Ezra 7
1 Bertahun-tahun kemudian, ketika Artahsasta memerintah sebagai raja Persia, ada seorang laki-laki bernama Ezra, dari keturunan Imam Agung Harun. Garis keturunannya dari bawah ke atas adalah sebagai berikut: Ezra, Seraya, Azarya, Hilkia,
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 Salum, Zadok, Ahitub,
The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3 Amarya, Azarya, Merayot,
The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4 Zerahya, Uzi, Buki,
The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5 Abisua, Pinehas, Eleazar, Imam Agung Harun.
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
6 Ezra seorang yang terpelajar dan ia tahu banyak tentang Hukum yang diberikan TUHAN, Allah Israel kepada Musa. Karena Ezra diberkati TUHAN Allahnya, maka raja memberi kepadanya segala yang dimintanya. Pada tahun ketujuh pemerintahan Raja Artahsasta, berangkatlah Ezra dari Babel menuju Yerusalem bersama serombongan orang Israel yang terdiri dari sejumlah imam, orang Lewi, penyanyi serta penjaga gerbang di Rumah TUHAN, dan para pekerja.
This Ezra went from Babylon; and he [was] a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
And there went [some] of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
8 Mereka meninggalkan Babel pada tanggal satu bulan satu dan dengan pertolongan Allah, sampailah mereka di Yerusalem pada tanggal satu bulan lima.
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which [was] in the seventh year of the king.
For upon the first [day] of the first month he began to go 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.
10 Ezra telah mencurahkan segala perhatiannya kepada penyelidikan Hukum TUHAN, untuk melakukannya serta mengajarkan segala ketentuan dan peraturannya kepada bangsa Israel.
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do [it], and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
11 Inilah dokumen yang diberikan Raja Artahsasta kepada Ezra, seorang imam dan ahli Hukum,
Now this [is] the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, [even] a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
12 "Dari Raja Artahsasta kepada Imam Ezra, ahli Hukum Allah penguasa di surga.
Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect [peace], and at such a time.
13 Aku memerintahkan bahwa semua imam, orang Lewi dan orang Israel lainnya di seluruh kerajaanku, yang ingin pergi ke Yerusalem, diizinkan pergi dengan Saudara.
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and [of] his priests and Levites, in my realm, who are disposed of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with thee.
14 Sebab aku dan ketujuh penasihatku mengutus Saudara ke Yerusalem dan Yehuda untuk menyelidiki keadaannya dan melihat apakah Hukum Allah yang telah dipercayakan kepada Saudara, benar-benar ditaati.
Forasmuch as thou art sent by the king, and by his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which [is] in thy hand;
15 Aku dan para penasihatku mau mempersembahkan emas dan perak kepada Allah Israel, Allah yang diam di Yerusalem. Bawalah persembahan kami itu.
And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation [is] in Jerusalem,
16 Bawalah juga semua emas dan perak yang Saudara kumpulkan di seluruh Babel dan segala sumbangan bangsa Israel serta imam-imamnya bagi Rumah TUHAN Allah mereka di Yerusalem.
And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the free-will-offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which [is] in Jerusalem:
17 Pakailah uang itu dengan cermat untuk membeli sapi jantan, domba jantan, anak domba, gandum dan anggur. Persembahkanlah semuanya itu di atas mezbah Rumah TUHAN di Yerusalem.
That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which [is] in Jerusalem.
18 Perak dan emas yang masih sisa boleh Saudara pakai untuk keperluan Saudara dan rekan-rekan Saudara, sesuai dengan kehendak Allah Saudara.
And whatever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and gold, that do after the will of your God.
19 Serahkanlah kepada Allah di Yerusalem segala perkakas yang diserahkan kepada Saudara untuk kebaktian di Rumah Allah.
The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, [those] deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
20 Dan segala keperluan lain bagi Rumah TUHAN, boleh Saudara minta dari kas kerajaan.
And whatever 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 Kepada semua pengurus kas kerajaan di provinsi Efrat Barat aku perintahkan supaya apa saja yang diminta oleh Imam Ezra, ahli Hukum Allah penguasa di surga, diberikan kepadanya dengan segera,
And I, [even] I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers who [are] beyond the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
22 sampai sebanyak jumlah ini: perak sampai 3.400 kg, gandum sampai 10.000 kg, anggur sampai 2.000 liter, minyak zaitun sampai 2.000 liter, dan garam sebanyak yang diperlukan.
To 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 Bertindaklah cermat dalam menyediakan segala sesuatu yang diminta Allah penguasa di surga bagi Rumah-Nya, supaya Ia tidak marah kepadaku atau kepada orang-orang yang memerintah sesudah aku.
Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
24 Kalian tak boleh memungut pajak dari para imam, orang Lewi, penyanyi, penjaga pintu gerbang, pekerja, atau siapa saja yang ada hubungannya dengan Rumah TUHAN.
Also we certify you, that concerning any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom upon them.
25 Saudara Ezra, pakailah hikmat yang telah diberikan Allah kepada Saudara, dan angkatlah pemimpin-pemimpin dan hakim-hakim untuk memerintah semua orang di provinsi Efrat Barat yang hidup menurut Hukum Allah Saudara. Hendaklah Saudara mengajarkan Hukum itu kepada semua orang yang belum mengetahuinya.
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that [is] in thy hand, set 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 them that know [them] not.
26 Setiap orang yang tidak mentaati hukum-hukum Allah Saudara, atau hukum-hukum kerajaan, harus segera dihukum mati, atau dibuang, atau disita harta bendanya, atau dipenjarakan."
And whoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether [it be] to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
27 Lalu kata Ezra, "Pujilah TUHAN, Allah yang disembah nenek moyang kita! Ia telah menggerakkan hati raja sehingga ia mau memberi perhatian khusus kepada Rumah TUHAN di Yerusalem.
Blessed [be] the LORD God of our fathers, who hath put [such a thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which [is] in Jerusalem:
28 Dengan pertolongan Allah aku disenangi oleh raja, oleh penasihat-penasihat dan pejabat-pejabatnya yang berkuasa itu; TUHAN Allahku telah memberi semangat kepadaku, sehingga aku berhasil mengajak sebanyak kepala kaum Israel untuk pulang ke Yerusalem."
And hath extended mercy to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God [was] upon me, and I assembled out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
