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.

¹Dok je Ezra molio i priznavao grijehe, plačući i ležeći pred Domom Božjim, skupilo se oko njega mnoštvo Izraelaca, ljudi, žena i djece: i taj je narod gorko plakao.

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.

²Tada Šekanija, sin Jehielov, jedan od sinova Elamovih, uzimajući riječ reče Ezri: "Mi smo izdali Boga svoga ženeći se tuđinkama iz naroda zemlje. Ali još ima nade Izraelu.

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.

³Obnovimo sada Savez s Bogom svojim: obećajmo da ćemo, prema savjetu moga gospodara i onih koji osjećaju strahopočitanje prema zapovijedi Boga našega, otpustiti svoje žene tuđinke i djecu koju su rodile. Učinimo dakle po Zakonu!

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

⁴Ustani, jer to je tvoja dužnost, a mi ćemo biti uza te. Budi hrabar i na djelo!"

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.

⁵Tada ustade Ezra i zakle glavare svećeničke, i levite, i sve Izraelce da će učiniti kako im bijaše rekao. I zakleše se.

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.

⁶Ezra se udalji ispred Doma Božjega i uđe u dvoranu Johanana, sina Elijašibova. Ondje provede noć i nije jeo ni kruha niti je pio vode jer tugovaše zbog nevjernosti povratnika.

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

⁷Zatim je objavljeno u Judeji i Jeruzalemu svima povratnicima da se skupe u Jeruzalemu:

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.

⁸a tko ne bude došao u Jeruzalem za tri dana, toga će pozvati glavari i starješine, bit će mu zaplijenjeno imanje i isključit će ga iz zbora povratnika.

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.

⁹Svi su se ljudi od Jude i Benjamina sakupili tako za tri dana u Jeruzalemu. Bilo je to devetoga mjeseca, dvadesetoga dana u mjesecu. Sav se narod smjestio na trgu pred Domom Božjim, dršćući zbog svega toga i zbog jake kiše.

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

¹⁰Tada, ustavši, svećenik Ezra reče im: "Vi ste se iznevjerili kad ste se oženili tuđinkama. Tako ste povećali grijeh Izraelov!

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.”

¹¹Ali podajte sada hvalu Jahvi, Bogu otaca svojih, i izvršite volju njegovu te se rastavite od naroda zemlje i od žena tuđinki."

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

¹²Sav je zbor odgovorio snažnim glasom: "Jest, dužnost nam je učiniti po tvome savjetu!

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.

¹³Ali naroda ima mnogo i dažd nahodi: vani se ne može stajati. Osim toga, nije to posao od dan-dva, jer nas je mnogo koji smo u tome sagriješili.

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.”

¹⁴Mogu nas na zajedničkom zboru zastupati naši glavari: svi koji su po našim gradovima oženjeni tuđinkama mogu doći u određeno vrijeme u pratnji starješina i sudaca svakoga grada, sve dok ne budemo odvratili gnjev Boga svojega zbog ovoga."

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

¹⁵Samo Jonatan, sin Asahelov, i Jahzija, sin Tikvin, bijahu se usprotivili; a podupirahu ih Mešulam i levit Šabetaj.

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.

¹⁶Povratnici učiniše tako: rastaše se. Svećenik Ezra izabra za pomoćnike glavare obitelji, prema njihovim domovima, i svi su bili poimence određeni. Počeli su zasjedati prvoga dana desetoga mjeseca da bi sve ispitali.

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

¹⁷I prvoga dana prvoga mjeseca završiše sa svima koji se bijahu oženili tuđinkama.

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.

¹⁸Među pripadnicima svećenstva evo koji bijahu oženjeni tuđinkama: između sinova Ješue, sina Josadakova, i među njegovom braćom: Maaseja, Eliezer, Jarib i Gedalija;

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

¹⁹oni dadoše svoju ruku da će otpustiti svoje žene i da će za svoj grijeh prinijeti ovna kao naknadnicu.

²⁰Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

²⁰Od sinova Imerovih: Hanani i Zebadja;

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

²¹od Harimovih sinova: Maaseja, Ilija, Šemaja, Jehiel i Uzija;

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

²²od Pašhurovih sinova: Elijoenaj, Maaseja, Jišmael, Netanel, Jozabad i Elasa.

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

²³Od levita: Jozabad, Šimej, Kelaja - nazvan Kelita - Petahja, Juda i Eliezer.

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

²⁴Od pjevača: Elijašib i Zakur. Od vratara: Šalum, Telem i Uri.

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

²⁵A između Izraelaca: od sinova Paroševih: Ramja, Jizija, Malkija, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malkija i Benaja;

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

²⁶od sinova Elamovih: Matanija, Zaharija, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremot i Ilija;

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

²⁷od sinova Zatuovih: Elijoenaj, Elijašib, Matanija, Jeremot, Zabad i Aziza;

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

²⁸od sinova Bebajevih: Johanan, Hananija, Zabaj i Atlaj;

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

²⁹od Banijevih sinova: Mešulam, Maluk, Adaja, Jašub, Šeal i Ramot;

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

³⁰od Pahat-Moabovih sinova: Adna, Kelal, Benaja, Maaseja, Matanija, Besalel, Binuj i Manaše;

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

³¹od sinova Harimovih: Eliezer, Jišija, Malkija, Šemaja, Šimun,

³²Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.

³²Benjamin, Maluk, Semarja;

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

³³od sinova Hašumovih: Matnaj, Matata, Zabad, Elifelet, Jeremaj, Manaše, Šimej;

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

³⁴od sinova Banijevih: Maadaj, Amram, Joel,

³⁵Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

³⁵Benaja, Bedja, Kelu,

³⁶Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

³⁶Vanija, Meremot, Elijašib,

³⁷Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu,

³⁷Matanija, Matnaj i Jaasaj;

³⁸and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

³⁸od sinova Binujevih: Šimej,

³⁹and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

³⁹Šelemja, Natan i Adaja;

⁴⁰Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

⁴⁰od Zakajevih sinova: Šašaj, Šaraj,

⁴¹Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

⁴¹Azareel, Šelemja, Šemarja,

⁴²Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.

⁴²Šalum, Amarja, Josip;

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

⁴³od Nebovih sinova: Jeiel, Matitja, Zabad, Zebina, Jadaj, Joel, Benaja.

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

⁴⁴Svi su ovi bili oženjeni tuđinkama, ali su ih otpustili, žene i djecu.