Ezara 7
1 Na rĩrĩ, thuutha wa maũndũ macio, rĩrĩa Aritashashita mũthamaki wa Perisia aathamakaga, Ezara mũrũ wa Seraia, mũrũ wa Azaria, mũrũ wa Hilikia,
Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2 mũrũ wa Shalumu, mũrũ wa Zadoku, mũrũ wa Ahitubu,
the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3 mũrũ wa Amaria, mũrũ wa Azaria, mũrũ wa Meraiothu,
the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4 mũrũ wa Zerahia, mũrũ wa Uzi, mũrũ wa Buki,
the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5 mũrũ wa Abishua, mũrũ wa Finehasi, mũrũ wa Eleazaru, mũrũ wa Harũni mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũrĩa mũnene,
the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
6 Ezara ũcio nĩambatire oimĩte Babuloni. Aarĩ mũrutani mũũgĩ mũno ũhoro-inĩ wa Watho wa Musa, ũrĩa Jehova Ngai wa Isiraeli aaheanĩte. Mũthamaki nĩamũheete indo ciothe iria aahooete kũrĩ we, tondũ guoko kwa Jehova Ngai wake kwarĩ hamwe nake.
this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.
7 Andũ amwe a Isiraeli, hamwe na athĩnjĩri-Ngai, na Alawii, na aini a nyĩmbo, na aikaria a ihingo, na ndungata cia hekarũ o nao nĩmambatire magĩũka Jerusalemu mwaka wa mũgwanja wa wathani wa Aritashashita.
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
8 Ezara aakinyire Jerusalemu mweri wa gatano wa mwaka wa mũgwanja wa mũthamaki.
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
9 Aambĩrĩirie rũgendo rwake rwa kuuma Babuloni mũthenya wa mbere wa mweri wa mbere, na aakinyire Jerusalemu mũthenya wa mbere wa mweri wa gatano, tondũ guoko kwa ũtugi kwa Ngai wake kwarĩ hamwe nake.
For upon the first [day] of the first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first [day] of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
10 Nĩgũkorwo Ezara nĩerutĩire gũthoma na kũrũmia Watho wa Jehova, na kũrutana watho wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo na mawatho maguo kũu Isiraeli.
For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.
11 Ĩno nĩyo kobi ya marũa marĩa Mũthamaki Aritashashita aaheete Ezara ũcio mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai na mũrutani, mũndũ warĩ mũũgĩ maũndũ-inĩ makoniĩ maathani na mawatho ma kũrũmĩrĩrwo ma Jehova harĩ Isiraeli:
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to Israel:
12 Aritashashita, mũthamaki wa athamaki, Kũrĩ Ezara ũrĩa mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai na mũrutani wa Watho wa Ngai ũrĩa ũrĩ igũrũ: Nĩndakũgeithia.
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.
13 Rĩu-rĩ, nĩndaruta watho atĩ andũ a Isiraeli othe arĩa marĩ ũthamaki-inĩ wakwa, hamwe na athĩnjĩri-Ngai na Alawii, arĩa mangĩenda gũthiĩ nawe kũu Jerusalemu, no mathiĩ.
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, that are minded of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with thee.
14 Wee ũtũmĩtwo nĩ mũthamaki na ataari ake mũgwanja, ũthiĩ ũgatuĩrie ũhoro wa Juda na wa Jerusalemu, o ta ũrĩa Watho wa Ngai waku ũrĩa ũrĩ naguo guoko-inĩ gwaku ũtariĩ.
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand,
15 O na ningĩ ũkuue betha na thahabu, iria mũthamaki na ataari ake maheanĩte na kwĩyendera kũrĩ Ngai wa Isiraeli ũrĩa ũtũũraga Jerusalemu,
and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
16 hamwe na betha na thahabu ciothe iria ingĩheanwo kuuma bũrũri wa Babuloni, o na mĩhothi ya kwĩyendera kuuma kũrĩ andũ na athĩnjĩri-Ngai, nĩ ũndũ wa hekarũ ya Ngai wao ĩrĩa ĩrĩ Jerusalemu.
and all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill-offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;
17 Menyerera wone atĩ mbeeca ici nĩciagũra ndegwa, na ndũrũme na tũtũrũme, hamwe na maruta ma ngano na ma kũnyuuo, irutwo igongona hau kĩgongona-inĩ kĩa hekarũ ya Ngai waku kũu Jerusalemu.
therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
18 Wee na ariũ a thoguo Ayahudi no mwĩke o ũrĩa mũngĩona kwagĩrĩire na matigari ma betha na thahabu, kũringana na wendi wa Ngai wanyu.
