Ezra 6
1 [Later] Darius [became the ruler of the Persian Empire. When the enemies of the Israelis forced them to stop rebuilding the temple, the Persian officials sent a message to King Darius. They asked him to] search the records in the (archives/government records), in the building where the king stored the important documents, [to find out whether King Cyrus had authorized that the temple should be rebuilt].
是に於てダリヨス王詔言を出しバビロンにて寳物を蔵むる所の文庫に就て査べ稽しめしに
2 [The king commanded someone to search there, but those documents were not there in Babylon]. They found a scroll at the fort in Ecbatana, in Media province, [that contained the information that they wanted to know]. This is what was written on that scroll:
メデア州の都城アクメタにて一の卷物を得たり その内に書しるせる記録は是のごとし
3 “During the first year that Cyrus [ruled the empire], he sent out a decree concerning the temple of God which is at Jerusalem. In the decree it was stated that a new temple must be built at the same place that [the Israeli people previously] had offered sacrifices, where the [original] foundation [of the first temple] was. The temple must be 90 feet high and 90 feet wide.
クロス王の元年にクロス王 詔言を出せり 云くヱルサレムなる神の室の事につきて諭す その犠牲を獻ぐる所なる殿を建てその石礎を堅く置ゑ其室の高を六十キュビトにし其濶を六十キュビトにし
4 The building must be made from large stones. After putting down three layers of stones, a layer of timber must be put on top of them. This work will be paid for by money from my treasury.
巨石三行新木一行を以せよ 其費用は王の家より授くべし
5 Also, the gold and silver utensils that King Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple of God in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon must be taken back to Jerusalem. They must be put in God’s temple just as they were in the previous temple.”
またネブカデネザルがヱルサレムの殿より取いだしてバビロンに携へきたりし神の室の金銀の器皿は之を還してヱルサレムの殿に持ゆかしめ神の室に置てその故の所にあらしむべしと
6 After reading this, King Darius sent this message [to the leaders of the Israeli people’s enemies in Jerusalem]: “This is a message for Tattenai, the governor of the province west of the [Euphrates] River, and for [his assistant] Shethar-Bozenai, and for all your colleagues: Stay away from that area!
然ば河外ふの總督タテナイおよびセタルボズナイとその同僚なる河外ふのアパルサカイ人汝等これに遠ざかるべし
7 Do not (interfere with/hinder) the work of building the temple of God! The temple must be rebuilt at the same place where the former temple was. And do not hinder the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews [while they are doing this work].
神のその室の工事を妨ぐる勿れ ユダヤ人の牧伯とユダヤ人の長老等に神のその家を故の處に建しめよ
8 “Furthermore, I declare that you must help these leaders of the Jews as they rebuild this temple of God [by giving them funds for the building work].
我また詔言を出し其神の家を建ることにつきて汝らが此ユダヤ人の長老等に爲べきことを示す 王の財寳の中すなはち河外ふの租税の中より迅速に費用をその人々に與へよその工事を滯ほらしむる勿れ
9 “The Jewish priests in Jerusalem need young bulls and rams and lambs to sacrifice as they make burned offerings to the God of heaven. You must give them the animals that they need. Also, you must be certain to give them the wheat, salt, wine, and [olive] oil that they need each day [for those sacrifices].
又その需むる物即ち天の神にたてまつる燔祭の小牛牡羊および羔羊ならびに麥鹽酒油など凡てヱルサレムにをる祭司の定むる所に循ひて日々に怠慢なく彼等に與へ
10 If you do that, the Jewish priests will be able to offer sacrifices that please the God who is in heaven, and they will pray that God will bless me and my sons.
彼らをして馨しき香の犠牲を天の神に獻ぐることを得せしめ王とその子女の生命のために祈ることを得せしめよ
11 “If anyone disobeys this decree, [my soldiers] will pull a beam from his house. Then [after they sharpen one end of the beam, ] they will lift that man up and impale him on that beam. Then they will [completely destroy that man’s house until only] a pile of rubble is left.
