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Ezra 10

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1 καὶ ὡς προσηύξατο Εσδρας καὶ ὡς ἐξηγόρευσεν κλαίων καὶ προσευχόμενος ἐνώπιον οἴκου τοῦ θεοῦ συνήχθησαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀπὸ Ισραηλ ἐκκλησία πολλὴ σφόδρα ἄνδρες καὶ γυναῖκες καὶ νεανίσκοι ὅτι ἔκλαυσεν ὁ λαὸς καὶ ὕψωσεν κλαίων 2 καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Σεχενιας υἱὸς Ιιηλ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ηλαμ καὶ εἶπεν τῷ Εσδρα ἡμεῖς ἠσυνθετήσαμεν τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν καὶ ἐκαθίσαμεν γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας ἀπὸ λαῶν τῆς γῆς καὶ νῦν ἔστιν ὑπομονὴ τῷ Ισραηλ ἐπὶ τούτῳ 3 καὶ νῦν διαθώμεθα διαθήκην τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν ἐκβαλεῖν πάσας τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ αὐτῶν ὡς ἂν βούλῃ ἀνάστηθι καὶ φοβέρισον αὐτοὺς ἐν ἐντολαῖς θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ ὡς ὁ νόμος γενηθήτω 4 ἀνάστα ὅτι ἐπὶ σὲ τὸ ῥῆμα καὶ ἡμεῖς μετὰ σοῦ κραταιοῦ καὶ ποίησον 5 καὶ ἀνέστη Εσδρας καὶ ὥρκισεν τοὺς ἄρχοντας τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευίτας καὶ πάντα Ισραηλ τοῦ ποιῆσαι κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο καὶ ὤμοσαν 6 καὶ ἀνέστη Εσδρας ἀπὸ προσώπου οἴκου τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς γαζοφυλάκιον Ιωαναν υἱοῦ Ελισουβ καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐκεῖ ἄρτον οὐκ ἔφαγεν καὶ ὕδωρ οὐκ ἔπιεν ὅτι ἐπένθει ἐπὶ τῇ ἀσυνθεσίᾳ τῆς ἀποικίας

1 While Esdras thus prayed for mercy, lying in tears before God’s temple, a great throng of Israelites gathered round him, men, women and children alike, and loud was their lament. 2 At last Sechenias the son of Jehiel, of Aelam’s clan, said to him, We have offended our God by marrying foreign wives, women of the neighbouring peoples; but is there no hope of pardon for Israel? 3 Come, let us make a covenant with the Lord our God; let us send away these wives, and the children born of them. That is the Lord’s counsel; that is the counsel of all who reverence his commands; let the law be obeyed! 4 With thee, Esdras, the decision rests; count on our obedience; up, and go boldly about thy task. 5 So Esdras rose up, and bound them by an oath, priests, Levites, and common folk, to do their part. 6 Then, leaving the temple fore-court, he betook himself to Johanan’s lodging, that was son of Eliasib; but here too he would neither eat nor drink, so bitterly he grieved over the restored exiles and their faithlessness.

1 Sic ergo orante Esdra, et implorante eo et flente, et jacente ante templum Dei, collectus est ad eum de Israël cœtus grandis nimis virorum et mulierum et puerorum, et flevit populus fletu multo. 2 Et respondit Sechenias filius Jehiel de filiis Ælam, et dixit Esdræ: Nos prævaricati sumus in Deum nostrum, et duximus uxores alienigenas de populis terræ: et nunc, si est pœnitentia in Israël super hoc, 3 percutiamus fœdus cum Domino Deo nostro, ut projiciamus universas uxores, et eos qui de his nati sunt, juxta voluntatem Domini, et eorum qui timent præceptum Domini Dei nostri: secundum legem fiat. 4 Surge, tuum est decernere, nosque erimus tecum: confortare, et fac. 5 Surrexit ergo Esdras, et adjuravit principes sacerdotum et Levitarum, et omnem Israël, ut facerent secundum verbum hoc: et juraverunt. 6 Et surrexit Esdras ante domum Dei, et abiit ad cubiculum Johanan filii Eliasib, et ingressus est illuc: panem non comedit, et aquam non bibit: lugebat enim transgressionem eorum, qui venerant de captivitate.

