1AND Esdras rysing vp from before the court of the temple, went into the chamber of Ionathas the sonne of Nasabi.stylus2And lodging there he tasted no bread, nor dranke water for the iniquitie of the multitude.stylus3And there was proclamation made in al Iurie, & in Ierusalem to al that were of the captiuitie gathered in Ierusalem,stylus4that whosoeuer shal not appeare with in two or three dayes, according to the iudgement of the ancients sitting vpon it, their goods should be taken away, and himselfe should be iudged an alien from the multitude of the captiuitie.stylus5And al were gathered that were of the tribe of Iuda, and of Beniamin within three dayes in Ierusalem: this is the ninth moneth, the twentith day of the moneth.stylus6And al the multitude sate in the court of the temple trembling, for the present winter.stylus7And Esdras rysing vp sayd to them: You haue done vnlawfully taking to you in mariage strang wiues, that you might adde to the sinnes of Israel.stylus8And now geue confession, & magnificence to our Lord the God of our fathers:stylus9and accomplish his wil, and depart from the nations of the land, and from your wiues the strangers.stylus10And al the multitude cried, and they sayd with a lowde voice: As thou hast sayd, we wil doe.stylus11But because the multitude is great, and winter time, and we can not stand in the ayre without succour: and this is a worke for vs not of one day, nor of two, for we haue sinned much in these thinges:stylus12Let the rulers of the multitude stand, and that dwel with vs, and as manie as haue with them forreine wiues,stylus13and at a time appointed let the priestes out of euerie place, and the iudges assist, vntil they appeaze the wrath of our Lord concerning this busines.stylus14And Ionathas the sonne of Ezeli, and Ozias of Thecam tooke vpon them according to these wordes: and Bosoramus, and Leuis, and Sabbathaeus, wrought together with them.stylus15And al that were of the captiuitie stood according to al these thinges.stylus16And Esdras the priest chose vnto him men the great princes of their fathers according to their names: & they sate together in the newmoone of the tenth moneth to examine this busines.stylus17And they determined of the men that had outlandish wiues, vntil the newmoone of the first moneth.stylus18And there were found of the priestes entermingled that had outlandish wiues.stylus19Of the sonnes of Iesus the sonne of Iosedec, and his brethren: Maseas, and Eleazarus, and Ioribus, and Ioadeus,stylus20and they put to their handes to expel their wiues: and to offer a ramme to obtayne pardon for their ignorance.stylus21And the sonnes of Semmeri: Maseas and Esses, Ieelech, and Azarias.stylus22And of the children of Fofere: Limosias, Hismaenis, and Nathanee, Iussio, Reddus, and Thalsas.stylus23And of the Leuites: Iorabdus, and Semeis, and Colnis, and Calitas, and Facteas, and Coluas, and Eliomas,stylus24and of the sacred singing men, Eliasib, Zaccarus.stylus25And of the porters, Salumus, and Tolbanes.stylus26And of Israel: of the sonnes of Foro, Ozi, and Remias, and Geddias, & Melchias, and Michelus, Eleazarus, and Iammebias, and Bannas.stylus27And of the sonnes of Iolaman: Chamas, and Zacharias, and Iezuelus, and Ioddius, and Erimoth, and Helias.stylus28And of the sonnes of Zathoim: Eliadas, and Liasumus, Zochias, and Larimoth, & Zabdis, and Thebedias.stylus29And of the sonnes of Zebes: Ioannes, and Amanias, and Zabdias, and Emeus.stylus30And of the sonnes of Banni: Olamus, & Maluchus, and Ieddeus, and Iasub, and Azabus, & Ierimoth.stylus31And of the sonnes of Addin: Nathus, and Moosias, & Caleus, and Raanas, Maaseas, Mathathias, and Beseel, and Bonnus, and Manasses.stylus32And of the sonnes of Nuae: Noneas, and Aseas, and Melchias, and Sameas, and Simon, Beniamin, and Malchus, and Marras.stylus33And of the sonnes of Asom: Carianeus, Mathathias, & Bannus, & Eliphalach, and Manasses, and Semei.stylus34And of the sonnes of Banni: Ieremias, and Moadias, and Abramus, & Iohel, and Baneas, & Pelias, and Ionas, and Marimoth, & Eliasib, and Matheneus, and Eliasis, and Orizas, and Dielus, and Semedius, & Zambris, and Iosephus.stylus35And of the sonnes of Nobei: Idelus, and Mathathias, and Sabadus, and Zecheda, Zedmi, and Iessei, Baneas.stylus36Al these maried outlandish wiues, and did put them away with their children.stylus37And the Priestes and the Leuites, and they that were of Israel, dwelt in Ierusalem, and in the whole countrie in the newmoone of the seuenth moneth. And the children of Israel were in their habitations.stylus38And al the multitude was gathered together into the court, which is on the east of the sacred gate:stylus39and they sayd to Esdras the high priest, and reader, that he should bring the law of Moyses, which was deliuered of our Lord the God of Israel.stylus40And Esdras the high priest brought the law to al the multitude of them from man vnto woman, and to al the priestes to heare the law in the newmoone of the seuenth moneth.stylus41And he read in the court, which is before the sacred gate of the temple, from breake of day vntil euening before men and wemen. And they al gaue their minde to the law.stylus42And Esdras the priest, and reader of the law stoode vpon a tribunal of wood, which was made.stylus43And by him stood Mathathias, and Samus, and Ananias, Azarias, Vrias, Ezechias, and Balsamus on the right hand,stylus44and on the left Faldeus, Misael, Malachias, Ambusthas, Sabus, Nabadias, and Zacharias.stylus45And Esdras tooke the booke before al the multitude: for he was chiefe in glorie in the sight of al.stylus46And when he had ended the law, they stood al vpright: and Esdras blessed our Lord the most high God, the God of Sabaoth omnipotent.stylus47And al the people answered: Amen. And lifting vp their handes falling on the ground, they adored our Lord.stylus48Iesus and Banaeus, and Sarebias, and Iaddimus, and Accubus, and Sabbathaeus, and Calithes, & Azarias, and Ioradus, and Ananias, and Philias Leuites,stylus49who taught the law of our Lord, and read the same in the multitude, & euerie one preferred them that vnderstood the lesson.stylus50And Atharathes sayd to Esdras the high priest and the reader, and to the Leuites, that taught the multitude,stylus51saying: This day is sancitified to our Lord. And they al wept, when they had heard the law.stylus52And Esdras sayd, departing therfore eate ye al the fattest thinges, & drinke al most swete things, and send giftes to them that haue not.stylus53For this is the holy day of our Lord, & be not sad. For our Lord wil glorifie you.stylus54And the Leuites denounced openly to al, saying: This day is holie, be not sad.stylus55And they went al to eate, and drinke, and make merie, and to geue giftes to them that had not, that they might make merie, for they were excedingly exalted with the wordes that they were taught.stylus56And they were al gathered in Ierusalem to celebrate the ioy, according to the testament of our Lord the God of Israel.stylus
