Ezra 7
1 and after [the] word: thing [the] these in/on/with royalty Artaxerxes king Persia Ezra son: child Seraiah son: child Azariah son: child Hilkiah
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 son: child Shallum son: child Zadok son: child Ahitub
The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3 son: child Amariah son: child Azariah son: child Meraioth
The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4 son: child Zerahiah son: child Uzzi son: child Bukki
The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5 son: child Abishua son: child Phinehas son: child Eleazar son: child Aaron [the] priest [the] head: leader
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
6 he/she/it Ezra to ascend: rise from Babylon and he/she/it secretary quick in/on/with instruction Moses which to give: give LORD God Israel and to give: give to/for him [the] king like/as hand: power LORD God his upon him all request his
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready 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 and to ascend: rise from son: descendant/people Israel and from [the] priest and [the] Levi and [the] to sing and [the] gatekeeper and [the] temple servant to(wards) Jerusalem in/on/with year seven to/for Artaxerxes [the] king
And there went up some of the children 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 and to come (in): come Jerusalem in/on/with month [the] fifth he/she/it year [the] seventh to/for king
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
9 for in/on/with one to/for month [the] first he/she/it beginning [the] step from Babylon and in/on/with one to/for month [the] fifth to come (in): come to(wards) Jerusalem like/as hand: power God his [the] pleasant upon him
For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
10 for Ezra to establish: establish heart his to/for to seek [obj] instruction LORD and to/for to make: do and to/for to learn: teach in/on/with Israel statute: decree and justice: judgement
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
11 and this copy [the] letter which to give: give [the] king Artaxerxes to/for Ezra [the] priest [the] secretary secretary word: thing commandment LORD and statute: decree his upon Israel
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.
12 Artaxerxes king king [the] to/for Ezra priest [the] scribe law [the] that god heaven [the] to complete and now
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
13 from me to set: make command that all be willing in/on/with kingdom my from people [the] Israel and priest his and Levite [the] to/for to go to/for Jerusalem with you to go
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
14 like/as to/for before: because that from before king [the] and seven counsellor his to send to/for to enquire since Judah and to/for Jerusalem in/on/with law god your that in/on/with hand your
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellers, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
15 and to/for to bring silver and gold that king [the] and counsellor his be willing to/for god Israel that in/on/with Jerusalem habitation his
And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellers have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
16 and all silver and gold that to find in/on/with all province Babylon with be willing people [the] and priest [the] be willing to/for house god their that in/on/with Jerusalem
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, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
17 like/as to/for before: because this diligently to buy in/on/with silver [the] this bullock ram lamb and offering their and drink offering their and to approach they since altar [the] that house god your that in/on/with Jerusalem
That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
18 and what? that (since you *Qk) and since (brother your *Qk) be good in/on/with remainder silver [the] and gold [the] to/for to make like/as pleasure god your to make
And whatsoever 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 and utensil [the] that to give to/for you to/for service house god your be complete before god Jerusalem
The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
20 and remainder requirement house god your that to fall to/for you to/for to give: give to give: give from house treasure king [the]
And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house.
21 and from me me Artaxerxes king [the] to set: make command to/for all treasurer [the] that in/on/with beyond River [the] that all that to ask you Ezra priest [the] scribe law [the] that god heaven [the] diligently to make
And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
22 till silver talent hundred and till wheat kor hundred and till wine bath hundred and till bath oil hundred and salt that not inscription
Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
23 all that from command god heaven [the] to make diligently to/for house god heaven [the] that to/for what? to be wrath since kingdom king [the] and son: child his
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently 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 and to/for you to know that all priest [the] and Levite [the] singer [the] doorkeeper [the] temple servant [the] and to serve house god [the] this tribute tribute and toll not ruling to/for to cast since them
Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
25 and you Ezra like/as wisdom god your that in/on/with hand your to reckon/appoint to judge and judge that to be (to judge *Qk) to/for all people [the] that in/on/with beyond River [the] to/for all to know law god your and that not to know to know
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
26 and all that not to be to make law [the] that god your and law [the] that king [the] diligently judgment [the] to be to make from him if to/for death if (to/for banishment *Qk) if to/for confiscation wealth and to/for bond
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
27 to bless LORD God father our which to give: put like/as this in/on/with heart [the] king to/for to beautify [obj] house: temple LORD which in/on/with Jerusalem
Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem:
28 and upon me to stretch kindness to/for face: before [the] king and to advise him and to/for all ruler [the] king [the] mighty man and I to strengthen: strengthen like/as hand: power LORD God my upon me and to gather [emph?] from Israel head: leader to/for to ascend: rise with me
And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellers, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
