2. Ezra 8

¹Babil Kralı Artahşasta’nın krallığı döneminde benimle birlikte Babil'den yola çıkan aile başları ve onların soy kütükleri şunlardır:

²Pinehas oğullarından Gerşon; İtamar oğullarından Daniel; Davut oğullarından Attus;

³Şekanya ve Paroş oğullarından Zekeriya ve onunla birlikte yüz elli kişilik topluluk;

⁴Pahat-Moav oğullarından Seraya oğlu Elyehoenay ve onunla birlikte iki yüz erkek;

⁵Zatu oğullarından Yahaziel oğlu Şekanya ve onunla birlikte üç yüz erkek;

⁶Adin oğullarından Yonatan oğlu Ebet ve onunla birlikte elli erkek;

⁷Elam oğullarından Atalya oğlu Yeşaya ve onunla birlikte yetmiş erkek;

⁸Şefatya oğullarından Mikail oğlu Zebadya ve onunla birlikte seksen erkek;

⁹Yoav oğullarından Yehiel oğlu Obadya ve onunla birlikte iki yüz on sekiz erkek;

¹⁰Bani oğullarından Yosefya oğlu Şelomit ve onunla birlikte yüz altmış erkek;

¹¹Bebay oğullarından Bebay oğlu Zekeriya ve onunla birlikte yirmi sekiz erkek;

¹²Azgat oğullarından Hakkatan oğlu Yohanan ve onunla birlikte yüz on erkek;

¹³Adonikam oğullarının sonuncuları ki adları şunlardır: Elifelet, Yeiel ve Şemaya, ve onlarla birlikte altmış erkek;

¹⁴Bigvay oğullarından Utay ve Zabut, ve onlarla birlikte yetmiş erkek.

¹⁵Onları Evi'ye doğru akan nehrin yanında topladım ve orada üç gün konakladık. Halkı ve kâhinleri gözden geçirdim, ama orada Levi oğullarından hiçbirini bulamadım.

¹⁶Bunun üzerine Eleazar, Ariel, Şemaya, Alonam, Yarib, Elnatan, Natan, Zekeriya, Meşullam, Yoarim ve Elnatan adındaki anlayışlı adamları çağırttım.

¹⁷Onları o yerin gümüş madenlerindeki önderlere gönderdim; Tanrımızın tapınağı için bize ezgiler söyleyen hizmetkârlar getirmeleri amacıyla, o yerdeki tapınak görevlisi olan kardeşlerine söyleyecekleri sözleri ağızlarına koydum.

¹⁸Tanrımızın üzerimizdeki iyilik eli sayesinde, İsrail oğlu Levi oğlu Mahli oğullarından bilge bir adamı bize getirdiler; onunla birlikte oğulları ve kardeşlerinden on sekiz kişi geldi.

¹⁹Ayrıca Merari oğullarından Haşabya ile Yeşaya'yı, kardeşlerini ve oğullarını, toplam yirmi kişiyi getirdiler.

²⁰Davut'un ve önderlerin Levililere hizmet etmek üzere verdikleri tapınak görevlilerinden de iki yüz yirmi kişi geldi; hepsinin adları tek tek yazılmıştı.

²¹Tanrımızın önünde alçakgönüllü olmak, kendimiz, çocuklarımız ve bütün varlığımız için O'ndan doğru bir yol dilemek amacıyla orada, Ahava Kanalı yanında oruç ilan ettim.

²²Çünkü yolda bizi düşmanlardan koruması için kraldan asker ve atlı istemekten utandım; zira krala, "Tanrımızın eli, Kendisini arayan herkesin üzerindedir ve iyilik getirir; ama O'nun gücü ve gazabı Kendisini bırakan herkesin üzerindedir" demiştik.

²³Böylece oruç tuttuk ve bu konuda Tanrımıza yalvardık; O da dualarımızı kabul etti.

²⁴Kâhinlerin önderlerinden on iki kişiyi, Seraya'yı, Haşabya'yı ve kardeşlerinden on kişiyi onlarla birlikte seçtim.

²⁵Kralın, danışmanlarının, önderlerinin ve orada bulunan bütün İsrail halkının Tanrımızın tapınağı için sundukları bağışları, yani gümüşü, altını ve kapları tartarak onlara teslim ettim.

²⁶Onların ellerine altı yüz elli talant gümüş, yüz talant değerinde gümüş kaplar, yüz talant altın,

²⁷bin drahmi değerinde yirmi altın tas ve altın kadar değerli, kaliteli, parlatılmış tunçtan yapılmış iki güzel kap tartıp verdim.

²⁸Onlara şöyle dedim: "Sizler RAB için kutsalsınız; bu kaplar da kutsaldır. Gümüş ve altın da atalarınızın Tanrısı RAB'be gönülden sunulmuş sunulardır.

