ʻEsela 6

1 Pea naʻe toki fai ai ʻe Talaiasi ha fono, pea naʻe kumi ʻi he fale ʻoe ngaahi tohi ʻaia naʻe hili ai ʻae ngaahi koloa ʻo Papilone.

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

2 Pea naʻe ʻilo ʻi ʻAkimita, ʻi he fale lahi ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he fonua ko Mitia, ʻae takainga [tohi], pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae tohi naʻe pehē:

And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that [is] in the province of the Medes, a roll, and in it [was] a record thus written:

3 “ʻI hono tolu taʻu ʻo Kolesi ko e tuʻi, naʻe fai ʻe Kolesi ko e tuʻi ʻae fono ki he fale ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi Selūsalema, Tuku ke langa ʻae fale, ko e potu naʻa nau fai ai ʻae ngaahi feilaulau, pea ke ʻai hono ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo ia ke mālohi: ko hono māʻolunga ʻo ia ko e hanga ʻe teau ma uofulu, mo hono māukupu ʻo ia ko e hanga ʻe teau ma uofulu;

In the first year of Cyrus the king, [the same] Cyrus the king made a decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be built, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations of it be strongly laid; the hight of it sixty cubits, [and] the breadth of it sixty cubits;

4 Mo e ʻotu ʻe tolu ʻoe fuʻu maka lahi, mo e ʻotu ʻe taha ʻoe ʻakau foʻou; pea ke ʻatu hono totongi ki ai mei he fale ʻoe tuʻi;

[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 Pea ko e ngaahi ipu koula mo e siliva ʻoe fale ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻe toʻo ʻo ʻave ʻe Nepukanesa mei he faletapu ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema, ʻo fetuku ki Papilone, ke toe ʻatu, pea toe ʻave ki he faletapu ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema, ke taki taha ki hono potu, pea tuku ia ki he fale ʻoe ʻOtua.”

And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored, and brought again to the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, [every one] to its place, and place [them] in the house of God.

6 Pea ko eni, “ʻE Tatinei, ko e pule ʻi he kauvai ʻe taha ʻoe vaitafe, mo Sita-Posinei, mo homou kaumeʻa ko e kau ʻAfasatikai, ʻaia ʻoku ʻituʻa ʻi he vaitafe, ke mou fakamamaʻo mo e potu ko ia:

Now [therefore], Tatnai governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who [are] beyond the river, be ye far from thence:

7 “Tuku ai pe ʻae ngāue ʻoe fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua; tuku ʻae pule ʻoe kakai Siu mo e kau mātuʻa ʻoe kakai Siu ke nau langa ʻae fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi hono potu.

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 Pea koeʻuhi ʻoku ou fai ʻae fono ni ki he meʻa te mou fai ki he kau mātuʻa ʻoe ngaahi Siu ni ʻi he langa ʻae fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua: ke mou fai leva ʻo ʻatu ʻae totongi ki he kau tangata ni, mei he ngaahi meʻa ʻae tuʻi, ʻio, ʻae meʻa tukuhau ʻi he tuʻa vaitafe, ʻo fai ai pe, ke ʻoua naʻa fakatuai ʻakinautolu.

Moreover, I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, [even] of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given to these men, that they be not hindered.

9 Pea ko ia ʻoku nau masiva ai, pe ko e fanga pulu mui, mo e fanga sipitangata, mo e fanga lami, maʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu ki he ʻOtua ʻoe langi, ko e uite, mo e māsima, mo e uaine, mo e lolo, ʻo fakatatau ki he tuʻutuʻuni ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema, tuku ke ʻatu ia kiate kinautolu ʻi he ʻaho hokohoko pe, pea ʻoua naʻa liʻaki.

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

10 Koeʻuhi ke nau ʻatu ʻae ngaahi feilaulau namu kakala ki he ʻOtua ʻoe langi pea hūfia ʻae moʻui ʻae tuʻi, mo hono ngaahi foha.

