拉5:1 那时，哈该先知和易多的儿子撒迦利亚先知奉以色列 神的名，向在犹大地和耶路撒冷的犹大人传讲信息。
拉5:1 Now the prophets Haggai and Zechariah, the son of Iddo, were preaching to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel.
拉5:2 于是，撒拉铁的儿子所罗巴伯和约萨达的儿子耶书亚都起来，开始重建在耶路撒冷的 神的殿， 神的先知们和他们在一起，帮助他们。
拉5:2 Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, got up and made a start at building the house of God at Jerusalem: and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
拉5:3 当时，河西那边的总督达乃和示他．波斯乃，以及他们的同僚来到他们那里，这样问他们说：“谁下令叫你们重建这殿，完成这工程呢？”
拉5:3 At the same time, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their men, came to them and said, Who gave you orders to go on building this house and this wall?
拉5:4 他们又这样问：“负责这建筑工程的人叫什么名字？”
拉5:4 Then they said these words to them: What are the names of the men who are at work on this building?
拉5:5 但是 神的眼目看顾犹大人的长老，以致总督等人没有阻止他们建造；直到这事奏告大利乌王，得着有关这事的回谕为止。
拉5:5 But the eye of their God was on the chiefs of the Jews, and they did not make them give up working till the question had been put before Darius and an answer had come by letter about it.
拉5:6 这就是河西那边的省长达乃和示他．波斯乃，以及他们的同僚，就是在河西那边的亚法萨迦人，呈给大利乌王的奏文副本。
拉5:6 This is a copy of the letter which Tattenai, the ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and his friends the Apharsachites, living across the river, sent to Darius the king:
拉5:7 他们在呈给王的奏文中这样写：“愿大利乌王万事平安。
拉5:7 They sent him a letter saying, To Darius the king, all peace:
拉5:8 奏知大王：我们去过这犹大省，到了伟大 神的殿，见殿正用光滑石块修建，梁木插入墙内；这工程进行审慎而迅速。
拉5:8 This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.
拉5:9 于是，我们就这样问那些长老，对他们说：‘谁下令叫你们重建这殿，完成这工程呢？’
拉5:9 Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?
拉5:10 为了奏知大王，就问他们的名字，记录他们首领的名。
拉5:10 And we made request for their names, so that we might send you word, and give you the names of the men at the head of them.
拉5:11 他们这样答复我们，说：‘我们是天地之 神的仆人，正在重建这多年以前已经建好的殿，就是一位以色列伟大的君王所建成的。
拉5:11 And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.
拉5:12 但因为我们的祖先激怒了天上的 神， 神就把他们交在迦勒底人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中；尼布甲尼撒就拆毁这殿，把人民掳到巴比伦去。
拉5:12 But when the God of heaven was moved to wrath by our fathers, he gave them up into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the Chaldaean, who sent destruction on this house and took the people away into Babylon.
拉5:13 然而在巴比伦王古列元年，古列王下令重建这 神的殿。
拉5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God;
拉5:14 至于从前尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷的殿里掠夺，带到巴比伦庙里的 神殿中的金银器皿，古列王也从巴比伦的庙中拿出来，把它们交给一位名叫设巴萨的人，委任他为总督。
拉5:14 And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple which was in Jerusalem, and put into the house of his god in Babylon, these Cyrus the king took from the house of his god in Babylon, and gave to one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made ruler;
拉5:15 又吩咐他说：把这些器皿带去，存放在耶路撒冷的殿中；使 神的殿在原来的地方重建起来。
拉5:15 And he said to him, Go, take these vessels, and put them in the Temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be put up again in its place.
拉5:16 于是，这设巴萨回来，奠立了在耶路撒冷 神的殿的根基；从那时起，到现在一直在建造，还没有完成。’
拉5:16 Then this same Sheshbazzar came and put the house of God in Jerusalem on its bases: and from that time till now the building has been going on, but it is still not complete.
拉5:17 现在王若是以为好，就请查考王在巴比伦的库房，看看那里有没有古列王下令，重建这在耶路撒冷 神的殿的谕旨，并请指示我们王对这事的旨意。”
拉5:17 So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.