7 καὶ παρήνεγκαν φωνὴν ἐν Ιουδα καὶ ἐν Ιερουσαλημ πᾶσιν τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς ἀποικίας τοῦ συναθροισθῆναι εἰς Ιερουσαλημ 8 καὶ πᾶς ὃς ἂν μὴ ἔλθῃ εἰς τρεῖς ἡμέρας ὡς ἡ βουλὴ τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων ἀναθεματισθήσεται πᾶσα ἡ ὕπαρξις αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς διασταλήσεται ἀπὸ ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἀποικίας 9 καὶ συνήχθησαν πάντες ἄνδρες Ιουδα καὶ Βενιαμιν εἰς Ιερουσαλημ εἰς τὰς τρεῖς ἡμέρας οὗτος ὁ μὴν ὁ ἔνατος ἐν εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνὸς ἐκάθισεν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἐν πλατείᾳ οἴκου τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπὸ θορύβου αὐτῶν περὶ τοῦ ῥήματος καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ χειμῶνος 10 καὶ ἀνέστη Εσδρας ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς ὑμεῖς ἠσυνθετήκατε καὶ ἐκαθίσατε γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας τοῦ προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ πλημμέλειαν Ισραηλ 11 καὶ νῦν δότε αἴνεσιν κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν καὶ ποιήσατε τὸ ἀρεστὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ καὶ διαστάλητε ἀπὸ λαῶν τῆς γῆς καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γυναικῶν τῶν ἀλλοτρίων 12 καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν πᾶσα ἡ ἐκκλησία καὶ εἶπαν μέγα τοῦτο τὸ ῥῆμά σου ἐ{F'} ἡμᾶς ποιῆσαι 13 ἀλλὰ ὁ λαὸς πολύς καὶ ὁ καιρὸς χειμερινός καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν δύναμις στῆναι ἔξω καὶ τὸ ἔργον οὐκ εἰς ἡμέραν μίαν καὶ οὐκ εἰς δύο ὅτι ἐπληθύναμεν τοῦ ἀδικῆσαι ἐν τῷ ῥήματι τούτῳ 14 στήτωσαν δὴ οἱ ἄρχοντες ἡμῶν τῇ πάσῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἐν πόλεσιν ἡμῶν ὃς ἐκάθισεν γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας ἐλθέτωσαν εἰς καιροὺς ἀπὸ συνταγῶν καὶ με{T'} αὐτῶν πρεσβύτεροι πόλεως καὶ πόλεως καὶ κριταὶ τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι ὀργὴν θυμοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐξ ἡμῶν περὶ τοῦ ῥήματος τούτου 15 πλὴν Ιωναθαν υἱὸς Ασαηλ καὶ Ιαζια υἱὸς Θεκουε με{T'} ἐμοῦ περὶ τούτου καὶ Μεσουλαμ καὶ Σαβαθαι ὁ Λευίτης βοηθῶν αὐτοῖς 16 καὶ ἐποίησαν οὕτως υἱοὶ τῆς ἀποικίας καὶ διεστάλησαν Εσδρας ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ ἄνδρες ἄρχοντες πατριῶν τῷ οἴκῳ καὶ πάντες ἐν ὀνόμασιν ὅτι ἐπέστρεψαν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ δεκάτου ἐκζητῆσαι τὸ ῥῆμα 17 καὶ ἐτέλεσαν ἐν πᾶσιν ἀνδράσιν οἳ ἐκάθισαν γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας ἕως ἡμέρας μιᾶς τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πρώτου