²⁹Bunları Yeruşalim'de, RAB'bin tapınağının odalarında, kâhinlerin, Levililerin önderleri ve İsrail'in aile başları önünde tartana kadar uyanık kalın ve koruyun."

³⁰Böylece kâhinler ve Levililer, Yeruşalim'e, Tanrımızın tapınağına götürmek üzere tartılan gümüşü, altını ve kapları teslim aldılar.

³¹Yeruşalim'e gitmek üzere birinci ayın on ikinci gününde Ahava Kanalı'ndan yola çıktık. Tanrımızın eli üzerimizdeydi; bizi yoldaki düşmanların ve savaşçıların elinden kurtardı.

³²Yeruşalim'e vardık ve orada üç gün kaldık.

³³Dördüncü günde gümüş, altın ve kaplar Tanrımızın tapınağında kâhin Uriya oğlu Meremot'un eline tartılarak teslim edildi. Onunla birlikte Pinehas oğlu Eleazar vardı; onlarla birlikte Levililerden Yeşu oğlu Yozabat ile Banaya oğlu Noadya da bulunuyordu.

³⁴Her şey sayılarak ve tartılarak teslim edildi ve o anda her şeyin ağırlığı kaydedildi.

³⁵Sürgünden dönen gurbetçilerin oğulları, İsrail'in Tanrısı'na yakmalık sunular sundular: Bütün İsrail için on iki boğa, doksan altı koç, yetmiş yedi kuzu ve günah sunusu olarak on iki teke; bunların hepsi RAB'be yakmalık sunu olarak sunuldu.

³⁶Kralın buyruklarını kralın satraplarına ve Fırat'ın ötesindeki valilere ilettiler; onlar da halkı ve Tanrı'nın tapınağını onurlandırdılar.

¹ΚΑΙ οὗτοι οἱ ἄρχοντες πατριῶν αὐτῶν, οἱ ὁδηγοὶ ἀναβαίνοντες μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ ἐν βασιλείᾳ ᾿Αρθασασθὰ τοῦ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος·

²ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φινεές, Γηρσών· ἀπὸ υἱῶν ᾿Ιθάμαρ, Δανιήλ· ἀπὸ υἱῶν Δαυίδ, ᾿Αττούς·

³ἀπὸ υἱῶν Σαχανία καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φόρος, Ζαχαρίας καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ τὸ σύστρεμμα ἑκατὸν καὶ πεντήκοντα·

⁴ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φαὰθ Μωάβ, ᾿Ελιανὰ υἱὸς Σαραΐα καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ διακόσιοι τὰ ἀρσενικά·

⁵καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ζαθόης, Σεχενίας υἱὸς ᾿Αζιὴλ καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ τριακόσια τὰ ἀρσενικά·

⁶καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Αδίν, ᾿Ωβὴθ υἱὸς ᾿Ιωνάθαν καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ πεντήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά·

⁷καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν ᾿Ηλάμ, ᾿Ιεσία υἱὸς ᾿Αθελία καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἑβδομήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά·

⁸καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Σαφατία, Ζαβαδίας υἱὸς Μιχαὴλ καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ὀγδοήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά·

⁹καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν ᾿Ιωάβ, ᾿Αβαδία υἱὸς ᾿Ιεϊὴλ καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ διακόσιοι δεκαοκτὼ τὰ ἀρσενικά·

¹⁰καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Βαανί, Σελιμοὺθ υἱὸς ᾿Ιωσεφία καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν ἑξήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά·

¹¹καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Βαβί, Ζαχαρίας υἱὸς Βαβὶ καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ εἰκοσιοκτὼ τὰ ἀρσενικά·

¹²καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν ᾿Ασγάδ, ᾿Ιωανὰν υἱὸς ᾿Ακκατὰν καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν δέκα τὰ ἀρσενικά·

¹³καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν ᾿Αδωνικὰμ ἔσχατοι καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν· ᾿Ελιφαλάτ, ᾿Ιεὴλ καὶ Σαμαΐα καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτῶν ἑξήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά·

¹⁴καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Βαγουαΐ, Οὐθαΐ καὶ Ζαβοὺδ καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἑβδομήκοντα τὰ ἀρσενικά.

¹⁵Καὶ συνῆξα αὐτοὺς πρὸς τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν ἐρχόμενον πρὸς τὸν Εὐί, καὶ παρενεβάλομεν ἐκεῖ ἡμέρας τρεῖς. καὶ συνῆκα ἐν τῷ λαῷ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἱερεῦσι, καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Λευὶ οὐχ εὗρον ἐκεῖ.

