1 E stes são os chefes das famílias e dos que com eles foram registrados, os quais saíram comigo da Babilônia durante o reinado do rei Artaxerxes:

Now these are the heads of their fathers' houses, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

2 d os descendentes de Finéias, Gérson; dos descendentes de Itamar, Daniel; dos descendentes de Davi, Hatus;

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

3 d os descendentes de Secanias, dos descendentes de Parós, Zacarias, sendo registrados com ele 150 homens;

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

4 d os descendentes de Paate-Moabe, Elioenai, filho de Zeraías, e com ele 200 homens;

Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.

5 d os descendentes de Zatu, Secanias, filho de Jaaziel, e com ele 300 homens;

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

6 d os descendentes de Adim, Ebede, filho de Jônatas, e com ele 50 homens;

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

7 d os descendentes de Elão, Jesaías, filho de Atalias, e com ele 70 homens;

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

8 d os descendentes de Sefatias, Zebadias, filho de Micael, e com ele 80 homens;

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

9 d os descendentes de Joabe, Obadias, filho de Jeiel, e com ele 218 homens;

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

10 d os descendentes de Bani, Selomite, filho de Josifias, e com ele 160 homens;

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

11 d os descendentes de Bebai, Zacarias, filho de Bebai, e com ele 28 homens;

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

12 d os descendentes de Azgade, Joanã, filho de Hacatã, e com ele 110 homens;

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

13 d os descendentes de Adonicão, os últimos que chegaram, Elifelete, Jeiel e Semaías, e com eles 60 homens;

And of the sons of Adonikam, that were the last; and these are their names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them threescore males.

14 d os descendentes de Bigvai, Utai e Zabude, e com eles 70 homens. O Retorno a Jerusalém

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

15 E u os reuni junto ao canal que corre para Aava e acampamos ali por três dias. Quando passei em revista o povo e os sacerdotes, não encontrei nenhum levita.

And I gathered them together to the river that runneth 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.

16 P or isso convoquei Eliézer, Ariel, Semaías, Elnatã, Jaribe, Elnatã, Natã, Zacarias e Mesulão, que eram líderes, e Joiaribe e Natã, que eram homens sábios,

Then 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.

17 e os enviei a Ido, o líder de Casifia. Eu lhes falei o que deveriam dizer a Ido e a seus parentes, os servidores do templo, em Casifia, para que nos trouxessem servidores para o templo de nosso Deus.

And I sent them forth unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

18 C omo a bondosa mão de Deus estava sobre nós, eles nos trouxeram Serebias, homem capaz, dentre os descendentes de Mali, filho de Levi, neto de Israel, e os filhos e irmãos de Serebias, dezoito homens;

And according to the good hand of our God upon 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 brethren, eighteen;

19 e também Hasabias, acompanhado de Jesaías, dentre os descendentes de Merari, e seus irmãos e filhos, vinte homens.

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

20 T rouxeram ainda duzentos e vinte dos servidores do templo, um grupo que Davi e os seus oficiais tinham formado para ajudar os levitas. Todos eles tinham seus nomes registrados.

and 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.

21 A li, junto ao canal de Aava, proclamei jejum para que nos humilhássemos diante do nosso Deus e lhe pedíssemos uma viagem segura para nós e nossos filhos, com todos os nossos bens.

Then 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.

22 T ive vergonha de pedir soldados e cavaleiros ao rei para nos protegerem dos inimigos na estrada, pois lhe tínhamos dito: “A mão bondosa de nosso Deus está sobre todos os que o buscam, mas o seu poder e a sua ira são contra todos os que o abandonam”.

For 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 unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

23 P or isso jejuamos e suplicamos essa bênção ao nosso Deus, e ele nos atendeu.

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

24 D epois separei doze dos principais sacerdotes, a saber, Serebias, Hasabias e dez dos seus irmãos,

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

25 e pesei diante deles a oferta de prata e de ouro e os utensílios que o rei, seus conselheiros, seus oficiais e todo o Israel ali presente tinham doado para a casa de nosso Deus.

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

26 P esei e entreguei-lhes vinte e dois mil e setecentos e cinqüenta quilos de prata, três toneladas e meia de utensílios de prata, três toneladas e meia de ouro,

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

27 v inte tigelas de ouro pesando oito quilos e meio, e dois utensílios finos de bronze polido, tão valiosos como se fossem de ouro.

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

28 E eu lhes disse: Tanto vocês como estes utensílios estão consagrados ao Senhor. A prata e o ouro são uma oferta voluntária ao Senhor, o Deus dos seus antepassados.

And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-offering unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers.

29 G uardem-nos bem até que os pesem nas salas do templo do Senhor em Jerusalém diante dos sacerdotes principais, dos levitas e dos chefes das famílias de Israel.

Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers' houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.

30 E ntão os sacerdotes e os levitas receberam a prata, o ouro e os utensílios sagrados, depois de pesados, para levá-los a Jerusalém, ao templo do nosso Deus.

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

31 N o décimo segundo dia do primeiro mês nós partimos do canal de Aava e fomos para Jerusalém. A mão do nosso Deus esteve sobre nós, e ele nos protegeu do ataque de inimigos e assaltantes pelo caminho.

Then we departed from the river 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 the lier-in-wait by the way.

32 A ssim chegamos a Jerusalém, e ficamos descansando três dias.

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

33 N o quarto dia, no templo do nosso Deus, pesamos a prata, o ouro e os utensílios sagrados, e os demos a Meremote, filho do sacerdote Urias. Estavam com ele Eleazar, filho de Finéias, e os levitas Jozabade, filho de Jesua, e Noadias, filho de Binui.

And on 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;

34 T udo foi contado e pesado, e o peso total foi registrado naquela mesma hora.

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

35 E ntão os exilados que tinham voltado do cativeiro sacrificaram holocaustos ao Deus de Israel: doze touros em favor de todo o Israel, noventa e seis carneiros, setenta e sete cordeiros e, como oferta pelo pecado, doze bodes — tudo oferecido como holocausto ao Senhor.

The children of the captivity, that were come out of exile, 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 Jehovah.

36 E les também entregaram as ordens do rei aos sátrapas e aos governadores do território a oeste do Eufrates, e ajudaram o povo na obra do templo de Deus.

And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's satraps, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and the house of God.