Ezra 5

1 Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem. They prophesied to them in the name of the God of Israel.

١ فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ تَنَبَّأَ النَّبِيَّانِ حَجَّي وَزَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عِدُّوَ لِلْيَهُودِ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَهُوذَا بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُهَيْمِنِ عَلَيْهِمْ.

2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Yeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build God’s house which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.

٢ فَقَامَ زَرُبَّابِلُ بْنُ شَأَلْتِيئِيلَ وَيَشُوعُ بْنُ يُوصَادُوقَ، وَشَرَعَا فِي اسْتِكْمَالِ بِنَاءِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ الَّذِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، بِمَعُونَةِ نَبِيَّيِ اللهِ،

3 At the same time Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, came to them, with Shetharbozenai and their companions, and asked them, “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this wall?”

٣ فَجَاءَهُمْ تَتْنَايُ وَالِي عَبْرِ النَّهْرِ وَشَتَرْبُوزْنَايُ وَرُفَقَاؤُهُمَا وَسَأَلُوهُمْ: «مَنْ أَمَرَكُمْ بِإِعَادَةِ بِنَاءِ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ وَاسْتِكْمَالِ السُّورِ؟»

4 They also asked for the names of the men who were making this building.

٤ ثُمَّ طَلَبُوا قَائِمَةً بِأَسْمَاءِ الرِّجَالِ الْمُسَاهِمِينَ فِي بِنَاءِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

5 But the eye of their God was on the Jewish elders, and they didn’t make them cease until the matter should come to Darius, and an answer should be returned by letter concerning it.

٥ وَلَكِنْ كَانَتْ عَيْنُ إِلَهِ قَادَةِ الْيَهُودِ تَرْعَاهُمْ، فَلَمْ يُوْقِفُوهُمْ عَنِ الْعَمَلِ حَتَّى يَتِمَّ رَفْعُ الأَمْرِ إِلَى دَارِيُوسَ وَيَتَلَقَّوْا رَدَّهُ عَلَيْهَا.

6 The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king follows.

٦ وَهَذَا هُوَ نَصُّ الرِّسَالَةِ الَّتِي بَعَثَ بِها تَتْنَايُ وَالِي عَبْرِ النَّهْرِ وَشَتَرْبُوزْنَايُ وَرُفَقَاؤُهُمَا الأَفَرْسَكِيُّونَ الْمُقِيمُونَ فِي عَبْرِ النَّهْرِ إِلَى دَارِيُوسَ الْمَلِكِ.

7 They sent a letter to him, in which was written: To Darius the king, all peace.

٧ وَقَدْ وَرَدَ فِي هَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةِ: «إِلَى الْمَلِكِ دَارِيُوسَ كُلُّ سَلامٍ.

8 Be it known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is being built with great stones and timber is laid in the walls. This work goes on with diligence and prospers in their hands.

٨ نَوَدُّ أَنْ نُحِيطَكُمْ عِلْماً بِأَنَّنَا ذَهَبْنَا إِلَى بِلادِ يَهُوذَا، حَيْثُ مَعْبَدُ الإِلَهِ الْعَظِيمِ، فَوَجَدْنَا الْهَيْكَلَ يُبْنَى بِحِجَارَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ وَجُدْرَانَهُ تُدْعَمُ بِالْخَشَبِ، وَالْعَمَلَ يَسِيرُ بِأَقْصَى سُرْعَةٍ وَيَتِمُّ إِنْجَازُهُ عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمْ بِنَجَاحٍ بَاهِرٍ.

9 Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”

٩ وَقَدْ سَأَلْنَا هَؤُلاءِ الْقَادَةَ: مَنْ أَمَرَكُمْ بِإِعَادَةِ بِنَاءِ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ وَاسْتِكْمَالِ هَذِهِ الأَسْوَارِ؛

10 We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at their head.

١٠ وَطَلَبْنَا قَائِمَةً بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ، فَدَوَّنَّا أَسْمَاءَ قَادَتِهِمْ لِنُطْلِعَكَ عَلَيْهَا.

11 Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

١١ وَقَدْ أَجَابُونَا قَائِلِينَ: نَحْنُ عَبِيدُ إِلَهِ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ، وَنُعِيدُ بِنَاءَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي تَمَّ إِنْشَاؤُهُ مُنْذُ سِنيِنَ كَثِيرَةٍ عَلَى يَدِ مَلِكٍ إِسْرَائِيلِيٍّ عَظِيمٍ.

12 But after our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Kasdian, who destroyed this house and carried the people away into Babylon.

١٢ وَلَكِنْ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَثَارَ آبَاؤُنَا غَضَبَ إِلَهِ السَّمَاءِ، أَسْلَمَهُمْ لِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ الْكِلْدَانِيِّ، الَّذِي هَدَمَ الْهَيْكَلَ وَسَبَى الشَّعْبَ إِلَى بَابِلَ.

13 But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.

١٣ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ فِي السَّنَةِ الأُولَى لِتَوَلِّي كُورَشَ مُلْكَ بَابِلَ، أَصْدَرَ أَمْراً بِبِنَاءِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ هَذَا،

14 The gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, those Cyrus the king also took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.

١٤ وَأَمَرَ بِرَدِّ آنِيَتِهِ الذَّهَبِيَّةِ وَالْفِضِّيَّةِ الَّتِي غَنِمَهَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَوَضَعَهَا فِي هَيْكَلِ بَابِلَ، فَأَخْرَجَهَا الْمَلِكُ كُورَشُ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ بَابِلَ وَسَلَّمَهَا لِوَاحِدٍ يُدْعَى شِيشْبَصَّرَ الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ وَالِياً.

15 He said to him, ‘Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let God’s house be built in its place.’

١٥ وَقَالَ لَهُ: خُذْ هَذِهِ الآنِيَةَ وَانْقُلْهَا إِلَى هَيْكَلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَعِدْ بِنَاءَهُ فِي نَفْسِ مَوْقِعِهِ.

16 Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem. Since that time even until now it has been being built, and yet it is not completed.

١٦ حِينَئِذٍ قَدِمَ شِيشْبَصَّرُ هَذَا وَأَرْسَى أَسَاسَ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ الَّذِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الوَقْتِ شَرَعَ الشَّعْبُ فِي بِنَاءِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكْتَمِلْ بَعْدُ.

17 Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.”

١٧ فَالآنَ، إِنْ رَاقَ لَدَى الْمَلِكِ فَلْيَبْحَثْ فِي سِجِلّاتِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ فِي بَابِلَ، لِيَرَى إِنْ كَانَ حَقّاً قَدْ صَدَرَ مَرْسُومٌ مِنْ كُورَشَ الْمَلِكِ بِإِعَادَةِ بِنَاءِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ هَذَا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَلْيَبْعَثْ لَنَا الْمَلِكُ بِمَا يَسْتَقِرُّ عَلَيْهِ رَأْيُهُ».