Esdras, with many other Priests and Levites, ascendeth to Jerusalem to teach, and assist the people. 11. bringing Artaxerxes' Edict, declareth it to the people, 27. and giveth thanks to God.Esdras, with manie other Priestes and Leuites, ascendeth to Ierusalem to teach, and assist the people. 11. bringing Artaxerxes Edict, declareth it to the people, 27. and geueth thankes to God.✦
The second part. Esdras instructeth the people.
And after these things in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persians, Esdras the son of Saraias, the son of Azarias, the son of Helcias, the son of Sellum, theAND after these thinges in the reigne of Artaxerxes king of Persians, Esdras the sonne of Saraias, the sonne of Azarias, the sonne of Helcias, the sonne of Sellum, the✦Post hæc autem verba in regno Artaxerxis regis Persarum, Esdras filius Saraiæ, filii Azariæ, filii Helciæ,
2son of Sadoc, the son of Achitob, the son of Ama-sonne of Sadoc, the sonne of Achitob, the sonne of Ama-filii Sellum, filii Sadoc, filii Achitob,
3rias, the son of Azarias, the son of Maraioth, the sonrias, the sonne of Azarias, the sonne of Maraioth, the sonnefilii Amariæ, filii Azariæ, filii Maraioth,
4of Zarahias, the son of Ozi, the son of Bocci, theof Zarahias, the sonne of Ozi, the sonne of Bocci, thefilii Zarahiæ, filii Ozi, filii Bocci,
5son of Abisue, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the Priest from the beginning.sonne of Abisue, the sonne of Phinees, the sonne of Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron the Priest from the begynning.filii Abisue, filii Phinees, filii Eleazar, filii Aaron sacerdotis ab initio.
6The same Esdras came up from Babylon, and he was a velox: alive; ready, skilled scribe in the law of Moyses, which our Lord God gave to Israel: and the king gave him according to the hand of our Lord his God upon him all his petition.The same Esdras came vp from Babylon, and he was a quicke scribe in the law of Moyses, which our Lord God gaue to Israel: and the king gaue him according to the hand of our Lord his God vpon him al his petition.✦Ipse Esdras ascendit de Babylone, et ipse scriba velox in lege Moysi, quam Dominus Deus dedit Israël : et dedit ei rex secundum manum Domini Dei ejus super eum, omnem petitionem ejus.
7And there came up of the children of Israel, and of the children of the Priests, and of the children of the Levites, and of the singing men, and of the porters, and of the Nathineites into Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.And there came vp of the children of Israel, and of the children of the Priestes, and of the children of the Leuites, and of the singing men, and of the porters, and of the Nathineites into Ierusalem in the seuenth yeare of Artaxerxes the king.✦Et ascenderunt de filiis Israël, et de filiis sacerdotum, et de filiis Levitarum, et de cantoribus, et de janitoribus, et de Nathinæis, in Jerusalem, anno septimo Artaxerxis regis.
8And they came into Jerusalem the fifth month, that is the seventh year of the king.And they came into Ierusalem the fifth moneth, that is the seuenth yeare of the king.Et venerunt in Jerusalem mense quinto, ipse est annus septimus regis.
9For in the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon, and in the first day of the fifth month he came into Jerusalem according to the good hand of his God upon him.For in the first day of the first moneth he began to goe vp from Babylon, and in the first day of the fifth moneth he came into Ierusalem according to the good hand of his God vpon him.✦Quia in primo die mensis primi cœpit ascendere de Babylone, et in primo die mensis quinti venit in Jerusalem, juxta manum Dei sui bonam super se.
10For Esdras prepared his heart to search the law of our Lord, and to do and to teach in Israel precepts and judgement.For Esdras prepared his hart to search the law of our Lord, and to doe and to teach in Israel preceptes and iudgement.Esdras enim paravit cor suum, ut investigaret legem Domini, et faceret et doceret in Israël præceptum et judicium.
11And this is the copy of the epistle of the edict, which king Artaxerxes gave to Esdras the Priest, the learned scribe, in the words and precepts of our Lord, and his ceremonies in Israel.And this is the copie of the epistle of the edict, which king Artaxerxes gaue to Esdras the Priest, the learned scribe, in the wordes and preceptes of our Lord, and his ceremonies in Israel.Hoc est autem exemplar epistolæ edicti, quod dedit rex Artaxerxes Esdræ sacerdoti, scribæ erudito in sermonibus et præceptis Domini, et cæremoniis ejus in Israël.
