1The wall had been rebuilt. I had put up the gates at the main entrances to the city. The people who guarded the gates were appointed to their positions. So were the musicians and the Levites. 2I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem. Hananiah helped him. Hananiah was commander of the fort that was by the temple. Hanani was an honest man. He had more respect for God than most people do. 3I said to Hanani and Hananiah, “Don’t open the gates of Jerusalem until the hottest time of the day. Tell the men who guard the gates to shut them before they go off duty. Make sure they lock them up tight. Also appoint as guards some people who live in Jerusalem. Station some of them at their appointed places. Station others near their own homes.”
A List of People Who Returned to Judah
4Jerusalem was large. It had a lot of room. But only a few people lived there. The houses hadn’t been rebuilt yet. 5So my God gave me the idea and encouraged me to gather the people together. He also encouraged me to gather the nobles and officials together with them. He wanted me to list them by families. I found the family history of those who had been the first to return. Here is what I found written in it.
6Nebuchadnezzar had taken many Jews away from the land of Judah. He had forced them to go to Babylon as prisoners. Now they returned to Jerusalem and Judah. All of them went back to their own towns. Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. 7The leaders of the Jews included Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah and Nahamani. They also included Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum and Baanah.
Here is a list of the men of Israel who returned home.
8There were 2,172 from the family line of Parosh.
9There were 372 from Shephatiah.
10There were 652 from Arah.
11There were 2,818 from Pahath-Moab through the family line of Jeshua and Joab.
12There were 1,254 from Elam.
13There were 845 from Zattu.
14There were 760 from Zakkai.
15There were 648 from Binnui.
16There were 628 from Bebai.
17There were 2,322 from Azgad.
18There were 667 from Adonikam.
19There were 2,067 from Bigvai.
20There were 655 from Adin.
21There were 98 from Ater through the family line of Hezekiah.
22There were 328 from Hashum.
23There were 324 from Bezai.
24There were 112 from Hariph.
25There were 95 from Gibeon.
26There were 188 from the men of Bethlehem and Netophah.
27There were 128 from Anathoth.
28There were 42 from Beth Azmaveth.
29There were 743 from Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth.
30There were 621 from Ramah and Geba.
31There were 122 from Mikmash.
32There were 123 from Bethel and Ai.
33There were 52 from the other Nebo.
34There were 1,254 from the other Elam.
35There were 320 from Harim.
36There were 345 from Jericho.
37There were 721 from Lod, Hadid and Ono.
38There were 3,930 from Senaah.
39Here is a list of the priests.
There were 973 from the family line of Jedaiah through the line of Jeshua.
40There were 1,052 from Immer.
41There were 1,247 from Pashhur.
42There were 1,017 from Harim.
43The Levites belonged to
the family line of Jeshua through Kadmiel through the line of Hodaviah. The total number of men was 74.
44The musicians belonged to
the family line of Asaph. The total number of men was 148.
45The men who guarded the temple gates belonged to
the family lines of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai. The total number of men was 138.
46Here is a list of the members of the family lines of the temple servants.
Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
47Keros, Sia, Padon,
48Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai,
49Hanan, Giddel, Gahar,
50Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,
51Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah,
52Besai, Meunim, Nephusim,
53Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
54Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
55Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
56Neziah, Hatipha
57Here is a list of the members of the family lines of the servants of Solomon.
Sotai, Sophereth, Perida,
58Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,
59Shephatiah, Hattil,
Pokereth-Hazzebaim, Amon
60The total number of the members of the family lines of the temple servants and the servants of Solomon was 392.
61Many people came up to Judah from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer. But they weren’t able to prove that their families belonged to the people of Israel.
62There were 642 of them from the family lines of
Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda.
63Here is a list of the members of the family lines of the priests.
They were
Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai. Barzillai had married a daughter of Barzillai from Gilead. So he was also called Barzillai.
64The priests looked for their family records. But they couldn’t find them. So they weren’t able to serve as priests. They weren’t “clean.” 65The governor gave them an order. He told them not to eat any of the most sacred food. They had to wait until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim. The priest would use them to get decisions from the Lord.
66The total number of the entire group that returned was 42,360. 67That didn’t include their 7,337 male and female slaves. There were also 245 male and female singers. 68And there were 736 horses, 245 mules, 69435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.
70Some of the family leaders helped pay for the work. The governor gave 19 pounds of gold to be added to the temple treasure. He also gave 50 bowls and 530 sets of clothes for the priests. 71Some of the family leaders gave 375 pounds of gold for the work. They also gave one and a third tons of silver. All of that was added to the temple treasure. 72The rest of the people gave a total of 375 pounds of gold and one and a fourth tons of silver. They also gave 67 sets of clothes for the priests.
73The priests and Levites made their homes in their own towns. So did the musicians, the temple servants and the men who guarded the gates. The rest of the Israelites also made their homes in their own towns.
