Книга Ездры 7
1 По сих же словесех, в царство Артаксеркса царя Персскаго, взыде Ездра сын Сареа, сына Азариева, сына Хелкиева,
Now after these things, during the reign of Artaxerxes, the king of the Persians, Ezra, the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2 сына Селлумля, сына Саддукова, сына Ахитовля,
the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3 сына Самариева, сына Есриева, сына Мареофова,
the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4 сына Зараиева, сына Езеиева, сына Воккиева,
the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5 сына Ависуева, сына Финеесова, сына Елеазарова, сына Аарона священника перваго:
the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, priest from the beginning,
6 сей Ездра взыде от Вавилона и сей писец скор в законе Моисеове, егоже даде Господь Бог Израилю. И даде ему царь, яко рука Господа Бога его на нем бе во всех, яже искаше он.
this same Ezra, ascended from Babylon; and he was a proficient scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God gave to Israel. And the king granted to him his every petition. For the hand of the Lord, his God, was over him.
7 И взыдоша от сынов Израилевых и от священников и от левитов, и певцы и придверницы и нафиними во Иерусалим, в лето седмое Артаксеркса царя,
And some from the sons of Israel, and from the sons of the priests, and from the sons of the Levites, and from the singing men, and from the gatekeepers, and from the temple servants ascended to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of king Artaxerxes.
8 и приидоша во Иерусалим месяца пятаго: сие есть лето седмое царево:
And they arrived at Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the same seventh year of the king.
9 зане в первый день месяца перваго той нача восходити от Вавилона, и в первый день месяца пятаго приидоша во Иерусалим, яко рука Бога его блага на нем бе:
For on the first day of the first month, he began to ascend from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month, he arrived at Jerusalem. For the good hand of his God was over him.
10 Ездра бо уготова сердце свое, да взыщет закона (Господня) и да творит и учит во Израили повелением и судбам.
For Ezra prepared his heart, so that he might search the law of the Lord, and so that he might keep and teach precept and judgment in Israel.
11 И сие есть сказание послания еже даде царь Артаксеркс Ездре священнику, писцу книги словес заповедий Господних и повелений Его во Израили:
Now this is a copy of the letter of the edict, which king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest, a scribe well-taught in the words and precepts of the Lord and in his ceremonies in Israel:
12 Артаксеркс царь царей Ездре священнику, писцу закона Господа Бога небеснаго: да совершится слово и ответ:
“Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra, the priest, a very learned scribe of the law of the God of heaven: a greeting.
13 от мене повелено есть, да кийждо, иже имать усердие благо во царстве моем от людий Израилевых и от священников и от левитов поити во Иерусалим, с тобою да идет:
It has been decreed by me, that whosoever wishes, among the people of Israel and their priests and Levites within my kingdom, to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.
14 от лица царева и седми советников его послан еси, да посетиши Иудею и Иерусалим в законе Бога их, сущем в руку твоею,
For you have been sent from the face of the king and his seven counselors, so that you may visit Judea and Jerusalem by the law of your God, which is in your hand,
15 и да отнесеши в дом Господень сребро и злато, еже царь и советницы его со усердием даша Богу Израилеву, Иже во Иерусалиме обитает,
and so that you may carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle is in Jerusalem.
16 и все злато и сребро, еже аще обрящеши во всей области Вавилонстей, с добровольным даянием людским и священников, волею приносящих в дом Божий, иже во Иерусалиме:
And all the silver and gold, as much as you will find in the entire province of Babylon, and which the people will wish to offer, and which some of the priests will offer freely to the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem,
17 и всякий доход той усердно впиши в книгу сию: телцы, овны, агнцы, и жертвы их и возлияния их: и принеси та на олтарь дому Бога вашего, иже есть во Иерусалиме:
accept it freely. And with this money, carefully purchase calves, rams, lambs, and their sacrifices and libations, and offer these upon the altar of the temple of your God, which is in Jerusalem.
18 и аще что тебе и братии твоей благо возмнится от оставшагося сребра и злата сотворити, якоже угодно Богу вашему, сотворите:
But also, whatever it will please you and your brothers to do with the remainder of the silver and gold, do so in accord with the will of your God.
19 и сосуды, иже даны тебе в службу дому Божия, вдаждь пред Богом во Иерусалиме:
Likewise, the vessels that have been given to you for the ministry of the house of your God, deliver these to the sight of God in Jerusalem.
20 и прочыя потребы дому Бога твоего, еже аще возмнится тебе дати, да даси из домов сокровища царева
Then, whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, as much as is necessary for you to spend, it shall be given from the treasury, and from the king’s finances,
21 и от мене аз Артаксеркс царь уставих повеление всем хранителем сокровищ, иже суть за рекою, да все, еже аще воспросит от вас Ездра священник и писец закона Бога небеснаго, готово да будет:
and by me. I, king Artaxerxes, have appointed and decreed to all the keepers of the public treasury, those who are beyond the river, that whatever Ezra, the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall ask of you, you shall provide it without delay,
22 сребра даже до ста талант, и пшеницы даже до ста мер, и вина даже до ста бочек, и елеа даже до ста чванов, а соли без записания:
even up to one hundred talents of silver, and up to one hundred cors of wheat, and up to one hundred baths of wine, and up to one hundred baths of oil, and truly salt without measure.
23 все, еже есть по воли Бога небеснаго, да будет в дому Бога небеснаго: вонмите, да не кто прострет руку на дом Бога небеснаго, да не когда будет гнев на царство царево и сынов его:
All that pertains to the rite of the God of heaven, let it be distributed scrupulously to the house of the God of heaven, lest perhaps he may become angry against the kingdom of the king and his sons.
24 и вам знаемо творим сие, от всех священников и левитов, певцев, дверников, нафинимов и слуг дому Божия дань да не будет тебе, ниже имейте власти порабощати их:
Likewise, we would make known to you, about all the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, and the ministers of the house of this God, that you have no authority to impose tax, or tribute, or duty upon them.
25 ты же, Ездра, по премудрости Бога твоего, яже в руце твоей, постави книжники и судии, да судят вся люди, иже суть за рекою, всем знающым закон Бога твоего, и не ведающему ведати сотворите:
But as for you, Ezra, in accord with the wisdom of your God, which is in your hand, appoint judges and magistrates, so that they may judge the entire people, which is beyond the river, especially so that they may know the law of your God, but also so as to teach the ignorant freely.
26 и всяк, иже не сотворит закона Бога твоего и закона царева усердно, суд да будет сотворен на него, аще в смерть, или в наказание, или во отщетение живота, или в темницу.
And anyone who will not diligently keep the law of your God, and the law of the king, judgment shall be upon him, either to death, or to exile, or to the confiscation of his goods, or certainly to prison.”
27 Благословен Господь Бог отец наших, иже даде сице в сердце царево, да прославит дом Господень, иже во Иерусалиме,
Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put this into the heart of the king, so that he may glorify the house of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem.
28 и на мя уклони милосердие пред очима царя и советников его и всех князей царевых сильных: и аз укреплен бых, яко рука Божия благая на мне, и собрах от Израиля князей взыти со мною.
For he has turned his mercy toward me in the sight of the king, and his counselors, and all the powerful leaders of the king. And so, having been strengthened by the hand of the Lord, my God, which was upon me, I gathered together some of the leaders of Israel, those who were to go up with me.
