Ezra 6
1 Ya mere, Daraiọs nyere iwu ka a chọpụta nʼụlọ a na-echebe akwụkwọ ochie nke ndị Babilọn ma ọ dị akwụkwọ ọbụla dị otu ahụ.
So King Darius ordered an investigation in the house of archives in Babylon.
2 Emesịa, a chọpụtara otu akwụkwọ nʼụlọeze dị na Ekbatana nʼala Midia. Nke a bụ ihe e dere nʼime akwụkwọ ahụ: Akwụkwọ ozi eze;
In the fortified city of Ecbatana in Media a scroll was found; this was its record:
3 Nʼafọ mbụ nke Sairọs bụ eze, o nyere iwu banyere ụlọnsọ ukwu Chineke dị na Jerusalem ebe ndị Juu na-efe Chineke. A ga-ewughachi ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ ka ọ bụrụ ebe ịchụ aja, ka a tọsiekwa ntọala ya ike. Ịdị elu ya ga-adị iri mita atọ, obosara ya ga-abụkwa otu ihe ahụ.
“In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus issued a decree about the house of God in Jerusalem: 'Let the house be rebuilt as a place for sacrifice, let its foundations be laid, let its height be sixty cubits, and its width sixty cubits,
4 Ahịrị atọ nke oke nkume ka a ga-eji tọọ ntọala ya, tinyere otu ahịrị osisi. A ga-esi nʼụlọakụ eze Sairọs kwụọ ụgwọ ihe ndị a niile.
with three rows of large stones and a row of new timber, and let the cost be paid by the king's house.
5 Ọzọkwa, a ga-ebughachikwa ngwongwo ọlaedo na ọlaọcha niile nke ụlọ Chineke, ndị Nebukadneza sitere nʼụlọnsọ ahụ dị nʼJerusalem buru gaa Babilọn, doghachikwa ha nʼụlọ Chineke.
Now bring back the gold and silver objects belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar brought to Babylon from the temple in Jerusalem and send them back to the temple in Jerusalem. You are to put them in the house of God.'
6 Mgbe a gụsịrị ya, Daraiọs zighachiri Tatenai onye na-achị Yufretis, na Sheta Bozenai, na ndịisi ọzọ nọ nʼọdịda anyanwụ Yufretis ozi sị ha, Unu hapụ ha ka ha rụọ ọrụ ha.
Now Tattenai, the governor of the Province Beyond the River, Shethar-Bozenai, and associates who are in the Province Beyond the River, keep away!
7 Unu egbochila owuwu ụlọ Chineke ahụ. Kwerenụ ka onyeisi ndị Juu na ndị okenye Juu wughachi ụlọ Chineke a nʼebe e wuru ya na mbụ.
Leave the work of this house of God alone. The governor and Jewish elders will build this house of God at that place.
8 Ọzọ, ana m enye iwu na nke a bụ ihe unu na-aghaghị imere ndị okenye, na ndị Juu niile na-ewugharị ụlọnsọ Chineke ahụ. Ka unu site nʼụtụ isi a na-atụrụ m kwụọ ụgwọ e ji ewu ụlọ ahụ na-atụfughị oge ọbụla.
I am ordering that you must do this for these Jewish elders who build this house of God: Funds from the king's tribute beyond the River will be used to pay these men so they do not have to stop their work.
9 Unu nye ha ihe ọbụla dịkwa ha mkpa, ụmụ oke ehi na ebule, ụmụ atụrụ, ha ga-eji chụọrọ Chineke nke eluigwe aja. Nyekwanụ ha ọka wiiti, na mmanya, na nnu, na mmanụ oliv, dịka ndị nchụaja rịọrọ, bụ ndị nọ na Jerusalem, aghaghị inye ha ihe ndị a kwa ụbọchị niile na-esepụghị aka.
Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, or lambs for the burnt offerings to the God of Heaven, grain, salt, wine, or oil according to the command of the priests in Jerusalem—give these things to them every day without fail.
10 Ka ha nwee ike ịchụ ezi aja nye Chineke nke eluigwe, kpeekwaara mụ na ụmụ m ekpere.
Do this so they will bring the offering in to the God of Heaven and pray for me, the king, and my sons.
11 Ana m enye iwu na onye ọbụla ga-agbanwe okwu a, ka ehopụta osisi nʼụlọ ya jiri kwụgbuo ya. A ga-emekwa ụlọ ya ka ọ bụrụ ebe ikpofu ahịhịa.
I am ordering that if anyone violates this decree, a beam must be pulled from his house and he must be impaled on it. His house must then be turned into a rubbish heap because of this.