Ezra Reads the Law to the People
The Israelites had made their homes in their towns. In the seventh month,
1城牆建完、門扇安好、歌樂手和利未人都已指派妥當後， 2我委任我的兄弟哈拿尼和城堡官員哈拿尼雅治理耶路撒冷，因為哈拿尼雅比眾人更忠心、敬畏上帝。 3我吩咐他們說：「要在太陽升高、天氣變熱後，才能打開耶路撒冷的城門。守衛還在值勤時要關門上閂。要指派一些耶路撒冷的居民在各自的崗位看守，一些人在自己房屋附近看守。」
流亡歸來者名單
4這城很大，但人口稀少，房屋尚未重建。 5我的上帝感動我召集貴族、官員和民眾，按照他們的家譜進行登記。我找到第一批回歸之人的家譜，上面記著：
6巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒從前把猶大省的人擄到巴比倫，這些人的子孫回到耶路撒冷和猶大後，各回本城。 7他們是與所羅巴伯、耶書亞、尼希米、亞撒利雅、拉米、拿哈瑪尼、末底改、必珊、米斯毗列、比革瓦伊、尼宏和巴拿一同回來的。
8以下是回來的以色列人的數目：
巴錄的子孫兩千一百七十二人； 9示法提雅的子孫三百七十二人； 10亞拉的子孫六百五十二人； 11巴哈·摩押的後裔，即耶書亞和約押的子孫兩千八百一十八人； 12以攔的子孫一千二百五十四人； 13薩土的子孫八百四十五人； 14薩改的子孫七百六十人； 15賓內的子孫六百四十八人； 16比拜的子孫六百二十八人； 17押甲的子孫兩千三百二十二人； 18亞多尼干的子孫六百六十七人； 19比革瓦伊的子孫兩千零六十七人； 20亞丁的子孫六百五十五人； 21亞特的子孫，即希西迦的子孫九十八人； 22哈順的子孫三百二十八人； 23比賽的子孫三百二十四人； 24哈拉的子孫一百一十二人； 25基遍的子孫九十五人。
26伯利恆人和尼陀法人一百八十八名； 27亞拿突人一百二十八名； 28伯·亞斯瑪弗人四十二名； 29基列·耶琳人、基非拉人和比錄人七百四十三名； 30拉瑪人和迦巴人六百二十一名； 31默瑪人一百二十二名； 32伯特利人和艾人一百二十三名； 33另一尼波的子孫五十二人； 34另一以攔的子孫一千二百五十四人； 35哈琳的子孫三百二十人； 36耶利哥人三百四十五名； 37羅德人、哈第人和阿挪人七百二十一名； 38西拿人三千九百三十名。
39祭司有耶大雅家，即耶書亞的子孫九百七十三人； 40音麥的子孫一千零五十二人； 41巴施戶珥的子孫一千二百四十七人； 42哈琳的子孫一千零一十七人。
43利未人有何達威的後裔，即耶書亞和甲篾的子孫七十四人。 44負責歌樂的有亞薩的子孫一百四十八人。 45殿門守衛有沙龍的子孫、亞特的子孫、達們的子孫、亞谷的子孫、哈底大的子孫和朔拜的子孫一百三十八人。
46殿役有西哈的子孫、哈蘇巴的子孫、答巴俄的子孫、 47基綠的子孫、西亞的子孫、巴頓的子孫、 48利巴拿的子孫、哈迦巴的子孫、薩買的子孫、 49哈難的子孫、吉德的子孫、迦哈的子孫、 50利亞雅的子孫、利汛的子孫、尼哥大的子孫、 51迦散的子孫、烏撒的子孫、巴西亞的子孫、 52比賽的子孫、米烏寧的子孫、尼普心的子孫、 53巴卜的子孫、哈古巴的子孫、哈忽的子孫、 54巴洗律的子孫、米希大的子孫、哈沙的子孫、 55巴柯的子孫、西西拉的子孫、答瑪的子孫、 56尼細亞的子孫和哈提法的子孫。
57所羅門僕人的後裔有瑣太的子孫、瑣斐列的子孫、比路大的子孫、 58雅拉的子孫、達昆的子孫、吉德的子孫、 59示法提雅的子孫、哈替的子孫、玻黑列·哈斯巴音的子孫和亞們的子孫。
60殿役和所羅門僕人的子孫共三百九十二人。
61從特·米拉、特·哈薩、基綠、押但和音麥上來的人不能證明自己是以色列的後代。 62他們是第來雅的子孫、多比雅的子孫和尼哥大的子孫，共六百四十二人。
63-64祭司中哈巴雅的子孫、哈哥斯的子孫和巴西萊的子孫在譜系中找不到自己的家譜，因此他們算為不潔淨，不能做祭司。巴西萊子孫的祖先娶了基列人巴西萊的女兒為妻，因此得了這名字。 65省長吩咐他們不可吃至聖之物，直到使用烏陵和土明的祭司出現。
66回到猶大的人共四萬二千三百六十人。 67此外，他們還有七千三百三十七名男女僕婢，二百四十五名男女歌樂手， 68七百三十六匹馬，二百四十五匹騾子， 69四百三十五頭駱駝和六千七百二十頭驢。
70有些族長為工程捐出財物。省長捐出八點五公斤金子、五十個碗和五百三十件祭司禮服。 71族長捐出一百七十公斤金子和一千二百公斤銀子。 72民眾捐出一百七十公斤金子、一千一百公斤銀子和六十七件祭司禮服。
73於是，祭司、利未人、殿門守衛、歌樂手、一些民眾、殿役和全體以色列人都住在自己的城裡。到了七月，以色列人都住在各自的城裡。
