Ezra 6

bedayin dareyavesh malka sam te'em uvaqqaru bevet sifrayya di ginzayya mehakhatin tammah bevavel

Thereupon, at the order of King Darius, they searched the archives where the treasures were stored in Babylon.

vehishtekhakh be'akhmeta bevireta di bemaday medineta megillah khadah vekhen-ketiv begavvah dikhronah

But it was in the citadel of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, that a scroll was found in which the following was written: “Memorandum:

bishnat khadah lekhoresh malka koresh malka sam te'em bet-elaha virushelem bayta yitbene atar di-davekhin divkhin ve'ushohi mesovelin rumeh ammin shittin petayeh ammin shittin

In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued an order concerning the House of God in Jerusalem: ‘Let the house be rebuilt, a place for offering sacrifices, with a base built up high. Let it be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

nidbakhin di-even gelal telata venidbakh di-a khadat venifqeta min-bet malka tityehiv

with a course of unused timber for each three courses of hewn stone. The expenses shall be paid by the palace.

ve'af mane vet-elaha di dahavah vekhaspa di nevukhadnetsar hanpeq min-hekhela di-virushelem vehevel levavel yahativun vihakh lehekhela di-virushelem le'atreh vetakhet bevet elaha

And the gold and silver vessels of the House of God that Nebuchadnezzar had taken away from the temple in Jerusalem and transported to Babylon shall be returned, and let each go back to the temple in Jerusalem where it belongs; you shall deposit it in the House of God.’

ke'an tattenay pakhat avar-naharah shetar bozenay ukhenavatehon afarsekhaye di ba'avar naharah rakhiqin havo min-tammah

“Now you, Tattenai, governor of the province of Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai and colleagues, the officials of the province of Beyond the River, stay away from that place.

shevuqu la'avidat bet-elaha dekh pakhat yehudaye ulesave yehudaye bet-elaha dekh yivnon al-atreh

Allow the work of this House of God to go on; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this House of God on its site.

uminni sim te'em lema di-ta'avdun im-save yehudaye illekh lemivne bet-elaha dekh uminnikhse malka di middat avar naharah osparna nifqeta teheve mityahava leguvrayya illekh di-la levattala

And I hereby issue an order concerning what you must do to help these elders of the Jews rebuild this House of God: the expenses are to be paid to these men with dispatch out of the resources of the king, derived from the taxes of the province of Beyond the River, so that the work not be stopped.

umah khashkhan uvene torin vedikhrin ve'immerin la'alavan le'elah shemayya khintin melakh khamar umeshakh kememar kahanayya di-virushelem leheve mityehev lehom yom beyom di-la shalu

They are to be given daily, without fail, whatever they need of young bulls, rams, or lambs as burnt offerings for the God of Heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and oil, at the order of the priests in Jerusalem,

di-lehevon mehaqrevin nikhokhin le'elah shemayya umetsallayin lekhayye malka uvenohi

so that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of Heaven and pray for the life of the king and his heirs.

uminni sim te'em di khol-enash di yehashne pitgama denah yitnesakh a min-bayteh uzeqif yitmekhe alohi uvayteh nevalu yitaved al-denah

I also issue an order that whoever alters this decree shall have a beam removed from his house, and he shall be impaled on it and his house confiscated.

velaha di shakkin shemeh tammah yemaggar kol-melekh ve'am di yishlakh yedeh lehashnayah lekhabbalah bet-elaha dekh di virushelem anah dareyavesh samet te'em osparna yitavid

And may the God whose name is established there cause the downfall of any king or nation that undertakes to alter or damage that House of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree; let it be carried out with dispatch.”

edayin tattenay pakhat avar-naharah shetar bozenay ukhenavatehon loqovel di-shelakh dareyavesh malka kenema osparna avadu

Then Tattenai, governor of the province of Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues carried out with dispatch what King Darius had written.

vesave yehudaye banayin umatslekhin binvu'at khaggay (nvyh) [neviyya] uzekharyah bar-iddo uveno veshakhlilu min-ta'am elah yisra'el umitte'em koresh vedareyavesh ve'artakhshast melekh paras

So the elders of the Jews progressed in the building, urged on by the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo, and they brought the building to completion under the aegis of the God of Israel and by the order of Cyrus and Darius and King Artaxerxes of Persia.

veshetsi baytah denah ad yom telatah lirakh adar di-hi shenat-shet lemalkhut dareyavesh malka

The house was finished on the third of the month of Adar in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

va'avadu vene-yisra'el kahanayya velevaye ushe'ar bene-galuta khanukkat bet-elaha denah bekhedvah

The Israelites, the priests, and the Levites, and all the other exiles celebrated the dedication of the House of God with joy.

vehaqrivu lakhanukkat bet-elaha denah torin me'ah dikhrin matayin immerin arba me'ah utsefire izzin (lkhty) [lekhatta'ah] al-kol-yisra'el tere-asar leminyan shivte yisra'el

And they sacrificed for the dedication of this House of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve goats as a purification offering for all of Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

vahaqimu khahanayya bifluggatehon velevaye bemakhleqatehon al-avidat elaha di virushelem kikhtav sefar mosheh

They appointed the priests in their courses and the Levites in their divisions for the service of God in Jerusalem, according to the prescription in the Book of Moses.

vayya'asu vene-haggolah et-happasakh be'arba'ah asar lakhodesh harishon

The returned exiles celebrated the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month,

ki hittaharu hakkohanim vehaleviyyim ke'ekhad kullam tehorim vayyishkhatu happesakh lekhol-bene haggolah vela'akhehem hakkohanim velahem

for the priests and Levites had purified themselves in concert; they were all pure. They slaughtered the passover offering for all the returned exiles, and for their brother priests and for themselves.

vayyokhelu vene-yisra'el hashavim mehaggolah vekhol hannivdal mittumat goye-ha'arets alehem lidrosh la-Adonai elohe yisra'el

The children of Israel who had returned from the exile, together with all who joined them in separating themselves from the impurity of the nations of the lands to worship the ETERNAL God of Israel, ate of it.

vayya'asu khag-matsot shivat yamim besimkhah ki simmekham Adonai vehesev lev melekh-ashur alehem lekhazzeq yedehem bimlekhet bet-ha'elohim elohe yisra'el

They joyfully celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days, for GOD had given them cause for joy by inclining the heart of the Assyrian king toward them so as to give them support in the work of the House of God, the God of Israel.