7 And now word went round Juda and Jerusalem, that all those who had returned from captivity must meet together in the city; 8 it had been decreed by the rulers and the elders that any man who did not appear there within three days should be deprived of all his goods and should be cut off from the restored community. 9 Meet together they did, all the men of Juda and Benjamin, within the three days prescribed (that is, on the twentieth day of the ninth month), at Jerusalem. There they sat, a whole people, in the open space before the house of God, their spirits cowed by guilt, and by the rain that was falling. 10 And the priest Esdras rose up and spoke to them. There is guilt among you, he said; by mating with aliens you have made the reckoning against Israel heavier yet. 11 Confess your fault to the Lord God of your fathers, and obey his will; separate yourselves from the peoples that live around you, from the foreign wives you have married. 12 At that, the whole multitude gave a loud cry, At thy bidding it shall be done! 13 Only, because the throng was so great, and it was the rainy season, when there was no standing out of doors, because their task could not be performed in one day or two, so many were the faults thus committed, 14 they would have their rulers go bail for the rest.[1] Then, in each township, those who had married alien wives should meet the elders and judges of it at a fixed time, till at last no faults were left to earn their God’s vengeance. 15 So Jonathan, son of Azahel, and Jaasia, son of Thecue, took charge of this,[2] with two Levites, Mesollam and Sebethai, to help them; 16 and the restored exiles kept their word, and separated themselves. The priest Esdras, with the clan chiefs … family by family and man by man; they began making their enquiries on the first day of the tenth month,[3] 17 and by the first day of the first month all the husbands of foreign wives had passed before them.

7 Et missa est vox in Juda et in Jerusalem omnibus filiis transmigrationis, ut congregarentur in Jerusalem: 8 et omnis qui non venerit in tribus diebus juxta consilium principum et seniorum, auferetur universa substantia ejus, et ipse abjicietur de cœtu transmigrationis. 9 Convenerunt igitur omnes viri Juda et Benjamin in Jerusalem tribus diebus: ipse est mensis nonus, vigesimo die mensis: et sedit omnis populus in platea domus Dei, trementes pro peccato, et pluviis. 10 Et surrexit Esdras sacerdos, et dixit ad eos: Vos transgressi estis, et duxistis uxores alienigenas, ut adderetis super delictum Israël. 11 Et nunc date confessionem Domino Deo patrum vestrorum, et facite placitum ejus, et separamini a populis terræ, et ab uxoribus alienigenis. 12 Et respondit universa multitudo, dixitque voce magna: Juxta verbum tuum ad nos, sic fiat. 13 Verumtamen quia populus multus est, et tempus pluviæ, et non sustinemus stare foris, et opus non est diei unius vel duorum (vehementer quippe peccavimus in sermone isto), 14 constituantur principes in universa multitudine: et omnes in civitatibus nostris qui duxerunt uxores alienigenas veniant in temporibus statutis, et cum his seniores per civitatem et civitatem, et judices ejus, donec avertatur ira Dei nostri a nobis super peccato hoc. 15 Igitur Jonathan filius Azahel, et Jaasia filius Thecue, steterunt super hoc, et Messollam et Sebethai Levites adjuverunt eos: 16 feceruntque sic filii transmigrationis. Et abierunt Esdras sacerdos, et viri principes familiarum, in domos patrum suorum, et omnes per nomina sua, et sederunt in die primo mensis decimi ut quærerent rem. 17 Et consummati sunt omnes viri, qui duxerant uxores alienigenas, usque ad diem primam mensis primi.

