¹Siis kuningas Daarjaves käskis järele uurida varakambreis, kuhu raamatud Paabelis olid pandud.

¹Then king Darius gave orders, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

²Ja Ahmeta linnas Meedia maakonnas leiti üks rullraamat, ja selles oli kirjutatud: 'Meelespidamiseks.

²And there was found at Achmetha in the fortress that is in the province of Media a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

³Kuningas Koorese esimesel aastal andis kuningas Koores käsu Jumala koja kohta Jeruusalemmas: koda tuleb üles ehitada kui paik, kus ohverdatakse ohvreid, ja selle alused peavad kindlad olema; selle kõrgus olgu kuuskümmend küünart ja laius kuuskümmend küünart;

³In the first year of king Cyrus, king Cyrus made a decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be built for a place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be solidly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits,

⁴kolm kihti tahutud kividest ja üks kiht uutest palkidest; kulud tasutagu kuningakojast!

⁴[with] three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber; and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:

⁵Ka Jumala koja riistad, kullast ja hõbedast, mis Nebukadnetsar Jeruusalemma templist ära võttis ja Paabelisse viis, tuleb tagasi anda, et need pandaks oma kohale Jeruusalemma templisse ja Jumala kotta.'

⁵and also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that is at Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple that is at Jerusalem, in their place; and thou shalt put [them] in the house of God.

⁶- 'Ja nüüd, Tatnai, maavalitseja teisel pool Frati jõge, Setar-Boosnai ja teie kaaslased, ametnikud teisel pool Frati jõge, hoiduge sealt eemale!

⁶Therefore Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:

⁷Ärge segage Jumala koja tööd! Las juutide maavalitseja ja juutide vanemad ehitavad Jumala koja selle paika!

⁷let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

⁸Ja mina annan käsu selle kohta, mis teil tuleb teha nende juutide vanemate heaks selle Jumala koja ehitamisel: kuninglikest tuludest, see on maksudest teisel pool Frati jõge, antagu neile meestele täpselt ja viivitamata, mis kuludeks vajalik!

⁸Moreover, I give orders what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews, for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be diligently given to these men, that they be not hindered.

⁹Ja mis neil on tarvis - noori härgi, jäärasid ja tallesid põletusohvriks taeva Jumalale, nisu, soola, veini ja õli, nii palju kui preestrid Jeruusalemmas küsivad, antagu neile iga päev, ilma et midagi puuduks,

⁹And that which they have need of, both young bullocks and rams and lambs, for the burnt-offerings to the God of the heavens, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;

¹⁰et nad saaksid tuua suitsutusohvri taeva Jumalale ja palvetada kuninga ja tema poegade elu pärast.

¹⁰that they may present sweet odours to the God of the heavens, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.

¹¹Ja mina annan käsu, et kes iganes seda korraldust muudab, selle kojast kistakse palk välja ja ta puuakse selle külge; ja tema koda tehakse selle pärast rusuhunnikuks.

¹¹Also I have given order that whosoever shall alter this rescript, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

¹²Ja Jumal, kes on pannud oma nime sinna elama, paisaku maha kõik kuningad ja rahvad, kes sirutavad oma käe selle muutmiseks, et hävitada seda Jumala koda Jeruusalemmas! Mina, Daarjaves, olen andnud selle käsu. Seda täidetagu täpselt!'

¹²And the God that has caused his name to dwell there overthrow every king and people that shall put forth their hand to alter [or] to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have given [this] order; let it be done diligently.

¹³Siis tegid Tatnai, maavalitseja teisel pool Frati jõge, Setar-Boosnai ja nende kaaslased täpselt nõnda, nagu kuningas Daarjaves käsu oli läkitanud.

¹³Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, because of that which king Darius had sent, did so diligently.

¹⁴Ja juutide vanemad ehitasid ning töö edenes neil prohvet Haggai ja Sakarja, Iddo poja kuulutuse toetusel; ja nad ehitasid ning said selle valmis Iisraeli Jumala käsul, ja Koorese, Daarjavese ja Artahsasta, Pärsia kuningate käsul.

¹⁴And the elders of the Jews built; and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and completed [it] according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

¹⁵Nõnda sai see koda valmis adarikuu kolmandal päeval, kuningas Daarjavese kuuendal valitsemisaastal.

¹⁵And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

¹⁶Ja Iisraeli lapsed, preestrid ja leviidid ning teised, kes olid vangis olnud, pühitsesid seda koda rõõmuga

¹⁶And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy;

¹⁷ja ohverdasid selle Jumala koja pühitsemiseks sada härga, kakssada jäära, nelisada talle, ja patuohvriks kaksteist sikku kogu Iisraeli eest, vastavalt Iisraeli suguharude arvule.

¹⁷and they presented at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, 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.

¹⁸Ja preestrid pandi rühmiti ja leviidid jagude kaupa Jumalat teenima Jeruusalemmas, nõnda nagu Moosese raamatus on kirjutatud.

¹⁸And they set the priests in their classes, and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem: as it is written in the book of Moses.

¹⁹Siis pidasid need, kes olid vangis olnud, esimese kuu neljateistkümnendal päeval paasapüha.

¹⁹And the children of the captivity held the passover upon the fourteenth of the first month.

²⁰Sest preestrid ja leviidid olid endid puhastanud nagu üks mees, nad kõik olid puhtad; ja nad tapsid paasatalle kõigile vangisolnuile ja oma vendadele preestritele ning iseendile.

²⁰For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves as one [man]: they were all pure; and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

²¹Ja Iisraeli lapsed, kes olid vangist tagasi tulnud, sõid seda, nõndasamuti kõik, kes olid end lahti öelnud maa paganate rüvedusest, et koos nendega otsida Issandat, Iisraeli Jumalat.

²¹And the children of Israel that were come back out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Jehovah the God of Israel, did eat;

²²Ja nad pidasid hapnemata leibade püha seitse päeva, olles rõõmsad, sest Issand oli neid rõõmustanud, pöörates Assuri kuninga südame nende poole, nõnda et tema nende käsi kinnitas Jumala, Iisraeli Jumala koja töös.

²²and they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for Jehovah had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.