以斯拉記 6

於是大流士王降旨，要尋察典籍庫內，就是在巴比倫藏寶物之處；

yú shì dà liú shì wáng jiàng zhǐ ， yào xún chá diǎn jí kù nèi ， jiù shì zài bā bǐ lún cáng bǎo wù zhī chù ；

Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched.

在米底亞省亞馬他城的宮內尋得一卷，其中記着說：

zài mǐ dǐ yà shěng yà mǎ tā chéng de gōng nèi xún dé yí juàn ， qí zhōng jì zhe shuō ：

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:

「塞魯士王元年，他降旨論到耶路撒冷上帝的殿，要建造這殿為獻祭之處，堅立殿的根基。殿高六十肘，寬六十肘，

「 sāi lǔ shì wáng yuán nián ， tā jiàng zhǐ lùn dào yē lù sā lěng shén de diàn ， yào jiàn zào zhè diàn wèi xiàn jì zhī chù ， jiān lì diàn de gēn jī 。 diàn gāo liù shí zhǒu ， kuān liù shí zhǒu ，

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;

用三層大石頭，一層新木頭，經費要出於王庫；

yòng sān céng dà shí tou ， yì céng xīn mù tou ， jīng fèi yào chū yú wáng kù ；

with three courses of great stones and a course of new timber. Let the expenses be given out of the king’s house.

並且上帝殿的金銀器皿，就是尼布甲尼撒從耶路撒冷的殿中掠到巴比倫的，要歸還帶到耶路撒冷的殿中，各按原處放在上帝的殿裏。」

bìng qiě shén diàn de jīn yín qì mǐn ， jiù shì ní bù jiǎ ní sā cóng yē lù sā lěng de diàn zhōng lüè dào bā bǐ lún de ， yào guī hái dài dào yē lù sā lěng de diàn zhōng ， gè àn yuán chù fàng zài shén de diàn lǐ 。」

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.

「現在河西的總督達乃和示他‧波斯乃，並你們的同黨，就是住河西的亞法薩迦人，你們當遠離他們。

「 xiàn zài hé xī de zǒng dū dá nǎi hé shì tā · bō sī nǎi ， bìng nǐ men de tóng dǎng ， jiù shì zhù hé xī de yà fǎ sà jiā rén ， nǐ men dāng yuǎn lí tā men 。

Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there.

不要攔阻上帝殿的工作，任憑猶大人的省長和猶大人的長老在原處建造上帝的這殿。

bú yào lán zǔ shén diàn de gōng zuò ， rèn píng yóu dà rén de shěng zhǎng hé yóu dà rén de zhǎng lǎo zài yuán chù jiàn zào shén de zhè diàn 。

Leave the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

我又降旨，吩咐你們向猶大人的長老為建造上帝的殿當怎樣行，就是從河西的款項中，急速撥取貢銀作他們的經費，免得耽誤工作。

wǒ yòu jiàng zhǐ ， fēn fù nǐ men xiàng yóu dà rén de zhǎng lǎo wèi jiàn zào shén de diàn dāng zěn yàng xíng ， jiù shì cóng hé xī de kuǎn xiàng zhōng ， jí sù bō qǔ gòng yín zuò tā men de jīng fèi ， miǎn de dān wù gōng zuò 。

Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews 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.

他們與天上的上帝獻燔祭所需用的公牛犢、公綿羊、綿羊羔，並所用的麥子、鹽、酒、油，都要照耶路撒冷祭司的話，每日供給他們，不得有誤；

tā men yǔ tiān shàng de shén xiàn fán jì suǒ xū yòng de gōng niú dú 、 gōng mián yáng 、 mián yáng gāo ， bìng suǒ yòng de mài zi 、 yán 、 jiǔ 、 yóu ， dōu yào zhào yē lù sā lěng jì sī de huà ， měi rì gōng jǐ tā men ， bù dé yǒu wù ；

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,

好叫他們獻馨香的祭給天上的上帝，又為王和王眾子的壽命祈禱。

hǎo jiào tā men xiàn xīn xiāng de jì gěi tiān shàng de shén ， yòu wèi wáng hé wáng zhòng zǐ de shòu mìng qí dǎo 。

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.

我再降旨，無論誰更改這命令，必從他房屋中拆出一根樑來，把他舉起，懸在其上，又使他的房屋成為糞堆。

wǒ zài jiàng zhǐ ， wú lùn shuí gēng gǎi zhè mìng lìng ， bì cóng tā fáng wū zhōng chāi chū yì gēn liáng lái ， bǎ tā jǔ qǐ ， xuán zài qí shàng ， yòu shǐ tā de fáng wū chéng wéi fèn duī 。

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.

