Esdras 8

Ngā Upoko o ngā Whānau i hoki mai i te Whakapakonga

1 Nā, ko ngā upoko ēnei o ngā whare o ō rātou mātua, ko ngā whakapaparanga anō ēnei o te hunga i haere atu hei hoa mōku i Papurōna, i te kīngitanga o Kīngi Arataherehe:

2 O ngā tama a Pinehaha, ko Kerehoma. O ngā tama a Itamara, ko Raniera. O ngā tama a Rāwiri, ko Hatuhu 3 o ngā tama a Hekania. O ngā tama a Paroho, ko Hakaraia; nā, ko ngā tāne i taua ngātahitia me ia, he mea whakapapa, kotahi rau e rima tekau. 4 O ngā tama a Pahata Moapa, ko Erihoenai tama a Terahia; nā, ko ōna hoa, e rua rau ngā tāne. 5 O ngā tama a Hekania, ko te tama a Tahatiere; nā, ko ōna hoa, e toru rau ngā tāne. 6 O ngā tama anō hoki a Ārini: ko Ēpere tama a Honatana; nā, ko ōna hoa, e rima tekau ngā tāne. 7 Nā, o ngā tama a Erama, ko Ihāia tama a Atāria; nā, ko ōna hoa, e whitu tekau ngā tāne. 8 O ngā tama a Hepatia, ko Tepāria tama a Mikaera; nā, ko ōna hoa, e waru tekau ngā tāne. 9 O ngā tama a Ioapa, ko Opāria tama a Tehiere; nā, ko ōna hoa, e rua rau kotahi tekau mā waru ngā tāne. 10 O ngā tama a Heromiti, ko te tama a Tohipia; nā, ko ōna hoa, kotahi rau e ono tekau ngā tāne. 11 O ngā tama a Pepai, ko Hakaraia tama a Pepai; nā, ko ōna hoa, e rua tekau mā waru ngā tāne. 12 Nā, o ngā tama a Atakara, ko Iohanana tama a Hakatana; nā, ko ōna hoa, kotahi rau kotahi tekau ngā tāne. 13 Nā, o ngā tama whakamutunga a Aronikama, ko ō rātou ingoa ēnei; ko Eriperete, ko Teiere, ko Hemaia; nā, ko ō rātou hoa, e ono tekau ngā tāne. 14 O ngā tama anō a Pikiwai, ko Utai, ko Tapuru; nā, ko ō rātou hoa, e whitu tekau ngā tāne.

He Pononga mō te Temepara

15 Nā, ka huihuia rātou e ahau ki te awa e rere ana ki Ahawa, ā, noho ana mātou i reira e toru ngā rā; ā, i tāku tirohanga i te iwi, i ngā tohunga. Nā, kīhai tētahi o ngā tama a Rīwai i kitea e ahau ki reira. 16 Kātahi ahau ka tono kia tīkina a Eriētere, a Ariere, a Hemaia, a Erenātana, a Iaripi, a Erenātana, a Nātana, a Hakaraia, a Mehūrāma, he upoko ēnei; a Toiaripi anō, a Erenātana, he kaiwhakaako rāua. 17 Nā, ka ungā rātou e ahau ki a Iro; ki te upoko o te kāinga, o Kahipia; ā, i hoatu anō e ahau he kupu hei kōrero mā rātou ki a Iro rātou ko ōna tēina, ko ngā Netinimi, i te kāinga, i Kahipia, kia kawea mai ai e rātou he minita ki a mātou mō te whare o tō tātou Atua.

18 Nā, i runga i a mātou te ringa pai o tō mātou Atua, ā, ka kawea mai e rātou ki a mātou he tangata whai whakaaro, nō ngā tama a Māhari, tama a Rīwai, tama a Īharaira; a Herepia anō rātou ko āna tama, ko ōna tuākana, tēina, kotahi tekau mā waru; 19 ā, Hahapia hoki me Ihāia, nō ngā tama a Merari, rātou ko ōna tuākana, tēina, me ā rātou tama, e rua tekau; 20 o ngā Netinimi anō i whakaritea nei e Rāwiri, e ngā rangatira, mō ngā mahi a ngā Rīwaiti, e rua rau e rua tekau ngā Netinimi. He mea whakahua katoa ō rātou ingoa.

