Ezra 10

1 While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

1 وَفِيمَا كَانَ عِزْرَا يُصَلِّي وَيَعْتَرِفُ بَاكِياً وَمُنْطَرِحاً أَمَامَ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ، اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ حَشْدٌ غَفِيرٌ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالأَوْلادِ، لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ بَكَى بِمَرَارَةٍ.

2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.

2 وَقَالَ شَكَنْيَا بْنُ يَحِيئِيلَ مِنْ بَنِي عِيلامَ لِعِزْرَا: «لَقَدْ خُنَّا إِلَهَنَا وَتَزَوَّجْنَا مِنْ نِسَاءٍ غَرِيبَاتٍ مِنْ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ، وَلَكِنْ عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ هَذَا فَلا يَزَالُ هُنَاكَ رَجَاءٌ لإِسْرَائِيلَ.

3 So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

3 لِذَلِكَ، لِنُبْرِمْ عَهْداً مَعَ إِلَهِنَا، بِأَنْ نُخْرِجَ كُلَّ النِّسَاءِ الْغَرِيبَاتِ، وَمَنْ أَنْجَبْنَ مِنْ أَبْنَاءٍ بِمُوْجِبِ رَأْيِ سَيِّدِي وَمَشُورَةِ سَائِرِ الَّذِينَ يُطِيعُونَ وَصَايَا اللهِ مُطَبِّقِينَ بِذَلِكَ نَصَّ الشَّرِيعَةِ.

4 Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”

4 فَانْهَضِ الآنَ فَإِنَّ عِبْءَ هَذَا الأَمْرِ هُوَ مَسْؤولِيَّتُكَ؛ وَلَكِنَّنَا مَعَكَ. تَشَجَّعْ وَتَصَرَّفْ».

5 So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.

5 فَقَامَ عِزْرَا وَاسْتَحْلَفَ رُؤَسَاءَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ وَسَائِرَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يُنَفِّذُوا الْعَهْدَ. فَحَلَفُوا.

6 Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

6 ثُمَّ نَهَضَ عِزْرَا مِنْ أَمَامِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ وَمَضَى إِلَى مُخْدَعِ يَهُوحَانَانَ بْنِ أَلِيَاشِيبَ، وَمَكَثَ هُنَاكَ لَا يَأْكُلُ خُبْزاً وَلا يَشْرَبُ مَاءً، نُوَاحاً عَلَى خِيَانَةِ الْعَائِدِينَ مِنَ السَّبْيِ.

7 And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.

7 وَأَطْلَقُوا دَعْوَةً فِي أَرْجَاءِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَجْتَمِعَ جَمِيعُ الْعَائِدِينَ مِنَ السَّبْيِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

8 Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

8 وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَمْتَنِعُ عَنِ الْحُضُورِ فِي ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ الرُّؤَسَاءِ والشُّيُوخِ، يُحَرَّمُ مَالُهُ وَيُنْبَذُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَهْلِ السَّبْيِ.

9 So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.

9 فَحَضَرَ كُلُّ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي غُضُونِ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَعَقَدَ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ اجْتِمَاعاً فِي الْيَوْمِ الْعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ التَّاسِعِ (كَانُونِ الأَوَّلِ – دِيسَمْبَرَ) فِي سَاحَةِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ. وَقَدْ جَلَسُوا مُرْتَعِدِينَ مِنْ هَوْلِ الأَمْرِ وَمِنَ الأَمْطَارِ الْغَزِيرَةِ الْهَاطِلَةِ.

10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.

10 عِنْدَئِذٍ قَامَ عِزْرَا الْكَاهِنُ وَخَاطَبَهُمْ: «لَقَدْ خُنْتُمْ عَهْدَ الرَّبِّ وَتَزَوَّجْتُمْ مِنْ نِسَاءٍ غَرِيبَاتٍ لِتَزِيدُوا مِنْ وَطْأَةِ إِثْمِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

11 Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”

11 فَاعْتَرِفُوا الآنَ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِكُمْ وَاطْلُبُوا مَرْضَاتَهُ، وَانْفَصِلُوا عَنْ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ وَعَنِ النِّسَاءِ الْغَرِيبَاتِ».