¹⁶καὶ ἀπέστειλα τῷ ᾿Ελεάζαρ, τῷ ᾿Αριήλ, τῷ Σεμεΐᾳ καὶ τῷ ᾿Αλωνὰμ καὶ τῷ ᾿Ιαρὶβ καὶ τῷ ᾿Ελνάθαμ καὶ τῷ Νάθαν καὶ τῷ Ζαχαρίᾳ καὶ τῷ Μεσολλὰμ καὶ τῷ ᾿Ιωαρὶμ καὶ τῷ ᾿Ελνάθαν συνίοντας.

¹⁷καὶ ἐξήνεγκα αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ ἄρχοντας ἐν ἀργυρίῳ τοῦ τόπου καὶ ἔθηκα ἐν στόματι αὐτῶν λόγους λαλῆσαι πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτῶν τοὺς ναθινὶμ ἐν ἀργυρίῳ τοῦ τόπου τοῦ ἐνέγκαι ὑμῖν ᾄδοντας εἰς οἶκον Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.

¹⁸καὶ ἤλθοσαν ἡμῖν, ὡς χεὶρ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἀγαθὴ ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς, ἀνὴρ σαχὼν ἀπὸ υἱῶν Μοολί, υἱοῦ Λευί, υἱοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ· καὶ ἀρχὴν ἦλθον οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ δεκαοκτώ·

¹⁹καὶ τὸν ᾿Ασεβία καὶ τὸν ᾿Ισαΐα ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Μεραρί, ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ εἴκοσι·

²⁰καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ναθινίμ, ὧν ἔδωκε Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες εἰς δουλείαν τῶν Λευιτῶν, ναθινὶμ διακόσιοι εἴκοσι· πάντες συνήχθησαν ἐν ὀνόμασι.

²¹καὶ ἐκάλεσα ἐκεῖ νηστείαν ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμὸν ᾿Αουὲ τοῦ ταπεινωθῆναι ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ζητῆσαι παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ ὁδὸν εὐθεῖαν ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις ἡμῶν καὶ πάσῃ τῇ κτίσει ἡμῶν.

²²ὅτι ᾔσχύνθην 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 τοὺς ἐγκαταλείποντας αὐτόν.

²³καὶ ἐνηστεύσαμεν καὶ ἐζητήσαμεν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν περὶ τούτου, καὶ ἐπήκουσεν ἡμῖν.

²⁴καὶ διέστειλα ἀπὸ ἀρχόντων τῶν ἱερέων δώδεκα, τῷ Σαραΐα, τῷ ᾿Ασαβίᾳ καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν δέκα.

²⁵καὶ 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 ᾿Ισραὴλ οἱ εὑρισκόμενοι.

²⁶καὶ ἔστησα ἐπὶ χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἀργυρίου τάλαντα ἑξακόσια πεντήκοντα καὶ σκεύη ἀργυρᾶ ἑκατὸν καὶ τάλαντα χρυσίου ἑκατὸν

²⁷καὶ καφουρῆ χρυσοῖ εἴκοσι εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν χαμινὶμ χίλιοι καὶ σκεύη χαλκοῦ στίλβοντος ἀγαθοῦ διάφορα ἐπιθυμητὰ ἐν χρυσίῳ.

²⁸καὶ εἶπα πρὸς αὐτούς· ὑμεῖς ἅγιοι τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ τὰ σκεύη ἅγια, καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον ἑκούσια τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ πατέρων ἡμῶν·

²⁹ἀγρυπνεῖτε καὶ τηρεῖτε ἕως στῆτε ἐνώπιον ἀρχόντων τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν καὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν πατριῶν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ εἰς σκηνὰς οἴκου Κυρίου.

³⁰καὶ ἐδέξαντο οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται σταθμὸν τοῦ ἀργυρίου καὶ τοῦ χρυσίου καὶ τῶν σκευῶν ἐνεγκεῖν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ εἰς οἶκον Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.

³¹Καὶ ἐξῄραμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ ᾿Αουὲ ἐν τῇ δωδεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πρώτου τοῦ ἐλθεῖν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλήμ· καὶ χεὶρ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἦν ἐφ᾿ ἡμῖν, καὶ ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ χειρὸς ἐχθροῦ καὶ πολεμίου ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ.

³²καὶ ἤλθομεν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐκαθίσαμεν ἐκεῖ ἡμέρας τρεῖς.

³³καὶ ἐγενήθη τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ ἐστήσαμεν τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὰ σκεύη ἐν οἴκῳ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ χεῖρα Μεριμὼθ υἱοῦ Οὐρία τοῦ ἱερέως —καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ᾿Ελεάζαρ υἱὸς Φινεὲς καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτῶν ᾿Ιωζαβὰδ υἱὸς ᾿Ιησοῦ καὶ Νωαδία υἱὸς Βαναΐα, οἱ Λευῖται—

³⁴ἐν ἀριθμῷ καὶ ἐν σταθμῷ τὰ πάντα, καὶ ἐγράφη πᾶς ὁ σταθμός. ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ

³⁵οἱ ἐλθόντες ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας υἱοὶ τῆς παροικίας προσήνεγκαν ὁλοκαυτώσεις τῷ Θεῷ ᾿Ισραὴλ μόσχους δώδεκα περὶ παντὸς ᾿Ισραήλ, κριοὺς ἐνενηκονταέξ, ἀμνοὺς ἑβδομηκονταεπτά, χιμάρους περὶ ἁμαρτίας δώδεκα, τὰ πάντα ὁλοκαυτώματα τῷ Κυρίῳ.

