Ezra 6

1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the scrolls of the treasuries placed there in Babylon,

Pea naʻe toki fai ai ʻe Talaiasi ha fono, pea naʻe kumi ʻi he fale ʻoe ngaahi tohi ʻaia naʻe hili ai ʻae ngaahi koloa ʻo Papilone.

2 and there has been found at Achmetha, in a palace that [is] in the province of Media, a scroll, and a record thus written within it [is]:

Pea naʻe ʻilo ʻi ʻAkimita, ʻi he fale lahi ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he fonua ko Mitia, ʻae takainga [tohi], pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae tohi naʻe pehē:

3 “In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king has made a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: let the house be built in the place where they are sacrificing sacrifices, and its foundations strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits;

“ʻI hono tolu taʻu ʻo Kolesi ko e tuʻi, naʻe fai ʻe Kolesi ko e tuʻi ʻae fono ki he fale ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi Selūsalema, Tuku ke langa ʻae fale, ko e potu naʻa nau fai ai ʻae ngaahi feilaulau, pea ke ʻai hono ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo ia ke mālohi: ko hono māʻolunga ʻo ia ko e hanga ʻe teau ma uofulu, mo hono māukupu ʻo ia ko e hanga ʻe teau ma uofulu;

4 three rows of rolled stones, and a row of new wood, and let the outlay be given out of the king’s house.

Mo e ʻotu ʻe tolu ʻoe fuʻu maka lahi, mo e ʻotu ʻe taha ʻoe ʻakau foʻou; pea ke ʻatu hono totongi ki ai mei he fale ʻoe tuʻi;

5 And also, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, let be given back, and go to the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, [each] to its place, and put [them] down in the house of God.

Pea ko e ngaahi ipu koula mo e siliva ʻoe fale ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻe toʻo ʻo ʻave ʻe Nepukanesa mei he faletapu ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema, ʻo fetuku ki Papilone, ke toe ʻatu, pea toe ʻave ki he faletapu ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema, ke taki taha ki hono potu, pea tuku ia ki he fale ʻoe ʻOtua.”

6 Now Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, the Apharsachites, who [are] beyond the river, be far from here;

Pea ko eni, “ʻE Tatinei, ko e pule ʻi he kauvai ʻe taha ʻoe vaitafe, mo Sita-Posinei, mo homou kaumeʻa ko e kau ʻAfasatikai, ʻaia ʻoku ʻituʻa ʻi he vaitafe, ke mou fakamamaʻo mo e potu ko ia:

7 let alone the work of this house of God, let the governor of the Jews, and [the] elders of the Jews, build this house of God on its place.

“Tuku ai pe ʻae ngāue ʻoe fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua; tuku ʻae pule ʻoe kakai Siu mo e kau mātuʻa ʻoe kakai Siu ke nau langa ʻae fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi hono potu.

8 And a decree is made by me concerning that which you do with [the] elders of these Jews to build this house of God, that of [the] riches of [the] king, that [are] of [the] tribute beyond [the] river, let the outlay be given speedily to these men, that they do not cease;

Pea koeʻuhi ʻoku ou fai ʻae fono ni ki he meʻa te mou fai ki he kau mātuʻa ʻoe ngaahi Siu ni ʻi he langa ʻae fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua: ke mou fai leva ʻo ʻatu ʻae totongi ki he kau tangata ni, mei he ngaahi meʻa ʻae tuʻi, ʻio, ʻae meʻa tukuhau ʻi he tuʻa vaitafe, ʻo fai ai pe, ke ʻoua naʻa fakatuai ʻakinautolu.

9 and what they are needing—both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs for burnt-offerings to the God of the heavens, wheat, salt, wine, and oil according to the saying of the priests who [are] in Jerusalem—let be given to them day by day without fail,

Pea ko ia ʻoku nau masiva ai, pe ko e fanga pulu mui, mo e fanga sipitangata, mo e fanga lami, maʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu ki he ʻOtua ʻoe langi, ko e uite, mo e māsima, mo e uaine, mo e lolo, ʻo fakatatau ki he tuʻutuʻuni ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema, tuku ke ʻatu ia kiate kinautolu ʻi he ʻaho hokohoko pe, pea ʻoua naʻa liʻaki.

10 that they are bringing sweet savors near to the God of the heavens, and praying for the life of the king, and of his sons.

Koeʻuhi ke nau ʻatu ʻae ngaahi feilaulau namu kakala ki he ʻOtua ʻoe langi pea hūfia ʻae moʻui ʻae tuʻi, mo hono ngaahi foha.

11 And a decree is made by me, that anyone who changes this thing, let wood be pulled down from his house, and being raised up, let him be struck on it, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

Pea kuo u fai ʻae fono foki, koeʻuhi ko ia te ne fakakehe ʻae lea ni, ke toʻo ʻae ngaahi ʻakau mei hono fale, pea ke fokotuʻu ia, pea tuku ke tautau ia ki ai: pea tuku ke ngaohi hono fale ʻi he meʻa ni, ko e fale vao.

