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DIODATI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 OR questi sono i capi delle famiglie paterne, e questa è la descrizione, per le genealogie, di quelli che ritornarono meco di Babilonia, al tempo del regno del re Artaserse:	1 And so these are the leaders of the families, with their genealogy, of those who ascended with me from Babylon, during the reign of king Artaxerxes.
2 De’ figliuoli di Finees, Ghersom; de’ figliuoli d’Itamar, Daniele; de’ figliuoli di Davide, Hattus:	2 From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. From the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. From the sons of David, Hattush.
3 de’ figliuoli di Secania, il quale era de’ figliuoli di Paros, Zaccaria; e con lui, facendo la descrizione della genealogia per maschi, cencinquanta persone;	3 From the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Parosh, Zechariah, and one hundred fifty men were numbered with him.
4 de’ figliuoli di Pahat-Moab, Elioenai, figliuolo di Zerahia, e con lui dugento maschi;	4 From the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, the son of Zerahiah, and two hundred men were with him.
5 de’ figliuoli di Secania, il figliuolo di Iahaziel, e con lui trecento maschi;	5 From the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and three hundred men were with him.
6 e de’ figliuoli di Adin, Ebed, figliuolo di Gionatan, e con lui cinquanta maschi;	6 From the sons of Adin, Ebed, the son of Jonathan, and fifty men were with him.
7 e de’ figliuoli di Elam, Isaia, figliuolo di Atalia, e con lui settanta maschi;	7 From the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah, the son of Athaliah, and seventy men were with him.
8 e de’ figliuoli di Sefatia, Zebadia, figliuolo di Micael, e con lui ottanta maschi;	8 From the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, the son of Michael, and eighty men were with him.
9 de’ figliuoli di Ioab, Obadia, figliuolo di Iehiel, e con lui dugendiciotto maschi;	9 From the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel, and two hundred eighteen men were with him.
10 e de’ figliuoli di Selomit, il figliuolo di Iosifia, e con lui censessanta maschi;	10 From the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and one hundred sixty men were with him.
11 e de’ figliuoli di Bebai, Zaccaria, figliuolo di Bebai, e con lui ventotto maschi;	11 From the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and twenty-eight men were with him.
12 e de’ figliuoli di Azgad, Iohanan, figliuolo di Catan, e con lui cendieci maschi;	12 From the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan, and one hundred and ten men were with him.
13 e de’ figliuoli di Adonicam, gli ultimi, i cui nomi son questi: Elifelet, Iehiel, e Semaia, e con loro sessanta maschi;	13 From the sons of Adonikam, who were the last, and these were their names: Eliphelet, and Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and sixty men were with them.
14 e de’ figliuoli di Bigvai: Utai, e Zabbud, e con loro sessanta maschi.	14 From the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and seventy men were with them.
15 Ed io li adunai presso del fiume, che corre in Ahava; e quivi stemmo accampati lo spazio di tre giorni. Ed avendo fatta la rassegna del popolo e de’ sacerdoti, non vi trovai alcuno de’ figliuoli di Levi.	15 Now I gathered them together at the river that runs down to Ahava, and we stayed there for three days. And I sought among the people and among the priests for the sons of Levi, and I found none there.
16 Perciò, mandai Eliezer, Ariel, Semaia, Elnatan, Iarib, Elnatan, Natan, Zaccaria, e Mesullam, ch’erano capi; e Ioiarib, ed Elnatan, dottori;	16 And so I sent Eliezer, and Ariel, and Shemaiah, and Elnathan, and Jarib, and another Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise.
17 e comandai loro che andassero ad Iddo, capo nel luogo detto Casifia; ed ordinai loro quello che aveano a dire ad Iddo ed al suo fratello, Netinei, nel luogo di Casifia, per menarci de’ ministri per la Casa dell’Iddio nostro.	17 And I sent them to Iddo, who is first within the place of Casiphia. And I placed in their mouth the words that they should speak to Iddo and his brothers, the temple servants, in the place of Casiphia, so that they would lead to us ministers for the house of our God.
18 Ed essi ci menarono, secondo che la mano dell’Iddio nostro era buona sopra noi, un uomo intendente, de’ figliuoli di Mahali, figliuolo di Levi, figliuolo d’Israele, cioè Serebia, insieme co’ suoi figliuoli, e fratelli, in numero di diciotto persone;	18 And because the good hand of our God was over us, they led to us a very learned man from the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, with Sherebiah, and his sons, and his eighteen brothers,
19 ed Hasabia, e con lui, Isaia, d’infra i figliuoli di Merari, co’ suoi fratelli, e i lor figliuoli, in numero di venti persone;	19 and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah, of the sons of Merari, and his brothers, and his sons, numbering twenty.
20 e de’ Netinei, i quali Davide, ed i capi del popolo aveano costituiti al ministerio de’ Leviti, dugenventi Netinei, che furono tutti nominati per li nomi loro	20 And from the temple servants, whom David, and the leaders had provided for the ministry of the Levites, there were two hundred twenty temple servants. All these were called by their names.
21 Ed io bandii quivi il digiuno presso del fiume di Ahava, per umiliarci nel cospetto dell’Iddio nostro, per chiedergli prospero viaggio per noi, per le nostre famiglie, e per tutte le nostre facoltà.	21 And I proclaimed a fast in that place, beside the river Ahava, so that we might afflict ourselves in the sight of the Lord our God, and so that we might request of him the right way for us, and for our sons, and for all our substance.