12 Chineke ahụ, onye mere Jerusalem ebe obibi ya, ga-ebibi eze ọbụla maọbụ mba ọbụla gbanwere iwu a, maọbụ bibie ụlọnsọ ahụ ọzọ. Ọ bụ Daraiọs na-enye iwu a. Ka onye ọbụla were ike ya niile debe ya.
May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to change this decree, or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, am ordering this. Let it be done with diligence!”
13 Ya mere, nʼihi iwu ahụ eze Daraiọs zitere, Tatenai, onyeisi ọchịchị nʼala ofe mmiri, na Sheta Bozenai, na ndị otu ha, mere ihe niile dịka ozi ahụ si dị na-atụfughị oge ọbụla.
Then because of the decree sent by Darius the king, Tattenai, the governor of the Province Beyond the River, and Shethar-Bozenai and his associates, did everything that King Darius had ordered.
14 Nʼihi ya, ndịisi Juu gara nʼihu nʼọrụ, ihe na-agakwara ha nke ọma site na nkwusa onye amụma, bụ Hegai, na Zekaraya, nwa Ido. Ha wuchara ụlọnsọ ahụ dịka iwu Chineke Izrel nyere si dị, nakwa dịka Sairọs, na Daraiọs, na Ataksekses, ndị eze Peshịa, nyekwara nʼiwu.
So the Jewish elders built and prospered under the teaching of Haggaithe prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They completed their buildings according to the decree of the God of Israel and by the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes the king of Persia.
15 Ha wusiri ya nʼabalị nke atọ nʼọnwa isii (dị ka ọgụgụ afọ ndị Juu si dị) nʼafọ nke isii nke ọchịchị Daraiọs.
The house was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of King Darius' reign.
16 Ụmụ Izrel, bụ ndị nchụaja na ndị Livayị, na ndị fọdụrụ nʼime ndị e mere ka ha ga biri nʼala ọzọ, ji ọṅụ mee mmemme nke ido ụlọ nke Chineke ahụ nsọ na gbaghee ya.
The Israelite people, priests, Levites, and the rest of the captives celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.
17 Nʼihi ido ụlọ ahụ nsọ, ha ji oke ehi dị otu narị nʼọnụọgụgụ, na narị ebule abụọ, na narị atụrụ anọ chụọ aja, werekwa mkpi iri na abụọ chụọ aja mmehie nʼihi ndị Izrel niile, dịka ebo niile nke Izrel si dị.
They offered one hundred bulls, one hundred rams, and four hundred lambs for the dedication of God's house. Twelve male goats were also offered as a sin offering for all Israel, one for each tribe in Israel.
18 Ha guzobere ndị nchụaja na nkewa ha, ndị Livayị nʼotu ha maka ije ozi nke Chineke na Jerusalem, dịka e dere ya nʼakwụkwọ iwu Mosis.
They also assigned the priests and Levites to work divisions for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it was written in the Book of Moses.
19 Ndị ahụ emere ka ha gaa biri nʼala ọzọ, mere Mmemme Ngabiga nʼabalị iri na anọ nke ọnwa mbụ.
So those who had been in exile celebrated the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
20 Ndị nchụaja na ndị Livayị edoola onwe ha ọcha, ha niile dịkwa ọcha. Ndị Livayị nʼonwe ha gburu ọtụtụ atụrụ Mmemme Ngabiga maka ndị nchụaja, na ndị Livayị ndị ọzọ, na ndị ahụ niile lọtara alọta site na mba ọzọ.
The priests and Levites all purified themselves and slaughtered the Passover sacrifices for all those who had been in exile, including themselves.
21 Ya mere, ndị Izrel niile bụ ndị ahụ lọtara site nʼebe e mere ka ha gaa biri riri ihe ahụ, ha na ndị ahụ niile kewapụrụ onwe ha juu ibi ajọọ ndụ nke ndị mba ọzọ bi nʼala ahụ na-ebi, nʼihi ịchọ Onyenwe anyị, Chineke nke Izrel.
The Israelite people who ate some of the Passover meat were those who had returned from exile and had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the people of the land and sought Yahweh, the God of Israel.
22 Ha sokwa mee mmemme achịcha na-ekoghị eko, nke ha mere ụbọchị asaa. Oke ọṅụ jupụtara nʼala Izrel niile nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị mere ka eze Asịrịa nwee obiọma nʼebe Izrel nọ, nyere ha aka iwugharị ụlọnsọ ukwu Chineke, onye bụ Chineke Izrel.
They joyfully celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days, for Yahweh had brought them joy and turned the heart of Assyria's king to strengthen their hands in the work of his house, the house of the God of Israel.
