Ezra 4

1 Torej, ko so Judovi in Benjaminovi nasprotniki slišali, da so otroci iz ujetništva gradili tempelj Gospodu, Izraelovemu Bogu,

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 so potem prišli k Zerubabélu in k vodjem očetov ter jim rekli: »Naj gradimo z vami, kajti iščemo vašega Boga, kakor ga iščete vi. Darujemo mu od dni asirskega kralja Asarhadóna, ki nas je privedel sèm gor.«

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 Toda Zerubabél, Ješúa in drugi izmed vodij Izraelovih očetov, so jim rekli: »Ničesar nimate z nami, da gradite hišo našemu Bogu, temveč bomo mi sami gradili Gospodu, Izraelovemu Bogu, kakor nam je zapovedal perzijski kralj Kir.«

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 Potem je ljudstvo dežele slabilo roke Judovega ljudstva in jim oteževalo gradnjo

Therefore, it happened that the people of the land impeded the hands of the people of Judah, and they troubled them in building.

5 in zoper njih so najeli svetovalce, da onemogočajo njihov namen vse dni perzijskega kralja Kira, celo do kraljevanja perzijskega kralja Dareja.

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 In v kraljevanju Ahasvérja, na začetku njegovega kraljevanja, so mu napisali obtožbo zoper prebivalce Juda in Jeruzalema.

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 V dneh Artakserksa so Bišlám, Mitridát, Tabeél in ostali njihovi družabniki, pisali Artakserksu, kralju Perzije. Pisanje pisma je bilo napisano v sirskem jeziku in pojasnjeno v sirskem jeziku.

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 Kancler Rehúm in pisar Šimšáj sta kralju Artakserksu napisala pismo zoper Jeruzalem na ta način.

Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, wrote one letter from Jerusalem to king Artaxerxes, in this manner:

9 Potem so napisali kancler Rehúm, pisar Šimšáj in ostali njegovi družabniki, Dinaji, Afarsatkaji, Tarpelaji, Afarsaji, Arkovci, Babilonci, Susančani, Dehaji in Elámci,

“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 in preostanek narodov, ki jih je veliki in plemeniti Asenapár privedel čez in nastanil v mestih Samarije in preostanek, ki so na tej strani reke in itd.

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 To je prepis pisma, ki so ga poslali k njemu, torej kralju Artakserksu: ›Tvoji služabniki, ljudje na tej strani reke itd.

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 To bodi znano kralju, da Judje, ki so od tebe prišli k nam v Jeruzalem, gradijo uporno in slabo mesto in postavili so njegove zidove in povezali temelje.

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 To bodi sedaj znano kralju, da če bo to mesto zgrajeno in zidovi ponovno postavljeni, potem ne bodo plačevali pristojbine, davka in carine in tako boš oškodoval prihodke kraljev.

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 Torej ker imamo vzdrževanje od kraljeve palače in to ni primerno za nas, da vidimo kraljevo nečast, smo zato poslali in potrdili kralju,

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 da bo lahko narejena preiskava v knjigi zapisov tvojih očetov. Tako boš našel v knjigi zapisov in spoznal, da je to mesto uporno mesto in škodljivo za kralje in province in da so snovali vstaje znotraj davnih časov, zaradi katerega razloga je bilo to mesto uničeno.

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 Potrjujemo kralju, da če bo to mesto ponovno zgrajeno in njegovi zidovi postavljeni, to pomeni, da ne boš imel nobenega deleža na tej strani reke.‹

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 Potem je kralj poslal odgovor kanclerju Rehúmu, pisarju Šimšáju in ostalim njegovim družabnikom, ki prebivajo v Samariji in k drugim preko reke: ›Mir itd.

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 Pismo, ki ste nam ga poslali, je bilo razločno prebrano pred menoj.

“The accusation, which you have sent to us, has been read aloud before me.

19 Zapovedal sem in narejena je bila preiskava in najdeno je, da je to mesto od starih časov snovalo upor zoper kralje in da sta v njem narejena vstaja in upor.

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 Mogočni kralji so bili tudi nad Jeruzalemom, ki je vladal nad vsemi deželami onkraj reke in njim so plačevali pristojbino, davek in carino.

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 Izdajte sedaj zapoved, da ti možje prenehajo in da to mesto ne bo zgrajeno, dokler od mene ne bo izdana druga zapoved.

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 Pazite sedaj, da vam to ne spodleti. Zakaj bi škoda rasla na škodo kraljev?‹

See to it that you are not negligent in fulfilling this, otherwise, little by little, the evil may increase against the kings.”

23 Torej ko je bil prepis Artakserksovega pisma prebran pred Rehúmom, pisarjem Šimšájem in njihovimi družabniki, so v naglici odšli gor v Jeruzalem k Judom in jih s silo in močjo pripravili, da odnehajo.

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 Potem je prenehalo delo Božje hiše, ki je v Jeruzalemu. Tako je prenehalo do drugega leta kraljevanja perzijskega kralja Dareja.

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.