12 And the whole assembly responded in a loud voice: “Truly we must do as you say!

12 فَأَجَابَتِ الْجمَاعَةُ كُلُّهَا بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ: «سَنَفْعَلُ مَا طَالَبْتَنَا بِهِ،

13 But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.

13 إِلّا أَنَّ الشَّعْبَ غَفِيرٌ، وَالْفَصْلَ فَصْلُ أَمْطَارٍ، وَلا طَاقَةَ لَنَا عَلَى الْوُقُوفِ خَارِجاً مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً تَحْتَ الأَمْطَارِ، وَلاسِيَّمَا أَنَّ الْعَمَلَ يَسْتَغْرِقُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ أَوِ اثْنَيْنِ، لأَنَّنَا تَوَرَّطْنَا بِارْتِكَابِ هَذَا الإِثْمِ تَوَرُّطاً عَظِيماً.

14 Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”

14 لِذَلِكَ فَلْيَقْضِ كُلُّ رُؤَسَائِنَا لِكُلِّ الْجَمَاعَةِ، وَلْيَأْتِ مِنْ مُدُنِنَا كُلُّ مَنْ تَزَوَّجَ مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ غَرِيبَةٍ، فِي أَوْقَاتٍ مُعَيَّنَةٍ، بِرِفْقَةِ شُيُوخِ مَدِينَتِهِ وَقُضَاتِهَا، فَيَرْتَدَّ عَنَّا احْتِدَامُ غَضَبِ إِلَهِنَا مِنْ جَرَّاءِ خَطِيئَتِنَا».

15 (Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)

15 وَلَمْ يَعْتَرِضْ عَلَى هَذَا الأَمْرِ سِوَى يُونَاثَانَ بْنِ عَسَائِيلَ وَيَحْزِيَا بْنِ تِقْوَةَ، وَأَيَّدَهُمَا فِي ذَلِكَ مَشُلّامُ وَشَبْتَايُ اللّاوِيَّانِ.

16 So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,

16 وَنَفَّذَ الْعَائِدُونَ مِنَ السَّبْيِ هَذَا الأَمْرَ، وَاخْتَارَ عِزْرَا الْكَاهِنُ رُؤَسَاءَ الْعَائِلاتِ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ وَفْقاً لِعَشَائِرِهِمْ، فَانْفَصَلُوا عَنِ الْجَمَاعَةِ وَجَلَسُوا فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ (مُنْتَصَفِ كَانُونِ الأَوَّلِ – دِيسَمْبَرَ) لِلْقَضَاءِ فِي الأَمْرِ.

17 and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.

17 وَتَمَّ الْفَصْلُ فِي قَضَايَا كُلِّ الرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ تَزَوَّجُوا مِنْ نِسَاءٍ غَرِيبَاتٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ (آذَارَ – مَارِسَ).

18 Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

18 فَوُجِدَ بَيْنَ الْكَهَنَةِ مِمَّنْ تَزَوَّجُوا مِنْ نِسَاءٍ غَرِيبَاتٍ: مِنْ بَنِي يَشُوعَ بْنِ يُوصَادَاقَ وَإِخْوَتِهِ: مَعْشِيَا وَأَلِيعَزَرُ وَيَارِيبُ وَجَدَلْيَا.

19 They pledged to send their wives away, and for their guilt they presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.

19 هَؤُلاءِ تَعَهَّدُوا بِإِخْرَاجِ نِسَائِهِمِ الْغَرِيبَاتِ مُقَرِّبِينَ كَبْشَ غَنَمٍ تَكْفِيراً عَنْ إِثْمِهِمْ.

20 From the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

20 وَمِنْ بَنِي إِمِّيرَ: حَنَانِي وَزَبْدِيَا.

21 From the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.

21 وَمِنْ بَنِي حَارِيمَ: مَعْسِيَا وَإِيلِيَّا وَشَمْعِيَا وَيَحِيئِيلُ وَعُزِّيَّا.

22 From the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

22 وَمِنْ بَنِي فَشْحُورَ: أَلْيُوعِينَايُ وَمَعْسِيَا وَإِسْمعِيلُ وَنَثَنْئِيلُ وَيُوزَابَادُ وَأَلْعَاسَةُ.

