Now when ῾Ezra had prayed, and when he had made confession, weeping and casting himself before the house of God, there assembled to him out of Yisra᾽el a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very bitterly.

And in Ezra's praying and confessing, crying and fallen before the house of G-d, there gathered before him of Israel a vast assemblage of men and women and children, the people weeping profusely.

And Shekhanya the son of Yeĥi᾽el, one of the sons of ῾Elam, answered and said to ῾Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken alien women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope in Yisra᾽el concerning this thing.

And Shechanyah the son of Yechiel of the sons of Eilam called out and said to Ezra: We have been faithless to our G-d and have taken into our houses foreign women of the peoples of the land. But now, there is hope for Israel for this [i.e., We can send away these women and the children born of them.]

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all such women, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the Tora.

And now, let us make a covenant with our G-d to send out all the [foreign] women and those born to them, by the will of the L-rd. And those who are zealous for the mitzvah of our G-d [will do so]; and he will be acting in accordance with the Torah.

Arise; for it is thy task: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

Arise, for the thing depends upon you, and we will be with you; strengthen yourself and do!

Then ῾Ezra arose, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Yisra᾽el swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.

And Ezra arose and adjured the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and (of) all of Israel to act in accordance with this thing, and they swore.

Then ῾Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Yoĥanan the son of Elyashiv: and when he came there, he ate no bread, nor drank water: for he mourned because of the transgression of the exiles.

And Ezra rose from before the house of G-d and went to the chamber of Yehonathan the son of Elyashiv. And he went there [(fasting)]. He ate no bread and drank no water, for he was [still] mourning the faithlessness of the exile.

And they made proclamation throughout Yehuda and Yerushalayim to all the children of the exile, that they should gather themselves together to Yerushalayim;

And they made proclamation in Judah and in Jerusalem for all the sons of the exile to gather in Jerusalem.

and that whoever 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 the exiles.

And (they proclaimed that) anyone who would not come by [the end of] three days, as mandated by the chiefs and the elders, all of his property would be confiscated and he would be separated from the congregation of the exile.

Then all the men of Yehuda and Binyamin gathered themselves together to Yerushalayim within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the open place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and on account of the great rain.

And all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem at [the end of] three days, in the ninth month [Kislev], in the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the thoroughfare of the house of G-d, trembling over the thing [(the transgression)] and over the rains [descending] upon them.

And ῾Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, You have transgressed, and have taken alien women to increase the guilt of Yisra᾽el.

And Ezra the priest arose and said: You were faithless and took foreign women into your houses to add to the guilt of Israel.

Now therefore make confession to the Lord God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the alien women.

And now, make confession to the L-rd, the G-d of your fathers, and do His will, and separate yourselves from the people of the land and from the foreign women.

Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice. As thou hast said, so must we do.

And all the congregation answered and said in a loud voice: Yes, as you say, so must we do.

But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside, nor is this a work of one day or two: for we are many who have transgressed in this thing.

But the people are many, and it is a time of rain, and they have no strength to stand outside, and the work is not for one day and not for two, for we have offended profusely in this thing.

Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all those who have taken foreign women in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and their judges, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter is turned away from us.

Let, now, our chiefs stand with all the congregation, and let all [i.e., each one] in our cities who has taken foreign women into his house come at designated times, and with them, the elders of each city and its judges, until the wrath of our G-d is removed from us, until [the elimination of] this thing.

Only Yonatan the son of ῾Asa᾽el and Yaĥzeya the son of Tiqva stood out against this: and Meshullam and Shabbetay the Levite helped them.

But Jonathan the son of Asahel and Yachzeyah the son of Tikvah stood up against this, and Meshulam and Shabthai the Levite abetted them.

And the children of the exile did so. And certain chiefs of the fathers’ houses after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated by ῾Ezra the priest, and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

And the sons of the exile did so [(as exhorted to do)], and there were set aside [(to effect this)] Ezra the priest (and) men who were the heads of the families of their fathers' houses, all men of renown; and they convened on the first day of the tenth month [(Teveth)] to search out the matter.

And they made an end of the whole matter of the men who had taken foreign women by the first day of the first month.

And they completed [dealing with] all the men who had taken foreign women into their houses by the first day of the first month [(Nissan), all these women having been sent away by that time].

And among the sons of the priests there were found such as had taken foreign women: namely, of the sons of Yeshua the son of Yożadaq, and his brothers; Ma῾aseya, and Eli῾ezer, and Yariv, and Gedalya.

And there were found of the sons of the priests who had taken foreign women into their houses, of the sons of Yeshua the son of Yotzadak, and his brothers, Ma'aseyah and Eliezer and Yariv and Gedalyah.

And they gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

And they took counsel to send away their wives, and they were made to bring (as an offering) a ram of the flock for their guilt [(an extraordinary ruling, for that contingency)].

