Esdras 4
1 Ouvindo pois os adversários de Judá e Benjamin que os que tornaram do cativeiro, edificavam o templo ao Senhor Deus de Israel,
Now the enemies of Judah and of Benjamin heard that the sons of the captivity were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel.
2 Chegaram-se a Zorobabel e aos chefes dos pais, e disseram-lhes: deixai-nos edificar convosco, porque, como vós, buscaremos a vosso Deus; como também já lhe sacrificamos desde os dias de Asar-Haddon, rei de Assur, que nos fez subir aqui.
And so, drawing near to Zerubbabel and to the leaders of the fathers, they said to them: “Let us build with you, for we seek your God just as you do. Behold, we have immolated victims to him from the days of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who brought us here.”
3 Porém Zorobabel, e Josué, e os outros chefes dos pais de Israel lhes disseram: Não convém que vós e nós edifiquemos casa a nosso Deus; mas nós sós a edificaremos ao Senhor, Deus de Israel, como nos ordenou o rei Cyro, rei da Pérsia
And Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the leaders of the fathers of Israel said to them: “It is not for you to build the house of our God with us. Instead, we alone shall build to the Lord our God, just as Cyrus, the king of the Persians, has commanded us.”
4 Todavia o povo da terra debilitava as mãos do povo de Judá, e inquietava-os no edificar.
Therefore, it happened that the people of the land impeded the hands of the people of Judah, and they troubled them in building.
5 E alugaram contra eles conselheiros, para frustrarem o seu conselho, todos os dias de Cyro, rei da Pérsia, até ao reinado de Dario, rei da Pérsia.
Then they hired counselors against them, so that they might argue against their plan during all the days of Cyrus, king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius, king of the Persians.
6 E sob o reino de Ahasuero, no princípio do seu reinado, escreveram uma acusação contra os habitantes de Judá e de Jerusalém.
And so, during the reign of Ahasuerus, at the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and of Jerusalem.
7 E nos dias de Artaxerxes escreveu Bislam, Mithredath, Tabeel, e os outros da sua companhia, a Artaxerxes, rei da Pérsia: e a carta estava escrita em caracteres syriacos, e na língua syriaca.
And so, in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, and Tabeel, and the others who were in their council wrote to Artaxerxes, king of the Persians. Now the letter of accusation was written in Syriac, and was being read in the Syrian language.
8 Escreveram pois Rhehum, o chanceler, e Simsai, o escrivão, uma carta contra Jerusalém, ao rei Artaxerxes, nesta maneira:
Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, wrote one letter from Jerusalem to king Artaxerxes, in this manner:
9 Então escreveu Rhehum, o chanceler, e Simsai, o escrivão, e os outros da sua companhia: os dinaitas e apharsathehitas, tarpelitas, apharsitas, archevitas, babilônios, susanchitas, dehavitas, elamitas.
“Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, and the rest of their counselors, the judges, and rulers, the officials, those from Persia, from Erech, from Babylonia, from Susa, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
10 E os outros povos, que transportou o grande e afamado Asnappar, e que ele fez habitar na cidade de Samaria, e os outros de aquém do rio, e em tal tempo.
and the rest of the nations, whom the great and glorious Osnappar transferred and caused to live in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the regions across the river in peace:
11 Este pois é o teor da carta que ao rei Artaxerxes lhe mandaram: "Teus servos, os homens de aquém do rio, e em tal tempo.
to king Artaxerxes. (This is a copy of the letter, which they sent to him.) Your servants, the men who are across the river, send a greeting.
12 Saiba o rei que os judeus que subiram de ti vieram a nós a Jerusalém, e edificam aquela rebelde e malvada cidade, e vão restaurando os seus muros, e reparando os seus fundamentos.
Let it be known to the king, that the Jews, who ascended from you to us, have arrived in Jerusalem, a rebellious and most wicked city, which they are building, constructing its ramparts and repairing the walls.
13 Agora saiba o rei que, se aquela cidade se reedificar, e os muros se restaurarem, não pagarão os direitos, os tributos e as rendas; e assim se danificará a fazenda dos reis.
And now let be it known to the king, that if this city will have been built up, and its walls repaired, they will not pay tribute, nor tax, nor yearly revenues, and this loss will affect even the kings.
14 Agora pois, porquanto assalariados somos do paço, e não nos convém ver a desonra do rei, por isso mandamos dar aviso ao rei,
But, remembering the salt that we have eaten in the palace, and because we are led to believe that it is a crime to see the king harmed, we have therefore sent and reported to the king,
15 Para que se busque no livro das crônicas de teus pais, e acharás no livro das crônicas, e saberás que aquela foi uma cidade rebelde, e danosa aos reis e províncias, e que nela fizeram rebelião de tempos antigos; pelo que foi aquela cidade destruída.
so that you may search in the books of the histories of your fathers, and you may find written in the records, and you may know that this city is a rebellious city, and that it is harmful to the kings and the provinces, and that wars were incited within it from the days of antiquity. For which reason also, the city itself was destroyed.
16 Nós pois fazemos notório ao rei que, se aquela cidade se reedificar, e os seus muros se restaurarem, desta maneira não terás porção alguma desta banda do rio.
We report to the king that if this city will have been built, and its walls repaired, you will have no possession across the river.”
17 E o rei enviou esta resposta a Rhehum, o chanceler, e a Simsai, o escrivão, e aos mais da sua companhia, que habitavam em Samaria; como também ao resto dos que estavam de além do rio: Paz hajais! e em tal tempo.
The king sent word to Rehum, the commander, and to Shimshai, the scribe, and to the rest who were in their council, to the inhabitants of Samaria, and to the others across the river, offering a greeting and peace.
18 A carta que nos enviastes foi explicitamente lida diante de mim.
“The accusation, which you have sent to us, has been read aloud before me.
19 E, ordenando-o eu, buscaram e acharam, que de tempos antigos aquela cidade se levantou contra os reis, e nela se tem feito rebelião e sedição.
And it was commanded by me, and they searched and found that this city, from the days of antiquity, has rebelled against the kings, and that seditions and battles have been incited within it.
20 Também houve reis poderosos sobre Jerusalém que de além do rio dominaram em todo o lugar, e se lhes pagaram direitos, e tributos, e rendas.
Then too, there have been very strong kings in Jerusalem, who also ruled over the entire region which is across the river. They have also taken tribute, and tax, and revenues.
21 Agora pois dai ordem para impedirdes aqueles homens, afim de que não se edifique aquela cidade, até que se dê uma ordem por mim.
Now therefore, hear the sentence: Prohibit those men, so that this city may be not built, until perhaps there may be further orders from me.
22 E guardai-vos de cometerdes erro nisto; porque cresceria o dano para prejuízo dos reis?
See to it that you are not negligent in fulfilling this, otherwise, little by little, the evil may increase against the kings.”
23 Então, depois que a copia da carta do rei Artaxerxes se leu perante Rhehum, e Simsai, o escrivão, e seus companheiros, apressadamente foram eles a Jerusalém, aos judeus, e os impediram à força de braço e com violência.
And so a copy of the edict of king Artaxerxes was read before Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, and their counselors. And they went away hurriedly to Jerusalem, to the Jews. And they prohibited them by force and by strength.
24 Então cessou a obra da casa de Deus, que estava em Jerusalém: e cessou até ao ano segundo do reinado de Dario rei da Pérsia.
Then the work of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem was interrupted, and it did not resume until the second year of the reign of Darius, the king of the Persians.
