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EZRA COMES TO YERU SHALEM
And after these words, in the sovereigndom of Artach Shashta sovereign of Persia, Ezra the son of Sera Yah the son of Azar Yah, the son of Hilqi Yah 2 the son of Shallum the son of Sadoq the son of Achiy Tub 3 the son of Amar Yah the son of Azar Yah the son of Merayoth 4 the son of Zerach Yah the son of Uzzi the son of Buqqi 5 the son of Abi Shua the son of Pinechas the son of El Azar the son of Aharon the head priest 6 - this Ezra ascends from Babel; and he is a skillful scribe in the torah of Mosheh which Yah Veh Elohim of Yisra El gave: and the sovereign gives him all his request, according to the hand of Yah Veh his Elohim on him: 7 and some of the sons of Yisra El and of the priests and the Leviym and the singers and the porters and the Dedicates ascend to Yeru Shalem; in the seventh year of Artach Shashta the sovereign: 8 and he comes to Yeru Shalem in the fifth month - in the seventh year of the sovereign: 9 for on the first of the first month he founds the ascent to Babel: and on the first of the fifth month he comes to Yeru Shalem according to the good hand of his Elohim on him. 10 For Ezra prepares his heart to seek the torah of Yah Veh and to work it and to teach statutes and judgments in Yisra El. 11
THE EPISTLE OF ARTACH SHASHTA TO EZRA
And this is the transcript of the epistle the sovereign Artach Shashta gives to Ezra the priest the scribe - a scribe of the words of the misvoth of Yah Veh and of his statutes to Yisra El: 12 Artach Shashta, sovereign of sovereigns, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the edict of Elah of the heavens, consummate and et cetera. 13 I set a decree, bring with you all of the people of Yisra El and his priests and Leviym in my sovereigndom who volunteer to come to Yeru Shalem: 14 because as you are sent from in front of the sovereign and from his seven counsellors, to search, concerning Yah Hudah and Yeru Shalem, according to the edict of your Elah in your hand: 15 and to bring the silver and gold the sovereign and his counsellors volunteer to Elah of Yisra El, whose tabernacle is in Yeru Shalem: 16 and all the silver and gold you find in all the jurisdiction of Babel - with the voluntary of the people and of the priests who volunteer for the house of their Elah in Yeru Shalem: 17 so with this silver, diligently buy bulls, rams, lambs, with their offerings and their libations; and oblate them on the sacrifice altar of the house of your Elah in Yeru Shalem. 18 And whatever well-pleases you and your brothers to do with the silver and the gold that survives, do after the intention of your Elah: 19 and shalam the vessels given you for the service of the house of your Elah, in front of the Elah of Yeru Shalem: 20 and the rest of the needs for the house of your Elah whatever befalls you to give - give from the treasure house of the sovereign. 21 And from me, even I - Artach Shashta the sovereign set a decree to all the treasurers beyond the river - that all that Ezra the priest, the scribe of the edict of Elah of the heavens, asks of you, do diligently 22 - to a hundred rounds of silver and to a hundred measures of wheat and to a hundred baths of fermentation and to a hundred baths of anointing oil and salt not scribed: 23 all that is of the decree by Elah of the heavens, do diligently for the house of Elah of the heavens: For why have rage against the sovereigndom of the sovereign and his sons? 24 And we have you know, as for the priests and Leviym, pluckers, portal guards, Dedicates, or servers of this house of Elah, it is not permissible to assess tribute or custom on them. 25 And you, Ezra, after the wisdom of your Elah, in your hand, appoint judges and advocates, to plead for all the people beyond the river - all such as know the edicts of your Elah; so that they who know them not know. 26 And whoever serves not the edict of your Elah and the edict of the sovereign, serve the penalty diligently - whether to death, whether to uproot, whether to confiscate holdings, whether to bonds. 27 Blessed - Yah Veh Elohim of our fathers who gives such as this in the heart of the sovereign, to adorn the house of Yah Veh in Yeru Shalem: 28 and spread mercy to me at the face of the sovereign and his counsellors and at the face of all the mighty governors of the sovereign: and I strengthen myself as the hand of Yah Veh my Elohim is on me; and I gather from Yisra El heads to ascend with me.
