Ezra · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Ezra 4 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Cuando los adversarios de Judá y Benjamín oyeron que los que habían regresado del destierro estaban construyendo un templo al Señor, Dios de Israel,
1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel,
2 fueron a ver a Zorobabel y a los jefes de familia y les dijeron: «Déjennos construir con ustedes, porque nosotros también servimos a su Dios y le ofrecemos sacrificios desde los días de Esar-hadón, rey de Asiria, quien nos trajo aquí».
2 they came near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and we have been sacrificing to him since the days of Esar Haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.”
3 Pero Zorobabel, Jesúa y los demás jefes de familia de Israel les respondieron: «Ustedes no tienen parte con nosotros en la construcción del templo de nuestro Dios. Nosotros solos lo construiremos para el Señor, Dios de Israel, tal como nos ordenó Ciro, rey de Persia».
3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ households of Israel said to them, “You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to Yahweh, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.”
4 Entonces los habitantes de la región desanimaron al pueblo de Judá y trataron de llenarlo de miedo para impedir la construcción.
4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building.
5 También contrataron consejeros para frustrar sus planes. Esto continuó durante todo el reinado de Ciro, rey de Persia, hasta el reinado de Darío.
5 They hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
6 Al comienzo del reinado de Asuero presentaron por escrito una acusación contra los habitantes de Judá y Jerusalén.
6 In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
7 Durante el reinado de Artajerjes, Bislam, Mitrídates, Tabeel y sus compañeros escribieron al rey Artajerjes de Persia. La carta estaba escrita con caracteres arameos y en lengua aramea.
7 In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Syrian and delivered in the Syrian language.
8 Rehum, el funcionario principal, y Simsai, el escriba, enviaron al rey Artajerjes una carta contra Jerusalén.
8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows.
9 La carta estaba firmada por Rehum, el funcionario principal, Simsai, el escriba, y sus compañeros: los dineos, afarsaqueos, tarpelitas, afarseos, arqueos, babilonios, susanqueos, dehaveos y elamitas,
9 Then Rehum the chancellor, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
10 junto con los demás pueblos que el grande y noble Asnapar deportó y estableció en Samaria y en el resto de la región al oeste del Éufrates.
10 and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River, and so forth, wrote.
11 Esta es una copia de la carta que enviaron al rey Artajerjes: «Tus siervos que viven al oeste del Éufrates te saludan.
11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent: To King Artaxerxes, from your servants, the people beyond the River.
12 Informamos al rey que los judíos que vinieron de tu presencia han llegado a Jerusalén y están reconstruyendo esa ciudad rebelde y malvada. Están terminando sus muros y reparando sus cimientos.
12 Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us to Jerusalem. They are building the rebellious and bad city, and have finished the walls and repaired the foundations.
13 El rey debe saber que, si esta ciudad y sus muros se terminan, sus habitantes dejarán de pagar impuestos, tributos y peajes, y con el tiempo esto causará pérdidas a los reyes.
13 Be it known now to the king that if this city is built and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful to the kings.
14 Como estamos al servicio del rey y no es correcto que veamos perjudicado su honor, enviamos esta información al rey.
14 Now because we eat the salt of the palace and it is not appropriate for us to see the king’s dishonor, therefore we have sent and informed the king,
15 Que se investigue en el libro de los registros de tus antepasados. Allí verás que esta ciudad ha sido rebelde y ha causado problemas a reyes y provincias. Desde tiempos antiguos ha habido rebeliones en ella, y por eso fue destruida.
15 that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will see in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have started rebellions within it in the past. That is why this city was destroyed.
16 Informamos al rey que, si esta ciudad y sus muros se terminan, perderás el control de la región al oeste del Éufrates».
16 We inform the king that if this city is built and the walls finished, then you will have no possession beyond the River.
17 El rey respondió a Rehum, el funcionario principal, a Simsai, el escriba, a sus compañeros que vivían en Samaria y a los demás habitantes de la región al oeste del Éufrates: «Paz.
17 Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who live in Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River: Peace.
18 La carta que nos enviaron fue leída y explicada claramente ante mí.
18 The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.
19 Ordené que se investigara, y se comprobó que desde tiempos antiguos esta ciudad se ha rebelado contra los reyes y que allí ha habido rebeliones y levantamientos.
19 I decreed, and search has been made, and it was found that this city has made insurrection against kings in the past, and that rebellion and revolts have been made in it.
20 También hubo reyes poderosos en Jerusalén que gobernaron toda la región al oeste del Éufrates y recibían impuestos, tributos y peajes.
20 There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll was paid to them.
21 Por tanto, ordenen que estos hombres detengan la obra y que la ciudad no sea reconstruida hasta que yo lo autorice.
21 Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built until a decree is made by me.
