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 up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the Torah of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the LORD his God’s hand on him.
Some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up 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.
He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on 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 set his heart to seek the LORD’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
11 Inilah dokumen yang diberikan Raja Artahsasta kepada Ezra, seorang imam dan ahli Hukum,
Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the LORD’s commandments, 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, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now
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 those of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my realm, who intend of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.
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.
Because you are sent by the king and his seven counsellors to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your 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 counsellors 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 you will 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.
Therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shall offer them on 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.
Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God.
19 Serahkanlah kepada Allah di Yerusalem segala perkakas yang diserahkan kepada Saudara untuk kebaktian di Rumah Allah.
The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
20 Dan segala keperluan lain bagi Rumah TUHAN, boleh Saudara minta dari kas kerajaan.
Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give 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,
I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, 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, requires of you, it shall be done with all diligence,
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.
up to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred cors of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one 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 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 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 inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or labourers of this house of God.
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.
You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.
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."
Whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgement be executed on him with all diligence, whether it is 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, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the LORD’s house 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 has extended loving kindness to me before the king and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the LORD my God’s hand on me, and I gathered together chief men out of Israel to go up with me.
