Ezra 6
1 Nígbà náà ni ọba Dariusi pàṣẹ, wọ́n sì wá inú ilé ìfí nǹkan pamọ́ sí ní ilé ìṣúra ní Babeli.
Thus King Darius ordered that a search be made of the archives that were housed in the treasury of Babylon.
2 A rí ìwé kíká kan ní Ekbatana ibi kíkó ìwé sí ní ilé olódi agbègbè Media, wọ̀nyí ni ohun tí a kọ sínú rẹ̀. Ìwé ìrántí.
But it was actually in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, that a scroll was found, recording the following:
3 Ní ọdún kìn-ín-ní ìjọba ọba Kirusi, ọba pa àṣẹ kan nípa tẹmpili Ọlọ́run ní Jerusalẹmu. Jẹ́ kí a tún tẹmpili ibi tí a ti ń rú onírúurú ẹbọ kọ́, kí a fi ìpìlẹ̀ rẹ̀ lélẹ̀ ni gíga àti fífẹ̀ rẹ̀ jẹ́ àádọ́rùn-ún ẹsẹ̀ bàtà,
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 pẹ̀lú ipele òkúta ńlá ńlá mẹ́ta ọ̀tọ̀ọ̀tọ̀ àti ipele pákó kan, kí a san owó rẹ̀ láti inú ilé ìṣúra ọba.
with three layers of stone blocks and one of timber. Expenses are to be paid from the royal treasury.
5 Sì jẹ́ kí wúrà àti àwọn ohun èlò fàdákà ti ilé Ọlọ́run, tí Nebukadnessari kó láti ilé Olúwa ní Jerusalẹmu tí ó sì kó lọ sí Babeli, di dídápadà sí ààyè wọn nínú tẹmpili ní Jerusalẹmu; kí a kó wọn sí inú ilé Ọlọ́run.
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 Nítorí náà, kí ìwọ, Tatenai baálẹ̀ agbègbè Eufurate àti Ṣetar-bosnai àti àwọn ẹlẹgbẹ́ yín, àwọn ìjòyè ti agbègbè náà kúrò níbẹ̀.
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 Ẹ fi iṣẹ́ ilé Ọlọ́run yìí lọ́rùn sílẹ̀ láì dí i lọ́wọ́. Ẹ jẹ́ kí baálẹ̀ àwọn Júù àti àwọn àgbàgbà Júù tún ilé Ọlọ́run yín kọ́ sí ipò rẹ̀.
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 Síwájú sí i, mo pàṣẹ ohun tí ẹ gbọdọ̀ ṣe fún àwọn àgbàgbà Júù wọ̀nyí lórí kíkọ́ ilé Ọlọ́run yìí. Gbogbo ìnáwó àwọn ọkùnrin yìí ni kí ẹ san lẹ́kùnrẹ́rẹ́ lára ìṣúra ti ọba, láti ibi àkójọpọ̀ owó ìlú ti agbègbè Eufurate kí iṣẹ́ náà má bà dúró.
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 Ohunkóhun tí wọ́n bá fẹ́—àwọn ọ̀dọ́ akọ màlúù, àwọn àgbò, ọ̀dọ́-àgùntàn fún ẹbọ sísun sí Ọlọ́run ọ̀run, àti jéró, iyọ̀, wáìnì àti òróró, bí àwọn àlùfáà ní Jerusalẹmu ti béèrè ni ẹ gbọdọ̀ fún wọn lójoojúmọ́ láìyẹ̀.
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 Kí wọn lè rú àwọn ẹbọ tí ó tẹ́ Ọlọ́run ọ̀run lọ́rùn kí wọ́n sì gbàdúrà fún àlàáfíà ọba àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀.
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 Síwájú sí i, mo pàṣẹ pé tí ẹnikẹ́ni bá yí àṣẹ yìí padà, kí fa igi àjà ilé rẹ̀ yọ jáde, kí a sì gbe dúró, kí a sì fi òun náà kọ́ sí orí rẹ̀ kí ó wo ilé rẹ̀ palẹ̀ a ó sì sọ ọ́ di ààtàn.