若有王和民伸手更改這命令，拆毀這殿，願那使耶路撒冷的殿作為他名居所的上帝將他們滅絕。我－大流士降這旨意，當速速遵行。」

ruò yǒu wáng hé mín shēn shǒu gēng gǎi zhè mìng lìng ， chāi huǐ zhè diàn ， yuàn nà shǐ yē lù sā lěng de diàn zuò wéi tā míng jū suǒ de shén jiāng tā men miè jué 。 wǒ — dà liú shì jiàng zhè zhǐ yì ， dāng sù sù zūn xíng 。」

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.

於是，河西總督達乃和示他‧波斯乃，並他們的同黨，因大流士王所發的命令，就急速遵行。

yú shì ， hé xī zǒng dū dá nǎi hé shì tā · bō sī nǎi ， bìng tā men de tóng dǎng ， yīn dà liú shì wáng suǒ fā de mìng lìng ， jiù jí sù zūn xíng 。

Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions did accordingly with all diligence, because Darius the king had sent a decree.

猶大長老因先知哈該和易多的孫子撒迦利亞所說勸勉的話就建造這殿，凡事亨通。他們遵着以色列上帝的命令和波斯王塞魯士、大流士、亞達薛西的旨意，建造完畢。

yóu dà zhǎng lǎo yīn xiān zhī hā gāi hé yì duō de sūn zi sā jiā lì yà suǒ shuō quàn miǎn de huà jiù jiàn zào zhè diàn ， fán shì hēng tōng 。 tā men zūn zhe yǐ sè liè shén de mìng lìng hé bō sī wáng sāi lǔ shì 、 dà liú shì 、 yà dá xuē xī de zhǐ yì ， jiàn zào wán bì 。

The elders of the Jews 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.

大流士王第六年，亞達月初三日，這殿修成了。

dà liú shì wáng dì liù nián ， yà dá yuè chū sān rì ， zhè diàn xiū chéng le 。

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.

以色列的祭司和利未人，並其餘被擄歸回的人都歡歡喜喜地行奉獻上帝殿的禮。

yǐ sè liè de jì sī hé lì wèi rén ， bìng qí yú bèi lǔ guī huí de rén dōu huān huān xǐ xǐ dì xíng fèng xiàn shén diàn de lǐ 。

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.

行奉獻上帝殿的禮就獻公牛一百隻，公綿羊二百隻，綿羊羔四百隻，又照以色列支派的數目獻公山羊十二隻，為以色列眾人作贖罪祭；

xíng fèng xiàn shén diàn de lǐ jiù xiàn gōng niú yì bǎi zhī ， gōng mián yáng èr bǎi zhī ， mián yáng gāo sì bǎi zhī ， yòu zhào yǐ sè liè zhī pài de shù mù xiàn gōng shān yáng shí èr zhī ， wèi yǐ sè liè zhòng rén zuò shú zuì jì ；

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.

且派祭司和利未人按着班次在耶路撒冷事奉上帝，是照摩西律法書上所寫的。

qiě pài jì sī hé lì wèi rén àn zhe bān cì zài yē lù sā lěng shì fèng shén ， shì zhào mó xī lǜ fǎ shū shàng suǒ xiě de 。

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.

正月十四日，被擄歸回的人守逾越節。

zhēng yuè shí sì rì ， bèi lǔ guī huí de rén shǒu yú yuè jié 。

The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

原來，祭司和利未人一同自潔，無一人不潔淨。利未人為被擄歸回的眾人和他們的弟兄眾祭司，並為自己宰逾越節的羊羔。

yuán lái ， jì sī hé lì wèi rén yì tóng zì jié ， wú yì rén bù jié jìng 。 lì wèi rén wéi bèi lǔ guī huí de zhòng rén hé tā men de dì xiong zhòng jì sī ， bìng wèi zì jǐ zǎi yú yuè jié de yáng gāo 。

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.

從擄到之地歸回的以色列人和一切除掉所染外邦人污穢、歸附他們、要尋求耶和華－以色列上帝的人都吃這羊羔，

cóng lǔ dào zhī dì guī huí de yǐ sè liè rén hé yí qiē chú diào suǒ rǎn wài bāng rén wū huì 、 guī fù tā men 、 yào xún qiú yē hé huá — yǐ sè liè shén de rén dōu chī zhè yáng gāo ，

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,

歡歡喜喜地守除酵節七日；因為耶和華使他們歡喜，又使亞述王的心轉向他們，堅固他們的手，作以色列上帝殿的工程。

huān huān xǐ xǐ dì shǒu chú jiào jié qī rì ； yīn wèi yē hé huá shǐ tā men huān xǐ ， yòu shǐ yà shù wáng de xīn zhuǎn xiàng tā men ， jiān gù tā men de shǒu ， zuò yǐ sè liè shén diàn de gōng chéng 。

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.