2. Ezra 6

¹O zaman Kral Dareios bir buyruk çıkardı ve Babil'de devlet hazinesinin muhafaza edildiği kütüphanelerde araştırma yaptırdı.

²Ve Ekbatan Kalesi'ndeki şehirde bir parşömen tomarı bulundu ve üzerinde şu resmi kayıt yazılıydı:

³«Kral Kuros'un saltanatının birinci yılında, bizzat Kral Kuros Yeruşalim'deki Tanrı'nın tapınağına dair bir buyruk çıkardı: Kurbanların sunulduğu bu tapınak yeniden inşa edilsin; yüksekliği altmış arşın, genişliği de altmış arşın olarak belirlensin.

⁴Üç sıra sağlam taş ve bir sıra ahşap örülsün; tüm masraflar ise kraliyet sarayından karşılansın.

⁵Ayrıca Nabukadonosor'un Yeruşalim'deki tapınaktan çıkarıp Babil'e taşıdığı Tanrı'nın tapınağına ait altın ve gümüş kaplar iade edilsin; Yeruşalim'deki tapınağa, Tanrı'nın evindeki eski yerlerine geri götürülüp konulsun.

⁶Şimdi siz, Fırat'ın ötesindeki bölgenin valisi Şatar-Buznay, çalışma arkadaşlarınız olan nehrin öbür yakasındaki Afarsaklılar, oradan tamamen uzak durun!

⁷Tanrı'nın bu evinin inşasına engel olmayın; Yahudilerin önderleri ve ileri gelenleri, Tanrı'nın o evini kendi yerinde yeniden inşa etsinler.

⁸Tanrı'nın bu evinin inşası için Yahudilerin ileri gelenlerine nasıl yardım etmeniz gerektiğine dair tarafımdan kesin bir buyruk verilmiştir: Bu adamların işi yarıda kalmasın diye, nehrin öbür yakasındaki vergilerden oluşan kraliyet gelirlerinden masrafları kendilerine eksiksiz ve geciktirilmeden ödensin.

⁹Göklerin Tanrısı'na sunulacak yakmalık sunular için gereken ne varsa; genç boğalar, koçlar, kuzular, ayrıca Yeruşalim'deki kâhinlerin belirttiği üzere buğday, tuz, şarap ve zeytinyağı, her gün hiç aksatılmadan, talep ettikleri miktarda kendilerine verilsin.

¹⁰Öyle ki, göklerin Tanrısı'na hoş kokulu sunular sunsunlar, kralın ve oğullarının yaşamı için dua etsinler.

¹¹Tarafımdan şu buyruk da çıkarılmıştır: Her kim bu fermanı değiştirecek olursa, evinden bir kalas sökülüp dikilsin ve kendisi onun üzerine çakılsın; evi de bu yaptığından ötürü kraliyet mülküne dönüştürülsün.

¹²Adını orada barındıran Tanrı, Yeruşalim'deki Tanrı'nın bu evini değiştirmek ya da yok etmek için elini uzatacak her kralı ve halkı bozguna uğratsın. Ben Dareios buyruk verdim; bu buyruk titizlikle yerine getirilsin.»

¹³Bunun üzerine Fırat'ın ötesindeki bölgenin valisi Tatenay, Şatar-Buznay ve çalışma arkadaşları, Kral Dareios'un gönderdiği buyruğa göre her şeyi titizlikle yerine getirdiler.

¹⁴Yahudilerin ileri gelenleri ve Levililer, Peygamber Hagay ile İddo oğlu Zekeriya'nın peygamberliği sayesinde inşaata devam ettiler ve başarıyla ilerlediler; İsrail'in Tanrısı'nın buyruğuyla ve Pers kralları Kuros, Dareios ve Artaşasta'nın fermanlarıyla tapınağın inşasını tamamladılar.

¹⁵Bu tapınak, Kral Dareios'un saltanatının altıncı yılında, Adar ayının üçüncü gününde tamamlandı.

¹⁶İsrail halkı, kâhinler, Levililer ve sürgünden dönenlerin geri kalanları, Tanrı'nın evinin bu adanma şölenini sevinçle kutladılar.

¹⁷Tanrı'nın evinin adanması için yüz boğa, iki yüz koç, dört yüz kuzu ve bütün İsrail için, İsrail oymaklarının sayısına göre günah sunusu olarak on iki teke sundular.

¹⁸Musa'nın kitabında yazılı olduğu gibi, Yeruşalim'de Tanrı'nın hizmetini yerine getirmek üzere kâhinleri kendi bölüklerine, Levilileri de kendi sınıflarına göre yerleştirdiler.

¹⁹Sürgünden dönenler, birinci ayın on dördüncü gününde Fısıh bayramını kutladılar.

²⁰Çünkü kâhinler ve Levililer kendilerini arındırmışlardı; hepsi de dinsel açıdan temizdi. Sürgünden dönenlerin hepsi için, kâhin kardeşleri için ve kendileri için Fısıh kurbanını kestiler.