12Artaxerxes the king of kings to Esdras the Priest, the most learned scribe of the law of God of heaven, greeting.Artaxerxes the king of kings to Esdras the Priest, the most learned scribe of the law of God of heauen, greeting.Artaxerxes rex regum Esdræ sacerdoti scribæ legis Dei cæli doctissimo, salutem.
13It is decreed by me that whosoever it shall please in my kingdom of the people of Israel, and of the Priests and Levites, to go into Jerusalem, let him go with thee.It is decreed by me that whosoeuer it shal please in my kingdom of the people of Israel, and of the Priestes and Leuites, to goe into Ierusalem, let him goe with thee.✦A me decretum est, ut cuicumque placuerit in regno meo de populo Israël, et de sacerdotibus ejus, et de Levitis, ire in Jerusalem, tecum vadat.
14For thou art sent from the face of the king, and of his seven counsellors, that thou mayest visit Judæam: Judaea and Jerusalem in the law of thy God, which is in thy hand.For thou art sent from the face of the king, and of his seuen counselers, that thou mayst visite Iewrie and Ierusalem in the law of thy God, which is in thy hand.A facie enim regis, et septem consiliatorum ejus, missus es, ut visites Judæam et Jerusalem in lege Dei tui, quæ est in manu tua :
15And that thou mayest carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have voluntarily offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle is in Jerusalem.And that thou maist carie the siluer & gold, which the king & his counselers haue voluntarily offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle is in Ierusalem.et ut feras argentum et aurum quod rex, et consiliatores ejus, sponte obtulerunt Deo Israël, cujus in Jerusalem tabernaculum est.
16And all the silver and gold whatsoever thou shalt find in all the province of Babylon, and the people will offer, and of the Priests that shall voluntarily offer to the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem,And al the siluer and gold whatsoeuer thou shalt finde in al the prouince of Babylon, and the people wil offer, and of the Priestes that shal voluntarely offer to the house of theyr God, which is in Ierusalem,Et omne argentum et aurum quodcumque inveneris in universa provincia Babylonis, et populus offerre voluerit, et de sacerdotibus quæ sponte obtulerint domui Dei sui, quæ est in Jerusalem,
17take freely, and buy diligently of this money calves, rams, lambs, and the sacrifices and libamina: drink offerings of them, and offer them upon the altar of the temple of your God, that is in Jerusalem.take freely, and bye diligently of this money calues, rammes, lambes, and the sacrifices and libamentes of them, and offer them vpon the altar of the temple of your God, that is in Ierusalem.libere accipe, et studiose eme de hac pecunia vitulos, arietes, agnos, et sacrificia, et libamina eorum, et offer ea super altare templi Dei vestri, quod est in Jerusalem.
18Yea and if it shall please thee, and thy brethren to do any thing with the rest of the silver and gold, do ye according to the will of your God.Yea and if it shal please thee, and thy brethren to doe any thing with the rest of the siluer and gold, doe ye according to the wil of your God.Sed et si quid tibi et fratribus tuis placuerit de reliquo argento et auro ut faciatis, juxta voluntatem Dei vestri facite.
19The vessels also, which are given thee for the ministry of the house of thy God, deliver thou in the sight of God in Jerusalem.The vessels also, which are geuen thee for the ministerie of the house of thy God, deliuer thou in the sight of God in Ierusalem.Vasa quoque, quæ dantur tibi in ministerium domus Dei tui, trade in conspectu Dei in Jerusalem.
