以斯拉记 5
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
5 那时,先知哈该和易多的子孙撒迦利亚奉以色列上帝的名,向犹大和耶路撒冷的犹大人宣讲上帝的话。 2 于是,撒拉铁的儿子所罗巴伯和约萨达的儿子耶书亚开始在耶路撒冷重建上帝的殿,上帝的先知在他们身边帮助他们。
3 当时,河西总督达乃、示他·波斯乃及其同僚来问他们:“谁批准你们重建这殿、修复这墙的?” 4 又问道:“建造这殿的人们叫什么名字。” 5 然而,上帝看顾犹太人的长老,工程没有被叫停,直到事情呈报给大流士王、收到王的回谕后才停止。
6 河西的官员们——河西总督达乃、示他·波斯乃及其同僚上奏大流士王, 7 奏章如下:
“愿大流士王一切平安! 8 王该知道,我们去了犹大省,到了伟大上帝的殿。人们正在用大石建殿,木料已经安在墙里,工程进展迅速、顺利。 9 我们问那些长老,‘谁批准你们重建这殿、修复这墙的?’ 10 我们又问他们的名字,好记下他们首领的名字禀告王。
11 “他们回答说,‘我们是天地之上帝的仆人,我们正在重建这座多年前由以色列的一位伟大君王建造的殿。 12 但因为我们的祖先触怒了天上的上帝,上帝把他们交在迦勒底人——巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中,他摧毁了这殿,把他们掳到巴比伦。 13 然而,巴比伦王塞鲁士在其统治元年,降旨重建这座上帝的殿。 14 尼布甲尼撒王曾掳去耶路撒冷上帝殿里的金银器皿,放在巴比伦神庙里,塞鲁士王从巴比伦神庙取出这些器皿,交给他委派做省长的设巴萨, 15 吩咐他把这些器皿带去,重新陈设在耶路撒冷的殿里,在旧址上重建上帝的殿。 16 于是,这位设巴萨就在耶路撒冷为上帝的殿立了根基,从那时到如今,殿一直在重建中,还没有竣工。’
17 “现在,王若愿意,请查阅巴比伦的王室记录,看看塞鲁士王是否降旨重建耶路撒冷的上帝之殿。王对此事如何决断,请告知我们。”
Ezra 5
New English Translation
Tattenai Appeals to Darius
5 Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son[a] of Iddo[b] prophesied concerning the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel who was over them. 2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak began[c] to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. The prophets of God were with them, supporting them.
3 At that time Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and their colleagues came to them and asked, “Who gave you authority[d] to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?”[e] 4 They[f] also asked them, “What are the names of the men who are building this edifice?” 5 But God was watching over[g] the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped[h] until a report could be dispatched[i] to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.
6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and his colleagues (who were the officials of Trans-Euphrates) sent to King Darius. 7 The report they sent to him was written as follows:[j]
“To King Darius: All greetings![k] 8 Let it be known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the temple of the great God. It is being built with large stones,[l] and timbers are being placed in the walls. This work is being done with all diligence and is prospering in their hands. 9 We inquired of those elders, asking them, ‘Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?’ 10 We also inquired of their names in order to inform you, so that we might write the names of the men who were their leaders. 11 They responded to us in the following way: ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple which was previously built many years ago. A great king[m] of Israel built it and completed it. 12 But after our ancestors[n] angered the God of heaven, he delivered them into the hands[o] of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and exiled the people to Babylon.[p] 13 But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon,[q] King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God. 14 Even the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and had brought to the palace[r] of Babylon—even those things King Cyrus brought from the palace of Babylon and presented[s] to a man by the name of Sheshbazzar whom he had appointed as governor. 15 He said to him, “Take these vessels and go deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt in its proper location.”[t] 16 Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment[u] it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’
17 “Now if the king is so inclined,[v] let a search be conducted in the royal archives[w] there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter.”
Footnotes
- Ezra 5:1 tn Aram “son.” According to Zech 1:1 he was actually the grandson of Iddo.
- Ezra 5:1 tn Aram “and Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo the prophet.”
