Esdras 7
Schlachter-Bibel 1951
1Nach diesen Geschichten begab es sich unter der Regierung Artasastas, des Königs von Persien, daß Esra, der Sohn Serajas, des Sohnes Asarjas, des Sohnes Hilkias,
2des Sohnes Sallums, des Sohnes Zadoks, des Sohnes Achitubs,
3des Sohnes Amarjas, des Sohnes Asarjas, des Sohnes Merajots,
4des Sohnes Serahjas, des Sohnes Ussis, des Sohnes Buckis,
5des Sohnes Abisuas, des Sohnes Pinehas, des Sohnes Eleasars, des Sohnes Aarons, des obersten Priesters,
6daß dieser Esra von Babel hinaufzog. Der war ein Schriftgelehrter, wohl bewandert im Gesetze Moses, welches der HERR, der Gott Israels, gegeben hatte. Und der König gab ihm alles, was er forderte, weil die Hand des HERRN, seines Gottes, über ihm war.
7Und etliche von den Kindern Israel und von den Priestern und Leviten, von den Sängern und Torhütern und Tempeldienern zogen gen Jerusalem hinauf, im siebenten Jahre des Königs Artasasta.
8Und er kam im fünften Monat nach Jerusalem, im siebenten Jahre des Königs.
9Denn am ersten Tage des ersten Monats fand der Aufbruch von Babel statt: und am ersten Tage des fünften Monats kam er in Jerusalem an, weil die gute Hand seines Gottes über ihm war.
10Denn Esra hatte sein Herz darauf gerichtet, das Gesetz des HERRN zu erforschen und zu tun und in Israel Gesetz und Recht zu lehren.
11Und dies ist die Abschrift des Briefes, den der König Artasasta dem Priester Esra, dem Schriftgelehrten, gab, der gelehrt war in den Worten der Gebote des HERRN und seiner Satzungen für Israel:
12«Artasasta, der König der Könige, an Esra, den Priester, den Schriftgelehrten im Gesetze des Gottes des Himmels, ausgefertigt und so weiter.
13Es ist von mir befohlen worden, daß, wer in meinem Reiche vom Volk Israel und seinen Priestern und Leviten willens ist, nach Jerusalem zu ziehen, mit dir ziehen solle.
14Weil du von dem König und seinen sieben Räten gesandt bist, eine Untersuchung über Juda und Jerusalem anzustellen, nach dem Gesetze deines Gottes, das in deiner Hand ist;
15und damit du das Silber und Gold hinbringest, welches der König und seine Räte freiwillig dem Gott Israels, dessen Wohnung zu Jerusalem ist, gespendet haben,
16dazu alles Silber und Gold, das du finden kannst in der ganzen Landschaft zu Babel, samt dem, was das Volk und die Priester freiwillig geben für das Haus ihres Gottes zu Jerusalem.
17Derhalben kaufe gewissenhaft aus diesem Gelde Stiere, Widder, Lämmer, samt den dazu gehörigen Speisopfern und Trankopfern, und opfere sie auf dem Altar bei dem Hause eures Gottes zu Jerusalem.
18Und was dir und deinen Brüdern mit dem übrigen Silber und Gold zu tun gefällt, das tut nach dem Willen eures Gottes!
19Und die Geräte, die dir übergeben werden für den Dienst im Hause deines Gottes, liefere sie vollständig ab vor Gott zu Jerusalem.
20Und was sonst noch zum Hause deines Gottes notwendig sein wird, was auszugeben dir zufällt, sollst du dir aus der Schatzkammer des Königs geben lassen.
21Und ich, König Artasasta, habe allen Schatzmeistern jenseits des Stromes befohlen, daß, was Esra, der Priester und Schriftgelehrte im Gesetze des Gottes des Himmels, von euch fordern wird, pünktlich gegeben werden soll,
22bis auf hundert Talente Silber und bis auf hundert Kor Weizen und bis auf hundert Bat Wein und bis auf hundert Bat Öl und Salz in unbestimmter Menge.
23Alles, was nach dem Befehl des Gottes des Himmels ist, das werde für das Haus des Gottes des Himmels mit großer Sorgfalt verrichtet, damit nicht ein Zorn über das Königreich des Königs und seine Kinder komme.
24Ferner sei euch kund, daß ihr nicht berechtigt seid, Steuern, Zoll und Weggeld irgend einem Priester, Leviten, Sänger, Torhüter, Tempeldiener und Diener im Hause dieses Gottes aufzuerlegen.
25Du aber, Esra, nach der Weisheit deines Gottes, die in deiner Hand ist, bestelle Richter und Rechtspfleger, die alles Volk richten, das jenseits des Stromes ist, alle, die deines Gottes Gesetze kennen; und wer sie nicht kennt, den sollt ihr unterrichten.
26Und ein jeder, der nicht mit Fleiß das Gesetz deines Gottes und das Gesetz des Königs tun wird, über den soll gewissenhaft Gericht gehalten werden, es sei zum Tode oder zur Verbannung, zur Geldbuße oder zum Gefängnis.»
27Gelobt sei der HERR, unsrer Väter Gott, der solches dem König ins Herz gegeben hat, das Haus des HERRN in Jerusalem zu zieren,
28und der mir Gnade zugewandt hat vor dem Könige und seinen Räten und vor allen gewaltigen Fürsten des Königs! Und so faßte ich Mut, weil die Hand des HERRN, meines Gottes, über mir war, und versammelte die Häupter von Israel, daß sie mit mir hinaufzögen.
