以斯拉記 6
1 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；
Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.
2 在米底亞省亞馬他城的宮內尋得一卷，其中記着說：
And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:
3 「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，
In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,
4 用三層大石頭，一層新木頭，經費要出於王庫；
with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.
5 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。」
Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, must also be returned to the temple in Jerusalem and deposited in the house of God.
6 「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。
Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place!
7 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。
Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.
8 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。
I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.
9 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；
Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—must be given to them daily without fail.
10 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。
Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
11 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。
I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.
12 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。」
May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.
13 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。
In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.
14 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。
So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
15 大流士王第六年，亞達月初三日，這殿修成了。
And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
16 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。
Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
17 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；
For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.
18 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。
They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.
19 正月十四日，被擄歸回的人守逾越節。
On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
20 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。
All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.
21 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，
The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.
22 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。
For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
