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  • Scholarly edition
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RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 Now after these things, when Artaxerxes was king of Persia, Ezra, the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
1 PASADAS estas cosas, en el reinado de Artajerjes rey de Persia, Esdras, hijo de Seraías, hijo de Azarías, hijo de Hilcías,
2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
2 Hijo de Sallum, hijo de Sadoc, hijo de Achîtob,
3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
3 Hijo de Amarías, hijo de Azarías, hijo de Meraioth,
4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
4 Hijo de Zeraías, hijo de Uzzi, hijo de Bucci,
5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
5 Hijo de Abisue, hijo de Phinees, hijo de Eleazar, hijo de Aarón, primer sacerdote:
6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a scribe, expert in the law of Moses which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given: and the king, moved by the Lord his God, gave him whatever he made request for.
6 Este Esdras subió de Babilonia, el cual era escriba diligente en la ley de Moisés, que Jehová Dios de Israel había dado; y concedióle el rey, según la mano de Jehová su Dios sobre él, todo lo que pidió.
7 And some of the children of Israel went up, with some of the priests and the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
7 Y subieron [con él] á Jerusalem de los hijos de Israel, y de los sacerdotes, y Levitas, y cantores, y porteros, y Nethineos, en el séptimo año del rey Artajerjes.
8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year of the king's rule.
8 Y llegó á Jerusalem en el mes quinto, el año séptimo del rey.
9 For, starting his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, he came to Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, by the good help of his God.
9 Porque el [día] primero del primer mes fué el principio de la partida de Babilonia, y al primero del mes quinto llegó á Jerusalem, según la buena mano de su Dios sobre él.
10 For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules and decisions in Israel.
10 Porque Esdras había preparado su corazón para inquirir la ley de Jehová, y para hacer y enseñar á Israel mandamientos y juicios.
11 Now this is a copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest and the scribe, who put into writing the words of the orders of the Lord, and of his rules for Israel:
11 Y este es el traslado de la carta que dió el rey Artajerjes á Esdras, sacerdote escriba, escriba de las palabras mandadas de Jehová, y de sus estatutos á Israel:
12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, all peace;
12 Artajerjes, rey de los reyes, á Esdras sacerdote, escriba perfecto de la ley del Dios del cielo: Salud, etc.
13 And now it is my order that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and Levites in my kingdom, who are ready and have a desire to go to Jerusalem, are to go with you.
13 Por mí es dado mandamiento, que cualquiera que quisiere en mi reino, del pueblo de Israel y de sus sacerdotes y Levitas, ir contigo á Jerusalem, vaya.
14 Because you are sent by the king and his seven wise men, to get knowledge about Judah and Jerusalem, as you are ordered by the law of your God which is in your hand;
14 Porque de parte del rey y de sus siete consultores eres enviado á visitar á Judea y á Jerusalem, conforme á la ley de tu Dios que está en tu mano;
15 And to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God of Israel, whose Temple is in Jerusalem,
15 Y á llevar la plata y el oro que el rey y sus consultores voluntariamente ofrecen al Dios de Israel, cuya morada está en Jerusalem;
16 As well as all the silver and gold which you get from the land of Babylon, together with the offering of the people and of the priests, freely given for the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem:
16 Y toda la plata y el oro que hallares en toda la provincia de Babilonia, con las ofrendas voluntarias del pueblo y de los sacerdotes, que de su voluntad ofrecieren para la casa de su Dios que está en Jerusalem.
17 So with this money get with care oxen, sheep, and lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, to be offered on the altar of the house of your God, which is in Jerusalem.
17 Comprarás pues prestamente con esta plata becerros, carneros, corderos, con sus presentes y sus libaciones, y los ofrecerás sobre el altar de la casa de vuestro Dios que está en Jerusalem.
18 And whatever seems right to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, that do, as may be pleasing to your God.
18 Y lo que á ti y á tus hermanos pluguiere hacer de la otra plata y oro, hacedlo conforme á la voluntad de vuestro Dios.
19 And the vessels which have been given to you for the uses of the house of your God, you are to give to the God of Jerusalem.
19 Y los vasos que te son entregados para el servicio de la casa de tu Dios, los restituirás delante de Dios en Jerusalem.
20 And whatever more is needed for the house of your God, and which you may have to give, take it from the king's store-house.
20 Y lo demás necesario para la casa de tu Dios que te fuere menester dar, daráslo de la casa de los tesoros del rey.
21 And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, now give orders to all keepers of the king's money across the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may have need of from you, is to be done with all care,
21 Y por mí el rey Artajerjes es dado mandamiento á todos los tesoreros que están al otro lado del río, que todo lo que os demandare Esdras sacerdote, escriba de la ley del Dios del cielo, concédase[le] luego,
22 Up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred measures of grain, a hundred measures of wine, and a hundred measures of oil, and salt without measure.
22 Hasta cien talentos de plata, y hasta cien coros de trigo, y hasta cien batos de vino, y hasta cien batos de aceite; y sal sin tasa.
23 Whatever is ordered by the God of heaven, let it be done completely for the house of the God of heaven; so that there may not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.
23 Todo lo que es mandado por el Dios del cielo, sea hecho prestamente para la casa del Dios del cielo: pues, ¿por qué habría de ser su ira contra el reino del rey y de sus hijos?
24 In addition, we make it clear to you, that it will be against the law to put any tax or payment in goods or forced payment on any of the priests or Levites, the music-makers, door-keepers, Nethinim, or any servants of this house of God.
24 Y á vosotros os hacemos saber, que á todos los sacerdotes y Levitas, cantores, porteros, Nethineos y ministros de la casa de Dios, ninguno pueda imponerles tributo, ó pecho, ó renta.
25 And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to have authority over all the people across the river who have knowledge of the laws of your God; and you are to give teaching to him who has no knowledge of them.
25 Y tú, Esdras, conforme á la sabiduría de tu Dios que tienes, pon jueces y gobernadores, que gobiernen á todo el pueblo que está del otro lado del río, á todos los que tienen noticia de las leyes de tu Dios; y al que no la tuviere, le enseñaréis.
26 And if anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him, by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison.
26 Y cualquiera que no hiciere la ley de tu Dios, y la ley del rey, prestamente sea juzgado, ó á muerte, ó á desarraigo, ó á pena de la hacienda, ó á prisión.
27 Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;
27 Bendito Jehová, Dios de nuestros padres, que puso tal cosa en el corazón del rey, para honrar la casa de Jehová que está en Jerusalem.
28 And has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. And I was made strong by the hand of the Lord my God which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
28 E inclinó hacia mí [su] misericordia delante del rey y de sus consultores, y de todos los príncipes poderosos del rey. Y yo, confortado según la mano de mi Dios sobre mí, junté los principales de Israel para que subiesen conmigo.

