2. Ezra 5

¹Peygamber Haggay ve İddo oğlu Zekeriya, Yahudiye ve Yeruşalim'deki Yahudilere, üzerlerine yönelen İsrail'in Tanrısı'nın adıyla peygamberlik ettiler.

²Bunun üzerine Şealtiel oğlu Zerubbabel ve Yosadak oğlu Yeşu kalkıp Yeruşalim'deki Tanrı'nın tapınağını inşa etmeye başladılar; Tanrı'nın peygamberleri de onlara yardım ederek yanlarındaydı.

³Tam o sırada Fırat'ın ötesindeki bölgenin valisi Tattenay, Şetar-Bozenay ve çalışma arkadaşları onlara gelip şöyle dediler: "Bu tapınağı inşa etmeniz ve bu donanımı tamamlamanız için size kim buyruk verdi?"

⁴Sonra onlara şöyle dediler: "Bu şehri inşa eden adamların isimleri nelerdir?"

⁵Ancak Tanrı'nın gözü Yahuda'nın sürgündekilerinin üzerindeydi; bu yüzden Darius'a rapor sunulup bu konuda vergi memuruna bir yanıt gönderilene dek onları durdurmadılar.

⁶Fırat'ın ötesindeki bölgenin valisi Tattenay, Şetar-Bozenay ve Fırat'ın ötesindeki çalışma arkadaşları olan Afarsatlıların Kral Darius'a gönderdikleri mektubun sureti şudur:

⁷Ona gönderdikleri raporda şöyle yazılmıştı: "Kral Darius'a tam esenlik dileriz.

⁸Kralın bilgisine sunulsun ki, Yahudiye bölgesine, ulu Tanrı'nın tapınağına gittik; tapınak seçkin taşlarla inşa ediliyor, duvarlarına kirişler yerleştiriliyor. İş özenle yürütülüyor ve onların ellerinde başarıyla ilerliyor.

⁹O zaman o ihtiyarlara sorduk ve kendilerine şöyle dedik: 'Bu tapınağı inşa etmeniz ve bu donanımı tamamlamanız için size kim buyruk verdi?'

¹⁰Önderleri olan adamların isimlerini sana yazıp bildirmek amacıyla kendilerinden isimlerini de istedik.

¹¹Bize şu sözlerle karşılık verdiler: 'Biz göğün ve yerin Tanrısı'nın kullarıyız; yıllar önce inşa edilmiş olan bu tapınağı yeniden kuruyoruz. Onu büyük bir İsrail kralı inşa edip onlar için tamamlamıştı.

¹²Ancak atalarımız göğün Tanrısı'nı gazaba getirdiği için, Tanrı onları Babillilerin Keldani Kralı Nebukadnessar'ın eline teslim etti; o da bu tapınağı yıktı ve halkı Babil'e sürgün etti.

¹³Ama Babil Kralı Koreş'in birinci yılında, Kral Koreş bu Tanrı evinin yeniden inşa edilmesi için buyruk verdi.

¹⁴Üstelik Nebukadnessar'ın Yeruşalim'deki tapınaktan çıkarıp kralın tapınağına götürdüğü Tanrı evine ait altın ve gümüş kapları, Kral Koreş kralın tapınağından çıkarttı ve onları hazinenin başında olan hazinedar Şeşbassar'a teslim etti.

¹⁵Ona şöyle dedi: "Bütün bu kapları al, git ve onları Yeruşalim'deki tapınağa, kendi yerlerine koy."

¹⁶Bunun üzerine o Şeşbassar geldi ve Yeruşalim'deki Tanrı evinin temellerini attı; o zamandan beri tapınak inşa edilmektedir ama henüz tamamlanmamıştır.'

¹⁷Şimdi eğer kral uygun görürse, Babil'deki kraliyet hazinesinde bir araştırma yapılsın; Yeruşalim'deki bu Tanrı evinin inşa edilmesi için Kral Koreş tarafından gerçekten bir buyruk verilip verilmediği öğrenilsin ve kral bu konudaki kararını bize bildirsin."