EZRA COMES TO YERU SHALEM
And after these words, in the sovereigndom of Artach Shashta sovereign of Persia, Ezra the son of Sera Yah the son of Azar Yah, the son of Hilqi Yah 2 the son of Shallum the son of Sadoq the son of Achiy Tub 3 the son of Amar Yah the son of Azar Yah the son of Merayoth 4 the son of Zerach Yah the son of Uzzi the son of Buqqi 5 the son of Abi Shua the son of Pinechas the son of El Azar the son of Aharon the head priest 6 - this Ezra ascends from Babel; and he is a skillful scribe in the torah of Mosheh which Yah Veh Elohim of Yisra El gave: and the sovereign gives him all his request, according to the hand of Yah Veh his Elohim on him: 7 and some of the sons of Yisra El and of the priests and the Leviym and the singers and the porters and the Dedicates ascend to Yeru Shalem; in the seventh year of Artach Shashta the sovereign: 8 and he comes to Yeru Shalem in the fifth month - in the seventh year of the sovereign: 9 for on the first of the first month he founds the ascent to Babel: and on the first of the fifth month he comes to Yeru Shalem according to the good hand of his Elohim on him. 10 For Ezra prepares his heart to seek the torah of Yah Veh and to work it and to teach statutes and judgments in Yisra El. 11
THE EPISTLE OF ARTACH SHASHTA TO EZRA
And this is the transcript of the epistle the sovereign Artach Shashta gives to Ezra the priest the scribe - a scribe of the words of the misvoth of Yah Veh and of his statutes to Yisra El: 12 Artach Shashta, sovereign of sovereigns, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the edict of Elah of the heavens, consummate and et cetera. 13 I set a decree, bring with you all of the people of Yisra El and his priests and Leviym in my sovereigndom who volunteer to come to Yeru Shalem: 14 because as you are sent from in front of the sovereign and from his seven counsellors, to search, concerning Yah Hudah and Yeru Shalem, according to the edict of your Elah in your hand: 15 and to bring the silver and gold the sovereign and his counsellors volunteer to Elah of Yisra El, whose tabernacle is in Yeru Shalem: 16 and all the silver and gold you find in all the jurisdiction of Babel - with the voluntary of the people and of the priests who volunteer for the house of their Elah in Yeru Shalem: 17 so with this silver, diligently buy bulls, rams, lambs, with their offerings and their libations; and oblate them on the sacrifice altar of the house of your Elah in Yeru Shalem. 18 And whatever well-pleases you and your brothers to do with the silver and the gold that survives, do after the intention of your Elah: 19 and shalam the vessels given you for the service of the house of your Elah, in front of the Elah of Yeru Shalem: 20 and the rest of the needs for the house of your Elah whatever befalls you to give - give from the treasure house of the sovereign. 21 And from me, even I - Artach Shashta the sovereign set a decree to all the treasurers beyond the river - that all that Ezra the priest, the scribe of the edict of Elah of the heavens, asks of you, do diligently 22 - to a hundred rounds of silver and to a hundred measures of wheat and to a hundred baths of fermentation and to a hundred baths of anointing oil and salt not scribed: 23 all that is of the decree by Elah of the heavens, do diligently for the house of Elah of the heavens: For why have rage against the sovereigndom of the sovereign and his sons? 24 And we have you know, as for the priests and Leviym, pluckers, portal guards, Dedicates, or servers of this house of Elah, it is not permissible to assess tribute or custom on them. 25 And you, Ezra, after the wisdom of your Elah, in your hand, appoint judges and advocates, to plead for all the people beyond the river - all such as know the edicts of your Elah; so that they who know them not know. 26 And whoever serves not the edict of your Elah and the edict of the sovereign, serve the penalty diligently - whether to death, whether to uproot, whether to confiscate holdings, whether to bonds. 27 Blessed - Yah Veh Elohim of our fathers who gives such as this in the heart of the sovereign, to adorn the house of Yah Veh in Yeru Shalem: 28 and spread mercy to me at the face of the sovereign and his counsellors and at the face of all the mighty governors of the sovereign: and I strengthen myself as the hand of Yah Veh my Elohim is on me; and I gather from Yisra El heads to ascend with me.