Книга Ездры 4
1 И услышаша врази Иудины и Вениамини, яко сынове преселения созидают церковь Господу Богу Израилеву,
And they that afflicted Juda and Benjamin heard, that the children of the captivity were building a house to the Lord God of Israel.
2 и приступиша к Зоровавелю и ко князем отечеств и рекоша им: созиждем с вами, понеже, якоже и вы, ищем Бога вашего и Ему мы жрем жертву от дний Асарадана царя Ассурска приведшаго ны семо.
And they drew near to Zorobabel, and to the heads of families, and said to them, We will build with you; for as you [do], we seek [to serve] our God, and we do sacrifice to him from the days of Asaradan king of Assur, who brought us hither.
3 И рече им Зоровавель и Иисус и прочии князи отечеств Израилевых: несть нам и вам создати дом Богу нашему, понеже мы сами особно созиждем Господу Богу нашему, якоже повеле нам Кир царь Персский.
then Zorobabel, and Jesus and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel said to them, [It is] not for us and you to build a house to our God, for we ourselves will build together to the Lord our God, as Cyrus the king of the Persians commanded us.
4 И быша людие земли (тоя) ослабляюще руки людий Иудейских, и препинаху им в созидании,
And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Juda, and hindered them in building,
5 и наимаху на них советников, да разорят совет их, во вся дни Кира царя Персскаго и даже до царства Дариа царя Персскаго.
and [continued] hiring [persons] against them, plotting to frustrate their counsel, all the days of Cyrus king of the Persians, and until the reign of Darius king of the Persians.
6 В царство же Ассуира, (иже есть Артаксеркс, ) в начале царства его, написаша свиток на живущих во Иудеи и во Иерусалиме.
And in the reign of Assuerus, even in the beginning of his reign, they wrote a letter against the inhabitants of Juda and Jerusalem.
7 И во дни Арфасафана написа в мире Мифридат и Тавеил со прочими сослужители ко Артаксерксу царю Персскому: написа писмоносец писание Сирским языком и претолковано.
And in the days of Arthasastha, Tabeel wrote peaceably to Mithradates and to the rest of his fellow-servants: the tribute-gatherer wrote to Arthasastha king of the Persians a writing in the Syrian tongue, and [the same] interpreted.
8 Реум Валтаам и Сампса книгочий написаста послание едино на Иерусалим ко Артаксерксу царю:
Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe wrote an epistle against Jerusalem to King Arthasastha, [saying, ]
9 тако судил Реум Валтаам и Сампса книгочий и прочии сослужителие наши, Динее, Афарсафахее, Тарфалее, Арфасее, Архиее, Вавилоняне, Сусанахее, Савее, Еламите
Thus has judged Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe, and the rest of our fellow-servants, the Dinaeans, the Apharsathachaeans, the Tarphalaeans, the Apharsaeans, the Archyaeans, the Babylonians, the Susanachaeans, Davaeans,
10 и прочии от язык, ихже преведе Ассенафар великий и преславный и всели их во градех Самарийских и прочих об он пол реки.
and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Assenaphar removed, and settled them in the cities of Somoron, and the rest [of them] beyond the river.
11 Сие есть сказание послания, еже послаша к нему, ко Артаксерксу царю: раби твои, мужие, иже за рекою:
This [is] the purport of the letter, which they sent to him: Your servants the men beyond the river to king Arthasastha.
12 ведомо да будет царю, яко Иудее, иже взыдоша от тебе к нам, приидоша во Иерусалим град отступный и лукавый, егоже созидают: и стены его состроены суть, и основание его возвысиша:
Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from you to us have come to Jerusalem the rebellious and wicked city, which they are building, and its walls are set in order, and they have established the foundations of it.
13 ныне убо ведомо да будет царю, яко, аще град сей создан будет, и стены его совершатся, дани не будут тебе, ниже (летняго воздаяния) дадут: и сие царем зло творит,
Now then be it known to the king, that if that city be built up, and its walls completed, you shall have no tribute, neither will they pay [anything], and this injures kings.
14 и посрамощения царева не леть нам видети: сего ради послахом и возвестихом царю,
And it is not lawful for us to see the dishonour of the king: therefore have we sent and made known [the matter] to the king;
15 да разсмотрено будет в книзе памятописней отцев твоих, и обрящеши в книзе памятописней и познаеши, яко град он отступный есть и обидящь царей и страны, и убежища слуг бывают посреде его от дний древних, сего ради и град той опустошен есть:
That examination may be made in your fathers' book of record; and you shall find, and you shall know that city [is] rebellious, and does harm to kings and countries, and there are in the midst of it from very old time refuges for [runaway] slaves: therefore this city has been made desolate.
16 ведомо убо творим царю, яко, аще град той создан будет и стены его совершатся, то не будет ти мира.
We therefore declare to the king, that, if that city be built, and its walls be set up, you shall not have peace.
17 И посла царь ко Реуму Валтааму и Сампсаю книгочию и ко прочым сослужителем их обитающым в Самарии и прочым за рекою Мир
Then the king sent to Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe, and the rest of their fellow-servants who lived in Samaria, and the rest beyond the river, [saying, ]Peace; and he says,
18 и рече: писмоносец, егоже посласте к нам, призван пред мене,
The tribute-gatherer whom you sent to us, has been called before me.
19 и от мене повелено есть, и соглядахом и обретохом, яко град той от дний древних на царей возносится, отступления и убежища бывают в нем:
And a decree has been made by me, and we have examined, and found that city of old time exalts itself against kings, and that rebellions and desertions take place within it.
20 и царие крепцы быша во Иерусалиме и обладаху всею страною, яже за рекою, дани же многи и часть давашеся им:
And there were powerful kings in Jerusalem, and they ruled over all the [country] beyond the river, and abundant revenues and tribute were given to them.
21 и ныне повелите мужем оным престати от дела, и град оный да не созидается ктому:
Now therefore make a decree to stop the work of those men, and that city shall no more be built.
22 яко да от повеления сего опасни будете нерадение творити о сем, да не когда умножится погибель на зло царем.
[See] that you be careful of the decree, [not] to be remiss concerning this matter, lest at any time destruction should abound to the harm of kings.
23 Тогда писмоносец Артаксеркса царя прочте свиток пред Реумом Валтаамом и Сампсаем книгочием и сослужителми их: и идоша тщателно во Иерусалим и во Иудею, и удержаша их мышцею сильною.
Then the tribute-gatherer of king Arthasastha read [the letter] before Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe, and his fellow-servants: and they went in haste to Jerusalem and through Juda, and caused them to cease with horses and an [armed] force.
24 Тогда преста дело дому Божия, еже во Иерусалиме, и не творяшеся даже до лета втораго царства Дариа царя Персскаго.
Then ceased the work of the house of God in Jerusalem, and it was at a stand until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.
