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1 那時,先知哈該和易多的孫子撒迦利亞奉以色列上帝的名向猶大和耶路撒冷的猶大人說勸勉的話。
And prophesied have the prophets, (Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo) unto the Jews who [are] in Judah and in Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel — unto them.
2 於是撒拉鐵的兒子所羅巴伯和約薩達的兒子耶書亞都起來動手建造耶路撒冷上帝的殿,有上帝的先知在那裏幫助他們。
Then have Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jozadak, risen, and begun to build the house of God, that [is] in Jerusalem, and with them are the prophets of God supporting them.
3 當時河西的總督達乃和示他‧波斯乃,並他們的同黨來問說:「誰降旨讓你們建造這殿,修成這牆呢?」
At that time come to them hath Tatnai, governor beyond the river, and Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, and thus they are saying to them, 'Who hath made for you a decree this house to build, and this wall to finish?'
4 我們便告訴他們建造這殿的人叫甚麼名字。
Then thus we have said to them, 'What [are] the names of the men who are building this building?'
5 上帝的眼目看顧猶大的長老,以致總督等沒有叫他們停工,直到這事奏告大流士,得着他的回諭。
And the eye of their God hath been upon the elders of the Jews, and they have not caused them to cease till the matter goeth to Darius, and then they send back a letter concerning this thing.
6 河西的總督達乃和示他‧波斯乃,並他們的同黨,就是住河西的亞法薩迦人,上本奏告大流士王。
The copy of a letter that Tatnai, governor beyond the river, hath sent, and Shethar-Boznai and his companions, the Apharsachites who [are] beyond the river, unto Darius the king.
7 本上寫着說:「願大流士王諸事平安。
A letter they have sent unto him, and thus is it written in it:
8 王該知道,我們往猶大省去,到了至大上帝的殿,這殿是用大石建造的。樑木插入牆內,工作甚速,他們手下亨通。
'To Darius the king, all peace! be it known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the great house of God, and it is built [with] rolled stones, and wood is placed in the walls, and this work is done speedily, and prospering in their hand.
9 我們就問那些長老說:『誰降旨讓你們建造這殿,修成這牆呢?』
Then we have asked of these elders, thus we have said to them, Who hath made for you a decree this house to build, and this wall to finish?
10 又問他們的名字,要記錄他們首領的名字,奏告於王。
And also their names we have asked of them, to let thee know, that we might write the names of the men who [are] at their head.
11 他們回答說:『我們是天地之上帝的僕人,重建前多年所建造的殿,就是以色列的一位大君王建造修成的。
'And thus they have returned us word, saying, We [are] servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built many years before this, that a great king of Israel built and finished:
12 只因我們列祖惹天上的上帝發怒,上帝把他們交在迦勒底人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中,他就拆毀這殿,又將百姓擄到巴比倫。
but after that our fathers made the God of heaven angry, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon the Chaldean, and this house he destroyed, and the people he removed to Babylon;
13 然而巴比倫王塞魯士元年,他降旨允准建造上帝的這殿。
but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God,
14 上帝殿中的金、銀器皿,就是尼布甲尼撒從耶路撒冷的殿中掠去帶到巴比倫廟裏的,塞魯士王從巴比倫廟裏取出來,交給派為省長的,名叫設巴薩,
and also, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar had taken forth out of the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and brought them to the temple of Babylon, them hath Cyrus the king brought forth out of the temple of Babylon, and they have been given to [one], Sheshbazzar [is] his name, whom he made governor,
15 對他說可以將這些器皿帶去,放在耶路撒冷的殿中,在原處建造上帝的殿。
and said to him, These vessels lift up, go, put them down in the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and the house of God is builded on its place.
16 於是這設巴薩來建立耶路撒冷上帝殿的根基。這殿從那時直到如今尚未造成。』
Then hath this Sheshbazzar come — he hath laid the foundations of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem, and from thence even till now it hath been building, and is not finished.
17 現在王若以為美,請察巴比倫王的府庫,看塞魯士王降旨允准在耶路撒冷建造上帝的殿沒有,王的心意如何?請降旨曉諭我們。」
'And now, if to the king it be good, let search be made in the treasure-house of the king, that [is] there in Babylon, whether it be that of Cyrus the king there was made a decree to build this house of God in Jerusalem, and the will of the king concerning this thing he doth send unto us.'

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