Ezera 6
1 Awo kabaka Daliyo n’awa ekiragiro okunoonyereza mu bitabo ebyabeeranga mu ggwanika e Babulooni.
Thus King Darius ordered that a search be made of the archives that were housed 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:
But it was actually in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, that a scroll was found, recording the following:
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 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 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 stone blocks and one of timber. Expenses 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.
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 Kale nno, Tattenayi ow’essaza ery’emitala w’omugga Fulaati, ne Sesalubozenayi, n’abakungu abeeyo mwewale okutabulatabula.
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 Temuyingirira mulimu ogukolebwa ku yeekaalu ya Katonda eyo. Muleke ow’essaza ly’Abayudaaya n’abakulu b’Abayudaaya bazzeewo ennyumba ya Katonda mu kifo kyayo.
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 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.
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 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,
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 basobole okuwaayo ssaddaaka ezisiimibwa Katonda w’eggulu, era basabire kabaka ne batabani be.
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 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.
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 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 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 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.
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 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.
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 Awo yeekaalu eyo n’emalirizibwa ku lunaku olwokusatu olw’omwezi Adali, mu mwaka ogw’omukaaga ogw’obufuzi bwa kabaka Daliyo.
The 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 those who had returned from exile, all joyfully celebrated the dedication of the God's Temple.
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.
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 Ne bateeka bakabona mu bibinja byabwe n’Abaleevi mu biti byabwe olw’okuweereza Katonda e Yerusaalemi, nga bwe kyawandiikibwa mu kitabo kya Musa.
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 Ku lunaku olw’ekkumi n’ennya olw’omwezi ogw’olubereberye, abawaŋŋaangusibwa baafumba embaga ey’Okuyitako.
The exiles who had returned observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
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.
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 Awo Abayisirayiri abaava mu buwaŋŋanguse ne bagirya wamu n’abo bonna abaali beeyawudde, nga basinza Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri.
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 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.
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.
