1 ULB ዕዝራ እየጸለየና እየተናዘዘ በእግዚአብሔር ቤት ፊት ተደፍቶ አለቀሰ። ወንዶች፥ ሴቶችና ልጆች ያሉበት እጅግ ታላቅ የእስራኤል ጉባዔ በዙሪያው ተሰበሰቡ፥ ሕዝቡም ታላቅ ልቅሶ አለቀሱ። BSB BSB: While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
2 ULB የኤላም ተወላጅ የይሒኤል ልጅ ሴኬንያ ዕዝራን እንዲህ አለው፥ "እኛ ራሳችን በአምላካችን ላይ ክህደት ፈጽመናል፥ ከሌላ ምድር ሰዎችም ሚስቶችን አግብተናል። ይሁን እንጂ በዚህ ጉዳይ ላይ አሁንም ለእስራኤል ተስፋ አለ። BSB BSB: Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
3 ULB አሁንም ጌታዬና የአምላካችንን ትዕዛዝ የሚፈሩት በምትሰጡን መመሪያ መሠረት ሴቶቹን ሁሉ ከልጆቻቸው ጋር ለማሰናበት ከአምላካችን ጋር ቃል ኪዳን እናድርግ፥ ይህም በሕጉ መሠረት ይፈጸም። BSB BSB: So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
4 ULB ይህ አንተ ልታደርገው የሚገባህ ጉዳይ ነውና ተነሥ፥ እኛም አብረንህ ነን። በርታና አድርገው። BSB BSB: Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”
5 ULB ዕዝራ ተነሣና የካህናቱን ዋነኞች፥ ሌዋውያኑንና እስራኤላውያኑን በሙሉ በዚሁ መሠረት ተግባራዊ እንዲያደርጉ ቃል አስገባቸው። እነርሱም ቃል ገቡ። BSB BSB: So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.
6 ULB ከዚያም ዕዝራ ከእግዚአብሔር ቤት ፊት ተነሥቶ ወደ ኤልያሴብ ልጅ ወደ ዮሐናን ክፍል ገባ። በምርኮ የነበሩት እምነት የለሽ ስለመሆናቸው ያለቅስ ነበርና ምንም ዓይነት ምግብ አልተመገበም አንዳች ውሃም አልጠጣም ነበር። BSB BSB: Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
7 ULB በይሁዳና በኢየሩሳሌም የሚገኙ ከምርኮ የተመለሱት ሰዎች ሁሉ በኢየሩሳሌም እንዲሰበሰቡ መልዕክት ላኩ። BSB BSB: And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.
8 ULB በሦስት ቀን ውስጥ የማይመጣ ማንም ቢኖር በሹማምንቱና በሽማግሌዎቹ ውሳኔ መሠረት ንብረቱ ይወረሳል፥ እርሱም ከምርኮ ከተመለስው ታላቅ የሕዝብ ጉባዔ ይለያል። BSB BSB: Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.
9 ULB ስለዚህ የይሁዳና የብንያም ሰዎች በሙሉ በሦስት ቀናት ውስጥ በኢየሩሳሌም ተሰበሰቡ። ይህም የሆነው በዘጠነኛው ወር ከወሩም በሃያኛው ቀን ነበር። ሕዝቡ ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር ቤት ፊት ባለው አደባባይ ላይ ቆመው ነበር፥ ከሚሰሙት ቃልና ከዝናቡ የተነሣም ይንቀጠቀጡ ነበር። BSB BSB: So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
10 ULB ካህኑ ዕዝራም ተነሥቶ እንዲህ አለ፥"እናንተ ራሳችሁ ክህደት ፈጽማችኋል። የእስራኤልን በደል ለማብዛት ባዕዳን ሴቶችን አግብታችኋል። BSB BSB: Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
11 ULB አሁን ግን ለአባቶቻችሁ አምላክ ክብርን ስጡ፥ ፈቃዱንም አድርጉ። ከምድሩ ሰዎችና ከባዕዳን ሴቶች ተለዩ።" BSB BSB: Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”
12 ULB ጉባዔውም ሁሉ በታላቅ ድምጽ፥ "እንደ ተናገርከው እናደርጋለን። BSB BSB: And the whole assembly responded in a loud voice: “Truly we must do as you say!
13 ULB ይሁንና ሕዝቡ ብዙ ነው፥ ወቅቱም የዝናብ ጊዜ ነው። እንዲህ ሜዳው ላይ ለመቆም አቅም የለንም፥ በዚህ ጉዳይ እጅግ ተላልፈናልና ሥራው የአንድ ወይም የሁለት ቀን ብቻ አይደለም። BSB BSB: But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.
14 ULB ስለዚህ ሹማምንቶቻችን ጉባዔውን በሙሉ ይወክሉ። የአምላካችን ብርቱ ቁጣ ከእኛ እስኪመለስ ድረስ ባዕዳን ሴቶች በከተሞቻችን እንዲኖሩ የፈቀዱ ሁሉ የከተማው ሽማግሌዎችና የከተማው ዳኞች በሚወስኑት ቀን ይምጡ።" BSB BSB: Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
15 ULB የአሣሄል ልጅ ዮናታንና የቴቁዋ ልጅ የሕዝያ ይህንን ሃሳብ ተቃወሙ፥ ሌዋውያኑ ሜሱላምና ሳባታይም ደገፉአቸው። BSB BSB: (Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)
16 ULB ስለዚህ ከምርኮ የተመለሱት ሰዎች እንዲህ አደረጉ። ካህኑ ዕዝራም ከነገድ አባቶችና ከቤተሰቡ መሪዎች የሚሆኑ ሰዎችን ሁሉንም በየስማቸው መረጠ፥ እነርሱም በዘጠነኛው ወር በመጀመሪያው ቀን ጉዳዩን መመልከት ጀመሩ። BSB BSB: So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,
17 ULB በመጀመሪያው ወር የመጀመሪያው ቀን ባዕዳን ሴቶችን ያገቡት እነማን እንደሆኑ ምርመራቸውን ጨረሱ። BSB BSB: and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.
