Ezera 6
1 Awo kabaka Daliyo n’awa ekiragiro okunoonyereza mu bitabo ebyabeeranga mu ggwanika e Babulooni.
Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.
2 Awo omuzingo gw’ekitabo ogwawandiikibwamu ekijjukizo ne guzuulibwa mu kibuga ekikulu Yakumesa eky’essaza ly’e Bumeedi nga kigamba nti: Ekiwandiiko:
And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:
3 Mu mwaka ogw’olubereberye ogw’obufuzi bwa kabaka Kuulo, kabaka yateeka etteeka erikwata ku yeekaalu ya Katonda mu Yerusaalemi, nga ligamba nti: Yeekaalu eddaabirizibwe ebeere ekifo eky’okuweerangayo ssaddaaka, n’emisingi gyayo giteekebwewo ginywezebwe. Eriba mita amakumi abiri mu musanvu obugulumivu, ne mita amakumi abiri mu musanvu obugazi,
In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,
4 ng’erina embu ssatu ez’amayinja amanene, n’olubu olulala nga lwa mbaawo. Omuwendo gwonna gwakusasulibwa okuva mu gwanika lya kabaka.
with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.
5 Ate era n’ebintu ebya zaabu n’ebya ffeeza eby’omu nnyumba ya Katonda, Nebukadduneeza bye yaggya mu yeekaalu e Yerusaalemi n’abireeta e Babulooni, bizibweyo mu bifo byabyo mu yeekaalu e Yerusaalemi; mulibiteeka mu nnyumba ya Katonda.
Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, must also be returned to the temple in Jerusalem and deposited in the house of God.
6 Kale nno, Tattenayi ow’essaza ery’emitala w’omugga Fulaati, ne Sesalubozenayi, n’abakungu abeeyo mwewale okutabulatabula.
Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place!
7 Temuyingirira mulimu ogukolebwa ku yeekaalu ya Katonda eyo. Muleke ow’essaza ly’Abayudaaya n’abakulu b’Abayudaaya bazzeewo ennyumba ya Katonda mu kifo kyayo.
Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.
8 Ate era nteeka etteeka erikwata ku bye muteekwa okukolera abakulu abo ab’Abayudaaya nga bazimba yeekaalu ya Katonda: Ebirikozesebwa abasajja abo byonna, bya kusasulibwa okuva mu ggwanika lya Kabaka, ku misolo egiva emitala w’omugga Fulaati, omulimu guleme okuyimirira.
I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.
9 Bwe baliba beetaaze okuwaayo ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa eri Katonda w’eggulu, oba nte nnume ento, oba ndiga nnume, oba ndiga nnume ento, oba ŋŋaano, oba munnyo, oba nvinnyo, oba mafuta, muteekwa okuwa bakabona ab’omu Yerusaalemi byonna nga bwe baliba basabye buli lunaku obutayosa,
Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—must be given to them daily without fail.
10 basobole okuwaayo ssaddaaka ezisiimibwa Katonda w’eggulu, era basabire kabaka ne batabani be.
Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
11 Era nteeka etteeka, omuntu yenna bwalikyusa ekiragiro ekyo, empagi eyazimba ennyumba ye eriggyibwa ku nnyumba ye, era n’awanikibwa ku mpagi eyo. N’ennyumba ye erifuulibwa olubungo olw’ekikolwa ekyo.
I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.
12 Katonda eyaleetera Erinnya lye okubeera mu kifo ekyo, aggyewo kabaka yenna n’eggwanga eririyimusa omukono gwalyo okukyusa etteeka eryo oba n’okuzikiriza eyeekaalu eyo mu Yerusaalemi. Nze Daliyo ntaddewo etteeka eryo. Likwatibwe butiribiri.
May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.
13 Olw’ekiragiro kabaka Daliyo kye yaweereza, Tattenayi ow’essaza ly’emitala w’omugga Fulaati, ne Sesalubozenayi ne bannaabwe ne bakola bye baalagibwa n’obunyiikivu bwonna.
In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.
14 Abakadde b’Abayudaaya ne bagenda mu maaso n’okuzimba era ne balaba omukisa ng’okutegeeza kwa nnabbi Kaggayi n’okwa nnabbi Zekkaliya muzzukulu wa Ido bwe kwali. Ne bamaliriza okuzimba yeekaalu, ng’ekiragiro kya Katonda wa Isirayiri bwe kyali, era ng’amateeka ga Kuulo, ne Daliyo ne Alutagizerugizi bakabaka b’e Buperusi bwe gaali.
So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
15 Awo yeekaalu eyo n’emalirizibwa ku lunaku olwokusatu olw’omwezi Adali, mu mwaka ogw’omukaaga ogw’obufuzi bwa kabaka Daliyo.
And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
16 Awo abantu ba Isirayiri, bakabona n’Abaleevi n’abalala abaali mu buwaŋŋanguse ne bakomawo mu ssanyu ne bakola embaga ey’okutukuza ennyumba ya Katonda nga balina essanyu.
Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
17 Olw’okutukuza ennyumba eyo eya Katonda, baawaayo ente ennume kikumi, n’endiga ennume ebikumi bibiri, n’endiga ennume ento ebikumi bina, ate n’ekiweebwayo olw’ekibi ku lwa Isirayiri yenna, embuzi ennume kkumi na bbiri, ng’omuwendo bwe gwali ogw’ebika bya Isirayiri.
For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.
18 Ne bateeka bakabona mu bibinja byabwe n’Abaleevi mu biti byabwe olw’okuweereza Katonda e Yerusaalemi, nga bwe kyawandiikibwa mu kitabo kya Musa.
They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.
19 Ku lunaku olw’ekkumi n’ennya olw’omwezi ogw’olubereberye, abawaŋŋaangusibwa baafumba embaga ey’Okuyitako.
On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
20 Bakabona n’Abaleevi baali beetukuzizza era bonna nga balongoofu okukola emikolo. Abaleevi ne batta omwana gw’endiga ogw’Okuyitako, ku lwa baganda baabwe bakabona, nabo bennyini.
All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.
21 Awo Abayisirayiri abaava mu buwaŋŋanguse ne bagirya wamu n’abo bonna abaali beeyawudde, nga basinza Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri.
The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.
22 Ne bamala ennaku musanvu nga balya n’essanyu Embaga ey’Emigaati Egitazimbulukuswa, kubanga Mukama yabajjuza essanyu bwe yakyusa omutima gwa kabaka w’e Bwasuli, n’abayamba mu mulimu ogw’ennyumba ya Katonda wa Isirayiri.
For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
