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終止與異族通婚的措施

1以斯拉禱告,認罪,哭泣,俯伏在上帝殿前的時候,有以色列中的男女和孩童聚集到以斯拉那裏,成了一個盛大的會,百姓無不痛哭。 2以攔的子孫,耶歇的兒子示迦尼以斯拉說:「我們娶了這地的外邦女子,干犯了我們的上帝,然而現在以色列人在這事上還有指望。 3現在,我們要與我們的上帝立約,送走所有的妻子和她們所生的,照着主和那些因我們上帝誡命戰兢之人所議定的,按律法去行。 4起來,這是你當辦的事,我們必支持你,你當奮勇而行。」 5以斯拉就起來,叫祭司長和利未人,以及以色列眾人起誓,要照這話去做;他們就起了誓。
6以斯拉從上帝殿前起來,進入以利亞實的兒子約哈難的屋裏,到了那裏不吃飯,也不喝水,為被擄歸回之人所犯的罪悲傷。 7他們通告猶大耶路撒冷,叫所有被擄歸回的人聚集在耶路撒冷 8凡不遵照領袖和長老所議定,三日之內不來的,就必毀壞他所有的財產,把他從被擄歸回之人的會中開除。
9於是,猶大便雅憫眾人三日之內都聚集在耶路撒冷。那時是九月,那月的二十日,眾百姓坐在上帝殿前的廣場,因這事,又因下大雨,就都戰抖。 10以斯拉祭司站起來,對他們說:「你們有罪了,因為你們娶了外邦女子,增添以色列的罪惡。 11現在當向耶和華-你們列祖的上帝認罪,遵行他的旨意,離開這地的百姓和外邦女子。」 12全會眾大聲回答說:「好!我們必照着你的話去做。 13只是百姓眾多,又逢大雨的季節,我們沒有氣力站在外面;這也不是一兩天可以辦完的事,因我們在這事上犯了大罪。 14讓我們的領袖代表全會眾留在那裏。我們城鎮中凡娶外邦女子的,當按所定的日期,會同本城的長老和審判官前來,直到辦完這事,上帝的烈怒轉離我們。」 15惟有亞撒黑的兒子約拿單特瓦的兒子雅哈謝反對這事,並有米書蘭利未沙比太支持他們。
16被擄歸回的人就如此做了。以斯拉祭司按着父家指名選派一些族長。十月初一,他們一同坐下來查辦這事, 17到正月初一,才查清所有娶外邦女子的人數。

娶外邦女子的人

18在祭司中查出娶外邦女子的:耶書亞的子孫中,有約薩達的兒子,和他兄弟瑪西雅以利以謝雅立基大利 19他們承諾要送走他們的妻子。他們因有罪,就獻羊羣中的一隻公綿羊贖罪; 20音麥的子孫中,有哈拿尼西巴第雅 21哈琳的子孫中,有瑪西雅以利雅示瑪雅耶歇烏西雅 22巴施戶珥的子孫中,有以利約乃瑪西雅以實瑪利拿坦業約撒拔以利亞薩
23利未人中,有約撒拔示每基拉雅基拉雅就是基利他,還有毗他希雅猶大以利以謝 24歌唱的人中有以利亞實。門口的守衛中,有沙龍提聯烏利
25以色列巴錄的子孫中,有拉米耶西雅瑪基雅米雅民以利亞撒瑪基雅比拿雅 26以攔的子孫中,有瑪他尼撒迦利亞耶歇押底耶列末以利雅 27薩土的子孫中,有以利約乃以利亞實瑪他尼耶列末撒拔亞西撒 28比拜的子孫中,有約哈難哈拿尼雅薩拜亞勒 29巴尼的子孫中,有米書蘭瑪鹿亞大雅雅述示押拉末 30巴哈‧摩押的子孫中,有阿底拿基拉比拿雅瑪西雅瑪他尼比撒列賓內瑪拿西 31哈琳的子孫中,有以利以謝伊示雅瑪基雅示瑪雅西緬 32便雅憫瑪鹿示瑪利雅 33哈順的子孫中,有瑪特乃瑪達他撒拔以利法列耶利買瑪拿西示每 34巴尼的子孫中,有瑪玳暗蘭烏益 35比拿雅比底雅基祿 36瓦尼雅米利末以利亞實 37瑪他尼瑪特乃雅掃 38巴尼賓內示每 39示利米雅拿單亞大雅 40瑪拿底拜沙賽沙賴 41亞薩利示利米雅示瑪利雅 42沙龍亞瑪利雅約瑟 43尼波的子孫中,有耶利瑪他提雅撒拔西比拿雅玳約珥比拿雅 44這些人全都娶了外邦女子,其中也有生了兒女的

