1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. 2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. 3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. 4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. 5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. 6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. 7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. 8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males. 9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. 10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males. 11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males. 12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males. 13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. 14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
15 ¶ And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. 16 Then 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, men of understanding. 17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. 18 And 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; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; 19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; 20 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
21 ¶ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
24 ¶ Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; 27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. 28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers. 29 Watch ye, and keep them , until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. 30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
31 ¶ Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. 32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
33 ¶ Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels 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; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; 34 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. 35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
36 ¶ And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
1 hii sunt ergo principes familiarum
et genealogia eorum qui ascenderunt mecum
in regno Artarxersis regis de Babylone
2 de filiis Finees Gersom
de filiis Ithamar Danihel
de filiis David Attus
3 de filiis Secheniae et de filiis Pharos Zaccharias
et cum eo numerati sunt viri centum quinquaginta
4 de filiis Phaethmoab Helioenai filius Zareae et cum eo ducenti viri
5 de filiis Secheniae filius Hiezihel et cum eo trecenti viri
6 de filiis Adden Abeth filius Ionathan et cum eo quinquaginta viri
7 de filiis Helam Isaias filius Athaliae et cum eo septuaginta viri
8 de filiis Saphatiae Zebedia filius Michahel et cum eo octoginta viri
9 de filiis Ioab Obedia filius Iehihel
et cum eo ducenti decem et octo viri
10 de filiis Selomith filius Iosphiae
et cum eo centum sexaginta viri
11 de filiis Bebai Zaccharias filius Bebai et cum eo viginti octo viri
12 de filiis Ezgad Iohanan filius Eccetan
et cum eo centum decem viri
13 de filiis Adonicam qui erant novissimi et haec nomina eorum
Helifeleth et Heihel et Samaias et cum eis sexaginta viri
14 de filiis Beggui Uthai et Zacchur
et cum eo septuaginta viri
15 congregavi autem eos ad fluvium qui decurrit ad Ahavva
et mansimus ibi diebus tribus
quaesivique in populo et in sacerdotibus de filiis Levi
et non inveni ibi
16 itaque misi Heliezer et Arihel et Semeam
et Helnathan et Iarib et alterum Helnathan
et Nathan et Zacchariam et Mesolam principes
et Ioarib et Helnathan sapientes
17 et misi eos ad Heddo qui est primus in Casphiae loco
et posui in ore eorum verba
quae loquerentur ad Addom et ad fratres
eius Nathinneos
in loco Casphiae
ut adducerent nobis ministros domus Dei nostri
18 et adduxerunt nobis per manum Dei nostri bonam super nos
virum doctissimum de filiis Moolli filii Levi filii Israhel
et Sarabiam et filios eius et fratres eius decem et octo
19 et Asabiam et cum eo Isaiam de filiis Merari
fratres eius et filios eius viginti
20 et de Nathinneis quos dederat David et principes ad ministeria Levitarum
Nathinneos ducentos viginti
omnes hii suis nominibus vocabantur
21 et praedicavi ibi ieiunium iuxta fluvium Ahavva
ut adfligeremur coram Domino Deo nostro
et peteremus ab eo viam rectam nobis et filiis nostris
universaeque substantiae nostrae
22 erubui enim petere regem auxilium et equites
qui defenderent nos ab inimico in via
quia dixeramus regi manus Dei nostri est super omnes
qui quaerunt eum in bonitate
et imperium eius et fortitudo eius et furor super omnes
qui derelinquunt eum
23 ieiunavimus autem et rogavimus Deum
nostrum pro hoc
et evenit nobis prospere
24 et separavi de principibus sacerdotum duodecim
Sarabian Asabian et cum eis de fratribus eorum decem
25 adpendique eis argentum et aurum
et vasa consecrata domus Dei nostri
quae obtulerat rex et consiliatores eius
et principes eius universusque Israhel eorum qui inventi fuerant
26 et adpendi in manibus eorum argenti talenta sescenta quinquaginta
et vasa argentea centum auri centum talenta
27 et crateras aureos viginti
qui habebant solidos millenos
et vasa aeris fulgentis optimi duo pulchra ut aurum
28 et dixi eis vos sancti Domini et vasa sancta et argentum et aurum
quod sponte oblatum est Domino Deo patrum vestrorum
29 vigilate et custodite
donec adpendatis coram principibus sacerdotum et Levitarum
et ducibus familiarum Israhel
in Hierusalem et thesaurum
domus Domini
30 susceperunt autem sacerdotes et Levitae
pondus argenti et auri et vasorum
ut deferrent in Hierusalem in domum Dei nostri
31 promovimus ergo a flumine Ahavva duodecimo die mensis primi
ut pergeremus Hierusalem
et manus Dei nostri fuit super nos
et liberavit nos de manu inimici et insidiatoris in via
32 et venimus Hierusalem
et mansimus ibi diebus tribus
33 die autem quarta
adpensum est argentum et aurum et vasa in domo Dei nostri
per manum Meremoth filii Uriae
sacerdotis
et cum eo Eleazar filius Finees
cumque eis Iozaded filius Iosue et Noadaia filius Bennoi Levitae
34 iuxta numerum et pondus omnium
descriptumque est omne pondus in tempore illo
35 sed et qui venerant de captivitate filii transmigrationis
obtulerunt holocaustomata Deo Israhel
vitulos duodecim pro omni Israhel
arietes nonaginta sex agnos septuaginta septem
hircos pro peccato duodecim omnia in holocaustum Domino
36 dederunt autem edicta regis satrapis
qui erant de conspectu regis
et ducibus trans Flumen
et elevaverunt populum et domum Dei