Книга Ездры 7
1 По сих же словесех, в царство Артаксеркса царя Персскаго, взыде Ездра сын Сареа, сына Азариева, сына Хелкиева,
[Many/Fifty years] later, while Artaxerxes was the king of Persia, I, Ezra came from Babylon here to Jerusalem. I am the son of Seraiah and the grandson of Azariah, and the great-grandson of Hilkiah.
2 сына Селлумля, сына Саддукова, сына Ахитовля,
Hilkiah was the son of Shallum, who was the son of Zadok, who was the son of Ahitub,
3 сына Самариева, сына Есриева, сына Мареофова,
who was the son of Amariah, who was the son of Azariah, who was the son of Meraioth,
4 сына Зараиева, сына Езеиева, сына Воккиева,
who was the son of Zerahiah, who was the son of Uzzi, who was the son of Bukki,
5 сына Ависуева, сына Финеесова, сына Елеазарова, сына Аарона священника перваго:
who was the son of Abishua, who was the son of Phinehas, who was the son of Eleazar, who was the son of Aaron, the [first] Supreme Priest.
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.
I am a man who knows very well the laws that Moses [wrote]. Those were the laws that Yahweh, the God whom we Israeli people ([worship/belong to]), had given to us Israeli people. When I arrived in Jerusalem, Yahweh my God was kind to me, and as a result the [people] gave me everything that I had requested the king to [tell them to] give to me.
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,
Some of the priests, some [other] descendants of Levi, [some] singers, [some] (gatekeepers/men who guarded the gates of the temple), and [some] men who worked in the temple, and some other [Israeli] people came up with me here to Jerusalem. That was during the seventh year that Artaxerxes was the king [of Persia].
8 и приидоша во Иерусалим месяца пятаго: сие есть лето седмое царево:
We left Babylon on April 8, which was the first day of the Jewish year. Because God was very kind to us, we arrived [safely] in Jerusalem on August 4 of that year.
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:
10 Ездра бо уготова сердце свое, да взыщет закона (Господня) и да творит и учит во Израили повелением и судбам.
During my entire life, I devoted myself to studying the laws of Yahweh, and how to obey those laws. I had also taught those laws and all their regulations to the Israeli people [for many years].
11 И сие есть сказание послания еже даде царь Артаксеркс Ездре священнику, писцу книги словес заповедий Господних и повелений Его во Израили:
King Artaxerxes [knew that] I am a priest who knows the Jewish laws very well. [He knew that for many years] I had studied those laws and had taught all the rules and regulations of those laws to the Israeli people. [So before I left Babylon to come to Jerusalem, ] he wrote a letter, and gave a copy to me. [This is what he wrote]:
12 Артаксеркс царь царей Ездре священнику, писцу закона Господа Бога небеснаго: да совершится слово и ответ:
[“This letter is] from me, Artaxerxes, the greatest of the kings. [I am giving it] to Ezra the priest, who has studied very well all the rules and regulations that the God [who is/rules] in heaven [gave to the Israeli people].
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:
“Ezra, I command that when you return to Jerusalem, any of the Israeli people in my kingdom who want to are allowed to go with you. That includes any priests and [other] descendants of Levi [who will work in the temple] who want to go.
14 от лица царева и седми советников его послан еси, да посетиши Иудею и Иерусалим в законе Бога их, сущем в руку твоею,
I, along with my seven counselors/advisors, am sending you to Jerusalem, in order that you can determine what is happening there and in [other towns in] Judah. You are taking with you [MTY] a copy of God’s laws; make sure that the people are doing everything that is written in those laws.
15 и да отнесеши в дом Господень сребро и злато, еже царь и советницы его со усердием даша Богу Израилеву, Иже во Иерусалиме обитает,
[We are also saying that] you should take with you the silver and gold that I and my advisors are wanting to give to you, in order that you will present it to be an offering to the God who [rules] the Israeli people and who lives 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:
You should also take any silver and gold that the people in the entire Babylonia province give to you, and the money that the priests and [other] Israeli people have happily said that they would give to you to be offerings for building the temple of their God 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:
With this money, you should buy the bulls, rams, lambs, and the grain and wine that the priests will burn on the altar [outside] the temple of your God in Jerusalem.
18 и аще что тебе и братии твоей благо возмнится от оставшагося сребра и злата сотворити, якоже угодно Богу вашему, сотворите:
“If there is any silver or gold that remains [you have bought all those things], you and your companions/colleagues are permitted to use it to [buy] whatever you desire, but buy only things that [you know that] God wants you to buy.
19 и сосуды, иже даны тебе в службу дому Божия, вдаждь пред Богом во Иерусалиме:
We have given to you some valuable items to be used in the temple of your God. Take them also to Jerusalem.
20 и прочыя потребы дому Бога твоего, еже аще возмнится тебе дати, да даси из домов сокровища царева
If you need any other things for the temple, you are permitted to get the money for those things from the building here where my government’s money is kept/stored.
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 I, King Artaxerxes, command this to all the treasurers in the province west of the [Euphrates] River: 'Give to Ezra, the priest who has studied very well the laws of the God [who is/rules] in heaven, everything that he requests, and give it to him quickly.
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:
The most that you should give to him is (7,500 pounds/3,400 kg.) of silver, 500 bushels of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, and 550 gallons of [olive] oil, but give to him all the salt that they need.
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:
Be sure that you provide whatever their God requires for his temple, because we certainly do not [RHQ] want him to be angry with me or with my descendants who will later be kings.
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:
We are also commanding that none of the priests, descendants of Levi, musicians, temple guards, or other men who work in the temple, will be required to pay any kind of taxes.'
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:
“Ezra, your God has enabled you to become very wise. Using that wisdom, appoint men in the province west of the [Euphrates] River who will judge cases involving the people, and men who will judge cases involving the government. You must appoint men who know the laws of your God. All of you must teach God’s laws to others who do not know them.
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.
Everyone who does not obey God’s laws or the laws of my government must be punished severely. Some of them will be executed, some will be put in prison, some will be sent out of the country or have all their property taken away from them.”
27 Благословен Господь Бог отец наших, иже даде сице в сердце царево, да прославит дом Господень, иже во Иерусалиме,
[Because King Artaxerxes was very kind like that, I said], “Praise Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped/belonged to]! He has caused the king to want to honor the temple of Yahweh 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.
Because God was very kind to me, the king and all his advisors and all his powerful officials have also been kind to me. So, because God has helped me, I have become encouraged, and I have [been able to] persuade some of the Israeli leaders to go up to Jerusalem with me.”
