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 فَلَمَّا صَلَّى عَزْرَا وَٱعْتَرَفَ وَهُوَ بَاكٍ وَسَاقِطٌ أَمَامَ بَيْتِ ٱللهِ، ٱجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ جَمَاعَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ جِدًّا مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَاءِ وَٱلْأَوْلَادِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ بَكَى بُكَاءً عَظِيمًا.

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 وَأَجَابَ شَكَنْيَا بْنُ يَحِيئِيلَ مِنْ بَنِي عِيلَامَ وَقَالَ لِعَزْرَا: «إِنَّنَا قَدْ خُنَّا إِلَهَنَا وَٱتَّخَذْنَا نِسَاءً غَرِيبَةً مِنْ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. وَلَكِنِ ٱلْآنَ يُوجَدُ رَجَاءٌ لِإِسْرَائِيلَ فِي هَذَا.

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 فَلْنَقْطَعِ ٱلْآنَ عَهْدًا مَعَ إِلَهِنَا أَنْ نُخْرِجَ كُلَّ ٱلنِّسَاءِ وَٱلَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا مِنْهُنَّ، حَسَبَ مَشُورَةِ سَيِّدِي، وَٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ وَصِيَّةَ إِلَهِنَا، وَلْيُعْمَلْ حَسَبَ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ.

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

4 قُمْ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ وَنَحْنُ مَعَكَ. تَشَجَّعْ وَٱفْعَلْ».

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 عَزْرَا وَٱسْتَحْلَفَ رُؤَسَاءَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ وَكُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا حَسَبَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ، 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 قَامَ عَزْرَا مِنْ أَمَامِ بَيْتِ ٱللهِ وَذَهَبَ إِلَى مُخْدَعِ يَهُوحَانَانَ بْنِ أَلْيَاشِيبَ. فَٱنْطَلَقَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ وَهُوَ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ خُبْزًا وَلَمْ يَشْرَبْ مَاءً، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَنُوحُ بِسَبَبِ خِيَانَةِ أَهْلِ ٱلسَّبْيِ.

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

7 وَأَطْلَقُوا نِدَاءً فِي يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ بَنِي ٱلسَّبْيِ لِكَيْ يَجْتَمِعُوا إِلَى 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 لَا يَأْتِي فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ حَسَبَ مَشُورَةِ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ وَٱلشُّيُوخِ يُحَرَّمُ كُلُّ مَالِهِ، وَهُوَ يُفْرَزُ مِنْ جَمَاعَةِ أَهْلِ ٱلسَّبْيِ.

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 فَٱجْتَمَعَ كُلُّ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي ٱلثَّلَاثَةِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ، أَيْ فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلتَّاسِعِ، فِي ٱلْعِشْرِينَ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ، وَجَلَسَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ فِي سَاحَةِ بَيْتِ ٱللهِ مُرْتَعِدِينَ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ وَمِنَ ٱلْأَمْطَارِ.

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 فَقَامَ عَزْرَا ٱلْكَاهِنُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ خُنْتُمْ وَٱتَّخَذْتُمْ نِسَاءً غَرِيبَةً لِتَزِيدُوا عَلَى 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 فَٱعْتَرِفُوا ٱلْآنَ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِكُمْ وَٱعْمَلُوا مَرْضَاتَهُ، وَٱنْفَصِلُوا عَنْ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَعَنِ ٱلنِّسَاءِ ٱلْغَرِيبَةِ».

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

12 فَأَجَابَ كُلُّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ وَقَالُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ: «كَمَا كَلَّمْتَنَا كَذَلِكَ نَعْمَلُ.

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 إِلَا أَنَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ كَثِيرٌ، وَٱلْوَقْتَ وَقْتُ أَمْطَارٍ، وَلَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا عَلَى ٱلْوُقُوفِ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ، وَٱلْعَمَلُ لَيْسَ لِيَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ أَوْ لِٱثْنَيْنِ، لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ أَكْثَرْنَا ٱلذَّنْبَ فِي هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ.

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 فَلْيَقِفْ رُؤَسَاؤُنَا لِكُلِّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ. وَكُلُّ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي مُدُنِنَا قَدِ ٱتَّخَذُوا نِسَاءً غَرِيبَةً، فَلْيَأْتُوا فِي أَوْقَاتٍ مُعَيَّنَةٍ وَمَعَهُمْ شُيُوخُ مَدِينَةٍ فَمَدِينَةٍ وَقُضَاتُهَا، حَتَّى يَرْتَدَّ عَنَّا حُمُوُّ غَضَبِ إِلَهِنَا مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ».

