Ezra 5
1 And the prophets have prophesied (Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo) to the Jews who [are] in Judah and in Jerusalem, in the Name of the God of Israel—to them.
Tada su proroci Hagaj i Zaharija, sin Adonov, počeli prorokovati Judejcima u Judeji i Jeruzalemu, u ime Boga Izraelova, koji je bio nad njima;
2 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jozadak, have risen, and begun to build the house of God, that [is] in Jerusalem, and with them are the prophets of God supporting them.
na to ustadoše Zerubabel, sin Šealtielov, i Ješua, sin Josadakov, i počeše zidati Dom Božji u Jeruzalemu: proroci su Božji bili s ljudima i bodrili ih.
3 At that time have come to them Tatnai, governor beyond the river, and Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, and thus they are saying to them, “Who has made for you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”
U to vrijeme dođoše k njima Tatnaj, satrap s onu stranu Rijeke, Šetar Boznaj i drugovi njihovi poslanici i upitaše ih: “Tko vam je dopustio da gradite ovaj hram i da podižete ove zidove?
4 Then we have said thus to them, “What [are] the names of the men who are building this building?”
Kako se zovu ljudi koji su sagradili ovu zgradu?”
5 And the eye of their God has been on [the] elders of [the] Jews, and they have not caused them to cease until [the] matter goes to Darius, and then they send back a letter concerning this thing.
Ali je oko Božje bdjelo nad starješinama judejskim, te im nisu zabranili da rade dok obavijest nije otišla Dariju i stigao o tom pismeni odgovor.
6 The copy of a letter that Tatnai, governor beyond the river, has sent, and Shethar-Boznai and his companions, the Apharsachites who [are] beyond the river, to Darius the king.
Ovo je prijepis pisma koje su kralju Dariju poslali Tatnaj, satrap s one strane Rijeke, Šetar Boznaj i njihovi drugovi poslanici s one strane Eufrata.
7 A letter they have sent to him, and thus is it written in it:
Oni su mu uputili izvješće ovog sadržaja: “Kralju Dariju svaki mir!
8 “To Darius the king, all peace! Be it known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the great house of God, and it is built [with] rolled stones, and wood is placed in the walls, and this work is done speedily, and prospering in their hand.
Neka znade kralj da smo došli u pokrajinu Judeju k Domu Boga velikoga: grade ga od krupnog kamenja, drvetom oblažu zidove; posao se brižljivo izvodi i napreduje u njihovim rukama.
9 Then we have asked of these elders, thus we have said to them, Who has made for you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
Zapitali smo njihove starješine i rekli smo im: 'Tko vam je dopustio da gradite ovaj hram i da podignete njegove zidove?'
10 And also their names we have asked of them, to let you know, that we might write the names of the men who [are] at their head.
Pitali smo ih i za njihova imena da bismo ti javili. Tako smo i zapisali imena onih koji zapovijedaju ljudstvu.
11 And thus they have returned us word, saying, We [are] servants of the God of the heavens and earth, and are building the house that was built many years before this, that a great king of Israel built and finished:
A oni nam ovako odgovoriše: 'Mi smo sluge Boga neba i zemlje; gradimo Hram koji je bio sagrađen prije mnogo godina i koji je bio sagradio i podigao veliki kralj Izraela.
12 but after that our fathers made the God of the heavens angry, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon the Chaldean, and this house he destroyed, and the people he removed to Babylon;
Ali kad su naši oci rasrdili Boga neba, on ih je predao u ruke Nabukodonozora Kaldejca, babilonskog kralja, koji je razorio ovaj Hram i odveo narod u sužanjstvo u Babilon.
13 but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God,
Ali prve godine Kira, kralja babilonskog, zapovjedio je kralj Kir da se ponovo sazida ovaj Dom Božji.
14 and also, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar had taken forth out of the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and brought them to the temple of Babylon, them has Cyrus the king brought forth out of the temple of Babylon, and they have been given to [one], Sheshbazzar [is] his name, whom he made governor,
Još i zlatno i srebrno posuđe Doma Božjega, koje Nabukodonozor bijaše odnio iz svetišta u Jeruzalemu i prenio ga u svetište babilonsko, uzeo je kralj Kir iz svetišta u Babilonu i predao čovjeku po imenu Šešbasaru, koga je postavio upraviteljem,
15 and said to him, Lift up these vessels, go, put them down in the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and the house of God is built on its place.
i rekao mu je: 'Uzmi ovo posuđe, pođi i metni ga u svetište jeruzalemsko, i neka se Dom Božji zida na svome starom mjestu.'
16 Then this Sheshbazzar has come—he has laid the foundations of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem, and from there even until now it has been building, and is not finished.
Taj je Šešbasar došao, dakle, i postavio temelje Doma Božjega u Jeruzalemu. I od tada pa do danas gradi se, i još nije dovršen.'
17 And now, if it is good to the king, let a search be made in the treasure-house of the king, that [is] there in Babylon, whether it be that there was a decree made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God in Jerusalem, and the will of the king concerning this thing he sends to us.”
Sada, dakle, ako kralj želi, neka se istraži u pismohrani kraljevoj u Babilonu je li zaista kralj Kir izdao zapovijed da se sagradi Dom Božji u Jeruzalemu. A kraljeva odluka o tome neka nam se saopći.”
