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Ezra 4 Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)

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1 وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أَعْدَاءُ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ أَنَّ بَنِي ٱلسَّبْيِ يَبْنُونَ هَيْكَلًا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، 2 تَقَدَّمُوا إِلَى زَرُبَّابِلَ وَرُؤُوسِ ٱلْآبَاءِ وَقَالُوا لَهُمْ: «نَبْنِي مَعَكُمْ لِأَنَّنَا نَظِيرَكُمْ نَطْلُبُ إِلَهَكُمْ، وَلَهُ قَدْ ذَبَحْنَا مِنْ أَيَّامِ أَسَرْحَدُّونَ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ ٱلَّذِي أَصْعَدَنَا إِلَى هُنَا». 3 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ زَرُبَّابِلُ وَيَشُوعُ وَبَقِيَّةُ رُؤُوسِ آبَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «لَيْسَ لَكُمْ وَلَنَا أَنْ نَبْنِيَ بَيْتًا لِإِلَهِنَا، وَلَكِنَّنَا نَحْنُ وَحْدَنَا نَبْنِي لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمَا أَمَرَنَا ٱلْمَلِكُ كُورَشُ مَلِكُ فَارِسَ». 4 وَكَانَ شَعْبُ ٱلْأَرْضِ يُرْخُونَ أَيْدِيَ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا وَيُذْعِرُونَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْبِنَاءِ. 5 وَٱسْتَأْجَرُوا ضِدَّهُمْ مُشِيرِينَ لِيُبْطِلُوا مَشُورَتَهُمْ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ كُورَشَ مَلِكِ فَارِسَ وَحَتَّى مُلْكِ دَارِيُوسَ مَلِكِ فَارِسَ. 6 وَفِي مُلْكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ، فِي ٱبْتِدَاءِ مُلْكِهِ، كَتَبُوا شَكْوَى عَلَى سُكَّانِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ. 7 وَفِي أَيَّامِ أَرْتَحْشَشْتَا كَتَبَ بِشْلَامُ وَمِثْرَدَاثُ وَطَبْئِيلُ وَسَائِرُ رُفَقَائِهِمْ إِلَى أَرْتَحْشَشْتَا مَلِكِ فَارِسَ. وَكِتَابَةُ ٱلرِّسَالَةِ مَكْتُوبَةٌ بِٱلْأَرَامِيَّةِ وَمُتَرْجَمَةٌ بِٱلْأَرَامِيَّةِ. 8 رَحُومُ صَاحِبُ ٱلْقَضَاءِ وَشِمْشَايُ ٱلْكَاتِبُ كَتَبَا رِسَالَةً ضِدَّ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى أَرْتَحْشَشْتَا ٱلْمَلِكِ هَكَذَا: 9 كَتَبَ حِينَئِذٍ رَحُومُ صَاحِبُ ٱلْقَضَاءِ وَشِمْشَايُ ٱلْكَاتِبُ وَسَائِرُ رُفَقَائِهِمَا ٱلدِّينِيِّينَ وَٱلْأَفَرَسْتِكِيِّينَ وَٱلطَّرْفِلِيِّينَ وَٱلْأَفْرَسِيِّينَ وَٱلْأَرَكْوِيِّينَ وَٱلْبَابِلِيِّينَ وَٱلشُّوشَنِيِّينَ وَٱلدَّهْوِيِّينَ وَٱلْعِيلَامِيِّينَ، 10 وَسَائِرِ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَاهُمْ أُسْنَفَّرُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ٱلشَّرِيفُ وَأَسْكَنَهُمْ مُدُنَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ، وَسَائِرِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ وَإِلَى آخِرِهِ. 11 هَذِهِ صُورَةُ ٱلرِّسَالَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَرْسَلُوهَا إِلَيْهِ، إِلَى أَرْتَحْشَشْتَا ٱلْمَلِكِ: «عَبِيدُكَ ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ. 