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:

¹Følgende er de Overhoveder over Fædrenehusene og de i deres Slægtsfortegnelser opførte, som drog op med mig fra Babel under Kong Artaxerxes's Regering:

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

²Af Pinehas's Efterkommere Ger som; af Itamars Efterkommere Daniel; af Davids Efterkommere Hattusj,

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

³Sjekanjas Søn; af Par'osj's Efterkommere Zekarja, i hvis Slægtsfortegnelse der var opført 150 Mandspersoner;

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

⁴af Pahat-Moabs Efterkommere Eljoenaj, Zerajas Søn, med 200 Mandspersoner;

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

⁵af Zattus Efterkommere Sjekanja, Jahaziels Søn, med 300 Mandspersoner;

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

⁶af Adins Efterkommere Ebed. Jonatans Søn, med 50 Mandspersoner;

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

⁷af Elams Efterkommere Jesja'ja. Ataljas Søn, med 70 Mandspersoner;

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

⁸af Sjefatjas Efterkommere Zebadja, Nikaels Søn, med 80 Mandspersoner;

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

⁹af Joabs Efterkommere 'Obadja. Jehiels' Søn, med 218 Mandspersoner;

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

¹⁰af Banis Efterkommere Sjelomit, Josifjas Søn, med 160 Mandspersoner;

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

¹¹af Bebajs Efterkommere Zekarja, Bebajs Søn, med 28 Mandspersoner;

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

¹²af Azgads Efterkommere Johanan, Hakkatans Søn, med 110 Mandspersoner;

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

¹³af Adonikams Efterkommere de sidst komne, nemlig Elifelet. Je'iel og Sjemaja, med 60 Mandspersoner;

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

¹⁴af Bigvajs Efterkommere Utaj og Zabud med 70 Mandspersoner.

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.

¹⁵Og jeg samlede dem ved den Flod, der løber ad Ahava til, og vi lå lejret der i tre Dage. Men da jeg tog Folket og Præsterne nærmere i Øjesyn, fandt jeg ingen Leviter der.

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.

¹⁶Jeg sendte derfor Overhovederne Eliezer, Ariel, Sjemaja, Elnatan, Jarib, Elnatan, Natan, Zekarja og Mesjullam og Lærerne Jojarib og Elnatan hen

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.

¹⁷og bød dem gå til Overhovedet Iddo i Byen Kasifja, idet jeg lagde dem de Ord i Munden, hvormed de skulde overtale Iddo og hans Brødre i Byen Kasifja til at sende os Tjenere til vor Guds Hus;

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;

¹⁸og eftersom vor Guds gode Hånd var over os, sendte de os en forstandig Mand afEfterkommerne efter Mali, Israels Søn Levis Søn, Sjerebja med hans Sønner og Brødre, atten Mand

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

¹⁹og Hasjabja og Jesja'ja af Meraris Efterkommere med deres Brødre og Sønner, tyve Mand,

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.

²⁰og af Tempeltrællene, som David og Øversterne havde stillet til Leviternes Tjeneste, 220 Tempeltrælle, alle med Navns Nævnelse.

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.

²¹Så lod jeg der ved Floden Ahava udråbe en Faste til Ydmygelse for vor Guds Åsyn for hos ham at udvirke en lykkelig Rejse for os og vore Familier og Ejendele;

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.”

²²thi jeg undså mig ved at bede Kongen om Krigsfolk og Ryttere til at hjælpe os undervejs mod Fjenden, eftersom vi havde sagt til Kongen: Vor Guds Hånd er over alle; der søger ham, og hjælper dem, men hans Vælde og Vrede kommer over alle dem, der forlader ham.

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

²³Så fastede vi og bad til vor Gud derom, og han bønbørte os.

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

²⁴Derpå udvalgte jeg tolv af Præsternes Øverster og Sjerebja og Hasjabja og ti af deres Brødre;

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:

²⁵og dem tilvejede jeg Sølvet og Guldet og gav dem Karrene, den Offerydelse til vor Guds Hus, som Kongen, hans Rådgivere og Fyrster og alle de der boende Israeliter havde ydet;

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

²⁶jeg tilvejede dem af Sølv 650 Talenter, Sølvkar til en Værdi af 100 Talenter, af Guld 100 Talenter,

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

²⁷tyve Guldbægre til 1000 Darejker og to Kar af fint, guldglinsende Kobber, kostbare som Guld.

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.

²⁸Så sagde jeg til dem: I er helliget HERREN, og Karrene er helliget, og Sølvet og Guldet er en frivillig Gave til HERREN, eders Fædres Gud;

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.”

²⁹våg derfor over det og vogt på det, indtil I i Påsyn af Præsternes og Leviternes Øverster og Israels Fædrenehuses Øverster vejer det ud i Jerusalem i Kamrene i HERRENs Hus!"

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.

³⁰Da modtog Præsterne og Leviterne det tilvejede, Sølvet og Guldet og Karrene, for at bringe det til vor Guds Hus i Jerusalem.

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.

³¹Så brød vi op fra Floden Ahava på den tolvte Dag i den første Måned for at drage til Jerusalem; og vor Guds Hånd var over os, så han frelste os fra Fjendernes og Røvernes Hånd undervejs.

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

³²Da vi var kommet til Jerusalem, holdt vi os rolige der i tre Dage;

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;

³³og på den fjerde Dag blev Sølvet, Guldet og Karrene afvejet i vor Guds Hus og overgivet Præsten Meremot, Urijas Søn, tillige med El'azar, Pinehas's Søn, og Leviterne Jozabad, Jesuas Søn, og Noadja, Binnujs Søn,

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

³⁴alt sammen efter Tal og Vægt, og hele Vægten blev optegnet: På samme Tid

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.

³⁵bragte de, der kom fra Fangenskabet, de, der havde været i Landflygtighed, Brændofre til Israels Gud: 12 Tyre for hele tsrael, 96 Vædre, 77 Lam og 12 Gedebukke til Syndofre, alt sammen som Brændoffer til HERREN.

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.

³⁶Og de overgav Kongens Befalinger til Kongens Satraper og Statholderne hinsides Floden, og disse ydede Folket og Guds Hus deres Hjælp.