18 ULB ከካህናቱ ወገን ባዕዳን ሴቶችን ያገቡ ነበሩ። ከኢዮሴዴቅ ልጅ ከኢያሱና ከወንድሞቹ ተወላጆች መካከል መዕሤያ፥ አልዓዛር፥ ያሪብና ጎዶልያስ። እነዚህ ሚስቶቻቸውን ለመፍታት ወሰኑ። BSB BSB: Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
19 ULB በደለኞች ነበሩና ከመንጋዎቻቸው ስለ በደል መሥዋዕት አንዳንድ አውራ በግ አቀረቡ። BSB BSB: They pledged to send their wives away, and for their guilt they presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.
20 ULB ከኢሜር ተወላጆች አናኒና ዝባድያ። BSB BSB: From the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
21 ULB ከካሪም ተወላጆች መዕሤያ፥ ኤልያስ፥ ሸማያ፥ ይሒኤልና ዖዝያ። BSB BSB: From the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
22 ULB ከፋስኩር ተወላጆች ኤልዮዔናይ፥ መዕሤያ፥ ይስማኤል፥ ናትናኤል፥ ዮዛባትና ኤልዓሣ። BSB BSB: From the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
23 ULB ከሌዋውያኑ መካከል፤ ዮዛባት፥ ሰሜኢ፥ ቆሊጣስ የሚባለው ቆልያ፥ ፈታያ፥ ይሁዳና አልዓዛር። BSB BSB: Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
24 ULB ከመዘምራኑ መካከል፤ ኤልያሴብ። በር ከሚጠብቁት መካከል፤ ሰሎም፥ ጤሌምና ኡሪ። BSB BSB: From the singers: Eliashib. From the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
25 ULB ከተቀሩት እስራኤላውያን መካከል፤ ከፋሮስ ተወላጆች መካከል፥ ራምያ፥ ይዝያ፥ መልክያ፥ ሚያሚን፥ አልዓዛር፥ መልክያና በናያስ። BSB BSB: And among the other Israelites, from the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.
26 ULB ከኤላም ተወላጆች መካከል፤ ሙታንያ፥ ዘካርያስ፥ ይሒኤል፥ አብዲ፥ ይሬሞትና ኤልያ። BSB BSB: From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
27 ULB ከዛቱዕ ተወላጆች መካከል ዔሊዮዔናይ፥ ኢልያሴብ፥ ሙታንያ፥ ይሬሞት፥ ዛባድና ዓዚዛ። BSB BSB: From the descendants of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
28 ULB ከቤባይ ተወላጆች መካከል፤ ይሆሐናን፥ ሐናንያ፥ ዘባይና አጥላይ። BSB BSB: From the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
29 ULB ከባኒ ተወላጆች መካከል፤ ሜሱላም፥ መሉክ፥ ዓዳያ፥ ያሱብና ሸዓል ራሞት። BSB BSB: From the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.
30 ULB ከፈሐት ሞዓብ ተወላጆች መካከል፤ ዓድና፥ ክላል፥ በናያስ፥ መዕሤያ፥ ሙታንያ፥ ባስልኤል፥ ቢንዊና ምናሴ። BSB BSB: From the descendants of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
31 ULB ከካሪም ተወላጆች መካከል፤ አልዓዛር፥ ይሺያ፥ መልክያ፥ ሸማያ፥ ስምዖን፥ BSB BSB: From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
32 ULB ብንያም፥ መሉክና ሰማራያ። BSB BSB: Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
33 ULB ከሐሱም ተወላጆች መካከል መትናይ፥ መተታ፥ ዛባድ፥ ኤሊፋላት፥ ይሬማይ፥ ምናሴና ሰሜኢ። BSB BSB: From the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
34 ULB ከባኒ ተወላጆች መካከል፤ መዕዳይ፥ ዓምራም፥ ኡኤል፥ BSB BSB: From the descendants of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,
35 ULB በናያስ፥ ቤድያ፥ ኬልቅያ፥ BSB BSB: Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,
36 ULB ወንያ፥ ሜሪሞት፥ ኤሌያሴብ፥ BSB BSB: Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37 ULB መታንያ፥ መትናይ፥ የዕሡ፥ BSB BSB: Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.
38 ULB ባኒ፥ ቢንዊ፥ ሰሜኢ፥ BSB BSB: From the descendants of Binnui: Shimei,
39 ULB ሰሌምያ፥ ናታን፥ ዓዳያ፥ BSB BSB: Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
40 ULB መክነድባይ፥ ሴሴይ፥ ሸራይ፥ BSB BSB: Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
41 ULB ኤዝርኤል፥ ሰምምያ፥ ሰማራያ፥ BSB BSB: Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
42 ULB ሰሎም፥ አማርያና ዮሴፍ። BSB BSB: Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43 ULB ከናባው ተወላጆች መካከል፤ ይዔኤል፥ መቲትያ፥ ዛባድ፥ ዘቢና፥ ያዳይ፥ ኢዮኤልና በናያስ። BSB BSB: And from the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
44 ULB እነዚህ ሁሉ ባዕዳን ሴቶችን ያገቡና አንዳንዶቹም ከእነርሱ የወለዱ ነበሩ። BSB BSB: All these men had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.
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