The schismatical Samaritans, because they are not admitted to communicate with the Jews, endeavour to hinder the building of the Temple. 5. which nevertheless proceedeth, all the days of king Cyrus. 7. but is hindered by Artaxerxes, till the second year of Darius.The schismatical Samaritanes, because they are not admitted to communicate with the Iewes, endeuour to hinder the building of the Temple. 5. which neuertheles proceedeth, al the dayes of king Cyrus. 7. but is hindered by Artaxerxes, til the second yeare of Darius.✦
But the enemies of Juda and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity built a temple to our Lord the God of Israel.BVt the enemies of Iuda and Beniamin heard that the children of the captiuitie built a temple to our Lord the God of Israel.✦Audierunt autem hostes Judæ et Benjamin, quia filii captivitatis ædificarent templum Domino Deo Israël :
2And coming to Zorobabel, and the princes of the fathers, they said to them: Let us build with you, because even as you, so do we seek your God: Behold we have immolated victimas: sacrificial victims, beasts slain in offering from the days of Asor Haddan the king of Assur, which brought us hither.And coming to Zorobabel, and the princes of the fathers, they sayd to them: Let vs build with you, because euen as you, so do we seeke your God: Behold we haue immolated victimes from the dayes of Asor Haddan the king of Assur, which brought vs hither.✦et accedentes ad Zorobabel, et ad principes patrum, dixerunt eis : Ædificemus vobiscum, quia ita ut vos, quærimus Deum vestrum : ecce nos immolavimus victimas a diebus Asor Haddan regis Assur, qui adduxit nos huc.
3And Zorobabel said to them, and Josue, and the rest of the princes of the fathers of Israel: It is not for you and us to build a house to our God, but we ourselves alone will build to the Lord our God, as Cyrus the king of the Persians hath commanded us.And Zorobabel sayd to them, and Iosue, and the rest of the princes of the fathers of Israel: It is not for you and vs to build a house to our God, but we our selues alone wil build to the Lord our God, as Cyrus the king of the Persians hath comanded vs.✦Et dixit eis Zorobabel, et Josue, et reliqui principes patrum Israël : Non est vobis et nobis ut ædificemus domum Deo nostro, sed nos ipsi soli ædificabimus Domino Deo nostro, sicut præcepit nobis Cyrus rex Persarum.
4It came to pass therefore that the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of Juda, and troubled them in building.It came to passe therfore that the people of the land hindred the handes of the people of Iuda, and trubled them in building.✦Factum est igitur ut populus terræ impediret manus populi Judæ, et turbaret eos in ædificando.
5And they hired counsellors against them, to destroy their counsel all the days of Cyrus the king of the Persians, and until the reign of Darius the king of the Persians.And they hyred counselers agaynst them, to destroy theyr counsel al the dayes of Cyrus the king of the Persians, & vntil the reigne of Darius the king of the Persians.✦Conduxerunt autem adversus eos consiliatores, ut destruerent consilium eorum omnibus diebus Cyri regis Persarum, et usque ad regnum Darii regis Persarum.
6And in the reign of Assuerus in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Juda and Jerusalem.And in the reigne of Assuerus in the begining of his reigne, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitantes of Iuda and Ierusalem.✦In regno autem Assueri, in principio regni ejus, scripserunt accusationem adversus habitatores Judæ et Jerusalem.
7And in the days of Artaxerxes Beselam, Mitridates, and Thabeel, and the rest that were in their counsel writ to Artaxerxes king of the Persians: and the epistle of the accusation was written in Syriac, and was read in the Syrian language.And in the dayes of Artaxerxes Beselam, Mitridates, & Thabeel, & the rest that were in theyr counsel writ to Artaxerxes king of the Persians: and the epistle of the accusation was writen in Syriake, and was read in the Sirian language.✦Et in diebus Artaxerxis scripsit Beselam, Mithridates, et Thabeel, et reliqui qui erant in consilio eorum, ad Artaxerxem regem Persarum : epistola autem accusationis scripta erat syriace, et legebatur sermone syro.
