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.

¹In ko je Ezra molil in pripoznaval jokaje in sklonjen na tleh pred hišo Božjo, se je zbrala k njemu iz Izraela silno velika množica mož in žen in otrok. Kajti ljudstvo je grozno jokalo.

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.

²In Sekanija, sin Jehielov, iz sinov Elamovih, izpregovori in reče Ezru: Nezvesto smo ravnali proti svojemu Bogu, ker smo si jemali žene tujke iz ljudstev dežele. A zdaj je še upanje Izraelu ob tem!

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.

³Sedaj torej sklenimo zavezo z Bogom svojim, da izločimo vse tiste žene in te, ki so se iz njih rodili, po svetu Gospodovem in tistih, ki trepetajo ob zapovedi Boga našega; in naj se ravna po postavi!

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

⁴Vstani, ker to je tvoj posel, in mi bodemo pri tebi, bodi srčen in izvrši to!

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.

⁵Nato vstane Ezra in zapriseže poglavarje duhovnikov, levitov in vsega Izraela, da bodo storili po tej besedi. In so prisegli.

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.

⁶In Ezra vstane izpred hiše Božje in stopi v izbo Johanana, sinu Eliasibovega. In ko pride tja, ne je kruha in ne pije vode, ker je žaloval zaradi nezvestobe tistih, ki so bili iz ujetništva.

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

⁷In so poslali oklic po Judovem in Jeruzalemu za vse sinove ujetništva, naj se zbero v Jeruzalemu.

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.

⁸In kdor ne pride v treh dneh, po svetu poglavarjev in starejšin, naj zapade vse imetje njegovo prokletju in bodi izključen iz zbora tistih, ki so iz ujetništva.

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.

⁹Tedaj se zbero vsi možje Judovi in Benjaminovi v Jeruzalemu, v treh dneh; bilo je dvajseti dan devetega meseca. In vse ljudstvo je sedelo na široki ulici pred hišo Božjo, trepetaje zaradi te reči in od dežja.

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

¹⁰Tedaj vstane Ezra duhovnik in jih ogovori: Nezvesto ste ravnali, ker ste si vzeli žene tujke, da še pomnožite krivdo Izraelovo.

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.

¹¹Sedaj torej pripoznajte GOSPODU, očetov svojih Bogu, in storite, kar mu ugaja, ter se ločite od ljudstev dežele in od žen tujk!

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

¹²In ves zbor odgovori in reče z velikim glasom: Dolžni smo storiti, kakor si nam povedal!

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.

¹³Ali ljudstvo je veliko in vreme je deževno in ne moremo stati tu zunaj, tudi se ne da opraviti v enem dnevu ali v dveh, kajti mnogoterno smo prestopali v tej reči.

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.

¹⁴Postavijo naj se, prosimo, naši poglavarji za ves zbor, in vsi, ki bivajo v naših mestih, oženjeni z ženami tujkami, naj prihajajo, dokler ta reč traja, ob določenih časih in ž njimi starejšine vsakega dotičnega mesta in njega sodniki, dokler se od nas ne odvrne togota srda Boga našega. –

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.

¹⁵Samo Jonatan, sin Asahelov, in Jahzeja, sin Tikva, sta se temu ustavljala, in Mesulam in Sabetaj levit sta jima pomagala.

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.

¹⁶In sinovi ujetništva so storili tako. In bili so izvoljeni: Ezra, duhovnik, možje, poglavarji očetovin po svojih očetovinah, in vsi po imenu. In imeli so sejo prvi dan desetega meseca, da bi preiskali to zadevo.

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

¹⁷In do prvega dne prvega meseca so končno rešili vse zadeve mož, ki so vzeli žene tujke.

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.

¹⁸In našli so se med sinovi duhovnikov, ki so vzeli žene tujke: od sinov Jesua, sinu Jozadakovega, in bratov njegovih: Maaseja, Eliezer, Jarib in Gedalija.

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.

¹⁹In dali so svoje roke, da hočejo odpustiti svoje žene, in ker so bili krivi, so darovali ovna iz črede za svojo krivdo.

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

²⁰In iz sinov Imerjevih: Hanani in Zebadija.

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

²¹In iz sinov Harimovih: Maaseja, Elija, Semaja, Jehiel in Uzija.

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

²²In iz sinov Pashurjevih: Eljoenaj, Maaseja, Izmael, Netanel, Jozabad in Elasa.

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

²³In iz levitov: Jozabad, Simej, Kelaja (ta je Kelita), Petahija, Juda in Eliezer.

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

²⁴In iz pevcev: Eliasib; iz vratarjev: Salum, Telem in Uri.

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

²⁵In iz Izraela: iz sinov Paroševih: Ramija, Izija, Malkija, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malkija in Benaja.

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

²⁶In iz sinov Elamovih: Matanija, Zeharija, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremot in Elija.

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

²⁷In iz sinov Zatujevih: Eljoenaj, Eliasib, Matanija, Jeremot, Zabat in Aziza.

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

²⁸In iz sinov Bebajevih: Johanan, Hananija, Zabaj, Atlaj.

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

²⁹In iz sinov Banijevih: Mesulam, Maluk, Adaja, Jasub, Seal, Jeremot.

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

³⁰In iz sinov Pahat-moaba: Adna, Kelal, Benaja, Maaseja, Matanija, Bezalel, Binuj in Manase.

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

³¹In iz sinov Harimovih: Eliezer, Išija, Malkija, Semaja, Simeon,

³²Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.

³²Benjamin, Maluk, Semarija.

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

³³Iz sinov Hasumovih: Matenaj, Matata, Zabad, Elifelet, Jeremaj, Manase, Simej.

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

³⁴Iz sinov Banijevih: Maadaj, Amram in Uel,

³⁵Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,

³⁵Benaja, Bedeja, Keluhi,

³⁶Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

³⁶Vanija, Meremot, Eliasib,

³⁷Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,

³⁷Matanija, Matenaj in Jaasaj,

³⁸And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

³⁸Bani in Binuj, Simej,

³⁹And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

³⁹Selemija, Natan, Adaja,

⁴⁰Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

⁴⁰Maknadebaj, Sasaj, Saraj,

⁴¹Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

⁴¹Azarel, Selemija, Semarija,

⁴²Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.

⁴²Salum, Amarija, Jožef.

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

⁴³Iz sinov Nebovih: Jegiel, Matitija, Zabad, Zebina, Jadaj in Joel, Benaja.Vsi ti so vzeli žene tujke in nekatere tistih žen so že rodile otroke.

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

⁴⁴Vsi ti so vzeli žene tujke in nekatere tistih žen so že rodile otroke.