²¹Sürgünden dönmüş olan İsrail halkı ve İsrail'in Tanrısı RAB'be yönelmek amacıyla kendilerini ülkedeki ulusların iğrençliklerinden ayıran herkes Fısıh yemeğini yedi.

²²Mayasız Ekmek Bayramı'nı yedi gün sevinçle kutladılar; çünkü RAB onları sevindirmiş ve İsrail'in Tanrısı olan Tanrı'nın evinin işinde onlara destek olmak için Asur kralının yüreğini onlara döndürmüştü.

¹ΤΟΤΕ Δαρεῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔθηκε γνώμην καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις, ὅπου ἡ γάζα κεῖται ἐν Βαβυλῶνι.

²καὶ εὑρέθη ἐν πόλει ἐν τῇ βάρει κεφαλὶς μία, καὶ τοῦτο ἦν γεγραμμένον ἐν αὐτῇ ὑπόμνημα·

³«᾿Εν ἔτει πρώτῳ Κύρου βασιλέως Κῦρος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔθηκε γνώμην περὶ οἴκου Θεοῦ τοῦ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ· οἶκος οἰκοδομηθήτω καὶ τόπος, οὗ θυσιάζουσι τὰ θυσιάσματα· καὶ ἔθηκεν ἔπαρμα ὕψος πήχεις ἑξήκοντα, πλάτος αὐτοῦ πήχεων ἑξήκοντα,

⁴καὶ δόμοι λίθινοι κραταιοὶ τρεῖς, καὶ δόμος ξύλινος εἷς, καὶ ἡ δαπάνη ἐξ οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως δοθήσεται·

⁵καὶ τὰ σκεύη οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ τὰ χρυσᾶ, ἃ Ναβουχοδονόσορ ἐξήνεγκεν ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐκόμισεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ δοθήτω καὶ ἀπελθέτω εἰς τὸν ναὸν τὸν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἐπὶ τόπου, οὗ ἐτέθη ἐν οἴκῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ.

⁶νῦν δώσετε, ἔπαρχοι πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ Σαθαρβουζαναΐ καὶ οἱ σύνδουλοι αὐτῶν ᾿Αφαρσαχαῖοι οἱ ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ, μακρὰν ὄντες ἐκεῖθεν

⁷νῦν ἄφετε τὸ ἔργον οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ· οἱ ἀφηγούμενοι τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκεῖνον οἰκοδομείτωσαν ἐπὶ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ.

⁸καὶ ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ γνώμη ἐτέθη, μὴ ποτέ τι ποιήσητε μετὰ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων τοῦ οἰκοδομηθῆναι οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκεῖνον· καὶ ἀπὸ ὑπαρχόντων βασιλέως τῶν φόρων πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἐπιμελῶς δαπάνη ἔστω διδομένη τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐκείνοις τὸ μὴ καταργηθῆναι·

⁹καὶ ὃ ἂν ὑστέρημα, καὶ υἱοὺς βοῶν καὶ κριῶν καὶ ἀμνοὺς εἰς ὁλοκαυτώσεις τῷ Θεῷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, πυρούς, ἅλας, οἶνον, ἔλαιον, κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα ἱερέων τῶν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἔστω διδόμενον αὐτοῖς ἡμέραν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσωσιν,

¹⁰ἵνα ὦσιν εὐωδίας προσφέροντες τῷ Θεῷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ προσεύχωνται εἰς ζωὴν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ υἱῶν αὐτοῦ.

¹¹καὶ ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ ἐτέθη γνώμη ὅτι πᾶς ἄνθρωπος, ὃς ἀλλάξει τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο, καθαιρεθήσεται ξύλον ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ καὶ ὠρθωμένος παγήσεται ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ τὸ κατ᾿ ἐμὲ ποιηθήσεται.

¹²καὶ ὁ Θεός, οὗ κατασκηνοῖ τὸ ὄνομα ἐκεῖ, καταστρέψει πάντα βασιλέα καὶ λαόν, ὃς ἐκτενεῖ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἀλλάξαι ἢ ἀφανίσαι τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. ἐγὼ Δαρεῖος ἔθηκα γνώμην· ἐπιμελῶς ἔσται».

¹³Τότε Θανθαναΐ ὁ ἔπαρχος πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ, Σαθαρβουζαναΐ καὶ οἱ σύνδουλοι αὐτοῦ, πρὸς ὃ ἀπέστειλε Δαρεῖος ὁ βασιλεύς, οὕτως ἐποίησαν ἐπιμελῶς.

¹⁴καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων ᾠκοδομοῦσαν καὶ οἱ Λευῖται ἐν προφητείᾳ ᾿Αγγαίου τοῦ προφήτου καὶ Ζαχαρίου υἱοῦ ᾿Αδδὼ καὶ ἀνῳκοδόμησαν καὶ κατηρτίσαντο ἀπὸ γνώμης Θεοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἀπὸ γνώμης Κύρου καὶ Δαρείου καὶ ᾿Αρθασασθὰ βασιλέων Περσῶν.

