Ezra 4
1 Now the enemies of Judah and of Benjamin heard that the sons of the captivity were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel.
Ie jinanji’ o rafelahi’ Iehoda naho i Beniamineo te nandranjy anjomba am’ Iehovà, Andrianañahare’ Israele o anam-pandrohizañeo,
2 And so, drawing near to Zerubbabel and to the leaders of the fathers, they said to them: “Let us build with you, for we seek your God just as you do. Behold, we have immolated victims to him from the days of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who brought us here.”
le niheo amy Zerobabele naho amo talèn’ anjomban-droaeo mb’eo, nanao ty hoe: Antao hindre hamboatse tika; fa paia’ay manahak’ anahareo t’i Andrianañahare’ areo vaho fa nisoroña’ay sikala’ amy andro’ i Esarkadone mpanjaka’ i Asore nanese anay mb’etoañey.
3 And Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the leaders of the fathers of Israel said to them: “It is not for you to build the house of our God with us. Instead, we alone shall build to the Lord our God, just as Cyrus, the king of the Persians, has commanded us.”
Fe nanoa’ i Zerobabele naho Iesòa vaho ty ila’ o mpiaoloñ’ anjomba’ Israeleo, ty hoe: Tsy aman-kanoañe ama’ay nahareo ami’ ty fandranjiañe anjomba ho aman’ Añahare’ay; zahay ka, ro hitrao-kandranjy ho amy Iehovà, Andrianañahare’ Israele, amy nandilia’ i Korese, mpanjaka’ i Parase anaiy.
4 Therefore, it happened that the people of the land impeded the hands of the people of Judah, and they troubled them in building.
Aa le nampiletraletra ty fità’ o nte-Iehoda ondati’ i taneio, fa nihehere’ iereo o namboatseo,
5 Then they hired counselors against them, so that they might argue against their plan during all the days of Cyrus, king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius, king of the Persians.
ie nanolo-vokàñe amo mpifeheo, hampineña o fisafiri’ iareoo amo hene’ andro’ i Korese, mpanjaka’ i Paraseo, pak’ amy fifehea’ i Dariavese, mpanjaka’ i Parasey.
6 And so, during the reign of Ahasuerus, at the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and of Jerusalem.
Ie amy fifehea’ i Akasverosey, amy fifotora’ i fifeleha’ey, le nisokira’ iereo sisý o mpimone’ Iehoda naho Ierosalaimeo.
7 And so, in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, and Tabeel, and the others who were in their council wrote to Artaxerxes, king of the Persians. Now the letter of accusation was written in Syriac, and was being read in the Syrian language.
Le amo andro’ i Artaksastào ty nanokira’ i Bislame naho i Mitredate naho i Tabile miharo amo rañe’e ila’eo, amy Artaksastà, mpanjaka’ i Parase: sinokitse an-tsaontsy nte-Arame i taratasiy vaho nadika boak’ ami’ty saontsi’ Arame.
8 Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, wrote one letter from Jerusalem to king Artaxerxes, in this manner:
Nanokitse taratasy fandrabioñañe Ierosalaime amy Artaksastà, mpanjaka, t’i Rekome mpizaka naho i Simsay mpanokitse, amo hoe zao:
9 “Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, and the rest of their counselors, the judges, and rulers, the officials, those from Persia, from Erech, from Babylonia, from Susa, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
Aa hoe ty sinoki’ i Rekome mpizaka naho i Simsay mpanokitse naho o rañe’e ila’eo; o mpizakao naho o mpifeleke zai’eo naho o siliketerao naho o nte-Erekeo, o nte-Baveleo, o nte Sosaneo, o nte-Dahavào vaho o nte-Elameo,
10 and the rest of the nations, whom the great and glorious Osnappar transferred and caused to live in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the regions across the river in peace:
naho o kilakila’ ondaty ila’e nasese’ i Asenapare, mpanañ’ asy naho vañoñey vaho navotra’e androva’ i Somerone ao naho an-tane’ ila’e alafe’ i Saka atoiy—inao:
11 to king Artaxerxes. (This is a copy of the letter, which they sent to him.) Your servants, the men who are across the river, send a greeting.
intoy ty taratasy hambañ’ amy nañitrifa’ iareo ama’ey, amy Artaksastà mpanjakay—o mpitoro’oo, ondaty alafe’ i Sakay atoio—le zao:
12 Let it be known to the king, that the Jews, who ascended from you to us, have arrived in Jerusalem, a rebellious and most wicked city, which they are building, constructing its ramparts and repairing the walls.
