1 ب َعدَ هَذِهِ الأحداثِ، وَفِي عَهدِ أرْتَحْشَسْتا مَلِكِ فارِسَ، وَصَلَ عَزْرا مِنْ بابِلَ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. وَعَزْرا هُوَ ابْنُ سَرايا بْنِ عَزَرْيا بْنِ حِلْقِيّا

¶ Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, Ezra, the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

2 ب نِ شَلُّومَ بْنِ صادُوقَ بْنِ أخِيطُوبَ

the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,

3 ب ْنِ أمَرْيا بْنِ عَزَرْيا بْنِ مَرايُوثَ

the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

4 ب ْنِ زَرَحْيا بْنِ عُزِّي بْنِ بُقِّي

the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,

5 ب ْنِ أبِيَشُوعَ بْنِ فِينْحاسَ بْنِ ألِعازارَ بْنِ هارُونَ رَئِيسِ الكَهَنَةِ.

the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the first priest.

6 و َكانَ عَزْرا هَذا الَّذِي جاءَ مِنْ بابِلَ، مُعَلِّماً ضَلِيعاً بِشَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى الَّتِي أعطاهُ إيّاها اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ. وَقَد لَبَّى المَلِكُ لِعَزْرا كُلَّ ما طَلَبَهُ مِنهُ، حَيْثُ إنَّ يَدَ إلَهِهِ كانَتْ مَعَهُ وَتُعِينُهُ.

This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a diligent scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

7 و َصَعِدَ قَومٌ مِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، مَعَ بَعضِ الكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ وَالمُرَنِّمِينَ وَحُرّاسِ البَوّاباتِ وَخُدّامِ الهَيكَلِ، إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ فِي السَّنَةِ السّابِعَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ المَلِكِ أرْتَحْشَسْتا.

And there went up some of the sons of Israel and of the priests and the Levites and the singers and the porters and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes, the king.

8 و َوَصَلَ عَزْرا إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ فِي الشَّهرِ الخامِسِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ السّابِعَةِ لِحُكمِ المَلِكِ.

And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year of the king.

9 و َكانَ قَد غادَرَ بابِلَ فِي اليَومِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الأوَّلِ، فَوَصَلَ فِي اليَومِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الخامِسِ، لأنَّ يَدَ إلَهِهِ الكَرِيمَةَ كانَت مَعَهُ.

For upon the first of the first month he began to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

10 ف َقَدْ كانَ عَزْرا قَد هَيَّأ قَلبَهُ لِدِراسَةِ شَرِيعَةِ اللهِ وَالعَمَلِ بِها، وَلِتَعلِيمِ وَصايا اللهِ وَفَرائِضِهِ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. رسالةُ الملكِ أرْتَحْشَسْتا إلَى عَزْرا

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD and to do it and to teach in Israel his statutes and judgments.

11 و َهَذِهِ نُسخَةٌ مِنَ الرِّسالَةِ الَّتِي أعْطاها المَلِكُ أرْتَحْشَسْتا إلَى عَزْرا الكاهِنِ وَالمُعَلِّمِ، مُعَلِّمِ الأُمُورِ المُختَصَّةِ بِوَصايا اللهِ وَفَرائِضِهِ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ:

¶ Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra, the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD and of his statutes over Israel.

12 م ِنْ أرْتَحْشَسْتا مَلِكِ المُلُوكِ إلَى عَزْرا الكاهِنِ مُعَلِّمِ شَرِيعَةِ إلَهِ السَّماءِ. سَلامٌ لَكَ …

Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra, the priest, perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and to Cheenet.

13 ف َإنِّي أُصدِرُ أمرِي بِأن يَرجِعَ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ كُلُّ مَنْ شاءَ فِي مَملَكَتِي مِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ أوْ كَهَنَتِهِمْ أوِ اللّاوِيِّينَ.

By me is given commandment, that any of the people of Israel and of his priests and Levites in my realm, who desire of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

14 ل أنَّكَ مُرسَلٌ مِنَ المَلِكِ وَمُستَشارِيهِ السَّبعِ لِتَرَى مَدَى طاعَةِ بَنِي يَهُوذا لِشَرِيعَةِ إلَهِكَ الَّتِي أنتَ ضَلِيعٌ بِها.

For thou art sent on behalf of the king and of his seven counsellors, to inquire of Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand,

15 و َخُذْ ما تَبَرَّعَ بِهِ المَلِكُ وَمُستَشارُوهُ لإلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ السّاكِنِ فِي القُدْسِ مِنَ الفِضَّةَ وَالذَّهَبَ.

and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors freely offer unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

16 و َخُذْ مَعَكَ أيضاً كُلَّ ما تَستَطِيعُ الحُصُولَ عَلَيهِ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ فِي كُلِّ إقلِيمِ بابِلَ، مَعَ تَبَرُعاتِ الشَّعبِ وَالكَهَنَةِ لِبَيتِ إلَهِهِمْ فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

and all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people and of the priests, who offer willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;

17 و َخَصِّصْ هَذا المالَ لِشِراءِ ثِيرانٍ وَكِباشٍ وَحِملانٍ وَما يُرافِقُها مِنْ تَقدِماتِ الحُبُوبِ وَالسَّكِيبِ، وَقَدِّمها عَلَى مَذبَحِ هَيكَلِ إلَهِكَ فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

Therefore, with diligence thou shalt buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their presents and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

18 و َتَصَرَّف بِما يَتَبَقَّى مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالفِضَّةِ كَما تَستَحسِنُ أنتَ وَرِفاقُكَ اليَهُودُ حَسَبَ مَشِيئَةِ إلَهِكُمْ.

