Yǐsīlājì 4:1-5

1 Yóudà hé Biànyǎmǐn de dírén , tīngshuō beìlǔ guī huí de rén , wèi Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén jiànzào diàn yǔ ,

2 Jiù qù jiàn Suǒluóbābó hé Yǐsèliè de zúzhǎng , duì tāmen shuō , qǐng róng wǒmen yǔ nǐmen yītóng jiànzào . yīnwei wǒmen xúnqiú nǐmen de shén , yǔ nǐmen yíyàng . zì cóng Yàshù wáng Yǐsāhādùndaì wǒmen shang zhè dì yǐlái , wǒmen cháng jìsì shén .

3 Dàn Suǒluóbābó , Yéshūyà , hé qíyú Yǐsèliè de zúzhǎng duì tāmen shuō , wǒmen jiànzào shén de diàn yǔ nǐmen wúgān , wǒmen zìjǐ wèi Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén xié lì jiànzào , shì zhào Bōsī wáng Gǔliè suǒ fēnfu de .

4 Nà dì de mín , jiù zaì Yóudà rén jiànzào de shíhou , shǐ tāmende shǒu fā ruǎn , rǎoluàn tāmen .

5 Cóng Bōsī wáng Gǔliè nián jiān , zhídào Bōsī wáng Dàlìwū dēng jī de shíhou , huì mǎi móu shì , yào baìhuaì tāmende móu suàn .

Yǐsīlājì 4:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 4

The contents of this chapter are the offer the Samaritans made to the Jews, to assist them in building the temple, which having refused, they gave them all the trouble they could, Ezr 4:1-6 and a letter of theirs to Artaxerxes, king of Persia, full of accusations of them, Ezr 4:7-16 and the answer of Artaxerxes to it, giving orders to command the Jews to cease building the temple, Ezr 4:17-22 which orders were accordingly executed, and the work ceased till the second year of Darius, Ezr 4:23,24.