18 καὶ εὑρέθησαν ἀπὸ υἱῶν τῶν ἱερέων οἳ ἐκάθισαν γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰησοῦ υἱοῦ Ιωσεδεκ καὶ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ Μαασηα καὶ Ελιεζερ καὶ Ιαριβ καὶ Γαδαλια 19 καὶ ἔδωκαν χεῖρα αὐτῶν τοῦ ἐξενέγκαι γυναῖκας αὐτῶν καὶ πλημμελείας κριὸν ἐκ προβάτων περὶ πλημμελήσεως αὐτῶν 20 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Εμμηρ Ανανι καὶ Ζαβδια 21 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ηραμ Μασαια καὶ Ελια καὶ Σαμαια καὶ Ιιηλ καὶ Οζια 22 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φασουρ Ελιωηναι Μαασαια καὶ Ισμαηλ καὶ Ναθαναηλ καὶ Ιωζαβαδ καὶ Ηλασα 23 καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν Λευιτῶν Ιωζαβαδ καὶ Σαμου καὶ Κωλια αὐτὸς Κωλιτας καὶ Φαθαια καὶ Ιοδομ καὶ Ελιεζερ 24 καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ᾀδόντων Ελισαφ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν πυλωρῶν Σελλημ καὶ Τελημ καὶ Ωδουε 25 καὶ ἀπὸ Ισραηλ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φορος Ραμια καὶ Ιαζια καὶ Μελχια καὶ Μεαμιν καὶ Ελεαζαρ καὶ Ασαβια καὶ Βαναια 26 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ηλαμ Μαθανια καὶ Ζαχαρια καὶ Ιαϊηλ καὶ Αβδια καὶ Ιαριμωθ καὶ Ηλια 27 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ζαθουα Ελιωηναι Ελισουβ Μαθανια καὶ Ιαρμωθ καὶ Ζαβαδ καὶ Οζιζα 28 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Βαβι Ιωαναν Ανανια καὶ Ζαβου Οθαλι 29 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Βανουι Μεσουλαμ Μαλουχ Αδαιας Ιασουβ καὶ Σαλουια καὶ Ρημωθ 30 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φααθμωαβ Εδενε Χαληλ Βαναια Μασηα Μαθανια Βεσεληλ καὶ Βανουι καὶ Μανασση 31 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ηραμ Ελιεζερ Ιεσσια Μελχια Σαμαια Σεμεων 32 Βενιαμιν Μαλουχ Σαμαρια 33 καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ησαμ Μαθανι Μαθαθα Ζαβεδ Ελιφαλεθ Ιεραμι Μανασση Σεμεϊ 34 ἀπὸ υἱῶν Βανι Μοοδι Αμραμ Ουηλ 35 Βαναια Βαδαια Χελια 36 Ουιεχωα Ιεραμωθ Ελιασιβ 37 Μαθανια Μαθαναι καὶ ἐποίησαν 38 οἱ υἱοὶ Βανουι καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Σεμεϊ 39 καὶ Σελεμια καὶ Ναθαν καὶ Αδαια 40 Μαχναδαβου Σεσι Σαρου 41 Εζερηλ καὶ Σελεμια καὶ Σαμαρια 42 καὶ Σαλουμ Αμαρια Ιωσηφ 43 ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ναβου Ιιηλ Μαθαθια Σεδεμ Ζαμβινα Ιαδαι καὶ Ιωηλ καὶ Βαναια 44 πάντες οὗτοι ἐλάβοσαν γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας καὶ ἐγέννησαν ἐξ αὐτῶν υἱούς

18 Some members of the priestly families had made such marriages, … and his brothers, Maasia, Eliezer, Jarib and Godolia, sons of Josue, son of Josedec; 19 all these engaged themselves to send their wives away and sacrifice a ram as an offering for fault. 20 Besides these, there were Hanani and Zebedia, of Emmer’s family, 21 Maasia, Elia, Semeia, Jehiel and Ozias, of Harim’s, 22 Elioenai, Maasia, Ismael, Nathanael, Jozabed and Elasa, of Pheshur’s. 23 The Levites were Jozabed, Semei, Celaia (or Calita), Phataia, Juda and Eliezer; 24 there was one of the singers, Eliasib, and three of the door-keepers, Sellum, Telem and Uri. 25 Of the common folk, there were Remeia, Jezia, Melchia, Miamin, Eliezer (Melchia), and Banea, of Pharo’s family; 26 Mathania, Zacharias, Jehiel, Abdi, Jerimoth and Elia, of Aelam’s; 27 Elioenai, Eliasib, Mathania, Jerimuth, Zabad and Aziza, of Zethua’s; 28 Johanan, Hanania, Zabbai and Athalai, of Bebai’s; 29 Mosollam, Melluch, Adaia, Jasub, Saal and Ramoth, of Bani’s; 30 Edna, Chalal, Banaias, Maasias, Mathanias, Beseleel, Bennui and Manasses, of Phahath-Moab’s. 31 Of Herem’s family there were Eliezer, Josue, Melchias, Semeias, Simeon, 32 Benjamin, Maloch and Samarias, 33 and of Hasom’s, Mathanai, Mathatha, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jermai, Manasses and Semei. 34 Of Bani’s family there were Maaddi, Amram, Uel, 35 Baneas, Badaias, Cheliau, 36 Vania, Marimuth, Eliasib, 37 Mathanias, Mathanai, Jasi, 38 Bani, Bennui, Semei, 39 Salmias, Nathan, Adaias, 40 Mechnedebai, Sisai, Sarai, 41 Ezrel, Selemiau, Semeria, 42 Sellum, Amaria and Joseph. 43 Of Nebo’s family, Jehiel, Mathathias, Zabad, Zabina, Jeddu, Joel and Banaia. 44 All these had taken foreign wives, some of whom had already given birth to children.