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Nrauj quaspuj kws yog lwm haiv tuabneeg

1Thaus Exala thov hab leeg lub txem quaj hab qaug rua ntawm Vaajtswv lub tuam tsev, muaj cov pejxeem coob coob tsw has quaspuj quasyawg hab mivnyuas tuaj huv cov Yixayee tuaj rua ntawm nwg. Puab kuj quaj mob sab kawg. 2Mas Yehi‑ee tug tub Sekhaniya kws yog Elaa caaj ceg has rua Exala tas, “Peb tau faav xeeb rua peb tug Vaajtswv lawm hab yuav lwm haiv tuabneeg huv lub tebchaws nuav tej ntxhais. Txawm yog muaj le nuav los nwgnuav cov Yixayee tseed muaj chaw vaam. 3Vem le nuav ca peb cog lug rua peb tug Vaajtswv tas peb yuav nrauj tej quaspuj nuav huvsw hab tej mivnyuas kws puab yug, lawv le yawm hlub koj hab cov kws paub ntshai peb tug Vaajtswv tej lug nkaw taw qha. Ca ua lawv le txuj kevcai lauj. 4Ca le sawv tseeg ua vem yog koj le num, peb nrug koj koom teg, ca le ua khov kho hab ua moog.” 5Tes Exala txawm sawv tseeg hab kuas cov pov thawj hlub hab cov Levi hab cov Yixayee suavdawg cog lug twv tas puab yuav ua lawv le tau has tseg lawm. Puab txawm cog lug twv.
6Tes Exala txawm txaav ntawm Vaajtswv lub tuam tsev moog rua huv Eliyasi tug tub Yehauhanaa chaav. Thaus nwg lug rua huv lawm, nwg tsw noj ncuav tsw haus dej tsua qhov nwg quaj txug qhov kws cov kws poob tebchaws rov lug hov faav xeeb. 7Muaj lug tshaaj tawm moog thoob plawg Yuta hab Yeluxalee rua cov kws poob tebchaws rov lug suavdawg kuas tuaj txoos ua ke rua huv Yeluxalee. 8Yog leejtwg tsw tuaj rua peb nub hov lawv le cov thawj hab cov kev txwj quas laug has mas yuav txeeb nwg cuab txhaj cuab taam huvsw hab tug hov yuav raug muab txav tawm huv cov kws poob tebchaws rov lug moog.
9Yuta hab Npeeyamee cov txwvneej suavdawg tuaj txoos ua ke rua huv Yeluxalee rua peb nub ntawd, yog lub cuaj hlis nub tim neeg nkaum. Cov pejxeem suavdawg nyob tsawg rua huv lub tshaav puam huv Vaajtswv lub tuam tsev. Puab tshee quas nyo rua zaaj nuav hab qhov kws naag lug hlub heev. 10Mas tug pov thawj Exala sawv tseeg has rua puab tas, “Mej tau faav xeeb hab yuav lwm haiv tuabneeg tej ntxhais ua quaspuj, mej txhad le tsaav cov Yixayee lub txem luj tuaj. 11Nwgnuav mej ca le leeg txem rua Yawmsaub kws yog mej tej laug tug Vaajtswv hab ua lawv le nwg lub sab nyam. Ca le cais mej tawm huv lwm haiv tuabneeg huv lub tebchaws nuav hab tawm huv cov quaspuj kws yog lwm haiv tuabneeg.”
