Ezra
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Enemies Hinder the Work
1Ketika lawan orang Yehuda dan Benyamin mendengar, bahwa orang-orang yang pulang dari pembuangan itu sedang membangun bait suci bagi TUHAN, Allah Israel, 2maka mereka mendekati Zerubabel serta para kepala kaum keluarga dan berkata kepada mereka: "Biarlah kami turut membangun bersama-sama dengan kamu, karena kamipun berbakti kepada Allahmu sama seperti kamu; lagipula kami selalu mempersembahkan korban kepada-Nya sejak zaman Esar-Hadon, raja Asyur, yang memindahkan kami ke mari." 3Tetapi Zerubabel, Yesua dan para kepala kaum keluarga orang Israel yang lain berkata kepada mereka: "Bukanlah urusan kita bersama, sehingga kamu dan kami membangun rumah bagi Allah kami, karena kami sendirilah yang hendak membangun bagi TUHAN, Allah Israel, seperti yang diperintahkan kepada kami oleh Koresh, raja negeri Persia."
1Now when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people of the exile were building a temple to the LORD God of Israel, 2they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for like you, we seek your God; and we have been sacrificing to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.” 3But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers’ households of Israel said to them, “You have nothing in common with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will together build for the LORD God of Israel, just as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.”
4Maka penduduk negeri itu melemahkan semangat orang-orang Yehuda dan membuat mereka takut membangun. 5Bahkan, selama zaman Koresh, raja negeri Persia, sampai zaman pemerintahan Darius, raja negeri Persia, mereka menyogok para penasihat untuk melawan orang-orang Yehuda itu dan menggagalkan rancangan mereka.
4Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them from building, 5and bribed advisers against them to frustrate their advice all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
6Pada zaman pemerintahan Ahasyweros, pada permulaan pemerintahannya, mereka menulis surat tuduhan terhadap orang-orang yang telah menetap di Yehuda dan di Yerusalem.
6Now in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
The Letter to King Artaxerxes
7Dan pada zaman Artahsasta ditulislah surat oleh Bislam, Mitredat dan Tabeel serta rekan-rekannya yang lain kepada Artahsasta, raja negeri Persia. Naskah surat itu ditulis dalam bahasa Aram dengan terjemahannya. (Dalam bahasa Aram:) 8Rehum, bupati, dan Simsai, panitera, telah menulis surat terhadap Yerusalem kepada raja Artahsasta, yang isinya sebagai berikut. 9-- Pada waktu itu ditulislah surat itu oleh Rehum, bupati, dan Simsai, panitera, serta rekan-rekan mereka yang lain, para hakim dan punggawa dan pegawai-pegawai, orang Persia, orang-orang dari Erekh, dari Babel serta orang-orang dari Susan, yaitu orang-orang Elam, 10dan bangsa-bangsa lain, yang oleh Asnapar yang agung dan mulia itu dipindahkan dan disuruh menetap di kota Samaria dan di daerah yang lain sebelah barat sungai Efrat. 11Inilah salinan surat yang dikirim mereka kepadanya: "Ke hadapan raja Artahsasta dari hamba-hamba tuanku, orang-orang di daerah sebelah barat sungai Efrat. Maka 12kiranya raja maklum, bahwa orang-orang Yahudi, yang berangkat dari tuanku ke tempat kami, telah tiba di Yerusalem. Mereka sedang membangun kembali kota yang durhaka dan jahat itu; mereka menyelesaikan pembangunan tembok-tembok dan memperbaiki dasarnya. 13Kiranya raja maklum, bahwa jikalau kota itu sudah dibangun dan tembok-temboknya sudah selesai, orang tidak lagi membayar pajak, upeti atau bea, sehingga kota itu akhirnya mendatangkan kerugian kepada raja-raja. 14Sekarang, oleh karena kami mempunyai hubungan dengan raja dan tidak patut bagi kami melihat raja kena cela, maka oleh sebab itu kami menyuruh orang memberitahukan hal itu kepada raja, 15supaya diadakan penyelidikan dalam kitab riwayat nenek moyang tuanku. Di dalam kitab riwayat itu tuanku akan mendapati dan mengetahui, bahwa kota itu kota durhaka, yang selalu mendatangkan kerugian kepada raja-raja dan daerah-daerah, dan bahwa orang selalu mengadakan pemberontakan di dalamnya sejak zaman dahulu. Itulah sebabnya maka kota itu dibinasakan. 16Kami ini memberitahukan kepada raja, bahwa jikalau kota itu sudah dibangun kembali dan tembok-temboknya sudah selesai, maka bagi tuanku kelak tidak ada lagi milik di daerah sebelah barat sungai Efrat."
