1After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the Levites were appointed. 2I put in charge of Jerusalem my brother Hanani, along with Hananiah the commander of the citadel, because he was a man of integrity and feared God more than most people do. 3I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is hot. While the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut the doors and bar them. Also appoint residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some near their own houses.”
The List of the Exiles Who Returned
4Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt. 5So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families. I found the genealogical record of those who had been the first to return. This is what I found written there:
6These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, 7in company with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum and Baanah):
The list of the men of Israel:
39The priests:
43The Levites:
44The musicians:
45The gatekeepers:
46The temple servants:
57The descendants of the servants of Solomon:
61The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel:
63And from among the priests:
64These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 65The governor, therefore, ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there should be a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.
66The whole company numbered 42,360, 67besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 245 male and female singers. 68There were 736 horses, 245 mules,7:68 Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also Ezra 2:66); most Hebrew manuscripts do not have this verse. 69435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.
70Some of the heads of the families contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics7:70 That is, about 19 pounds or about 8.4 kilograms of gold, 50 bowls and 530 garments for priests. 71Some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics7:71 That is, about 375 pounds or about 170 kilograms; also in verse 72 of gold and 2,200 minas7:71 That is, about 1 1/3 tons or about 1.2 metric tons of silver. 72The total given by the rest of the people was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas7:72 That is, about 1 1/4 tons or about 1.1 metric tons of silver and 67 garments for priests.
73The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the temple servants, along with certain of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns.
Ezra Reads the Law
When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,
1城牆建完、門扇安好、殿門守衛、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、更敬畏上帝。 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。
以下是回來的以色列人的數目：
8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·摩押的子孫，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另一個尼波的子孫五十二人； 34另一個以攔的子孫一千二百五十四人； 35哈琳人三百二十名； 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祭司有耶大雅的子孫，即耶書亞家族九百七十三人； 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利未人有何達威雅的後裔，即耶書亞和甲篾的子孫七十四人。 44負責歌樂的亞薩的子孫一百四十八人。 45殿門守衛沙龍的子孫、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以下這些人來自特·米拉、特·哈薩、基綠、亞頓和音麥，但不能證明自己的家族是以色列人的後代： 62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族譜中都找不到自己的譜系，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，直到會用烏陵和土明求問的祭司出現。
66回到猶大的全體會眾共四萬二千三百六十人。 67此外，還有他們的七千三百三十七名僕婢，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。省長捐出一百七十兩金子、五十個碗和五百三十件祭司禮服。 71族長捐出三千四百兩金子和兩萬四千兩銀子。 72民眾捐出三千四百兩金子、兩萬二千兩銀子和六十七件祭司禮服。
73祭司、利未人、殿門守衛、歌樂手、一些百姓、殿役和其餘的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。
