एज्रा 4

1 यतिबेला निर्वासनबाट फर्केका मानिसहरूले परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्‍वरको लागि मन्दिर बनाउँदै छन् भनी यहूदा र बेन्यामीनका केही शत्रुहरूले सुने ।

Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;

2 त्यसैले तिनीहरू यरुबाबेल र परिवारका मुख्य मानिसहरूकहाँ आए । तिनीहरूले उनीहरूलाई भने, “हामीलाई पनि तपाईंहरूसँगै निर्माण गर्न दिनुहोस्, किनकि अश्शूरका राजा एसरहदोनले हामीलाई यहाँ ल्याएदेखि नै तपाईंहरूजस्तै हामी तपाईंका परमेश्‍वरको खोजी गर्छौं, र हामीले उहाँलाई नै बलिदान चढाएका छौं ।”

Then they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of families, and said to them, Let us take part in the building with you; for we are servants of your God, even as you are; and we have been making offerings to him from the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assyria, who put us here.

3 तर यरुबाबेल, येशूअ र परिवारका मुख्य मानिसहरूले भने, “तपाईंहरूले होइन, तर हामीले परमेश्‍वरको मन्दिर बनाउनुपर्छ, किनकि हामीले नै परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्‍वरको निम्ति मन्दिर बनाउनेछौं, जस्‍तो फारसका राजा कोरेसले आज्ञा गर्नुभएको छ ।”

But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of families in Israel said to them, You have no part with us in the building of a house for our God; we ourselves will do the work together for the Lord, the God of Israel, as Cyrus, king of Persia, has given us orders.

4 त्यसैले त्यस देशका मानिसहरूले यहूदीहरूका हात कमजोर तुल्याए । तिनीहरूले निर्माणमा यहूदीहरूलाई डर देखाए ।

Then the people of the land made the hands of the people of Judah feeble, troubling them with fear in their building;

5 यहूदीहरूका योजनालाई निराश तुल्याउन तिनीहरूले सल्लाहकारहरूलाई घुस पनि दिए । तिनीहरूले फारसका राजा कोरेसको शासनकाल र दाराको शासनकालभरि नै यसो गरे ।

And they gave payment to men who made designs against them and kept them from effecting their purpose, all through the time of Cyrus, king of Persia, till Darius became king.

6 तब अहासूरस (अर्तासास्त) को शासनकालको सुरुमा तिनीहरूले यहूदा र यरूशलेमका बासिन्दाहरूको विरुद्धमा एउटा अभियोग-पत्र लेखे ।

And in the time of Ahasuerus, when he first became king, they put on record a statement against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

7 अर्तासास्तको शासनकालमा विश्‍लाम, मित्रेता, ताबेल र तिनका सहयोगीहरूले अर्तासास्तलाई लेखे ।उक्‍त चिट्ठी आरमेइक भाषामा लेखियो र अनुवाद गरियो ।

And in the time of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his friends, sent a letter to Artaxerxes, king of Persia, writing it in the Aramaean writing and language.

8 सेनापति रेहूम र सचिव शिम्शैले यरूशलेमको बारेमा अर्तासास्तलाई यसरी चिट्ठी लेखे ।

Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe, sent a letter against Jerusalem, to Artaxerxes the king;

9 रेहूम, शिम्शै र तिनीहरूका सहयोगीहरू अर्थात् फारस, एरेक र बेबिलोनका मानिसहरूमाथि अधिकार गर्ने न्यायाधीशहरू र अधिकारीहरू अनि शूशनका मानिसहरू (अर्थात् एलामीहरू) ले एउटा चिट्ठी लेखे,

The letter was sent by Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe and their friends; the Dinaites and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,

10 र महान् अनि प्रसिद्ध अशूरवनिपलले देश निकाला गरेर सामरिया र यूफ्रेटिस नदीपारिको प्रान्तमा बसालेका मानिसहरू पनि तिनीहरूसँगै मिले ।

And the rest of the nations which the great and noble Osnappar took over and put in Samaria and the rest of the country over the river:

11 तिनीहरूले अर्तासास्तलाई पठाएका चिट्ठीको प्रतिलिपी यही हो, “हजुरका सेवकहरू, यूफ्रेटिस नदी पारिको प्रान्तका मानिसहरू यसो लेख्छन्:

This is a copy of the letter which they sent to Artaxerxes the king: Your servants living across the river send these words:

12 हजुरकहाँबाट आएका यहूदीहरू यरूशलेममा एउटा विद्रोही सहर निर्माण गर्न हाम्रो विरुद्ध आएका छन् भन्‍ने कुरो राजालाई जाहेर होस् । तिनीहरूले पर्खालहरू बनाएर सिद्ध्याएका छन्, र जगहरू मर्मत गर्दैछन् ।

We give news to the king that the Jews who came from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are building up again that uncontrolled and evil town; the walls are complete and they are joining up the bases.

