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.
Tada su proroci Hagaj i Zaharija, sin Adonov, počeli prorokovati Judejcima u Judeji i Jeruzalemu, u ime Boga Izraelova, koji je bio nad njima;
2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua 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.
na to ustadoše Zerubabel, sin Šealtielov, i Ješua, sin Josadakov, i počeše zidati Dom Božji u Jeruzalemu: proroci su Božji bili s ljudima i bodrili ih.
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?”
U to vrijeme dođoše k njima Tatnaj, satrap s onu stranu Rijeke, Šetar Boznaj i drugovi njihovi poslanici i upitaše ih: “Tko vam je dopustio da gradite ovaj hram i da podižete ove zidove?
4 They also asked for the names of the men who were making this building.
Kako se zovu ljudi koji su sagradili ovu zgradu?”
5 But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease until the matter should come to Darius, and an answer should be returned by letter concerning it.
Ali je oko Božje bdjelo nad starješinama judejskim, te im nisu zabranili da rade dok obavijest nije otišla Dariju i stigao o tom pismeni odgovor.
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.
Ovo je prijepis pisma koje su kralju Dariju poslali Tatnaj, satrap s one strane Rijeke, Šetar Boznaj i njihovi drugovi poslanici s one strane Eufrata.
7 They sent a letter to him, in which was written: To Darius the king, all peace.
Oni su mu uputili izvješće ovog sadržaja: “Kralju Dariju svaki mir!
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.
Neka znade kralj da smo došli u pokrajinu Judeju k Domu Boga velikoga: grade ga od krupnog kamenja, drvetom oblažu zidove; posao se brižljivo izvodi i napreduje u njihovim rukama.
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?”
Zapitali smo njihove starješine i rekli smo im: 'Tko vam je dopustio da gradite ovaj hram i da podignete njegove zidove?'
10 We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at their head.
Pitali smo ih i za njihova imena da bismo ti javili. Tako smo i zapisali imena onih koji zapovijedaju ljudstvu.
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.
A oni nam ovako odgovoriše: 'Mi smo sluge Boga neba i zemlje; gradimo Hram koji je bio sagrađen prije mnogo godina i koji je bio sagradio i podigao veliki kralj Izraela.
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 Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried the people away into Babylon.
Ali kad su naši oci rasrdili Boga neba, on ih je predao u ruke Nabukodonozora Kaldejca, babilonskog kralja, koji je razorio ovaj Hram i odveo narod u sužanjstvo u Babilon.
13 But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
Ali prve godine Kira, kralja babilonskog, zapovjedio je kralj Kir da se ponovo sazida ovaj Dom Božji.
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.
Još i zlatno i srebrno posuđe Doma Božjega, koje Nabukodonozor bijaše odnio iz svetišta u Jeruzalemu i prenio ga u svetište babilonsko, uzeo je kralj Kir iz svetišta u Babilonu i predao čovjeku po imenu Šešbasaru, koga je postavio upraviteljem,
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.’
i rekao mu je: 'Uzmi ovo posuđe, pođi i metni ga u svetište jeruzalemsko, i neka se Dom Božji zida na svome starom mjestu.'
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.
Taj je Šešbasar došao, dakle, i postavio temelje Doma Božjega u Jeruzalemu. I od tada pa do danas gradi se, i još nije dovršen.'
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.”
Sada, dakle, ako kralj želi, neka se istraži u pismohrani kraljevoj u Babilonu je li zaista kralj Kir izdao zapovijed da se sagradi Dom Božji u Jeruzalemu. A kraljeva odluka o tome neka nam se saopći.”