18 Et inventi sunt de filiis sacerdotum qui duxerant uxores alienigenas. De filiis Josue filii Josedec, et fratres ejus, Maasia, et Eliezer, et Jarib, et Godolia. 19 Et dederunt manus suas ut ejicerent uxores suas, et pro delicto suo arietem de ovibus offerrent. 20 Et de filiis Emmer, Hanani, et Zebedia. 21 Et de filiis Harim, Maasia, et Elia, et Semeia, et Jehiel, et Ozias. 22 Et de filiis Pheshur, Elioënai, Maasia, Ismaël, Nathanaël, Jozabed, et Elasa. 23 Et de filiis Levitarum, Jozabed, et Semei, et Celaia, ipse est Calita, Phataia, Juda, et Eliezer. 24 Et de cantoribus, Eliasib. Et de janitoribus, Sellum, et Telem, et Uri. 25 Et ex Israël, de filiis Pharos, Remeia, et Jesia, et Melchia, et Miamin, et Eliezer, et Melchia, et Banea. 26 Et de filiis Ælam, Mathania, Zacharias, et Jehiel, et Abdi, et Jerimoth, et Elia. 27 Et de filiis Zethua, Elioënai, Eliasib, Mathania, et Jerimuth, et Zabad, et Aziza. 28 Et de filiis Bebai, Johanan, Hanania, Zabbai, Athalai. 29 Et de filiis Bani, Mosollam, et Melluch, et Adaia, Jasub, et Saal, et Ramoth. 30 Et de filiis Phahath Moab, Edna, et Chalal, Banaias, et Maasias, Mathanias, Beseleel, Bennui, et Manasse. 31 Et de filiis Herem, Eliezer, Josue, Melchias, Semeias, Simeon, 32 Benjamin, Maloch, Samarias. 33 Et de filiis Hasom, Mathanai, Mathatha, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jermai, Manasse, Semei. 34 De filiis Bani, Maadi, Amram, et Vel, 35 Baneas, et Badaias, Cheliau, 36 Vania, Marimuth, et Eliasib, 37 Mathanias, Mathanai, et Jasi, 38 et Bani, et Bennui, Semei, 39 et Salmias, et Nathan, et Adaias, 40 et Mechnedebai, Sisai, Sarai, 41 Ezrel, et Selemiau, Semeria, 42 Sellum, Amaria, Joseph. 43 De filiis Nebo, Jehiel, Mathathias, Zabad, Zabina, Jeddu, et Joël, et Banaia. 44 Omnes hi acceperant uxores alienigenas, et fuerunt ex eis mulieres, quæ pepererant filios.

[1] Literally, ‘let rulers be set up in the whole multitude’, which may also be understood as meaning that commissioners were to be appointed, to see the resolution carried out. But both in the Hebrew text and in the Septuagint Greek the phrase is, ‘Let our rulers for all the congregation stand’. Both here and in the two following verses it may be questioned whether our text is not corrupt.

[2] Literally, ‘stood over (or, against) this’. Both in the Hebrew text and in the Septuagint Greek the sentence begins, not with ‘therefore’, but with ‘only’ (or, ‘nevertheless’). Some would render, ‘Nevertheless Jonathan and Jaasia opposed this’; but elsewhere ‘to stand against’ in this sense applies to people, not to things. There would be some temptation to render ‘Only Jonathan and Jaasia were guilty of this offence’, as at the end of chapter 9, where exactly the same words are used; but it is difficult in that case to see how the two Levites come in.

[3] As it stands, this verse can be read so as to make a complete sentence: ‘And the restored exiles kept their word; and they went away, the priest Esdras and the clan chiefs, into the houses of their fathers, and all by their names …’, etc.; but it is difficult to see how any meaning can be attached to the sentence, unless we suppose that some such words as ‘took the whole people in order’ have accidentally fallen out.

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