And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do ye after the will of your God.
19 Twarĩrai Ngai wa Jerusalemu indo ciothe iria mwĩhokeirwo cia kũhũthagĩrwo mahooya-inĩ thĩinĩ wa hekarũ ya Ngai wanyu.
And the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
20 Na kĩndũ kĩngĩ o gĩothe kĩngĩendekana nĩ ũndũ wa hekarũ ya Ngai wanyu, o kĩrĩa ũngĩona mweke wa kũheana, no ũkĩrute kuuma kĩgĩĩna-inĩ kĩa mũthamaki.
And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure-house.
21 Na rĩrĩ, niĩ Mũthamaki Aritashashita, nĩndatha aigi othe a kĩgĩĩna a Mũrĩmo-wa-Farati maheane na kĩyo kĩrĩa gĩothe Ezara ũrĩa mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai, na mũrutani wa watho wa Ngai ũrĩa ũrĩ igũrũ angĩbatario nĩkĩo,
And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers that are beyond the River, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,
22 gĩtakĩrĩte taranda igana rĩmwe cia betha, na kori igana rĩmwe cia ngano, na bathi igana rĩmwe cia ndibei, na bathi igana rĩmwe cia maguta ma mĩtamaiyũ, na cumbĩ ũtarĩ gĩthimi.
unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
23 Ũndũ ũrĩa wothe Ngai wa igũrũ atuĩte, nĩwĩkwo na kĩyo, ũndũ wothe ũkoniĩ hekarũ ya Ngai ũrĩa ũrĩ igũrũ. Nĩ kĩĩ kĩngĩtũma kũgĩe na mangʼũrĩ ũthamaki-inĩ wa mũthamaki na ariũ ake?
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
24 Ningĩ mũmenye atĩ mũtirĩ na watho wa gwĩtia mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai o wothe, na Alawii, na aini a nyĩmbo, na aikaria a ihingo, na ndungata cia hekarũ, kana andũ arĩa angĩ marutaga wĩra nyũmba-inĩ ĩyo ya Ngai igooti, kana maruta ma mũthamaki o na kana igooti rĩa mĩrigo ĩgĩtoonya bũrũri-inĩ.
Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, upon them.
25 Nawe Ezara, kũringana na ũũgĩ wa Ngai waku ũrĩa ũrĩ naguo, thuura aciirithania na atui a ciira nĩguo matuagĩre andũ othe a Mũrĩmo-wa-Farati ciira na kĩhooto, arĩa othe mooĩ watho wa Ngai wanyu. Nao arĩa matooĩ ũmarute.
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knoweth them not.
26 Mũndũ o wothe ũtarĩathĩkagĩra watho wa Ngai waku na watho wa mũthamaki no nginya aherithio na ũndũ wa kũũragwo, kana aingatwo bũrũri, o na kana indo ciake itahwo, kana ohwo njeera.
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
27 Jehova arogoocwo, Ngai wa maithe maitũ, ũrĩa wĩkĩrĩte ũndũ ũcio ngoro-inĩ ya mũthamaki, atĩ atĩĩithie nyũmba ya Jehova ĩrĩa ĩrĩ kũu Jerusalemu na njĩra ĩno,
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem;
28 o ũcio ũtũmĩte njĩtĩkĩrĩke mbere ya mũthamaki, na ataarani ake, na anene othe a mũthamaki arĩa marĩ ũhoti. Tondũ guoko kwa Jehova Ngai wakwa kwarĩ hamwe na niĩ, nĩndeyũmĩrĩirie, ngĩcookanĩrĩria atongoria a Isiraeli nĩguo twambate nao.
and hath extended lovingkindness unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened according to the hand of Jehovah my God upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