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  • Abishua

    Priest, son of Phinehas

    Abishua is listed as the son of Phinehas in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 6:50; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Ahitub

    Priest, son of Amariah

    Ahitub is listed as the son of Amariah in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:11; 1 Chronicles 6:12; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Amariah

    Priest, son of Azariah

    Amariah is listed as the son of Azariah in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:11; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Artaxerxes

    King of Persia, sent Ezra and Nehemiah

    King of Persia who received the accusing letter of Rehum, sent Ezra to Jerusalem in his seventh year with a decree and funds, and in his twentieth year sent Nehemiah, his…

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 4:7; Ezra 7:1; Ezra 7:12

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  • Azariah

    Priest, son of Hilkiah

    Azariah is listed as the son of Hilkiah in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:13; 1 Chronicles 6:14; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Azariah

    Priest in Solomon's temple

    Son of Johanan and father of Amariah, the priest who served in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem. Ezra 7:3 calls him 'son of Meraioth', skipping generations given in 1…

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:10; 1 Chronicles 6:11; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Bukki

    Priest, son of Abishua

    Bukki is listed as the son of Abishua in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:5; 1 Chronicles 6:51; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Ezra

    Priest and scribe, teacher of the Law

    Priest and scribe of Aaron’s line who came up from Babylon in the seventh year of Artaxerxes, set his heart to study, practice and teach the Law, led the confession over mixed…

