Esdræ 6

1 Tunc Darius rex praecepit: et recensuerunt in bibliotheca librorum, qui erant repositi in Babylone,

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up, in Babylon.

2 et inventum est in Ecbatanis, quod est castrum in Medena provincia volumen unum, talisque scriptus erat in eo commentarius:

And there was found at Ahmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written: 'A record.

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 Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

4 ordines de lapidibus impolitis tres, et sic ordines de lignis novis: sumptus autem de domo regis dabuntur.

with three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber, and let the expenses be given out of the king's house;

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.

and also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought back unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to its place, and thou shalt put them in the house of God.'

6 Nunc ergo Thathanai dux regionis, quae est trans Flumen, Stharbuzanai, et consiliarii vestri Apharsachaei, qui estis trans Flumen, procul recedite ab illis,

'Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your companions the Apharesachites, who are beyond the River, be ye far from thence;

7 et dimittite fieri templum Dei illud a duce Iudaeorum, et a senioribus eorum, ut domum Dei illam aedificent in loco suo.

let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

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.

Moreover I make a decree concerning what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God; that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered.

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.

And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;

10 Et offerant oblationes Deo caeli, orentque pro vita regis, et filiorum eius.

that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savour unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of 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.

Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this;

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.

and may the God that hath caused His name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.'

13 Igitur Thathanai dux regionis trans Flumen, et Stharbuzanai, et consiliarii eius, secundum quod praeceperat Darius rex, sic diligenter executi sunt.

Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had thus sent, acted with all diligence.

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:

And the elders of the Jews builded and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

15 et compleverunt domum Dei istam, usque ad diem tertium mensis Adar, qui est annus sextus Darii regis.

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

16 Fecerunt autem filii Israel Sacerdotes et Levitae, et reliqui filiorum transmigrationis, dedicationem Domus Dei in gaudio.

And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.

17 Et obtulerunt in dedicationem domus Dei, vitulos centum, arietes ducentos, agnos quadringentos, hircos caprarum pro peccato totius Israel duodecim, iuxta numerum tribuum Israel.

And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

18 Et statuerunt Sacerdotes in ordinibus suis, et Levitas in vicibus suis super opera Dei in Ierusalem, sicut scriptum est in libro Moysi.

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

19 Fecerunt autem filii Israel transmigrationis, Pascha, quartadecima die mensis primi.

And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon 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.

For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure; and they killed the passover lamb for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the 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.

And the children of Israel, that were come back out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, did eat,

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.

and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the LORD had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.