עזרא
Ezra
The return from Babylon and the rebuilding, with the lists that say who came back. Parts of it are in Aramaic.
The opening
וּבִשְׁנַת אַחַת לְכוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס לִכְלוֹת דְּבַר־יְהוָה מִפִּי יִרְמְיָה הֵעִיר יְהוָה אֶת־רוּחַ כֹּרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־קוֹל בְּכָל־מַלְכוּתוֹ וְגַם־בְּמִכְתָּב לֵאמֹֽר׃
And in the first year of Koresh, king of Paras, at the consummation of the word of the L-rd by the mouth of Jeremiah [viz. Jeremiah 29:10], the L-rd roused the spirit [i.e., the will] of Koresh, king of Paras, and he proclaimed throughout his kingdom, and [he issued the proclamation] in writing, too:
כֹּה אָמַר כֹּרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס כֹּל מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמָיִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַד עָלַי לִבְנֽוֹת־לוֹ בַיִת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר בִּֽיהוּדָֽה׃
"Thus says Koresh, king of Paras: All the kingdoms of the earth have been given me by the L-rd, the G-d of the heavens. And He has commanded me [(by Isaiah, the prophet, viz. Isaiah 44:28 and 45:1)] to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Translation
- The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga SilversteinSefariaA linear translation, made to be read beside the Hebrew.CC-BY
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