¹These [are] now the chief of their fathers, and [this is] the genealogy of them that went up with me from Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] , in the reign of Artach’shashta [I will make the spoiled to boil: I will stir myself (in) winter] the king.

²Of the sons of Pinchas [mouth of brass] ; Gershom [Exiled One] : of the sons of Itamar [Coast of Palms] ; Dani’el [God is Judge] : of the sons of David [beloved] ; Hatush [assembled] .

³Of the sons of Sh’khanyah [dweller with Yehovah] , of the sons of Par’osh [flea] ; Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers] : and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

⁴Of the sons of Pachat-Mo’av [pit of Mo’av] ; Ely’ho’einai [unto Yehovah are my eyes] the son of Z’rachyah [Yehovah has risen] , and with him two hundred males.

⁵Of the sons of Sh’khanyah [dweller with Yehovah] ; the son of Yachazi’el [beheld of God] , and with him three hundred males.

⁶Of the sons also of ‘Adin [delicate] ; Eved [A Slave] the son of Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] , and with him fifty males.

⁷And of the sons of ‘Eilam [eternity] ; Yesha’yah [Yehovah has saved] the son of ‘Atalyahu [afflicted of the Lord] , and with him seventy males.

⁸And of the sons of Sh’fatyah [Yehovah has judged] ; Z’vadyah [endowment of Yehovah] the son of Mikha’el [Who is Like God?] , and with him eighty males.

⁹Of the sons of Yo’av [Yehovah is father] ; ‘Ovadyah [servant of Yehovah] the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

¹⁰And of the sons of Shlomit [Peaceful] ; the son of Yosifyah [Yehovah adds] , and with him an hundred and threescore males.

¹¹And of the sons of Bevai [my cavities] ; Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers] the son of Bevai [my cavities] , and with him twenty and eight males.

¹²And of the sons of ‘Azgad [Gad is mighty] ; Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] the son of HaKatan [the small] , and with him an hundred and ten males.

¹³And of the last sons of Adonikam [my lord arose] , whose names [are] these, Elifelet [God is deliverance] , Ye’i’el [God sweeps away] , and Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] , and with them threescore males.

¹⁴Of the sons also of Bigvai [in my bodies] ; ‘Utai [helpful] , and Zavud [given] , and with them seventy males.

¹⁵And I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava [I shall subsist] ; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner] .

¹⁶Then sent I for Eli’ezer [God is help] , for Ari’el [lion of God] , for Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] , and for Elnatan [God has given] , and for Yariv [he contends] , and for Elnatan [God has given] , and for Natan [giver] , and for Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers] , and for Meshulam [friend] , chief men; also for Yoyariv [Yehovah contends] , and for Elnatan [God has given] , men of understanding.

¹⁷And I sent them with commandment unto ‘Iddo [His witness] the chief at the place Kasifya [silvery] , and I told them what they should say unto ‘Iddo [His witness] , [and] to his brethren the temple servants, at the place Kasifya [silvery] , that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] .

¹⁸And by the good hand of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Machli [Sick] , the son of Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner] , the son of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] ; and Sherevyah [Yehovah has scorched] , with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

¹⁹And Hashavyah [Yehovah has considered] , and with him Yesha’yah [Yehovah has saved] of the sons of M’rari [Bitter] , his brethren and their sons, twenty;

²⁰Also of the temple servants, whom David [beloved] and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] , two hundred and twenty temple servants: all of them were expressed by name.

²¹Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava [I shall subsist] , that we might afflict ourselves before our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] , to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

²²For I was ashamed to require 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-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] [is] upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath [is] against all them that forsake him.

²³So we fasted and besought our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] for this: and he was intreated of us.

²⁴Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherevyah [Yehovah has scorched] , Hashavyah [Yehovah has considered] , and ten of their brethren with them,

²⁵And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, [even] the offering of the house of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] , which the king, and his counselors, and his lords, and all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] [there] present, had offered:

²⁶I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, [and] of gold an hundred talents;

²⁷Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

²⁸And I said unto them, You2f [are] holy unto the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) ; the vessels [are] holy also; and the silver and the gold [are] a freewill offering unto the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of your fathers.

²⁹Watch you2f , and keep [them] , until you2f weigh [them] before the chief of the priests and the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] , and chief of the fathers of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] , in the chambers of the house of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) .

³⁰So took the priests and the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring [them] to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] unto the house of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] .

³¹Then we departed from the river of Ahava [I shall subsist] on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go unto Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] : and the hand of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

³²And we came to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] , and abode there three days.

³³Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] by the hand of M’remot [elevations] the son of Uriyah [Yehovah is my light (flame)] the priest; and with him [was] El’azar [God has helped] the son of Pinchas [mouth of brass] ; and with them [was] Yozavad [Yehovah has endowed] the son of Yeshua [he is saved] , and No’adyah [meeting with Yehovah] the son of Binui [built up] , Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] ;

³⁴By number [and] by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.

³⁵[Also] the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , twelve bullocks for all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats [for] a sin offering: all [this was] a burnt offering unto the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) .

³⁶And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] .