12 لِيُعْلَمِ ٱلْمَلِكُ أَنَّ ٱلْيَهُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ صَعِدُوا مِنْ عِنْدِكَ إِلَيْنَا قَدْ أَتَوْا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَبْنُونَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ ٱلْعَاصِيَةَ ٱلرَّدِيَّةَ، وَقَدْ أَكْمَلُوا أَسْوَارَهَا وَرَمَّمُوا أُسُسَهَا. 13 لِيَكُنِ ٱلْآنَ مَعْلُومًا لَدَى ٱلْمَلِكِ أَنَّهُ إِذَا بُنِيَتْ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ وَأُكْمِلَتْ أَسْوَارُهَا لَا يُؤَدُّونَ جِزْيَةً وَلَا خَرَاجًا وَلَا خِفَارَةً، فَأَخِيرًا تَضُرُّ ٱلْمُلُوكَ. 14 وَٱلْآنَ بِمَا إِنَّنَا نَأْكُلُ مِلْحَ دَارِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَلَا يَلِيقُ بِنَا أَنْ نَرَى ضَرَرَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، لِذَلِكَ أَرْسَلْنَا فَأَعْلَمْنَا ٱلْمَلِكَ، 15 لِكَيْ يُفَتَّشَ فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ آبَائِكَ، فَتَجِدَ فِي سِفْرِ ٱلْأَخْبَارِ وَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ مَدِينَةٌ عَاصِيَةٌ وَمُضِرَّةٌ لِلْمُلُوكِ وَٱلْبِلَادِ، وَقَدْ عَمِلُوا عِصْيَانًا فِي وَسَطِهَا مُنْذُ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْقَدِيمَةِ، لِذَلِكَ أُخْرِبَتْ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ. 16 وَنَحْنُ نُعْلِمُ ٱلْمَلِكَ أَنَّهُ إِذَا بُنِيَتْ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ وَأُكْمِلَتْ أَسْوَارُهَا لَا يَكُونُ لَكَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ نَصِيبٌ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ». 17 فَأَرْسَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ جَوَابًا: «إِلَى رَحُومَ صَاحِبِ ٱلْقَضَاءِ وَشَمْشَايَ ٱلْكَاتِبِ وَسَائِرِ رُفَقَائِهِمَا ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي ٱلسَّامِرَةِ وَبَاقِي ٱلَّذِينَ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ. سَلَامٌ إِلَى آخِرِهِ. 18 ٱلرِّسَالَةُ ٱلَّتِي أَرْسَلْتُمُوهَا إِلَيْنَا قَدْ قُرِئَتْ بِوُضُوحٍ أَمَامِي. 19 وَقَدْ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِي أَمْرٌ فَفَتَّشُوا وَوُجِدَ أَنَّ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ مُنْذُ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْقَدِيمَةِ تَقُومُ عَلَى ٱلْمُلُوكِ، وَقَدْ جَرَى فِيهَا تَمَرُّدٌ وَعِصْيَانٌ. 20 وَقَدْ كَانَ مُلُوكٌ مُقْتَدِرُونَ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَتَسَلَّطُوا عَلَى جَمِيعِ عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ، وَقَدْ أُعْطُوا جِزْيَةً وَخَرَاجًا وَخِفَارَةً. 21 فَٱلْآنَ أَخْرِجُوا أَمْرًا بِتَوْقِيفِ أُولَئِكَ ٱلرِّجَالِ فَلَا تُبْنَى هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ حَتَّى يَصْدُرَ مِنِّي أَمْرٌ. 22 فَٱحْذَرُوا مِنْ أَنْ تَقْصُرُوا عَنْ عَمَلِ ذَلِكَ. لِمَاذَا يَكْثُرُ ٱلضَّرَرُ لِخَسَارَةِ ٱلْمُلُوكِ؟». 23 حِينَئِذٍ لَمَّا قُرِئَتْ رِسَالَةُ أَرْتَحْشَشْتَا ٱلْمَلِكِ أَمَامَ رَحُومَ وَشِمْشَايَ ٱلْكَاتِبِ وَرُفَقَائِهِمَا ذَهَبُوا بِسُرْعَةٍ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِلَى ٱلْيَهُودِ، وَأَوْقَفُوهُمْ بِذِرَاعٍ وَقُوَّةٍ. 24 حِينَئِذٍ تَوَقَّفَ عَمَلُ بَيْتِ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَكَانَ مُتَوَقِّفًا إِلَى ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّانِيَةِ مِنْ مُلْكِ دَارِيُوسَ مَلِكِ فَارِسَ.

