Ezara 5
1 Nthawi imeneyo aneneri Hagai ndi Zekariya, mwana wa Ido, ankayankhula kwa Ayuda okhala mʼdziko la Yuda ndi mu Yerusalemu mʼdzina la Mulungu wa Israeli, amene anali nawo.
Now the prophets Haggai and Zechariah, the son of Iddo, were preaching to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel.
2 Pambuyo pake Zerubabeli mwana wa Sealatieli ndi Yesuwa mwana wa Yozadaki ananyamuka nakayambanso kumanga Nyumba ya Mulungu mu Yerusalemu. Ndipo aneneri a Mulungu anali nawo pamodzi, kuwathandiza.
Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, got up and made a start at building the house of God at Jerusalem: and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
3 Pa nthawi imeneyo Tatenai, bwanamkubwa wa chigawo cha patsidya pa Yufurate pamodzi ndi Setari-Bozenai ndi anzawo anapita kwa iwo ndi kukawafunsa kuti, “Anakulolani ndani kuti mumangenso Nyumba imeneyi ndi kutsiriza khoma lake?”
At the same time, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their men, came to them and said, Who gave you orders to go on building this house and this wall?
4 Anawafunsanso kuti, “Kodi anthu amene akumanga nyumbayi mayina awo ndani?”
Then they said these words to them: What are the names of the men who are at work on this building?
5 Koma Mulungu wawo amayangʼanira atsogoleri Ayuda, motero kuti anthu aja anaganiza kuti asawaletse kumanga Nyumbayo mpaka atalembera mfumu Dariyo kalata ndi kulandira yankho lake.
But the eye of their God was on the chiefs of the Jews, and they did not make them give up working till the question had been put before Darius and an answer had come by letter about it.
6 Iyi ndi kalata imene Tatenai bwanamkubwa wa dera la patsidya pa Yufurate, ndiponso Setari-Bozenai ndi anzake, akazembe amene anali mʼchigawo cha patsidya pa Yufurate, anatumiza kwa mfumu Dariyo
This is a copy of the letter which Tattenai, the ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and his friends the Apharsachites, living across the river, sent to Darius the king:
7 Analemba kalatayo motere: Kwa mfumu Dariyo: Mukhale ndi mtendere wonse.
They sent him a letter saying, To Darius the king, all peace:
8 Amfumu mudziwe kuti ife tinapita ku dziko la Yuda ku Nyumba ya Mulungu wamkulu. Nyumbayo ikumangidwa ndi miyala ikuluikulu ndipo akuyala matabwa pa makoma. Ntchitoyi ikugwiridwa mwachangu ndipo ikuyenda bwino kwambiri mwautsogoleri wawo.
This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.
9 Ndipo tinawafunsa atsogoleriwo kuti, “Anakulolezani kuti mumangenso Nyumbayi ndi kutsiriza makoma ake ndani?”
Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?
10 Tinawafunsanso mayina a atsogoleri awo, kuti tikalemba mayina atsogoleriwo tidzakudziwitseni kuti muwadziwe.
And we made request for their names, so that we might send you word, and give you the names of the men at the head of them.
11 Yankho limene anatipatsa ndi ili: “Ife ndife atumiki a Mulungu wa kumwamba ndi wa dziko lapansi, ndipo tikumanganso Nyumba imene mfumu ina yamphamvu ya Israeli inamanga ndi kuyitsiriza zaka zambiri zapitazo.
And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.
12 Koma chifukwa chakuti makolo athu anakwiyitsa Mulungu wakumwamba, Iye anawapereka kwa Nebukadinezara Mkalideya, mfumu ya Babuloni, amene anawononga Nyumbayi ndi kutenga anthu onse kupita nawo ku ukapolo ku Babuloni.
But when the God of heaven was moved to wrath by our fathers, he gave them up into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the Chaldaean, who sent destruction on this house and took the people away into Babylon.
13 “Komabe chaka choyamba cha Koresi, mfumu ya ku Babuloni, mfumu Koresiyo anapereka lamulo lakuti Nyumba ya Mulunguyi imangidwenso.
But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God;
14 Ndipo ziwiya zagolide ndi zasiliva za ku Nyumba ya Mulungu zimene Nebukadinezara anazitenga mʼNyumba ya Mulungu ku Yerusalemu ndi kukaziyika mʼnyumba ya milungu ya ku Babuloni, anakazichotsa ku nyumba ya milungu ya ku Babuloniko ndi kuzipereka kwa Sesibazara, amene mfumu inamusankha kukhala bwanamkubwa.
And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple which was in Jerusalem, and put into the house of his god in Babylon, these Cyrus the king took from the house of his god in Babylon, and gave to one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made ruler;
15 Tsono mfumuyo inamuwuza kuti, ‘Tenga ziwiyazi ukaziyike mʼNyumba ya Mulungu ku Yerusalemu. Ndipo Nyumba ya Mulunguyo ikamangidwenso pa maziko ake akale.’
And he said to him, Go, take these vessels, and put them in the Temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be put up again in its place.
16 “Choncho Sesibazarayo anabwera ndi kumanga maziko a Nyumba ya Mulunguyo mu Yerusalemu. Kuyambira tsiku limenelo mpaka lero yakhala ikumangidwa ndipo sinathebe.”
Then this same Sheshbazzar came and put the house of God in Jerusalem on its bases: and from that time till now the building has been going on, but it is still not complete.
17 Nʼchifukwa chake ngati chingakukomereni amfumu, pachitike kafukufuku mʼnyumba yaufumu mosungira chuma ndi mabuku okhudza mbiri ya Babuloni kuti tione ngati mfumu Koresi inalamuladi za kumanganso Nyumba ya Mulungu mu Yerusalemu. Kenaka amfumu mutiwuze zomwe zikukondweretsani kuti mugamule pa nkhani imeneyi.
So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.
