Esdræ 6
1 Tunc Darius rex praecepit: et recensuerunt in bibliotheca librorum, qui erant repositi in Babylone,
Thus King Darius ordered that a search be made of the archives that were housed in the treasury of Babylon.
2 et inventum est in Ecbatanis, quod est castrum in Medena provincia volumen unum, talisque scriptus erat in eo commentarius:
But it was actually in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, that a scroll was found, recording the following:
3 Anno primo Cyri regis: Cyrus rex decrevit ut domus Dei aedificaretur, quae est in Ierusalem, in loco ubi immolent hostias, et ut ponant fundamenta supportantia altitudinem cubitorum sexaginta, et latitudinem cubitorum sexaginta,
In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree regarding God's Temple in Jerusalem: Let the Temple be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered, and make sure it has strong foundations are firm. Make it sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,
4 ordines de lapidibus impolitis tres, et sic ordines de lignis novis: sumptus autem de domo regis dabuntur.
with three layers of stone blocks and one of timber. Expenses are to be paid from the royal treasury.
5 Sed et vasa templi Dei aurea et argentea, quae Nabuchodonosor tulerat de templo Ierusalem, et attulerat ea in Babylonem, reddantur, et referantur in templum in Ierusalem in locum suum, quae et posita sunt in templo Dei.
In addition, the gold and silver items of God's Temple, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, must also be returned to the Temple in Jerusalem and placed there.
6 Nunc ergo Thathanai dux regionis, quae est trans Flumen, Stharbuzanai, et consiliarii vestri Apharsachaei, qui estis trans Flumen, procul recedite ab illis,
These are my instructions to you, Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your fellow officials, and officials of the province: Stay far away from there!
7 et dimittite fieri templum Dei illud a duce Iudaeorum, et a senioribus eorum, ut domum Dei illam aedificent in loco suo.
This work on God's Temple—leave it alone! Let the governor and leaders of the Jews continue with rebuilding this Temple of God on its original site.
8 Sed et a me praeceptum est quid oporteat fieri a presbyteris Iudaeorum illis ut aedificetur domus Dei, scilicet ut de arca regis, id est, de tributis, quae dantur de regione trans Flumen, studiose sumptus dentur viris illis ne impediatur opus.
Furthermore, this is my decree as to what you are to do for these Jewish leaders regarding the rebuilding of this Temple of God. The full expense involved is to be paid from royal income, the tribute of the province west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be delayed.
9 Quod si necesse fuerit, et vitulos, et agnos, et hoedos in holocaustum Deo caeli, frumentum, sal, vinum, et oleum, secundum ritum Sacerdotum, qui sunt in Ierusalem, detur eis per singulos dies, ne sit in aliquo querimonia.
Provide whatever is needed by the priests in Jerusalem: young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and olive oil. Make sure to give them this each day without fail.
10 Et offerant oblationes Deo caeli, orentque pro vita regis, et filiorum eius.
In this way they can offer sacrifices that are acceptable to the God of heaven, and pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
11 A me ergo positum est decretum: Ut omnis homo, qui hanc mutaverit iussionem, tollatur lignum de domum ipsius, et erigatur, et configatur in eo, domus autem eius publicetur.
Further I declare that if any man interferes with this decree, a beam is to be ripped from his house and set in the ground, and he is to be impaled on top of it. His own house shall be turned into a pile of rubble for disobeying this decree.
12 Deus autem, qui habitare fecit nomen suum ibi, dissipet omnia regna, et populum qui extenderit manum suam ut repugnet, et dissipet domum Dei illam, quae est in Ierusalem. Ego Darius statui decretum, quod studiose impleri volo.
May God who chose the city of Jerusalem as the place where he would be honored, destroy any king or people who try to alter what I have said or who destroy this Temple. I, Darius, issue this decree. Let it be faithfully carried out.
13 Igitur Thathanai dux regionis trans Flumen, et Stharbuzanai, et consiliarii eius, secundum quod praeceperat Darius rex, sic diligenter executi sunt.
Tattenai, the governor of the province west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their fellow officials faithfully carried out what King Darius had decreed.
14 Seniores autem Iudaeorum aedificabant, et prosperabantur iuxta prophetiam Aggaei prophetae, et Zachariae filii Addo: et aedificaverunt et construxerunt iubente Deo Israel, et iubente Cyro, et Dario, et Artaxerxe regibus Persarum:
As a result the Jewish leaders continued building, and they were encouraged by the messages from Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, son of Iddo. They completed building the Temple following the command of the God of Israel, and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
15 et compleverunt domum Dei istam, usque ad diem tertium mensis Adar, qui est annus sextus Darii regis.
The Temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
16 Fecerunt autem filii Israel Sacerdotes et Levitae, et reliqui filiorum transmigrationis, dedicationem Domus Dei in gaudio.
Then the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of those who had returned from exile, all joyfully celebrated the dedication of the God's Temple.
17 Et obtulerunt in dedicationem domus Dei, vitulos centum, arietes ducentos, agnos quadringentos, hircos caprarum pro peccato totius Israel duodecim, iuxta numerum tribuum Israel.
To dedicate God's Temple they sacrificed one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for the whole of Israel comprising twelve male goats, one for each Israelite tribe.
18 Et statuerunt Sacerdotes in ordinibus suis, et Levitas in vicibus suis super opera Dei in Ierusalem, sicut scriptum est in libro Moysi.
They organized the priests and Levites by their divisions to serve God in the Temple at Jerusalem, in accordance with the Book of Moses.
19 Fecerunt autem filii Israel transmigrationis, Pascha, quartadecima die mensis primi.
The exiles who had returned observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
20 Purificati enim fuerant Sacerdotes et Levitae quasi unus: omnes mundi ad immolandum pascha universis filiis transmigrationis, et fratribus suis Sacerdotibus, et sibi.
The priests and Levites had all purified themselves so that they were clean according to the ceremonial law. So they killed the Passover lamb for all the exiles who had returned, for their fellow priests, and for themselves.
21 Et comederunt filii Israel, qui reversi fuerant de transmigratione, et omnes qui se separaverant a coinquinatione Gentium terrae ad eos, ut quaererent Dominum Deum Israel.
The Passover was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and by those who had joined them and had rejected the pagan practices of the peoples of the land in order to worship the Lord, the God of Israel.
22 Et fecerunt sollemnitatem azymorum septem diebus in laetitia, quoniam laetificaverat eos Dominus, et converterat cor regis Assur ad eos, ut adiuvaret manus eorum in opere domus Domini Dei Israel.
Then they observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. Everyone throughout the land was so happy because the Lord had made the king of Assyria favorable to them, helping them to rebuild the Temple of God, the God of Israel.
