Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, SOUS LE RÈGNE D'ARTAXERXÈS - i: e., celui qui était surnommé Longimanus. Un intervalle de 50 ans intervient entre la clôture du dernier chapitre et ce; i: e., entre... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THE SON OF SHALLUM, THE SON OF ZADOK, THE SON OF AHITUB,_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. CET ESDRAS ... ÉTAIT UN SCRIBE PRÊT DANS LA LOI DE MOÏSE. Le terme "scribe" ne sign... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THERE WENT UP SOME OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND OF THE PRIESTS, AND THE LEVITES, AND THE SINGERS, AND THE PORTERS, AND THE NETHINIMS, UNTO JERUSALEM, IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF ARTAXERXES THE KING._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. JE SUIS VENU À JÉRUSALEM LE CINQUIÈME MOIS - i: e., correspondant à la fin de notre juillet ou au début de notre août. Depuis qu'il a quitté Babylone le jour de l'An (Esdras 7:9), le voyage doit avoir occupé pas... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_FOR UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH BEGAN HE TO GO UP FROM BABYLON, AND ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIFTH MONTH CAME HE TO JERUSALEM, ACCORDING TO THE GOOD HAND OF HIS GOD UPON HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. EZRA AVAIT PRÉPARÉ SON CŒUR À RECHERCHER LA LOI DU SEIGNEUR ... Son désir régnant avait été d'étudier la loi divine, ses principes, ses institutions, ses privilèges et exigen... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. CECI EST LA COPIE DE LA LETTRE QUE LE ROI ARTAXERXÈS A DONNÉE. La mesure que ce document autorisait, et l'... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. ARTAXERXÈS, ROI DES ROIS. Ce titre aurait pu être assumé comme, avec une vérité littérale, applicable à lui, car de nombreux princes tributaires de son empire conservaien... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_I MAKE A DECREE, THAT ALL THEY OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, AND OF HIS PRIESTS AND LEVITES, IN MY REALM, WHICH ARE MINDED OF THEIR OWN FREEWILL TO GO UP TO JERUSALEM, GO WITH THEE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; ENVOYÉ DU ROI ET DE SES SEPT CONSEILLERS. C'était le nombre fixe du conseil privé du roi de Perse (voir la note à Esdras 5:2: cf... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND TO CARRY THE SILVER AND GOLD, WHICH THE KING AND HIS COUNSELLORS HAVE FREELY OFFERED UNTO THE GOD OF ISRAEL, WHOSE HABITATION IS IN JERUSALEM,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Unto an hundred talents of 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. UNE CENTAINE DE TALENTS D'ARGENT - 22 000 livres britanniques, selon le taux du talent d'argent de Babylone. Quatrièmemen... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_WHATSOEVER IS COMMANDED BY THE GOD OF HEAVEN, LET IT BE DILIGENTLY DONE FOR THE HOUSE OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN: FOR WHY SHOULD THERE BE WRATH AGAINST THE REALM OF THE KING AND HIS SONS?_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem: BÉNI SOIT LE SEIGNEUR DIEU DE NOS PÈRES. Cette action de grâce pieuse est à l'unisson avec tout le caractère d'Esdras, qui discerne la main de... [ Continuer la lecture ]