Ezra's Company
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.
Basi hawa ndio wakuu wa mbari za baba zao, na hii ndiyo nasaba ya wale waliokwea pamoja nami kutoka Babeli, wakati wa kutawala kwake mfalme Artashasta.
2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
Wa wana wa Finehasi, Gershoni; wa wana wa Ithamari, Danieli; wa wana wa Daudi, Hatushi, mwana wa Shekania;
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.
wa wana wa Paroshi, Zekaria; na pamoja naye wakahesabiwa kwa nasaba wanaume mia na hamsini.
4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
Wa wana wa Pahath-Moabu, Eliehoenai, mwana wa Zerahia; na pamoja naye wanaume mia mbili;
5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
Wa wana wa Zatu, Shekania, mwana wa Yahazieli; na pamoja naye wanaume mia tatu.
6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
Na wa wana wa Adini, Ebedi, mwana wa Yonathani; na pamoja naye wanaume hamsini.
7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
Na wa wana wa Elamu, Yeshaya, mwana wa Athalia; na pamoja naye wanaume sabini.
8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.
Na wa wana wa Shefatia, Zebadia, mwana wa Mikaeli; na pamoja naye wanaume themanini.
9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
Wa wana wa Yoabu, Obadia, mwana wa Yehieli; na pamoja naye wanaume mia mbili na kumi na wanane.
10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.
Na wa wana wa Binui, Shelomithi, mwana wa Yosifia; na pamoja naye wanaume mia na sitini.
11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
Na wa wana wa Bebai, Zekaria, mwana wa Bebai; na pamoja naye wanaume ishirini na wanane.
12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
Na wa wana wa Azgadi, Yohana, mwana wa Hakatani; na pamoja naye wanaume mia na kumi.
13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
Na wa wana wa Adonikamu, hawa waliokuwa wa mwisho, na hayo ndiyo majina yao, Elifeleti, na Yeueli, na Shemaya; na pamoja nao wanaume sitini.
14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
Na wa wana wa Bigwai, Uthai, mwana wa Zabudi; na pamoja naye wanaume sabini.
The Journey
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.
Nikawakusanya penye mto ushukao kwenda Ahava; na huko tukapiga kambi yetu muda wa siku tatu; nikawakagua watu, na makuhani, wala sikuona hapo wana wa Lawi hata mmoja.
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.
Ndipo nikatuma watu kwenda kumwita Eliezeri, na Arieli, na Shemaya, na Elnathani, na Yaribu, na Elnathani, na Nathani, na Zekaria, na Meshulamu, waliokuwa wakuu; na Yoyaribu, na Elnathani pia, waliokuwa waalimu.
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.
Nikawapeleka kwa Ido, mkuu, huko Kasifia; nikawaambia watakayomwambia Ido, na ndugu zake hao Wanethini, huko Kasifia, kwamba watuletee watu watakaohudumu katika nyumba ya Mungu wetu.
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;
Na kama mkono mwema wa Mungu wetu ulivyokuwa pamoja nasi, wakamletea Ishekeli, mmoja wa wana wa Mali, mwana wa Lawi, mwana wa Israeli; na Sherebia, pamoja na wanawe na ndugu zake, watu kumi na wanawe.
19 and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
na Hashabia, na pamoja naye Yeshaya, wa wana wa Merari, na ndugu zake na wana wao, watu ishirini;
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.
na katika Wanethini, ambao Daudi, na wakuu, walikuwa wamewaweka kwa ajili ya utumishi wa Walawi, Wanethini mia mbili na ishirini; wote wametajwa kwa majina yao.
Prayer on the Way
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.
Ndipo nikaamuru kufunga, hapo penye mto Ahava, ili tupate kujinyenyekeza mbele za Mungu, na kutafuta kwake njia iliyonyoka, kwa ajili yetu sisi wenyewe, na kwa ajili ya watoto wetu, na kwa mali yetu yote.
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.
Maana naliona haya kumwomba mfalme kikosi cha askari na wapanda farasi, ili kutusaidia juu ya adui njiani; kwa maana tulikuwa tumesema na mfalme, tukinena, Mkono wa Mungu u juu ya watu wote wamtafutao, kuwatendea mema; bali uweza wake na ghadhabu yake ni kinyume cha wote wamwachao.
23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
Basi tukafunga, tukamsihi Mungu wetu kwa ajili ya hayo; naye akatutakabali.
24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
Ndipo nikawatenga watu kumi na wawili wa wakuu wa makuhani, nao ni Sherebia, na Hashabia, na watu kumi wa ndugu zao pamoja nao,
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:
nami nikawapimia kwa mizani zile fedha, na dhahabu, na vile vyombo, matoleo kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Mungu wetu, ambayo mfalme, na washauri wake, na wakuu wake, na Israeli wote waliokuwapo, walikuwa wameyatoa;
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;
nami nikawapimia mikononi mwao talanta za fedha mia sita na hamsini na vyombo vya fedha talanta mia; na talanta mia za dhahabu;
27 also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
na mabakuli ishirini ya dhahabu, thamani yake darkoni elfu; na vyombo viwili vya shaba nzuri iliyong'aa, thamani yake sawa na dhahabu.
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.
Kisha nikawaambia, Ninyi mmekuwa watakatifu kwa Bwana, na hivyo vyombo ni vitakatifu; na fedha na dhahabu ni matoleo ya hiari kwa Bwana, Mungu wa baba zenu.
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.
Basi, angalieni, na kuvitunza vitu hivi, hata mtakapovipima mbele ya wakuu wa makuhani, na Walawi, na wakuu wa mbari za mababa wa Israeli, huko Yerusalemu, katika vyumba vya nyumba ya Bwana.
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.
Hivyo makuhani na Walawi wakaupokea uzani wa fedha, na dhahabu, na vyombo, ili kuvileta Yerusalemu nyumbani kwa Mungu wetu.
In Jerusalem
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.
Ndipo tukasafiri toka mtoni Ahava siku ya kumi na mbili ya mwezi wa kwanza, ili kwenda Yerusalemu; na mkono wa Mungu ulikuwa pamoja nasi, akatuokoa na mkono wa adui, na mtu mwenye kutuvizia njiani.
32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
Tukafika Yerusalemu, tukakaa huko muda wa siku tatu.
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;
Hata siku ya nne, hizo fedha na dhahabu na vile vyombo vilipimwa ndani ya nyumba ya Mungu, vikatiwa mikononi mwa Meremothi, mwana wa Uria, kuhani; na pamoja naye alikuwapo Eleazari, mwana wa Finehasi; na pamoja nao Yozabadi, mwana wa Yeshua, na Noadia, mwana wa Binui, Walawi;
34 by number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
vile vyombo vyote kwa hesabu na kwa uzani; tena uzani wake wote uliandikwa wakati ule.
An Offering to God
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.
Na wana wa uhamisho, waliokuwa wametoka katika uhamisho wakamtolea Mungu wa Israeli sadaka za kuteketezwa, ng'ombe kumi na wawili kwa ajili ya Israeli wote, na kondoo waume tisini na sita, na wana-kondoo sabini na saba, na mbuzi waume kumi na wawili, kuwa sadaka ya dhambi, hao wote pia walikuwa sadaka ya kuteketezwa kwa Bwana.
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.
Wakawapa manaibu wa mfalme, na maliwali wa ng'ambo ya Mto, maagizo ya mfalme; nao wakawapa watu, na nyumba ya Mungu, msaada.