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

15 وَيُونَاثَانُ بْنُ عَسَائِيلَ وَيَحْزِيَا بْنُ تِقْوَةَ فَقَطْ قَامَا عَلَى هَذَا، وَمَشُلَّامُ وَشَبْتَايُ ٱللَّاوِيُّ سَاعَدَاهُمَا.

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 وَفَعَلَ هَكَذَا بَنُو ٱلسَّبْيِ. وَٱنْفَصَلَ عَزْرَا ٱلْكَاهِنُ وَرِجَالٌ رُؤُوسُ آبَاءٍ، حَسَبَ بُيُوتِ آبَائِهِمْ، وَجَمِيعُهُمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ، وَجَلَسُوا فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْعَاشِرِ لِلْفَحْصِ عَنِ ٱلْأَمْرِ.

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

17 وَٱنْتَهَوْا مِنْ كُلِّ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا نِسَاءً غَرِيبَةً فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ.

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 بَنِي ٱلْكَهَنَةِ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ نِسَاءً غَرِيبَةً: فَمِنْ بَنِي يَشُوعَ بْنِ يُوصَادَاقَ وَإِخْوَتِهِ: مَعْشِيَّا 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 وَأَعْطَوْا أَيْدِيَهُمْ لِإِخْرَاجِ نِسَائِهِمْ مُقَرِّبِينَ كَبْشَ غَنَمٍ لِأَجْلِ 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: مَعْسِيَّا وَإِيلِيَّا وَشَمْعِيَا وَيَحِيئِيلُ وَعُزِّيَّا.

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

22 وَمِنْ بَنِي فَشْحُورَ: أَلْيُوعِينَايُ وَمَعْسِيَّا وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ وَنَثَنْئِيلُ وَيُوزَابَادُ وَأَلْعَاسَةُ.

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

23 وَمِنَ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ: يُوزَابَادُ وَشِمْعِي وَقَلَايَا، هُوَ قَلِيطَا، وَفَتَحْيَا وَيَهُوذَا وَأَلِيعَزَرُ.

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

24 وَمِنَ ٱلْمُغَنِّينَ: أَلْيَاشِيبُ. وَمِنَ ٱلْبَوَّابِينَ: 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 وَمَلْكِيَّا وَمِيَّامِينُ وَأَلْعَازَارُ وَمَلْكِيَّا وَبَنَايَا.

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

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

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

27 وَمِنْ بَنِي زَتُّو: أَلْيُوعِينَايُ وَأَلْيَاشِيبُ وَمَتَّنْيَا وَيَرِيمُوثُ وَزَابَادُ وَعَزِيزَا.

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

28 وَمِنْ بَنِي بَابَايَ: يَهُوحَانَانُ وَحَنَنْيَا وَزَبَايُ وَعَثْلَايُ.

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

29 وَمِنْ بَنِي بَانِي: مَشُلَّامُ 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 وَكَلَالُ وَبَنَايَا وَمَعْسِيَّا وَمَتَّنْيَا وَبَصَلْئِيلُ وَبَنُّويُ وَمَنَسَّى.

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

31 وَبَنُو حَارِيمَ: أَلِيعَزَرُ وَيِشِّيَّا وَمَلْكِيَّا وَشِمْعِيَا وَشِمْعُونُ

32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.

32 وَبَنْيَامِينُ وَمَلُّوخُ وَشَمَرْيَا.

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

33 مِنْ بَنِي حَشُومَ: مَتَّنَايُ ومَتَّاثَا وزَابَادُ وَأَلِيفَلَطُ ويَرِيمَايُ وَمَنَسَّى وَشِمْعِي.

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

34 مِنْ بَنِي بَانِي: مَعَدَايُ وَعَمْرَامُ وَأُوئِيلُ

35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

35 وَبَنَايَا وَبِيدْيَا وكَلُوهِي

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 وَبِنُّويُ وَشِمْعِي

39 Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,

39 وَشَلَمْيَا وَنَاثَانُ وَعَدَايَا

40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

40 وَمَكْنَدْبَايُ وَشَاشَايُ وَشَارَايُ

41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,

41 وَعَزَرْئِيلُ وَشَلْمِيَا 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 مِنْ 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 كُلُّ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱتَّخَذُوا نِسَاءً غَرِيبَةً وَمِنْهُنَّ نِسَاءٌ قَدْ وَضَعْنَ بَنِينَ.