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,

¹Poslije tih događaja, za kraljevanja Artakserksa, kralja perzijskoga, Ezra - sin Seraje, sina Azarje, sina Hilkije,

²The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,

²sina Šaluma, sina Sadoka, sina Ahituba,

³The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

³sina Amarje, sina Azarje, sina Merajota,

⁴The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,

⁴sina Zerahje, sina Uzije, sina Bukija,

⁵The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:

⁵sina Abišue, sina Pinhasa, sina Eleazara, sina vrhovnog svećenika Arona -

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.

⁶taj Ezra vrati se iz Babilona. Bio je književnik vješt Mojsijevu Zakonu, koji je dao Jahve, Bog Izraelov. Kako je ruka Jahve, Boga njegova, bila nad njim, kralj mu je dao sve što je tražio.

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.

⁷Stanovit broj Izraelaca, svećenika, levita, pjevača, vratara i sluga krenuše u Jeruzalem sedme godine kralja Artakserksa.

⁸And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

⁸A Ezra je došao u Jeruzalem petoga mjeseca: bilo je to sedme godine kraljeve.

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.

⁹Pošao je iz Babilona prvoga dana prvoga mjeseca, a stigao je u Jeruzalem prvoga dana petoga mjeseca: nad njim je bila blaga ruka Boga njegova!

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.

¹⁰Jer je Ezra nastojao svim srcem proniknuti Zakon Jahvin, vršiti ga i poučavati Izraela u zakonima i običajima.

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.

¹¹Evo prijepisa isprave koju je kralj Artakserkso dao svećeniku Ezri, književniku vještu naredbama i zakonima što ih je Jahve dao Izraelu:

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.

¹²"Artakserkso, kralj kraljeva, svećeniku Ezri, pisaru Zakona Boga nebeskoga, potpuni mir.

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.

¹³Evo mojih zapovijedi: Tko god u mome kraljevstvu od naroda izraelskog, njegovih svećenika ili od njegovih levita želi poći u Jeruzalem, može ići s tobom.

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;

¹⁴Osim toga, šalje te kralj i njegovih sedam savjetnika da pregledaš Judeju i Jeruzalem prema Zakonu Boga tvoga, koji ti je u ruci,

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,

¹⁵i da odneseš srebro i zlato koje kralj i njegovih sedam savjetnika dragovoljno prinose Bogu Izraelovu, koji prebiva u Jeruzalemu,

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:

¹⁶i sve srebro i zlato koje skupiš po svoj pokrajini babilonskoj s dragovoljnim prinosima koje narod i svećenici prinesu za Dom svoga Boga u Jeruzalemu.

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.

¹⁷I pobrini se da tim novcem kupiš junaca, ovnova i jaganjaca, a tako i darova i naljeva koji uz to idu: to prinesi na žrtvenik Doma Boga vašega u Jeruzalemu.

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.

¹⁸Sa srebrom i zlatom što preostane učinite ti i tvoja braća kako vam se bude najviše svidjelo, vršeći volju Boga vašega.

¹⁹The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

¹⁹Posuđe koje si primio za službu Domu Boga tvoga ostavi pred Bogom tvojim, u Jeruzalemu.

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.

²⁰I što bi još trebalo za Dom Boga tvoga i što bi trebalo nabaviti primit ćeš iz kraljevskih riznica.

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,

²¹Ja, kralj Artakserkso, još zapovijedam svim rizničarima s one strane Rijeke: sve što od vas zatraži svećenik Ezra, pisar Zakona Boga nebeskoga, podajte odmah najtočnije,

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.

²²do stotinu talenata srebra, stotinu kora pšenice, do stotinu bata vina, do stotinu bata ulja, a soli po želji.

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?

²³Sve što naredi Bog nebeski, neka se odmah izvrši u svoj gorljivosti za Dom Boga nebeskog, da gnjev njegov ne dođe na kraljevstvo kraljevo i na djecu njegovu.

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.

²⁴I još vam javljamo da se ne smije udariti danak, ni porez, ni carina ni na jednoga od svećenika, levita, pjevača, netinaca i drugih službenika toga Doma Božjega.

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.

²⁵A ti, Ezra, po mudrosti Boga svoga koju imaš u rukama, postavi činovnike i suce koji će suditi svemu narodu s onu stranu Rijeke, to jest svima koji poznaju Zakon Boga tvoga. Tko ne zna, vi ga poučite.

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.

²⁶Tko ne bude držao Zakona Boga tvojega - koji je i kraljev zakon - neka se oštro osudi: na smrt, na progonstvo, na novčanu globu ili na tamnicu."

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:

²⁷"Blagoslovljen neka je Jahve, Bog otaca naših, koji je nadahnuo srce kraljevo da proslavi Dom Jahvin u Jeruzalemu

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.

²⁸i koji je okrenuo prema meni naklonost kralja, njegovih savjetnika i svih najmoćnijih kraljevskih činovnika. A ja se osmjelih jer ruka Jahve, Boga mojega, bijaše nada mnom i sabrah glavare Izraela da pođu sa mnom."