Mā te Nohopuku me te Īnoi e Tauārai

21 Kātahi ka karangatia e ahau he nohopuku ki reira ki te taha o te awa o Ahawa, kia whakaiti ai mātou i a mātou ki te aroaro o tō mātou Atua, kia rapua ai e mātou i a ia te ara tika mō mātou, mō ā mātou tamariki, mō ō mātou taonga katoa. 22 I whakamā hoki ahau ki te tono ki te kīngi i tētahi rōpū hōia me ētahi kaieke hōiho hei tuarā mō mātou ki te hoariri i te ara; i kōrero hoki mātou ki te kīngi, i mea, "Kei runga te ringa o tō mātou Atua i te hunga katoa e rapu ana i a ia, hei pai mō rātou; otiia, ka whawhai tōna kaha, me tōna riri, ki te hunga katoa e whakarere ana i a ia." 23 Nā, nohopuku ana mātou, rapua ana e mātou he tikanga i tō mātou Atua mō tēnei mea, ā, tahuri mai ana ia ki a mātou.

Ngā Koha mō te Temepara

24 Nā, ka motuhia e ahau ētahi o ngā tohunga kotahi tekau mā rua, a Herepia, a Hahapia, me ō rātou tēina kotahi tekau. 25 Nā, pāunatia ana e ahau te hiriwa, te kōura, me ngā oko, arā te whakahere ki te whare o tō mātou Atua i hōmai nei e te kīngi rātou ko āna kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, ko āna rangatira, e Īharaira katoa anō i reira. 26 I pāunatia anō e ahau ki ō rātou ringa, te hiriwa e ono rau e rima tekau taranata, ngā oko hiriwa kotahi rau taranata; te kōura kotahi rau taranata. 27 Me ngā peihana kōura e rua tekau, kotahi mano tarami te taimaha; me ngā oko e rua, he parāhi pai, kanapa tonu, rite tonu ki te kōura te utu nui.

28 I mea anō ahau ki a rātou, "He tapu koutou ki a Ihowā, he tapu hoki ngā oko; he mea whakahere noa ake anō hoki te hiriwa me te kōura mā Ihowā, mā te Atua o ō koutou mātua. 29 Matapoporetia iho, tiakina, kia pāunatia rā anō e koutou ki te aroaro o ngā rangatira, o ngā tohunga, o ngā Rīwaiti, o ngā rangatira o ngā whare o ngā mātua o Īharaira, ki Hiruhārama, i roto i ngā rūma o te whare o Ihowā."

30 Heoi, riro ana i ngā tohunga, i ngā Rīwaiti, te taimaha o te hiriwa, o te kōura, o ngā oko, hei mau ki Hiruhārama, ki te whare o tō tātou Atua.

Te Hokinga mai ki Hiruhārama

31 Nā, ka tūria e mātou i te awa o Ahawa i te tekau mā rua o te marama tuatahi, ka haere ki Hiruhārama; i runga hoki i a mātou te ringa o tō mātou Atua, ā, whakaorangia ana mātou e ia i te ringa o te hoariri, o te kaiwhanga i te ara. 32 Nā, kua tae mātou ki Hiruhārama, ā, noho ana i reira, e toru ngā rā.

33 I te whā o ngā rā, nā, ko taua hiriwa, kōura, me ngā oko, ka pāunatia i roto i te whare o tō tātou Atua e te ringa o Meremoto tama a Uria tohunga. I a ia anō a Ereātara tama a Pinehaha; i a rāua hoki a Iotāpara tama a Hehua, rāua ko Noaria tama a Pinui, nō ngā Rīwaiti. 34 He mea tatau, he mea pāuna, tēnei, tēnei; i tuhituhia hoki ngā taimaha katoa i taua wā anō.

35 Nā, ko te hunga i haere mai nei i te whakarau, ngā tama a te hunga i whakaraua atu, tāpaea ana e rātou he tahunga tinana mā te Atua o Īharaira, kotahi tekau mā rua pūru, he mea mō Īharaira katoa, e iwa tekau mā ono hipi toa, e whitu tekau mā whitu reme, tekau mā rua koati toa, hei whakahere hara; ko tēnei katoa hei tahunga tinana ki a Ihowā. 36 Nā, ka hoatu ngā ture a te kīngi ki ngā kāwana nui a te kīngi, ki ngā kāwana iti i tērā taha o te awa; ā, ko rātou hei whakaneke ake i tā te iwi, i te whare anō o te Atua.

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.