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Ezra Come Jerusalem Side
1-5 Long time afta dey pau build da Temple, an Artaxerxes was da King Persia side, had one guy Ezra. He come from da pries ohana. Ezra ancesta guy Aaron was da firs Main Pries Guy. Den afta him come Aaron boy Eleazar, den Finehas, den Abishua, den Bukki, den Uzzi, den Zerahiah, den Meraiot, den Azariah, den Amariah, den Ahitub, den Zadok, den Shallum, den Hilkiah, den anodda Azariah, den Seraiah. Ezra, he from da Seraiah blood line.
6 An Ezra, he know plenny bout da Rules dat Da One In Charge, da God fo da Israel peopo, wen give to da Israel peopo befo time. An Ezra know how fo teach um. Da One In Charge, da God dat Ezra pray to, like do good tings fo Ezra, an help um plenny. Az why King Artaxerxes wen give Ezra eryting he aks da king fo give him. So dat time, Ezra leave Babylon an go Jerusalem. 7 Da numba seven year dat Artaxerxes stay King, some a da Israel peopo from Babylon go wit Ezra, an some a da pries guys an da pries helpa guys from da Levi ohana, an da guys dat play da music, da guys dat get da job fo watch da Temple gates, an da guys dat stay work fo da Temple. An dey all go Jerusalem togedda.
8-9 Ezra an da odda peopo leave Babylon April 8 dat year. Dey reach Jerusalem dat same year Augus 4, cuz da God dat Ezra pray to like do good tings fo Ezra an help um plenny. 10 God like Ezra plenny, cuz Ezra make up his mind fo erytime study da Rules dat Da One In Charge wen give da peopo, an do eryting God tell um fo do, an teach da Israel peopo da Rules an all da tings God tell cuz he da judge.
Da Letta Dat King Artaxerxes Give Ezra
11 Befo Ezra da pries leave Babylon, King Artaxerxes give one letta to him, cuz Ezra da one wen study da tings Da One In Charge tell da Israel peopo dey gotta do, an da Rules Da One In Charge wen give dem. Dis wat da letta tell:
12 “Aloha! Dis letta from me, King Artaxerxes, da king ova all da odda king guys. I write um fo Ezra da pries guy, da one dat teach da Rules from da God Inside Da Sky.
13 “Dis wat I tell: Any Israel peopo dat live inside da places wea I stay da King, if get some a dem like go back Jerusalem side wit you, no matta dey prieses, o Levi ohana peopo, o regula peopo, az okay fo dem go. 14 Me an my seven guys dat help me know wat fo do, we talk bout wat you goin do. An now, we like you fo go find out how eryting stay Judah side an Jerusalem side. You know da Rules from yoa God plenny. Tell me if da peopo ova dea stay do wat da Rules tell. 15 We like you take silva an gold wit you, an we stay give you plenny fo you make sacrifice to da God fo da Israel peopo, da God dat stay Jerusalem side.
16 “Wateva silva an gold da peopo all ova da Babylon side give you, an wateva yoa peopo an dea pries guys give you fo build da Temple fo dea God inside Jerusalem, take dat too. 17 Wit da money dat you get, you gotta buy bulls, boy kine sheeps, bebe sheeps, an wheat an wine, fo make sacrifices on top da altar inside da Temple fo yoa God ova dea inside Jerusalem. 18 If still yet get some mo money afta wat you buy fo make da sacrifices, den pray fo find out wat yoa God like fo you an yoa guys do wit da extra money, an go do um. 19 Us guys give you plenny tings fo put inside da Temple fo yoa God fo use um dea. Make shua you put eryting inside da Temple fo da God Dat Stay Live Inside Jerusalem. 20 An if you need odda tings fo da Temple fo yoa God, go use some a da tax money dat da govmen guys take fo me, da King.
21 “Fo all you govmen guys dat take kea da money fo me inside da West Eufrates Side, me, King Artaxerxes, tell you guys fo do dis: Give Ezra wateva he aks you guys fo give him. Cuz he one pries, an he teach da Rules from da God Inside Da Sky. 22 Give him up to 7,500 poun silva, enuff wheat dat need 100 donkeys fo carry um, enuff wine dat need 100 donkeys fo carry um, same ting fo da olive oil, an all da salt he need. 23 Eryting dat Da God Inside Da Sky tell fo do fo his Temple, make shua you guys do um. Cuz no good fo make dat God come huhu wit me o wit my boys! 24 An one mo ting: Fo da pries guys, dea helpa guys from da Levi ohana, da music guys, da security guards, da worka guys inside da Temple, o odda guys dat stay work fo God Temple, you govmen guys no mo da right fo tell dem dat dey gotta pay da regula tax o da tax you pay fo bring tings from odda places, o da land tax.
25 “An you, Ezra, yoa God help you know wat fo do erytime. So, pick guys dat know how fo bring peopo back togedda wen dey huhu, an pick judge guys too. Dey goin judge all da peopo dat know da Rules from yoa God inside da West Eufrates Side. Da peopo ova dea dat donno da Rules, you gotta teach dem da Rules. 26 Anybody dat no like do wat da Rules from yoa God tell, o da rules dat I make cuz I da King, go punish dem right den an dea—kill um, o throw um outa yoa land, o take da tings dey own, o put um in prison.”
Ezra Tell Good Tings
Bout Da One In Charge
27 Den Ezra tell: “I like tell erybody good tings bout Da One In Charge, da God fo oua ancesta guys. He da One dat wen make King Artaxerxes help fix da Temple Fo Da One In Charge, Jerusalem side, an make um real nice! 28 An I like tell erybody mo plenny good tings bout Da One In Charge still yet, cuz he show erybody dat he stay tight wit his peopo. Da One In Charge wen make me come tight wit da King, an da guys dat help him know wat fo do, an all da odda govmen peopo!
“Da One In Charge, my God, he like do good tings fo me, an help me plenny. Az why I wen get togedda da leada guys fo da Israel peopo fo come go Jerusalem wit me.”