H9010–א/–a

They offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

אֱלָהָ֣א (א) ' “God”

They set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

כָהֲנַיָּ֜א (א) ' “the”וְלֵוָיֵא֙ (א֙) ' “the”אֱלָהָ֖א (א) ' “God”

Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.

מַלְכַיָּ֑א (א) ' “kings”כָ֠הֲנָא (א) ' “the”דָּתָ֜א (א) ' “the”שְׁמַיָּ֛א (א) ' “the”

I make a decree, that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, who are minded of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.

עַמָּ֨ה (ה) ' “the”וְלֵוָיֵ֗א (א) ' “the”

Because you are sent of the king and his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,

מַלְכָּ֜א (א) ' “the”

and 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,

מַלְכָּ֣א (א) ' “the”

and all the silver and gold that you shall 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;

עַמָּ֤א (א) ' “the”וְכָֽהֲנַיָּא֙ (א֙) ' “the”

therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, 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.

בְּכַסְפָּ֣א (א) ' “the”מַדְבְּחָ֔ה (ה) ' “the”

Whatever shall seem good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do you after the will of your God.

כַּסְפָּ֥א (א) ' “the”וְדַהֲבָ֖ה (ה) ' “the”

The vessels that are given you for the service of the house of your God, deliver you before the God of Jerusalem.

וּמָֽאנַיָּא֙ (א֙) ' “the”

Whatever more shall be needful for the house of your God, which you shall have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure-house.

מַלְכָּֽא׃ (א) ' “the”

I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do 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, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,

מַלְכָּא֙ (א֙) ' “the”גִּזַּֽבְרַיָּ֔א (א) ' “the”נַהֲרָ֑ה (ה) ' “the”כָהֲנָ֜ה (ה) ' “the”דָּתָא֙ (א֙) ' “the”שְׁמַיָּ֔א (א) ' “the”

Whatever 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?

שְׁמַיָּ֔א (א) ' “the”שְׁמַיָּ֑א (א) ' “the”מַלְכָּ֖א (א) ' “the”

Also we inform you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, on them.

כָּהֲנַיָּ֣א (א) ' “the”וְ֠לֵוָיֵא (א) ' “the”זַמָּ֨רַיָּ֤א (א) ' “the”תָרָֽעַיָּא֙ (א֙) ' “the”נְתִ֣ינַיָּ֔א (א) ' “the”אֱלָהָ֣א (א) ' “God”

You, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God who is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach you him who doesn't know them.

עַמָּה֙ (ה֙) ' “the”נַהֲרָ֔ה (ה) ' “the”

Whoever 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 be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

דָּתָ֣א (א) ' “the”וְדָתָא֙ (א֙) ' “the”מַלְכָּ֔א (א) ' “the”דִּינָ֕ה (ה) ' “judgment”

Thus shall you say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

אֱלָ֣הַיָּ֔א (א) ' “the”שְׁמַיָּ֥א (א) ' “the”וְאַרְקָ֖א (א) ' “the”מֵֽאַרְעָ֛א (א) ' “the”שְׁמַיָּ֖א (א) ' “the”

Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

מַלְכָּא֙ (א֙) ' “O”חֶלְמָ֛א (א) ' “the”וּפִשְׁרָ֥א (א) ' “the”

The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don't make known to me the dream and the interpretation of it, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

מַלְכָּא֙ (א֙) ' “the”מִלְּתָ֖א (א) ' “the”חֶלְמָ֣א (א) ' “the”

But if you show the dream and the interpretation of it, you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and the interpretation of it.

חֶלְמָ֤א (א) ' “the”חֶלְמָ֥א (א) ' “the”

They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

מַלְכָּ֕א (א) ' “O”חֶלְמָ֛א (א) ' “the”וּפִשְׁרָ֥ה (ה) ' “the”

The king answered, I know of a certainty that you would gain time, because you see the thing is gone from me.

מַלְכָּא֙ (א֙) ' “the”עִדָּנָ֖א (א) ' “time”מִלְּתָֽא׃ (א) ' “the”

But if you don't make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me the interpretation of it.

חֶלְמָא֩ (א֩) ' “the”עִדָּנָ֖א (א) ' “the”חֶלְמָא֙ (א֙) ' “the”

The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man on the earth who can show the king's matter, because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.

מַלְכָּא֙ (א֙) ' “the”יַבֶּשְׁתָּ֔א (א) ' “the”מַלְכָּ֔א (א) ' “the”

It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

וּמִלְּתָ֨א (א) ' “the”מַלְכָּ֤ה (ה) ' “the”מַלְכָּ֑א (א) ' “the”בִּשְׂרָ֖א (א) ' “flesh”