8Reum Beelteem, and Samsai scribe wrote one epistle from Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, of this hujuscemodi: a holding of land; tenor, purport, the content:Reum Beelteem, and Samsai scribe wrote one epistle from Ierusalem to Artaxerxes the king, of this tenure:✦Reum Beelteem, et Samsai scriba, scripserunt epistolam unam de Jerusalem Artaxerxi regi, hujuscemodi :
9Reum Beelteem, and Samsai scribe, and the rest of their counsellors, the Dineites, and the Apharsathaceites, the Terphaleites, the Apharseites, the Erchueites, the Babylonians, the Susanecheites, the Dieuites, and the Aelamites,Reum Beelteem, and Samsai scribe, and the rest of their counselers, the Dineites, and the Apharsathaceites, the Terphaleites, tho the Apharseites, the Erchueites, the Babylonians, the Susanecheites, the Dieuites, and the Aelamites,Reum Beelteem, et Samsai scriba, et reliqui consiliatores eorum, Dinæi, et Apharsathachæi, Terphalæi, Apharsæi, Erchuæi, Babylonii, Susanechæi, Dievi, et Ælamitæ,
10and the rest of the Gentiles, which Asenaphar the great and glorious transported: and made them dwell in the cities of Samaria, and in the rest of the countries beyond the River in peace:and the rest of the Gentiles, which Asenaphar the great and glorious transported: and made them dwel in the cities of Samaria, and in the rest of the countries beyond the Riuer in peace:✦et ceteri de gentibus, quas transtulit Asenaphar magnus et gloriosus, et habitare eas fecit in civitatibus Samariæ, et in reliquis regionibus trans flumen in pace
11(this is the copy of the epistle, which they sent to him) To Artaxerxes the king, thy servants, the men that are beyond the River, send greeting.( this is the copie of the epistle, which they sent to him) To Artaxerxes the king, thy seruantes, the men that are beyond the Riuer, send greeting.(hoc est exemplar epistolæ, quam miserunt ad eum), Artaxerxi regi, servi tui, viri qui sunt trans fluvium, salutem dicunt.
12Be it known to the king, that the Jews, which came up from thee to us, are come into Jerusalem a rebellious and pessimam: mischievous; wicked, worthless city, which they build making the muros: ramparts, defensive walls thereof, and repairing the walls.Be it knowen to the king, that the Iewes, which came vp from thee to vs, are come into Ierusalem a rebellious and naughtie citie, which they build making the rampyres thereof, and repayring the walles.Notum sit regi quia Judæi, qui ascenderunt a te ad nos, venerunt in Jerusalem civitatem rebellem et pessimam, quam ædificant exstruentes muros ejus, et parietes componentes.
13Now therefore be it known to the king, that if that city shall be built, and the walls thereof repaired, they will not give tribute, and toll, and yearly rents, and this damage will come even to the kings.Now therfore be it knowen to the king, that if that citie shal be built, and the walles therof repayred, they will not geue tribute, and tolle, & yearly rentes, and this damage wil come euen to the kinges.✦Nunc igitur notum sit regi, quia si civitas illa ædificata fuerit, et muri ejus instaurati, tributum, et vectigal, et annuos reditus non dabunt, et usque ad reges hæc noxa perveniet.
14But we mindful of the salt that we have eaten in the palace, and because we count it heinous to see the kings' harms, therefore we have sent and certified the king,But we mindful of the salt that we haue eaten in the palace, and because we count it heynous to see the kings harmes, therfore we haue sent and certified the king,✦Nos autem memores salis, quod in palatio comedimus, et quia læsiones regis videre nefas ducimus, idcirco misimus et nuntiavimus regi,
15that thou recount in the books of the histories of thy fathers, and thou shalt find written in the commentariis: explanatory notes; official records, registers: and shalt know that that city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to the kings, and provinces, and battles are raised in it of old time: for the which cause also the city itself was destroyed.that thou recount in the bookes of the histories of thy fathers, and thou shalt finde writen in the commentaries: and shalt know that that citie is a rebellious citie, and hurtful to the kinges, and prouinces, and battels are raysed in it of old time: for the which cause also the citie it selfe was destroyed.ut recenseas in libris historiarum patrum tuorum, et invenies scriptum in commentariis : et scies quoniam urbs illa, urbs rebellis est, et nocens regibus et provinciis, et bella concitantur in ea ex diebus antiquis : quam ob rem et civitas ipsa destructa est.