13 यो सहर निर्मण भयो रउक्‍त पर्खाल सम्पन्‍न भयो भने, तिनीहरूले कुनै महसुल र कर तिर्नेछैनन्, तर तिनीहरूले राजाहरूलाई हानि पुर्‍याउनेछन् भन्‍ने कुरो राजाका हजुरीमा जाहेर होस् ।

The king may be certain that when the building of this town and its walls is complete, they will give no tax or payment in goods or forced payments, and in the end it will be a cause of loss to the kings.

14 हामीले दरबारको नून खाएका हुनाले राजालाई कुनै अनादर भएको देख्‍नु हाम्रो लागि निश्‍चय नै उचित हुँदैन । यही कारणले गर्दा हामीले राजालाई जानकारी गराउँदैछौं,

Now because we are responsible to the king, and it is not right for us to see the king's honour damaged, we have sent to give the king word of these things,

15 जसले गर्दा हजुरले आफ्ना पिताको अभिलेख खोज्‍न र राजाहरूसाथै प्रान्तहरूलाई हानि गर्ने यो एउटा विद्रोही सहर रहेछ भनी पुष्‍टि गर्न सक्‍नुहुन्‍छ । यसले राजाहरू र प्रान्तहरूलाई धेरै समस्या दिएको छ । पहिले देखि नै यो विद्रोहको केन्द्र बनेको छ । यही कारणले गर्दा यो सहर नष्‍ट पारिएको थियो ।

So that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: and you will see in the book of the records that this town has been uncontrolled, and a cause of trouble to kings and countries, and that there were outbursts against authority there in the past: for which reason the town was made waste.

16 यो सहर र पर्खाल निर्माण गरियो भने हजुरको लागि यूफ्रेटिस नदीपारिको प्रान्तमा केही बाँकी रहने छैन भनी हामी राजालाई जानकारी गराउँदैछौं ।”

We give you word, that if the building of this town and its walls is made complete, there will be an end of your power in the country across the river.

17 त्यसैले राजाले सामरियामा बस्‍ने रेहूम, शिम्शै र तिनीहरूका सहयोगीहरू अनि यूफ्रेटिस नदीपारिको प्रान्तमा बस्‍ने बाँकी सबैलाई एउटा जवाफ पठाए, “तिमीहरूलाई शान्ति होस् ।

Then the king sent an answer to Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe, and their friends living in Samaria, and to the rest of those across the river, saying, Peace to you:

18 तिमीहरूले पठाएका चिट्ठी अनुवाद गरियो र मेरो सामु पढियो ।

And now the sense of the letter which you sent to us has been made clear to me,

19 त्यसैले मैले छानविन गर्न आदेश दिएँ, रपहिलौक दिनहरूमा तिनीहरू राजाहरूका विरुद्धमा बागी भएका र विद्रोह गरेका रहेछन् भनी पत्ता लगाइयो ।

And I gave orders for a search to be made, and it is certain that in the past this town has made trouble for kings, and that outbursts against authority have taken place there.

20 शक्तिशाली राजाहरूले यरूशलेममा राज्‍य गरेका रहेछन्, र यूफ्रेटिस नदीपारिको प्रान्तका हरेक कुरामा अधिकार जमाएका रहेछन् । तिनीहरूलाई करहरू र महसुलहरू तिरिएका रहेछन् ।

Further, there have been great kings in Jerusalem, ruling over all the country across the river, to whom they gave taxes and payments in goods and forced payments.

21 अब मैले आज्ञा नदिएसम्म यी मानिहरूले यो सहर निर्माण गर्न रोक्‍नुपर्छ भनी एउटा आज्ञा जारी गर्नू ।

Give an order now, that these men are to do nothing more, and that the building of the town is to be stopped, till I give an order.

22 यसलाई बेवास्ता नगर्न होसियार हुनु । यस खतरालाई बढ्न दिने र राजकीय हितको बढी क्षति हुन किन दिने?

Be certain to do this with all care: do not let trouble be increased to the king's damage.

23 जब राजा अर्तासास्तको आदेश रेहूम, शिम्शै र तिनीहरूका सहयोगीहरूका सामु पढियो, तिनीहरू तुरुन्‍तै यरूशलेममा गए, र यहूदीहरूलाई जबरदस्तसाथ निर्माण रोक्‍न लगाए ।

Then, after reading the king's letter, Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their friends went quickly to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and had them stopped by force.

24 यसरी फारसका राजा दाराको शासनकालको दोस्रो वर्षसम्म यरूशलेममा परमेश्‍वरको मन्दिरको काम रोकियो ।

So the work of the house of God at Jerusalem came to an end; so it was stopped, till the second year of the rule of Darius, king of Persia.