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.
Nígbà tí àwọn ọ̀tá Juda àti Benjamini gbọ́ wí pé àwọn ìgbèkùn tí ó padà dé ń kọ́ tẹmpili fún Olúwa, Ọlọ́run Israẹli,
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.”
wọ́n wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ Serubbabeli àti sí ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn olórí àwọn ìdílé, wọ́n sì wí pé, “Jẹ́ kí a bá a yín kọ́ nítorí pé, bí i tiyín, a ń wá Ọlọ́run yín, a sì ti ń rú ẹbọ sí i láti ìgbà Esarhadoni ọba Asiria, tí ó mú wa wá sí ibi yìí.”
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.”
Ṣùgbọ́n Serubbabeli, Jeṣua àti ìyókù àwọn olórí àwọn ìdílé Israẹli dáhùn pé, “Ẹ kò ní ohunkóhun pẹ̀lú wa ní kíkọ́ ilé fún Ọlọ́run wa. Àwa nìkan yóò kọ́ ọ fún Olúwa, Ọlọ́run Israẹli, bí Kirusi, ọba Persia, ti pàṣẹ fún wa.”
4 Therefore, it happened that the people of the land impeded the hands of the people of Judah, and they troubled them in building.
Nígbà náà ni àwọn ènìyàn ilẹ̀ náà mú ọwọ́ àwọn ènìyàn Juda rọ, wọ́n sì dẹ́rùbà wọ́n ní ti kíkọ́ ilé náà.
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.
Wọ́n gba àwọn olùdámọ̀ràn láti ṣiṣẹ́ lòdì sí wọn àti láti sọ ète wọn di asán ní gbogbo àsìkò ìjọba Kirusi ọba Persia àti títí dé ìgbà ìjọba Dariusi ọba Persia.
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.
Ní ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ìjọba Ahaswerusi wọ́n fi ẹ̀sùn kan àwọn ènìyàn Juda àti Jerusalẹmu.
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.
Àti ní àkókò ìjọba Artasasta ọba Persia, Biṣilami, Mitredati, Tabeli àti àwọn ẹlẹgbẹ́ rẹ̀ yòókù kọ̀wé sí Artasasta. A kọ ìwé náà ní ìlànà ìkọ̀wé Aramaiki èdè Aramaiki sì ní a fi kọ ọ́.
8 Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, wrote one letter from Jerusalem to king Artaxerxes, in this manner:
Rehumu balógun àti Ṣimṣai akọ̀wé jùmọ̀ kọ́ ìwé láti dojúkọ Jerusalẹmu sí Artasasta ọba báyìí:
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,
Rehumu balógun àti Ṣimṣai akọ̀wé, pẹ̀lú àwọn ẹlẹgbẹ́ wọn tókù—àwọn ará Dina, ti Afarsatki, ti Tarpeli, ti Afarsi, Ereki àti Babeli, àwọn ará Elamu ti Susa,
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:
pẹ̀lú àwọn ènìyàn mìíràn tí ẹni ọlá àti ẹni ọ̀wọ̀ Asnappari kó jáde, tí ó sì tẹ̀ wọ́n dó sí ìlú Samaria àti níbòmíràn ní agbègbè e Eufurate.
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.
(Èyí ni ẹ̀dà ìwé tí wọ́n fi ránṣẹ́ sí i.) Sí ọba Artasasta, láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀, àwọn ọkùnrin agbègbè Eufurate.
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.
Ọba gbọdọ̀ mọ̀ pé àwọn ará Júù tí ó gòkè wá sọ́dọ̀ wa láti ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ ti lọ sí Jerusalẹmu wọ́n sì ń tún ìlú búburú àti ìlú ọlọ̀tẹ̀ ẹ nì kọ́. Wọ́n ń tún àwọn ògiri náà kọ́, wọ́n sì ń tún àwọn ìpìlẹ̀ náà ṣe.
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.
Síwájú sí i, ọba gbọdọ̀ mọ̀ pé tí a bá kọ́ ìlú yìí àti tí a sì tún àwọn ògiri rẹ̀ mọ, kò sí owó orí, owó òde tàbí owó ibodè tí a ó san, owó tí ó sì ń wọlé fún ọba yóò sì dínkù.
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,
Nísinsin yìí níwọ̀n ìgbà tí a ní ojúṣe sí ààfin ọba, kò sì bójúmu fún wa láti rí ìtàbùkù ọba, àwa ń rán iṣẹ́ yìí láti sọ fún ọba,
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.
kí a bá a lè ṣe ìwádìí ní inú ìwé ìrántí àwọn aṣíwájú rẹ̀. Nínú ìwé ìrántí wọn yìí, ìwọ yóò rí i wí pé, ìlú yìí jẹ́ ìlú aṣọ̀tẹ̀, oníwàhálà sí àwọn ọba àti àwọn ìgbèríko, ibi ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ láti ìgbà àtijọ́. Ìdí ni èyí tí a ṣe pa ìlú yìí run.
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.”
A fi dá ọba lójú wí pé tí a bá tún ìlú kọ́ àti ti àwọn ògiri rẹ̀ si di mímọ padà, kì yóò sì ohun ti yóò kù ọ́ kù ní agbègbè Eufurate.
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.
Ọba fi èsì yìí ránṣẹ́ padà. Sí Rehumu balógun, Ṣimṣai akọ̀wé àti àwọn ẹlẹgbẹ́ wọn yòókù tí ń gbé ní Samaria àti ní òpópónà Eufurate. Ìkíni.
18 “The accusation, which you have sent to us, has been read aloud before me.
A ti ka ìwé tí ẹ fi ránṣẹ́ sí wa, a sì ti túmọ̀ rẹ̀ níwájú mi.
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.
Mo pa àṣẹ, a sì ṣe ìwádìí, nínú ìtàn ọjọ́ pípẹ́ àti ti ìsinsin yìí ti ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí àwọn ọba pẹ̀lú, ó sì jẹ́ ibi ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ àti ìrúkèrúdò.
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.
Jerusalẹmu ti ní àwọn ọba alágbára tí ń jẹ ọba lórí gbogbo àwọn agbègbè Eufurate, àti àwọn owó orí, owó òde àti owó ibodè sì ni wọ́n ń san fún wọn.
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.
Nísinsin yìí pa àṣẹ fún àwọn ọkùnrin yìí láti dá iṣẹ́ dúró, kí a má ṣe tún ìlú náà kọ títí èmi yóò fi pàṣẹ.
22 See to it that you are not negligent in fulfilling this, otherwise, little by little, the evil may increase against the kings.”
Ẹ ṣọ́ra kí ẹ má ṣe àìkọbi-ara sí ọ̀rọ̀ yìí. Èéṣe tí ìbàjẹ́ yóò fi pọ̀ sí i, sí ìpalára àwọn ọba?
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.
Ní kété tí a ka ẹ̀dà ìwé ọba Artasasta sí Rehumu àti Ṣimṣai akọ̀wé àti àwọn ẹlẹgbẹ́ ẹ wọn, wọ́n yára lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn Júù ní Jerusalẹmu pẹ̀lú, wọ́n fi agbára mú wọn láti dáwọ́ dúró.
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.
Báyìí, iṣẹ́ lórí ilé Ọlọ́run ní Jerusalẹmu wá sí ìdúró jẹ́ẹ́ títí di ọdún kejì ìjọba Dariusi ọba Persia.
