Ezra 6
1 Thus King Darius ordered that a search be made of the archives that were housed in the treasury of Babylon.
于是大流士王降旨，要寻察典籍库内，就是在巴比伦藏宝物之处；
2 But it was actually in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, that a scroll was found, recording the following:
在米底亚省亚马他城的宫内寻得一卷，其中记着说：
3 In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree regarding God's Temple in Jerusalem: Let the Temple be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered, and make sure it has strong foundations are firm. Make it sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,
“塞鲁士王元年，他降旨论到耶路撒冷 神的殿，要建造这殿为献祭之处，坚立殿的根基。殿高六十肘，宽六十肘，
4 with three layers of stone blocks and one of timber. Expenses are to be paid from the royal treasury.
用三层大石头，一层新木头，经费要出于王库；
5 In addition, the gold and silver items of God's Temple, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, must also be returned to the Temple in Jerusalem and placed there.
并且 神殿的金银器皿，就是尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷的殿中掠到巴比伦的，要归还带到耶路撒冷的殿中，各按原处放在 神的殿里。”
6 These are my instructions to you, Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your fellow officials, and officials of the province: Stay far away from there!
“现在河西的总督达乃和示他·波斯乃，并你们的同党，就是住河西的亚法萨迦人，你们当远离他们。
7 This work on God's Temple—leave it alone! Let the governor and leaders of the Jews continue with rebuilding this Temple of God on its original site.
不要拦阻 神殿的工作，任凭犹大人的省长和犹大人的长老在原处建造 神的这殿。
8 Furthermore, this is my decree as to what you are to do for these Jewish leaders regarding the rebuilding of this Temple of God. The full expense involved is to be paid from royal income, the tribute of the province west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be delayed.
我又降旨，吩咐你们向犹大人的长老为建造 神的殿当怎样行，就是从河西的款项中，急速拨取贡银作他们的经费，免得耽误工作。
9 Provide whatever is needed by the priests in Jerusalem: young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and olive oil. Make sure to give them this each day without fail.
他们与天上的 神献燔祭所需用的公牛犊、公绵羊、绵羊羔，并所用的麦子、盐、酒、油，都要照耶路撒冷祭司的话，每日供给他们，不得有误；
10 In this way they can offer sacrifices that are acceptable to the God of heaven, and pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
好叫他们献馨香的祭给天上的 神，又为王和王众子的寿命祈祷。
11 Further I declare that if any man interferes with this decree, a beam is to be ripped from his house and set in the ground, and he is to be impaled on top of it. His own house shall be turned into a pile of rubble for disobeying this decree.
我再降旨，无论谁更改这命令，必从他房屋中拆出一根梁来，把他举起，悬在其上，又使他的房屋成为粪堆。
12 May God who chose the city of Jerusalem as the place where he would be honored, destroy any king or people who try to alter what I have said or who destroy this Temple. I, Darius, issue this decree. Let it be faithfully carried out.
若有王和民伸手更改这命令，拆毁这殿，愿那使耶路撒冷的殿作为他名居所的 神将他们灭绝。我—大流士降这旨意，当速速遵行。”
13 Tattenai, the governor of the province west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their fellow officials faithfully carried out what King Darius had decreed.
于是，河西总督达乃和示他·波斯乃，并他们的同党，因大流士王所发的命令，就急速遵行。
14 As a result the Jewish leaders continued building, and they were encouraged by the messages from Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, son of Iddo. They completed building the Temple following the command of the God of Israel, and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
犹大长老因先知哈该和易多的孙子撒迦利亚所说劝勉的话就建造这殿，凡事亨通。他们遵着以色列 神的命令和波斯王塞鲁士、大流士、亚达薛西的旨意，建造完毕。
15 The Temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
大流士王第六年，亚达月初三日，这殿修成了。
16 Then the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of those who had returned from exile, all joyfully celebrated the dedication of the God's Temple.
以色列的祭司和利未人，并其余被掳归回的人都欢欢喜喜地行奉献 神殿的礼。
17 To dedicate God's Temple they sacrificed one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for the whole of Israel comprising twelve male goats, one for each Israelite tribe.
行奉献 神殿的礼就献公牛一百只，公绵羊二百只，绵羊羔四百只，又照以色列支派的数目献公山羊十二只，为以色列众人作赎罪祭；
18 They organized the priests and Levites by their divisions to serve God in the Temple at Jerusalem, in accordance with the Book of Moses.
且派祭司和利未人按着班次在耶路撒冷事奉 神，是照摩西律法书上所写的。
19 The exiles who had returned observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
正月十四日，被掳归回的人守逾越节。
20 The priests and Levites had all purified themselves so that they were clean according to the ceremonial law. So they killed the Passover lamb for all the exiles who had returned, for their fellow priests, and for themselves.
原来，祭司和利未人一同自洁，无一人不洁净。利未人为被掳归回的众人和他们的弟兄众祭司，并为自己宰逾越节的羊羔。
21 The Passover was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and by those who had joined them and had rejected the pagan practices of the peoples of the land in order to worship the Lord, the God of Israel.
从掳到之地归回的以色列人和一切除掉所染外邦人污秽、归附他们、要寻求耶和华—以色列 神的人都吃这羊羔，
22 Then they observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. Everyone throughout the land was so happy because the Lord had made the king of Assyria favorable to them, helping them to rebuild the Temple of God, the God of Israel.
欢欢喜喜地守除酵节七日；因为耶和华使他们欢喜，又使亚述王的心转向他们，坚固他们的手，作以色列 神殿的工程。
