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那時先知哈該、和易多的孫子撒迦利亞、奉以色列　神的名、向猶大和耶路撒冷的猶大人、說勸勉的話。

Now Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet, a descendant of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.

於是撒拉鐵的兒子所羅巴伯、和約薩達的兒子耶書亞、都起來動手建造耶路撒冷　神的殿、有　神的先知在那裡幫助他們。

Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak set to work to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.

當時河西的總督達乃、和示他波斯乃、並他們的同黨、來問說、誰降旨讓你們建造這殿、修成這牆呢。

At that time Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates went to them and asked, "Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?"

我們便告訴他們建造這殿的人叫甚麼名字。

They also asked, "What are the names of the men constructing this building?"

　神的眼目看顧猶大的長老、以致總督等、沒有叫他們停工、直到這事奏告大利烏、得著他的回諭。

But the eye of their God was watching over the elders of the Jews, and they were not stopped until a report could go to Darius and his written reply be received.

河西的總督達乃、和示他波斯乃、並他們的同黨、就是住河西的亞法薩迦人、上本奏告大利烏王．

This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates, the officials of Trans-Euphrates, sent to King Darius.

本上寫著說、願大利烏王諸事平安．

The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: Cordial greetings.

王該知道、我們往猶大省去、到了至大　神的殿、這殿是用大石建造的、梁木插入牆內、工作甚速、他們手下亨通．

The king should know that we went to the district of Judah, to the temple of the great God. The people are building it with large stones and placing the timbers in the walls. The work is being carried on with diligence and is making rapid progress under their direction.

我們就問那些長老說、誰降旨讓你們建造這殿、修成這牆呢。

We questioned the elders and asked them, "Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?"

又問他們的名字、要記錄他們首領的名字、奏告於王。

We also asked them their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.

他們回答說、我們是天地之　神的僕人、重建前多年所建造的殿、就是以色列的一位大君王建造修成的。

This is the answer they gave us: "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, one that a great king of Israel built and finished.

只因我們列祖惹天上的　神發怒、　神把他們交在迦勒底人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中、他就拆毀這殿、又將百姓擄到巴比倫。

But because our fathers angered the God of heaven, he handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean, king of Babylon, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.

然而巴比倫王古列元年、他降旨允准建造　神的這殿。

"However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

　神殿中的金銀、器皿、就是尼布甲尼撒從耶路撒冷的殿中掠去帶到巴比倫廟裡的、古列王從巴比倫廟裡取出來、交給派為省長的、名叫設巴薩．

He even removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to the temple in Babylon. "Then King Cyrus gave them to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor,

對他說、可以將這些器皿帶去、放在耶路撒冷的殿中、在原處建造　神的殿。

and he told him, 'Take these articles and go and deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem. And rebuild the house of God on its site.'

於是這設巴薩來建立耶路撒冷　神殿的根基．這殿、從那時直到如今、尚未造成。

So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem. From that day to the present it has been under construction but is not yet finished."

現在王若以為美、請察巴比倫王的府庫、看古列王降旨、允准在耶路撒冷建造　神的殿沒有．王的心意如何、請降旨曉諭我們。

Now if it pleases the king, let a search be made in the royal archives of Babylon to see if King Cyrus did in fact issue a decree to rebuild this house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.