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 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.
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 rose up and began to build God’s house which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, 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, 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?”
4 Anawafunsanso kuti, “Kodi anthu amene akumanga nyumbayi mayina awo ndani?”
They also asked for the names of the men who were making 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 elders of the Jews, and they didn’t make them cease until the matter should come to Darius, and an answer should be returned by letter concerning 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
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.
7 Analemba kalatayo motere: Kwa mfumu Dariyo: Mukhale ndi mtendere wonse.
They sent a letter to him, in which was written: 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.
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.
9 Ndipo tinawafunsa atsogoleriwo kuti, “Anakulolezani kuti mumangenso Nyumbayi ndi kutsiriza makoma ake ndani?”
Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”
10 Tinawafunsanso mayina a atsogoleri awo, kuti tikalemba mayina atsogoleriwo tidzakudziwitseni kuti muwadziwe.
We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at their head.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 made a decree to build 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.
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.
15 Tsono mfumuyo inamuwuza kuti, ‘Tenga ziwiyazi ukaziyike mʼNyumba ya Mulungu ku Yerusalemu. Ndipo Nyumba ya Mulunguyo ikamangidwenso pa maziko ake akale.’
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.’
16 “Choncho Sesibazarayo anabwera ndi kumanga maziko a Nyumba ya Mulunguyo mu Yerusalemu. Kuyambira tsiku limenelo mpaka lero yakhala ikumangidwa ndipo sinathebe.”
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.
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.
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.”