- Ezra 5:2 tn Aram “arose and began.” For stylistic reasons this has been translated as a single concept.
- Ezra 5:3 tn Aram “who placed to you a command?” So also v. 9.
- Ezra 5:3 tn The exact meaning of the Aramaic word אֻשַּׁרְנָא (ʾussarnaʾ) here and in v. 9 is uncertain (BDB 1083 s.v.). The LXX and Vulgate understand it to mean “wall.” Here it is used in collocation with בַּיְתָא (baytaʾ, “house” as the temple of God), while in 5:3, 9 it is used in parallelism with this term. It might be related to the Assyrian noun ashurru (“wall”) or ashru (“sanctuary”; so BDB). F. Rosenthal, who translates the word “furnishings,” thinks that it probably enters Aramaic from Persian (Grammar, 62-63, §189).
- Ezra 5:4 tc The translation reads with one medieval Hebrew ms, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta אֲמַרוּ (ʾamaru, “they said”) rather than the reading אֲמַרְנָא (ʾamarnaʾ, “we said”) of the MT.
- Ezra 5:5 tn Aram “the eye of their God was on.” The idiom describes the attentive care that one exercises in behalf of the object of his concern.
- Ezra 5:5 tn Aram “they did not stop them.”
- Ezra 5:5 tn Aram “[could] go.” On this form see F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 58, §169.
- Ezra 5:7 tn Aram “and it was written in its midst.”
- Ezra 5:7 tn Aram “all peace.”
- Ezra 5:8 tn Aram “stones of rolling.” The reference is apparently to stones too large to carry.
- Ezra 5:11 sn This great king of Israel would, of course, be Solomon.
- Ezra 5:12 tn Aram “fathers.”
- Ezra 5:12 tn Aram “hand” (singular).
- Ezra 5:12 sn A reference to the catastrophic events of 586 b.c.
- Ezra 5:13 sn Cyrus was actually a Persian king, but when he conquered Babylon in 539 b.c. he apparently appropriated to himself the additional title “king of Babylon.” The Syriac Peshitta substitutes “Persia” for “Babylon” here, but this is probably a hyper-correction.
- Ezra 5:14 tn Or “temple.”
- Ezra 5:14 tn Aram “they were given.”
- Ezra 5:15 tn Aram “upon its place.”
- Ezra 5:16 tn Aram “from then and until now.”
- Ezra 5:17 tn Aram “if upon the king it is good.”
- Ezra 5:17 tn Aram “the house of the treasures of the king.”
Ezra 5
New King James Version
Restoration of the Temple Resumed(A)
5 Then the prophet (B)Haggai and (C)Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. 2 So (D)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of [a]Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and (E)the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
3 At the same time (F)Tattenai the governor of the region beyond [b]the River and Shethar-Boznai and their companions came to them and spoke thus to them: (G)“Who has commanded you to build this [c]temple and finish this wall?” 4 (H)Then, accordingly, we told them the names of the men who were constructing this building. 5 But (I)the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, so that they could not make them cease till a report could go to Darius. Then a (J)written answer was returned concerning this matter. 6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai sent:
The governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, (K)and his companions, the Persians who were in the region beyond the River, to Darius the king.
7 (They sent a letter to him, in which was written thus.)
To Darius the king:
All peace.
8 Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the [d]temple of the great God, which is being built with [e]heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.
9 Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to them: (L)“Who commanded you to build this temple and to finish these walls?” 10 We also asked them their names to inform you, that we might write the names of the men who were chief among them.
11 And thus they returned us an answer, saying: “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the [f]temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built (M)and completed. 12 But (N)because our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of (O)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and (P)carried the people away to Babylon. 13 However, in the first year of (Q)Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to build this [g]house of God. 14 Also, (R)the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple that was in Jerusalem and carried into the temple of Babylon—those King Cyrus took from the temple of Babylon, and they were given to (S)one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor. 15 And he said to him, ‘Take these articles; go, carry them to the temple site that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its former site.’ 16 Then the same Sheshbazzar came and (T)laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem; but from that time even until now it has been under construction, and (U)it is not finished.”
17 Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, (V)let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there in Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was issued by King Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us his pleasure concerning this matter.