7And in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his colleagues wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the text of the letter was written in Aramaic and translated from Aramaic. 8Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, as follows— 9Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues, the judges and the lesser governors, the officials, the secretaries, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the Elamites, 10and the rest of the nations which the great and honorable Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region beyond the Euphrates River. And now 11this is a copy of the letter which they sent to him:
“To King Artaxerxes: Your servants, the men of the region beyond the Euphrates River; and now 12let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations. 13“Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom tax, or toll, and it will be detrimental to the revenue of the kings. 14“Now because we are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king’s shame, for this reason we have sent word and informed the king, 15so that a search may be conducted in the record books of your fathers. And you will discover in the record books and learn that that city is a rebellious city and detrimental to kings and provinces, and that they have revolted within it in past days; for this reason that city was laid waste. 16“We are informing the king that if that city is rebuilt and the walls finished, then as a result of this you will have no possession in the province beyond the Euphrates River.”
“To King Artaxerxes: Your servants, the men of the region beyond the Euphrates River; and now 12let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations. 13“Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom tax, or toll, and it will be detrimental to the revenue of the kings. 14“Now because we are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king’s shame, for this reason we have sent word and informed the king, 15so that a search may be conducted in the record books of your fathers. And you will discover in the record books and learn that that city is a rebellious city and detrimental to kings and provinces, and that they have revolted within it in past days; for this reason that city was laid waste. 16“We are informing the king that if that city is rebuilt and the walls finished, then as a result of this you will have no possession in the province beyond the Euphrates River.”
The King Replies and Work Stops
17Maka raja mengirim surat jawaban ini: "Kepada Rehum, bupati, dan Simsai, panitera, serta rekan-rekan mereka yang lain, yang tinggal di Samaria dan di daerah yang lain seberang sungai Efrat. Salam ! Maka sekarang, 18surat yang kamu kirim kepada kami, telah dibacakan kepadaku dengan jelas. 19Lalu atas perintahku telah diadakan penyelidikan, dan didapati, bahwa kota itu sejak zaman dahulu selalu bangkit melawan raja-raja dan bahwa penduduknya selalu mendurhaka dan memberontak. 20Lagipula dahulu ada raja-raja yang berkuasa atas Yerusalem, yang memerintah seluruh daerah seberang sungai Efrat, dan kepada mereka dibayarlah pajak, upeti dan bea. 21Oleh sebab itu, keluarkanlah perintah, untuk menghentikan orang-orang itu, supaya kota itu jangan dibangun kembali, sebelum aku mengeluarkan perintah. 22Dan ingatlah baik-baik supaya jangan kamu perbuat suatu kelalaian dalam perkara ini. Apakah gunanya kerusakan yang menjadi kerugian raja-raja itu bertambah besar ?"
17Then the king sent a response to Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and in the rest of the provinces beyond the Euphrates River: “Peace. And now, 18the document which you sent to us has been translated and read before me. 19“And a decree has been issued by me, and a search has been conducted and it has been discovered that that city has risen up against the kings in past days, and that rebellion and revolt have been perpetrated in it, 20that mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem, governing all the provinces beyond the Euphrates River, and that tribute, custom tax, and toll were paid to them. 21“Now issue a decree to make those men stop work, so that this city will not be rebuilt until a decree is issued by me. 22“And beware of being negligent in carrying out this matter; why should there be great damage, to the detriment of the kings?”
23Maka setelah salinan surat raja Artahsasta dibacakan kepada Rehum, dan Simsai, panitera, serta rekan-rekan mereka, berangkatlah mereka dengan segera ke Yerusalem mendapatkan orang-orang Yahudi, dan dengan kekerasan mereka memaksa orang-orang itu menghentikan pekerjaan itu.
23Then as soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes’ decree was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their colleagues, they went in a hurry to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by military force.
24Pada waktu itu terhentilah pekerjaan membangun rumah Allah yang di Yerusalem, dan tetap terhenti sampai tahun yang kedua zaman pemerintahan Darius, raja negeri Persia.
24Then work on the house of God in Jerusalem was discontinued, and it was stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
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