1Ntawm no mus yog cov thawjcoj ntawm tej cuab kwvtij ntawm cov xeem uas raug luag ntes mus rau tim tebchaws Npanpiloos thiab cov tau nrog Exalas rov los rau hauv Yeluxalees thaum uas Ataxawxes ua huabtais kav tebchaws: 2-14Nkesoos yog Finehas cuab kwvtij Daniyees yog Ithamas cuab kwvtij Sekaniyas tus tub Hatus yog Daviv cuab kwvtij Xakhaliyas yog Paluses cuab kwvtij nrog ib puas tsib caug leej txivneej ntawm nws cuab kwvtij (lawv puavleej sau npe raws li lawv cajces tsevneeg) Xakhaliyas tus tub Elihaunais yog Pahas Mau-am cuab kwvtij nrog ob puas leej txivneej Yahaxiyees tus tub Sekaniyas yog Xatus cuab kwvtij nrog peb puas leej txivneej Yaunathas tus tub Enpes yog Adines cuab kwvtij nrog tsib caug leej txivneej Athaliyas tus tub Yesaiyas yog Elas cuab kwvtij nrog xya caum leej txivneej Mikhayees tus tub Xenpadiyas yog Sefatiyas cuab kwvtij nrog yim caum leej txivneej Yehiyees tus tub Aunpadiyas yog Yau-am cuab kwvtij nrog ob puas kaum yim leej txivneej Yausifiyas tus tub Selaumis yog Npanis cuab kwvtij nrog ib puas rau caum leej txivneej Npenpais tus tub Xakhaliyas yog Npenpais cuab kwvtij nrog nees nkaum yim leej txivneej Hakatas tus tub Yauhanas yog Ankas cuab kwvtij nrog ib puas kaum leej txivneej Elifeles, Ye-ules thiab Semayas yog Adunikas cuab kwvtij nrog rau caum leej txivneej (lawv yog cov uas tom qab no mam los) Uthais thiab Xakules yog Npivais cuab kwvtij nrog xya caum leej txivneej.
Exalas Nrhiav Cov Levis Los ua Haujlwm Hauv Lub Tuamtsev
15Kuv hu tagnrho txhua pab tuaj sib sau rau ntawm tus kwj deg uas ntws mus rau hauv lub nroog Ahavas, thiab peb tsuam chaw so rau ntawd tau peb hnub. Kuv nrhiav saib puas muaj cov povthawj nyob rau hauv tej pab ntawd, tiamsis tsis pom muaj ib tug twg yog Levis li. 16Kuv thiaj txib neeg mus hu cuaj tug thawjcoj uas muaj npe li no: Eli-exes, Aliyees, Semayas, Enathas, Yalis, Enathas, Nathas, Xakhaliyas thiab Mesulas, thiab hu ob tug xibhwb uas yog Yauyalis thiab Enathas nrog lawv tuaj. 17Kuv thiaj txib lawv mus cuag Idaus uas yog tus thawjcoj pawg neeg uas nyob ntawm thaj chaw Kaxifi-as. Kuv muab lus rau lawv mus hais rau nws, nws cov phoojywg thiab cov tu lub Tuamtsev kom tso neeg tuaj nrog peb mus tu peb tus Vajtswv lub Tuamtsev. 18Vim Vajtswv txojkev hlub, lawv thiaj tso Selenpiyas uas yog ib tug muaj peevxwm heev tuaj rau peb; nws yog xeem Levis uas yog Malis cuab kwvtij, thiab nws coj kaum yim leej uas yog nws cov tub thiab nws cov kwvtij nrog nws tuaj thiab. 19Lawv tseem tso Hasanpiyas thiab Yesaiyas uas yog Melalis xeebntxwv nrog rau nkawd cov kwvtij nees nkaum leej tuaj. 20Dua li ntawd, tseem tso ob puas nees nkaum leej uas yeej ua haujlwm hauv lub tuamtsev, yog cov uas thaum Vajntxwv Daviv thiab nws cov nomtswv tau tsa lawv cov yawgkoob los pab cov Levis lawm. Puavleej teev lawv cov no tej npe huv tibsi cia.
