1Now when ‘Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], there assembled unto him out of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. 2And Sh’khanyah [dweller with Yehovah] the son of Jehiel, [one] of the sons of ‘Eilam [eternity], answered and said unto ‘Ezra, We have trespassed against our God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] concerning this thing. 3Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]; and let it be done according to the law. 4Arise; for [this] matter [belongs] unto youⁱ: we also [will be] with youⁱ: be of good courage, and do [it].

5Then arose ‘Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to], and all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], to swear that they should do according to this word. And they swore. 6Then ‘Ezra rose up from before the house of God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and went into the chamber of Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] the son of Elyashiv [God restores]: and [when] he came there, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. 7And they made proclamation throughout Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] and Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]; 8And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

9Then all the men of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] and Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] gathered themselves together unto Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] within three days. It [was] the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], trembling because of [this] matter, and for the great rain. 10And ‘Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, You^2f have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]. 11Now therefore make confession unto the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. 12Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As youⁱ have said, so must we do. 13But the people [are] many, and [it is] a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither [is this] a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. 14Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] for this matter be turned from us. 15Only Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] the son of ‘Asah’el [God-made] and Yachz’yah [Yehovah views] the son of Tikvah [hope] were employed about this [matter]: and Meshulam [friend] and Shabtai [sabbatical] the Levi (Levite) [Joined to] helped them.

16And the children of the captivity did so. And ‘Ezra the priest, [with] certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by [their] names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 17And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.

18And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: [namely], of the sons of Yeshua [he is saved] the son of Yotzadak [Yehovah is righteous], and his brethren; Ma’aseiyah [work of Yehovah], and Eli’ezer [God is help], and Yariv [he contends], and G’dalyahu [Yehovah is great]. 19And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and [being] guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock for their trespass. 20And of the sons of Immer [he has said]; Hanani [gracious], and Z’vadyah [endowment of Yehovah]. 21And of the sons of Harim [dedicated]; Ma’aseiyah [work of Yehovah], and Eliyahu [my God is Yehovah], and Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears], and Jehiel, and ‘Uziyah [my strength is Yehovah]. 22And of the sons of Pash’chur [freedom]; Elyo’eina [unto Yehovah are my eyes], Ma’aseiyah [work of Yehovah], Yishma’el [God will hear], N’tan’el [God’s Gift], Yozavad [Yehovah has endowed], and El’asah [God has made].

23Also of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to]; Yozavad [Yehovah has endowed], and Shime’i [Fame], and K’layah [Yehovah has dishonoured], (the same [is] K’lita [crippled],) P’tachyah [freed by Yehovah], Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and Eli’ezer [God is help].

24Of the singers also; Elyashiv [God restores]: and of the porters; Shalum [retribution], and Telem [Oppression], and Uri [my light, my fire].

25Moreover of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: of the sons of Par’osh [flea]; Ramyah [Yehovah has loosened], and Yizziyah [Yehovah sprinkles], and Malkiyah [my king is Yehovah], and Miyamin [from the right hand], and El’azar [God has helped], and Malkiyah [my king is Yehovah], and B’nayahu [Yehovah has built]. 26And of the sons of ‘Eilam [eternity]; Matanyah [gift of Yehovah], Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers], and Jehiel, and ‘Abdi [servant of Yehovah], and Yeremot [He is Most High], and Eliyah [my God is Yehovah]. 27And of the sons of Zatu [brightness of him]; Elyo’eina [unto Yehovah are my eyes], Elyashiv [God restores], Matanyah [gift of Yehovah], and Yeremot [He is Most High], and Zavad [he endows], and ‘Aziza [strong]. 28Of the sons also of Bevai [my cavities]; Y’hochanan [Yehovah has graced], Hananyah [God has favoured], Zabai [pure], [and] ‘Atlai [whom Yehovah afflicts]. 29And of the sons of Bani [built]; Meshulam [friend], Malukh [counsellor], and ‘Adayah [Yehovah has adorned Himself], Yashuv [He Will Return], and Sh’al [asking], and Ramot [Heights]. 30And of the sons of Pachat-Mo’av [pit of Mo’av]; ‘Adna [rest, or pleasure], and K’lal [completed], B’nayahu [Yehovah has built], Ma’aseiyah [work of Yehovah], Matanyah [gift of Yehovah], B’tzal’el [In The Shadow (Protection) of El / God], and Binui [built up], and M’nasheh [Causing to Forget]. 31And [of] the sons of Harim [dedicated]; Eli’ezer [God is help], Yishiyah [Yehovah will lend], Malkiyah [my king is Yehovah], Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears], Shim’on [heard], 32Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength], Malukh [counsellor], [and] Sh’maryah [kept by Yehovah]. 33Of the sons of Hashum [rich]; Matnai [gift of Yehovah], Matatah [gift of Yehovah], Zavad [he endows], Elifelet [God is deliverance], Jeremai, M’nasheh [Causing to Forget], [and] Shime’i [Fame]. 34Of the sons of Bani [built]; Maadai, ‘Amram [exalted people], and Uel, 35B’nayahu [Yehovah has built], Bedyah [servant of Yehovah], K’luhu [my accomplishment], 36Vanyah [Yehovah is praise], M’remot [elevations], Elyashiv [God restores], 37Matanyah [gift of Yehovah], Matnai [gift of Yehovah], and Ya’asai [they will do], 38And Bani [built], and Binui [built up], Shime’i [Fame], 39And Shelemyah [repaid by Yehovah] [repaid by Yehovah], and Natan [giver], and ‘Adayah [Yehovah has adorned Himself], 40Makhnavdai [he brought low my willing ones], Shashai [noble], Sharai [releaser], 41‘Azar’el [God has helped], and Shelemyah [repaid by Yehovah] [repaid by Yehovah], Sh’maryah [kept by Yehovah], 42Shalum [retribution], Amaryah [Yehovah speaks], [and] Yosef [(God) He Shall Add]. 43Of the sons of Nevo [Prophet]; Ye’i’el [God sweeps away], Mattityah [gift of Yehovah], Zavad [he endows], Z’vina [bought], Yido [lovely], and Yo’el [Yehovah is God], B’nayahu [Yehovah has built]. 44All these had taken strange wives: and [some] of them had wives by whom they had children.