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Ezra 8

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1 καὶ οὗτοι οἱ ἄρχοντες πατριῶν αὐτῶν οἱ ὁδηγοὶ ἀναβαίνοντες με{T'} ἐμοῦ ἐν βασιλείᾳ Αρθασασθα τοῦ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος 2 ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φινεες Γηρσωμ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ιθαμαρ Δανιηλ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Δαυιδ Ατους 3 ἀπὸ υἱῶν Σαχανια ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φορος Ζαχαριας καὶ με{T'} αὐτοῦ τὸ σύστρεμμα ἑκατὸν καὶ πεντήκοντα 4 ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φααθμωαβ Ελιανα υἱὸς Ζαραια καὶ με{T'} αὐτοῦ διακόσιοι τὰ ἀρσενικά 5 ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ζαθοης Σεχενιας υἱὸς Αζιηλ καὶ με{T'} αὐτοῦ τριακόσιοι τὰ ἀρσενικά 6 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Αδιν Ωβηθ υἱὸς Ιωναθαν καὶ με{T'} αὐτοῦ πεντήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά 7 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ηλαμ Ιεσια υἱὸς Αθελια καὶ με{T'} αὐτοῦ ἑβδομήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά 8 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Σαφατια Ζαβδια υἱὸς Μιχαηλ καὶ με{T'} αὐτοῦ ὀγδοήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά 9 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ιωαβ Αβαδια υἱὸς Ιιηλ καὶ με{T'} αὐτοῦ διακόσιοι δέκα ὀκτὼ τὰ ἀρσενικά 10 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Βαανι Σαλιμουθ υἱὸς Ιωσεφια καὶ με{T'} αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν ἑξήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά 11 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Βαβι Ζαχαρια υἱὸς Βαβι καὶ με{T'} αὐτοῦ ἑβδομήκοντα ὀκτὼ τὰ ἀρσενικά 12 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ασγαδ Ιωαναν υἱὸς Ακαταν καὶ με{T'} αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν δέκα τὰ ἀρσενικά 13 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Αδωνικαμ ἔσχατοι καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν Αλιφαλατ Ιιηλ καὶ Σαμαια καὶ με{T'} αὐτῶν ἑξήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά 14 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Βαγο Ουθι καὶ με{T'} αὐτοῦ ἑβδομήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά

1 The leaders, who took part with me in this migration under Artaxerxes, were descended as follows: 2 Gersom was of the stock of Phinees, Daniel of Ithamar, Hattus of David. 3 These were the numbers the various clans provided: Pharos (of the sons of Sechenias), a hundred and fifty under Zacharias; 4 Phahath-Moab, two hundred under Elioenai, son of Zarehe; 5 Sechenias, three hundred under …, son of Ezechiel; 6 Adan, fifty under Abed son of Jonathan; 7 Alam, seventy under Isaias son of Athalias; 8 Saphatia, eighty under Zebedia son of Michael; 9 Joab, two hundred and eighteen under Obedia son of Jahiel; 10 Selomith, a hundred and sixty under …, son of Josphia; 11 Bebai, twenty-eight under Bebai’s son Zacharias; 12 Azgad, a hundred and ten under Johanan son of Eccetan; 13 Adonicam, sixty, under his last remaining sons, Elipheleth, Jehiel and Samaias; 14 Begui, seventy under Uthai and Zachur.

1 Hi sunt ergo principes familiarum, et genealogia eorum, qui ascenderunt mecum in regno Artaxerxis regis de Babylone. 2 De filiis Phinees, Gersom. De filiis Ithamar, Daniel. De filiis David, Hattus. 3 De filiis Secheniæ, filiis Pharos, Zacharias: et cum eo numerati sunt viri centum quinquaginta. 4 De filiis Phahath Moab, Elioënai filius Zarehe, et cum eo ducenti viri. 5 De filiis Secheniæ, filius Ezechiel, et cum eo trecenti viri. 6 De filiis Adan, Abed filius Jonathan, et cum eo quinquaginta viri. 7 De filiis Alam, Isaias filius Athaliæ, et cum eo septuaginta viri. 8 De filiis Saphatiæ, Zebedia filius Michaël, et cum eo octoginta viri. 9 De filiis Joab, Obedia filius Jahiel, et cum eo ducenti decem et octo viri. 10 De filiis Selomith, filius Josphiæ, et cum eo centum sexaginta viri. 11 De filiis Bebai, Zacharias filius Bebai, et cum eo viginti octo viri. 12 De filiis Azgad, Johanan filius Eccetan, et cum eo centum et decem viri. 13 De filiis Adonicam, qui erant novissimi: et hæc nomina eorum: Elipheleth, et Jehiel, et Samaias, et cum eis sexaginta viri. 14 De filii Begui, Uthai et Zachur, et cum eis septuaginta viri.

