Ezra 5
1 Then Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo the prophet prophesied in the name of the God of Israel to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem.
那时，先知哈该和易多的孙子撒迦利亚奉以色列 神的名向犹大和耶路撒冷的犹大人说劝勉的话。
2 Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God in Jerusalem with the prophets who supported them.
于是撒拉铁的儿子所罗巴伯和约萨达的儿子耶书亚都起来动手建造耶路撒冷 神的殿，有 神的先知在那里帮助他们。
3 Then Tattenai the governor of the Province Beyond the River, Shethar-Bozenai, and his associates came and said to them, “Who gave you a decree to build this house and complete these walls?”
当时河西的总督达乃和示他·波斯乃，并他们的同党来问说：“谁降旨让你们建造这殿，修成这墙呢？”
4 They also said, “What are the names of the men building this building?”
我们便告诉他们建造这殿的人叫什么名字。
5 But God's eye was on the Jewish elders and their enemies did not stop them. They were waiting for a letter to be sent to the king and for a decree to be returned to them concerning this.
神的眼目看顾犹大的长老，以致总督等没有叫他们停工，直到这事奏告大流士，得着他的回谕。
6 This is a copy of the letter of Tattenai, governor of the Province Beyond the River, and Shethar-Bozenai and his accociates in the Province Beyond the River, which they sent to Darius the king.
河西的总督达乃和示他·波斯乃，并他们的同党，就是住河西的亚法萨迦人，上本奏告大流士王。
7 They sent a report, writing this to King Darius, “May all peace be yours.
本上写着说：“愿大流士王诸事平安。
8 Let the king know that we went to Judah to the house of the great God. It is being built with large stones and timbers set in the walls. This work is being done thoroughly and is going forward well in their hands.
王该知道，我们往犹大省去，到了至大 神的殿，这殿是用大石建造的。梁木插入墙内，工作甚速，他们手下亨通。
9 We asked the elders, 'Who gave you a decree to build this house and these walls?'
我们就问那些长老说：‘谁降旨让你们建造这殿，修成这墙呢？’
10 We also asked them their names so you might know the name of each man who led them.
又问他们的名字，要记录他们首领的名字，奏告于王。
11 They replied and said, 'We are servants of the one who is the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding this house that had been built many years ago when the great king of Israel built it and completed it.
他们回答说：‘我们是天地之 神的仆人，重建前多年所建造的殿，就是以色列的一位大君王建造修成的。
12 However, when our ancestors enraged the God of heaven, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and took the people into exile in Babylon.
只因我们列祖惹天上的 神发怒， 神把他们交在迦勒底人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中，他就拆毁这殿，又将百姓掳到巴比伦。
13 Nevertheless, in the first year when Cyrus was king of Babylon, Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild the house of God.
然而巴比伦王塞鲁士元年，他降旨允准建造 神的这殿。
14 King Cyrus also returned the gold and silver objects belonging to the house of God that Nebuchadnezzar had brought from the temple in Jerusalem to the temple in Babylon. He restored them to Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.
神殿中的金、银器皿，就是尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷的殿中掠去带到巴比伦庙里的，塞鲁士王从巴比伦庙里取出来，交给派为省长的，名叫设巴萨，
15 He said to him, “Take these objects. Go and put them in the temple in Jerusalem. Let the house of God be rebuilt there.”
对他说可以将这些器皿带去，放在耶路撒冷的殿中，在原处建造 神的殿。
16 Then this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation for the house of God in Jerusalem; and it is being constructed, but is not yet complete.'
于是这设巴萨来建立耶路撒冷 神殿的根基。这殿从那时直到如今尚未造成。’
17 Now if it pleases the king, may it be investigated in the house of archives in Babylon if a judgment from King Cyrus exists there to build this house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send his decision to us.
现在王若以为美，请察巴比伦王的府库，看塞鲁士王降旨允准在耶路撒冷建造 神的殿没有，王的心意如何？请降旨晓谕我们。”
