1Estes, pois, são os chefes de suas famílias, com suas genealogias, dos que subiram comigo da Babilônia durante o reinando do rei Artaxerxes: 2Dos filhos de Fineias, Gérson; dos filhos de Itamar, Daniel; dos filhos de Davi, Hatus; 3Dos filhos de Secanias e dos filhos de Parós, Zacarias, e com ele por genealogias foram contados cento e cinquenta homens; 4Dos filhos de Paate-Moabe, Elioenai, filho de Zeraías, e com ele duzentos homens; 5Dos filhos de Secanias, o filho de Jaaziel, e com ele trezentos homens; 6Dos filhos de Adim, Ebede, filho de Jônatas, e com ele cinquenta homens; 7Dos filhos de Elão, Jesaías, filho de Atalias, e com ele setenta homens; 8E dos filhos de Sefatias, Zebadias, filho de Micael, e com ele oitenta homens; 9Dos filhos de Joabe, Obadias, filho de Jeiel, e com ele duzentos e dezoito homens; 10E dos filhos de Selomite, o filho de Josifias, e com ele cento e sessenta homens; 11E dos filhos de Bebai, Zacarias, filho de Bebai, e com ele vinte e oito homens; 12E dos filhos de Azgade, Joanã, filho de Catã, e com ele cento e dez homens; 13E dos filhos de Adonicão, os últimos, cujos nomes são: Elifelete, Jeiel, e Semaías, e com eles sessenta homens; 14E dos filhos de Bigvai, Utai e Zabude, e com eles setenta homens. 15E ajuntei-os junto ao rio que vai a Aava, e acampamos ali três dias; então procurem entre o povo e entre os sacerdotes, não achei ali nenhum dos filhos de Levi. 16Por isso enviei a Eliezer, Ariel, Semaías, Elnatã, Jaribe, Elnatã, Natã, Zacarias, e a Mesulão, os chefes; como também a Joiaribe e a Elnatã, os sábios. 17E os enviei a Ido, chefe no lugar de Casifia; e lhes instruí as palavras que deviam dizer a Ido, e a seus irmãos, os servos do templo no lugar de Casifia, para que nos trouxessem trabalhadores para a casa de nosso Deus. 18E nos trouxeram, segundo a boa mão de nosso Deus sobre nós, um homem entendido dos filhos de Mali, filho de Levi, filho de Israel; cujo nome era Serebias com seus filhos e seus irmãos, dezoito; 19E a Hasabias, e com ele a Jesaías dos filhos de Merari, seus irmãos e a seus filhos, vinte; 20E dos servos do templo, a quem Davi e os príncipes puseram para o trabalho dos Levitas, duzentos e vinte servos do templo; todos eles foram indicados por nome. 21Então proclamei ali um jejum junto ao rio de Aava, para nos humilharmos diante de nosso Deus, para lhe pedirmos um caminho seguro para nós, nossos filhos, e todos os nossos bens. 22Pois tive vergonha de pedir ao rei tropas e cavaleiros para nos defenderem do inimigo no caminho; porque tínhamos falado ao rei, dizendo: A mão de nosso Deus está para o bem sobre todos os que o buscam; mas sua força e ira está sobre todos os que o abandonam. 23Assim jejuamos, e pedimos isto a nosso Deus; e ele atendeu a nossas orações. 24Então separei doze dos chefes dos sacerdotes, a Serebias e Hasabias, e com eles dez de seus irmãos; 25E pesei-lhes a prata, o ouro, e os utensílios, que eram a oferta para a casa de nosso Deus que o rei, seus conselheiros, seus príncipes, e todo os israelitas que se acharam, haviam oferecido. 26Assim pesei nas mãos deles seiscentos e cinquenta talentos de prata, e cem talentos de utensílios de prata, e cem talentos de ouro; 27E vinte bacias de ouro, de mil dracmas; e dois vasos bronze reluzente, tão preciosos como o ouro. 28E disse-lhes: Vós sois consagrados ao SENHOR, e estes utensílios são santos; como também a prata e o ouro, que são oferta voluntária ao SENHOR, Deus de vossos pais. 29Vigiai, e guardai estas coisas , até que as peseis diante dos líderes dos sacerdotes e dos levitas, e dos chefes das famílias de Israel em Jerusalém, nas câmaras da casa do SENHOR. 30Então os sacerdotes e os levitas receberam o peso da prata e do ouro e dos utensílios, para o trazerem a Jerusalém, à casa de nosso Deus. 31Assim nos partimos do rio de Aava, ao dia doze do mês primeiro, para irmos a Jerusalém; e a mão do nosso Deus estava sobre nós, e nos livrou de mão de inimigos e dos assaltantes no caminho. 32E chegamos a Jerusalém, e repousamos ali três dias. 33Ao quarto dia foram pesados a prata, o ouro, e os utensílios, na casa de nosso Deus, por meio de Meremote, filho do sacerdote Urias, e com ele Eleazar filho de Fineias; e com eles os levitas Jozabade filho de Jesuá, e Noadias filho de Binui. 34Tudo foi conferido em número e em peso; e ao mesmo tempo o peso foi registrado. 35E os transportados, os que vieram do cativeiro, deram como oferta de queima ao Deus de Israel doze novilhos por todos os israelitas, noventa e seis carneiros, setenta e sete cordeiros, e doze bodes como sacrifício pelo pecado; tudo isto como oferta de queima ao SENHOR. 36Então deram as ordens do rei aos comissários do rei, e aos governadores dalém do rio, os quais ajudaram ao povo e à casa de Deus.
1Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king: 2Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush. 3Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males one hundred fifty. 4Of the sons of Pahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males. 5Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males. 6Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males. 7Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males. 8Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him eighty males. 9Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males. 10Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him one hundred sixty males. 11Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males. 12Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred ten males. 13Of the sons of Adonikam, who were the last; and these are their names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males. 14Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males. 15I gathered them together to the river that runs 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. 16Then 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. 17I sent them out to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo, and his brothers the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God. 18According to the good hand of our God on 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 brothers, eighteen; 19and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty; 20and 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. 21Then 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. 22For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.” 23So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated of us. 24Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them, 25and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered: 26I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels one hundred talents; of gold one hundred talents; 27and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold. 28I said to them, “You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers. 29Watch, and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ households of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the rooms of Yahweh’s house.” 30So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God. 31Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandit by the way. 32We came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days. 33On 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 Levite; 34the whole by number and by weight: and all the weight was written at that time. 35The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering to Yahweh. 36They delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s satraps, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and God’s house.
1Dit nu zijn de hoofden hunner vaderen, met hun geslachtsrekening, die met mij uit Babel optogen, onder het koninkrijk van den koning Arthahsasta. 2Van de kinderen van Pinehas, Gersom; van de kinderen van Ithamar, Daniel; van de kinderen van David, Hattus. 3Van de kinderen van Sechanja, van de kinderen van Paros, Zacharja; en met hem werden bij geslachtsregisters gerekend, aan manspersonen, honderd en vijftig. 4Van de kinderen van Pahath-Moab, Eljehoenai, van de zoon van Zerahja; en met hem tweehonderd manspersonen. 5Van de kinderen van Sechanja, de zoon van Jahaziel; en met hem driehonderd manspersonen. 6En van de kinderen van Adin, Ebed, de zoon van Jonathan; en met hem vijftig manspersonen. 7En van de kinderen van Elam, Jesaja, de zoon van Athalja; en met hem zeventig manspersonen. 8En van de kinderen van Sefatja, Zebadja, de zoon van Michael; en met hem tachtig manspersonen. 9En van de kinderen van Joab, Obadja, de zoon van Jehiel; en met hem tweehonderd en achttien manspersonen. 10En van de kinderen van Selomith, de zoon van Josifja; en met hem honderd en zestig manspersonen. 