Ezra 6

1 Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.

1 于是，大流士王下令查阅保存在巴比伦库房里的典籍。

2 And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:

2 在玛代省亚马他城的宫内找到一卷书，书中记载如下：

3 In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

3 “塞鲁士王元年，塞鲁士王就耶路撒冷的上帝之殿降下谕旨，要重建这殿作献祭之处，要奠立殿的地基。殿要高二十七米、宽二十七米，

4 with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.

4 每三层巨石加铺一层木料，经费由国库支付。

5 Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, must also be returned to the temple in Jerusalem and deposited in the house of God.

5 尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷上帝的殿里掳到巴比伦的金银器皿，都要归还到耶路撒冷上帝的殿里，放回原处。”

6 Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place!

6 于是，大流士王降旨： “河西总督达乃、示他·波斯乃，以及你们的同僚河西的官员，要远离那殿！

7 Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.

7 不要干涉上帝殿的建造，要让犹太人的省长和长老在原址上重建这座上帝的殿。

8 I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.

8 另外，我降旨命你们帮助犹太人的长老建造上帝的殿，要立刻从河西的王室税收中拨出款项作建殿之用，以免耽误工程。

9 Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—must be given to them daily without fail.

9 他们向天上的上帝献燔祭时所需的公牛犊、公绵羊、绵羊羔，以及小麦、盐、酒和油，都要照耶路撒冷祭司的话天天供给他们，不得有误，

10 Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.

10 好让他们向天上的上帝献上蒙悦纳的祭物，并为王和众王子求寿。

11 I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.

11 我再降旨，若有人更改这谕旨，必从他的房屋抽掉一根大梁，把他钉在梁上挂起来，他的房屋也要沦为粪堆。

12 May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.

12 无论君王还是百姓，若有人擅自更改这命令或毁坏耶路撒冷的这殿，愿拣选这殿作其居所的上帝毁灭他！我大流士降此谕旨，务要速速遵行。”

13 In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.

13 于是，河西总督达乃、示他·波斯乃及其同僚都认真执行大流士王的谕旨。

14 So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

14 在哈该先知和易多的子孙撒迦利亚的劝勉下，犹太人的长老建造这殿，进展顺利。他们遵照以色列上帝的命令和波斯王塞鲁士、大流士和亚达薛西的谕旨，完成了建殿工程。

15 And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

15 大流士王第六年亚达月 三日，建殿工程竣工。

16 Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

16 以色列人、祭司、利未人和其余流亡归来的人都满心欢喜地为上帝的殿举行奉献礼。

17 For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.

17 他们为此献上一百头公牛犊、二百只公绵羊和四百只绵羊羔，又照以色列十二支派的数目献上十二只公山羊，作全体以色列人的赎罪祭。

18 They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.

18 他们依照摩西律法书的规定，派祭司和利未人按班次在耶路撒冷事奉上帝。

19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.

19 一月十四日，流亡归来的人守逾越节。

20 All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.

20 祭司和利未人一起自洁，成为洁净的人，并为所有流亡归来的人、祭司同僚以及他们自己宰杀逾越节的羔羊。

21 The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.

21 从流亡之地归回的以色列人，连同所有弃绝当地民族的污秽行为、寻求以色列的上帝耶和华的人，一起吃这羔羊。

22 For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

22 他们欢欢喜喜地守除酵节七天，因为耶和华使他们充满喜乐，并使亚述王对他们心存善意，帮助他们重建以色列上帝的殿。