Ezra 6
1 Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.
Kisha Mfalme Dario alitoa amri, nao wakafanya uchunguzi katika kumbukumbu zilizohifadhiwa katika hazina huko Babeli.
2 And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:
Karatasi moja ndefu ya maandishi ilipatikana huko Ekbatana katika jimbo la Umedi. Haya ndiyo yaliyokuwa yameandikwa humo: Kumbukumbu:
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,
Katika mwaka wa kwanza wa kutawala Mfalme Koreshi, mfalme alitoa amri kuhusu Hekalu la Mungu katika Yerusalemu: Hekalu na lijengwe tena mahali palepale Wayahudi walipokuwa wakitoa dhabihu, kwenye msingi ule ule. Iwe na kimo cha mikono sitini, upana wa mikono sitini,
4 with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.
kuta zijengwe kwa safu tatu za mawe makubwa kisha ifuate safu moja ya mbao. Gharama zitalipwa kutoka hazina ya mfalme.
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.
Pia, vyombo vya dhahabu na vya fedha vya nyumba ya Mungu, ambavyo Nebukadneza alivichukua kutoka kwenye Hekalu huko Yerusalemu akavileta Babeli, yapasa virudishwe mahali pake ndani ya Hekalu huko Yerusalemu, yapasa viwekwe ndani ya nyumba ya Mungu.
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!
Sasa basi, Tatenai, mtawala wa Ngʼambo ya Mto Frati na Shethar-Bozenai pamoja na ninyi, maafisa wenzao wa jimbo hilo kaeni mbali na mahali hapo.
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.
Msiingilie kazi ya Hekalu hili la Mungu. Mwacheni mtawala wa Wayahudi na viongozi Wayahudi wajenge upya nyumba hii ya Mungu mahali pake.
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.
Zaidi ya hayo, hapa natoa amri kuhusu mtakalofanya kwa ajili ya wazee wa Wayahudi katika ujenzi wa nyumba hii ya Mungu: Gharama za watu hawa zitalipwa kikamilifu kutoka hazina ya mfalme, kutoka kwenye mapato ya Ngʼambo ya Mto Frati, ili ujenzi usisimame.
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.
Chochote kinachohitajika kama mafahali wachanga, kondoo dume, wana-kondoo kwa ajili ya sadaka za kuteketezwa kwa Mungu wa mbinguni, ngano, chumvi, divai na mafuta kama vitakavyohitajika na makuhani huko Yerusalemu, lazima wapewe kila siku pasipo kukosa,
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.
ili waweze kutoa dhabihu inayompendeza Mungu wa mbinguni na kumwombea mfalme na wanawe hali njema.
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.
Zaidi ya hayo, ninaamuru kwamba mtu yeyote atakayebadilisha amri hii, boriti itangʼolewa kutoka nyumba yake, ichongwe upande mmoja na atumbuliwe nayo. Kwa ajili ya kosa hili nyumba yake ifanywe lundo la taka.
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.
Naye Mungu, aliyeliweka Jina lake huko, amwangushe mfalme yeyote au watu watakaoinua mikono kubadili amri hii au kuharibu Hekalu hili lililoko Yerusalemu. Mimi Dario nimetoa amri hii. Nayo itekelezwe kwa bidii na kwa makini.
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.
Kwa sababu ya amri aliyotoa Mfalme Dario, Tatenai mtawala wa Ngʼambo ya Mto Frati na Shethar-Bozenai na wenzao wakaitekeleza kwa bidii na kwa makini.
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.
Hivyo wazee wa Wayahudi waliendelea kujenga na kustawi kutokana na mahubiri ya manabii Hagai na Zekaria, mwana wa Ido. Wakakamilisha ujenzi wa Hekalu kulingana na agizo la Mungu wa Israeli na amri ya Koreshi, Dario na Artashasta wafalme wa Uajemi.
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.
Hekalu lilikamilika siku ya kumi na mbili ya mwezi wa Adari, ndio mwezi wa tatu, katika mwaka wa sita wa utawala wa Mfalme Dario.
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.
Kisha watu wa Israeli: makuhani, Walawi na wengine wote waliohamishwa, wakaadhimisha kule kuwekwa wakfu nyumba ya Mungu kwa shangwe.
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.
Kwa ajili ya kuwekwa wakfu nyumba hii ya Mungu walitoa mafahali mia moja, kondoo dume mia mbili, wana-kondoo mia nne, sadaka kwa ajili ya dhambi ya Israeli yote walitoa mbuzi dume kumi na wawili, mmoja kwa ajili ya kila kabila la Israeli.
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.
Wakawaweka makuhani katika nafasi zao na Walawi wakawekwa katika makundi yao ya huduma kwa Mungu huko Yerusalemu, kulingana na ilivyoandikwa katika Kitabu cha Mose.
19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
Katika siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi wa kwanza, waliorudi kutoka uhamishoni wakaadhimisha Pasaka.
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.
Makuhani na Walawi walikuwa wamekwisha kujitakasa nao wamekuwa safi kwa kufuata kawaida za ibada. Walawi wakachinja kondoo wa Pasaka kwa ajili ya wana wa waliorudi kutoka utumwani uhamishoni, kwa ajili ya ndugu zao makuhani na wao wenyewe.
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.
Hivyo Waisraeli waliokuwa wamerudi kutoka utumwani uhamishoni wakaila Pasaka, pamoja na wale waliokuwa wamejitenga na matendo ya unajisi wa Mataifa ya jirani ili kumtafuta Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
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.
Kwa muda wa siku saba waliiadhimisha Sikukuu ya Mikate Isiyotiwa Chachu kwa furaha, kwa sababu Bwana alikuwa amewajaza furaha kwa kubadilisha nia ya mfalme wa Ashuru kwamba awasaidie ujenzi wa nyumba ya Mungu, Mungu wa Israeli.