かつ我詔言を出す誰にもせよ此言を易る者あらば其家の梁を抜きとり彼を擧て之に釘ん その家はまた之がために厠にせらるべし
12 God has chosen [that city of] Jerusalem as the place where people will honor him [MTY]. What I desire is that he will get rid of any king or any nation that tries to change this decree or tries to destroy that temple in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have made this decree. It must be obeyed quickly and thoroughly.”
凡そ之を易へまたヱルサレムなるその神の室を毀たんとて手を出す王あるひは民は彼處にその名を留め給ふ神ねがはくはこれを倒したまへ 我ダリヨス詔言を出せり 迅速に之を行なへ
13 Tattenai, the governor of the province, and [his assistant] Shethar-Bozenai and their colleagues [read the message and] immediately obeyed the decree of King Darius.
ダリヨス王かく諭しければ河外ふの總督タテナイおよびセタルボズナイとその同僚迅速に之を行なへり
14 So the Jewish leaders continued their work [of rebuilding the temple]. They were greatly encouraged by the messages that the prophets Haggai and Zechariah preached. The Israelis continued building the temple, just like God had commanded them to do and like King Cyrus had decreed.
ユダヤ人の長老等すなはち之を建て預言者ハガイおよびイドの子ゼカリヤの預言に由て之を成就たり 彼等イスラエルの神の命に循ひクロス、ダリヨスおよびペルシヤ王アルタシヤスタの詔言に依て之を建竣ぬ
15 They finished building it on March 12, during the sixth year that King Darius [ruled].
ダリヨス王の治世の六年アダルの月の三日にこの室成り
16 Then the priests and the Levites and all the other Israeli people who had returned from Babylon very joyfully dedicated the temple.
是に於てイスラエルの子孫祭司レビ人およびその餘の俘擄人よろこびて神のこの室の落成禮を行なへり
17 During [the ceremony to] dedicate the temple, they sacrificed 100 young bulls, 200 rams, and 400 lambs. They also sacrificed twelve male goats as an offering in order that [God would forgive] the sins of the people of the twelve tribes of Israel.
即ち神のこの室の落成禮において牡牛一百 牡羊二百 羔羊四百を獻げまたイスラエルの支派の數にしたがひて牡山羊十二を獻げてイスラエル全體のために罪祭となし
18 Then the priests and Levites were divided into groups that would [take turns to] serve at the temple. They did this according to what Moses had written [many years previously] in the laws [that he wrote].
祭司をその分別にしたがひて立て レビ人をその班列にしたがひて立て ヱルサレムに於て神に事へしむ 凡てモーセの書に書しるしたるが如し
19 On April 21, the Jews who had returned from Babylon celebrated the Passover Festival.
斯て俘囚より歸り來りし人々正月の十四日に逾越節を行へり
20 [To qualify themselves for offering the sacrifices], the priests and Levites had already purified themselves by performing certain rituals. Then they slaughtered the lambs for the benefit of all the people who had returned from Babylon, for the other priests, and for themselves.
即ち祭司レビ人共に身を潔めて皆潔くなり一切俘囚より歸り來りし人々のため其兄弟たる祭司等のため又自己のために逾越の物を宰れり
21 Those who had returned from Babylon and the other people in that land who had turned away from their immoral practices in order to worship Yahweh, the God of the Israeli people, ate the Passover meal.
擄はれゆきて歸り來しイスラエルの子孫および其國の異邦人の汚穢を棄て是等に附てイスラエルの神ヱホバを求むる者等すべて之を食ひ
22 They celebrated the Unleavened Bread Festival of [Eating] Unleavened Bread for seven days. The Israeli people throughout the land were joyful because Yahweh had changed the attitude of the king of Assyria toward them, and as a result, the king had helped them to rebuild the temple of God, the one whom they [worshiped].
喜びて七日の間酵いれぬパンの節を行へり 是はヱホバかれらを喜ばせアッスリヤの王の心を彼らに向はせ彼をしてイスラエルの神にまします神の家の工事を助けさせたまひしが故なり