11En van de kinderen van Babai, Zacharja, de zoon van Bebai; en met hem acht en twintig manspersonen. 12En van de kinderen van Azgad, Johanan, de zoon van Katan; en met hem honderd en tien manspersonen. 13En van de laatste kinderen van Adonikam, welker namen deze waren: Elifelet, Jehiel, en Semaja; en met hen zestig manspersonen. 14En van de kinderen van Bigvai, Uthai en Zabbud; en met hen zeventig manspersonen. 15En ik vergaderde hen aan de rivier, gaande naar Ahava, en wij legerden ons aldaar drie dagen; toen lette ik op het volk en de priesteren, en vond aldaar geen van de kinderen van Levi. 16Zo zond ik tot Eliezer, tot Ariel, tot Semaja, en tot Elnathan, en tot Jarib, en tot Elnathan, en tot Nathan, en tot Zacharja, en tot Mesullam, de hoofden; en tot Jojarib en tot Elnathan, de leraars; 17En ik gaf hun bevel aan Iddo, het hoofd in de plaats Chasifja; en ik legde de woorden in hun mond, om te zeggen tot Iddo, zijn broeder, en de Nethinim, in de plaats Chasifja, dat zij ons brachten dienaars voor het huis onzes Gods. 18En zij brachten ons, naar de goede hand onzes Gods over ons, een man van verstand, van de kinderen van Mahli, den zoon van Levi, den zoon van Israel; namelijk Serebja, met zijn zonen en broederen, achttien; 19En Hasabja, en met hem Jesaja, van de kinderen van Merari, met zijn broederen, en hun zonen, twintig; 20En van Nethinim, die David en de vorsten ten dienste der Levieten gegeven hadden, tweehonderd en twintig Nethinim, die allen bij namen genoemd werden. 21Toen riep ik aldaar een vasten uit aan de rivier Ahava, opdat wij ons verootmoedigden voor het aangezicht onzes Gods, om van Hem te verzoeken een rechten weg, voor ons, en voor onze kinderkens, en voor al onze have. 22Want ik schaamde mij van den koning een heir en ruiters te begeren, om ons te helpen van den vijand, op den weg; omdat wij tot den koning hadden gesproken, zeggende: De hand onzes Gods is ten goede over allen, die Hem zoeken, maar Zijn sterkte en Zijn toorn over allen, die Hem verlaten. 23Alzo vastten wij; en verzochten zulks van onzen God; en Hij liet zich van ons verbidden. 24Toen scheidde ik twaalf uit van de oversten der priesteren: Serebja Hasabja, en tien van hun broederen met hen. 25En ik woog hun toe het zilver, en het goud, en de vaten, zijnde de offering van het huis onzes Gods die de koning en zijn raadsheren, en zijn vorsten, en gans Israel, die er gevonden werden, geofferd hadden; 26Ik woog dan aan hun hand zeshonderd en vijftig talenten zilvers, en honderd zilveren vaten in talenten; aan goud, honderd talenten; 27En twintig gouden bekers, tot duizend drachmen; en twee vaten van blinkend goed koper, begeerlijk als goud. 28En ik zeide tot hen: Gij zijt heilig den HEERE, en deze vaten zijn heilig; ook dit zilver en dit goud, de vrijwillige gave, den HEERE, den God uwer vaderen. 29Waakt en bewaart het, totdat gij het opweegt, in tegenwoordigheid van de oversten der priesteren en Levieten, en der vorsten der vaderen van Israel, te Jeruzalem, in de kameren van des HEEREN huis. 30Toen ontvingen de priesters en de Levieten het gewicht des zilvers en des gouds, en der vaten, om te brengen te Jeruzalem, ten huize onzes Gods. 31Alzo verreisden wij van de rivier Ahava, op den twaalfden der eerste maand, om te gaan naar Jeruzalem; en de hand onzes Gods was over ons, en redde ons van de hand des vijands, en desgenen, die ons lagen legde op den weg. 32En wij kwamen te Jeruzalem; en wij bleven aldaar drie dagen. 33Op den vierden dag nu werd gewogen het zilver, en het goud, en de vaten, in het huis onzes Gods, aan de hand van Meremoth, den zoon van Uria, den priester, en met hem Eleazar, de zoon van Pinehas; en met hem Jozabad, de zoon van Jesua, en Noadja, de zoon van Binnui, de Levieten. 34Naar het getal en naar het gewicht van dat alles; en het ganse gewicht werd ter zelfder tijd opgeschreven. 35En de weggevoerden, die uit de gevangenis gekomen waren, offerden den God Israels brandofferen; twaalf varren voor gans Israel, zes en negentig rammen, zeven en zeventig lammeren, twaalf bokken ten zondoffer; alles ten brandoffer den HEERE. 36Daarna gaven zij de wetten des konings aan des konings stadhouders en landvoogden aan deze zijde der rivier; en zij bevorderden het volk en het huis Gods.
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