Ezra
4:1 Tam sim no thaum cov yeeb ncuab ntawm Judah thiab Benjamin hnov hais tias cov me nyuam
ntawm kev poob cev qhev tau tsim lub tuam tsev rau tus Tswv tus Vajtswv ntawm cov neeg Ixayees;
4:2 Ces lawv tuaj rau Zerubbabel, thiab hais rau cov thawj coj ntawm cov yawg koob, thiab hais tias
rau lawv, cia peb nrog koj tsim: vim peb nrhiav koj tus Vajtswv, ib yam li koj ua; thiab peb
ua kev txi rau nws txij thaum Esarhaddon tus huab tais ntawm Assur, uas
coj peb los rau ntawm no.
4:3 Tab sis Zerubbabel, thiab Yexus, thiab lwm tus ntawm cov thawj coj ntawm cov yawg koob
Cov Yixalayees has rua puab tas, mej tsi xob ua ib lub tuam tsev rua peb
rau peb tus Vajtswv; tiam sis peb tus kheej ua ke yuav txhim tsa rau tus Tswv tus Vajtswv
Cov Yixalayees, ib yam li vajntxwv Xalumoos tus vajntxwv kav tebchaws Persia tau txib peb.
4:4 Tom qab ntawd cov neeg hauv lub tebchaws tau qaug zog ntawm cov neeg Yudas txhais tes,
thiab teeb meem rau lawv hauv tsev,
4:5 Thiab ntiav cov kws pab tswv yim tawm tsam lawv, kom ntxhov siab rau lawv lub hom phiaj, tag nrho cov
hnub ntawm Cyrus tus huab tais ntawm Persia, txawm mus txog rau lub reign ntawm Darius huab tais ntawm
Persia.
4:6 Thiab nyob rau hauv lub reign ntawm Ahasuerus, nyob rau hauv thaum pib ntawm nws reign, sau lawv
rau nws ib qho kev iab liam rau cov neeg Yudas thiab Yeluxalees.
4:7 Thiab nyob rau hauv lub hnub ntawm Artaxerxes sau Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, thiab cov
so ntawm lawv cov khub, rau Artaxerxes tus vaj ntxwv ntawm Persia; thiab cov
sau ntawv ntawm tsab ntawv tau sau nyob rau hauv Syrian tus nplaig, thiab txhais
hauv Syrian tus nplaig.
4:8 Rehum tus thawj tswj hwm thiab Shimshai tus kws sau ntawv sau tsab ntawv tawm tsam
Yeluxalees mus rau Artaxerxes tus vajntxwv zoo li no:
4:9 Ces Rehum tus thawj tswj hwm sau, thiab Shimshai tus kws sau ntawv, thiab lwm tus
ntawm lawv cov khub; cov Dinaites, cov Apharsathchites, cov Tarpelites,
cov Apharsites, Archevites, Babylonians, Susanchites, cov
Dehavites, thiab cov Elamites,
4:10 Thiab lwm haiv neeg uas Asnapper loj thiab noble coj
tshaj, thiab muab tso rau hauv lub nroog ntawm Samaria, thiab lwm yam uas nyob rau hauv no
sab ntug dej, thiab nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd.
4:11 Nov yog daim ntawv uas lawv xa tuaj rau nws, txawm yog rau
Vajntxwv Artaxerxes; Koj cov tub qhe cov txiv neej ntawm no sab tus dej, thiab ntawm
zoo li lub sijhawm.
4:12 Cia li paub rau vajntxwv, tias cov neeg Yudais uas tuaj ntawm koj los rau peb
tuaj rau hauv Yeluxalees, txhim tsa cov neeg ntxeev siab thiab lub nroog phem, thiab
tau teeb tsa cov phab ntsa, thiab koom nrog lub hauv paus.
4:13 Cia li paub tam sim no rau vaj ntxwv, hais tias, yog hais tias lub nroog no raug tsim, thiab lub
phab ntsa teem dua, ces lawv yuav tsis them tus xov tooj, tribute, thiab kev cai,
thiab yog li ntawd koj yuav tsum ua kom puas tsuaj cov nyiaj tau los ntawm vaj ntxwv.
4:14 Tam sim no vim hais tias peb muaj txij nkawm los ntawm huab tais lub palace, thiab nws tsis yog
ntsib kom peb pom vajntxwv tej kev qias tsis huv, yog li ntawd peb thiaj txib thiab
tau lees paub tus huab tais;
4:15 Qhov kev tshawb fawb ntawd tuaj yeem ua nyob rau hauv phau ntawv sau tseg ntawm koj txiv: yog li ntawd
Koj yuav tsum pom nyob rau hauv phau ntawv ntawm cov ntaub ntawv, thiab paub hais tias lub nroog no yog ib tug
lub nroog ntxeev siab, thiab ua phem rau vajntxwv thiab lub xeev, thiab hais tias lawv
tau tsiv sedition nyob rau hauv tib lub sij hawm qub: vim li cas yog
lub nroog no puas lawm.
4:16 Peb lees paub rau vajntxwv tias, yog tias lub nroog no rov tsim dua, thiab cov phab ntsa
ntawm kev teeb tsa, los ntawm qhov no txhais tau tias koj yuav tsis muaj feem ntawm sab no
tus dej.
4:17 Ces vaj ntxwv tau teb rau Rehum tus thawj tswj hwm, thiab rau Shimsai
cov kws sau ntawv, thiab rau lwm tus ntawm lawv cov khub uas nyob hauv Xamalis,
thiab mus rau lwm qhov dhau ntawm tus dej, Kev Thaj Yeeb, thiab nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd.
4:18 Tsab ntawv uas koj xa tuaj rau peb tau raug nyeem ua ntej kuv.
4:19 Thiab kuv tau txib, thiab tshawb nrhiav, thiab nws tau pom tias qhov no
lub nroog ntawm lub sijhawm qub tau ua kev tawm tsam tawm tsam vajntxwv, thiab qhov ntawd
kev ntxeev siab thiab sedition tau ua nyob rau hauv.
4:20 Tseem muaj cov vajntxwv uas muaj hwjchim kav lub nroog Yeluxalees, uas tau kav
txhua lub teb chaws dhau tus dej; thiab tus xov tooj, tribute, thiab kev cai, tau them
rau lawv.
4:21 Tam sim no koj muab cov lus txib kom ua rau cov neeg no tso tseg, thiab lub nroog no
yuav tsum tsis txhob tsa, mus txog thaum lwm txoj lus txib yuav raug muab los ntawm kuv.
4:22 Tam sim no ceev faj kom koj tsis txhob ua qhov no: yog vim li cas yuav tsum tau kev puas tsuaj loj hlob mus rau lub
mob ntawm cov vaj?
4:23 Tam sim no thaum daim ntawv luam ntawm vaj ntxwv Artaxerxes tsab ntawv tau nyeem ua ntej Rehum, thiab
Shimshai tus kws sau ntawv, thiab lawv cov phooj ywg, lawv tau nce mus sai
Yeluxalees rau cov neeg Yudais, thiab ua kom lawv tso tseg los ntawm kev quab yuam thiab lub hwj chim.
4:24 Ces ceased txoj hauj lwm ntawm lub tsev ntawm Vajtswv nyob rau hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees. Yog li ntawd
tso tseg mus txog rau xyoo thib ob ntawm kev kav ntawm Darius tus huab tais ntawm Persia.