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7 It was after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, that Ezra came up from Babylon—Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 5 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the first priest. 6 This Ezra was an 6 expert scribe in the law of Moses, which had been given by the Eternal the God of Israel. Thanks to the favour of the Eternal his God, the king had granted him all he asked; 7 he was accompanied to Jerusalem in the seventh year of king Artaxerxes by some Israelites, priests, Levites, singers, warders, and temple-attendants, 8 and he reached Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king. 9 He started to travel up from Babylon upon the first day of the first month, and, thanks to the kind favour of his God, he reached Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month. 10 Ezra had set his heart upon studying the law of God, upon obeying it, and upon teaching its rules and regulations in Israel.
11 Here is a copy of the letter given by king Artaxerxes to Ezra the priest and scribe, the scribe of the Eternal’s commands and rules for Israel. 12 “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven: all greetings, etc. 13 And now I issue a decree that any of the people of Israel in my kingdom, or any of their priests and Levites, who choose to go up to Jerusalem, may go with you; 14 the king and his seven advisers send you to hold an inquiry upon Judah and Jerusalem in terms of the law of your God, which is in your possession, 15 and also to convey the silver and gold which the king and his advisers have vowed to the God of Israel, whose dwelling-place is in Jerusalem, 16 with any silver and gold you can find in all the province of Babylon, and with what the people and the priests freely offer for the house of their God in Jerusalem. 17 With this money you must take care to buy bullocks, rams, and sheep, and the usual cereal-offerings and libations, sacrificing them upon the altar in the temple of your God in Jerusalem. 18 The rest of the silver and gold, you and your fellows may spend as you think best, carrying out the will of your God. 19 The utensils given you for the worship of the house of your God, you will also present before the God of Jerusalem. 20 You will draw upon the king’s treasury for any further sums which you require to spend on the house of your God. 21 I, Artaxerxes the king, I issue this decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may demand from you, is to be granted him without delay, 22 up to forty-one thousand two hundred and fifty pounds in silver, a hundred quarters of wheat, nine hundred gallons of wine, nine hundred gallons of oil, and salt unlimited. 23 Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be carried out in full for the God of heaven; why should God’s displeasure be upon the realm of the king and of his sons? 24 You are also instructed that it is unlawful to impose toll, tribute, or taxes upon any of the priests and Levites, singers, warders, temple-attendants, or servants of this temple of God. 25 As for you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God to which you have access, appoint magistrates and judges to rule all the people west of the Euphrates, men who know the laws of your God, and instruct any who are ignorant of them. 26 And whoever does not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let sentence be executed upon him instantly: death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.”
27 Blessed be the Eternal, the God of our fathers, who inspired the king to honour the temple of the Eternal in Jerusalem thus, 28 and showed me kindness in the presence of the king and his advisers and all his great officers; I was strengthened by the favour of the Eternal my God, and I gathered leading men from Israel to accompany me.