1 São estes os cabeças de famílias, com as suas genealogias, os que subiram comigo da Babilônia, no reinado do rei Artaxerxes: 2 dos filhos de Fineias, Gérson; dos filhos de Itamar, Daniel; dos filhos de Davi, Hatus; 3 dos filhos de Secanias, dos filhos de Parós, Zacarias, e, com ele, foram registrados cento e cinquenta homens. 4 Dos filhos de Paate-Moabe, Elioenai, filho de Zeraías, e, com ele, duzentos homens. 5 Dos filhos de Secanias, o filho de Jaaziel, e, com ele, trezentos homens. 6 Dos filhos de Adim, Ebede, filho de Jônatas, e, com ele, cinquenta homens. 7 Dos filhos de Elão, Jesaías, filho de Atalias, e, com ele, setenta homens. 8 Dos filhos de Sefatias, Zebadias, filho de Micael, e, com ele, oitenta homens. 9 Dos filhos de Joabe, Obadias, filho de Jeiel, e, com ele, duzentos e dezoito homens. 10 Dos filhos de Bani, Selomite, filho de Josifias, e, com ele, cento e sessenta homens. 11 Dos filhos de Bebai, Zacarias, o filho de Bebai, e, com ele, vinte e oito homens. 12 Dos filhos de Azgade, Joanã, o filho de Hacatã, e, com ele, cento e dez homens. 13 Dos filhos de Adonicão, últimos a chegar, seus nomes eram estes: Elifelete, Jeiel e Semaías, e, com eles, sessenta homens. 14 Dos filhos de Bigvai, Utai e Zabude, e, com eles, setenta homens.

15 Ajuntei-os perto do rio que corre para Aava, onde ficamos acampados três dias. Passando revista ao povo e aos sacerdotes e não tendo achado nenhum dos filhos de Levi, 16 enviei Eliézer, Ariel, Semaías, Elnatã, Jaribe, Elnatã, Natã, Zacarias e Mesulão, os chefes, como também a Joiaribe e a Elnatã, que eram sábios. 17 Enviei-os a Ido, chefe em Casifia, e lhes dei expressamente as palavras que deveriam dizer a Ido e aos servidores do templo, seus irmãos, em Casifia, para nos trazerem ministros para a casa do nosso Deus. 18 Trouxeram-nos, segundo a boa mão de Deus sobre nós, um homem sábio, dos filhos de Mali, filho de Levi, filho de Israel, a saber, Serebias, com os seus filhos e irmãos, dezoito; 19 e a Hasabias e, com ele, Jesaías, dos filhos de Merari, com seus irmãos e os filhos deles, vinte; 20 e dos servidores do templo, que Davi e os príncipes deram para o ministério dos levitas, duzentos e vinte, todos eles mencionados nominalmente.

21 Então, apregoei ali um jejum junto ao rio Aava, para nos humilharmos perante o nosso Deus, para lhe pedirmos jornada feliz para nós, para nossos filhos e para tudo o que era nosso. 22 Porque tive vergonha de pedir ao rei exército e cavaleiros para nos defenderem do inimigo no caminho, porquanto já lhe havíamos dito: A boa mão do nosso Deus é sobre todos os que o buscam, para o bem deles; mas a sua força e a sua ira, contra todos os que o abandonam. 23 Nós, pois, jejuamos e pedimos isto ao nosso Deus, e ele nos atendeu.

24 Então, separei doze dos principais, isto é, Serebias, Hasabias e dez dos seus irmãos. 25 Pesei-lhes a prata, e o ouro, e os utensílios que eram a contribuição para a casa de nosso Deus, a qual ofereceram o rei, os seus conselheiros, os seus príncipes e todo o Israel que se achou ali. 26 Entreguei-lhes nas mãos seiscentos e cinquenta talentos de prata e, em objetos de prata, cem talentos, além de cem talentos de ouro; 27 e vinte taças de ouro de mil daricos e dois objetos de lustroso e fino bronze, tão precioso como ouro. 28 Disse-lhes: Vós sois santos ao Senhor, e santos são estes objetos, como também esta prata e este ouro, oferta voluntária ao Senhor, Deus de vossos pais. 29 Vigiai-os e guardai-os até que os peseis na presença dos principais sacerdotes, e dos levitas, e dos cabeças de famílias de Israel, em Jerusalém, nas câmaras da Casa do Senhor. 30 Então, receberam os sacerdotes e os levitas o peso da prata, do ouro e dos objetos, para trazerem a Jerusalém, à casa de nosso Deus.

