以斯拉记 6
1 于是大流士王降旨，要寻察典籍库内，就是在巴比伦藏宝物之处；
Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched.
2 在米底亚省亚马他城的宫内寻得一卷，其中记着说：
A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record:
3 “塞鲁士王元年，他降旨论到耶路撒冷 神的殿，要建造这殿为献祭之处，坚立殿的根基。殿高六十肘，宽六十肘，
In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning God’s house at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid, with its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits;
4 用三层大石头，一层新木头，经费要出于王库；
with three courses of great stones and a course of new timber. Let the expenses be given out of the king’s house.
5 并且 神殿的金银器皿，就是尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷的殿中掠到巴比伦的，要归还带到耶路撒冷的殿中，各按原处放在 神的殿里。”
Also let the gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple which is at Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, everything to its place. You shall put them in God’s house.
6 “现在河西的总督达乃和示他·波斯乃，并你们的同党，就是住河西的亚法萨迦人，你们当远离他们。
Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there.
7 不要拦阻 神殿的工作，任凭犹大人的省长和犹大人的长老在原处建造 神的这殿。
Leave the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the Jewish elders build this house of God in its place.
8 我又降旨，吩咐你们向犹大人的长老为建造 神的殿当怎样行，就是从河西的款项中，急速拨取贡银作他们的经费，免得耽误工作。
Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these Jewish elders for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses must be given with all diligence to these men, that they not be hindered.
9 他们与天上的 神献燔祭所需用的公牛犊、公绵羊、绵羊羔，并所用的麦子、盐、酒、油，都要照耶路撒冷祭司的话，每日供给他们，不得有误；
That which they have need of, including young bulls, rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail,
10 好叫他们献馨香的祭给天上的 神，又为王和王众子的寿命祈祷。
that they may offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.
11 我再降旨，无论谁更改这命令，必从他房屋中拆出一根梁来，把他举起，悬在其上，又使他的房屋成为粪堆。
I have also made a decree that whoever alters this message, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened on it; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
12 若有王和民伸手更改这命令，拆毁这殿，愿那使耶路撒冷的殿作为他名居所的 神将他们灭绝。我—大流士降这旨意，当速速遵行。”
May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who stretch out their hand to alter this, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree. Let it be done with all diligence.
13 于是，河西总督达乃和示他·波斯乃，并他们的同党，因大流士王所发的命令，就急速遵行。
Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions did accordingly with all diligence, because Darius the king had sent a decree.
14 犹大长老因先知哈该和易多的孙子撒迦利亚所说劝勉的话就建造这殿，凡事亨通。他们遵着以色列 神的命令和波斯王塞鲁士、大流士、亚达薛西的旨意，建造完毕。
The Jewish elders built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
15 大流士王第六年，亚达月初三日，这殿修成了。
This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
16 以色列的祭司和利未人，并其余被掳归回的人都欢欢喜喜地行奉献 神殿的礼。
The children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.
17 行奉献 神殿的礼就献公牛一百只，公绵羊二百只，绵羊羔四百只，又照以色列支派的数目献公山羊十二只，为以色列众人作赎罪祭；
They offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
18 且派祭司和利未人按着班次在耶路撒冷事奉 神，是照摩西律法书上所写的。
They set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God which is at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
19 正月十四日，被掳归回的人守逾越节。
The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
20 原来，祭司和利未人一同自洁，无一人不洁净。利未人为被掳归回的众人和他们的弟兄众祭司，并为自己宰逾越节的羊羔。
Because the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together, all of them were pure. They killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.
21 从掳到之地归回的以色列人和一切除掉所染外邦人污秽、归附他们、要寻求耶和华—以色列 神的人都吃这羊羔，
The children of Israel who had returned out of the captivity, and all who had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, ate,
22 欢欢喜喜地守除酵节七日；因为耶和华使他们欢喜，又使亚述王的心转向他们，坚固他们的手，作以色列 神殿的工程。
and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; because the LORD had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of God, the God of Israel’s house.