Reina-Valera 1909
1PASADAS estas cosas, en el reinado de Artajerjes rey de Persia, Esdras, hijo de Seraías, hijo de Azarías, hijo de Hilcías,
2Hijo de Sallum, hijo de Sadoc, hijo de Achîtob,
3Hijo de Amarías, hijo de Azarías, hijo de Meraioth,
4Hijo de Zeraías, hijo de Uzzi, hijo de Bucci,
5Hijo de Abisue, hijo de Phinees, hijo de Eleazar, hijo de Aarón, primer sacerdote:
6Este Esdras subió de Babilonia, el cual era escriba diligente en la ley de Moisés, que Jehová Dios de Israel había dado; y concedióle el rey, según la mano de Jehová su Dios sobre él, todo lo que pidió.
7Y subieron con él á Jerusalem de los hijos de Israel, y de los sacerdotes, y Levitas, y cantores, y porteros, y Nethineos, en el séptimo año del rey Artajerjes.
8Y llegó á Jerusalem en el mes quinto, el año séptimo del rey.
9Porque el día primero del primer mes fué el principio de la partida de Babilonia, y al primero del mes quinto llegó á Jerusalem, según la buena mano de su Dios sobre él.
10Porque Esdras había preparado su corazón para inquirir la ley de Jehová, y para hacer y enseñar á Israel mandamientos y juicios.
11Y este es el traslado de la carta que dió el rey Artajerjes á Esdras, sacerdote escriba, escriba de las palabras mandadas de Jehová, y de sus estatutos á Israel:
12Artajerjes, rey de los reyes, á Esdras sacerdote, escriba perfecto de la ley del Dios del cielo: Salud, etc.
13Por mí es dado mandamiento, que cualquiera que quisiere en mi reino, del pueblo de Israel y de sus sacerdotes y Levitas, ir contigo á Jerusalem, vaya.
14Porque de parte del rey y de sus siete consultores eres enviado á visitar á Judea y á Jerusalem, conforme á la ley de tu Dios que está en tu mano;
15Y á llevar la plata y el oro que el rey y sus consultores voluntariamente ofrecen al Dios de Israel, cuya morada está en Jerusalem;
16Y toda la plata y el oro que hallares en toda la provincia de Babilonia, con las ofrendas voluntarias del pueblo y de los sacerdotes, que de su voluntad ofrecieren para la casa de su Dios que está en Jerusalem.
17Comprarás pues prestamente con esta plata becerros, carneros, corderos, con sus presentes y sus libaciones, y los ofrecerás sobre el altar de la casa de vuestro Dios que está en Jerusalem.
18Y lo que á ti y á tus hermanos pluguiere hacer de la otra plata y oro, hacedlo conforme á la voluntad de vuestro Dios.
19Y los vasos que te son entregados para el servicio de la casa de tu Dios, los restituirás delante de Dios en Jerusalem.
20Y lo demás necesario para la casa de tu Dios que te fuere menester dar, daráslo de la casa de los tesoros del rey.
21Y por mí el rey Artajerjes es dado mandamiento á todos los tesoreros que están al otro lado del río, que todo lo que os demandare Esdras sacerdote, escriba de la ley del Dios del cielo, concédasele luego,
22Hasta cien talentos de plata, y hasta cien coros de trigo, y hasta cien batos de vino, y hasta cien batos de aceite; y sal sin tasa.
23Todo lo que es mandado por el Dios del cielo, sea hecho prestamente para la casa del Dios del cielo: pues, ¿por qué habría de ser su ira contra el reino del rey y de sus hijos?
24Y á vosotros os hacemos saber, que á todos los sacerdotes y Levitas, cantores, porteros, Nethineos y ministros de la casa de Dios, ninguno pueda imponerles tributo, ó pecho, ó renta.
25Y tú, Esdras, conforme á la sabiduría de tu Dios que tienes, pon jueces y gobernadores, que gobiernen á todo el pueblo que está del otro lado del río, á todos los que tienen noticia de las leyes de tu Dios; y al que no la tuviere, le enseñaréis.
26Y cualquiera que no hiciere la ley de tu Dios, y la ley del rey, prestamente sea juzgado, ó á muerte, ó á desarraigo, ó á pena de la hacienda, ó á prisión.
27Bendito Jehová, Dios de nuestros padres, que puso tal cosa en el corazón del rey, para honrar la casa de Jehová que está en Jerusalem.
28E inclinó hacia mí su misericordia delante del rey y de sus consultores, y de todos los príncipes poderosos del rey. Y yo, confortado según la mano de mi Dios sobre mí, junté los principales de Israel para que subiesen conmigo.
King James Version
1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
6This 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.
7And 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.
8And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
9For 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.
10For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
11Now 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.
12Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
13I 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.
14Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
15And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
16And 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:
17That 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.
18And 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.
19The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
20And 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.
21And 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,
22Unto 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.
23Whatsoever 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?
24Also 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.
25And 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.
26And 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.
27Blessed 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:
28And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, 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.
World English Bible
1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
6this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the LORD his God’s hand on him.
7Some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
8He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
9For on the first day 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 on him.
10For Ezra had set his heart to seek the LORD’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
11Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the LORD’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:
12Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now
13I make a decree that all those of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my realm, who intend of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.
14Because you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,
15and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
16and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of Babylon, with the free will offering of the people and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem.
17Therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
18Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God.
19The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
20Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure house.
21I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, it shall be done with all diligence,
22up to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred cors of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
23Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
24Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or laborers of this house of God.
25You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.
26Whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it is to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
27Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the LORD’s house which is in Jerusalem;
28and has extended loving kindness to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the LORD my God’s hand on me, and I gathered together chief men out of Israel to go up with me.