7
Y-Êsra leh anăn Phung Ñu Truh kơ Ƀuôn Yêrusalem
1Êdei kơ klei anăn hlăm ênuk Y-Artasersês mtao Persơ kiă kriê, mâo Y-Êsra anak êkei Y-Sêraya. Phung aê ñu dăp anăn msĕ snei: Y-Asaria, Y-Hilkia,
2Y-Salum, Y-Sadôk, Y-Ahitup,
3Y-Amaria, Y-Asaria, Y-Mêraiôt,
4Y-Sêrahia, Y-Usi, Y-Buki,
5Y-Abisua, Y-Phinêas, Y-Êlêasar, aê tal êlâo jing Y-Arôn khua ngă yang prŏng.
6Y-Êsra anei hriê mơ̆ng čar Ƀaƀilôn. Ñu jing sa čô khua čih hră knhâo hlăm klei bhiăn Y-Môis Yêhôwa Aê Diê phung Israel brei leh; leh anăn mtao brei kơ ñu jih mnơ̆ng ñu akâo, kyuadah kngan Yêhôwa Aê Diê ñu dôk ti ñu.
7Msĕ mơh hlăm thŭn tal kjuh mtao Artasersês, mâo đa đa hlăm phung ƀuôn sang Israel, phung khua ngă yang leh anăn phung Lêwi, phung mmuñ leh anăn phung kiă kriê ƀăng jang, leh anăn phung mă bruă kơ sang yang hriê kơ ƀuôn Yêrusalem.
8Y-Êsra truh kơ ƀuôn Yêrusalem hlăm mlan êma hlăm thŭn tal kjuh mtao anăn kiă kriê.
9Kyuadah hlăm hruê tal sa mlan tal sa ñu dơ̆ng đĭ nao mơ̆ng čar Ƀaƀilôn, leh anăn hlăm hruê tal sa mlan tal êma ñu truh kơ ƀuôn Yêrusalem, kyuadah kngan jăk Aê Diê ñu dôk ti ñu.
10Kyuadah Y-Êsra pioh leh hlăm ai tiê ñu čiăng hriăm klei bhiăn Yêhôwa, gưt gơ̆, mtô klei ñu mtă leh anăn klei ñu mtrŭn hlăm čar Israel.
11Anei hră tui čih mơ̆ng hră mtao Artasersês brei leh kơ Y-Êsra khua ngă yang, khua čih hră, pô knhâo hlăm klei Yêhôwa mtă leh anăn klei bhiăn ñu pioh kơ phung Israel:
12“Y-Artasersês, mtao kơ phung mtao, čih mơĭt kơ Y-Êsra khua ngă yang, khua čih hră klei bhiăn Aê Diê hlăm adiê. Ară anei,
13kâo ngă sa klei mtă, čiăng kơ hlei pô hlăm phung ƀuôn sang Israel amâodah hlăm phung khua ngă yang diñu amâodah phung Lêwi hlăm ƀuôn ala mtao kâo mâo klei čiăng wĭt kơ ƀuôn Yêrusalem dưi nao mbĭt hŏng ih.
14Kyuadah mtao leh anăn phung kjuh čô khua kčĕ kơ ñu tiŏ ih nao čiăng ksiêm kơ phung Yuđa leh anăn kơ ƀuôn Yêrusalem tui si klei bhiăn Aê Diê ih dôk hlăm kngan ih.
15Leh anăn msĕ mơh čiăng ba prăk leh anăn mah mtao leh anăn phung khua kčĕ kơ ñu myơr leh hŏng ai tiê čŏng čiăng kơ Aê Diê phung Israel, pô dôk hlăm ƀuôn Yêrusalem,
16mbĭt hŏng jih jang prăk leh anăn mah ih srăng ƀuh hlăm jih čar Ƀaƀilôn, leh anăn mbĭt hŏng mnơ̆ng myơr phung ƀuôn sang leh anăn phung khua ngă yang myơr hŏng ai tiê ƀuăn leh hŏng klei čŏng čiăng kơ sang yang Aê Diê diñu dôk hlăm ƀuôn Yêrusalem.
17Snăn hŏng prăk anei, brei diih blei hŏng klei hur har êmô knô, biăp knô, êđai biăp, mbĭt hŏng mnơ̆ng myơr kpŭng ƀhĭ leh anăn mnơ̆ng myơr mnăm digơ̆, leh anăn myơr mnơ̆ng anăn ti dlông knưl sang yang Aê Diê diih hlăm ƀuôn Yêrusalem.
18Ya klei diih leh anăn phung ayŏng adei diih mĭn jăk srăng ngă hŏng prăk leh anăn mah ăt dôk, diih dưi ngă yơh, tui si klei Aê Diê diih čiăng.
19Čhiên mngan arăng brei leh kơ diih pioh kơ bruă sang yang Aê Diê diih, brei diih jao ti anăp Aê Diê ƀuôn Yêrusalem.
20Leh anăn ya mta mnơ̆ng mkăn kƀah kơ sang yang Aê Diê diih tui si mnơ̆ng diih dưi mâo, diih dưi blei hŏng prăk mơ̆ng sang ngăn mtao.
