< Ezra 7 >
1 and after [the] word: thing [the] these in/on/with royalty Artaxerxes king Persia Ezra son: child Seraiah son: child Azariah son: child Hilkiah
And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,
2 son: child Shallum son: child Zadok son: child Ahitub
son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub,
3 son: child Amariah son: child Azariah son: child Meraioth
son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth,
4 son: child Zerahiah son: child Uzzi son: child Bukki
son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki,
5 son: child Abishua son: child Phinehas son: child Eleazar son: child Aaron [the] priest [the] head: leader
son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the head priest;
6 he/she/it Ezra to ascend: rise from Babylon and he/she/it secretary quick in/on/with instruction Moses which to give: give LORD God Israel and to give: give to/for him [the] king like/as hand: power LORD God his upon him all request his
Ezra himself has come up from Babylon, and he [is] a scribe ready in the Law of Moses, that YHWH God of Israel gave, and the king gives to him—according to the hand of his God YHWH on him—all his request.
7 and to ascend: rise from son: descendant/people Israel and from [the] priest and [the] Levi and [the] to sing and [the] gatekeeper and [the] temple servant to(wards) Jerusalem in/on/with year seven to/for Artaxerxes [the] king
And there go up of the sons of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
8 and to come (in): come Jerusalem in/on/with month [the] fifth he/she/it year [the] seventh to/for king
And he comes to Jerusalem in the fifth month, that [is in] the seventh year of the king,
9 for in/on/with one to/for month [the] first he/she/it beginning [the] step from Babylon and in/on/with one to/for month [the] fifth to come (in): come to(wards) Jerusalem like/as hand: power God his [the] pleasant upon him
for on the first of the month he has founded the ascent from Babylon, and on the first of the fifth month he has come to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him,
10 for Ezra to establish: establish heart his to/for to seek [obj] instruction LORD and to/for to make: do and to/for to learn: teach in/on/with Israel statute: decree and justice: judgement
for Ezra has prepared his heart to seek the Law of YHWH, and to do, and to teach in Israel statute and judgment.
11 and this copy [the] letter which to give: give [the] king Artaxerxes to/for Ezra [the] priest [the] secretary secretary word: thing commandment LORD and statute: decree his upon Israel
And this [is] a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commands of YHWH, and of His statutes on Israel:
12 Artaxerxes king king [the] to/for Ezra priest [the] scribe law [the] that god heaven [the] to complete and now
“Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the Law of the God of the heavens, and at such a time:
13 from me to set: make command that all be willing in/on/with kingdom my from people [the] Israel and priest his and Levite [the] to/for to go to/for Jerusalem with you to go
By me has been made a decree that everyone who is willing, in my kingdom, of the people of Israel and of its priests and Levites, to go to Jerusalem with you, go;
14 like/as to/for before: because that from before king [the] and seven counsellor his to send to/for to enquire since Judah and to/for Jerusalem in/on/with law god your that in/on/with hand your
because that from the king and his seven counselors you are sent, to inquire concerning Judah and concerning Jerusalem, with the Law of God that [is] in your hand,
15 and to/for to bring silver and gold that king [the] and counsellor his be willing to/for god Israel that in/on/with Jerusalem habitation his
and to carry silver and gold that the king and his counselors willingly offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling place [is] in Jerusalem,
16 and all silver and gold that to find in/on/with all province Babylon with be willing people [the] and priest [the] be willing to/for house god their that in/on/with Jerusalem
and all the silver and gold that you find in all the province of Babylon, with the free-will offerings of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly, for the house of their God that [is] in Jerusalem,
17 like/as to/for before: because this diligently to buy in/on/with silver [the] this bullock ram lamb and offering their and drink offering their and to approach they since altar [the] that house god your that in/on/with Jerusalem
therefore you speedily buy with this money, bullocks, rams, lambs, and their presents, and their drink-offerings, and bring them near to the altar of the house of your God that [is] in Jerusalem,
18 and what? that (since you *Q(k)*) and since (brother your *Q(k)*) (be good *LH(ab)*) in/on/with remainder silver [the] and gold [the] to/for to make like/as pleasure god your to make
and that which to you and to your brothers is good to do with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God you do.
19 and utensil [the] that to give to/for you to/for service house god your be complete before god Jerusalem
And the vessels that are given to you, for the service of the house of your God, make perfect before the God of Jerusalem;
20 and remainder requirement house god your that to fall to/for you to/for to give: give to give: give from house treasure king [the]
and the rest of the necessary things of the house of your God, that it falls to you to give, you give from the treasure-house of the king.
21 and from me me Artaxerxes king [the] to set: make command to/for all treasurer [the] that in/on/with beyond River [the] that all that to ask you Ezra priest [the] scribe law [the] that god heaven [the] diligently to make
And by me—I Artaxerxes the king—is made a decree to all treasurers who [are] beyond the river, that all that Ezra the priest, scribe of the Law of the God of the heavens, asks of you, be done speedily:
22 till silver talent hundred and till wheat kor hundred and till wine bath hundred and till bath oil hundred and salt that not inscription
To silver one hundred talents, and to wheat one hundred cors, and to wine one hundred baths, and to oil one hundred baths, and salt without reckoning;
23 all that from command god heaven [the] to make diligently to/for house god heaven [the] that to/for what? to be wrath since kingdom king [the] and son his
all that [is] by the decree of the God of the heavens, let be done diligently for the house of the God of the heavens; for why is there wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons?
24 and to/for you to know that all priest [the] and Levite [the] singer [the] doorkeeper [the] temple servant [the] and to serve house god [the] this tribute tribute and toll not ruling to/for to cast since them
And to you we are making known, that on any of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, and servants of the house of God, tribute and custom there is no authority to lift up.
25 and you Ezra like/as wisdom god your that in/on/with hand your to reckon/appoint to judge and judge that to be (to judge *Q(k)*) to/for all people [the] that in/on/with beyond River [the] to/for all to know law god your and that not to know to know
And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God, that [is] in your hand, appoint magistrates—even judges who may be judging—judging all the people who are beyond the river, to all knowing the Law of your God, and he who has not known, you cause to know;
26 and all that not to be to make law [the] that god your and law [the] that king [the] diligently judgment [the] to be to make from him if to/for death if (to/for banishment *Q(k)*) if to/for confiscation wealth and to/for bond
and any who does not do the Law of your God, and the law of the king, judgment is done speedily on him, whether to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of riches, and to bonds.”
27 to bless LORD God father our which to give: put like/as this in/on/with heart [the] king to/for to beautify [obj] house: temple LORD which in/on/with Jerusalem
Blessed [is] YHWH, God of our fathers, who has given such a thing as this in the heart of the king, to beautify the house of YHWH that [is] in Jerusalem,
28 and upon me to stretch kindness to/for face: before [the] king and to advise him and to/for all ruler [the] king [the] mighty man and I to strengthen: strengthen like/as hand: power LORD God my upon me and to gather [emph?] from Israel head: leader to/for to ascend: rise with me
and to me has stretched out kindness before the king and his counselors, and before all the mighty heads of the king: and I have strengthened myself as the hand of my God YHWH [is] on me, and I gather out of Israel heads to go up with me.