以斯拉記 6
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1於是 大流士 王降旨，要尋察典籍庫內，就是在 巴比倫 藏寶物之處；
1Then king Darius gave orders, and they searched in the library of the books that were laid up in Babylon,
2在 米底亞 省 亞馬他 城的宮內尋得一卷，其中記着說：
2And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written.
3「 塞魯士 王元年，他降旨論到 耶路撒冷 上帝的殿，要建造這殿為獻祭之處，堅立殿的根基。殿高六十肘，寬六十肘，
3In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place where they may offer sacrifices, and that they lay the foundations that may support the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of threescore cubits,
4用三層大石頭，一層新木頭，經費要出於王庫；
4Three rows of unpolished stones, and so rows of new timber: and the charges shall be given out of the king’s house.
5並且上帝殿的金銀器皿，就是 尼布甲尼撒 從 耶路撒冷 的殿中掠到 巴比倫 的，要歸還帶到 耶路撒冷 的殿中，各按原處放在上帝的殿裏。」
5And also let the golden and silver vessels of the temple of God, which Nabuchodonosor took out of the temple of Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored, and carried back to the temple of Jerusalem to their place, which also were placed in the temple of God.
6「現在 河西 的總督 達乃 和 示他‧波斯乃 ，並你們的同黨，就是住 河西 的 亞法薩迦 人，你們當遠離他們。
6Now therefore Thathanai, governor of the country beyond the river, Stharbuzanai, and your counsellors the Apharsachites, who are beyond the river, depart far from them,
7不要攔阻上帝殿的工作，任憑 猶大 人的省長和 猶大 人的長老在原處建造上帝的這殿。
7And let that temple of God be built by the governor of the Jews, and by their ancients, that they may build that house of God in its place.
8我又降旨，吩咐你們向 猶大 人的長老為建造上帝的殿當怎樣行，就是從 河西 的款項中，急速撥取貢銀作他們的經費，免得耽誤工作。
8I also have commanded what must be done by those ancients of the Jews, that the house of God may be built, to wit, that of the king’s chest, that is, of the tribute that is paid out of the country beyond the river, the charges be diligently given to those men, lest the work be hindered.
9他們與天上的上帝獻燔祭所需用的公牛犢、公綿羊、綿羊羔，並所用的麥子、鹽、酒、油，都要照 耶路撒冷 祭司的話，每日供給他們，不得有誤；
9And if it shall be necessary, let calves also, and lambs, and kids, for holocausts to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the custom of the priests that are in Jerusalem, be given them day by day, that there be no complaint in any thing.
10好叫他們獻馨香的祭給天上的上帝，又為王和王眾子的壽命祈禱。
10And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his children.
11我再降旨，無論誰更改這命令，必從他房屋中拆出一根樑來，把他舉起，懸在其上，又使他的房屋成為糞堆。
11And I have made a decree: That if any whosoever, shall alter this commandment, a beam be taken from his house. and set up, and he be nailed upon it, and his house be confiscated.
12若有王和民伸手更改這 命令 ，拆毀這殿，願那使 耶路撒冷 的殿作為他名居所的上帝將他們滅絕。我－ 大流士 降這旨意，當速速遵行。」
12And may the God, that hath caused his name to dwell there, destroy all kingdoms, and the people that shall put out their hand to resist, and to destroy the house of God, that is in Jerusalem. I Darius have made the decree, which I will have diligently complied with.
13於是， 河西 總督 達乃 和 示他‧波斯乃 ，並他們的同黨，因 大流士 王所發的命令，就急速遵行。
13So then Thathanai, governor of the country beyond the river, and Stharbuzanai, and his counsellors diligently executed what Darius the king had commanded.
14猶大 長老因先知 哈該 和 易多 的孫子 撒迦利亞 所說勸勉的話就建造這殿，凡事亨通。他們遵着 以色列 上帝的命令和 波斯 王 塞魯士 、 大流士 、 亞達薛西 的旨意，建造完畢。
14And the ancients of the Jews built and prospered according to the prophecy of Aggeus the prophet, and of Zacharias the son of Addo: and they built and finished, by the commandment of the God of Israel, and by the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes kings of the Persians.
15大流士 王第六年，亞達月初三日，這殿修成了。
15And they were finishing this house of God, until the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.
16以色列 的祭司和 利未 人，並其餘被擄歸回的人都歡歡喜喜地行奉獻上帝殿的禮。
16And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity kept the dedication of the house of God with joy.
17行奉獻上帝殿的禮就獻公牛一百隻，公綿羊二百隻，綿羊羔四百隻，又照 以色列 支派的數目獻公山羊十二隻，為 以色列 眾人作贖罪祭；
17And they offered at the dedication of the house of God, a, hundred calves, 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且派祭司和 利未 人按着班次在 耶路撒冷 事奉上帝，是照 摩西 律法 書上所寫的。
18And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses over the works of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
19正月十四日，被擄歸回的人守逾越節。
19And the children of Israel of the captivity kept the phase, on the fourteenth day of the first month.
20原來，祭司和 利未 人一同自潔，無一人不潔淨。 利未 人為被擄歸回的眾人和他們的弟兄眾祭司，並為自己宰逾越節 的羊羔 。
20For all the priests and the Levites were purified as one man: all were clear to kill the phase for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and themselves.
21從擄到之地歸回的 以色列 人和一切除掉所染外邦人污穢、歸附他們、要尋求耶和華－ 以色列 上帝的人都吃 這羊羔 ，
21And the children of Israel that were returned from captivity, and all that had separated themselves from the filthiness of the nations of the earth to them, to seek the Lord the God of Israel, did eat.
22歡歡喜喜地守除酵節七日；因為耶和華使他們歡喜，又使 亞述 王的心轉向他們，堅固他們的手，作 以色列 上帝殿的工程。
22And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, that he should help their hands in the work of the house of the Lord the God of Israel.
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