¹Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.

¹Prorokovala sta pa Hagaj, prorok, in Zaharija, sin Idov, proroka, Judom, ki so bili na Judovem in v Jeruzalemu; v imenu Boga Izraelovega sta jim prorokovala.

²Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.

²Tedaj vstane Zerubabel, sin Sealtielov, in Jesua, sin Jozadakov, ter začneta zidati hišo Božjo, ki je v Jeruzalemu, in ž njima proroka Božja, ki sta ju podpirala.

³At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?

³V istem času pride k njim Tatenaj, deželski oblastnik tostran reke, in Setar-bozenaj in njiju tovariši ter jim reko takole: Kdo vam je ukazal zidati to hišo in dokončati to obzidje?

⁴Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?

⁴Nato smo jim povedali, katera so imena mož, ki so se lotili zidanja.

⁵But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.

⁵A oko njih Boga je bilo obrnjeno v starejšine Judov, da se jim ni branilo, dokler se ni stvar sporočila Dariju in se je potem odposlal pismen odgovor o tem.

⁶The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:

⁶To pa je opis lista, ki so ga poslali Tatenaj, deželski oblastnik tostran reke, in Setar-bozenaj in njegovi tovariši Afarsakaji, ki so bili tostran reke, kralju Dariju.

⁷They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.

⁷Poslali so mu poročilo, v katerem je bilo pisano takole: Kralju Dariju ves mir!

⁸Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.

⁸Znano bodi kralju, da smo šli v pokrajino Judovo, k hiši velikega Boga, ki jo grade z velikimi kameni in ji brune pokladajo v stene, in delo to, ker so marljivi, je uspešno v njih rokah.

⁹Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

⁹Tedaj smo vprašali tiste starejšine in jim rekli takole: Kdo vam je ukazal zidati to hišo in dokončati to obzidje?

¹⁰We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.

¹⁰Vprašali smo jih tudi za njih imena, da tebi oznanimo, da bi zapisali imena mož, ki jim načelujejo.

¹¹And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

¹¹Oni pa so nam dali tak odgovor, rekoč: Mi smo hlapci Boga nebes in zemlje ter zidamo hišo, ki je bila prej zgrajena pred mnogimi leti, ki jo je velik kralj Izraelov zidal in dokončal.

¹²But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

¹²A potem, ko so očetje naši dražili v jezo Boga nebes, jih je dal v roko Nebukadnezarja, kralja babilonskega, Kaldejca, ki je podrl to hišo in ljudstvo odpeljal v Babilon.

¹³But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

¹³Toda v prvem letu Cira, kralja babilonskega, je kralj Cir izdal povelje, da naj se zida ta hiša Božja.

¹⁴And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

¹⁴Tudi zlate in srebrne posode hiše Božje, ki jih je bil vzel Nebukadnezar iz templja v Jeruzalemu in jih prinesel v tempelj v Babilonu, je vzel kralj Cir iz templja v Babilonu in jih izročil tistemu, po imenu Sesbazarju, ki ga je postavil za oblastnika v deželi,

¹⁵And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.

¹⁵in mu je velel: Vzemi te posode, pojdi, deni jih v tempelj, ki je v Jeruzalemu, in naj se hiša Božja gradi na mestu njenem.

¹⁶Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

¹⁶Takrat je prišel tisti Sesbazar in je položil podstave hiši Božji, ki je v Jeruzalemu, in od tega časa do sedaj jo zidajo, in ni še dokončana. –Sedaj torej, ako se vzvidi kralju, naj poiščejo v kraljevi hiši, v zakladnici, ki je tam v Babilonu, če je tako, da je izdal kralj Cir povelje zidati to hišo Božjo v Jeruzalemu, in naj nam kralj sporoči svojo voljo za to stvar.

¹⁷Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

¹⁷Sedaj torej, ako se vzvidi kralju, naj poiščejo v kraljevi hiši, v zakladnici, ki je tam v Babilonu, če je tako, da je izdal kralj Cir povelje zidati to hišo Božjo v Jeruzalemu, in naj nam kralj sporoči svojo voljo za to stvar.