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

¹Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

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

²There was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and therein was thus written for a record:

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 Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning God’s house at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits;

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

⁴with three courses of great stones, and a course 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.'

⁵Also let the gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored, and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, everyone to its place; and you shall put them in God’s house.

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

⁶Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there.

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

⁷Leave 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 make a decree what you shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence 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,

⁹That which they have need of, both young bulls, and rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who 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 offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the God of heaven, 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 made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened 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 who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.

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

¹³Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions, because Darius the king had sent a decree, did accordingly with all diligence.

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.

¹⁴The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

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

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

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

¹⁶The 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.

¹⁷They offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male 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.

¹⁸They set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, 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.

¹⁹The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day 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 together; all of them were pure: and they killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brothers 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.

²¹The children of Israel who had come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate,

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 kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of God’s house, the God of Israel.