Ezra 6

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

١ عِنْدَئِذٍ أَصْدَرَ دَارِيُوسُ الْمَلِكُ مَرْسُوماً بِالْبَحْثِ فِي دَارِ الْمَحْفُوظَاتِ فِي بَابِلَ، حَيْثُ تُحْفَظُ الْوَثَائِقُ،

2 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:

٢ فَعَثَرُوا فِي قَصْرِ أَحْمَثَا، عَاصِمَةِ إِقْلِيمِ مَادِي، عَلَى مَرْسُومٍ هَذَا نَصُّهُ: «مُذَكِّرَةٌ.

3 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;

٣ أَصْدَرَ الْمَلِكُ كُورَشُ فِي السَّنَةِ الأُولَى لِحُكْمِهِ مَرْسُوماً بِشَأْنِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، جَاءَ فِيهِ: لِيُعَدْ بِنَاءُ الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي يُقَرِّبُونَ فِيهِ الذَّبَائِحَ، وَلْتُرْسَ أُسُسُهُ بِحَيْثُ يَكُونُ ارْتِفَاعُهُ سِتِّينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ ثَلاثِينَ مِتْراً) وَعَرْضُهُ سِتِّينَ ذِرَاعاً

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

٤ عَلَى أَنْ يَتَكَوَّنَ مِنْ ثَلاثَةِ صُفُوفٍ مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، وَصَفٍّ رَابِعٍ مِنْ خَشَبٍ جَدِيدٍ. وَتَتَكَفَّلُ خَزِينَةُ الْمَلِكِ بِنَفَقَةِ الْبِنَاءِ.

5 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.

٥ كَمَا يَتَحَتَّمُ رَدُّ آنِيَةِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ الذَّهَبِيَّةِ وَالْفِضِّيَّةِ الَّتِي غَنِمَهَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَنَقَلَهَا إِلَى بَابِلَ، إِلَى مَوْضِعِهَا فِي هَيْكَلِ اللهِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

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

٦ وَالآنَ يَا تَتْنَايُ وَالِي عَبْرِ النَّهْرِ وَشَتَرْبُوزْنَايُ وَسَائِرَ رِفَاقِكُمَا الأَفَرْسَكِيِّينَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي عَبْرِ النَّهْرِ: ابْتَعِدُوا مِنْ هُنَاكَ.

7 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.

٧ لَا تَتَدَخَّلُوا فِي سَيْرِ عَمَلِ بِنَاءِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ هَذَا؛ وَلْيُتَابِعْ وَالِي الْيَهُودِ وَشُيُوخُهُمْ بِنَاءَهُ فِي ذَاتِ مَوْقِعِهِ السَّابِقِ.

8 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.

٨ وَقَدْ صَدَرَ مِنِّي أَمْرٌ بِمَا تَصْنَعُونَ مَعَ شُيُوخِ الْيَهُودِ هَؤُلاءِ بِصَدَدِ بِنَاءِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ: عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَدْفَعُوا عَاجِلاً لِهَؤُلاءِ نَفَقَاتِ الْبِنَاءِ مِنْ مَالِ الْمَلِكِ مِنَ الْجِزْيَةِ الَّتِي تُجْبَى مِنْ عَبْرِ النَّهْرِ، لِئَلّا يَتَعَطَّلُوا عَنِ الْعَمَلِ.

9 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,

٩ وَكَذَلِكَ مَا يَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الثِّيرَانِ وَالْكِبَاشِ وَالْخِرَافِ لِتَكُونَ قَرَابِينَ لإِلَهِ السَّمَاءِ. وَقَدِّمُوا لَهُمْ حِنْطَةً وَمِلْحاً وَخَمْراً وَزَيْتاً بِمُوْجِبِ طَلَبِ كَهَنَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ مُمَاطَلَةٍ،

10 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.

١٠ لِيُوَاظِبُوا عَلَى تَقْرِيبِ ذَبَائِحِ سُرُورٍ لإِلَهِ السَّمَاءِ، وَيُثَابِرُوا عَلَى الصَّلاةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ حَيَاةِ الْمَلِكِ وَأَبْنَائِهِ.

11 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.

