Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
adversaries
of Judah and Benjamin hear
that the sons
of
the
captivity
are
building a temple to
Jehovah
, God of Israel,
When
the
enemies
of Judah and Benjamin heard
that the exiles
were
building a temple for
the
LORD
, the
God of Israel,
and
they draw
nigh
unto
Zerubbabel ,
and unto
heads of the fathers
, and
say
to
them
, `
Let us build with you ;
for
, like you, we seek to
your God ,
and we
are
not
sacrificing since the days
of Esar-Haddon king
of Asshur
, who brought us up
hither
. '
they approached
Zerubbabel and the
heads of the families
, saying
, “
Let us build with you because
, like you, we seek your God and have
been
sacrificing to
Him
since the time
of King
Esar-haddon of Assyria
, who brought us here
. ”
And
Zerubbabel saith
to
them
, also
Jeshua, and the rest
of
the
heads of the fathers
of Israel, `Not
for
you ,
and
for
us ,
to
build
a house to
our God ;
but
we ourselves
together
do
build to
Jehovah
God of Israel, as the
king
Cyrus ,
king of Persia ,
commanded us. '
But
Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other
heads of the families
of Israel replied
, “
You have
no
part
with
us in
building
a house for
our God ,
since
we alone
must
build it
for
the
LORD,
the
God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has
commanded us. ”
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
the people of the land are
making
the
hands
of
the people of Judah feeble,
and troubling
them in
building,
Then
the people of the land set
out
to
discourage
the people of Judah and make
them afraid
to
build.
and
are
hiring
against them counsellors
to make
void
their counsel
all
the days
of Cyrus king of Persia ,
even
till
the reign of Darius king of Persia.
They
hired
counselors
against them to frustrate
their plans
throughout
the reign
of Cyrus king of Persia and
down
to
the reign of Darius king of Persia.
And
in
the reign
of Ahasuerus,
in
the commencement
of
his
reign, they
have
written
an accusation against the inhabitants
of Judah and Jerusalem ;
At
the beginning
of the reign of
Xerxes
, an accusation was
lodged
against the people
of Judah and Jerusalem .
and in the days of Artaxerxes have
Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions
written
unto
Artaxerxes
king
of
Persia,
and
the
writing
of
the
letter is
written in Aramaean,
and interpreted
in
Aramaean
.
And in the days of Artaxerxes king
of
Persia,
Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates
wrote
a
letter to
Artaxerxes.
It
was
written in Aramaic
and then
translated
.
Rehum counsellor,
and Shimshai scribe have
written
a
letter concerning
Jerusalem to Artaxerxes
the
king ,
thus
:
Rehum the
commander
and Shimshai the
scribe wrote
the
letter against
Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes
as
follows
:
Then
Rehum counsellor
, and
Shimshai scribe, and the rest of their companions,
Dinaites,
and Apharsathchites,
Tarpelites,
Apharsites,
Archevites
, Babylonians
, Susanchites
, (who
are
Elamites )
,
From
Rehum the
commander
, Shimshai the
scribe, and the rest of their associates—the
judges
and officials
over
Tripolis
, Persia
, Erech
and
Babylon
, the
Elamites of
Susa
,
and the rest of the nations
that
the great and honourable
Asnapper
removed
and set
in the city
of Samaria ,
and the
rest
beyond
the river,
and
at
such
a
time:
and the rest of the peoples
whom
the great and honorable
Ashurbanipal
deported
and settled
in the cities
of Samaria and elsewhere
west
of
the Euphrates.
This `
is '
a
copy
of a
letter that
they have
sent unto
him ,
unto
Artaxerxes
the
king :
`Thy
servants, men beyond
the river,
and
at
such
a
time;
(
This is the
text
of the
letter they sent to
him .)
To
King Artaxerxes,
From
your
servants, the
men west
of
the Euphrates:
Be
it known to the king ,
that the Jews who have
come
up
from thee
unto
us ,
have come
in
to Jerusalem ,
the
rebellious
and base
city
they are building,
and the
walls they
have
finished
, and the
foundations they
join
.
Let
it be
known to the king that the Jews who came
from you
to
us have returned
to Jerusalem .
