عِزرا 5

1 آنگاه دو نبی به اسامی حَجَّی و زکریا (پسر عِدّو) شروع کردند به دادن پیغام خدای اسرائیل به یهودیان اورشلیم و یهودا.

Now Haggai, the prophet, and Zechariah, the son of Iddo, prophesying to the Jews who were in Judea and Jerusalem, prophesied in the name of the God of Israel.

2 وقتی زروبابِل و یهوشع پیغام آنها را شنیدند، به بازسازی خانهٔ خدا در اورشلیم مشغول شدند و این دو نبی نیز به آنان کمک کردند.

Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, rose up and began to build the temple of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, assisting them.

3 ولی در این هنگام تَتِنایی، استاندار غرب رود فرات و شِتَربوزِنای و همدستان آنها به اورشلیم آمدند و گفتند: «چه کسی به شما اجازه داده است خانهٔ خدا را بسازید و ساختمانش را تکمیل کنید؟»

Then, at the same time, Tattenai, who was the governor beyond the river, and Shetharbozenai, and their counselors came to them. And they spoke in this way to them: “Who has given you counsel, so that you would build this house and repair its walls?”

4 سپس از آنها خواستند نام تمام کسانی را که مشغول ساختن خانۀ خدا بودند، به ایشان بدهند.

We responded to this by giving them the names of the men who were the founders of that building.

5 ولی از آنجا که خدا مراقب سرپرستان یهودی بود، آنها نتوانستند از کار ایشان جلوگیری کنند. پس تَتِنایی، شِتَربوزِنای و همدستان ایشان که مقامات غرب رود فرات بودند جریان را طی نامه‌ای به اطلاع داریوش پادشاه رسانیدند و منتظر جواب ماندند.

But the eye of their God was set over the elders of the Jews, and so they were unable to hinder them. And it was agreed that the matter should be referred to Darius, and then they would give a reply against that accusation.

6

A copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor of the region beyond the river, and Shetharbozenai, and his counselors, the rulers who were beyond the river, sent to Darius the king.

7 متن نامه چنین بود: «درود بر داریوش پادشاه!

The word that they sent him was written in this way: “To Darius, the king of all peace.

8 به آگاهی می‌رساند که ما به محل ساختمان خانهٔ خدای بزرگ یهودیان رفتیم و دیدیم این خانه را با سنگهای بزرگ می‌سازند و تیرهای چوبی در دیوار آن کار می‌گذارند. کار به تندی و با موفقیت پیش می‌رود.

Let it be known to the king, that we went to the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which they are building with rough stones, and with timber set into the walls. And this work is being built up diligently, and it increases by their hands.

9 ما از سرپرستان ایشان پرسیدیم که چه کسی به آنها اجازهٔ این کار را داده است.

Therefore, we questioned those elders, and we spoke to them in this way: ‘Who has given authority to you, so that you would build this house and repair these walls?’

10 سپس نامهای آنها را پرسیدیم تا به آگاهی شما برسانیم که سرپرستان ایشان چه کسانی هستند.

But we also required of them their names, so that we might report to you. And we have written down the names of their men, those who are leaders among them.

11 جوابشان این بود:”ما خدمتگزاران خدای آسمان و زمین هستیم و اکنون خانۀ خدا را که قرنها پیش به‌وسیلۀ پادشاه بزرگ اسرائیل بنا شد، دوباره می‌سازیم.

Then they responded a word to us in this manner, saying: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth. And we are building the temple that was constructed these many years before, and which a great king of Israel had built and constructed.

12 اجداد ما خدای آسمان را به خشم آوردند، پس خدا ایشان را به دست نِبوکَدنِصَّر، پادشاه بابِل تسلیم کرد و او این خانه را خراب نمود و قوم اسرائیل را اسیر کرده، به بابِل برد.

But afterward, our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, so he delivered them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, the Chaldean. And he destroyed this house, and he transferred its people to Babylon.

13 اما کوروش پادشاه، فاتح بابِل، در سال اول سلطنتش فرمانی صادر کرد که خانۀ خدا از نو ساخته شود.

Then, in the first year of Cyrus, the king of Babylon, king Cyrus issued a decree, so that this house of God would be built.

14 همچنین او تمام ظروف طلا و نقره‌ای را که نِبوکَدنِصَّر از خانۀ خدا از اورشلیم گرفته و در بتخانهٔ بابِل گذاشته بود، دوباره به خانهٔ خدا بازگرداند. کوروش این ظروف را به شِیشبَصَّر که خودش او را به سمت فرمانداری یهودا تعیین کرده بود، سپرد

And now the vessels of gold and silver from the temple of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple that was in Jerusalem, and which he had carried away to the temple of Babylon, king Cyrus brought out of the temple of Babylon, and they were given to one called Sheshbazzar, whom he also appointed as governor.

15 و به او دستور داد که ظروف را به محل خانهٔ خدا در اورشلیم بازگرداند و خانهٔ خدا را در آن محل دوباره بنا کند.

And he said to him: “Take these vessels, and go, and set them in the temple that is in Jerusalem. And let the house of God be built in its place.”

16 پس شِیشبَصَّر به اورشلیم آمد و پایه‌های خانهٔ خدا را گذاشت؛ و از آن وقت تا به حال ما مشغول بنای آن هستیم، ولی کار هنوز تمام نشده است.“

And so this same Sheshbazzar then came and set the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. And from that time, even until now, it is being built, and it is not yet completed.’

17 حال اگر پادشاه صلاح می‌دانند امر فرمایند تا در کتابخانهٔ سلطنتی بابِل تحقیق کنند و ببینند که آیا به درستی کوروش پادشاه چنین فرمانی داده است یا نه؟ سپس پادشاه خواست خود را به ما ابلاغ فرمایند.»

Now then, if it seems good to the king, let him search in the king’s library, which is in Babylon, to see whether it was ordered by king Cyrus, that the house of God in Jerusalem should be built. And may the will of the king be sent to us about this matter.”