Esdras 5
1 Entonces los profetas Hageo y Zacarías, hijo de Iddo, profetizaron a los judíos que estaban en Judá y Jerusalén en Nombre del ʼElohim de Israel, Quien estaba con ellos.
At that time two prophets gave messages from God to the Jews in Jerusalem and [other cities in] Judah. The prophets were Haggai and Zechariah, who was a descendant of Iddo. They spoke those messages representing God, whom the Israelis [worshiped/belonged to], the one who was their true king.
2 En ese tiempo se levantaron Zorobabel, hijo de Salatiel, y Jesuá, hijo de Josadac. Comenzaron a reedificar la Casa de ʼElah que estaba en Jerusalén. Los profetas de ʼElohim los apoyaban y estaban con ellos.
Then Zerubbabel and Shealtiel [led many other people] as they started [again] to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. And God’s prophets [Haggai and Zechariah] were with them and helped them.
3 Pero al mismo tiempo Tatnai, gobernador de Mas Allá del Río Éufrates, Setar-boznai y sus compañeros se presentaron ante ellos y les preguntaron: ¿Quién les dio orden para construir este Templo y terminar este muro?
Then Tattenai the governor of the province west of the [Euphrates] River and Shethar-Bozenai his assistant and [some of] their officials went to Jerusalem and said to the people, “Who has permitted you to rebuild this temple and put furnishings in it?”
4 También les preguntaron cuáles eran los nombres de los hombres que reconstruyen este edificio.
They also requested the people to tell them the names of the men who were working [at the temple]. [But the people refused].
5 Pero la mirada de ʼElohim estaba sobre los ancianos de los judíos, y no los obligaron a interrumpir el trabajo hasta que el asunto fuera al [rey] Darío y éste diera instrucciones por carta.
However, God was taking care of the Jewish leaders, so their enemies were not able to prevent the people from continuing [to rebuild the temple]. [They continued to work while their enemies] sent a report to King Darius, and asked him [what he wanted them to do] about it.
6 Entonces Tatnai, gobernador de Mas Allá del Río, Setar-boznai y sus compañeros, los gobernadores de Mas Allá del Río, enviaron al rey Darío
So Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai and their officials sent a report to King Darius.
7 una carta en la cual se escribió esto: Al rey Darío sea toda paz.
This is what they wrote: “King Darius, we hope that things are going well for you!
8 Sepa el rey que fuimos a la provincia de Judea, a la Casa del gran ʼElohim, que es construida con grandes piedras y madera en las paredes. Esta obra se ejecuta diligentemente y prospera en las manos de ellos.
[“We want you to know that] we went to Judah Province, where the temple of the great God is being rebuilt. The people are building it with huge stones, and they are putting wooden beams in the walls. The work is being done very carefully, and they are progressing well.
9 Y preguntamos a aquellos ancianos: ¿Quién les dio orden de edificar este Templo y restaurar estos muros?
“We asked the Jewish leaders, ‘Who has permitted you to rebuild this temple and put furnishings in it?’
10 Les preguntamos también sus nombres para informarte los nombres de los jefes de ellos.
And we requested them to tell us the names of their leaders, in order that we could tell you who they were.
11 Nos respondieron: Nosotros somos esclavos del ʼElohim de los cielos y de la tierra. Reedificamos la Casa que fue construida hace muchos años, la cual un gran rey de Israel edificó.
“But [instead of telling us their leaders’ names, ] what they said was, ‘We serve the God [who created] the heaven and the earth. Many years ago a great king [who ruled] us Israeli people [told our ancestors to] build a temple here, and now we are rebuilding it.
12 Pero después que nuestros antepasados provocaron al ʼElohim de los cielos, Él los entregó en mano de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, el caldeo, quien destruyó este Templo y deportó el pueblo a Babilonia.
“'But God, [who rules] in heaven, allowed [the armies of] Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylonia, to destroy that temple, because our ancestors did things that caused God to become very angry. Nebuchadnezzar’s army took [many of] the [Israeli] people to Babylonia.
13 Pero en el primer año de Ciro, rey de Babilonia, el mismo rey Ciro dio orden para que este Templo de ʼElohim fuera reconstruido.
“'However, during the first year that Cyrus the King of Babylon started to rule, he decreed that the temple of God should be rebuilt.
14 El rey Ciro sacó del templo de Babilonia los utensilios de oro y de plata del Templo de ʼElohim que Nabucodonosor sacó del Templo de Jerusalén y puso en el templo de Babilonia. Estos [utensilios] fueron entregados a uno llamado Sesbasar, a quien nombró gobernador,
Cyrus returned [to the Jewish leaders] all the gold and silver cups that had been taken from the temple in Jerusalem and which had been put in the temple in Babylon. Those cups were given to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom King Cyrus had appointed to be the governor in Judah.
15 y le dijo: Toma estos utensilios, anda y ponlos en el Templo que está en Jerusalén, y que la Casa de ʼElohim sea reconstruida en su lugar.
“'The king instructed him to take the cups back to Jerusalem, to the place [from which they had previously been taken]. He also decreed that they should rebuild the temple at the place where it had been before. So Cyrus appointed Sheshbazzar to be the governor in Judah. He also sent all those things made of gold and silver, for Sheshbazzar to put in the new temple.
16 El mismo Sesbasar vino y colocó los fundamentos del Templo de ʼElohim que está en Jerusalén. Desde entonces hasta ahora estaba en construcción, aunque no está terminada.
So Sheshbazzar did that. He came here to Jerusalem, and [supervised the men who] laid the foundation of the temple. And since that time, the people have been working on the temple, but it is not finished yet.’
17 Y ahora, si parece bien al rey, que se indague en la tesorería real que está allí en Babilonia, para verificar si el rey Ciro dio orden de reconstruir este Templo de ʼElohim en Jerusalén. Que se nos diga la voluntad del rey sobre esto.
“Therefore, your majesty, please order someone to search in the place in Babylon where the important records are kept, to find out whether [it is true that] King Cyrus decreed that God’s temple should be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then you can tell us what you want us to do about this matter.”
