Ezra 6
1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and caused a search to be made in the record-offices, where the treasure is stored in Babylon.
Tunc Darius rex præcepit: et recensuerunt in bibliotheca librorum, qui erant repositi in Babylone,
2 And there was found in the city, in the palace, a volume, and this was the record written in it.
et inventum est in Ecbatanis, quod est castrum in Medena provincia volumen unum, talisque scriptus erat in eo commentarius:
3 In the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the holy house of God that was in Jerusalem, [saying, ]Let the house be built, and the place where they sacrifice the sacrifices. (Also he appointed its elevation, in height sixty cubits; its breadth [was] of sixty cubits.)
Anno primo Cyri regis: Cyrus rex decrevit ut domus Dei ædificaretur, quæ est in Ierusalem, in loco ubi immolent hostias, et ut ponant fundamenta supportantia altitudinem cubitorum sexaginta, et latitudinem cubitorum sexaginta,
4 And [let there be] three strong layers of stone, and one layer of timber; and the expense shall be paid out of the house of the king.
ordines de lapidibus impolitis tres, et sic ordines de lignis novis: sumptus autem de domo regis dabuntur.
5 And the silver and the gold vessels of the house of God, which Nabuchodonosor carried off from the house that was in Jerusalem, and carried to Babylon, let them even be given, and be carried to the temple that is in Jerusalem, and put in the place where they were set in the house of God.
Sed et vasa templi Dei aurea et argentea, quæ Nabuchodonosor tulerat de templo Ierusalem, et attulerat ea in Babylonem, reddantur, et referantur in templum in Ierusalem in locum suum, quæ et posita sunt in templo Dei.
6 Now, ye rulers beyond the river, Satharbuzanai, and their fellow-servants the Apharsachaeans, who [are] on the other side of the river, give [these things], keeping far from that place.
Nunc ergo Thathanai dux regionis, quæ est trans Flumen, Stharbuzanai, et consiliarii vestri Apharsachæi, qui estis trans Flumen, procul recedite ab illis,
7 Now let alone the work of the house of God: let the rulers of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build that house of God on its place.
et dimittite fieri templum Dei illud a duce Iudæorum, et a senioribus eorum, ut domum Dei illam ædificent in loco suo.
8 Also a decree has been made by me, if haply ye may do somewhat in concert with the elders of the Jews for the building of that house of God: to wit, out of the king's property, [even] the tributes beyond the river, let there be money to defray the expenses carefully granted to those men, so that they be not hindered.
Sed et a me præceptum est quid oporteat fieri a presbyteris Iudæorum illis ut ædificetur domus Dei, scilicet ut de arca regis, id est, de tributis, quæ dantur de regione trans Flumen, studiose sumptus dentur viris illis ne impediatur opus.
9 And whatever need [there may be], ye shall give both the young of bulls and rams, and lambs for whole-burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, oil: —let it be given them according to the word of the priests that are in Jerusalem, day by day whatsoever they shall ask;
Quod si necesse fuerit, et vitulos, et agnos, et hœdos in holocaustum Deo cæli, frumentum, sal, vinum, et oleum, secundum ritum Sacerdotum, qui sunt in Ierusalem, detur eis per singulos dies, ne sit in aliquo querimonia.
10 that they may offer sweet savours to the God of heaven, and that they may pray for the life of the king and his sons.
Et offerant oblationes Deo cæli, orentque pro vita regis, et filiorum eius.
11 And a decree has been made by me, that every man who shall alter this word, timber shall be pulled down from his house, and let him be lifted up and slain upon it, and his house shall be confiscated.
A me ergo positum est decretum: Ut omnis homo, qui hanc mutaverit iussionem, tollatur lignum de domum ipsius, et erigatur, et configatur in eo, domus autem eius publicetur.
12 And may the God whose name dwells there, overthrow every king and people who shall stretch out his hand to alter or destroy the house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be diligently [attended to].
Deus autem, qui habitare fecit nomen suum ibi, dissipet omnia regna, et populum qui extenderit manum suam ut repugnet, et dissipet domum Dei illam, quæ est in Ierusalem. Ego Darius statui decretum, quod studiose impleri volo.
13 Then Thanthanai the governor on this side beyond the river, Satharbuzanai, and his fellow-servants, according to that which king Darius sent, so they did diligently.
Igitur Thathanai dux regionis trans Flumen, et Stharbuzanai, et consiliarii eius, secundum quod præceperat Darius rex, sic diligenter executi sunt.
14 And the elders of the Jews and the Levites built, at the prophecy of Aggaeus the prophet, and Zacharias the son of Addo: and they built up, and finished [it], by the decree of the God of Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Arthasastha, kings of the Persians.
Seniores autem Iudæorum ædificabant, et prosperabantur iuxta prophetiam Aggæi prophetæ, et Zachariæ filii Addo: et ædificaverunt et construxerunt iubente Deo Israel, et iubente Cyro, et Dario, et Artaxerxe regibus Persarum:
15 And they finished this house by the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
et compleverunt domum Dei istam, usque ad diem tertium mensis Adar, qui est annus sextus regni Darii regis.
16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of the house of God with gladness.
Fecerunt autem filii Israel Sacerdotes et Levitæ, et reliqui filiorum transmigrationis, dedicationem Domus Dei in gaudio.
17 And they offered for the dedication of the house of God a hundred calves, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, twelve kids of the goats for a sin-offering for all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
Et obtulerunt in dedicationem domus Dei, vitulos centum, arietes ducentos, agnos quadringentos, hircos caprarum pro peccato totius Israel duodecim, iuxta numerum tribuum Israel.
18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their separate orders, for the services of God in Jerusalem, according to the writing of the book of Moses.
Et statuerunt Sacerdotes in ordinibus suis, et Levitas in vicibus suis super opera Dei in Ierusalem, sicut scriptum est in libro Moysi.
19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Fecerunt autem filii Israel transmigrationis, Pascha, quartadecima die mensis primi.
20 For the priests and Levites were purified, all were clean to a man, and they slew the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
Purificati enim fuerant Sacerdotes et Levitæ quasi unus: omnes mundi ad immolandum pascha universis filiis transmigrationis, et fratribus suis Sacerdotibus, et sibi.
21 And the children of Israel ate the passover, [even] they that were of the captivity, and every one who separated himself to them from the uncleanness of the nations of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel.
Et comederunt filii Israel, qui reversi fuerant de transmigratione, et omnes qui se separaverant a coinquinatione Gentium terræ ad eos, ut quærerent Dominum Deum Israel.
22 and they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with gladness, because the Lord made them glad, and he turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the house of the God of Israel.
Et fecerunt sollemnitatem azymorum septem diebus in lætitia, quoniam lætificaverat eos Dominus, et converterat cor regis Assur ad eos, ut adiuvaret manus eorum in opere domus Domini Dei Israel.