21Leh anăn kâo, mtao Artasersês, ngă sa klei mtă kơ jih jang phung kiă ngăn hlăm čar nah yŭ Êa Krông Ơphrat: ya mta mnơ̆ng Y-Êsra khua ngă yang, khua čih hră klei bhiăn Aê Diê hlăm adiê, akâo mơ̆ng diih, brei diih ngă klei anăn hŏng klei hur har,
22truh kơ sa êtuh talăng prăk, sa êtuh kôr mdiê ƀlê, sa êtuh bat kpiê, sa êtuh bat êa boh ôliwơ, leh anăn hra amâo mkă ôh.
23Ya mta mnơ̆ng Aê Diê hlăm adiê mtă, brei arăng ngă bi ênŭm kơ sang yang Aê Diê hlăm adiê, huĭdah klei ñu ngêñ ngă kơ ƀuôn ala mtao mtao leh anăn kơ phung anak êkei gơ̆.
24Msĕ mơh hmei brei diih thâo amâo bhiăn ôh kơ phung khua ngă yang, kơ phung Lêwi, kơ phung mmuñ, kơ phung kiă ƀăng bhă, kơ phung mă bruă hlăm sang yang, amâodah phung dĭng buăl mkăn sang yang Aê Diê anei tuh jia lăn, jia asei, amâodah blei hră êrô êbat.
25Leh anăn ih, Ơ Y-Êsra, tui si klei thâo mĭn Aê Diê ih dôk hlăm ih, mdưm bĕ phung khua kiă kriê leh anăn phung khua phat kđi, phung dưi phat kđi jih jang phung ƀuôn sang hlăm čar nah yŭ Êa Krông Ơphrat, jih jang thâo klei bhiăn Aê Diê ih; leh anăn brei ih mtô kơ phung amâo thâo ôh klei bhiăn anăn.
26Hlei pô amâo srăng gưt klei bhiăn Aê Diê ih leh anăn klei bhiăn mtao, brei phat kđi kơ ñu mtam, thâodah kơ klei djiê, amâodah kơ klei suôt mơ̆ng čar, amâodah kơ klei đŭ, amâodah kơ klei krư̆.”
27Mpŭ mni bĕ kơ Yêhôwa Aê Diê phung aê drei, pô dưm leh klei mĭn snăn hlăm ai tiê mtao, čiăng bi siam sang yang Yêhôwa hlăm ƀuôn Yêrusalem,
28leh anăn brei leh kơ kâo klei ñu khăp sĭt suôr ti anăp mtao leh anăn phung khua kčĕ kơ ñu, leh anăn ti anăp jih jang phung khua kahan jhŏng ktang kơ mtao. Kâo mâo klei bi mđĭ ai, kyuadah kngan Yêhôwa Aê Diê dôk ti kâo, leh anăn kâo bi kƀĭn phung khua mơ̆ng phung Israel nao mbĭt hŏng kâo.
7
The Arrival of Ezra
1Now after these things, in the reign of ⚓Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the ⚓son of Seraiah, ⚓the son of Azariah, the son of ⚓Hilkiah,
2the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
6this Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was⚓a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, ⚓according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.
7⚓Some of the children of Israel, the priests, ⚓the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and ⚓the Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
8And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
9On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, ⚓according to the good hand of his God upon him.
10For Ezra had prepared his heart to ⚓seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to ⚓teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
The Letter of Artaxerxes to Ezra
11This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the priest, the scribe, expert in the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of His statutes to Israel:
12Artaxerxes, ⚓king of kings,
To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven:
Perfect peace,⚓and so forth.
13I issue a decree that all those of the people of Israel and the priests and Levites in my realm, who volunteer to go up to Jerusalem, may go with you.
14And whereas you are being sent by the king and his ⚓seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, with regard to the Law of your God which is in your hand;
15and whereas you are to carry the silver and gold which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, ⚓whose dwelling is in Jerusalem;
16⚓and whereas all the silver and gold that you may find in all the province of Babylon, along with the freewill offering of the people and the priests, are to be⚓freely offered for the house of their God in Jerusalem—
17now therefore, be careful to buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs, with their ⚓grain offerings and their drink offerings, and ⚓offer them on the altar of the house of your God in Jerusalem.
18And whatever seems good to you and your brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do it according to the will of your God.
19Also the articles that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem.
20And whatever more may be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to provide, pay for it from the king’s treasury.
21And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the region beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, let it be done diligently,
22up to one hundred talents of silver, one hundred kors of wheat, one hundred baths of wine, one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribed limit.
23Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it diligently be done for the house of the God of heaven. For why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
24Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tax, tribute, or custom on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God.
25And you, Ezra, according to your God-given wisdom, ⚓set magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are in the region beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and ⚓teach those who do not know them.
26Whoever will not observe the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily on him, whether it be death, or banishment, or confiscation of goods, or imprisonment.
27⚓Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, ⚓who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem,
28and ⚓has extended mercy to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes.
So I was encouraged, as ⚓the hand of the Lord my God was upon me; and I gathered leading men of Israel to go up with me.