¹ΚΑΙ ἐπροφήτευσεν ᾿Αγγαῖος ὁ προφήτης καὶ Ζαχαρίας ὁ τοῦ ᾿Αδδὼ προφητείαν ἐπὶ τοὺς ᾿Ιουδαίους τοὺς ἐν ᾿Ιούδᾳ καὶ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἐν ὀνόματι Θεοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς.

²τότε ἀνέστησαν Ζοροβάβελ ὁ τοῦ Σαλαθιὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιησοῦς υἱὸς ᾿Ιωσεδὲκ καὶ ἤρξαντο οἰκοδομῆσαι τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτῶν οἱ προφῆται τοῦ Θεοῦ βοηθοῦντες αὐτοῖς.

³ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ καιρῷ ἦλθεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς Θανθαναΐ ἔπαρχος πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ Σαθαρβουζαναΐ καὶ οἱ σύνδουλοι αὐτῶν καὶ τοιάδε εἶπαν αὐτοῖς· τίς ἔθηκεν ὑμῖν γνώμην τοῦ οἰκοδομῆσαι τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον καὶ τὴν χορηγίαν ταύτην καταρτίσασθαι;

⁴τότε ταῦτα εἴποσαν αὐτοῖς· τίνα ἐστὶ τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν οἰκοδομούντων τὴν πόλιν ταύτην;

⁵καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ᾿Ιούδα, καὶ οὐ κατήργησαν αὐτοὺς ἕως γνώμη τῷ Δαρείῳ ἀπηνέχθη· καὶ τότε ἀπεστάλη τῷ φορολόγῳ ὑπὲρ τούτου.

⁶Διασάφησις ἐπιστολῆς, ἧς ἀπέστειλε Θανθαναΐ ὁ ἔπαρχος τοῦ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ Σαθαρβουζαναΐ καὶ οἱ σύνδουλοι αὐτῶν ᾿Αφαρσαχαῖοι οἱ ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ Δαρείῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ·

⁷ῥήμασι ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ τάδε γέγραπται ἐν αὐτῶ· «Δαρείῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ εἰρήνη πᾶσα.

⁸γνωστὸν ἔστω τῷ βασιλεῖ ὅτι ἐπορεύθημεν εἰς τὴν ᾿Ιουδαίαν χώραν εἰς οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου, καὶ αὐτὸς οἰκοδομεῖται λίθοις ἐκλεκτοῖς, καὶ ξύλα ἐντίθενται ἐν τοῖς τοίχοις, καὶ τὸ ἔργον ἐκεῖνο ἐπιδέξιον γίνεται καὶ εὐοδοῦται ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν.

⁹τότε ἠρωτήσαμεν τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ἐκείνους, καὶ οὕτως εἴπαμεν αὐτοῖς· τίς ἔθηκεν ὑμῖν γνώμην τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον οἰκοδομῆσαι καὶ τὴν χορηγίαν ταύτην καταρτίσασθαι;

¹⁰καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν ἠρωτήσαμεν αὐτοὺς γνωρίσαι σοι, ὥστε γράψαι σοι τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν ἀρχόντων αὐτῶν.

¹¹καὶ τοιοῦτο τὸ ρῆμα ἀπεκρίθησαν ἡμῖν λέγοντες· ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν δοῦλοι τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ οἰκοδομοῦμεν τὸν οἶκον, ὃς ἦν ᾠκοδομημένος πρὸ τούτου ἔτη πολλά, καὶ βασιλεὺς τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ μέγας ᾠκοδόμησεν αὐτὸν καὶ κατηρτίσατο αὐτὸν αὐτοῖς.

¹²ἀφ᾿ ὅτε δὲ παρώργισαν οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τὸν Θεὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἔδωκεν αὐτοὺς εἰς χεῖρας Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος τοῦ Χαλδαίου καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον κατέλυσε καὶ τὸν λαὸν ἀπῴκισεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.

