Ki Ezra hekhin levavo lidrosh et-Torat ADONAI velaashot ulelamed beYisrael khok umishpat:
7:1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artachshasta melekh Paras, Ezra (עזרא) Ben Serayah (שׂריה), Ben Azaryah, Ben Hilkiyah,
7:2 Ben Shallum, Ben Zadok, Ben Ahituv,
7:3 Ben Amaryah, Ben Azaryah, Ben Merayot,
7:4 Ben Zerachyah, Ben Uzzi, Ben Bukki,
7:5 Ben Avishua, Ben Pinchas, Ben Eli'ezar, Ben Aharon ha Kohen ha Rosh:
7:6 This Ezra (עזרא) went up from Bavel; and he [was] a ready scribe in the Torah Mosheh, which ADONAI (יהוה) Elohim (אלהים) of Yisrael had given: and the melekh granted him all his request, according to the hand of ADONAI (יהוה) Elohav upon him.
7:7 And there went up [some] of Benai Yisrael, and of ha kohanim, and ha Levi'im, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, to Yerushalayim, in the seventh year of Artachshasta ha melekh.
7:8 And he came to Yerushalayim in the fifth month (Av), which [was] in the seventh year of the melekh.
7:9 For upon the first [day] of the first month began he to go up from Bavel, and on the first [day] of the fifth month came he to Yerushalayim, according to the good hand of Elohav upon him.
7:10
[to inquire
for it and of it, to require and yearn for it]
Ki Ezra hekhin levavo lidrosh et-Torat ADONAI velaashot ulelamed beYisrael khok umishpat:
For Ezra (עזרא) had set his heart to seek Torat ADONAI (יהוה), and to do [it], and to teach in Yisrael statutes and right-rulings.
7:11 Now this [is] the copy of the letter that the melekh Artachshasta gave to Ezra (עזרא) ha kohen, the scribe, [even] a scribe of the Divrei ha mitzvot ADONAI (יהוה), and of His chukkot (statutes) l' Yisrael.
Seventh Letter from Artachshasta to Ezra (עזרא)
7:12 Artachshasta, melekh kings,
to Ezra (עזרא) ha kohen, a scribe of the Law of Elah Shamayim, perfect [peace], and at such a time.
7:13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Yisrael, and [of] his kohanim and Levi'im, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Yerushalayim, go with thee.
7:14 Forasmuch as you art sent of the melekh, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Yehudah and Yerushalayim, according to the Law of thy Elah which [is] in thine hand;
7:15 And to carry the kesef (silver) and zahav (gold), which the melekh and his counsellors have freely offered to Elah of Yisrael, whose habitation [is] in Yerushalayim,
7:16 And all the kesef (silver) and zahav (gold) that you canst find in all the province of Bavel, with the nedavah (freewill offering) of the people, and of ha kohanim, offering willingly for the house of Elah which [is] in Yerushalayim:
7:17 That you mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their minchot and their nesakhim (drink offerings), and offer them upon the altar of the Beit Eloheichem which [is] in Yerushalayim.
7:18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the kesef (silver) and the zahav (gold), that do after the will of your Elah.
7:19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of your Elah, [those] deliver you before Elah of Yerushalayim.
7:20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of your Elah, which you shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow [it] out of the king's treasure house.
7:21 And I, [even] I Artachshasta the melekh, do make a decree to all the treasurers which [are] beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra (עזרא) ha kohen, the scribe of the Law (dat) of Elah Shamayim, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
7:22 Unto an hundred talents of kesef (silver), and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing [how much].
7:23 Whatsoever is commanded by Elah Shamayim, let it be diligently done for the beit ha Elah Shamayim: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the melekh and his banim?
7:24 Also we certify you, that touching any of ha kohanim and Levi'im, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, or ministers of this house of Elah, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
7:25 And you, Ezra (עזרא), after the wisdom of your Elah, that [is] in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that [are] beyond the river, all such as know the laws of your Elah; and teach ye them that know [them] not.
7:26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy Elohim (אלהים), and the law of the melekh, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether [it be] to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
7:27 Baruch ADONAI (יהוה) Elohei Avoteinu, which has put [such a thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the Beit ADONAI (יהוה) which [is] in Yerushalayim:
7:28 And has extended mercy to me before the melekh, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of ADONAI (יהוה) my Elohim (אלהים) [was] upon me, and I gathered together out of Yisrael chief men to go up with me.
Sefer Ezra (עזרא) - Elah (when Jews on foreign land or land of goyim)
Chapters 7:12, 21; 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26