22 Cumplan esta orden con mucho cuidado. No permitan que el problema aumente y perjudique al rey».
22 Be careful that you not be slack doing so. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
23 Cuando Rehum, Simsai el escriba y sus compañeros leyeron la carta del rey Artajerjes, fueron de inmediato a Jerusalén y obligaron a los judíos a detener la obra por la fuerza.
23 Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms.
24 Así quedó detenida la obra del templo de Dios en Jerusalén, y no se reanudó hasta el segundo año del reinado de Darío, rey de Persia.
24 Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Artaxerxes
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
Ashurbanipal
The "great and honorable" king who, in the letter to Artaxerxes, is said to have deported peoples and settled them in Samaria and west of the Euphrates.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 4:10
Bishlam
Named with Mithredath, Tabeel and associates as writing a letter against the Jews to Artaxerxes.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 4:7
Darius
King of Persia who searched the archives, found Cyrus’s decree, ordered Tattenai to leave the work alone and funded it; the temple was finished in his sixth year.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 4:5; Ezra 5:6; Ezra 6:1
Esar-haddon
Sennacherib's son, who reigned in his father's place after Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:37; Ezra 4:2; Isaiah 37:38
Mithredath
Named with Bishlam and Tabeel as writing an Aramaic letter against the Jews to Artaxerxes.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 4:7
Rehum
Rehum the commander co-wrote the letter to Artaxerxes accusing Jerusalem of rebellion; the king’s reply let them stop the work by force.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 4:8; Ezra 4:9; Ezra 4:17
Shimshai
Scribe who co-wrote with Rehum the letter to Artaxerxes against the rebuilding of Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 4:8; Ezra 4:17; Ezra 4:23
Tabeel
Named with Bishlam and Mithredath as writing a letter against the Jews to Artaxerxes.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 4:7
Xerxes
King who reigned over 127 provinces from Susa; he deposed Vashti, made Esther queen, honored Mordecai, hanged Haman and allowed the Jews to defend themselves. Ezra 4:6 mentions an…
Cited in the guide: Ezra 4:6; Esther 1:1; Esther 2:16
Zerubbabel
He led the return from Babylon and rebuilt the temple in Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 3-6; Hag. 2:23; Zech. 4; Matt. 1:12-13
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 22:9–10; Ezra 1:11; 1 Kings 5:4–5; 1 Corinthians 16:9; Ezra 10:16
- 2 2 Kings 19:37; 2 Kings 17:24; Galatians 2:4; 2 Kings 17:27–33; Isaiah 37:37
- 3 Nehemiah 2:20; Matthew 10:16; Acts 8:21; Ezra 6:3–5; Isaiah 44:28–45:1
- 4 Ezra 3:3; Jeremiah 38:4; Nehemiah 6:9; Isaiah 35:3–4; Nehemiah 4:11
- 5 Nahum 1:11; Ezra 5:5–6:18; Psalm 2:1–2; Acts 24:1–27; Ezra 4:24
- 6 Esther 1:1; Daniel 9:1; Matthew 27:37; Acts 24:5–9; Revelation 12:10
- 7 2 Kings 18:26; Daniel 2:4; Ezra 4:17; Isaiah 36:11; Ezra 4:9
- 8 Ezra 4:9; 2 Kings 18:18; 2 Samuel 20:25; 2 Samuel 8:17
- 9 Ezra 5:6; Ezra 6:6; 2 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 17:30–31; Esther 2:3
- 10 Ezra 4:17; Ezra 4:11; Ezra 7:12; Ezra 4:1; 2 Kings 17:24–41
- 12 2 Chronicles 36:13; Ezra 5:3; Ezra 5:9; Psalm 48:1–2; Ezra 4:19
- 13 Ezra 7:24; Nehemiah 5:4; Romans 13:6–7; Matthew 17:25; Psalm 119:69
- 14 John 12:5–6; John 19:12–15; Ezekiel 33:31
- 15 Ezra 4:12; Esther 3:5–8; 2 Kings 24:20–25:1; Nehemiah 2:19; Jeremiah 52:3–34
- 16 2 Samuel 8:3; Ezra 4:20; 1 Kings 4:24
- 17 Romans 1:7; Ezra 5:7; Ezra 4:7; Acts 23:26; Ezra 7:12
- 18 Nehemiah 8:8
- 19 2 Kings 18:7; Proverbs 25:2; Deuteronomy 13:14; Ezra 4:15; Ezekiel 17:13–19
- 20 Genesis 15:18; 1 Kings 4:21; 1 Chronicles 18:3; Psalm 72:8; 1 Chronicles 18:6
- 22 Esther 7:3–4; Ezra 4:13; Esther 3:8–9
- 23 Romans 3:15; Ezra 4:8–9; Micah 2:1; Proverbs 4:16; Ezra 4:17
- 24 Haggai 1:15; Ezra 6:1; Job 20:5; Nehemiah 6:9; Nehemiah 6:3
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