15 καὶ συνῆξα αὐτοὺς πρὸς τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν ἐρχόμενον πρὸς τὸν Ευι καὶ παρενεβάλομεν ἐκεῖ ἡμέρας τρεῖς καὶ συνῆκα ἐν τῷ λαῷ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Λευι οὐχ εὗρον ἐκεῖ 16 καὶ ἀπέστειλα τῷ Ελεαζαρ τῷ Αριηλ τῷ Σαμαια καὶ τῷ Αλωναμ καὶ τῷ Ιαριβ καὶ τῷ Ελναθαν καὶ τῷ Ναθαν καὶ τῷ Ζαχαρια καὶ τῷ Μεσουλαμ ἄνδρας καὶ τῷ Ιωαριβ καὶ τῷ Ελναθαν συνίοντας 17 καὶ ἐξήνεγκα αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ ἄρχοντος ἐν ἀργυρίῳ τοῦ τόπου καὶ ἔθηκα ἐν στόματι αὐτῶν λόγους λαλῆσαι πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτῶν τοὺς ναθινιμ ἐν ἀργυρίῳ τοῦ τόπου τοῦ ἐνέγκαι ἡμῖν ᾄδοντας εἰς οἶκον θεοῦ ἡμῶν 18 καὶ ἤλθοσαν ἡμῖν ὡς χεὶρ θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἀγαθὴ ἐ{F'} ἡμᾶς ἀνὴρ σαχωλ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Μοολι υἱοῦ Λευι υἱοῦ Ισραηλ καὶ ἀρχὴν ἤλθοσαν υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ ὀκτωκαίδεκα 19 καὶ τὸν Ασεβια καὶ τὸν Ωσαιαν ἀπὸ υἱῶν Μεραρι ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν εἴκοσι 20 καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ναθινιμ ὧν ἔδωκεν Δαυιδ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες εἰς δουλείαν τῶν Λευιτῶν ναθινιμ διακόσιοι καὶ εἴκοσι πάντες συνήχθησαν ἐν ὀνόμασιν

15 We made a halt of three days by the Ahava river; and there I found that I had common folk with me and priests, but no Levites. 16 So I despatched some of the chiefs, Eliezer, Ariel, Semeias, Elnathan, Jarib, (a second Elnathan,) Nathan, Zacharias and Mosollam, with two prudent counsellors, Joiarib and Elnathan, 17 to Eddo, who was in command at Casphia; I bade them ask Eddo and the Nathinaeans who were there with him to supply us with ministers for the house of our God. 18 And they, by God’s favour, sent us …, a Levite of Moholi’s clan, with Sarabias and eighteen more of his kinsmen; 19 also a Merarite, Hasabias, with Isaias and twenty more of his. 20 There were also two hundred and twenty Nathinaeans; these Nathinaeans were men bound over by David and David’s councillors to the service of the Levites. A list of all their names was supplied to us.[1]

15 Congregavi autem eos ad fluvium qui decurrit ad Ahava, et mansimus ibi tribus diebus: quæsivique in populo et in sacerdotibus de filiis Levi, et non inveni ibi. 16 Itaque misi Eliezer, et Ariel, et Semeiam, et Elnathan, et Jarib, et alterum Elnathan, et Nathan, et Zachariam, et Mosollam principes: et Jojarib, et Elnathan sapientes. 17 Et misi eos ad Eddo, qui est primus in Chasphiæ loco, et posui in ore eorum verba, quæ loquerentur ad Eddo, et fratres ejus Nathinæos in loco Chasphiæ, ut adducerent nobis ministros domus Dei nostri. 18 Et adduxerunt nobis per manum Dei nostri bonam super nos, virum doctissimum de filiis Moholi filii Levi, filii Israël, et Sarabiam et filios ejus et fratres ejus decem et octo, 19 et Hasabiam, et cum eo Isaiam de filiis Merari, fratresque ejus, et filios ejus viginti: 20 et de Nathinæis, quos dederat David et principes ad ministeria Levitarum, Nathinæos ducentos viginti: omnes hi suis nominibus vocabantur.

