¹Need olid perekondade peamehed ja need suguvõsakirjades olijad, kes kuningas Artahsasta valitsemisajal koos minuga Paabelist teele läksid:

¹Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

²Piinehasi poegadest Geersom, Iitamari poegadest Taaniel, Taaveti poegadest Hattus, Sekanja poeg;

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

³Parosi poegadest Sakarja ja koos temaga sada viiskümmend suguvõsakirjas olnud meest;

³Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males one hundred fifty.

⁴Pahat-Moabi poegadest Eljoenai, Serahja poeg, ja koos temaga kakssada meest;

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

⁵Sekanja poegadest: Jahasieli poeg ja koos temaga kolmsada meest;

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

⁶Aadini poegadest Ebed, Joonatani poeg, ja koos temaga viiskümmend meest;

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

⁷Eelami poegadest Jesaja, Atalja poeg, ja koos temaga seitsekümmend meest;

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

⁸Sefatja poegadest Sebadja, Miikaeli poeg, ja koos temaga kaheksakümmend meest;

⁸Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him eighty males.

⁹Joabi poegadest Obadja, Jehieli poeg, ja koos temaga kakssada kaheksateist meest;

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

¹⁰Baani poegadest Selomot, Joosifja poeg, ja koos temaga sada kuuskümmend meest;

¹⁰Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him one hundred sixty males.

¹¹Beebai poegadest Sakarja, Beebai poeg, ja koos temaga kakskümmend kaheksa meest;

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

¹²Asgadi poegadest Joohanan, Hakkatani poeg, ja koos temaga sada kümme meest;

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

¹³Adonikami poegadest viimastena tulnud - nende nimed olid Elifelet, Jeiel ja Semaja, ja koos nendega kuuskümmend meest;

¹³Of the sons of Adonikam, who were the last; and these are their names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.

¹⁴Bigvai poegadest Uutai ja Sabbud ja koos nendega seitsekümmend meest.

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

¹⁵Ma kogusin nad jõe äärde, mis Ahava poole voolab, ja me olime seal kolm päeva leeris; aga kui ma vaatlesin rahvast ja preestreid, siis ei leidnud ma seal ühtegi Leevi poegadest.

¹⁵I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

¹⁶Siis ma läkitasin peamehed Elieseri, Arieli, Semaja, Elnatani, Jaaribi, Elnatani, Naatani, Sakarja ja Mesullami ning õpetajad Joojaribi ja Elnatani

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, who were teachers.

¹⁷ning käskisin neid minna Iddo juurde, kes oli peamees Kaasifja paikkonnas; ma panin neile suhu sõnad, mis nad pidid rääkima Iddole ja tema vennale, kes asusid Kaasifja paikkonnas, et nad saadaksid meile teenreid meie Jumala koja jaoks.

¹⁷I sent them forth to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo, and his brothers the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.

¹⁸Ja nad saatsid meile, kuna meie Jumala hea käsi oli meie peal, ühe aruka mehe, Iisraeli poja Leevi poja Mahli poegadest, Seerebja, tema pojad ja vennad - kaheksateist meest;

¹⁸According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;

¹⁹ja Hasabja ja koos temaga Jesaja, Merari poegadest, tema vennad ja nende pojad - kakskümmend;

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

²⁰ja templisulastest, keda Taavet ja vürstid olid pannud leviite teenima, kakssada kakskümmend templisulast, kõik nimeliselt mainitud.

²⁰and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were mentioned by name.

²¹Ja ma kuulutasin seal Ahava jõe ääres paastu, et me alandaksime iseendid oma Jumala ees ja paluksime temalt õnnelikku teekonda enestele ja oma lastele ja kogu oma varale.

²¹Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

²²Sest mul oli häbi kuningalt küsida sõjaväge ja ratsanikke, et need kaitseksid meid teekonnal vaenlaste vastu, vaid me rääkisime kuningaga ja ütlesime: 'Meie Jumala käsi on heana kõigi peal, kes teda otsivad, aga tema võim ja viha on kõigi vastu, kes tema hülgavad.'

²²For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.”

²³Nõnda me paastusime ja otsisime selles asjas abi oma Jumalalt, ja tema kuulis meie palvet.

²³So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

²⁴Ja ma valisin ülemaist preestreist kaksteist, lisaks Serebja, Hasabja ja koos nendega kümme nende vendadest.

²⁴Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,

²⁵Siis ma vaagisin neile hõbeda ja kulla ja riistad, tõstelõivu meie Jumala kojale, mis kuningas ja tema nõuandjad ja vürstid ning kogu seal olev Iisrael olid andnud.

²⁵and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:

²⁶Ma vaagisin neile kätte kuussada viiskümmend talenti hõbedat, saja talendi eest hõberiistu ja sada talenti kulda;

²⁶I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels one hundred talents; of gold one hundred talents;

²⁷kakskümmend kuldkarikat, tuhat adarkoni väärt, ja kaks hästi hiilgavat vaskriista, kallid nagu kuld.

²⁷and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.

²⁸Ja ma ütlesin neile: 'Teie olete pühitsetud Issandale, nõndasamuti on pühitsetud ka riistad; hõbe ja kuld on vabatahtlik and Issandale, teie vanemate Jumalale.

²⁸I said to them, “You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers.

²⁹Valvake ja hoidke neid, kuni te need vaete ülemate preestrite ja leviitide ning Iisraeli perekondade peameeste ees Jeruusalemmas Issanda koja kambritesse!'

²⁹Watch, and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ households of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of Yahweh.”

³⁰Siis võtsid preestrid ja leviidid vastu vaetud hõbeda ja kulla ning riistad, et viia need Jeruusalemma meie Jumala kotta.

³⁰So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

³¹Ja me läksime Ahava jõe äärest teele esimese kuu kaheteistkümnendal päeval, et minna Jeruusalemma; meie Jumala käsi oli meie peal ja ta päästis meid vaenlaste ja teeröövlite käest.

³¹Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandit by the way.

³²Ja me tulime Jeruusalemma ning viibisime seal kolm päeva.

³²We came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.

³³Aga neljandal päeval vaeti hõbe ja kuld ning riistad meie Jumala kotta, preester Meremoti, Uurija poja kätte; ja koos temaga oli Eleasar, Piinehasi poeg; ja koos nendega olid leviidid Joosabad, Jeesua poeg, ja Nooadja, Binnui poeg.

³³On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into 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, the Levite;

³⁴Kõik loeti ja vaeti üle ja kõik, mis vaeti, pandi siis kirja.

³⁴the whole by number and by weight: and all the weight was written at that time.

³⁵Vangist tulnud asumiselesaadetud ohverdasid põletusohvriks Iisraeli Jumalale kaksteist härjavärssi kogu Iisraeli eest, üheksakümmend kuus jäära, seitsekümmend seitse oinastalle ja kaksteist patuohvri sikku - kõik põletusohvriks Issandale.

³⁵The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering to Yahweh.

³⁶Ja nad andsid kuninga käsu üle kuninga asehaldureile ja maavalitsejaile siinpool Frati jõge, ja need aitasid rahvast ning Jumala koda.

³⁶They delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s satraps, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and God’s house.