Книга Ездры 4
1 И услышаша врази Иудины и Вениамини, яко сынове преселения созидают церковь Господу Богу Израилеву,
And the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the temple to Jehovah the 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 came to Zerubbabel and to the chief fathers, and said to them, We would build with you; for we seek your God, as ye; and we have sacrificed to him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up 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.
But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the chief fathers of Israel said to them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God, but we alone will build to Jehovah the God of Israel, as king Cyrus, the king of Persia, has 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 Judah, and troubled 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 they hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
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 Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah 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 Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Aramaic, and interpreted in Aramaic.
8 Реум Валтаам и Сампса книгочий написаста послание едино на Иерусалим ко Артаксерксу царю:
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king after this sort:
9 тако судил Реум Валтаам и Сампса книгочий и прочии сослужителие наши, Динее, Афарсафахее, Тарфалее, Арфасее, Архиее, Вавилоняне, Сусанахее, Савее, Еламите
Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
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 peoples whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over and settled in the cities of Samaria, and the rest [of the country] on this side the river, and so forth.
11 Сие есть сказание послания, еже послаша к нему, ко Артаксерксу царю: раби твои, мужие, иже за рекою:
This is the copy of the letter that they sent to him: To Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men on this side the river, and so forth.
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 thee unto us have come to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and they complete the walls and join up the foundations.
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,
Be it known therefore unto the king, that, if this city be built and the walls be completed, they will not pay tribute, tax, and toll, and in the end it will bring damage to the kings.
14 и посрамощения царева не леть нам видети: сего ради послахом и возвестихом царю,
Now, since we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king's injury, therefore have we sent and informed 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 search may be made in the book of the annals of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the annals and know that this city is a rebellious city, which has done damage to kings and provinces, and that they have raised sedition within the same of old time, for which cause this city was destroyed.
16 ведомо убо творим царю, яко, аще град той создан будет и стены его совершатся, то не будет ти мира.
We inform the king that if this city be built and its walls be completed, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.
17 И посла царь ко Реуму Валтааму и Сампсаю книгочию и ко прочым сослужителем их обитающым в Самарии и прочым за рекою Мир
The king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and the other places beyond the river: Peace, and so forth.
18 и рече: писмоносец, егоже посласте к нам, призван пред мене,
The letter that ye sent to us has been read before me distinctly.
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 I gave orders, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city of old time has made insurrection against the kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been raised therein.
20 и царие крепцы быша во Иерусалиме и обладаху всею страною, яже за рекою, дани же многи и часть давашеся им:
And there have been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all beyond the river; and tribute, tax, and toll were paid to them.
21 и ныне повелите мужем оным престати от дела, и град оный да не созидается ктому:
Now give order to make these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until the order shall be given from me;
22 яко да от повеления сего опасни будете нерадение творити о сем, да не когда умножится погибель на зло царем.
and take heed that ye fail not to do this: why should harm grow to the damage of the 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.
As soon as the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them cease by force and power.
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 which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