22 Perciocchè io mi vergognava di chiedere al re gente d’arme, o cavalieri, per difenderci da’ nemici per lo cammino; conciossiachè noi avessimo detto al re: La mano dell’Iddio nostro è in bene sopra tutti quelli che lo cercano; ma la sua potenza, e la sua ira, è contro a tutti quelli che l’abbandonano.	22 For I was ashamed to petition the king for assistance and for horsemen, who would defend us from the enemy along the way. For we had said to the king: “The hand of our God is over all those who seek him in goodness. And his authority, and his strength and fury, is over all those who forsake him.”
23 Così noi digiunammo, e facemmo richiesta all’Iddio nostro intorno a ciò, ed egli ci esaudì	23 And so we fasted and begged our God for this; and as a result, we prospered.
24 Allora io misi da parte dodici de’ principali sacerdoti, con Serebia, Hasabia, e dieci de’ lor fratelli.	24 And I separated twelve from among the leaders of the priests: Sherebiah, and Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers.
25 E pesai loro l’argento, e l’oro, ed i vasellamenti, ch’era l’offerta ch’era stata fatta per la Casa dell’Iddio nostro, dal re, da’ suoi consiglieri, e da’ suoi principi, e da tutti gli Israeliti che si ritrovarono.	25 And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold, and the vessels consecrated to the house of our God, which had been offered by the king, and by his counselors and his leaders, and by all those of Israel who had been found.
26 Io adunque pesai loro in mano seicencinquanta talenti d’argento, e di vasellamenti di argento cento talenti, e cento talenti d’oro;	26 And I weighed out to their hands six hundred fifty talents of silver, and one hundred vessels of silver, and one hundred talents of gold,
27 e venti coppe d’oro, che pesavano mille dramme; e due vasi d’oricalco fino, preziosi come d’oro.	27 and twenty gold bowls which had the weight of one thousand coins, and two vessels of the finest shining brass, as beautiful as gold.
28 Ed io dissi loro: Voi siete persone sacre al Signore; questi vasellamenti sono anch’essi cosa sacra; e quest’argento, e quest’oro, è una offerta volontaria fatta al Signore Iddio de’ vostri padri.	28 And I said to them: “You are the holy ones of the Lord, and the vessels are holy, with the silver and the gold, which has been offered freely to the Lord, the God of our fathers.
29 Guardateli vigilantemente, finchè voi li pesiate in presenza de’ principali d’infra i sacerdoti e Leviti; e de’ capi delle famiglie paterne d’Israele, in Gerusalemme, nelle camere della Casa del Signore.	29 Watch and guard them, until you weigh them out before the leaders of the priests and the Levites, and the rulers of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, into the treasury of the house of the Lord.”
30 I sacerdoti adunque ed i Leviti ricevettero quell’argento, e quell’oro, e quei vasellamenti, a peso, per portar tutto ciò in Gerusalemme, nella Casa dell’Iddio nostro	30 Then the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, so that they might carry these to Jerusalem, into the house of our God.
31 E noi ci partimmo d’appresso al fiume di Ahava al duodecimo giorno del primo mese, per andare in Gerusalemme; e la mano dell’Iddio nostro fu sopra noi, ed egli ci liberò dalle mani dei nemici e degl’insidiatori, per lo cammino.	31 Therefore, we set out from the river Ahava, on the twelfth day of the first month, so that we might travel to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was over us, and he freed us from the hand of the enemy and of those who lay in ambush along the way.
32 Ed arrivammo in Gerusalemme; e dopo che fummo quivi stati tre giorni,	32 And we arrived at Jerusalem, and we stayed there for three days.
33 al quarto giorno fu pesato quell’argento, e quell’oro, e que’ vasellamenti, nella Casa dell’Iddio nostro, nelle mani di Meremot, figliuolo di Uria sacerdote, col quale era Eleazaro, figliuolo di Finees; e con loro erano Iozabad, figliuolo di Iesua, e Noadia, figliuolo di Binnui, Leviti.	33 Then, on the fourth day, the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed out in the house of our God, by the hand of Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the priest; and with him was Eleazar, the son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, Jozabad, the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah, the son of Binnui.
34 Tutto ciò fu loro dato a conto ed a peso; e il peso di tutto fu scritto in quello stesso tempo.	34 This was done according to the number and weight of everything; and every weight was written down at that time.
35 E quelli ch’erano stati in cattività, ed erano ritornati, offersero per olocausto all’Iddio d’Israele, dodici giovenchi per tutto Israele, novantasei montoni, settantasette agnelli, e dodici becchi per lo peccato; tutto ciò fu offerto in olocausto al Signore.	35 Moreover, those who came from the captivity, the sons of the transmigration, offered holocausts to the God of Israel: twelve calves on behalf of all the people of Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve he-goats for sin. All these were a holocaust to the Lord.
36 Poi diedero i decreti del re a’ satrapi del re, ed a’ governatori di qua dal fiume; ed essi presero a favoreggiare il popolo, e la Casa di Dio	36 Then they gave the edicts of the king to the rulers who served in the sight of the king, and to the governors beyond the river, and they exalted the people and the house of God.