16We certify the king, that if that city shall be built, and the walls thereof repaired, thou shalt have no possession beyond the River.We certifie the king, that if that citie shal be built, and the walles therof repayred, thou shalt haue no possession beyond the Riuer.Nuntiamus nos regi, quoniam si civitas illa ædificata fuerit, et muri ipsius instaurati, possessionem trans fluvium non habebis.
17The king sent word to Reum Beelteem, and Samsai scribe, and to the rest that were in their counsel inhabitants of Samaria, and to the rest beyond the River, sending greeting and peace.The king sent word to Reum Beelteem, and Samsai scribe, and to the rest that were in their counsel inhabitantes of Samaria, and to the rest beyond the Riuer, sending greeting and peace.Verbum misit rex ad Reum Beelteem, et Samsai scribam, et ad reliquos, qui erant in consilio eorum habitatores Samariæ, et ceteris trans fluvium, salutem dicens et pacem.
18The accusation, which you have sent to us, was openly read before me.The accusation, which you haue sent to vs, was openly read before me.Accusatio, quam misistis ad nos, manifeste lecta est coram me,
19and I gave commandment: and they recounted, and have found, that that city of old time rebelleth against the kings, and seditions and battles are raised in it.and I gaue commandment: and they recounted, and haue found, that that citie of old time rebelleth agaynst the kinges, and seditions and battels are raysed in it.et a me præceptum est : et recensuerunt, inveneruntque quoniam civitas illa a diebus antiquis adversum reges rebellat, et seditiones, et prælia concitantur in ea :
20For there have been also most valiant kings in Jerusalem, which also had dominion over all the country, that is beyond the River. They took also tribute, and toll, and rents.For there haue beene also most valiant kinges in Ierusalem, which also had dominion ouer al the countrie, that is beyond the Riuer. They tooke also tribute, and tolle, and rentes.nam et reges fortissimi fuerunt in Jerusalem, qui et dominati sunt omni regioni quæ trans fluvium est : tributum quoque et vectigal, et reditus accipiebant.
21Now therefore hear the sentence: Prohibit ye those men, that that city be not built, till it perhaps shall be commanded by me.Now therfore heare the sentence: Prohibite ye those men, that that citie be not built, til it perhaps shal be commanded by me.Nunc ergo audite sententiam : prohibeatis viros illos, ut urbs illa non ædificetur donec si forte a me jussum fuerit.
22See that you do not negligently accomplish this thing; and by little there grow evil against the kings.See that you doe not negligently accomplish this thing; and by litle there grow euil agaynst the kinges.Videte ne negligenter hoc impleatis, et paulatim crescat malum contra reges.
23Therefore the copy of the edict of Artaxerxes the king was read before Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe, and their counsellors: and they went in haste into Jerusalem to the Jews, and prohibited them with arm and strength.Therfore the copie of the edict of Artaxerxes the king was read before Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe, and their counselers: and they went in hast into Ierusalem to the Iewes, & prohibited them with arme and strength.Itaque exemplum edicti Artaxerxis regis lectum est coram Reum Beelteem, et Samsai scriba, et consiliariis eorum : et abierunt festini in Jerusalem ad Judæos, et prohibuerunt eos in brachio et robore.
24Then was the work of the house of our Lord in Jerusalem intermissum: interrupted, left off for a time, and was not done until the second year of the reign of Darius the king of the Persians.Then was the worke of the house of our Lord in Ierusalem intermitted, and was not done vntil the second yeare of the reigne of Darius the king of the Persians.✦Tunc intermissum est opus domus Domini in Jerusalem, et non fiebat usque ad annum secundum regni Darii regis Persarum.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.