Ezra 5
1 At that time two prophets gave messages from God to the Jews in Jerusalem and [other cities in] Judah. The prophets were Haggai and Zechariah, who was a descendant of Iddo. They spoke those messages representing God, whom the Israelis [worshiped/belonged to], the one who was their true king.
E Aggeo, propheta, e Zacharias, filho d'Iddo, prophetas, prophetizaram aos judeos que estavam em Judah, e em Jerusalem: em nome do Deus de Israel lhes prophetizaram.
2 Then Zerubbabel and Shealtiel [led many other people] as they started [again] to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. And God’s prophets [Haggai and Zechariah] were with them and helped them.
Então se levantaram Zorobabel, filho de Sealtiel, e Josué, filho de Josadak, e começaram a edificar a casa de Deus, que está em Jerusalem; e com elles os prophetas de Deus, que os ajudavam.
3 Then Tattenai the governor of the province west of the [Euphrates] River and Shethar-Bozenai his assistant and [some of] their officials went to Jerusalem and said to the people, “Who has permitted you to rebuild this temple and put furnishings in it?”
N'aquelle tempo veiu a elles Tattenai, governador d'áquem do rio, e Sethar-boznai, e os seus companheiros, e disseram-lhes assim: Quem vos deu ordem para edificardes esta casa, e restaurardes este muro?
4 They also requested the people to tell them the names of the men who were working [at the temple]. [But the people refused].
Então assim lhes dissemos: E quaes são os nomes dos homens que edificaram este edificio?
5 However, God was taking care of the Jewish leaders, so their enemies were not able to prevent the people from continuing [to rebuild the temple]. [They continued to work while their enemies] sent a report to King Darius, and asked him [what he wanted them to do] about it.
Porém os olhos de Deus estavam sobre os anciãos dos judeos, e não os impediram, até que o negocio viesse a Dario, e então respondessem por carta sobre isso
6 So Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai and their officials sent a report to King Darius.
Copia da carta que Tattenai, o governador d'áquem do rio, com Sethar-boznai e os seus companheiros, os apharsachitas, que estavam d'áquem do rio, enviaram ao rei Dario.
7 This is what they wrote: “King Darius, we hope that things are going well for you!
Enviaram-lhe uma relação; e assim estava escripto n'ella: "Toda a paz ao rei Dario.
8 [“We want you to know that] we went to Judah Province, where the temple of the great God is being rebuilt. The people are building it with huge stones, and they are putting wooden beams in the walls. The work is being done very carefully, and they are progressing well.
Seja notorio ao rei, que nós fomos á provincia de Judah, á casa do grande Deus, que se edifica com grandes pedras, e já a madeira se está pondo sobre as paredes; e esta obra apressuradamente se faz, e se adianta em suas mãos
9 “We asked the Jewish leaders, ‘Who has permitted you to rebuild this temple and put furnishings in it?’
Então perguntámos aos anciãos, e assim lhes dissemos: Quem vos deu ordem para edificardes esta casa, e restaurardes este muro?
10 And we requested them to tell us the names of their leaders, in order that we could tell you who they were.
De mais d'isto, lhes perguntámos tambem pelos seus nomes, para t'os declararmos: para que te podessemos escrever os nomes dos homens que são entre elles os chefes.
11 “But [instead of telling us their leaders’ names, ] what they said was, ‘We serve the God [who created] the heaven and the earth. Many years ago a great king [who ruled] us Israeli people [told our ancestors to] build a temple here, and now we are rebuilding it.
E esta resposta nos deram, dizendo: Nós somos servos de Deus dos céus e da terra, e reedificamos a casa que foi edificada muitos annos antes; porque um grande rei d'Israel a edificou e aperfeiçoou.
12 “'But God, [who rules] in heaven, allowed [the armies of] Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylonia, to destroy that temple, because our ancestors did things that caused God to become very angry. Nebuchadnezzar’s army took [many of] the [Israeli] people to Babylonia.
Mas depois que nossos paes provocaram á ira o Deus dos céus, elle os entregou na mão de Nabucodonosor, rei de Babylonia, o chaldeo, o qual destruiu esta casa, e transportou o seu povo para Babylonia.
13 “'However, during the first year that Cyrus the King of Babylon started to rule, he decreed that the temple of God should be rebuilt.
Porém no primeiro anno de Cyro, rei de Babylonia, o rei Cyro deu ordem para que esta casa de Deus se edificasse.
14 Cyrus returned [to the Jewish leaders] all the gold and silver cups that had been taken from the temple in Jerusalem and which had been put in the temple in Babylon. Those cups were given to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom King Cyrus had appointed to be the governor in Judah.
E até os vasos de oiro e prata, da casa de Deus, que Nabucodonosor tomou do templo que estava em Jerusalem e os metteu no templo de Babylonia, o rei Cyro os tirou do templo de Babylonia, e foram dados a um homem cujo nome era Sesbazar, a quem nomeou governador.
15 “'The king instructed him to take the cups back to Jerusalem, to the place [from which they had previously been taken]. He also decreed that they should rebuild the temple at the place where it had been before. So Cyrus appointed Sheshbazzar to be the governor in Judah. He also sent all those things made of gold and silver, for Sheshbazzar to put in the new temple.
E disse-lhe: Toma estes vasos, vae, e leva-os ao templo que está em Jerusalem, e faze edificar a casa de Deus, no seu logar.
16 So Sheshbazzar did that. He came here to Jerusalem, and [supervised the men who] laid the foundation of the temple. And since that time, the people have been working on the temple, but it is not finished yet.’
Então veiu o dito Sesbazar, e poz os fundamentos da casa de Deus, que está em Jerusalem e desde então para cá se está edificando, e ainda não está acabada.
17 “Therefore, your majesty, please order someone to search in the place in Babylon where the important records are kept, to find out whether [it is true that] King Cyrus decreed that God’s temple should be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then you can tell us what you want us to do about this matter.”
Agora, pois, se parece bem ao rei, busque-se lá na casa dos thesouros do rei, que está em Babylonia, se é verdade que se deu uma ordem pelo rei Cyro para edificar esta casa de Deus em Jerusalem; e sobre isto se nos manda saber a vontade do rei."