以斯拉记 5
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
再兴圣殿之工
5 那时,先知哈该和易多的孙子撒迦利亚奉以色列神的名,向犹大和耶路撒冷的犹大人说劝勉的话。 2 于是,撒拉铁的儿子所罗巴伯和约萨达的儿子耶书亚都起来,动手建造耶路撒冷神的殿,有神的先知在那里帮助他们。 3 当时河西的总督达乃和示他波斯乃并他们的同党来问说:“谁降旨让你们建造这殿,修成这墙呢?” 4 我们便告诉他们建造这殿的人叫什么名字。 5 神的眼目看顾犹大的长老,以致总督等没有叫他们停工,直到这事奏告大流士得着他的回谕。
达乃党上本大流士王
6 河西的总督达乃和示他波斯乃,并他们的同党,就是住河西的亚法萨迦人,上本奏告大流士王。 7 本上写着说:“愿大流士王诸事平安! 8 王该知道,我们往犹大省去,到了至大神的殿,这殿是用大石建造的,梁木插入墙内,工作甚速,他们手下亨通。 9 我们就问那些长老说:‘谁降旨让你们建造这殿,修成这墙呢?’ 10 又问他们的名字,要记录他们首领的名字,奏告于王。 11 他们回答说:‘我们是天地之神的仆人,重建前多年所建造的殿,就是以色列的一位大君王建造修成的。 12 只因我们列祖惹天上的神发怒,神把他们交在迦勒底人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中,他就拆毁这殿,又将百姓掳到巴比伦。 13 然而巴比伦王居鲁士元年,他降旨允准建造神的这殿。 14 神殿中的金银器皿,就是尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷的殿中掠去带到巴比伦庙里的,居鲁士王从巴比伦庙里取出来,交给派为省长的,名叫设巴萨, 15 对他说:“可以将这些器皿带去,放在耶路撒冷的殿中,在原处建造神的殿。” 16 于是,这设巴萨来建立耶路撒冷神殿的根基。这殿从那时直到如今,尚未造成。’
犹大人请稽居鲁士之诏
17 “现在王若以为美,请察巴比伦王的府库,看居鲁士王降旨允准在耶路撒冷建造神的殿没有。王的心意如何,请降旨晓谕我们。”
Ezra 5
New International Version
Tattenai’s Letter to Darius
5 Now Haggai(A) the prophet and Zechariah(B) the prophet, a descendant of Iddo, prophesied(C) to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. 2 Then Zerubbabel(D) son of Shealtiel and Joshua(E) son of Jozadak set to work(F) to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, supporting them.
3 At that time Tattenai,(G) governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai(H) and their associates went to them and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”(I) 4 They[a] also asked, “What are the names of those who are constructing this building?” 5 But the eye of their God(J) was watching over the elders of the Jews, and they were not stopped until a report could go to Darius and his written reply be received.
6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates, the officials of Trans-Euphrates, sent to King Darius. 7 The report they sent him read as follows:
To King Darius:
Cordial greetings.
8 The king should know that we went to the district of Judah, to the temple of the great God. The people are building it with large stones and placing the timbers in the walls. The work(K) is being carried on with diligence and is making rapid progress under their direction.
9 We questioned the elders and asked them, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”(L) 10 We also asked them their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.
11 This is the answer they gave us:
“We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple(M) that was built many years ago, one that a great king of Israel built and finished. 12 But because our ancestors angered(N) the God of heaven, he gave them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean, king of Babylon, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.(O)
13 “However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree(P) to rebuild this house of God. 14 He even removed from the temple[b] of Babylon the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to the temple[c] in Babylon.(Q) Then King Cyrus gave them to a man named Sheshbazzar,(R) whom he had appointed governor, 15 and he told him, ‘Take these articles and go and deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem. And rebuild the house of God on its site.’
16 “So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God(S) in Jerusalem. From that day to the present it has been under construction but is not yet finished.”
17 Now if it pleases the king, let a search be made in the royal archives(T) of Babylon to see if King Cyrus did in fact issue a decree to rebuild this house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.
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