¹Nato ukaže kralj Darij, naj poiščejo v pismarnici v hiši, kjer so bili zloženi zakladi v Babilonu.

¹Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon,

²In našli so v Ahmeti, na gradu, ki je v pokrajini Medijski, zavitek, in v njem je bilo takole pisano v spomin:

²and there hath been found at Achmetha, in a palace that [is] in the province of Media, a roll, and a record thus written within it [is]:

³V prvem letu kralja Cira, je izdal kralj Cir povelje: Zastran hiše Božje v Jeruzalemu: Ta hiša naj se zida kot kraj, kjer se darujejo daritve. Njene podstave naj se trdno postavijo; višava njena bodi šestdeset komolcev, širjava njena šestdeset komolcev;

³`In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king hath made a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: the house let be builded in the place where they are sacrificing sacrifices, and its foundations strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits;

⁴tri lege imej štirivoglatih kamenov in eno lego iz novega lesa. In stroški naj se plačajo iz kraljeve hiše.

⁴three rows of rolled stones, and a row of new wood, and the outlay let be given out of the king`s house.

⁵Tudi zlate in srebrne posode hiše Božje, ki jih je vzel Nebukadnezar iz templja v Jeruzalemu ter prinesel v Babilon, naj se povrnejo in zopet prineso na svoje mesto v tempelj v Jeruzalemu, in naj jih zlože v hiši Božji. –

⁵`And also, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, let be given back, and go to the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, [each] to its place, and put [them] down in the house of God.

⁶Sedaj torej, Tatenaj, deželni oblastnik za reko, Setar-bozenaj in vajini tovariši Afarsakaji, ki ste za reko, umeknite se daleč od njih!

⁶`Now, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, the Apharsachites, who [are] beyond the river, be ye far from hence;

⁷Pustite jim delati pri tej hiši Božji; naj poglavar Judov in starejšine Judov grade to hišo Božjo na mestu njenem.

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

⁸Vrhutega sem izdal povelje, kako naj pomagate tistim starejšinam Judov pri stavbi te hiše Božje, namreč, da se iz kraljevega imetja, iz davkov onostran reke, plačujejo stroški z vso natančnostjo tem možem, da jim ne bode ovire.

⁸`And by me is made a decree concerning that which ye do with the elders of these Jews to build this house of God, that of the riches of the king, that [are] of the tribute beyond the river, speedily let the outlay be given to these men, that they cease not;

⁹In kar potrebujejo, telet, ovnov in jagnjet v žgalne daritve Bogu nebes, pšenice, soli, vina in olja, po zahtevi duhovnikov v Jeruzalemu, naj se jim daje dan za dnevom neprestano,

⁹and what they are needing — both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil according to the saying of the priests who [are] in Jerusalem — let be given to them day by day without fail,

¹⁰da morejo darovati daritve v prijetno dišavo Bogu nebes in da molijo za kraljevo in za sinov njegovih življenje.

¹⁰that they be bringing near sweet savours to the God of heaven, and praying for the life of the king, and of his sons.

¹¹Tudi sem izdal povelje: Vsakemu, ki premeni ta ukaz, naj vzamejo gredo iz hiše njegove in jo pokonci postavijo ter ga na njej obesijo, njegova hiša pa bodi v kup gnoja zavoljo tega.

¹¹`And by me is made a decree, that any one who changeth this thing, let wood be pulled down from his house, and being raised up, let him be smitten on it, and his house let be made a dunghill for this.

¹²A Bog, ki je storil, da bi ondi prebivalo ime njegovo, razdeni vse kralje in ljudstva, ki bodo iztegnili roko svojo, da premene ta ukaz, da se poruši ta hiša Božja v Jeruzalemu. Jaz, Darij, sem izdal povelje; naj se natančno izvrši!

¹²And God, who caused His name to dwell there, doth cast down any king and people that putteth forth his hand to change, to destroy this house of God that [is] in Jerusalem; I Darius have made a decree; speedily let it be done.`

¹³Tedaj so storili Tatenej, deželni oblastnik za reko, Setar-bozenaj in njiju tovariši natančno tako, za kar je bil kralj Darij sporočil.

¹³Then Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king hath sent, so they have done speedily;

¹⁴In starejšine Judovi so zidali in uspevalo jim je delo po prorokovanju Hagaja, proroka, in Zaharija, sinu Idovega. Tako so zidali in dokončali po zapovedi Boga Izraelovega in po povelju Cira in Darija in Artakserksa, kraljev v Perziji.

¹⁴and the elders of the Jews are building and prospering through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo, and they have built and finished by the decree of the God of Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

¹⁵In ta hiša je bila dokončana tretji dan meseca Adarja, ko je bilo šesto leto vladanja kralja Darija.

¹⁵And this house hath gone out till the third day of the month Adar, that is [in] the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

¹⁶In sinovi Izraelovi, duhovniki, leviti in drugi sinovi ujetništva so praznovali posvečevanje te hiše Božje z veseljem.

¹⁶And the sons of Israel have made, [and] the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the sons of the captivity, a dedication of this house of God with joy,

¹⁷In prinesli so ob posvečevanju te hiše Božje sto juncev, dvesto ovnov, štiristo jagnjet; in v daritev za greh za vsega Izraela dvanajst kozlov, po številu rodov Izraelovih.

¹⁷and have brought near for the dedication of this house of God, bullocks a hundred, rams two hundred, lambs four hundred; and young he-goats for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve, according to the number of the tribes of Israel;

¹⁸In postavili so duhovnike po njih vrstah in levite po njih oddelkih v službo Bogu, ki je v Jeruzalemu, kakor je pisano v knjigi Mojzesovi.

¹⁸and they have established the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, over the service of God that [is] in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

¹⁹In sinovi ujetništva so praznovali pasho štirinajsti dan prvega meseca.

¹⁹And the sons of the captivity make the passover on the fourteenth of the first month,

²⁰Zakaj duhovniki in leviti so se očistili kakor en mož; bili so vsi čisti. In zaklali so pasho za vse sinove ujetništva in za brate svoje, duhovnike, in zase.

²⁰for the priests and the Levites have been purified together — all of them [are] pure — and they slaughter the passover for all the sons of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

²¹In sinovi Izraelovi, ki so se bili vrnili iz ujetništva, in vsi, ki so se ločili od nečistote poganov v deželi in k njim pristopili, da bi iskali GOSPODA, Boga Izraelovega, so jedliin so praznovali praznik opresnikov sedem dni z veseljem; zakaj GOSPOD jim je bil dal veselje in jim je naklonil srce kralja asirskega, da bi jim okrepčal roke na delu pri hiši Boga, Boga Izraelovega.

²¹And the sons of Israel, those returning from the captivity, and every one who is separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land unto them, to seek to Jehovah, God of Israel, do eat,

²²in so praznovali praznik opresnikov sedem dni z veseljem; zakaj GOSPOD jim je bil dal veselje in jim je naklonil srce kralja asirskega, da bi jim okrepčal roke na delu pri hiši Boga, Boga Izraelovega.

²²and they make the feast of unleavened things seven days with joy, for Jehovah made them to rejoice, and turned round the heart of the king of Asshur unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.