Esdras 5
1 Lè sa a, de pwofèt, Aje ak Zakari, pitit gason Ido a, tanmen bay mesaj ki soti nan Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, pou jwif ki rete nan peyi Jida ak lavil Jerizalèm yo.
Then Haggai a Prophet and Zechariah the sonne of Iddo a Prophet prophecied vnto the Iewes that were in Iudah, and Ierusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, euen vnto them.
2 Lè Zowobabèl, pitit gason Chealtyèl la, ak Jozye, pitit gason Jeozadak la, tande mesaj yo, lamenm yo konmanse rebati tanp Bondye a lavil Jerizalèm. De pwofèt yo menm te kanpe la avèk moun yo, ap ankouraje yo.
Then Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and Ieshua the sonne of Iozadak arose, and began to builde the house of God at Ierusalem, and with them were the Prophetes of God, which helped them.
3 Lè sa a, Tatenayi, gouvènè pwovens lòt bò larivyè Lefrat la, Cheta-Boznayi ak lòt anplwaye gouvènman parèy yo, moute lavil Jerizalèm, yo mande jwif yo: -Ki moun ki ban nou otorizasyon rebati tanp sa a pou nou mete lotèl ladan l'?
At the same time came to them Tatnai, which was captaine beyonde the Riuer, and Shether-boznai and their companions, and sayd thus vnto them, Who hath giuen you commandement to buylde this house, and to lay the foundations of these walles?
4 Apre sa, yo mande yo ankò: -Eske nou ka ban nou non tout moun k'ap travay sou chantye sa a?
Then sayde we vnto them after this maner, What are the names of the men that buylde this buylding?
5 Men Bondye t'ap veye chèf fanmi jwif yo pou anyen pa t' rive yo. Se konsa, chèf gouvènman yo pa t' rete travay la. Men, yo voye yon rapò bay wa Dariyis, epi yo tann repons li anvan yo pran okenn desizyon sou zafè sa a.
But the eye of their God was vpon the Elders of the Iewes, that they coulde not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they answered by letters thereunto.
6 Men kopi rapò Tatenayi, gouvènè pwovens lòt bò larivyè Lefrat la, Cheta-Boznayi ak kòlèg li yo ansanm ak tout otorite pwovens la te voye bay wa Dariyis.
The copie of the letter, that Tatnai captaine beyond the Riuer, and Shether-boznai and his companions, Apharsechaie, (which were beyond the Riuer) sent vnto King Darius.
7 Men sa yo te voye di l' nan rapò a: -Nou voye bonjou pou Wa Dariyis! Kè poze pou ou nan tou sa w'ap fè!
They sent a letter vnto him, wherein it was written thus, VNTO DARIVS the king, all peace.
8 Se devwa nou pou nou fè wa a konnen nou te ale nan pwovens Jida a, nou jwenn y'ap rebati tanp Bondye ki gen pouvwa a, avèk gwo blòk wòch, y'ap koupe gwo poto bwa pou mete nan mi yo. Moun yo pran san yo pou yo fè bon travay, travay la ap mache byen.
Be it knowen vnto the King, that we went into the prouince of Iudea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and beames are layde in the walles, and this worke is wrought speedily, and prospereth in their hands.
9 Nou pale ak chèf fanmi yo, nou mande yo ki moun ki te ba yo otorizasyon bati tanp lan, ak otorizasyon mete lotèl ladan l'.
Then asked we those Elders, and sayd vnto them thus, Who hath giuen you commandement to buylde this house, and to lay the foundation of these walles?
10 Nou te mande yo tou pou yo ban nou non yo pou n' te ka fè ou konnen ki chèf ki te alatèt moun sa yo.
We asked their names also, that we might certifie thee, and that we might write the names of the men that were their rulers.
11 Men sa yo reponn nou: Yo menm, se sèvitè Bondye ki kreye syèl la ak latè a yo ye. Y'ap rebati yon tanp yon gran wa peyi Izrayèl la te bati nan tan lontan kite pou yo.
But they answered vs thus, and sayd, We are the seruants of the God of heauen and earth, and buylde the house that was buylt of olde and many yeeres ago, which a great King of Israel builded, and founded it.
12 Men, zansèt yo te fè Bondye nan syèl la fache ak yo, kifè Bondye lage yo nan men Nèbikadneza, moun peyi Kalde, ki te wa peyi Babilòn. Wa sa a te fè detwi tanp lan, epi li fè depòte tout pèp la lavil Babilòn.
But after that our fathers had prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath, he gaue them ouer into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel the Caldean, and he destroyed this house, and caryed the people away captiue vnto Babel.
13 Koulye a, yo pretann di Siris, wa Babilòn lan, pa t' ankò fin gen ennan depi li t'ap gouvènen lè li ba yo otorizasyon pou yo rebati tanp Bondye a.
But in the first yere of Cyrus King of Babel, King Cyrus made a decree to buylde this house of God.
14 Yo di ankò: Nèbikadneza te pran tout veso an lò ak an ajan ki te nan tanp Bondye a lavil Jerizalèm, li te fè pote yo lavil Babilòn mete nan tanp lavil sa a. Men, wa Siri a fè wete tout veso sa yo nan tanp Babilòn lan, li renmèt yo bay yon nonm yo te rele Chechbaza. Se nonm sa a li te mete chèf nan pwovens Jida a.
And the vessels of golde and siluer of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar tooke out of the Temple, that was in Ierusalem, and brought them into the Temple of Babel, those did Cyrus the king take out of the Temple of Babel, and they gaue them vnto one Sheshbazzar by his name, whome he had made captaine.
15 Wa a te di l': Pran veso sa yo, al pote yo tounen nan tanp ki lavil Jerizalèm lan, epi rebati tanp Bondye a sou menm anplasman kote l' te ye a.
And he sayde vnto him, Take these vessels and goe thy way, and put them in the Temple that is in Ierusalem, and let the house of God be buylt in his place.
16 Se konsa, Chechbaza sa a vini, li moute fondasyon tanp Bondye a lavil Jerizalèm. Depi lè sa a, travay la ap mache, men yo poko fini.
Then came the same Sheshbazzar and layde the foundation of the house of God, which is in Ierusalem, and since that time euen vntill nowe, hath it bene in buylding, yet is it not finished.
17 Koulye a menm, si wa a ta vle, li ta ka mande yo chache nan achiv wa yo lavil Babilòn, pou wè si tout bon vre, wa Siris te ba yo otorizasyon rebati tanp Bondye a lavil Jerizalèm. Apre sa, y'a fè nou konnen desizyon wa a sou zafè sa a.
Nowe therefore if it please the King, let there be searche made in the house of the Kings treasures, which is there in Babel, whether a decree hath bene made by King Cyrus, to build this house of God in Ierusalem, and let the King send his minde concerning this.