12 And God, who caused His Name to dwell there, casts down any king and people that puts forth his hand to change, to destroy this house of God that [is] in Jerusalem; I Darius have made a decree; let it be done speedily.”

Pea ko e ʻOtua ʻaia naʻe pule ke nofo ki ai hono huafa, ke fakaʻauha ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi tuʻi mo e kakai, ʻaia te nau ʻai honau nima ke fakakehe, pe ke maumau ʻae fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema. Ko au Talaiasi kuo u fai ʻae fono ni: tuku ke fai ia ke fakatoʻotoʻo.”

13 Then Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king has sent, so they have done speedily;

Pea naʻe fai vave ʻe Tatinei, ko e pule ʻi he potu kauvai ni ʻoe vaitafe, mo Sita-Posinei, mo honau kaumeʻa, ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa ʻaia naʻe fekau ʻe Talaiasi ko e tuʻi.

14 and [the] elders of [the] Jews are building and prospering through [the] prophecy of Haggai [the] prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo, and they have built and finished by [the] decree of [the] God of Israel, and by [the] decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

Pea naʻe langa ʻe he kau mātuʻa ʻoe kakai Siu, pea naʻa nau monūʻia, ko e meʻa ʻi he akonaki ʻa Hakeai ko e palōfita mo Sakalia ko e foha ʻo Ito. Pea naʻa nau langa ia ke ʻosi, ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻae ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, pea fakatatau ki he fekau ʻa Kolesi, mo Talaiasi, mo ʻAtakisekisi ko e tuʻi ʻo Peasia.

15 And this house has gone out until the third day of the month Adar, that is [in] the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

Pea naʻe fakaʻosi ʻae fale ni ʻi hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina ko ʻAtali ʻi hono ono ʻoe taʻu ʻoe pule ʻa Talaiasi ko e tuʻi.

16 And the sons of Israel have made, [and] the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the sons of the captivity, a dedication of this house of God with joy,

Pea ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ko e kau taulaʻeiki, mo e kau Livai, pea mo kinautolu naʻe toe ʻi he fānau ʻae fakapōpula, naʻa nau fai hono fakatapui ʻoe fale ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi he fiefia lahi,

17 and have brought near for the dedication of this house of God: one hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and twelve young male goats for a sin-offering for all Israel according to the number of the tribes of Israel;

Pea naʻe ʻatu ʻi he fakatapui ʻoe fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua ʻae fanga pulu ʻe teau, mo e sipitangata ʻe uangeau, mo e fanga lami ʻe fāngeau; pea ko e feilaulau ʻi he angahala maʻa ʻIsileli kotoa pē, ko e kosi tangata ʻe hongofulu ma ua, ʻo fakatatau ki hono lau ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli.

18 and they have established the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, over the service of God that [is] in Jerusalem, as it is written in the scroll of Moses.

Pea naʻa nau fokotuʻu ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻi honau lakanga, mo e kau Livai ʻi honau hokoʻanga, ʻi he ngāue ʻae ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema; ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻa Mōsese.

19 And the sons of the captivity make the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month,

Pea naʻe fai ʻae kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu ʻe he fānau ʻae fakapōpula ʻi hono ʻaho hongofulu ma fā ʻoe māhina.

20 for the priests and the Levites have been purified together—all of them [are] pure—and they slaughter the Passover for all the sons of the captivity, and for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.

He naʻe fakamaʻa fakataha ʻakinautolu ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau Livai, naʻe maʻa ʻakinautolu kotoa pē, mo nau tāmateʻi ʻae Lakaatu maʻae fānau kotoa pē ʻoe fakapōpula, pea maʻa honau kāinga ko e kau taulaʻeiki, pea maʻanautolu.

21 And the sons of Israel, those returning from the captivity, and everyone who is separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to them, to seek to YHWH, God of Israel, eat,

Pea ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻaia naʻe toe haʻu mei he fakapōpula, pea mo kinautolu kotoa pē naʻe vahe ʻakinautolu ke kau kiate kinautolu mei he ngaahi ʻuli kovi ʻoe hiteni ʻoe fonua, ke kumi kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, naʻa nau kai ai,

22 and they make the Celebration of Unleavened Things seven days with joy, for YHWH made them to rejoice, and turned around the heart of the king of Asshur to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

‌ʻO nau fai ʻae kātoanga ʻoe mā taʻefakalēvani ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu ʻi he fiefia lahi: he naʻe fakafiefiaʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova, ʻo ne fakatafoki ʻae loto ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia kiate kinautolu, ke fakamālohi honau nima ʻi he ngāue ʻoe fale ʻoe ʻOtua, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli.