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,

¹Nak quicuan laj Artajerjes chokß xreyeb laj Persia, quicuan jun li cuînk aj Esdras xcßabaß. Aßan ralal laj Seraías. Ut laj Seraías, aßan ralal laj Azarías. Ut laj Azarías, aßan ralal laj Hilcías.

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

²Laj Hilcías, aßan ralal laj Salum. Laj Salum, aßan ralal laj Sadoc. Ut laj Sadoc, aßan ralal laj Ahitob.

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

³Laj Ahitob, aßan ralal laj Amarías. Laj Amarías, aßan ralal laj Azarías. Ut laj Azarías, aßan ralal laj Meraiot.

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

⁴Laj Meraiot, aßan ralal laj Zeraías. Laj Zeraías, aßan ralal laj Uzi. Ut laj Uzi, aßan ralal laj Buqui.

⁵the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest;

⁵Laj Buqui, aßan ralal laj Abisúa. Laj Abisúa, aßan ralal laj Finees. Ut laj Finees, aßan ralal laj Eleazar. Laj Eleazar, aßan ralal laj Aarón, li xbên aj tij.

⁶this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Yahweh his God on him.

⁶Laj Esdras aßan tzolbil chi us riqßuin li chakßrab li quiqßueheß re laj Moisés xban li Kâcuaß lix Dioseb laj Israel. Ut xban nak li Kâcuaß quitenkßan re laj Esdras, chixjunil li cßaßru quixtzßâma chiru li rey, quiqßueheß re. Laj Esdras qui-el Babilonia ut cô Jerusalén.

⁷There went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

⁷Ut nabaleb laj Israel queßcôeb Jerusalén rochben nak ac yô chic xcuuk chihab roquic chokß rey laj Artajerjes. Saß xyânkeb li queßsukßi cuanqueb laj tij, cuanqueb laj levita, cuanqueb laj bichanel, cuanqueb li nequeßcßacßalen saß li oquebâl re li templo, ut cuanqueb ajcuiß li nequeßcßanjelac saß li templo.

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

⁸b po xcuuk chihab roquic chokß rey laj Artajerjes nak laj Esdras quicuulac Jerusalén.

⁹For on 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 on him.

⁹Laj Esdras qui-el Babilonia saß li xbên cutan re li xbên po. Ut quicuulac Jerusalén saß li xbên cutan re li roß po. Li Kâcuaß cuan riqßuin ut aßan yô chi tenkßânc re.

¹⁰For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

¹⁰Laj Esdras quixqßue xchßôl chixtzolbal ut chixbânunquil li naxye saß li chakßrab li qßuebil xban li Kâcuaß. Ut quixqßue ajcuiß xchßôl chixchßolobanquil lix yâlal li tzßîbanbil saß li chakßrab reheb laj Israel.

¹¹Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes to Israel:

¹¹Aßan aj tij ut aj tzolonel ajcuiß. Quixtzol rib chi us riqßuin li chakßrab, li quiqßueheß reheb laj Israel xban li Kâcuaß lix Dioseb. Joßcaßin tzßîbanbil saß li hu li quixtzßîba li rey Artajerjes re laj Esdras nak toj mâjiß naxic Jerusalén.

¹²Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.

¹²—Lâin li rey Artajerjes, li kßaxal nim incuanquil chiruheb li jun chßol chic rey. Li hu aßin re laj Esdras laj tij, laj cßutul re li chakßrab li quiqßueheß xban li Kâcuaß Dios li cuan saß choxa. Chicuânk taxak li tuktûquil usilal âcuiqßuin.

¹³I 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.

¹³Lâin xinqßue jun li chakßrab nak chixjunileb laj Israel li cuanqueb rubel incuanquil, joß eb laj tij ut eb laj levita, cui teßraj xic Jerusalén, naru nequeßxic châcuix.

¹⁴Because 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,

¹⁴Lâin li rey, yôquin chi taklânc âcue joßqueb ajcuiß li cuukub chi cuînk li nequeßqßuehoc naßleb. Tatxic chirilbal chanru cuanqueb aran Judá ut Jerusalén, ma yôqueb chixbânunquil li cßaßru naxye saß li chakßrab li qßuebil reheb xban li Kâcuaß lâ Dios. Lâat nacanau chi tzßakal cßaßru naxye saß li chakßrab.

¹⁵and 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,

¹⁵Tâcßam li oro ut li plata ut tâqßue re lix templo lix Dioseb laj Israel li cuan Jerusalén, li x-ala saß kachßôl xqßuebal, lâin ut eb laj qßuehol naßleb.

¹⁶and 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;

¹⁶Tâcßam ajcuiß chixjunil li plata ut li oro li joß qßuial teßxchßutub li cuanqueb Babilonia. Ut tâcßam ajcuiß li mayej li x-ala saß xchßôleb xqßuebal eb laj tij ut eb laj Israel li cuanqueb saß li tenamit aßan re xyîbanquil lix templo li Dios aran Jerusalén.

¹⁷therefore 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.

¹⁷Chiru li tumin aßan tâlokß li toro, li carner ut li carner li toj sâjeb, joß ajcuiß li ru li acuîmk ut li vino re teßxmayeja chiru li artal li cuan saß lix templo li Kâcuaß lê Dios aran Jerusalén.

¹⁸Whatever shall seem good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that after the will of your God.

¹⁸Lâat ut eb laj tij jun chßol chic têbânu li cßaßru têraj riqßuin li plata ut li oro li tâelaßânk. Têbânu joß naraj li Kâcuaß lê Dios.

¹⁹The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.

¹⁹Chixjunil li secß li quikßaxtesîc âcue re xcßanjel li Dios saß li templo aran Jerusalén, kßaxtesi re li Dios lâat.

²⁰Whatever 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.

²⁰Ut li cßaßak chic re ru li tâcßanjelak chêru aran saß lix templo lê Dios, naru tâlokß riqßuin lin tumin lâin, chan li rey.

²¹I, 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,

²¹Anakcuan lâin, li rey Artajerjes, yôquin xqßuebal li chakßrab reheb chixjunileb laj xocol tumin li cuanqueb jun pacßal li nimaß Eufrates nak teßxqßue chi junpât chixjunil li cßaßru tâpatzß lâat, Esdras. Lâat aj tij ut nacanau chi us li chakßrab li qßuebil êre xban li Dios cuan saß choxa.

²²to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred measures of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

²²Naru teßxqßue oxib mil riqßuin oxib ciento kilos li plata. Naru teßxqßue cuib xcaßcßâl mil bisoc li trigo, ut cuib mil riqßuin cuib ciento botella li vino. Naru teßxqßue cuib mil riqßuin cuib ciento botella li aceite ut li atzßam tâqßuehekß chi incßaß bisbil.

²³Whatever 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?

²³Chixjunil li târaj li Dios, li cuan saß choxa re lix templo, tento xqßuebal re nak incßaß tâchâlk raylal saß xbêneb li cuanqueb rubel incuanquil chi moco saß xbêneb li cualal incßajol.

²⁴Also 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.

²⁴Ut ninye ajcuiß âcue nak incßaß tâpatzß xtojeb laj tij chi moco eb laj levita, chi moco eb laj bichanel, chi moco eb li nequeßcßacßalen saß li oquebâl re li templo, chi moco riqßuineb li nequeßcßanjelac saß li templo. Incßaß tâpatzß xtojeb.

²⁵You, 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 him who doesn’t know them.

²⁵Lâat, Esdras, joß naxcßut châcuu li Kâcuaß lâ Dios, tâxakab aj rakol âtin ut tâxakab aj cßamol be re nak aßaneb chic teßtaklânk saß xbêneb chixjunileb li tenamit li cuanqueb jun pacßal li nimaß Eufrates. Tâcuânk xcuanquileb saß xbêneb chixjunileb li nequeßxnau li cßaßru naxye saß li chakßrab li quiqßueheß reheb xban li Kâcuaß lâ Dios. Ut eb li incßaß nequeßxnau li chakßrab, lâat tâcßut chiruheb.

²⁶Whoever 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.

²⁶Ut li ani incßaß tixbânu chi tzßakal li naxye saß lix chakßrab li Kâcuaß lâ Dios, ut li chakßrab li xinqßue lâin, chirakekß âtin saß xbên li jun aßan chi junpât. Ut chiqßuehekß chixtojbal rix lix mâc. Tâcamsîk, malaj tâisîk saß li naßajej cuan cuiß, malaj tixtoj rix lix mâc riqßuin tumin, malaj ut tâqßuehekß saß tzßalam, chan li rey.

²⁷Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem;

²⁷Laj Esdras quitijoc ut quixye chi joßcaßin: —Lokßoninbilak taxak li Kâcuaß lix Dioseb li kaxeßtônil yucuaß, xban nak aßan xcßutuc chiru li rey nak tixqßue xlokßal li templo, li cuan Jerusalén, li nakalokßoni cuiß li Kâcuaß li kaDios.Nimanbil taxak ru li Kâcuaß li qui-osobtesin cue chiru li rey, joß ajcuiß chiruheb laj qßuehol naßleb ut chiruheb ajcuiß chixjunileb li nequeßcßanjelac chiru li rey. Xban nak li Kâcuaß cuan cuiqßuin ut quixqßue xcacuil inchßôl, lâin quinsicß ruheb li teßcßamok be chiruheb laj Israel re nak teßxic Jerusalén cuochben, chan laj Esdras.

²⁸and has extended loving kindness to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God on me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

²⁸Nimanbil taxak ru li Kâcuaß li qui-osobtesin cue chiru li rey, joß ajcuiß chiruheb laj qßuehol naßleb ut chiruheb ajcuiß chixjunileb li nequeßcßanjelac chiru li rey. Xban nak li Kâcuaß cuan cuiqßuin ut quixqßue xcacuil inchßôl, lâin quinsicß ruheb li teßcßamok be chiruheb laj Israel re nak teßxic Jerusalén cuochben, chan laj Esdras.