Exalas Coj Cov Pejxeem ua Kevcai Yoo Mov Thov Vajtswv
21Thaum peb tseem nyob hauv tus Kwj Deg Ahavas kuv tau hais kom peb sawvdaws ua kevcai yoo mov thiab txo hwjchim tabmeeg peb tus Vajtswv thiab thov kom nws coj peb taug kev thiab tsomkwm peb thiab peb tej menyuam, thiab tagnrho peb tej khoom. 22Kuv txajmuag mus tsa ncauj thov huabtais kom tso nws cov tubrog caij nees nrog peb mus ua cov tiv thaiv tej yeebncuab thaum peb taug kev, rau qhov kuv twb hais rau nws lawm hais tias peb tus Vajtswv yeej foom koob hmoov rau txhua tus uas cia siab rau nws, tiamsis nws tsis txaus siab thiab rau txim rau cov neeg uas tso nws tseg lawm. 23Yog li ntawd, peb thiaj li yoo mov thiab thov Vajtswv ua tus tsomkwm peb, thiab nws tau teb peb tej lus thov.
Tej Khoom Pub rau lub Tuamtsev
24Kuv thiaj xaiv cov povthawj kaum ob leeg ua cov thawjcoj: Selenpiyas, Hasanpiyas thiab kaum leej. 25Ces kuv thiaj muab tej nyiaj tej kub thiab tej tais uas huabtais thiab nws cov tuavxam, cov nomtswv, thiab cov Yixalayees muab coj los siv rau hauv lub Tuamtsev ntawd los luj, thiab kuv muab cob rau cov povthawj. 26-27Ntawm no yog tej uas kuv muab cob rau lawv:
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Heads of Families Who Returned with Ezra
1These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and thisis the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes: 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 registered with him were one hundred and fifty males; 4of the sons of ⚓Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males; 5of the sons of Shechaniah, Ben-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, Ben-Josiphiah, and with him one hundred and 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 and ten males; 13of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these—Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah—and with them sixty males; 14also of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
Servants for the Temple
15Now I gathered them by the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And I looked among the people and the priests, and found none of the ⚓sons of Levi there. 16Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and ⚓Meshullam, leaders; also for Joiarib and Elnathan, men of understanding. 17And I gave them a command for Iddo the chief man at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim at the place Casiphia—that they should bring us servants for the house of our God. 18Then, by the good hand of our God upon us, they ⚓brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and brothers, eighteen men; 19and ⚓Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty men; 20⚓also of the Nethinim, whom David and the leaders had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim. All of them were designated by name.
Fasting and Prayer for Protection
21Then I ⚓proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might ⚓humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the ⚓right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions. 22For ⚓I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road, because we had spoken to the king, saying, ⚓“The hand of our God is upon all those for ⚓good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are⚓against all those who ⚓forsake Him.” 23So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He ⚓answered our prayer.
Gifts for the Temple
24And I separated twelve of the leaders of the priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them— 25and weighed out to them ⚓the silver, the gold, and the articles, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his princes, and all Israel whowere present, had offered. 26I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, silver articles weighing one hundred talents, one hundred talents of gold, 27twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze, precious as gold. 28And I said to them, “You are⚓holy to the Lord; the articles are⚓holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord God of your fathers. 29Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leaders of the priests and the Levites and ⚓heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.” 30So the priests and the Levites received the silver and the gold and the articles by weight, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
The Return to Jerusalem
31Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. And ⚓the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambush along the road. 32So we ⚓came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days. 33Now on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the articles were ⚓weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; with them were the Levites, ⚓Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui, 34with the number and weight of everything. All the weight was written down at that time. 35The children of those who had been ⚓carried away captive, who had come from the captivity, ⚓offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering. All thiswas a burnt offering to the Lord. 36And they delivered the king’s ⚓orders to the king’s satraps and the governors intheregion beyond the River. So they gave support to the people and the house of God.