12Ib tsoom pejxeem suavdawg teb suab nrov has tas, “Yog le koj has, peb yuav ua lawv le koj has ntaag. 13Tassws cov pejxeem coob heev hab yog lub caij naag lug heev, peb nyob tsw taug ntawm tshaav puam nuav. Yuav tu kuas tav rua ib nub ob nub nuav tsw tau, vem peb tub ua txhum zaaj nuav ntau heev lawm. 14Thov ca peb cov thawj nyob cov pejxeem chaw tu zaaj nuav, hab ca txhua tug kws nyob huv peb tej moos kws tau yuav lwm haiv tuabneeg ua quaspuj tuaj lawv le kws teem ca rua puab, hab cov kev txwj quas laug hab cov kws tu plaub huv txhua lub moos nrug puab tuaj ua ke moog txug thaus kws peb tug Vaajtswv txujkev npau tawg heev thim ntawm peb moog lawd.” 15Tsuas yog Axahee tug tub Yaunathaa hab Thiva tug tub Yaxeya tawm tsaam zaaj nuav xwb, hab Mesulaa hab Sanpethai kws yog ib tug Levi tuaj ob tug tog.
16Cov kws poob tebchaws rov lug kuj ua lawv le ntawd. Mas tug pov thawj Exala xaiv tsaa cov thawj huv txhua cum ib cum ib tug yog txhua tug kws tub has npe lawm. Mas nub xab ib lub kaum hli puab nyob tsawg tshuaj saib zaaj nuav, 17mas thaus txug nub xab ib lub ib hlis puab tshuaj saib txhua tug txwvneej kws yuav lwm haiv tuabneeg ua quaspuj lawd tav.
18Cov pov thawj caaj ceg kws yuav lwm haiv tuabneeg muaj le nuav. Yauxanta tug tub Yesua caaj ceg hab nwg cov kwvtij yog Ma‑axeya, Eliyexaw, Yali hab Kentaliya. 19Puab cog lug tas puab yuav nrauj puab tej quaspuj tseg hab puab muab ib tug txwv yaaj ua kevcai ntxuav puab kev txaug kev txhum. 20Imaw caaj ceg yog Hanani hab Xenpantiya. 21Halee caaj ceg yog Ma‑axeya, Eliya, Semaya, Yehi‑ee, hab Uxiya. 22Pasaw caaj ceg yog Eli‑aunai, Ma‑axeya, Yisama‑ee, Nethanee, Yauxanpa hab Elaxa.
23Cov Levi yog Yauxanpa, Sime‑i, Khelaya (kws yog Khelitha), Pethahiya, Yuta hab Eliyexaw. 24Cov kws hu nkauj yog Eliyasi. Cov zuv tej rooj loog yog Salu, Thelee hab Uli.
25Hab cov Yixayee mas Palau caaj ceg yog Lamiya, Ixiya, Makhiya, Miyamee Ele‑axa, Makhiya hab Npenaya. 26Elaa caaj ceg yog Mathaniya, Xekhaliya, Yehi‑ee, Anti, Yelemau hab Eliya. 27Xathu caaj ceg yog Eli‑aunai, Eliyasi, Mathaniya, Yelemau, Xanpa hab Axixa. 28Npenpai caaj ceg yog Yehauhanaa, Hananiya, Xanpai hab Athalai. 29Npani caaj ceg yog Mesulaa, Malu, Antaya, Yasu, Se‑aa hab Yelemau. 30Paha Mau‑a caaj ceg yog Ana, Khela, Npenaya, Ma‑axeya, Mathaniya, Npexalee, Npinu‑i hab Manaxe. 31Halee caaj ceg yog Eliyexaw, Isiya, Makhiya, Semaya, Sime‑oo, 32Npeeyamee, Malu hab Semaliya.
33Hasu caaj ceg yog Mathenai, Mathatha, Xanpa, Elifele, Yelemai, Manaxe hab Sime‑i. 34Npani caaj ceg yog Ma‑antai, Alaav, U‑ee, 35Npenaya, Npenteya, Kheluhi, 36Vaniya, Melemau, Eliyasi, 37Mathaniya, Mathenai hab Ya‑axu. 38Npinu‑i caaj ceg yog Sime‑i, 39Selemiya, Nathaa, Antaya, 40Manantenpai, Sasai, Salai, 41Axalee, Selemiya, Semaliya, 42Salu, Amaliya hab Yauxej. 43Nenpau caaj ceg yog Ye‑i‑ee, Mathithiya, Xanpa, Xenpina, Yantai, Yau‑ee hab Npenaya.
44Cov tuabneeg nuav suavdawg yuav lwm haiv tuabneeg le ntxhais ua quaspuj, mas puab muab tej quaspuj mivnyuas hov nrauj huvsw.