Ezra 5
1 Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem. They prophesied to them in the name of the God of Israel.
那时，先知哈该和易多的孙子撒迦利亚奉以色列 神的名向犹大和耶路撒冷的犹大人说劝勉的话。
2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Yeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build God’s house which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.
于是撒拉铁的儿子所罗巴伯和约萨达的儿子耶书亚都起来动手建造耶路撒冷 神的殿，有 神的先知在那里帮助他们。
3 At the same time Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, came to them, with Shetharbozenai and their companions, and asked them, “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this wall?”
当时河西的总督达乃和示他·波斯乃，并他们的同党来问说：“谁降旨让你们建造这殿，修成这墙呢？”
4 They also asked for the names of the men who were making this building.
我们便告诉他们建造这殿的人叫什么名字。
5 But the eye of their God was on the Jewish elders, and they didn’t make them cease until the matter should come to Darius, and an answer should be returned by letter concerning it.
神的眼目看顾犹大的长老，以致总督等没有叫他们停工，直到这事奏告大流士，得着他的回谕。
6 The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king follows.
河西的总督达乃和示他·波斯乃，并他们的同党，就是住河西的亚法萨迦人，上本奏告大流士王。
7 They sent a letter to him, in which was written: To Darius the king, all peace.
本上写着说：“愿大流士王诸事平安。
8 Be it known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is being built with great stones and timber is laid in the walls. This work goes on with diligence and prospers in their hands.
王该知道，我们往犹大省去，到了至大 神的殿，这殿是用大石建造的。梁木插入墙内，工作甚速，他们手下亨通。
9 Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”
我们就问那些长老说：‘谁降旨让你们建造这殿，修成这墙呢？’
10 We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at their head.
又问他们的名字，要记录他们首领的名字，奏告于王。
11 Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.
他们回答说：‘我们是天地之 神的仆人，重建前多年所建造的殿，就是以色列的一位大君王建造修成的。
12 But after our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Kasdian, who destroyed this house and carried the people away into Babylon.
只因我们列祖惹天上的 神发怒， 神把他们交在迦勒底人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中，他就拆毁这殿，又将百姓掳到巴比伦。
13 But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
然而巴比伦王塞鲁士元年，他降旨允准建造 神的这殿。
14 The gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, those Cyrus the king also took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.
神殿中的金、银器皿，就是尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷的殿中掠去带到巴比伦庙里的，塞鲁士王从巴比伦庙里取出来，交给派为省长的，名叫设巴萨，
15 He said to him, ‘Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let God’s house be built in its place.’
对他说可以将这些器皿带去，放在耶路撒冷的殿中，在原处建造 神的殿。
16 Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem. Since that time even until now it has been being built, and yet it is not completed.
于是这设巴萨来建立耶路撒冷 神殿的根基。这殿从那时直到如今尚未造成。’
17 Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.”
现在王若以为美，请察巴比伦王的府库，看塞鲁士王降旨允准在耶路撒冷建造 神的殿没有，王的心意如何？请降旨晓谕我们。”