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People

  • 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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  • Ashurbanipal

    Assyrian king who deported peoples

    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

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  • Bishlam

    Opponent writing to Artaxerxes

    Named with Mithredath, Tabeel and associates as writing a letter against the Jews to Artaxerxes.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 4:7

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  • Darius

    King of Persia, confirmed the decree

    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

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  • Esar-haddon

    King of Assyria after Sennacherib

    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

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  • Mithredath

    Opponent writing to Artaxerxes

    Named with Bishlam and Tabeel as writing an Aramaic letter against the Jews to Artaxerxes.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 4:7

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  • Rehum

    Commander who wrote against Jerusalem

    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

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  • Shimshai

    Scribe who wrote against Jerusalem

    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

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  • Tabeel

    Opponent writing to Artaxerxes

    Named with Bishlam and Mithredath as writing a letter against the Jews to Artaxerxes.

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 4:7

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  • Xerxes

    King of Persia, husband of Esther

    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

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  • Zerubbabel

    Governor of Judah

    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

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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 1 Chronicles 22:9–10; Ezra 1:11; 1 Kings 5:4–5; 1 Corinthians 16:9; Ezra 10:16
  2. 2 2 Kings 19:37; 2 Kings 17:24; Galatians 2:4; 2 Kings 17:27–33; Isaiah 37:37
  3. 3 Nehemiah 2:20; Matthew 10:16; Acts 8:21; Ezra 6:3–5; Isaiah 44:28–45:1
  4. 4 Ezra 3:3; Jeremiah 38:4; Nehemiah 6:9; Isaiah 35:3–4; Nehemiah 4:11
  5. 5 Nahum 1:11; Ezra 5:5–6:18; Psalm 2:1–2; Acts 24:1–27; Ezra 4:24
  6. 6 Esther 1:1; Daniel 9:1; Matthew 27:37; Acts 24:5–9; Revelation 12:10
  7. 7 2 Kings 18:26; Daniel 2:4; Ezra 4:17; Isaiah 36:11; Ezra 4:9
  8. 8 Ezra 4:9; 2 Kings 18:18; 2 Samuel 20:25; 2 Samuel 8:17
  9. 9 Ezra 5:6; Ezra 6:6; 2 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 17:30–31; Esther 2:3
  10. 10 Ezra 4:17; Ezra 4:11; Ezra 7:12; Ezra 4:1; 2 Kings 17:24–41
  11. 12 2 Chronicles 36:13; Ezra 5:3; Ezra 5:9; Psalm 48:1–2; Ezra 4:19
  12. 13 Ezra 7:24; Nehemiah 5:4; Romans 13:6–7; Matthew 17:25; Psalm 119:69
  13. 14 John 12:5–6; John 19:12–15; Ezekiel 33:31
  14. 15 Ezra 4:12; Esther 3:5–8; 2 Kings 24:20–25:1; Nehemiah 2:19; Jeremiah 52:3–34
  15. 16 2 Samuel 8:3; Ezra 4:20; 1 Kings 4:24
  16. 17 Romans 1:7; Ezra 5:7; Ezra 4:7; Acts 23:26; Ezra 7:12
  17. 18 Nehemiah 8:8
  18. 19 2 Kings 18:7; Proverbs 25:2; Deuteronomy 13:14; Ezra 4:15; Ezekiel 17:13–19
  19. 20 Genesis 15:18; 1 Kings 4:21; 1 Chronicles 18:3; Psalm 72:8; 1 Chronicles 18:6
  20. 22 Esther 7:3–4; Ezra 4:13; Esther 3:8–9
  21. 23 Romans 3:15; Ezra 4:8–9; Micah 2:1; Proverbs 4:16; Ezra 4:17
  22. 24 Haggai 1:15; Ezra 6:1; Job 20:5; Nehemiah 6:9; Nehemiah 6:3

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