21 καὶ ἐκάλεσα ἐκεῖ νηστείαν ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμὸν Αουε τοῦ ταπεινωθῆναι ἐνώπιον θεοῦ ἡμῶν ζητῆσαι πα{R'} αὐτοῦ ὁδὸν εὐθεῖαν ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις ἡμῶν καὶ πάσῃ τῇ κτήσει ἡμῶν 22 ὅτι ᾐσχύνθην αἰτήσασθαι παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως δύναμιν καὶ ἱππεῖς σῶσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ ἐχθροῦ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ὅτι εἴπαμεν τῷ βασιλεῖ λέγοντες χεὶρ τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ζητοῦντας αὐτὸν εἰς ἀγαθόν καὶ κράτος αὐτοῦ καὶ θυμὸς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πάντας ἐγκαταλείποντας αὐτόν 23 καὶ ἐνηστεύσαμεν καὶ ἐζητήσαμεν παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν περὶ τούτου καὶ ἐπήκουσεν ἡμῖν

21 There, by the Ahava river, I proclaimed a fast; we would do penance, and ask of the Lord our God a safe journey for ourselves, for the children who went with us, and for all that was ours. 22 I would have asked the king for an escort of horsemen to defend us from attack, but shame withheld me; had we not boasted in the king’s presence that our God graciously protected all who had recourse to him, that only faithless servants of his brought down on themselves the constraining power of his vengeance? 23 So fast we did, to win the favour we asked of God, and all went well.

21 Et prædicavi ibi jejunium juxta fluvium Ahava, ut affligeremur coram Domino Deo nostro, et peteremus ab eo viam rectam nobis et filiis nostris, universæque substantiæ nostræ. 22 Erubui enim petere a rege auxilium et equites, qui defenderent nos ab inimico in via: quia dixeramus regi: Manus Dei nostri est super omnes qui quærunt eum in bonitate: et imperium ejus, et fortitudo ejus, et furor, super omnes qui derelinquunt eum. 23 Jejunavimus autem, et rogavimus Deum nostrum per hoc: et evenit nobis prospere.

24 καὶ διέστειλα ἀπὸ ἀρχόντων τῶν ἱερέων δώδεκα τῷ Σαραια Ασαβια καὶ με{T'} αὐτῶν ἀπὸ ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν δέκα 25 καὶ ἔστησα αὐτοῖς τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὰ σκεύη ἀπαρχῆς οἴκου θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἃ ὕψωσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ οἱ σύμβουλοι αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶς Ισραηλ οἱ εὑρισκόμενοι 26 καὶ ἔστησα ἐπὶ χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἀργυρίου τάλαντα ἑξακόσια καὶ πεντήκοντα καὶ σκεύη ἀργυρᾶ ἑκατὸν καὶ τάλαντα χρυσίου ἑκατὸν 27 καὶ καφουρη χρυσοῖ εἴκοσι εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν χαμανιμ χίλιοι καὶ σκεύη χαλκοῦ στίλβοντος ἀγαθοῦ διάφορα ἐπιθυμητὰ ἐν χρυσίῳ 28 καὶ εἶπα πρὸς αὐτούς ὑμεῖς ἅγιοι τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ τὰ σκεύη ἅγια καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον ἑκούσια τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ πατέρων ὑμῶν 29 ἀγρυπνεῖτε καὶ τηρεῖτε ἕως στῆτε ἐνώπιον ἀρχόντων τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν καὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν πατριῶν ἐν Ιερουσαλημ εἰς σκηνὰς οἴκου κυρίου 30 καὶ ἐδέξαντο οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται σταθμὸν τοῦ ἀργυρίου καὶ τοῦ χρυσίου καὶ τῶν σκευῶν ἐνεγκεῖν εἰς Ιερουσαλημ εἰς οἶκον θεοῦ ἡμῶν

24 Then I chose twelve of the leading priests, Sarabias and Hasabias with ten others, 25 and handed over to them the offerings made by king, councillors, and nobles, and by such Israelites as came forward with gifts; the whole weight of silver and gold, and all the hallowed appurtenances of our God’s temple. 26 It was six hundred and fifty talents of silver I paid over to them, with a hundred pieces of silver ware; and a hundred talents of gold, 27 with twelve bowls of the same metal, each of ten pounds’ weight, and two pieces of the finest bronze ware, like gold itself for beauty. 28 You are consecrated to the Lord, I told them, and here are consecrated things; here are silver and gold offered as a free gift to the Lord God of our fathers. 29 Keep watchful guard over them; you are answerable for delivering them safely, in the presence of priest and Levite and clan chief there in Jerusalem, into the treasury of our God. 30 So these priests and Levites took all that weight of silver and gold into their keeping, and the ornaments besides, that must be brought safely to the house of our God at Jerusalem.

