¹Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

¹Sementara Ezra berdoa sambil menangis dan mengaku dosa di depan Rumah TUHAN, banyak sekali orang Israel datang berkumpul, baik laki-laki, maupun wanita dan anak-anak. Mereka mengelilinginya sambil menangis keras-keras.

²And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

²Kemudian Sekhanya anak Yehiel dari kaum Elam, berkata kepada Ezra, "Kami berdosa kepada TUHAN karena telah mengawini bangsa asing. Meskipun demikian masih ada harapan bagi Israel.

³Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

³Marilah kita bersumpah kepada Allah, bahwa kita akan mengusir semua wanita itu bersama dengan anak-anak mereka. Kami akan menuruti segala nasihatmu serta nasihat orang-orang lain yang menghormati perintah Allah. Kami akan mentaati Hukum Allah.

⁴Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

⁴Engkaulah yang harus bertindak. Kami akan membantu engkau sepenuhnya. Bertindaklah dengan tegas sampai tuntas."

⁵Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.

⁵Maka mulailah Ezra bertindak. Ia menyuruh imam-imam kepala, orang-orang Lewi dan orang-orang Israel lainnya bersumpah bahwa mereka akan melaksanakan usul Sekhanya itu.

⁶Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

⁶Setelah mereka bersumpah, pergilah Ezra dari depan Rumah TUHAN dan masuk ke dalam tempat tinggal Yohanan anak Elyasib dan bermalam di situ. Ia tidak mau makan atau minum karena sedih memikirkan perbuatan orang-orang buangan itu.

⁷And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

⁷Kemudian disiarkan sebuah maklumat ke seluruh Yerusalem dan Yehuda kepada semua orang yang telah kembali dari pembuangan, supaya berkumpul di Yerusalem.

⁸And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

⁸Barangsiapa tidak datang dalam tiga hari, akan disita seluruh hartanya dan ia tidak lagi dianggap anggota masyarakat. Maklumat itu ditandatangani oleh para pemimpin rakyat.

⁹Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

⁹Sesudah tiga hari, pada tanggal dua puluh bulan sembilan, semua orang laki-laki yang tinggal di daerah Yehuda dan Benyamin datang ke Yerusalem dan berkumpul di halaman Rumah TUHAN. Pada waktu itu hujan turun dengan lebatnya. Semua orang menggigil karena dinginnya udara dan juga karena pentingnya pertemuan itu.

¹⁰And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

¹⁰Kemudian Ezra berdiri dan berbicara kepada mereka. Ia berkata, "Kalian telah berdosa dan menambah kesalahan Israel karena mengawini wanita bangsa asing.

¹¹Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

¹¹Sebab itu, akuilah dosamu kepada TUHAN, Allah yang disembah nenek moyang kita, dan lakukanlah apa yang menyenangkan hati-Nya. Jauhilah orang asing yang tinggal di negeri kita dan usirlah istri-istrimu dari bangsa asing itu."

¹²Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

¹²Orang-orang itu menjawab dengan nyaring, "Kami akan menuruti nasihatmu."

¹³But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

¹³Lalu kata mereka lagi, "Tetapi yang hadir di sini banyak sekali dan hujan begitu lebat. Kami tidak tahan berdiri di luar begini. Lagipula ini bukan perkara yang dapat diselesaikan dalam satu dua hari, sebab banyak sekali dari kami yang terlibat dalam dosa ini.

¹⁴Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

¹⁴Izinkanlah para pemimpin kami tinggal di Yerusalem dan mengurus soal itu. Lalu setiap orang di kota-kota kami, yang mempunyai istri dari bangsa asing, harus datang pada waktu yang ditentukan, bersama dengan para pemimpin dan para hakim kotanya masing-masing. Dengan demikian Allah tidak akan marah lagi kepada kita karena perkara itu."

¹⁵Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

¹⁵Tidak seorang pun mengajukan keberatan terhadap rencana itu, kecuali Yonatan anak Asael dan Yahzeya anak Tikwa, disokong oleh dua orang Lewi, yaitu Mesulam dan Sabetai.

