Esdræ 5

1 Prophetaverunt autem Aggaeus Propheta, et Zacharias filius Addo prophetantes ad Iudaeos, qui erant in Iudaea et Ierusalem, in nomine Dei Israel.

Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of the God of Israel prophesied they unto them.

2 Tunc surrexerunt Zorobabel filius Salathiel, et Iosue filius Iosedec, et coeperunt aedificare templum Dei in Ierusalem, et cum eis prophetae Dei adiuvantes eos.

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

3 In ipso autem tempore venit ad eos Thathanai, qui erat dux trans Flumen, et Stharbuzanai, et consiliarii eorum: sicque dixerunt eis: Quis dedit vobis consilium ut domum hanc aedificaretis, et muros eius instauraretis?

At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them: 'Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this structure?'

4 Ad quod respondimus eis, quae essent nomina hominum auctorum aedificationis illius.

'Then spoke we unto them after this manner, wrote they: What are the names of the men that build this building?'

5 Oculus autem Dei eorum factus est super senes Iudaeorum, et non potuerunt inhibere eos. Placuitque ut res ad Darium referretur, et tunc satisfacerent adversus accusationem illam.

But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease, till the matter should come to Darius, and then answer should be returned by letter concerning it.

6 Exemplar epistolae, quam misit Thathanai dux regionis trans Flumen, et Stharbuzanai, et consiliatores eius Arphasachaei, qui erant trans Flumen, ad Darium regem.

The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and his companions the Apharesachites, who were beyond the River, sent unto Darius the king;

7 Sermo, quem miserant ei, sic scriptus erat: Dario regi pax omnis.

they sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus: 'Unto Darius the king, all peace.

8 Notum sit regi, isse nos ad Iudaeam provinciam, ad domum Dei magni, quae aedificatur lapide impolito, et ligna ponuntur in parietibus: opusque illud diligenter extruitur, et crescit in manibus eorum.

Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth on with diligence and prospereth in their hands.

9 Interrogavimus ergo senes illos, et ita diximus eis: Quis dedit vobis potestatem ut domum hanc aedificaretis, et muros hos instauraretis?

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

10 Sed et nomina eorum quaesivimus ab eis, ut nunciaremus tibi: scripsimusque nomina eorum virorum, qui sunt principes in eis.

We asked them their names also, to announce to thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.

11 Huiuscemodi autem sermonem responderunt nobis, dicentes: Nos sumus servi Dei caeli et terrae, et aedificamus templum, quod erat extructum ante hos annos multos, quodque rex Israel magnus aedificaverat, et extruxerat.

And thus they returned us answer, saying: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished.

12 Postquam autem ad iracundiam provocaverunt patres nostri Deum caeli, tradidit eos in manus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis Chaldaei, domum quoque hanc destruxit, et populum eius transtulit in Babylonem.

But because that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

13 Anno autem primo Cyri regis Babylonis, Cyrus rex proposuit edictum ut domus Dei aedificaretur.

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

14 Nam et vasa templi Dei aurea et argentea, quae Nabuchodonosor tulerat de templo, quod erat in Ierusalem, et asportaverat ea in templum Babylonis, protulit Cyrus rex de templo Babylonis, et data sunt Sassabasar vocabulo, quem et principem constituit,

And the gold and silver vessels also of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

15 dixitque ei: Haec vasa tolle, et vade, et pone ea in templo, quod est in Ierusalem, et domus Dei aedificetur in loco suo.

and he said unto him: Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in its place.

16 Tunc itaque Sassabasar ille venit et posuit fundamenta templi Dei in Ierusalem, et ex eo tempore usque nunc aedificatur, et necdum completum est.

Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed.

17 Nunc ergo, si videtur regi bonum, recenseat in bibliotheca regis, quae est in Babylone, utrumnam a Cyro rege iussum fuerit ut aedificaretur domus Dei in Ierusalem, et voluntatem regis super hac re mittat ad nos.

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