³⁶καὶ ἔδωκαν τὸ νόμισμα τοῦ βασιλέως τοῖς διοικηταῖς τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τοῖς ἐπάρχοις πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ, καὶ ἐδόξασαν τὸν λαὸν καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ.

¹And these [are] the heads of their families, the leaders that went up with me in the reign of Arthasastha the king of Babylon.

²Of the sons of Phinees; Gerson: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Attus.

³Of the sons of Sachania, and the sons of Phoros; Zacharias: and with him a company [of] a hundred and fifty.

⁴Of the sons of Phaath-Moab; Eliana the son of Saraia, and with him two hundred that were males.

⁵And of the sons of Zathoes; Sechenias the son of Aziel, and with him three hundred males.

⁶And of the sons of Adin; Obeth the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

⁷And of the sons of Elam; Iesia the son of Athelia, and with him seventy males.

⁸And of the sons of Saphatia; Zabadias the son of Michael, and with him eighty males.

⁹And of the sons of Joab; Abadia the son of Jeiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

¹⁰And of the sons of Baani; Selimuth the son of Josephia, and with him a hundred and sixty males.

¹¹And of the sons of Babi; Zacharias the son of Babi, and with him twenty-eight males.

¹²And of the sons of Asgad; Joanan the son of Accatan, and with him a hundred and ten males.

¹³And of the sons of Adonicam [were the] last, and these [were] their names, Eliphalat, Jeel, and Samaea, and with them sixty males.

¹⁴And of the sons of Baguae, Uthai, and Zabud, and with him seventy males.

¹⁵And I gathered them to the river that comes to Evi, and we encamped there three days: and I reviewed the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.

¹⁶And I sent men of understanding to Eleazar, to Ariel, to Semeias, and to Alonam, and to Jarib, and to Elnatham, and to Nathan, and to Zacharias, and to Mesollam, and to Joarim, and to Elnathan.

¹⁷And I forwarded them to the rulers with the money of the place, and I put words in their mouth to speak to their brethren the nathinim with the money of the place, that they should bring us singers for the house of our God.

¹⁸And they came to us, as the good hand of our God was upon us, even a man of understanding of the sons of Mooli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, and at the commencement came his sons and his brethren, eighteen.

¹⁹And Asebia, and Isaia of the sons of Merari, his brethren and his sons, twenty.

²⁰And of the nathinim; whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites [there were] two hundred and twenty nathinim; all were gathered by [their] names.

²¹And I proclaimed there a fast, at the river Aue, that [we] should humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our property.

²²For I was ashamed to ask of the king a guard and horsemen to save us from the enemy in the way: for we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God [is] upon all that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath [are] upon all that forsake him.

²³So we fasted, and asked of our God concerning this; and he hearkened to us.

²⁴And I gave charge to twelve of the chiefs of the priests, to Saraia, to Asabia, and ten of their brethren with them.

²⁵And I weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of the first-fruits of the house of our God, which the king, and his councillors, and his princes, and all Israel that were found, had dedicated.

²⁶I even weighed into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and a hundred silver vessels, and a hundred talents of gold;

²⁷and twenty golden bowls, [weighing] about a thousand drachms, and superior vessels of fine shining brass, [precious] as gold.

²⁸And I said to them, Ye [are] holy to the Lord; and the vessels [are] holy; and the silver and the gold are freewill-offerings to the Lord God of our fathers.

²⁹Be watchful and keep them, until ye weigh [them] before the chief priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of families in Jerusalem, at the chambers of the house of the Lord.

³⁰So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem into the house of our God.

³¹And we departed from the river of Aue on the twelfth day of the first month, to come to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemy and adversary in the way.

³²And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

³³And it came to pass on the fourth day that we weighed the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, in the house of our God, into the hand of Merimoth the son of Uria the priest; and with him [was] Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them Jozabad the son of Jesus, and Noadia the son of Banaia, the Levites.

³⁴All things [were reckoned] by number and weight, and the whole weight was written [down].

³⁵At that time the children of the banishment that came from the captivity offered whole-burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, twelve calves for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve goats for a sin-offering; all whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord.

³⁶And they gave the king’s mandate to the king’s lieutenants, and the governors beyond the river: and they honoured the people and the house of God.