20Yea and other things whereof need shall be for the house of thy God, how much soever is necessary for thee to spend, thou shalt give it out of the treasure, and fisco: the royal treasury of the king, and from me.Yea and other thinges wherof neede shal be for the house of thy God, how much soeuer is necessarie for thee to spend, thou shalt geue it out of the treasure, and excheker of the king, and from me.✦Sed et cetera, quibus opus fuerit in domum Dei tui, quantumcumque necesse est ut expendas, dabitur de thesauro, et de fisco regis,
21I Artaxerxes the king have appointed and decreed to all the keepers of the common coffer, that are beyond the River, that whatsoever Esdras the Priest, the scribe of the law of God of heaven, shall ask of you, you give it without delay,I Artaxerxes the king haue appointed and decreed to al the keepers of the common coffer, that are beyond the Riuer, that whatsoeuer Esdras the Priest, the scribe of the law of God of heauen, shal aske of you, you geue it without delay,et a me. Ego Artaxerxes rex, statui atque decrevi omnibus custodibus arcæ publicæ, qui sunt trans flumen, ut quodcumque petierit a vobis Esdras sacerdos, scriba legis Dei cæli, absque mora detis,
22unto an hundred talents of silver, and unto an hundred coros: cors, a large dry measure of wheat, and unto an hundred batos: baths, a liquid measure of wine, and unto an hundred bates of oil, but salt without measure.vnto an hundred talentes of siluer, and vnto an hundred cores of wheat, and vnto an hundred bates of wyne, and vnto an hundred bates of oyle, but salt without measure.usque ad argenti talenta centum, et usque ad frumenti coros centum, et usque ad vini batos centum, et usque ad batos olei centum, sal vero absque mensura.
23All that pertaineth to the rite of the God of heaven, let it be given diligently in the house of the God of heaven: lest perhaps he be angry against the kingdom of the king, and of his sons.Al that pertayneth to the rite of the God of heauen, let it be geuen diligently in the house of the God of heauen: lest perhaps he be angrie agaynst the kingdom of the king, and of his sonnes.Omne quod ad ritum Dei cæli pertinet, tribuatur diligenter in domo Dei cæli : ne forte irascatur contra regnum regis, et filiorum ejus.
24We do you also to understand concerning all the Priests, and Levites, and the singers, and the porters, the Nathineites, and ministers of the house of this God, that you have no authority to put toll and tribute, and yearly rents upon them.We doe you also to vnderstand concerning al the Priestes, and Leuites, and the singers, and the porters, the Nathineites, and ministers of the house of this God, that you haue no authoritie to put tolle and tribute, and yearlie rentes vpon them.✦Vobis quoque notum facimus de universis sacerdotibus, et Levitis, et cantoribus, et janitoribus, Nathinæis, et ministris domus Dei hujus, ut vectigal, et tributum, et annonas non habeatis potestatem imponendi super eos.
25And thou Esdras according to the wisdom of thy God, which is in thy hand, appoint judges and presidents, that they may judge for all the people, that is beyond the River, that is for them which know the law of thy God, yea and the ignorant teach ye freely.And thou Esdras according to the wisedom of thy God, which is in thy hand, appoynt iudges and presidentes, that they may iudge for al the people, that is beyond the Riuer, that is for them which know the law of thy God, yea and the ignorant teach ye frely.✦Tu autem Esdra, secundum sapientiam Dei tui, quæ est in manu tua, constitue judices et præsides, ut judicent omni populo qui est trans flumen, his videlicet qui noverunt legem Dei tui : sed et imperitos docete libere.
26And every one that shall not do the law of thy God, and the law of thy king diligently, there shall be judgement of him, either unto death, or into banishment, or to the confiscation of his substance, or at the least into prison.And euerie one that shal not doe the law of thy God, and the law of thy king diligently, there shal be iudgement of him, either vnto death, or into banishment, or to the confiscation of his substance, or at the least into prison.✦Et omnis qui non fecerit legem Dei tui, et legem regis, diligenter, judicium erit de eo sive in mortem, sive in exilium, sive in condemnationem substantiæ ejus, vel certe in carcerem.
27Blessed be our Lord, the God of our fathers, which hath put this in the king's heart, that he would glorify the house of our Lord, which is in Jerusalem,Blessed be our Lord, the God of our fathers, which hath put this in the kinges hart, that he would glorifie the house of our Lord, which is in Ierusalem,Benedictus Dominus Deus patrum nostrorum, qui dedit hoc in corde regis ut glorificaret domum Domini quæ est in Jerusalem,
28and hath inclined his mercy toward me before the king and his counsellors, and all the mighty princes of the king: and I taking courage by the hand of our Lord my God, which was on me, gathered together out of Israel princes that should go up with me.and hath inclined his mercie toward me before the king and his counselers, and al the mightie princes of the king: and I taking courage by the hand of our Lord my God, which was on me, gathered together out of Israel princes that should goe vp with me.et in me inclinavit misericordiam suam coram rege et consiliatoribus ejus, et universis principibus regis potentibus : et ego confortatus manu Domini Dei mei, quæ erat in me, congregavi de Israël principes qui ascenderent mecum.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.