And they are rebuilding
that
rebellious
and wicked
city,
restoring
its
walls, and repairing
its
foundations.
`
Now ,
be it
known to the king ,
that if this
city be
builded,
and the
walls finished,
toll,
tribute
, and
custom
they do
not give;
and at
length
`to'
the kings
it
doth
cause
loss
.
Let
it
now be known to the king that if that
city is
rebuilt
and its
walls are
restored
, they will
not pay
tribute,
duty,
or
toll,
and the royal
treasury
will
suffer
.
Now ,
because that
the salt
of the palace `is'
our
salt,
and the
nakedness
of
the king we
have
no
patience
to see
, therefore
we have sent and
made
known
to the king ;
Now because we
are
in
the service
of the palace and it
is
not
fitting
for
us
to
allow
the king to be
dishonored
, we have sent to inform
the king
so
that he
doth
seek
in
the
book
of the records
of thy
fathers ,
and
thou
dost
find
in the
book
of
the
records,
and dost
know,
that this
city `
is '
a rebellious city, and
causing
loss
`
to '
kings and provinces, and
makers
of
sedition `are'
in
its
midst
from the
days
of
old,
therefore
hath
this city been
wasted
.
that a
search
should
be
made
of the record
books
of your
fathers .
In these
books
you
will
discover
and verify
that the
city is a rebellious city, harmful
to kings and provinces, inciting
sedition from ancient
times.
That
is
why
this city was
destroyed
.
We are
making
known
to
the king that ,
if this city be
builded
and the
walls finished
, by
this
means
a
portion
beyond
the river
thou
hast
none
. '
We advise
the king that if this city is
rebuilt
and its
walls are
restored
, you
will
have
no
dominion
west
of
the Euphrates
.
An
answer
hath
the king sent unto
Rehum counsellor
, and
Shimshai scribe, and the rest of their
companions
who
are
dwelling
in Samaria ,
and the rest
beyond
the river,
`Peace,
and
at
such
a
time
:
Then
the king sent this
reply:
To
Rehum the
commander
, Shimshai the
scribe, and the rest of your
associates
living
in Samaria and elsewhere
in
the region
west
of
the Euphrates
: Greetings.
The letter that
ye
sent unto
us ,
explained,
hath
been read before
me,
The letter you
sent us has
been translated
and
read in
my
presence.
and
by
me
a decree hath
been
made
, and they
sought,
and
have
found
that this city from
the
days
of
old
against kings is
lifting
up
itself
, and
rebellion and sedition is
made
in
it,
I
issued
a decree, and a
search
was
conducted.
It
was
discovered
that this city has
revolted
against kings from
ancient
times
, engaging
in
rebellion and sedition .
and mighty kings have been
over Jerusalem ,
even
rulers
over all
beyond
the river,
and toll,
tribute, and custom
is
given
to them.
And mighty kings have ruled
over Jerusalem and
exercised
authority
over the whole
region
west
of
the
Euphrates;
and tribute, duty,
and toll
were
paid
to them.
`
Now, make
ye
a
decree
to
cause
these men to cease
, and
this city is
not builded,
till
by
me
a
decree
is
made
.
Now, therefore,
issue
an
order
for
these men to stop
, so
that
this city will
not be
rebuilt
until
I
so
order
.
And
beware
ye
of
negligence
in
doing
this ;
why doth
the
hurt
become
great
to the
loss
of
the kings
? '
See
that
you
do
not
neglect
this matter.
Why allow
this
threat
to increase
and
the royal
interests
to
suffer
?
Then
from
the time
that
a
copy
of the letter of
king Artaxerxes is
read before
Rehum, and
Shimshai the scribe, and their companions
, they have
gone
in
haste
to Jerusalem,
unto
the Jews ,
and caused
them to
cease
by
force
and
strength;
When
the text
of the letter from
King Artaxerxes was
read to
Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates
, they went
immediately
to the Jews in
Jerusalem
and forcibly
stopped
them .
then
ceased
the service
of the house of God that
`is'
in Jerusalem, and it ceased
till
the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Thus
the construction
of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased
, and it remained
at
a
standstill
until
the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
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