23 Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

23 وَمِنَ اللّاوِيِّينَ: يُوزَابَادُ، وَشِمْعِي، وَقَلايَا (أَيْ قَلِيطَا)، وَفَتَحْيَا وَيَهُوذَا وَأَلِيعَزَرُ.

24 From the singers: Eliashib. From the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.

24 وَمِنَ الْمُغَنِّينَ: أَلْيَاشِيبُ. وَمِنْ حُرَّاسِ أَبْوَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ: شَلُّومُ وَطَالَمُ وَأُورِي.

25 And among the other Israelites, from the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.

25 وَمِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ بَنِي فَرْعُوشَ: رَمْيَا وَيِزِّيَّا وَمَلْكِيَا وَمَيَّامِينُ وَأَلِعَازَارُ وَمَلْكِيَّا وَبَنَايَا.

26 From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.

26 وَمِنْ بَنِي عِيلامَ: مَتَّنْيَا وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحِيئِيلُ وَعَبْدِي وَيَرِيمُوثُ وَإِيلِيَّا.

27 From the descendants of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.

27 بَنِي زَتُّو: أَلْيُوعِينَايُ وَأَلْيَاشِيبُ وَمَتَّنْيَا وَيَرِمُوثُ وَزَابَادُ وَعَزِيزَا.

28 From the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.

28 وَمِنْ بَنِي بَابَايَ: يَهُوحَانَانُ وَحَنَنْيَا وَزَبَايُ وَعَثْلايُ.

29 From the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.

29 وَمِنْ بَنِي بَانِي: مَشُلّامُ وَمَلُّوخُ وَعَدَايَا وَيَاشُوبُ وَشَآلُ وَرَامُوثُ.

30 From the descendants of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.

30 وَمِنْ بَنِي فَحَثَ مُوآبَ: عَدْنَا وَكَلالُ وَبَنَايَا وَمَعْسِيَا وَمَتَّنْيَا وَبَصَلْئِيلُ وَبَنُّويُ وَمَنَسَّى.

31 From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

31 وَمِنْ بَنِي حَارِيمَ: أَلِيعَزَرُ وَيِشِّيَّا وَمَلْكِيَّا وَشِمْعِيَا وَشِمْعُونُ،

32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.

32 وَبَنْيَامِينُ وَملُّوخُ وَشَمَرْيَا.

33 From the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

33 وَمِنْ بَنِي حَشُومَ: مَتَّنَايُ وَمَتَّاثَا وَزَابَادُ وَأَلِيفَلَطُ وَيَرِيمَايُ وَمَنَسَّى وَشِمْعِي.

34 From the descendants of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,

34 وَمِنْ بَنِي بَانِي: مَعْدَايُ وَعَمْرَامُ وَأُوئِيلُ،

35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

35 وَبَنَايَا وَبِيدْيَا وَكَلُوهِي،

36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

36 وَوَنْيَا وَمَرِيمُوثُ وَأَلْيَاشِيبُ،

37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.

37 وَمَتَّنْيَا وَمَتَّنَايُ وَيَعْسُو،

38 From the descendants of Binnui: Shimei,

38 وَبَانِي وَبَنُّويُ وَشِمْعِي،

39 Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,

39 وَشَلَمْيَا وَنَاثَانُ وَعَدَايَا،

40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

40 وَمَكْنَدْبَايُ وَشَاشَايُ وَشَارَايُ،

41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,

41 وَعَزَرْئِيلُ وَشَلَمْيَا وَشَمَرْيَا،

42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.

42 وَشَلُّومُ وَأَمَرْيَا وَيُوسُفُ،

43 And from the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.

43 وَمِنْ بَنِي نَبُو: يَعِيئِيلُ وَمَتَّثْيَا وَزَابَادُ وَزَبِينَا وَيَدُّو وَيُوئِيلُ وَبَنَايَا.

44 All these men had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.

44 وَقَدْ تَزَوَّجَ جَمِيعُ هَؤُلاءِ مِنْ نِسَاءٍ غَرِيبَاتٍ، أَنْجَبَتْ بَعْضُهُنَّ لَهُمْ أَبْنَاءً.