Phinehas.
Daniel came from the family line of Ithamar.
Hattush came from the family line of David. 3Hattush also belonged to the family of Shekaniah.
Zechariah came from the family line of Parosh. The total number of men who were listed with him was 150.
4Eliehoenai came from the family line of Pahath-Moab. Eliehoenai was the son of Zerahiah. The total number of men with him was 200.
5Shekaniah came from the family line of Zattu. Shekaniah was the son of Jahaziel. The total number of men with him was 300.
6Ebed came from the family line of Adin. Ebed was the son of Jonathan. The total number of men with him was 50.
7Jeshaiah came from the family line of Elam. Jeshaiah was the son of Athaliah. The total number of men with him was 70.
8Zebadiah came from the family line of Shephatiah. Zebadiah was the son of Michael. The total number of men with him was 80.
9Obadiah came from the family line of Joab. Obadiah was the son of Jehiel. The total number of men with him was 218.
10Shelomith came from the family line of Bani. Shelomith was the son of Josiphiah. The total number of men with him was 160.
11Zechariah came from the family line of Bebai. Zechariah was the son of Bebai. The total number of men with him was 28.
12Johanan came from the family line of Azgad. Johanan was the son of Hakkatan. The total number of men with him was 110.
13Eliphelet, Jeuel and Shemaiah came from the family line of Adonikam. Some members of their family had gone up to Jerusalem before them. The total number of men with them was 60.
14Uthai and Zakkur came from the family line of Bigvai. The total number of men with them was 70.
Ezra Leads Many Jews Back to Jerusalem
15I gathered the people together at the canal that flows toward Ahava. We camped there for three days. I looked for Levites among the people and priests. But I didn’t find any. 16So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan and Jarib. I also sent for Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam. All of them were leaders. And I sent for Joiarib and Elnathan. They were very well educated. 17I ordered all those men to go to Iddo. He was the leader in Kasiphia. He and his Levite relatives were temple servants there. I told my men what to say to them. I wanted Iddo and his Levite relatives to bring some attendants to us for the house of our God. 18God was gracious to us and helped us. So they brought us Sherebiah, a very capable man. He came from the family line of Mahli. Mahli was the son of Levi. Levi was a son of Israel. They also brought us Sherebiah’s sons and brothers. The total number of men was 18. 19And they brought Hashabiah and his brothers and nephews. They brought them together with Jeshaiah. He came from the family line of Merari. The total number of men was 20. 20They also brought 220 of the temple servants. That was a special group David and his officials had established. They were supposed to help the Levites. All of them were listed by name.
21By the canal that flows toward Ahava, I announced a fast. I told the people not to eat any food. In that way, we made ourselves humble in God’s sight. We prayed that he would give us and our children a safe journey. We asked him to keep safe everything we owned. 22I was ashamed to ask King Artaxerxes for soldiers and horsemen. They could have kept us safe from enemies on the road. But we had told the king that our God would keep us safe. We had said, “Our God is gracious and helps everyone who looks to him. But he becomes very angry with anyone who deserts him.” 23So we didn’t eat anything. We prayed to our God about all these matters. And he answered our prayers.
24Then I set apart 12 of the leading priests. They were Sherebiah, Hashabiah and ten of their relatives. 25I weighed out to them the offering of silver and gold and other things. They had been given for the house of our God. The king, his advisers and officials, and all the Israelites who were there had given them. 26I weighed out 24 tons of silver and gave it to those men. I weighed out almost four tons of silver things. I weighed out almost four tons of gold. 27I weighed out 20 gold bowls. They weighed 19 pounds. I also weighed out two fine objects. The bronze they were made out of was highly polished. They were as priceless as gold.
28I said to those men, “You are set apart to the Lord. So are these things. The silver and gold were offered to the Lord by those who chose to give them. He is the God of your people. 29Guard all these things carefully until you weigh them out. Weigh them in the special rooms of the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. Do this in front of the leading priests and the Levites. Make sure the family leaders of Israel are watching.” 30Then the priests and Levites received the silver and gold and sacred objects. All of them had been weighed out. They were going to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.
31On the 12th day of the first month we started out. We left the canal that flows toward Ahava. And we headed for Jerusalem. Our God helped us. He kept us safe from enemies and robbers along the way. 32So we arrived in Jerusalem. There we rested for three days.
33On the fourth day we weighed out the silver and gold. We also weighed out the sacred objects. We weighed everything in the house of our God. We handed all of it over to Meremoth the priest. He was the son of Uriah. Eleazar, Jozabad and Noadiah were with him. Eleazar was the son of Phinehas. Jozabad was the son of Jeshua. Noadiah was the son of Binnui. Jozabad and Noadiah were Levites. 34Everything was listed by number and weight. And the total weight was recorded at that time.
