以斯拉記（吉茲語／衣索比亞版） 第 10 章

Now while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and bowing himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and young people gathered to him out of Israel; and the people wept very bitterly.

And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have sinned against our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this.

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and the children born of them, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law. Arise and rebuke them as you see fit, by the commandment of our God; and let them act according to our law.

Arise, for this matter rests upon you; and we are with you. Be strong and do it.

Then Ezra arose and made the leaders, the priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear to do according to this word; and they swore.

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went to the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he had gone there, he ate no bread and drank no water, for he mourned over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

And a proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the exiles, saying that, according to the counsel of the leaders and the elders, whoever did not come within three days should forfeit all his property, and should himself be separated from the assembly of the exiles.

So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month.

And all the people sat in the open square of the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.

And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You have committed a trespass, and have married foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.

Now therefore make confession to Jehovah the God of our fathers, and do His good pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women.

And all the assembly answered and said, It is a great matter for us to do; as you have said, so must we do.

But the people are many, and it is the rainy season, and we are not able to stand outside; nor is this the work of one day or two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.

Let now our leaders represent the whole assembly; and let all those in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each city, until the fierce wrath of our God over this matter be turned away from us.

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.

And the children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest selected men who were heads of the fathers' houses, each by his fathers' house, all of them designated by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

And by the first day of the first month they had finished dealing with all the men who had married foreign women.

Among the sons of the priests who were found to have married foreign women, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers, were Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

And they pledged themselves to put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass, and brought a sacrifice.

And of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

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

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

And of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.

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

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

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

And of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.

And of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Ramoth.

And of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.

And of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.

And of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

And of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel, Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.

And of the sons of Binnui: Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, Machnadebai, Shashai, and Sharai,

and Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.

And of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.

All these had married foreign women; and some of them had wives by whom they had borne children.