एज्रा 4

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

Now, when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard—that, the Sons of the Exile, were building the temple, unto Yahweh, 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 drew they near unto Zerubbabel, and unto the ancestral chiefs, and said unto them, Let us build with you, for, like you, we seek your God, and, unto him, have, we, been sacrificing since the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

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 ancestral chiefs of Israel, said unto them, It pertaineth not to you and to us [in common], to build a house unto our God, —but, we ourselves together, will build unto Yahweh, God of Israel, even as King Cyrus, king of Persia, hath commanded us.

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

Then came it to pass, that, the people of the land, were weakening the hands of the people of Judah, —and troubling them in building;

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

and hiring against them counselors, to overturn their purpose, —all the days of Cyrus, king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius, king of Persia.

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

And, in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation, against the inhabitants 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 days of Artaxerxes, wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates, unto Artaxerxes, king of Persia, —and, the writing of the letter, was written in Aramean, and was to be interpreted as Aramean.

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

Rehum holder of judicial authority, and Shimshai the scribe, wrote a certain letter against Jerusalem, —to Artaxerxes the king, thus:

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,

Then Rehum holder of judicial authority, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates, —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 peoples, whom the great and noble Osnappar hath exiled, and set in the city of Samaria, —and the rest Beyond the River, and so forth:

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 unto him—unto Artaxerxes the king, —Thy servants, the men Beyond the River and so forth:

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 ।

Be it known unto the king, —that, the Jews who came up from thee unto us, are come to Jerusalem, —the rebellious and wicked city, are they building, and, the walls, have they finished, and, the foundations, will they repair.

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 ।

Now be it known to the king, that, if this city, be built, and, the walls thereof, be finished, neither, tribute, excise, nor toll, will they render, and so, the revenue of the kings, shalt thou damage.

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 the salt of the palace we have eaten, the impoverishment of the king, it is not meet for us to see, —therefore have we sent, and certified the king;

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 thy fathers, so shalt thou find out in the book of records—and shalt ascertain, that, this city, is a rebellious city, and one that causeth damage unto kings and provinces, and that, rebellion, have they been wont to cause in the midst thereof since the days of age-past time, —for this cause, was this city laid waste.

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

We do certify the king that, if, this city, be built, and, the walls thereof, finished, for that very reason, portion Beyond the River, shalt thou have none.

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

The king sent, a message, unto Rehum holder of judicial authority, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates, who were dwelling in Samaria, and the rest Beyond the River, Peace and so forth.

18 तिमीहरूले पठाएका चिट्ठी अनुवाद गरियो र मेरो सामु पढियो ।

The letter which ye sent unto us, was distinctly read before me;

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

And, from me, went forth an edict, and they have made search and found, that, this city, since the days of age-past time, against kings, hath lifted herself up, —and, sedition and rebellion, have been made therein;

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

and, mighty kings, have there been over Jerusalem, and bearing rule everywhere Beyond the River, —and, tribute, excise, and toll, have been given to them.

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

Now, issue ye an edict, to forbid these men, —that, this city, be not built, until, from me, the edict be issued.

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

Beware, then, of failure to do thus, —wherefore should the damage increase, to inflict loss on the kings?

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

Then, when, the copy of the letter of Artaxerxes the king, had been read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they journeyed in haste to Jerusalem, unto the Jews, and forbade them, with arm and force.

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

Then ceased the work of the house of God, which was in Jerusalem, —yea it did cease, until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.