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NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Hi sunt ergo principes familiarum et genealogia eorum, qui ascenderuntmecum in regno Artaxerxis regis de Babylone:	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 filiis Phinees, Gersom. Defiliis Ithamar, Daniel. De filiis David, Hattus filius Secheniae.	2 From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. From the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. From the sons of David, Hattush.
3 De filiisPharos, Zacharias; et cum eo numerati sunt viri centum quinquaginta.	3 From the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Parosh, Zechariah, and one hundred fifty men were numbered with him.
4 De filiisPhahathmoab, Elioenai filius Zaraiae, et cum eo ducenti viri.	4 From the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, the son of Zerahiah, and two hundred men were with him.
5 De filiisZethua, Sechenia filius Iahaziel, et cum eo trecenti viri.	5 From the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and three hundred men were with him.
6 De filiis Adin,Ebed filius Ionathan, et cum eo quinquaginta viri.	6 From the sons of Adin, Ebed, the son of Jonathan, and fifty men were with him.
7 De filiis Elam, Iesaiasfilius Athaliae, et cum eo septuaginta viri.	7 From the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah, the son of Athaliah, and seventy men were with him.
8 De filiis Saphatiae, Zabadiafilius Michael, et cum eo octoginta viri.	8 From the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, the son of Michael, and eighty men were with him.
9 De filiis Ioab, Abdia filius Iahiel,et cum eo ducenti decem et octo viri.	9 From the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel, and two hundred eighteen men were with him.
10 De filiis Bani, Selomith filiusIosphiae, et cum eo centum sexaginta viri.	10 From the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and one hundred sixty men were with him.
11 De filiis Bebai, Zacharias filiusBebai, et cum eo viginti octo viri.	11 From the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and twenty-eight men were with him.
12 De filiis Azgad, Iohanan filius Eccetan,et cum eo centum et decem viri.	12 From the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan, and one hundred and ten men were with him.
13 De filiis Adonicam ascenderunt iuniores, ethaec nomina eorum: Eliphalet et Iehiel et Semeias, et cum eis sexaginta viri.	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 De filiis Beguai, Uthai filius Zabud, et cum eis septuaginta viri.	14 From the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and seventy men were with them.
15 Congregavi autem eos ad fluvium, qui decurrit ad Ahava, et mansimus ibitribus diebus. Recensui populum et sacerdotes; de filiis autem Levi non inveniibi.	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 Itaque misi Eliezer et Ariel et Semeiam et Ioiarib et Elnathan et Nathanet Zachariam et Mosollam principes sapientes.	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 Et misi eos ad Eddo, qui estprimus in Chasphiae loco, et posui in ore eorum verba, quae loquerentur ad Eddoet fratres eius, ut adducerent nobis ministros domus Dei nostri.	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 Etadduxerunt nobis per manum Dei nostri bonam super nos virum doctissimum defiliis Moholi filii Levi filii Israel nomine Serebiam et filios eius et fratreseius decem et octo	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 et Hasabiam et cum eo Iesaiam de filiis Merari filiosqueeius et fratres eius viginti	19 and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah, of the sons of Merari, and his brothers, and his sons, numbering twenty.
20 et de oblatis, quos dederant David et principesad ministeria Levitarum, ducentos viginti viros; omnes hi suis nominibusrecensiti sunt.	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 Et praedicavi ibi ieiunium iuxta fluvium Ahava, ut affligeremur coram Deonostro et peteremus ab eo iter prosperum nobis et filiis nostris universaequesubstantiae nostrae.	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 Erubui enim petere a rege praesidium et equites, quidefenderent nos ab inimico in via, quia dixeramus regi: “ Manus Dei nostri estsuper omnes, qui quaerunt eum in bonitate, et potentia eius et fortitudo eiussuper omnes, qui derelinquunt eum ”.	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 Ieiunavimus autem et rogavimus Deumnostrum per hoc, et evenit nobis prospere.	23 And so we fasted and begged our God for this; and as a result, we prospered.
24 Et separavi de principibus sacerdotum duodecim, Serebiam et Hasabiam et cumeis de fratribus eorum decem,	24 And I separated twelve from among the leaders of the priests: Sherebiah, and Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers.
25 appendique eis argentum et aurum et vasa:tributum domus Dei nostri, quod obtulerat rex et consiliatores eius et principeseius universusque Israel eorum, qui ibi inveniebantur.	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 Et appendi in manibuseorum argenti talenta sescenta quinquaginta et vasa argentea centum, quaehabebant talenta duo, auri centum talenta,	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 et crateres aureos viginti, quihabebant solidos millenos, et vasa aeris fulgentis optimi duo pretiosa ut aurum.	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 Et dixi eis: “ Vos sancti Domini, et vasa sancta et argentum et aurumconsecrata Domino, Deo patrum nostrorum;	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 vigilate et custodite, donecappendatis coram principibus sacerdotum et Levitarum et ducibus familiarumIsrael in Ierusalem, in habitaculis domus Domini ”.	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 Susceperunt autemsacerdotes et Levitae pondus argenti et auri et vasorum, ut deferrent Ierusalemin domum Dei nostri.	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 Promovimus ergo a flumine Ahava duodecimo die mensis primi, ut pergeremusIerusalem; et manus Dei nostri fuit super nos et liberavit nos de manu inimiciet insidiatoris in via,	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 et venimus Ierusalem et mansimus ibi tribus diebus.	32 And we arrived at Jerusalem, and we stayed there for three days.
33 Die autem quarta appensum est argentum et aurum et vasa in domo Dei nostriper manum Meremoth filii Uriae sacerdotis et cum eo Eleazar filius Phineescumque eis Iozabad filius Iesua et Noadia filius Bennui Levitae,	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 iuxtanumerum et pondus omnia; descriptumque est omne pondus. In tempore illo,	34 This was done according to the number and weight of everything; and every weight was written down at that time.
35 quivenerant de captivitate, filii transmigrationis, obtulerunt holocautomata DeoIsrael, vitulos duodecim pro omni populo Israel, arietes nonaginta sex, agnosseptuaginta septem, hircos pro peccato duodecim: omnia in holocaustum Domino.	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 Dederunt autem edicta regis satrapis regis et ducibus trans flumen etsublevaverunt populum et domum Dei.	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.