And whatever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.

19 و َأمّا الآنِيَةُ الَّتِي أُعطِيَتْ لَكَ مِنْ أجلِ خَدَماتِ بَيتِ إلَهِكَ، فَضَعْها فِي حَضْرَةِ إلَهِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, thou shalt restore before the God of Jerusalem.

20 و َفِي ما يَتَعَلَّقُ بِبَقِيَّةِ الأُمُورِ اللّازِمَةِ لِبَيتِ إلَهِكَ، الَّتِي تَقَعُ ضِمنَ مَسؤُولِيَّتِكَ، يُمكِنُكَ تَوفِيرَها مِنَ الخَزِينَةِ المَلَكِيَّةِ.

And whatever else shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have need to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house.

21 ك َما آمُرُ أنا المَلِكَ أرْتَحْشَسْتا كُلَّ أُمَناءِ الخَزِينَةِ فِي إقلِيمِ غَرْبِ نَهرِ الفُراتِ بِأن يُقَدِّمُوا لِعَزْرا الكاهِنِ وَمُعَلِّمِ شَرِيعَةِ إلَهِ السَّماءِ كُلَّ ما يَطلُبُهُ فَوراً وَمِنْ دُونِ تَوانٍ.

And by me, Artaxerxes, the king, is given the commandment to all the treasurers who are on the other side of the river, that whatever Ezra, the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

22 ف َليُعْطَ حَتَّى مِئَةِ قِنْطارٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ، وَمِئَةِ كِيسٍ مِنَ القَمحِ، ومِئَةِ صَفِيحَةٍ مِنَ النَّبِيذِ، ومِئَةِ صَفِيحَةٍ مِنْ زَيتِ الزَّيتُونِ. وَلِيَأخُذْ مِنَ المِلحِ قَدْرَ ما يَشاءُ.

unto one hundred talents of silver and to one hundred measures of wheat and to one hundred baths of wine and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

23 ف َلِيَتِمَّ تَنفِيذُ كُلَّ ما أمَرَ بِهِ إلَهُ السَّماءِ مِنْ أجلِ هَيكَلِهِ بِسُرعَةٍ وَبِشَكلٍ كامِلٍ، لِئَلّا يَأتِي غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَى مَملَكَةِ المَلِكِ وَبَنِيهِ.

Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be speedily done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

24 و َنُعلِمُكُمْ أنَّهُ يُمنَعُ استِيفاءُ أيِّ نَوعٍ مِنَ أنواعِ الضَّرائِبِ مِنَ الكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ وَالمُرَنِّمِينَ وَحُرّاسِ البَوّاباتِ وَخُدّامِ الهَيكَلِ وَأيِّ عامِلٍ آخَرَ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.

Also unto you we cause it to be known, that regarding all of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, and ministers of the house of this God, no one shall be able to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.

25 و َقُمْ أنتَ يا عَزْرا، بِالاستِعانَةِ بِحِكمَةِ إلَهِكَ الَّتِي تَملُكُها، فِي تَعيِينِ قُضاةٍ وَحُكّامٍ يَقضُونَ بَينَ سُكّانِ إقلِيمِ غَرْبِ نَهرِ الفُراتِ، أي كُلِّ الَّذِينَ يَعْرِفُونَ شَعائِرَ إلَهِكُمْ. وَعَلِّمها لَكُّلِ مَنْ لا يَعرِفُها.

And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thy hand, set as judges and governors, who govern all the people that are on the other side of the river, all such as know the laws of thy God, and teach those that do not know them.

26 و َأنزِل حُكْماً سَرِيعاً وَشَدِيداً بِكُلِّ مَنْ لا يُطِيعُ شَرِيعَةَ إلَهِكَ وَشَرِيعَةَ المَلِكِ، إمّا بِالمَوْتِ أوْ بِالنَّفيِ أوْ بِالغَرامَةِ أوْ بِالحَبسِ. عَزْرا يُسَبِّحِ الله

And whoever will not do the law of thy God and the law of the king, let them be judged speedily, whether it be unto death or to banishment or to confiscation of goods or to imprisonment.

27 ا لحَمدُ للهِ ، إلَهِ آبائِنا الَّذِي رَغَّبَ المَلِكَ فِي تَكرِيمِ بَيْتِ اللهِ فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ،

¶ Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to honour the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem,

28 و َأظهَرَ لِي مَحَبَّتَهُ الثّابِتَةَ أمامَ المَلِكِ وَمُستَشارِيهِ وَكُلِّ كِبارِ مَسؤُولِيهِ. فَتَشَجَّعتُ لأنَّ يَدَ إلَهِي كانَتْ تُعينُنِي. وَجَمَعتُ قادَةً مِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ للِذَّهابِ مَعِي إلَى القُدْسِ.

and has extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I, comforted according to the hand of the LORD my God upon me, gathered together the principals of Israel to go up with me.