١١ وَقَدْ أَمَرْتُ أَنَّ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ يُغَيِّرُ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَرْسُومِ تُسْحَبُ خَشَبَةٌ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ تَصْلِبُونَهُ عَلَيْهَا مُعَلَّقاً، وَيَتَحَوَّلُ بَيْتُهُ إِلَى كَوْمَةٍ مِنَ الأَطْلالِ جَزَاءَ جَرِيمَتِهِ.

12 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.

١٢ وَلْيُهْلِكِ اللهُ، الَّذِي وَضَعَ اسْمَهُ هُنَاكَ، كُلَّ مَلِكٍ أَوْ شَعْبٍ يَسْعَى لِتَغْيِيرِ هَذَا الْمَرْسُومِ، أَوْ لِهَدْمِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ الَّذِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. أَنَا دَارِيُوسُ قَدْ أَمَرْتُ فَلْيُجْرَ تَنْفِيذُ هَذَا الْمَرْسُومِ عَلَى الْفَوْرِ».

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

١٣ حِينَئِذٍ أَسْرَعَ تَتْنَايُ وَالِي عَبْرِ النَّهْرِ، وَشَتَرْبُوزْنَايُ وَرِفَاقُهُمَا بِتَنْفِيذِ أَمْرِ الْمَلِكِ دَارِيُوسَ بِدِقَّةٍ.

14 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.

١٤ وَهَكَذَا تَابَعَ شُيُوخُ الْيَهُودِ الْبِنَاءَ بِنَجَاحٍ، تَتْمِيماً لِنُبُوءَةِ حَجَّيِ النَّبِيِّ وَزَكَرِيَّا بْنِ عِدُّو، فَاسْتَكْمَلُوا الْبِنَاءَ حَسَبَ أَمْرِ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَمْرِ كُورَشَ وَدَارِيُوسَ وَأَرْتَحْشَشْتَا مُلُوكِ فَارِسَ.

15 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.

١٥ وَتَمَّ بِنَاءُ الْهَيْكَلِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ مِنْ شَهْرِ آذَارَ، فِي السَّنَةِ السَّادِسَةِ مِنْ مُلْكِ دَارِيُوسَ الْمَلِكِ.

16 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.

١٦ وَدَشَّنَ كَهَنَةُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَاللاوِيُّونَ وَبَقِيَّةُ الْمَسْبِيِّينَ الْعَائِدِينَ هَيْكَلَ اللهِ بِفَرَحٍ.

17 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.

١٧ وَقَرَّبُوا احْتِفَالاً بِتَدْشِينِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ: مِئَةَ ثَوْرٍ وَمِئَتَيْ كَبْشٍ وَأَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ خَرُوفٍ؛ وَاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ تَيْسَ مِعْزَى، لِتَكُونَ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ عَنْ جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بِحَسَبِ عَدَدِ أَسْبَاطِهِمْ.

18 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.

١٨ وَتَوَزَّعَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ حَسَبَ فِرَقِهِمِ الْمُخْتَلِفَةِ لِيَقُومُوا بِخِدْمَةِ الرَّبِّ، كَمَا هُوَ مَنْصُوصٌ عَلَيْهِ فِي شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى.

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

١٩ وَاحْتَفَلَ الْعَائِدُونَ مِنَ السَّبْيِ بِالْفِصْحِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ،

20 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.

٢٠ إِذْ كَانَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ قَدْ تَطَهَّرُوا جَمِيعاً، فَذَبَحُوا حُمْلانَ الْفِصْحِ لِجَمِيعِ الْمَسْبِيِّينَ الْعَائِدِينَ وَلإِخْوَتِهِمِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَلأَنْفُسِهِمْ.

21 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,

٢١ وَأَكَلَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ الرَّاجِعُونَ مِنَ السَّبْيِ الْفِصْحَ، مَعَ سَائِرِ الَّذِينَ انْفَصَلُوا عَنْ مُمَارَسَةِ رَجَاسَاتِ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ. وَجَاءُوا لِيَعْبُدُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

22 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.

٢٢ وَاحْتَفَلُوا بِعِيدِ الْفَطِيرِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ بِفَرَحٍ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ مَلأَهُمْ بِالْغِبْطَةِ، إِذْ جَعَلَ قَلْبَ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ يَمِيلُ نَحْوَهُمْ، فَشَدَّ أَزْرَهُمْ لِمُتَابَعَةِ الْعَمَلِ فِي بِنَاءِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.