31 Partimos do rio Aava, no dia doze do primeiro mês, a fim de irmos para Jerusalém; e a boa mão do nosso Deus estava sobre nós e livrou-nos das mãos dos inimigos e dos que nos armavam ciladas pelo caminho. 32 Chegamos a Jerusalém e repousamos ali três dias. 33 No quarto dia, pesamos, na casa do nosso Deus, a prata, o ouro, os objetos e os entregamos a Meremote, filho do sacerdote Urias; com ele estava Eleazar, filho de Fineias, e, com eles, Jozabade, filho de Jesua, e Noadias, filho de Binui, levitas; 34 tudo foi contado e pesado, e o peso total, imediatamente registrado.

35 Os exilados que vieram do cativeiro ofereceram holocaustos ao Deus de Israel, doze novilhos por todo o Israel, noventa e seis carneiros, setenta e sete cordeiros e, como oferta pelo pecado, doze bodes; tudo em holocausto ao Senhor. 36 Então, deram as ordens do rei aos seus sátrapas e aos governadores deste lado do Eufrates; e estes ajudaram o povo na reconstrução da Casa de Deus.

1 Now these are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king: 2 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush. 3 Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males a hundred and fifty. 4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males. 5 Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males. 6 And of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males. 7 And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males. 8 And of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him fourscore males. 9 Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males. 10 And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him a hundred and threescore males. 11 And of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty and eight males. 12 And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him a hundred and ten males. 13 And of the sons of Adonikam, that were the last; and these are their names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them threescore males. 14 And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.

15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. 16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, who were teachers. 17 And I sent them forth unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. 18 And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; 19 and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; 20 and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were mentioned by name.

21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 22 For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

24 Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25 and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered: 26 I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred talents; of gold a hundred talents; 27 and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold. 28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-offering unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers. 29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah. 30 So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.

31 Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the lier-in-wait by the way. 32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 33 And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest (and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas: and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites)— 34 the whole by number and by weight: and all the weight was written at that time.

35 The children of the captivity, that were come out of exile, offered burnt-offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burnt-offering unto Jehovah. 36 And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s satraps, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and the house of God.

1 These are the family heads and those registered with them who came up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

2 of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; of the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; of the descendants of David, Hattush

3 of the descendants of Shekaniah; of the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;

4 of the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;

5 of the descendants of Zattu, "Shekaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;

6 of the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men;

7 of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;

8 of the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;

9 of the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;

10 of the descendants of Bani, "Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;

11 of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;

12 of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;

13 of the descendants of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeuel and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;

14 of the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai and Zakkur, and with them 70 men.

15 I assembled them at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there three days. When I checked among the people and the priests, I found no Levites there.

16 So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of learning,

17 and I ordered them to go to Iddo, the leader in Kasiphia. I told them what to say to Iddo and his fellow Levites, the temple servants in Kasiphia, so that they might bring attendants to us for the house of our God.

18 Because the gracious hand of our God was on us, they brought us Sherebiah, a capable man, from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, and Sherebiah's sons and brothers, 18 in all;

19 and Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and nephews, 20 in all.

20 They also brought 220 of the temple servants —a body that David and the officials had established to assist the Levites. All were registered by name.

21 There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

22 I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, "The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him."

23 So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.

24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, namely, Sherebiah, Hashabiah and ten of their brothers,

25 and I weighed out to them the offering of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his advisers, his officials and all Israel present there had donated for the house of our God.

26 I weighed out to them 650 talents "of silver, silver articles weighing 100 talents, "100 talents "of gold,

27 20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics, "and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.

28 I said to them, "You as well as these articles are consecrated to the LORD. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your ancestors.

29 Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests and the Levites and the family heads of Israel."

30 Then the priests and Levites received the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.

31 On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way.

32 So we arrived in Jerusalem, where we rested three days.

33 On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and the sacred articles into the hands of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, and so were the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.

34 Everything was accounted for by number and weight, and the entire weight was recorded at that time.

35 Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs and, as a sin offering, "twelve male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.

36 They also delivered the king's orders to the royal satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who then gave assistance to the people and to the house of God.