24 Et separavi de principibus sacerdotum duodecim, Sarabiam, et Hasabiam, et cum eis de fratribus eorum decem: 25 appendique eis argentum et aurum, et vasa consecrata domus Dei nostri, quæ obtulerat rex et consiliatores ejus, et principes ejus, universusque Israël eorum qui inventi fuerant: 26 et appendi in manibus eorum argenti talenta sexcenta quinquaginta, et vasa argentea centum, auri centum talenta: 27 et crateres aureos viginti, qui habebant solidos millenos, et vasa æris fulgentis optimi duo, pulchra ut aurum. 28 Et dixi eis: Vos sancti Domini, et vasa sancta, et argentum et aurum, quod sponte oblatum est Domino Deo patrum nostrorum: 29 vigilate et custodite, donec appendatis coram principibus sacerdotum, et Levitarum, et ducibus familiarum Israël in Jerusalem, in thesaurum domus Domini. 30 Susceperunt autem sacerdotes et Levitæ pondus argenti, et auri, et vasorum, ut deferrent Jerusalem in domum Dei nostri.

31 καὶ ἐξήραμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ Αουε ἐν τῇ δωδεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πρώτου τοῦ ἐλθεῖν εἰς Ιερουσαλημ καὶ χεὶρ θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἦν ἐ{F'} ἡμῖν καὶ ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ χειρὸς ἐχθροῦ καὶ πολεμίου ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ 32 καὶ ἤλθομεν εἰς Ιερουσαλημ καὶ ἐκαθίσαμεν ἐκεῖ ἡμέρας τρεῖς 33 καὶ ἐγενήθη τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ ἐστήσαμεν τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὰ σκεύη ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ χεῖρα Μεριμωθ υἱοῦ Ουρια τοῦ ἱερέως καὶ με{T'} αὐτοῦ Ελεαζαρ υἱὸς Φινεες καὶ με{T'} αὐτῶν Ιωζαβαδ υἱὸς Ἰησοῦ καὶ Νωαδια υἱὸς Βαναια οἱ Λευῖται 34 ἐν ἀριθμῷ καὶ ἐν σταθμῷ τὰ πάντα καὶ ἐγράφη πᾶς ὁ σταθμός ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ 35 οἱ ἐλθόντες ἀπὸ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας υἱοὶ τῆς παροικίας προσήνεγκαν ὁλοκαυτώσεις τῷ θεῷ Ισραηλ μόσχους δώδεκα περὶ παντὸς Ισραηλ κριοὺς ἐνενήκοντα ἕξ ἀμνοὺς ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ ἑπτά χιμάρους περὶ ἁμαρτίας δώδεκα τὰ πάντα ὁλοκαυτώματα τῷ κυρίῳ 36 καὶ ἔδωκαν τὸ νόμισμα τοῦ βασιλέως τοῖς διοικηταῖς τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἐπάρχοις πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ ἐδόξασαν τὸν λαὸν καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ

31 We left the Ahava river on the twelfth day of the first month, bound for Jerusalem; and, with our God protecting us from all peril on the way, of open enemy or secret, 32 to Jerusalem we came. We had been there but three days 33 before silver, gold and ornaments, were delivered safe in our God’s temple. Meremoth, son of the priest Urias, and Eleazar, son of Phinees, with two Levites, Jozabed son of Josue and Noadaia son of Bennoi, 34 handed it over, all counted and weighed, and its weight was duly entered. 35 And these exiles, restored now from captivity, offered the God of Israel burnt-sacrifice; twelve calves for the twelve tribes of Israel, ninety rams and seventy-seven lambs, besides twelve goats as an offering for fault. Such was the burnt-sacrifice they made in the Lord’s honour; 36 then they delivered the royal edict to the governors, that were the king’s officers; and now God’s people and God’s house were held in honour by all that bore rule in the country west of Euphrates.

31 Promovimus ergo a flumine Ahava duodecimo die mensis primi ut pergeremus Jerusalem: et manus Dei nostri fuit super nos, et liberavit nos de manu inimici et insidiatoris in via. 32 Et venimus Jerusalem, et mansimus ibi tribus diebus. 33 Die autem quarta appensum est argentum, et aurum, et vasa in domo Dei nostri per manum Meremoth filii Uriæ sacerdotis, et cum eo Eleazar filius Phinees, cumque eis Jozabed filius Josue, et Noadaia filius Bennoi Levitæ, 34 juxta numerum et pondus omnium: descriptumque est omne pondus in tempore illo. 35 Sed et qui venerant de captivitate filii transmigrationis, obtulerunt holocautomata Deo Israël, vitulos duodecim pro omni populo Israël, arietes nonaginta sex, agnos septuaginta septem, hircos pro peccato duodecim: omnia in holocaustum Domino. 36 Dederunt autem edicta regis satrapis qui erant de conspectu regis, et ducibus trans flumen, et elevaverunt populum et domum Dei.

[1] In verses 16-20 it seems likely that some minor errors have been made in copying out the names.

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Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
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