¹³ἀλλ᾿ ἐν ἔτει πρώτῳ Κύρου τοῦ βασιλέως Κῦρος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔθετο γνώμην τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦτον οἰκοδομηθῆναι.

¹⁴καὶ τὰ σκεύη τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰ χρυσᾶ καὶ τὰ ἀργυρᾶ, ἃ Ναβουχοδονόσορ ἐξήνεγκεν ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἀπήνεγκεν αὐτὰ εἰς τὸν ναὸν τοῦ βασιλέως, ἐξήνεγκεν αὐτὰ Κῦρος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἔδωκε τῷ Σαβανασὰρ τῷ θησαυροφύλακι, τῷ ἐπὶ τοῦ θησαυροῦ

¹⁵καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· πάντα τὰ σκεύη λάβε καὶ πορεύου, θὲς αὐτὰ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τῷ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτῶν.

¹⁶τότε Σαβανασὰρ ἐκεῖνος ἦλθε καὶ ἔδωκε θεμελίους τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ· καὶ ἀπὸ τότε ἕως τοῦ νῦν ᾠκοδομήθη καὶ οὐκ ἐτελέσθη.

¹⁷καὶ νῦν εἰ ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα ἀγαθόν, ἐπισκεπήτω ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τῆς γάζης τοῦ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, ὅπως γνῷς ὅτι ἀπὸ βασιλέως Κύρου ἐτέθη γνώμη οἰκοδομῆσαι τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκεῖνον τὸν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. καὶ γνοὺς ὁ βασιλεὺς περὶ τούτου πεμψάτω πρὸς ἡμᾶς».

¹And Aggaeus the prophet, and Zacharias the [son] of Addo, prophesied a prophesy to the Jews in Juda and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, [even] to them.

²Then rose up Zorobabel the [son] of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and began to build the house of God that was in Jerusalem: and with them [were] the prophets of God assisting them.

³At the same time came there upon them Thanthanai, the governor on this side the river, and Satharbuzanai, and their fellow-servants, and spoke thus to them, Who has ordained a decree for you to build this house, and to [provide] this preparation?

⁴Then they spoke thus to them, What are the names of the men that build this city?

⁵But the eyes of God were upon the captivity of Juda, and they did not cause them to cease till the decree was brought to Darius; and then was sent by the tribute-gatherer concerning this

⁶the copy of a letter, which Thanthanai, the governor of the part on this side the river, and Satharbuzanai, and their fellow-servants the Apharsachaeans who were on this side of the river, sent to king Darius.

⁷They sent an account to him, and thus it was written in it: All peace to king Darius.

⁸Be it known to the king, that we went into the land of Judea, to the house of the great God; and it is building with choice stones, and they are laying timbers in the walls, and that work is prospering, and goes on favorably in their hands.

⁹Then we asked those elders, and thus we said to them, Who gave you the order to build this house, and to [provide] this preparation?

¹⁰And we asked them their names, [in order] to declare [them] to thee, so as to write to thee the names of their leading men.

¹¹And they answered us thus, saying, We [are] the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we [are] building the house which had been built many years before this, and a great king of Israel built it, and established it for them.

¹²But after that our fathers provoked the God of heaven, he gave them into the hands of Nabuchodonosor the Chaldean, king of Babylon, and he destroyed this house, and carried the people captive to Babylon.

¹³And in the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be built.

¹⁴And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nabuchodonosor brought out from the house that was in Jerusalem, and carried them into the temple of the king, them did king Cyrus bring out from the temple of the king, and gave them to Sabanasar the treasurer, who was over the treasury;

¹⁵and said to him, Take all the vessels, and go, put them in the house that is in Jerusalem in their place.

¹⁶Then that Sabanazar came, and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem: and from that time even until now it has been building, and has not been finished.

¹⁷And now, if it [seem] good to the king, let search be made in the treasure-house of the king at Babylon, that thou mayest know [if it be] that a decree was made by king Cyrus to build that house of God that was in Jerusalem, and let the king send to us when he has learnt concerning this [matter].