1Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of the God of Israel they prophesied to 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 God’s house 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 Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish 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 we told them in this way, what the names of the men were who were making this building.
4Nato smo jim povedali, katera so imena mož, ki so se lotili zidanja.
5But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease, until the matter should come to Darius, and then answer should be returned by letter concerning it.
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 Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent to 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 to him, in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace.
7Poslali so mu poročilo, v katerem je bilo pisano takole: Kralju Dariju ves mir!
8Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls; and this work goes on with diligence and prospers 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 we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”
9Tedaj smo vprašali tiste starejšine in jim rekli takole: Kdo vam je ukazal zidati to hišo in dokončati to obzidje?
10We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at their head.
10Vprašali smo jih tudi za njih imena, da tebi oznanimo, da bi zapisali imena mož, ki jim načelujejo.
11Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.
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 to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar 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 king of Babylon, Cyrus the king 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.
14The gold and silver vessels also of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought into the temple of Babylon, those Cyrus the king took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to 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 he said to him, ‘Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let God’s house be built in its 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 the same Sheshbazzar came, and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now has it been in building, and yet it is not completed.
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 a search be 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.