Ezra 6
1 Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.
Tunc Darius rex praecepit: et recensuerunt in bibliotheca librorum, qui erant repositi in Babylone,
2 And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:
et inventum est in Ecbatanis, quod est castrum in Medena provincia volumen unum, talisque scriptus erat in eo commentarius:
3 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,
Anno primo Cyri regis: Cyrus rex decrevit ut domus Dei aedificaretur, quae est in Ierusalem, in loco ubi immolent hostias, et ut ponant fundamenta supportantia altitudinem cubitorum sexaginta, et latitudinem cubitorum sexaginta,
4 with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.
ordines de lapidibus impolitis tres, et sic ordines de lignis novis: sumptus autem de domo regis dabuntur.
5 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.
Sed et vasa templi Dei aurea et argentea, quae Nabuchodonosor tulerat de templo Ierusalem, et attulerat ea in Babylonem, reddantur, et referantur in templum in Ierusalem in locum suum, quae et posita sunt in templo Dei.
6 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!
Nunc ergo Thathanai dux regionis, quae est trans Flumen, Stharbuzanai, et consiliarii vestri Apharsachaei, qui estis trans Flumen, procul recedite ab illis,
7 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.
et dimittite fieri templum Dei illud a duce Iudaeorum, et a senioribus eorum, ut domum Dei illam aedificent in loco suo.
8 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.
Sed et a me praeceptum est quid oporteat fieri a presbyteris Iudaeorum illis ut aedificetur domus Dei, scilicet ut de arca regis, id est, de tributis, quae dantur de regione trans Flumen, studiose sumptus dentur viris illis ne impediatur opus.
9 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.
Quod si necesse fuerit, et vitulos, et agnos, et hoedos in holocaustum Deo caeli, frumentum, sal, vinum, et oleum, secundum ritum Sacerdotum, qui sunt in Ierusalem, detur eis per singulos dies, ne sit in aliquo querimonia.
10 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.
Et offerant oblationes Deo caeli, orentque pro vita regis, et filiorum eius.
11 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.
A me ergo positum est decretum: Ut omnis homo, qui hanc mutaverit iussionem, tollatur lignum de domum ipsius, et erigatur, et configatur in eo, domus autem eius publicetur.
12 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.
Deus autem, qui habitare fecit nomen suum ibi, dissipet omnia regna, et populum qui extenderit manum suam ut repugnet, et dissipet domum Dei illam, quae est in Ierusalem. Ego Darius statui decretum, quod studiose impleri volo.
13 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.
Igitur Thathanai dux regionis trans Flumen, et Stharbuzanai, et consiliarii eius, secundum quod praeceperat Darius rex, sic diligenter executi sunt.
14 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.
Seniores autem Iudaeorum aedificabant, et prosperabantur iuxta prophetiam Aggaei prophetae, et Zachariae filii Addo: et aedificaverunt et construxerunt iubente Deo Israel, et iubente Cyro, et Dario, et Artaxerxe regibus Persarum:
15 And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
et compleverunt domum Dei istam, usque ad diem tertium mensis Adar, qui est annus sextus Darii regis.
16 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.
Fecerunt autem filii Israel Sacerdotes et Levitae, et reliqui filiorum transmigrationis, dedicationem Domus Dei in gaudio.
17 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.
Et obtulerunt in dedicationem domus Dei, vitulos centum, arietes ducentos, agnos quadringentos, hircos caprarum pro peccato totius Israel duodecim, iuxta numerum tribuum Israel.
18 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.
Et statuerunt Sacerdotes in ordinibus suis, et Levitas in vicibus suis super opera Dei in Ierusalem, sicut scriptum est in libro Moysi.
19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
Fecerunt autem filii Israel transmigrationis, Pascha, quartadecima die mensis primi.
20 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.
Purificati enim fuerant Sacerdotes et Levitae quasi unus: omnes mundi ad immolandum pascha universis filiis transmigrationis, et fratribus suis Sacerdotibus, et sibi.
21 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.
Et comederunt filii Israel, qui reversi fuerant de transmigratione, et omnes qui se separaverant a coinquinatione Gentium terrae ad eos, ut quaererent Dominum Deum Israel.
22 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.
Et fecerunt sollemnitatem azymorum septem diebus in laetitia, quoniam laetificaverat eos Dominus, et converterat cor regis Assur ad eos, ut adiuvaret manus eorum in opere domus Domini Dei Israel.
