1 And while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and falling down before the house of God, there were gathered to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; for the people wept very much.
2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have acted unfaithfully toward our God, and have taken foreign wives of the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
3 And now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of {my} lord, and of those that tremble at the commandments of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
4 Arise, for this matter is incumbent on thee, and we will be with thee: be of good courage, and do {it}.
5 Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, of the Levites, and of all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.
6 And Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he ate no bread and drank no water; for he mourned because of the unfaithfulness of them that had been carried away.
7 And they made proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
8 and that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be confiscated, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
9 Then were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open space of the house of God, trembling because of the matter, and because of the pouring rain.
10 And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, Ye have acted unfaithfully, and have taken foreign wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
11 And now make confession to Jehovah the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign wives.
12 And the whole congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Yes, it is for us to do according to thy words.
13 But the people are many, and it is a time of pouring rain, and it is not possible to stand without: neither is this a work for one day or two; for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
14 Let now our princes, while this matter is going on, stand for all the congregation, and let all those that have taken foreign wives in our cities come at the appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce anger of our God be turned from us.
15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest {and} certain of the chief fathers were separated according to their fathers' houses, and all of them {expressed} by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
17 And they ended with all the men that had taken foreign wives by the first day of the first month.
18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken foreign wives, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren: Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
19 And they gave their hand to send away their wives; and they offered a ram of the flock, as trespass-offering for their guilt.
20 And of the children of Immer: Hanani, and Zebadiah.
21 And of the children of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
22 And of the children of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
23 And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
24 And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
25 And of Israel; of the children of Parosh: Ramiah, and Jizzijah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
26 And of the children of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.
27 And of the children of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
28 And of the children of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.
29 And of the children of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
30 And of the children of Pahath-Moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
31 And the children of Harim: Eliezer, Jishijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Simeon,
32 Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.
33 Of the children of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.
34 Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
35 Benaiah, Bediah, Cheluhu,
36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasai,
38 and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
39 and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
40 Machnadbai, Shashai, Sharai,
41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
42 Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.
43 Of the children of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, and Joel, Benaiah.
44 All these had taken foreign wives; and there were among them wives who had had children.
1 以斯拉祷告、认罪、哭泣， 俯伏在 神的殿前的时候， 有一大群以色列人， 包括男女小孩， 在他面前聚集； 众人也都痛哭。
2 属以拦的子孙、耶歇的儿子示迦尼对以斯拉说： "我们对 神不忠， 娶了这地这外族女子为妻。虽然这样， 以色列现在还有希望。
3 现在， 我们应当与我们的 神立约， 按着我主和那些因我们 神的诫命而战兢的人所议定的， 照着律法而行， 送走这些妻子和她们所生的儿女。
4 你起来！ 因为这事全在你身上， 我们支持你， 你当坚强地去作。"
5 于是以斯拉起来， 使祭司首领、利未人和以色列众人起誓要照着这话去行； 他们就起誓。
6 以斯拉就从 神的殿前起来， 走进以利亚实的儿子约哈难的屋里去； 他在那里不吃饭， 也不喝水， 因为他为了被掳归回的人的不忠而悲伤。
7 于是， 领袖们就在犹大和耶路撒冷向所有被掳归回的人发出通告， 叫他们到耶路撒冷聚集。
8 所有不照着众领袖和众长老所议定， 在三日之内来到的人， 所有的财物都要充公， 也要从被掳归回之人的会中被逐出。
9 于是犹大和便雅悯众人， 三日之内都在耶路撒冷聚集， 那时是九月二十日， 众人坐在 神殿的广场上； 因为这事， 又因为天下大雨的缘故， 大家就都战栗发抖。
10 以斯拉祭司站起来， 对他们说： "你们对 神不忠， 娶了外族的女子为妻， 增添了以色列的罪过。
11 现在你们要向耶和华你们列祖的 神认罪， 遵行他所喜悦的旨意， 与这地的民族和外族的女子分离。"
12 全体会众都大声回答说： "你怎么说， 我们就怎么行。
13 可是人太多， 又逢下大雨的季节， 我们不能停留在外面； 这又不是一两天可以完成的事， 因为我们很多人在这事上犯了罪！
14 让我们的领袖代表全体会众站在耶和华面前， 所有在我们的城中娶了外族女子为妻的人， 也都要在指定的日期， 与本城的长老和审判官一起来， 解决了这事， 好使 神因这事所发的烈怒离开我们。"
15 只有亚撒黑的儿子约拿单和特瓦的儿子雅哈谢起来反对这提议， 还有米书兰和利未人沙比太支持他们。
16 于是， 被掳归回的人就这样行。以斯拉祭司提名选派了一些人， 他们是各宗族的族长， 他们在十月初一坐下来查办这事。
17 直到正月初一， 他们才完成审查所有娶了外族的女子为妻的人。
18 在祭司子孙中， 娶了外族的女子为妻的有耶书亚的子孙， 约萨达的儿子和他的兄弟玛西雅、以利以谢、雅立、基大利。
19 他们举手起誓要送走他们的妻子， 并献赎罪祭。他们就献上一只公绵羊， 作他们的赎罪祭。
20 音麦的子孙中， 有哈拿尼和西巴第雅。
21 哈琳的子孙中， 有玛西雅、以利雅、示玛雅、耶歇和乌西雅。
22 巴施户珥的子孙中， 有以利约乃、玛西雅、以实玛利、拿坦业、约撒拔和以利亚撒。
23 利未人中有约撒拔、示每、基拉雅（又叫基利他）， 还有毗他希雅、犹大和以利以谢。
24 歌唱者中， 有以利亚实。守门的人中， 有沙龙、提联和乌利。
25 属以色列人的巴录的子孙中， 有拉米、耶西雅、玛基雅、米雅民、以利亚撒、玛基雅、比拿雅。
26 以拦的子孙中， 有玛他尼、撒迦利亚、耶歇、押底、耶利末和以利雅。
27 萨土的子孙中， 有以利约乃、以利亚实、玛他尼、耶利末、撒拔和亚西撒。
28 比拜的子孙中， 有约哈难、哈拿尼雅、萨拜和亚勒。
29 巴尼的子孙中， 有米书兰、玛鹿、亚大雅、雅述、示押和耶利末。
30 巴哈．摩押的子孙中， 有阿底拿、基拉、比拿雅、玛西雅、玛他尼、比撒列、宾内和玛拿西。
31 哈琳的子孙中， 有以利以谢、伊示雅、玛基雅、示玛雅、西缅、
32 便雅悯、玛鹿和示玛利雅。
33 哈顺的子孙中， 有玛特乃、玛达他、撒拔、以利法列、耶利买、玛拿西和示每。
34 巴尼的子孙中， 有玛代、暗兰、乌益、
35 比拿雅、比底雅、基禄、
36 瓦尼雅、米利末、以利亚实、
37 玛他尼、玛特乃、雅扫、
38 巴尼、宾内、示每、
39 示利米雅、拿单、亚大雅、
40 玛拿底拜、沙赛、沙赖、
41 亚萨利、示利米雅、示玛利雅、
42 沙龙、亚玛利雅、约瑟。
43 尼波的子孙中， 有耶利、玛他提雅、撒拔、西比拿、雅玳、约珥和比拿雅。
44 这些人都娶了外族的女子为妻， 但他们都把妻子和儿女送走了（本节经文残缺， 意义难确定， 或译︰"有的妻子也生了儿女"）。