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 Kí Ọlọ́run, tí ó ti jẹ́ kí orúkọ rẹ̀ máa gbé ibẹ̀, kí ó pa gbogbo ọba àti orílẹ̀-èdè rún tí ó bá gbé ọwọ́ sókè láti yí àṣẹ yìí padà tàbí láti wó tẹmpili yìí tí ó wà ní Jerusalẹmu run. Èmi Dariusi n pàṣẹ rẹ̀, jẹ́ kí ó di mímúṣẹ láìyí ohunkóhun padà.
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 Nígbà náà, nítorí àṣẹ tí ọba Dariusi pa, Tatenai, baálẹ̀ ti agbègbè Eufurate, àti Ṣetar-bosnai pẹ̀lú àwọn ẹlẹgbẹ́ wọn pa á mọ́ láìyí ọ̀kan padà.
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 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn àgbàgbà Júù tẹ̀síwájú wọ́n sì ń gbèrú sí i lábẹ́ ìwàásù wòlíì Hagai àti wòlíì Sekariah, ìran Iddo. Wọ́n parí kíkọ́ ilé Olúwa gẹ́gẹ́ bí àṣẹ tí Ọlọ́run Israẹli àti àwọn àṣẹ Kirusi, Dariusi àti Artasasta àwọn ọba Persia pọ̀.
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 A parí ilé Olúwa ní ọjọ́ kẹta, oṣù Addari tí í se oṣù kejì ní ọdún kẹfà ti ìjọba ọba Dariusi.
The Temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
16 Nígbà náà ni àwọn ènìyàn Israẹli—àwọn àlùfáà, àwọn Lefi àti àwọn ìgbèkùn tí ó padà, ṣe ayẹyẹ yíya ilé Ọlọ́run sí mímọ́ pẹ̀lú ayọ̀.
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 Fún yíya ilé Ọlọ́run yìí sí mímọ́, wọ́n pa ọgọ́rùn-ún akọ màlúù, igba àgbò àti irinwó akọ ọ̀dọ́-àgùntàn, àti gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọrẹ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ fún gbogbo Israẹli, àgbò méjìlá, ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan fún olúkúlùkù àwọn ẹ̀yà Israẹli.
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 Wọ́n sì fi àwọn àlùfáà sí àwọn ìpín wọ́n àti àwọn Lefi sì ẹgbẹẹgbẹ́ wọn fún ìsin ti Ọlọ́run ní Jerusalẹmu, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ohun tí a kọ sínú ìwé Mose.
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 Ní ọjọ́ kẹrìnlá ti oṣù Nisani, àwọn tí a kó ní ìgbèkùn ṣe ayẹyẹ àjọ ìrékọjá.
The exiles who had returned observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
20 Àwọn àlùfáà àti àwọn ará Lefi ti ya ara wọn sí mímọ́, wọ́n sì jẹ́ mímọ́. Àwọn ará Lefi pa ọ̀dọ́-àgùntàn ti àjọ ìrékọjá fún gbogbo àwọn tí a kó ní ìgbèkùn, fún àwọn àlùfáà arákùnrin wọn àti fún ara wọn.
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 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn ọmọ Israẹli tí ó ti dé láti ìgbèkùn jẹ ẹ́ lápapọ̀ pẹ̀lú gbogbo àwọn tí ó ti ya ara wọn kúrò nínú gbogbo iṣẹ́ àìmọ́ ti àwọn kèfèrí aládùúgbò wọn láti wá Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli.
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 Fún ọjọ́ méje, wọ́n ṣe ayẹyẹ àkàrà àìwú pẹ̀lú àjẹtì àkàrà. Nítorí tí Olúwa ti kún wọn pẹ̀lú ayọ̀ nípa yíyí ọkàn ọba Asiria padà, tí ó fi ràn wọ́n lọ́wọ́ lórí iṣẹ́ ilé Ọlọ́run, Ọlọ́run Israẹli.
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.