Ee te ho fohi’ i mpanjakay, te nivotrak’ ama’ay e Ierosalaime atoa o nte-Iehodà nionjoñe boak’ ama’oo; amboare’ iareo henaneo i rova mpiola naho ratiy, naho fa najado’ iareo o kijoli’eo vaho nampivitrañe o mananta’eo.
13 And now let be it known to the king, that if this city will have been built up, and its walls repaired, they will not pay tribute, nor tax, nor yearly revenues, and this loss will affect even the kings.
Aa ehe te ho fohi’ i mpanjakay henane zao te ie mivoatse ty rova toy vaho fonitse o kijoli’eo, le tsy handoa haba ndra vili-loha ndra fondro iereo, toly ndra hampiantoeñe ty fanontoña’ o mpanjakao.
14 But, remembering the salt that we have eaten in the palace, and because we are led to believe that it is a crime to see the king harmed, we have therefore sent and reported to the king,
Aa kanao ikama’ay ty sira’ i anjombam-panjakay, le tsy mañeva anay ty hahaoniñe ty fanalarañe i mpanjakay, aa le izay ty nampihitrifa’ay taroñe amy mpanjakay,
15 so that you may search in the books of the histories of your fathers, and you may find written in the records, and you may know that this city is a rebellious city, and that it is harmful to the kings and the provinces, and that wars were incited within it from the days of antiquity. For which reason also, the city itself was destroyed.
soa te ho hotsohotsoeñe o bokem-bolilin-droae’o hahaisake amy bokem-boliliy naho hahaoniñe te vata’e rova mpiola ty rova toy naho mpijoy mpanjaka naho fifeheañe, ie fa nitrobo fikitrohañe hatrela’e; le izay ty nampangoakoahañe ty rova toy.
16 We report to the king that if this city will have been built, and its walls repaired, you will have no possession across the river.”
Aa le taroñe’ay amy mpanjakay t’ie mivoatse ty rova toy naho fonitse o kijoli’eo, le tsy ho fanaña’o ka ty an-dafe’ i Sakay atoa.
17 The king sent word to Rehum, the commander, and to Shimshai, the scribe, and to the rest who were in their council, to the inhabitants of Samaria, and to the others across the river, offering a greeting and peace.
Aa le nampisangitrife’ i mpanjakay amy Rekome mpizaka naho amy Sisa mpanokitsey naho amo mpiama’ iareo ila’e e Someroneo vaho amo ila’e alafe’ i Sakaio, ty vale’e: Fañanintsiñe, le zao;
18 “The accusation, which you have sent to us, has been read aloud before me.
nadika naho vinaky ama’ay añatrefako i taratasy nahitri’ areo ama’aiy.
19 And it was commanded by me, and they searched and found that this city, from the days of antiquity, has rebelled against the kings, and that seditions and battles have been incited within it.
Le namantoke iraho naho fa heneke i fitsikarahañey, le nizoeñe te nimpiola amo mpanjakao hatrela’e i rovay vaho fikitrofañe naho fikililiañe ty nanoeñe ao.
20 Then too, there have been very strong kings in Jerusalem, who also ruled over the entire region which is across the river. They have also taken tribute, and tax, and revenues.
Toe teo ty mpanjaka ra’elahy nifehe Ierosalaime, nifeleke i fonga tane alafe’ i Sakaiy; le nitolorañe rorotse naho haba vaho fondro.
21 Now therefore, hear the sentence: Prohibit those men, so that this city may be not built, until perhaps there may be further orders from me.
Aa le ametsaho zaka hampijihetse indaty rezay, tsy hamboatse i rovay, ampara’ te ampiboahako tsey.
22 See to it that you are not negligent in fulfilling this, otherwise, little by little, the evil may increase against the kings.”
Mitomira arè tsy hilesa amy zay; ino ty hitomboa’ o fiantoañeo hijoy o mpanjakao?
23 And so a copy of the edict of king Artaxerxes was read before Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, and their counselors. And they went away hurriedly to Jerusalem, to the Jews. And they prohibited them by force and by strength.
Ie vinaky aolo’ i Rekome naho i Sisay mpanokitse naho o mpiama’eo i hambañe amy taratasi’ i Artaksastà, mpanjakay, le nihitrihitry mb’e Ierosalaime mb’amo nte-Iehodao mb’eo, nanjitse ty ao an-kaozarañe naho senge hèry.
24 Then the work of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem was interrupted, and it did not resume until the second year of the reign of Darius, the king of the Persians.
Aa le nijihetse i fitoloñañe añ’ anjomban’ Añahare e Ierosalaimey; le nizitse am-para’ ty taom-paha-roem-pifeleha’ i Dariavese, mpanjaka’ i Parasey.