¹⁵καὶ ἐτέλεσαν τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον ἕως ἡμέρας τρίτης μηνὸς ᾿Αδάρ, ὅ ἐστιν ἔτος ἕκτον τῆς βασιλείας Δαρείου τοῦ βασιλέως.

¹⁶καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραήλ, οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται καὶ οἱ κατάλοιποι υἱῶν ἀποικεσίας, ἐγκαίνια τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ.

¹⁷καὶ προσήνεγκαν εἰς τὰ ἐγκαίνια τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ μόσχους ἑκατόν, κριοὺς διακοσίους, ἀμνοὺς τετρακοσίους, χιμάρους αἰγῶν ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτίας ὑπὲρ παντὸς ᾿Ισραὴλ δώδεκα εἰς ἀριθμὸν φυλῶν ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁸καὶ ἔστησαν τοὺς ἱερεῖς ἐν διαιρέσεσιν αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς Λευίτας ἐν μερισμοῖς αὐτῶν ἐπὶ δουλείᾳ Θεοῦ τοῦ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ κατὰ τὴν γραφὴν βίβλου Μωυσῆ.

¹⁹Καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ υἱοὶ τῆς ἀποικεσίας τὸ πάσχα τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πρώτου.

²⁰ὅτι ἐκαθαρίσθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευῖται, ἕως εἷς πάντες καθαροί, καὶ ἔσφαξαν τὸ πάσχα τοῖς πᾶσιν υἱοῖς τῆς ἀποικεσίας καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτῶν τοῖς ἱερεῦσι καὶ ἑαυτοῖς.

²¹καὶ ἔφαγον υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ τὸ πάσχα, οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀποικεσίας καὶ πᾶς ὁ χωριζόμενος τῆς ἀκαθαρσίας ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς πρὸς αὐτοὺς τοῦ ἐκζητῆσαι Κύριον Θεὸν ᾿Ισραήλ.

²²καὶ ἐποίησαν τὴν ἑορτὴν τῶν ἀζύμων ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ, ὅτι εὔφρανεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος καὶ ἐπέστρεψε καρδίαν βασιλέως ᾿Ασσοὺρ ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς κραταιῶσαι τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐν ἔργοις οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹Then Darius the king made a decree, and caused a search to be made in the record-offices, where the treasure is stored in Babylon.

²And there was found in the city, in the palace, a volume, and this was the record written in it.

³In the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the holy house of God that was in Jerusalem, [saying,] Let the house be built, and the place where they sacrifice the sacrifices. (Also he appointed its elevation, in height sixty cubits; its breadth [was] of sixty cubits.)

⁴And [let there be] three strong layers of stone, and one layer of timber; and the expense shall be paid out of the house of the king.

⁵And the silver and the gold vessels of the house of God, which Nabuchodonosor carried off from the house that was in Jerusalem, and carried to Babylon, let them even be given, and be carried to the temple that is in Jerusalem, and put in the place where they were set in the house of God.

⁶Now, ye rulers beyond the river, Satharbuzanai, and their fellow-servants the Apharsachaeans, who [are] on the other side of the river, give [these things], keeping far from that place.

⁷Now let alone the work of the house of God: let the rulers of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build that house of God on its place.

⁸Also a decree has been made by me, if haply ye may do somewhat in concert with the elders of the Jews for the building of that house of God: to wit, out of the king’s property, [even] the tributes beyond the river, let there be money to defray the expenses carefully granted to those men, so that they be not hindered.

⁹And whatever need [there may be], ye shall give both the young of bulls and rams, and lambs for whole-burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, oil:-- let it be given them according to the word of the priests that are in Jerusalem, day by day whatsoever they shall ask;

¹⁰that they may offer sweet savours to the God of heaven, and that they may pray for the life of the king and his sons.

¹¹And a decree has been made by me, that every man who shall alter this word, timber shall be pulled down from his house, and let him be lifted up and slain upon it, and his house shall be confiscated.

¹²And may the God whose name dwells there, overthrow every king and people who shall stretch out his hand to alter or destroy the house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be diligently [attended to].

¹³Then Thanthanai the governor on this side beyond the river, Satharbuzanai, and his fellow-servants, according to that which king Darius sent, so they did diligently.

¹⁴And the elders of the Jews and the Levites built, at the prophecy of Aegis the prophet, and Zacharias the son of Addo: and they built up, and finished [it], by the decree of the God of Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Arthasastha, kings of the Persians.

¹⁵And they finished this house by the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

¹⁶And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of the house of God with gladness.

¹⁷And they offered for the dedication of the house of God a hundred calves, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, twelve kids of the goats for a sin-offering for all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁸And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their separate orders, for the services of God in Jerusalem, according to the writing of the book of Moses

¹⁹And the children of the captivity kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

²⁰For the priests and Levites were purified, all were clean to a man, and they slew the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

²¹And the children of Israel ate the passover, [even] they that were of the captivity, and every one who separated himself to them from the uncleanness of the nations of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel.

²²And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with gladness, because the Lord made them glad, and he turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the house of the God of Israel.