And of the sons of Immer; Ḥanani, and Zevadya;

And ("there were found of the sons of the priests, etc."), of the sons of Immer: Chanani and Zevadyah.

and of the sons of Ḥarim, Ma῾aseya and Eliyya, and Shema῾ya, and Yeĥi᾽el, and ῾Uzziyya;

And of the sons of Charim: Ma'aseyah and Eliyah and Shemayah and Yechiel and Uziyah.

and of the sons of Pashĥur, Elyo῾enay, Ma῾aseya, Yishma᾽el, Netan᾽el, Yozavad, and El῾asa;

And of the sons of Pashchur: Elyoeinai, Ma'aseyah, Yishmael, Nethanel, Yozavad, and Elassa.

and of the Levites, Yozavad, and Sim῾i, and Qelaya, (the same is Qelita,) Petaĥya, Yehuda, and Eli῾ezer;

And of the Levites: Yozavad and Shim'i and Kelayah (the same as "K'lita"), Pethachyah, Yehudah, and Eliezer.

and of the singers, Elyashiv; and of the gatekeepers, Shallum, and Telem, and Uri;

And of the singers, Elyashiv; and of the gatekeepers, Shalum and Telem and Uri.

and of Yisra᾽el: of the sons of Par῾osh, Ramya, and Yizziyya, and Malkiyya, and Miyyamin, and El῾azar, and Malkiyya, and Benaya;

And of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh, Ramyah and Yiziyah and Malkiyah and Miyamin and Elazar and Malchiyah and Benayah.

and of the sons of ῾Elam, Mattanya, Zekharya, and Yeĥi᾽el, and ῾Avdi, and Yeremot, and Eliyya;

And of the sons of Eilam: Matanyah, Zecharyah and Yechiel and Avdi and Yeremoth and Eliyah.

and of the sons of Zattu, Elyo῾enay, Elyashiv. Mattanya, and Yeremot, and Zavad, and ῾Aziza;

And of the sons of Zatu: Elyoeinai, Elyashiv, Matanyah, and Yeremoth and Zavad and Aziza.

and of the sons of Bevay, Yehoĥanan, Ḥananya, Zabbay, and ῾Atlay;

And of the sons of Bevai: Jonathan, Chananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.

and of the sons of Bani, Meshullam, Malukh, and ῾Adaya, Yashuv, and She᾽al, and Ramot;

And of the sons of Bani: Meshulam, Maluch, and Adayah, Yashuv, Sha'al, Yeramoth.

and of the sons of Paĥat-mo᾽av, ῾Adna, and Kelal, Benaya, Ma῾aseya, Mattanya, Beżal᾽el, and Binnuy, and Menashshe;

And of the sons of Pachath: Moav, Adna, Chelal, Benayah, Ma'aseyah, Matanyah, Betzalel, and Binnui and Menasheh.

and of the sons of Ḥarim, Eli῾ezer, Yishshiyya, Malkiyya, Shema῾ya, Shim῾on,

And the sons of Charim: Eliezer, Yeshiyah, Malkiyah, Shemayah, Shimon,

Binyamin, Malukh, Shemarya;

Binyamin, Maluch, Shemaryah.

of the sons of Ḥashum, Mattenay, Mattatta, Zavad, Elifelet, Yeremay, Menashshe, Shim῾i;

Of the sons of Chashum: Matnai, Matatah, Zavad, Elifelet, Yereimai, Menasheh, Shim'i.

of the sons of Bani, Ma῾aday, ῾Amram, and U᾽el,

Of the sons of Bani: Ma'adai, Amram, and Uel,

Benaya, Bedeya, Keluhu,

Benayah, Bedyah, Keluhu,

Vanya, Meremot, Elyashiv,

Vanyah, Meremoth, Elyashiv,

Mattanya, Mattenay, and Ya῾asay,

Matanyah, Matnai, and Ya'asai,

and Bani, and Binnuy, Shim῾i,

and Bani and Binnui, Shim'i,

Shelemya, and Natan, and ῾Adaya,

and Shelemyah and Nathan and Adayah,

Makhnadvay, Shashay, Sharay,

Machnadvai, Shashai, Sarai,

῾Azar᾽el, and Shelemyahu, Shemarya,

Azarel and Shelemyahu, Shemaryah,

Shallum, Amarya, and Yosef.

Shalum, Amaryah, Yosef.

Of the sons of Nevo, Ye῾i᾽el, Mattitya, Zavad, Zevina, Yadday, and Yo᾽el, Benaya.

Of the sons of Nevo: Yeiel, Matithyah, Zavad, Zevina, Yaadai and Yoel, Benayah.

All these had married foreign women: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

All these married foreign women, some of them having (foreign) wives of whom they had children [(and they sent away both the wives and the children)].