That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savors to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

11 Pea kuo u fai ʻae fono foki, koeʻuhi ko ia te ne fakakehe ʻae lea ni, ke toʻo ʻae ngaahi ʻakau mei hono fale, pea ke fokotuʻu ia, pea tuku ke tautau ia ki ai: pea tuku ke ngaohi hono fale ʻi he meʻa ni, ko e fale vao.

Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged upon it; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

12 Pea ko e ʻOtua ʻaia naʻe pule ke nofo ki ai hono huafa, ke fakaʻauha ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi tuʻi mo e kakai, ʻaia te nau ʻai honau nima ke fakakehe, pe ke maumau ʻae fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema. Ko au Talaiasi kuo u fai ʻae fono ni: tuku ke fai ia ke fakatoʻotoʻo.”

And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall attempt to alter and to destroy this house of God which [is] at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.

13 Pea naʻe fai vave ʻe Tatinei, ko e pule ʻi he potu kauvai ni ʻoe vaitafe, mo Sita-Posinei, mo honau kaumeʻa, ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa ʻaia naʻe fekau ʻe Talaiasi ko e tuʻi.

Then Tatnai governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.

14 Pea naʻe langa ʻe he kau mātuʻa ʻoe kakai Siu, pea naʻa nau monūʻia, ko e meʻa ʻi he akonaki ʻa Hakeai ko e palōfita mo Sakalia ko e foha ʻo Ito. Pea naʻa nau langa ia ke ʻosi, ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻae ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, pea fakatatau ki he fekau ʻa Kolesi, mo Talaiasi, mo ʻAtakisekisi ko e tuʻi ʻo Peasia.

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

15 Pea naʻe fakaʻosi ʻae fale ni ʻi hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina ko ʻAtali ʻi hono ono ʻoe taʻu ʻoe pule ʻa Talaiasi ko e tuʻi.

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 Pea ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ko e kau taulaʻeiki, mo e kau Livai, pea mo kinautolu naʻe toe ʻi he fānau ʻae fakapōpula, naʻa nau fai hono fakatapui ʻoe fale ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi he fiefia lahi,

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 Pea naʻe ʻatu ʻi he fakatapui ʻoe fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua ʻae fanga pulu ʻe teau, mo e sipitangata ʻe uangeau, mo e fanga lami ʻe fāngeau; pea ko e feilaulau ʻi he angahala maʻa ʻIsileli kotoa pē, ko e kosi tangata ʻe hongofulu ma ua, ʻo fakatatau ki hono lau ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli.

And 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 Pea naʻa nau fokotuʻu ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻi honau lakanga, mo e kau Livai ʻi honau hokoʻanga, ʻi he ngāue ʻae ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema; ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻa Mōsese.

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

19 Pea naʻe fai ʻae kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu ʻe he fānau ʻae fakapōpula ʻi hono ʻaho hongofulu ma fā ʻoe māhina.

And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth [day] of the first month.

20 He naʻe fakamaʻa fakataha ʻakinautolu ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau Livai, naʻe maʻa ʻakinautolu kotoa pē, mo nau tāmateʻi ʻae Lakaatu maʻae fānau kotoa pē ʻoe fakapōpula, pea maʻa honau kāinga ko e kau taulaʻeiki, pea maʻanautolu.

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

21 Pea ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻaia naʻe toe haʻu mei he fakapōpula, pea mo kinautolu kotoa pē naʻe vahe ʻakinautolu ke kau kiate kinautolu mei he ngaahi ʻuli kovi ʻoe hiteni ʻoe fonua, ke kumi kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, naʻa nau kai ai,

And the children of Israel, who had returned from captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,

22 ‌ʻO nau fai ʻae kātoanga ʻoe mā taʻefakalēvani ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu ʻi he fiefia lahi: he naʻe fakafiefiaʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova, ʻo ne fakatafoki ʻae loto ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia kiate kinautolu, ke fakamālohi honau nima ʻi he ngāue ʻoe fale ʻoe ʻOtua, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli.

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