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 7:1; Ezra 7:6; Ezra 10:1

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  • Meraioth

    Priest, son of Zerahiah

    Meraioth is listed as the son of Zerahiah in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:6; 1 Chronicles 6:52; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Seraiah

    Priest, son of Azariah

    Chief priest when Jerusalem fell, taken to Riblah and put to death by the king of Babylon; 1 Chronicles 6:14 lists him as son of Azariah and father of Jehozadak, and Ezra traced…

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:18; 1 Chronicles 6:14; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Shallum

    Priest, son of Zadok

    Shallum is listed as the son of Zadok in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:12; 1 Chronicles 6:13; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Uzzi

    Priest, son of Bukki

    Uzzi is listed as the son of Bukki in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:5; 1 Chronicles 6:51; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Zadok

    Priest, son of Ahitub

    Zadok is listed as the son of Ahitub in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:12; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Zerahiah

    Priest, son of Uzzi

    Zerahiah is listed as the son of Uzzi in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:6; 1 Chronicles 6:51; Ezra 7:1–5

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Cross references (25)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Nehemiah 2:1; 1 Chronicles 6:4–14; 2 Kings 22:4; Ezra 7:12; Ezra 7:21
  2. 2 2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 2:35
  3. 5 Judges 20:28; 2 Chronicles 19:11; Leviticus 10:12; Numbers 3:32; 1 Chronicles 6:50–52
  4. 6 Ezra 8:22; Ezra 7:28; Ezra 8:31; Nehemiah 2:18; Nehemiah 2:8
  5. 7 Ezra 8:1–20; Nehemiah 7:45–73; 1 Chronicles 6:31–48; Ezra 6:14; Nehemiah 10:28
  6. 9 Ezra 7:6; Nehemiah 2:8; Nehemiah 2:18
  7. 10 2 Timothy 4:2; Malachi 2:7; Matthew 7:24; John 13:17; Psalm 1:2
  8. 11 Ezra 4:11; Mark 7:1–13; Matthew 23:13; Ezra 7:6; Matthew 23:2
  9. 12 Ezekiel 26:7; Daniel 2:37; Ezra 4:17; Daniel 2:47; Isaiah 10:8
  10. 13 Ezra 6:1; 2 Chronicles 30:5; Ezra 5:13; Psalm 110:3; Psalm 148:6
  11. 14 Esther 1:14; Deuteronomy 17:18–19; Ezra 6:12; Daniel 6:20; Isaiah 8:20
  12. 15 Psalm 135:21; 2 Chronicles 6:2; Ezra 6:12; Isaiah 60:6–9; Ezra 6:4
  13. 16 1 Chronicles 29:6; Ezra 1:4; Ezra 1:6; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 2 Corinthians 8:12
  14. 17 Deuteronomy 12:5–11; Numbers 15:4–13; Ezra 6:9–10; John 2:14; Matthew 21:12–13
  15. 18 Ezra 7:26; 2 Kings 22:7; Ephesians 5:17; 2 Kings 12:15
  16. 19 Ezra 8:33–34; Ezra 8:27–30; 2 Chronicles 32:19; Jeremiah 3:17
  17. 20 Ezra 6:4; Ezra 6:8–18
  18. 21 Ezra 7:6; Ezra 4:16; Ezra 4:20; Ezra 7:10–13; Ezra 6:6
  19. 22 Leviticus 2:13; Luke 16:6–7; Ezekiel 45:14
  20. 23 Psalm 119:4; Ezra 7:13; Zechariah 12:3; Ezra 6:10–12; Ezra 7:18
  21. 24 Ezra 4:13; Ezra 7:7; Ezra 2:36–55; Ezra 4:20
  22. 25 Deuteronomy 16:18; Ezra 7:10; James 1:5; Malachi 2:7; Psalm 19:7
  23. 26 Ezra 6:11; Deuteronomy 13:1–18; Leviticus 20:1–27; Exodus 21:1–22; Daniel 6:26
  24. 27 Revelation 17:17; Ezra 6:22; Isaiah 60:13; James 1:17; Nehemiah 2:8
  25. 28 2 Timothy 4:17–18; Genesis 32:28; Ezra 8:18; Ezra 9:9; Ezra 5:5

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