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4 jado yahudah atey binyameen de dushmana+ ne sunya ki gulami vicho vapas aaye lok+ izraeel de parmeshwar yahovah layi mandar banaa rahe han, 2 taa ohna ne turant zarubabel atey pitava de gharanya de mukhiya kol ja ke keha: “sanu vi apne naal usari da kamm karan dyo; kyoki tuhade vang asi vi tuhade parmeshwar di bhagti karde ha*+ atey sanu ithe liaaun vale+ ashoor de raje esar-haddon+ de dina to asi os agge baliya charha rahe ha.” 3 par zarubabel, yeshuaa atey izraeel de pitava de gharanya de baaki mukhiya ne ohna nu keha: “tusi sadde naal sadde parmeshwar da bhavan nahi banaa sakde.+ asi ikkale hi izraeel de parmeshwar yahovah layi is nu banavange jive faras de raje khoras ne sanu hukam ditta hai.”+
4 fir desh de lok lagatar yahudah de lokaa da hausla dhahunde rahe* te ohna nu daraunde rahe taaki oh usari da kamm karna band kar den.+ 5 faras de raje khoras de sare dina to lai ke faras de raje dara de raj tak+ oh ohna diya yojnaava nu nakam karan layi salahkara nu paise dinde rahe.+ 6 raja aheshverosh de raj de shuru vich ohna ne yahudah atey yarushlam de vaasiya te ilzam la ke chitthi bheji. 7 atey faras de raje arthshasta de dina vich bishlam, mithardath, tabel atey os de baaki sathiya ne raja arthshasta nu chitthi likhi; ohna ne chitthi nu arami bhasha vich anuvad keeta+ atey arami akhra vich likhya.*
8 * mukh sarkari adhikari rahoom atey granthi shimshayi ne yarushlam khilaf raja arthshasta nu eh chitthi likhi: 9 (mukh sarkari adhikari rahoom atey granthi shimshayi te ohna de baaki sathiya yani niyakara atey up-rajpala, sakattra, arkvaiya,+ baabliya, shushankaiya+ yani elamiya+ ne eh chitthi likhi si, 10 nale baaki kauma ne jinha nu mahan te satikaryog aasnappar gulam banaa ke lai gaya si atey samriya de shehera vich vasa ditta si+ te darya paar* de baaki lokaa ne likhi si. atey hun 11 eh os chitthi di nakal hai jo ohna ne os nu ghali si.)
“tere sevka, ha, darya paar de ilake de aadmiya vallo raja arthshasta nu: atey hun 12 raja eh jaan lave ki oh yahudi jo tere kolo ithe sadde kol aaye han, oh yarushlam pahunch gaye han. oh os baagi atey bhairre sheher nu dobara usar rahe han atey kandha kharhiya kar rahe han+ atey neeha di murammat kar rahe han. 13 hun raja eh jaan lave ki je eh sheher dobara usar ditta gaya atey is diya kandha kharhiya kar dittiya gaiya, taa oh tax, nazrana+ ja chungi nahi denge atey is naal rajya de khazanya nu ghata pavega. 14 kyoki asi mehel da loon khande ha* atey sadde layi eh changi gall nahi ki asi raje da nuksan hunda dekhiye, is layi asi eh khabar raje tak pahunchayi hai 15 taaki tere poorvaja de dastaveza di kitab di janch-parrtal keeti jave.+ dastaveza di kitab vicho tainu pata laggega ki eh sheher ik baagi sheher hai jo rajya atey zilya layi nuksandeh hai atey is de lok purane samya to bagavat di agg bharrkaunde aaye han. ise layi is sheher nu tabah keeta gaya si.+ 16 asi raje nu eh is layi dass rahe ha ki je eh sheher dobara usarya gaya atey is diya kandha kharhiya kar dittiya gaiya, taa darya paar de ilake te tera koi vass* nahi chalega.”+
17 raje ne mukh sarkari adhikari rahoom, granthi shimshayi, samriya vich rehnde ohna de baaki sathiya atey darya paar de ilake de baaki lokaa nu eh sandesh bhejya:
“salam! 18 jo sarkari dastavez tusi sanu bhejya si, oh mere agge saaf-saaf parhya gaya hai.* 19 mere hukam anusar janch-parrtal keeti gayi atey eh pata lagga ki purane samya to is sheher ne rajya khilaf sir chukkya hai atey ithe bagavta atey dange-fasaad hunde aaye han.+ 20 yarushlam vich takatvar raje hoye san jo darya paar de sare ilake utte raj karde san atey ohna nu tax, nazrana atey chungi ditti jandi si. 21 hun ik farmaan jaari karo ki eh aadmi kamm band kar den taaki jad tak mai hukam na deva, tad tak sheher dobara na usarya jave. 22 dhyaan rakhyo ki is mamle vich koi angehli na hove taaki raje nu hor nuksan na sehna pave.”+
23 jado raja arthshasta de sarkari dastavez di nakal rahoom, granthi shimshayi atey ohna de sathiya agge parhi gayi, taa oh turant yarushlam vich yahudiyaa kol gaye atey zabardasti ohna nu kamm karan to rokya. 24 os vele parmeshwar de bhavan da kamm jo yarushlam vich si, ruk gaya; atey eh faras de raja dara de raj de doosre saal tak band pya reha.+