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.

¹Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.

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.

²Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

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.

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 who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.

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

⁴Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”

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.

⁵Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.

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.

⁶Then Ezra rose up from before God’s house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came there, he ate no bread, nor drank water; for he mourned because of their trespass of the captivity.

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

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

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

⁸and that whoever didn’t 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 assembly of the captivity.

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.

⁹Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before God’s house, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

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

¹⁰Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, “You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.

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."

¹¹Now therefore make confession to Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.”

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

¹²Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “As you have said concerning us, so must we do.

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.

¹³But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside; neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.

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."

¹⁴Let now our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter is resolved.”

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.

¹⁵Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

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.

¹⁶The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

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

¹⁷They made an end with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.

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.

¹⁸Among the sons of the priests there were found who had married foreign women: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

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

¹⁹They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

²⁰Kaum Imer: Hanani dan Zebaja.

²⁰Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

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

²¹Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

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

²²Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

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

²³Of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

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

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

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

²⁵Of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

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

²⁶Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.

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

²⁷Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

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

²⁸Of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.

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

²⁹Of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, Jeremoth.

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

³⁰Of the sons of Pahathmoab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

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

³¹Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

³²(10:31)

³²Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.

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

³³Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

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

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

³⁵(10:34)

³⁵Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

³⁶(10:34)

³⁶Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

³⁷(10:34)

³⁷Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu,

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

³⁸and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

³⁹(10:38)

³⁹and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

⁴⁰(10:38)

⁴⁰Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

⁴¹(10:38)

⁴¹Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

⁴²(10:38)

⁴²Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.

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

⁴³Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.

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

⁴⁴All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.