¹These 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.

¹Ti pa so poglavarji očetovin in to je rodopis tistih, ki so šli z menoj gori iz Babilona ob vladanju kralja Artakserksa.

²Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.

²Od sinov Pinehasovih: Gersom; od sinov Itamarjevih: Daniel; od sinov Davidovih: Hatuš.

³Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

³Od sinov Sekanijevih, od sinov Paroševih: Zeharija, in ž njim je bilo štetih po rodopisu stoinpetdeset moških.

⁴Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

⁴Od sinov Pahat-moaba: Eljoenaj, sin Zerahijev, in ž njim dvesto moških.

⁵Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.

⁵Od sinov Sekanijevih: sin Jahazielov in ž njim tristo moških.

⁶Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

⁶Od sinov Adinovih: Ebed, sin Jonatanov, in ž njim petdeset moških.

⁷And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

⁷Od sinov Elamovih pa: Jesaja, sin Atalijev, in ž njim sedemdeset moških.

⁸And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.

⁸Od sinov Sefatijevih: Zebadija, sin Mihaelov, in ž njim osemdeset moških.

⁹Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

⁹Od sinov Joabovih: Obadija, sin Jehielov, in ž njim dvesto in osemnajst moških.

¹⁰And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.

¹⁰Od sinov Selomitovih: sin Josifijev in ž njim sto in šestdeset moških.

¹¹And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.

¹¹Od sinov Bebajevih: Zeharija, sin Bebajev, in ž njim osemindvajset moških.

¹²And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.

¹²Od sinov Azgadovih: Johanan, sin Hakatanov, in ž njim sto in deset moških.

¹³And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

¹³Od sinov Adonikamovih, ki so bili zadnji, in njih imena so: Elifelet, Jegiel in Semaja in ž njimi šestdeset moških.

¹⁴Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

¹⁴In od sinov Bigvajevih: Utaj in Zabud in ž njimi sedemdeset moških.

¹⁵And 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.

¹⁵In zbral sem jih ob reki, ki teče v Ahavo, in tam smo taborili tri dni. In ko sem razgledoval ljudstvo in duhovnike, nisem ondi našel nikogar iz sinov Levijevih.

¹⁶Then 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.

¹⁶Tedaj pošljem po Eliezerja, Ariela, Semaja, Elnatana, Jariba, Elnatana, Natana, Zeharija in Mesulama, prvake, tudi po Jojariba in Elnatana, zvedenca.

¹⁷And 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.

¹⁷Tem dam sporočilo za Ida, prvaka v kraju Kasifiji, in jim velim, kaj jim je govoriti z Idom in z brati njegovimi, Netinimci, v kraju Kasifiji, da bi nam privedli strežaje za hišo našega Boga.

¹⁸And 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;

¹⁸In privedli so nam, ker je bila dobrotljiva roka Boga našega nad nami, razsodnega moža iz sinov Mahlija, sinu Levija, sinu Izraelovega, in Serebija ž njegovimi sinovi in brati, osemnajst,

¹⁹And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

¹⁹in Hasabija in ž njim Jesaja iz sinov Merarijevih, brate njegove in njih sinove, dvajset,

²⁰Also 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.

²⁰od Netinimcev pa, ki jih je bil določil David in poglavarji, da bi stregli levitom, dvesto in dvajset Netinimcev; vsi iz njih so bili imenovani z imenom.

²¹Then 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.

²¹Nato sem oklical post ondi, pri reki Ahavi, da bi se ponižali pred Bogom svojim, da izprosimo od njega ravno pot za sebe in za otročiče svoje in za vse blago svoje.

²²For 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.

²²Sramoval sem se namreč prositi kralja čete vojakov in konjikov, da bi nam pomagali zoper sovražnike na poti; kajti dejali smo bili kralju: Roka Boga našega je nad vsemi, ki ga iščejo, v dobro, a moč in jeza njegova je zoper vse, ki ga zapuščajo.

²³So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

²³Postili smo se torej in Boga svojega prosili tega, in dal se nam je izprositi.

²⁴Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

²⁴Nato sem odločil dvanajstero poglavarjev duhovnikov, Serebija in Hasabija in deset njiju bratov ž njima;

²⁵And 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:

²⁵in odtehtal sem jim srebro in zlato in posode, dar povzdignjenja za hišo Boga našega, ki so ga bili darovali kralj in svetovalci in vojvode njegovi in vsi Izraelci, kar jih je bilo ondi.

²⁶I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;

²⁶Odtehtal sem, pravim, njim v roko šesto in petdeset talentov srebra in srebrnih posod za sto talentov, zlata pa sto talentov,

²⁷Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

²⁷in dvajset zlatih čaš, vrednih tisoč darikov, in dve zlatožarni bronasti posodi, dragi ko zlato.

²⁸And 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.

²⁸In sem jim velel: Vi ste sveti GOSPODU, in te posode so svete, in srebro in zlato je dobrovoljen dar GOSPODU, vaših očetu Bogu.

²⁹Watch 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.

²⁹Bodite bedljivi in jih čuvajte, dokler jih ne stehtate pred poglavarji duhovnikov in levitov in poglavarji očetovin Izraelovih v Jeruzalemu, v hramih hiše GOSPODOVE!

³⁰So 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.

³⁰Vzeli so torej duhovniki in leviti stehtano srebro in zlato in posode, da jih doneso v Jeruzalem, v hišo Boga našega.

³¹Then 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.

³¹Potem smo odrinili od reke Ahave, dvanajsti dan prvega meseca, da potujemo v Jeruzalem; in roka Boga našega je bila nad nami, in otel nas je iz roke sovražnikov in opotnih zasednikov.

³²And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

³²In dospeli smo v Jeruzalem in ondi ostali tri dni.

³³Now 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;

³³In četrti dan so srebro in zlato in posode stehtali v hiši Boga našega v roke Meremotu, sinu Urija duhovnika, in ž njim je bil Eleazar, sin Pinehasov, ž njima pa Jozabad, sin Jesuov, in Noadija, sin Binuja, levita;

³⁴By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.

³⁴vse po številu in po teži, in vsa teža je bila tisti čas zapisana.

³⁵Also 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.

³⁵Sinovi ujetništva, ki so se bili vrnili iz prognanstva, so darovali žgalne daritve Bogu Izraelovemu: dvanajst juncev za vsega Izraela, šestindevetdeset ovnov, sedeminsedemdeset jagnjet, dvanajst kozlov v daritev za greh, vse to v žgalščino GOSPODU.In izročili so kraljeve ukaze kraljevim namestnikom in deželskim oblastnikom tostran reke. Ti pa so podpirali ljudstvo in hišo Božjo.

³⁶And 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.

³⁶In izročili so kraljeve ukaze kraljevim namestnikom in deželskim oblastnikom tostran reke. Ti pa so podpirali ljudstvo in hišo Božjo.