35Then the people sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel. They had returned from Babylon. They offered 12 bulls for the whole nation of Israel. They offered 96 rams and 77 male lambs. All of that was a burnt offering to the Lord. They sacrificed 12 male goats as a sin offering. 36They also handed over the king’s orders. They gave them to the royal officials and governors who ruled over the land west of the Euphrates River. Then those men helped the people. They also did many things for the house of God.
歸回之人
1亞達薛西王年間，與我一起從巴比倫上到耶路撒冷之人的族長和家譜如下： 2非尼哈的子孫有革順；以他瑪的子孫有但以理；大衛的子孫有哈突； 3巴錄的後裔、示迦尼的子孫有撒迦利亞及一百五十名同族譜的男子； 4巴哈·摩押的子孫有西拉希雅的兒子以利約乃及二百名男子； 5薩土8·5 「薩土」七十士譯本有此名字，希伯來文則無。的子孫有雅哈悉的兒子示迦尼及三百名男子； 6亞丁的子孫有約拿單的兒子以別及五十名男子； 7以攔的子孫有亞他利雅的兒子耶篩亞及七十名男子； 8示法提雅的子孫有米迦勒的兒子西巴第雅及八十名男子； 9約押的子孫有耶歇的兒子俄巴底亞及二百一十八名男子； 10巴尼8·10 「巴尼」七十士譯本有此名字，希伯來文則無。的後裔、約細斐的子孫有示羅密及一百六十名男子； 11比拜的後裔有比拜的兒子撒迦利亞及二十八名男子； 12押甲的後裔有哈加坦的兒子約哈難及一百一十名男子； 13稍後歸回的亞多尼干的子孫有以利法列、耶利、示瑪雅及六十名男子； 14比革瓦伊的子孫有烏太、撒布及七十名男子。
以斯拉為聖殿召集利未人
15我把他們召集在流向亞哈瓦的河邊，我們在那裡紮營三天。我察看民眾和祭司，發現他們當中沒有利未人。 16於是，我派人叫來首領以利以謝、亞列、示瑪雅、以利拿單、雅立、以利拿單、拿單、撒迦利亞、米書蘭及兩位教師約雅立和以利拿單。 17我派他們去見迦西斐雅的首領易多，請他們告訴易多及其做殿役的親族帶一些人來我們上帝的殿裡事奉。 18我們的上帝施恩幫助我們，他們給我們帶來一位能幹的人示利比及其弟兄和兒子共十八人。示利比是以色列的兒子利未的後裔抹利的子孫。 19他們還帶來哈沙比雅和米拉利的子孫耶篩亞，以及哈沙比雅的弟兄和兒子共二十人。 20此外還有二百二十名殿役，他們都是被點名指派的。從前大衛和眾官員曾指派殿役服侍利未人。
以斯拉帶領百姓禁食
21然後，我在亞哈瓦河邊宣佈禁食，為要在我們的上帝面前謙卑下來，祈求祂保護我們、我們的兒女及財物一路平安。 22我羞於求王派步兵和騎兵沿途幫助我們禦敵，因為我們曾經告訴王：「我們的上帝會施恩幫助尋求祂的人，但會向背棄祂的人發烈怒。」 23因此，我們為這事禁食、尋求我們的上帝，祂應允了我們。
獻給聖殿的禮物
24我選出十二位祭司長：示利比、哈沙比雅和他們的十個弟兄。 25王及其謀士和將領，以及所有在場的以色列人獻給我們上帝殿的金銀和器皿，我都秤了交給他們。 26我交給他們的有二十二噸銀子、三點四噸銀器、三點四噸金子、 27共重八公斤半的二十個金碗和兩件貴重如金子的上等精銅器皿。 28我對他們說：「你們和這些器皿是獻給耶和華的，金銀是自願獻給你們祖先的上帝耶和華的禮物。 29你們要好好保管，護送到耶路撒冷耶和華殿的庫房裡，要在祭司長、利未人和以色列的各族長面前過秤。」 30於是，祭司和利未人接過這些稱過的金銀和器皿，要帶去耶路撒冷我們上帝的殿裡。
返回耶路撒冷
31一月十二日，我們從亞哈瓦河邊出發上耶路撒冷。我們的上帝施恩幫助我們，救我們脫離仇敵和路上埋伏之人的攻擊。 32到耶路撒冷後，我們休息了三天。 33第四天，我們在我們上帝的殿裡把金銀和器皿過秤，交給烏利亞的兒子米利末祭司。在場的還有非尼哈的兒子以利亞撒，利未人耶書亞的兒子約撒拔和賓內的兒子挪亞底。 34每樣東西都被數過、稱過，其重量都被記錄下來。
35從流亡之地歸回的人又獻燔祭給以色列的上帝，為全體以色列人獻上十二頭公牛、九十六隻公綿羊和七十七隻綿羊羔，並獻上十二隻公山羊作贖罪祭。這些都是獻給耶和華的燔祭。 36他們將王的諭旨交給王的總督和幼發拉底河西的省長，眾官員都為民眾和上帝殿的工作提供幫助。
