Tanach
Ezra 7:25-26 עזרא ז׳:כ״ה-כ״ו
Part of: Chapter 7
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וְאַנְתְּ עֶזְרָא כְּחׇכְמַת אֱלָהָךְ דִּֽי־בִידָךְ מֶנִּי שָׁפְטִין וְדַיָּנִין דִּי־לֶהֱוֺן (דאנין) [דָּאיְנִין] לְכׇל־עַמָּא דִּי בַּעֲבַר נַהֲרָה לְכׇל־יָדְעֵי דָּתֵי אֱלָהָךְ וְדִי לָא יָדַע תְּהוֹדְעֽוּן׃
And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of G-d that you possess, appoint judges and dayanim to judge all of the people across the river, [(appoint)] all who know the laws of your G-d; and [instruct] him who does not know.
And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of G-d that you possess, appoint judges and dayanim to judge all of the people across the river, [(appoint)] all who know the laws of your G-d; and [instruct] him who does not know.
Rashi
ודי לא ידע. והשופט אשר לא ידע לשפוט תודיע לו המשפט לעשותו:
and whoever does not know and the judge who does not know how to judge, inform him of the judgment that he should execute it.
וְכׇל־דִּי־לָא לֶהֱוֵא עָבֵד דָּתָא דִֽי־אֱלָהָךְ וְדָתָא דִּי מַלְכָּא אׇסְפַּרְנָא דִּינָה לֶהֱוֵא מִתְעֲבֵד מִנֵּהּ הֵן לְמוֹת הֵן (לשרשו) [לִשְׁרֹשִׁי] הֵן־לַעֲנָשׁ נִכְסִין וְלֶאֱסוּרִֽין׃ {פ}
And anyone who does not observe the law of your G-d and the law of the king, let justice be quickly executed upon him, whether to die or to be rooted out [(of the world together with his seed)], or to be punished in his property or to suffer afflictions."
And anyone who does not observe the law of your G-d and the law of the king, let justice be quickly executed upon him, whether to die or to be rooted out [(of the world together with his seed)], or to be punished in his property or to suffer afflictions."
Rashi
וכל די לא להוא עבד. וכל אשר לא יהיה עושה דתו של הקב"ה ודת המלך מהרה יעכב הדין והמשפט:
And whoever does not fulfill and whoever does not fulfill the law of the Holy One, blessed be He, and the law of the king promptly, viz. that he delays the law and the judgment.
דינה. הדין יעשה ממנו מן המעכב משפט:
judgment The judgment shall be inflicted upon him, upon the one who obstructs justice.
הן למות. להרג:
whether to be executed [as translated,] whether to be executed.
הן לשרושי. אם לעקרו מן העולם אותו ואת זרעו ואת משפחתו, לשרושי דישראצינ"ר בלע"ז:
uprooted whether to uproot him from the world, him, his offspring and his family (לִשְּׁרשִׁי is desraziner in Old French, to uproot).
הן לענוש נכסין. אם לענשו בממון:
fined to be punished with money.
ולאסורין. או לייסרו בייסורין, עד כאן מכתב האגרת אשר נתן דריוש המלך לעזרא הסופר למען ישאהו לירושלים להראותו אל הכהנים והלוים וגזברי המלך למען יחזיקו לקיים המצות ולעבוד ה' בבית המקדש ולשמור התורה כמשפט:
or tortured or to torture him with tortures. Until here is the writ of the letter that King Darius gave to Ezra the scribe in order that he convey it to Jerusalem to show it to the priests and the Levites and the king’s treasurers, in order that they persist in performing the commandments and worshiping the Lord in the Temple and keeping the Torah properly.
ואנת עזרא כחכמת אלהיך די בידך. ואתה עזרא כפי חכמת אלהיך אשר בידיך יותר מן השופטים והדיינים שהם דנין כל העם שבעבר הנהר לצד ארץ ישראל עם יודעי התורה:
And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God, which is in your hand and you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God, which is in your hand [and which is] greater than that of the judges and the magistrates who judge all the people beyond the river to the side of Israel, the people knowledgeable in the Torah.