Ezra 5
1 Nígbà náà wòlíì Hagai àti wòlíì Sekariah, láti ìran Iddo, sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ sí àwọn ará Júù ní Juda àti Jerusalẹmu ní orúkọ Ọlọ́run Israẹli tí ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ ń bẹ lára wọn.
Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews that [were] in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, [even] to them.
2 Nígbà náà Serubbabeli ọmọ Ṣealitieli àti Jeṣua ọmọ Josadaki gbáradì fún iṣẹ́ àti tún ilé Ọlọ́run ní Jerusalẹmu kọ́. Àwọn wòlíì Ọlọ́run sì wà pẹ̀lú wọn, tí wọ́n ń ràn wọ́n lọ́wọ́.
Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which [is] at Jerusalem: and with them [were] the prophets of God helping them.
3 Ní àkókò náà Tatenai, baálẹ̀ ti agbègbè Eufurate àti Ṣetar-bosnai àti àwọn ẹgbẹgbẹ́ wọn lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ wọn. Wọ́n sì béèrè pé, “Ta ni ó fún un yín ní àṣẹ láti tún tẹmpili yìí kọ́ àti láti tún odi yìí mọ?”
At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side of the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
4 Wọ́n sì tún béèrè pé, “Kí ni orúkọ àwọn ọkùnrin tí ó ń kọ́ ilé yìí?”
Then said we to them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
5 Ṣùgbọ́n ojú Ọlọ́run wọn wà lára àwọn àgbàgbà Júù, wọn kò sì dá wọn dúró títí ìròyìn yóò fi dè ọ̀dọ̀ Dariusi kí wọ́n sì gba èsì tí àkọsílẹ̀ láti ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀.
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this [matter].
6 Èyí ni ẹ̀dà lẹ́tà tí Tatenai, olórí agbègbè Eufurate àti Ṣetar-bosnai àti àwọn ẹlẹgbẹ́ ẹ wọn. Àwọn olóyè ti agbègbè Eufurate, fi ránṣẹ́ sí ọba Dariusi.
The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side of the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who [were] on this side of the river, sent to Darius the king:
7 Ìròyìn tí wọ́n fi ránṣẹ́ sí i kà báyìí pé, Sí ọba Dariusi, Àlàáfíà fún un yín.
They sent a letter to him, in which was written thus; To Darius the king, all peace.
8 Kí ọba kí ó mọ̀ pé a lọ sí ẹ̀kún Juda, sí tẹmpili Ọlọ́run tí ó tóbi. Àwọn ènìyàn náà ń kọ́ ọ pẹ̀lú àwọn òkúta ńlá ńlá àti pẹ̀lú fífi àwọn igi sí ara ògiri. Wọ́n ṣe iṣẹ́ náà pẹ̀lú àìsimi, ó sì ń ní ìtẹ̀síwájú kíákíá lábẹ́ ìṣàkóso wọn.
Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work proceedeth rapidly, and prospereth in their hands.
9 A bi àwọn àgbàgbà, a sì fi ọ̀rọ̀ wá wọn lẹ́nu wò pé, “Ta ni ó fún un yín ní àṣẹ láti tún ilé Olúwa yìí kọ́ àti láti tún odi rẹ̀ mọ?”
Then we asked those elders, [and] said to them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to erect these walls?
10 A sì tún béèrè orúkọ wọn pẹ̀lú, kí a lè kọ àwọn orúkọ àwọn olórí wọn sílẹ̀ kí ẹ ba à le mọ ọ́n.
We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that [were] the chief of them.
11 Èyí ni ìdáhùn tí wọ́n fún wa: “Àwa ni ìránṣẹ́ Ọlọ́run ọ̀run àti ayé, àwa sì ń tún tẹmpili ilé Olúwa tí a ti kọ́ ní ọ̀pọ̀ ọdún sẹ́yìn kọ́, èyí tí ọba olókìkí kan ní Israẹli kọ́, tí ó sì parí i rẹ̀.
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was erected these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and set up.
12 Ṣùgbọ́n nítorí tí àwọn baba wa mú Ọlọ́run ọ̀run bínú, ó fi wọ́n lé Nebukadnessari ti Kaldea, ọba Babeli lọ́wọ́, ẹni tí ó run tẹmpili Olúwa yìí tí ó sì kó àwọn ènìyàn náà padà sí Babeli.
But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
13 “Ṣùgbọ́n ní ọdún kìn-ín-ní ìjọba Kirusi ọba Babeli, ọba Kirusi pàṣẹ pé kí a tún ilé Ọlọ́run yìí kọ́.
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, [the same] king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
14 Òun tilẹ̀ kò jáde láti inú tẹmpili ní Babeli fàdákà àti ohun èlò wúrà ilé Ọlọ́run, èyí tí Nebukadnessari kó láti inú tẹmpili ní Jerusalẹmu wá sí inú tẹmpili ní Babeli. Ọba Kirusi kó wọn fún ọkùnrin kan tí orúkọ rẹ̀ a máa jẹ́ Ṣeṣbassari, ẹni tí ó ti yàn gẹ́gẹ́ bí i baálẹ̀,
And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that [was] in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to [one], whose name [was] Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
15 ó sì sọ fún un pé, ‘Kó àwọn ohun èlò yìí kí o lọ, kí o sì kó wọn sí inú ilé Olúwa ní Jerusalẹmu, kí ẹ sì tún ilé Ọlọ́run kọ́ sí ipò o rẹ̀.’
And said to him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place.
16 “Nígbà náà ni Ṣeṣbassari náà wá, ó sí fi ìpìlẹ̀ ilé Ọlọ́run tí ó wá ní Jerusalẹmu lélẹ̀, láti ìgbà náà àní títí di ìsinsin yìí ni o ti n bẹ ní kíkọ́ ṣùgbọ́n, kò sí tí ì parí tán.”
Then came the same Sheshbazzar, [and] laid the foundation of the house of God which [is] in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and [yet] it is not finished.
17 Nísinsin yìí tí ó bá tẹ́ ọba lọ́rùn, ẹ jẹ́ kí a ṣe ìwádìí nínú ìwé ìrántí ní ilé ìṣúra ọba ní Babeli láti rí bí ọba Kirusi fi àṣẹ lélẹ̀ lóòótọ́ láti tún ilé Ọlọ́run yìí kọ́ ní Jerusalẹmu. Nígbà náà jẹ́ kí ọba kó fi ìpinnu rẹ̀ lórí ọ̀rọ̀ yìí ránṣẹ́ sí wa.
Now therefore, if it [seemeth] good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure-house, which [is] there at Babylon, whether it is [so], that a decree was made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