¹⁶And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

¹⁶Orang-orang buangan yang telah kembali itu tetap hendak menjalankan rencana itu, sebab itu Imam Ezra memilih beberapa orang di antara kepala-kepala kaum, lalu mencatat nama mereka. Pada tanggal satu bulan sepuluh mereka mulai bersidang untuk menyelidiki perkara itu.

¹⁷And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.

¹⁷Dalam tiga bulan berikutnya berhasillah mereka menyelesaikan pemeriksaan terhadap semua pria yang telah mengawini wanita dari bangsa asing.

¹⁸And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

¹⁸Inilah daftar dari orang-orang yang mempunyai istri dari bangsa asing: Para Imam, terdaftar dengan kaumnya: Kaum Yesua dengan saudara-saudaranya, anak-anak Yozadak: Maaseya, Eliezer, Yarib dan Gedalya.

¹⁹And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

¹⁹Mereka berjanji akan menceraikan istri mereka, lalu mereka mempersembahkan domba jantan untuk kurban pengampunan dosa mereka.

²⁰And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.

²⁰Kaum Imer: Hanani dan Zebaja.

²¹And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

²¹Kaum Harim: Maaseya, Elia, Semaya, Yehiel dan Uzia.

²²And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

²²Kaum Pasyhur: Elyoenai, Maaseya, Ismael, Netaneel, Yozabad, dan Elasa.

²³Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

²³Orang-orang Lewi: Yozabad, Simei, Kelaya (juga disebut Kelita), Petahya, Yuda dan Eliezer.

²⁴Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

²⁴Para penyanyi: Elyasib. Para penjaga pintu gerbang Rumah TUHAN: Salum, Telem dan Uri.

²⁵Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

²⁵Orang-orang Israel yang lain: Kaum Paros: Ramya, Yezia, Malkia, Miyamin, Eleazar, Malkia dan Benaya.

²⁶And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.

²⁶Kaum Elam: Matanya, Zakharia, Yehiel, Abdi, Yeremot dan Elia.

²⁷And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

²⁷Kaum Zatu: Elyoenai, Elyasib, Matanya, Yeremot, Zabad dan Aziza.

²⁸Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.

²⁸Kaum Bebai: Yohanan, Hananya, Zabai dan Atlai.

²⁹And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.

²⁹Kaum Bani: Mesulam, Malukh, Adaya, Yasub, Seal dan Yeramot.

³⁰And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

³⁰Kaum Pahat-Moab: Adna, Kelal, Benaya, Maaseya, Matanya, Bezaleel, Binui dan Manasye.

³¹And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

³¹Kaum Harim: Eliezer, Yisia, Malkia, Semaya, Simeon, Benyamin, Malukh dan Semarya.

³²Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.

³²(10:31)

³³Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

³³Kaum Hasum: Matnai, Matata, Zabad, Elifelet, Yeremai, Manasye dan Simei.

³⁴Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

³⁴Kaum Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel, Benaya, Bedeya, Keluhu, Wanya, Meremot, Elyasib, Matanya, Matnai, Yaasai,

³⁵Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,

³⁵(10:34)

³⁶Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

³⁶(10:34)

³⁷Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,

³⁷(10:34)

³⁸And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

³⁸Kaum Binui: Simei, Selemya, Natan, Adaya, Makhnadbai, Sasai, Sarai, Azareel, Selemya, Semarya, Salum, Amarya dan Yusuf.

³⁹And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

³⁹(10:38)

⁴⁰Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

⁴⁰(10:38)

⁴¹Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

⁴¹(10:38)

⁴²Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.

⁴²(10:38)

⁴³Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.

⁴³Kaum Nebo: Yeiel, Matica, Zabad, Zebina, Yadai, Yoel dan Benaya.

⁴⁴All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

⁴⁴Semua orang itu telah mengawini wanita dari bangsa asing. Maka istri-istri itu diceraikan dan diusir bersama dengan anak-anak mereka.