Ezra 7

ve'akhar haddevarim ha'elleh bemalkhut artakhshast melekh-paras ezra ben-serayah ben-azaryah ben-khilqiyyah

After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah son of Azariah son of Hilkiah

ben-shallum ben-tsadoq ben-akhituv

son of Shallum son of Zadok son of Ahitub

ben-amaryah ven-azaryah ben-merayot

son of Amariah son of Azariah son of Meraioth

ben-zerakhyah ven-uzzi ben-buqqi

son of Zerahiah son of Uzzi son of Bukki

ben-avishua ben-pinekhas ben-elazar ben-aharon hakkohen harosh

son of Abishua son of Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the chief priest—

hu ezra alah mibbavel vehu-sofer mahir betorat mosheh asher-natan Adonai elohe yisra'el vayyitten-lo hammelekh keyad-Adonai elohayw alayw kol baqqashato

that Ezra came up from Babylon, a scribe expert in the Teaching of Moses that the ETERNAL God of Israel had given, whose request the king had granted in its entirety, thanks to the benevolence of GOD toward him.

vayya'alu mibbene-yisra'el umin-hakkohanim vehaleviyyim vehameshorerim vehasho'arim vehannetinim el-yerushalai͏m bishnat-sheva le'artakhshast hammelekh

(Some of the Israelites, the priests and Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants set out for Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes,

vayyavo yerushalai͏m bakhodesh hakhamishi hi shenat hashevi'it lammelekh

arriving in Jerusalem in the fifth month in the seventh year of the king.)

ki be'ekhad lakhodesh harishon hu yesud hamma'alah mibbavel uve'ekhad lakhodesh hakhamishi ba el-yerushalai͏m keyad-elohayw hattovah alayw

On the first day of the first month the journey up from Babylon was started, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived in Jerusalem, thanks to the benevolent care of his God for him.

ki ezra hekhin levavo lidrosh et-torat Adonai vela'asot ulelammed beyisra'el khoq umishpat

For Ezra had dedicated himself to study the Teaching of GOD so as to observe it, and to teach laws and rules to Israel.

vezeh parshegen hannishtevan asher natan hammelekh artakhshast le'ezra hakkohen hassofer sofer divre mitsvot-Adonai vekhuqqayw al-yisra'el

The following is the text of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the priest-scribe, a scholar in matters concerning GOD’s commandments and laws to Israel:

artakhshast melekh malkhayya le'ezra khahana safar data di-elah shemayya gemir ukhe'enet

“Artaxerxes king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scholar in the law of the God of heaven, and so forth. And now,

minni sim te'em di khol-mitnaddav bemalkhuti min-amma yisra'el vekhahanohi velevaye limhakh lirushelem immakh yehakh

I hereby issue an order that anyone in my kingdom who is of the people of Israel and its priests and Levites who feels impelled to go to Jerusalem may go with you.

kol-qovel di min-qodam malka veshivat ya'atohi sheliakh levaqqarah al-yehud velirushelem bedat elahakh di vidakh

For you are commissioned by the king and his seven advisers to regulate Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God, which is in your care,

ulehevalah kesaf udehav di-malka veya'atohi hitnaddavu le'elah yisra'el di virushelem mishkeneh

and to bring the freewill offering of silver and gold that the king and his advisers made to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,

vekhol kesaf udehav di tehashkakh bekhol medinat bavel im hitnaddavut amma vekhahanayya mitnaddevin levet elahahom di virushelem

and whatever silver and gold that you find throughout the province of Babylon, together with the freewill offerings that the people and the priests will give for the House of their God, which is in Jerusalem.

kol-qovel denah osparna tiqne bekhaspa denah torin dikhrin immerin uminkhatehon veniskehon uteqarev himmo al-madbekhah di bet elahakhom di virushelem

You shall, therefore, with dispatch acquire with this money bulls, rams, and lambs, with their grain offerings and libations, and offer them on the altar of the House of your God in Jerusalem.

umah di (lykh) [alakh] ve'al-[ekhakh] (khykh) yetav bishar kaspa vedahavah lemebad kirut elahakhom ta'avdun

And whatever you wish to do with the leftover silver and gold, you and your kinsmen may do, in accord with the will of your God.

umanayya di-mityahavin lakh lefolkhan bet elahakh hashlem qodam elah yerushelem

The vessels for the service of the House of your God that are given to you, deliver to God in Jerusalem,

ushe'ar khashkhut bet elahakh di yippel-lakh lemintan tinten min-bet ginze malka

and any other needs of the House of your God that it falls to you to supply, do so from the royal treasury.

uminni anah artakhshast malka sim te'em lekhol gizzavrayya di ba'avar naharah di khol-di yishalenkhon ezra khahana safar data di-elah shemayya osparna yitavid

I, King Artaxerxes, for my part, hereby issue an order to all the treasurers in the province of Beyond the River that whatever request Ezra the priest, scholar in the law of the God of Heaven, makes of you is to be fulfilled with dispatch

ad-kesaf kakkerin me'ah ve'ad-khintin korin me'ah ve'ad-khamar battin me'ah ve'ad-battin meshakh me'ah umelakh di-la khetav

up to the sum of one hundred talents of silver, one hundred kors of wheat, one hundred baths of wine, one hundred baths of oil, and salt without limit.

kol-di min-ta'am elah shemayya yitaved adrazda levet elah shemayya di-lemah leheve qetsaf al-malkhut malka uvenohi

Whatever is by order of the God of Heaven must be carried out diligently for the House of the God of Heaven, else wrath will come upon the king and his sons.

ulekhom mehode'in di khol-kahanayya velevaye zammarayya tara'ayya netinayya ufalekhe bet elaha denah mindah velo vahalakh la shallit lemirme alehom

We further advise you that it is not permissible to impose tribute, poll tax, or land tax on any priest, Levite, singer, gatekeeper, temple servant, or other servant of this House of God.

ve'ant ezra kekhokhmat elahakh di-vidakh menni shafetin vedayyanin di-lehevon (dnyn) [dayenin] lekhol-amma di ba'avar naharah lekhol-yade'e date elahakh vedi la yada tehode'un

And you, Ezra, by the divine wisdom you possess, appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people in the province of Beyond the River who know the laws of your God, and to teach those who do not know them.

vekhol-di-la leheve aved data di-elahakh vedata di malka osparna dinah leheve mitaved minneh hen lemot hen (lshrshv) [lishroshi] hen-la'anash nikhsin vele'esurin

Let anyone who does not obey the law of your God and the law of the king be punished with dispatch, whether by death, corporal punishment, confiscation of possessions, or imprisonment.”

barukh Adonai elohe avotenu asher natan kazot belev hammelekh lefa'er et-bet Adonai asher birushalai͏m

Blessed is the ETERNAL God of our ancestors, who put it into the mind of the king to glorify the House of GOD in Jerusalem,

ve'alay hittah-khesed lifne hammelekh veyo'atsayw ulekhol-sare hammelekh haggibborim va'ani hitkhazzaqti keyad-Adonai elohay alay va'eqbetsah miyyisra'el rashim la'alot immi

and who inclined the king and his counselors and the king’s military officers to be favorably disposed toward me. For my part, thanks to GOD’s care for me, I summoned up courage and assembled leaders in Israel to go with me.