Ezra 5
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Verse 1
Now Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet, a descendant of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.
فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ تَنَبَّأَ النَّبِيَّانِ حَجَّي وَزَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عِدُّوَ لِلْيَهُودِ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَهُوذَا بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُهَيْمِنِ عَلَيْهِمْ.
Verse 2
Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jozadak set to work to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, supporting them.
فَقَامَ زَرُبَّابِلُ بْنُ شَأَلْتِيئِيلَ وَيَشُوعُ بْنُ يُوصَادُوقَ، وَشَرَعَا فِي اسْتِكْمَالِ بِنَاءِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ الَّذِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، بِمَعُونَةِ نَبِيَّيِ اللهِ،
Verse 3
At that time Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates went to them and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”
فَجَاءَهُمْ تَتْنَايُ وَالِي عَبْرِ النَّهْرِ وَشَتَرْبُوزْنَايُ وَرُفَقَاؤُهُمَا وَسَأَلُوهُمْ: «مَنْ أَمَرَكُمْ بِإِعَادَةِ بِنَاءِ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ وَاسْتِكْمَالِ السُّورِ؟»
Verse 4
They[a] also asked, “What are the names of those who are constructing this building?”
ثُمَّ طَلَبُوا قَائِمَةً بِأَسْمَاءِ الرِّجَالِ الْمُسَاهِمِينَ فِي بِنَاءِ الْهَيْكَلِ.
Verse 5
But the eye of their God 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.
وَلَكِنْ كَانَتْ عَيْنُ إِلَهِ قَادَةِ الْيَهُودِ تَرْعَاهُمْ، فَلَمْ يُوْقِفُوهُمْ عَنِ الْعَمَلِ حَتَّى يَتِمَّ رَفْعُ الأَمْرِ إِلَى دَارِيُوسَ وَيَتَلَقَّوْا رَدَّهُ عَلَيْهَا.
Verse 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.
وَهَذَا هُوَ نَصُّ الرِّسَالَةِ الَّتِي بَعَثَ بِها تَتْنَايُ وَالِي عَبْرِ النَّهْرِ وَشَتَرْبُوزْنَايُ وَرُفَقَاؤُهُمَا الأَفَرْسَكِيُّونَ الْمُقِيمُونَ فِي عَبْرِ النَّهْرِ إِلَى دَارِيُوسَ الْمَلِكِ.
Verse 7
The report they sent him read as follows:
To King Darius:
Cordial greetings.
وَقَدْ وَرَدَ فِي هَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةِ:
«إِلَى الْمَلِكِ دَارِيُوسَ كُلُّ سَلامٍ.
Verse 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 is being carried on with diligence and is making rapid progress under their direction.
نَوَدُّ أَنْ نُحِيطَكُمْ عِلْماً بِأَنَّنَا ذَهَبْنَا إِلَى بِلادِ يَهُوذَا، حَيْثُ مَعْبَدُ الإِلَهِ الْعَظِيمِ، فَوَجَدْنَا الْهَيْكَلَ يُبْنَى بِحِجَارَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ وَجُدْرَانَهُ تُدْعَمُ بِالْخَشَبِ، وَالْعَمَلَ يَسِيرُ بِأَقْصَى سُرْعَةٍ وَيَتِمُّ إِنْجَازُهُ عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمْ بِنَجَاحٍ بَاهِرٍ.
Verse 9
We questioned the elders and asked them, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”
وَقَدْ سَأَلْنَا هَؤُلاءِ الْقَادَةَ: مَنْ أَمَرَكُمْ بِإِعَادَةِ بِنَاءِ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ وَاسْتِكْمَالِ هَذِهِ الأَسْوَارِ؛
Verse 10
We also asked them their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.
وَطَلَبْنَا قَائِمَةً بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ، فَدَوَّنَّا أَسْمَاءَ قَادَتِهِمْ لِنُطْلِعَكَ عَلَيْهَا.
Verse 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 that was built many years ago, one that a great king of Israel built and finished.
وَقَدْ أَجَابُونَا قَائِلِينَ: نَحْنُ عَبِيدُ إِلَهِ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ، وَنُعِيدُ بِنَاءَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي تَمَّ إِنْشَاؤُهُ مُنْذُ سِنيِنَ كَثِيرَةٍ عَلَى يَدِ مَلِكٍ إِسْرَائِيلِيٍّ عَظِيمٍ.
Verse 12
But because our ancestors angered 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.
وَلَكِنْ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَثَارَ آبَاؤُنَا غَضَبَ إِلَهِ السَّمَاءِ، أَسْلَمَهُمْ لِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ الْكِلْدَانِيِّ، الَّذِي هَدَمَ الْهَيْكَلَ وَسَبَى الشَّعْبَ إِلَى بَابِلَ.
Verse 13
“However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.
غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ فِي السَّنَةِ الأُولَى لِتَوَلِّي كُورَشَ مُلْكَ بَابِلَ، أَصْدَرَ أَمْراً بِبِنَاءِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ هَذَا،
Verse 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. Then King Cyrus gave them to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor,
وَأَمَرَ بِرَدِّ آنِيَتِهِ الذَّهَبِيَّةِ وَالْفِضِّيَّةِ الَّتِي غَنِمَهَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَوَضَعَهَا فِي هَيْكَلِ بَابِلَ، فَأَخْرَجَهَا الْمَلِكُ كُورَشُ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ بَابِلَ وَسَلَّمَهَا لِوَاحِدٍ يُدْعَى شِيشْبَصَّرَ الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ وَالِياً.
Verse 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.’
وَقَالَ لَهُ: خُذْ هَذِهِ الآنِيَةَ وَانْقُلْهَا إِلَى هَيْكَلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَعِدْ بِنَاءَهُ فِي نَفْسِ مَوْقِعِهِ.
Verse 16
“So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem. From that day to the present it has been under construction but is not yet finished.”
حِينَئِذٍ قَدِمَ شِيشْبَصَّرُ هَذَا وَأَرْسَى أَسَاسَ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ الَّذِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الوَقْتِ شَرَعَ الشَّعْبُ فِي بِنَاءِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكْتَمِلْ بَعْدُ.
Verse 17
Now if it pleases the king, let a search be made in the royal archives 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.
فَالآنَ، إِنْ رَاقَ لَدَى الْمَلِكِ فَلْيَبْحَثْ فِي سِجِلّاتِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ فِي بَابِلَ، لِيَرَى إِنْ كَانَ حَقّاً قَدْ صَدَرَ مَرْسُومٌ مِنْ كُورَشَ الْمَلِكِ بِإِعَادَةِ بِنَاءِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ هَذَا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَلْيَبْعَثْ لَنَا الْمَلِكُ بِمَا يَسْتَقِرُّ عَلَيْهِ رَأْيُهُ».