拉6:1 于是，大利乌王下令考查在巴比伦库房的档案，
拉6:1 Then Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records, where the things of value were stored up in Babylon.
拉6:2 在玛代省的亚马他宫中，发现了一卷书卷。其中写着这样的一段记录：
拉6:2 And at Achmetha, in the great house of the king in the land of Media, they came across a roll, in which this statement was put on record:
拉6:3 “古列王元年，古列王颁发有关在耶路撒冷 神的殿的命令，要把这殿重建起来，作献祭的地方；要奠立殿的根基。殿高二十七公尺，宽二十七公尺。
拉6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be put up, the place where they make offerings, and let the earth for the bases be put in place; let it be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide;
拉6:4 三层光滑石块，一层新木头，所有费用由王库支付。
拉6:4 With three lines of great stones and one line of new wood supports; and let the necessary money be given out of the king's store-house;
拉6:5 至于从前尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷的殿里掠夺，带到巴比伦的 神殿中的金银器皿，都要归还，送到耶路撒冷的殿，各按原来的地方放在 神的殿中。”
拉6:5 And let the gold and silver vessels from the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple at Jerusalem to Babylon, be given back and taken again to the Temple at Jerusalem, every one in its place, and put them in the house of God.
拉6:6 于是大利乌王下令说：“现在，河西那边的总督达乃和示他．波斯乃，以及你们的同僚，就是在河西那边的亚法萨迦人，你们要远离那里；
拉6:6 So now, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and your people the Apharsachites across the river, keep far from that place:
拉6:7 不要干涉这 神殿的工程，让犹大人的总督和犹大人的长老在原来的地方重建 神的这殿。
拉6:7 Let the work of this house of God go on; let the ruler of the Jews and their responsible men put up this house of God in its place.
拉6:8 我又下令你要协助这些犹大人的长老重建 神的殿，你要作这事：从河西那边交给王库的税收中，拨出充足的经费给他们，免得工程停顿。
拉6:8 Further, I give orders as to what you are to do for the responsible men of the Jews in connection with the building of this house of God: that from the king's wealth, that is, from the taxes got together in the land over the river, the money needed is to be given to these men readily, so that their work may not be stopped.
拉6:9 他们需用的什么东西，包括作燔祭献给天上 神的公牛犊、公绵羊和绵羊羔；还有麦子、盐、酒和油，都要照着在耶路撒冷的祭司们所说，天天供给他们，不可疏忽，
拉6:9 And whatever they have need of, young oxen and sheep and lambs, for burned offerings to the God of heaven, grain, salt, wine, and oil, whatever the priests in Jerusalem say is necessary, is to be given to them day by day regularly:
拉6:10 好让他们可以献馨香的祭给天上的 神，为王和王的子孙祈求长寿。
拉6:10 So that they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God of heaven, with prayers for the life of the king and of his sons.
拉6:11 我又下令：无论什么人更改这命令，就要从他的房屋中拆出一根梁木，竖起来，把他挂起，钉在木上；又使他的房屋成为粪堆。
拉6:11 And I have given orders that if anyone makes any change in this word, one of the supports is to be pulled out of his house, and he is to be lifted up and fixed to it; and his house is to be made waste for this;
拉6:12 愿那使自己的名居住在那里的 神，毁灭所有伸手更改这命令，或要毁坏这在耶路撒冷 神的殿的君王和人民。我大利乌下令，必须彻底遵行。”
拉6:12 And may the God who has made it a resting-place for his name send destruction on all kings and peoples whose hands are outstretched to make any change in this or to do damage to this house of God at Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given this order, let it be done with all care.
拉6:13 于是河西那边的总督达乃、示他．波斯乃和他们的同僚，彻底遵照大利乌王的指示。
拉6:13 Then Tattenai, the ruler across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and their people, because of the order given by King Darius, did as he had said with all care.
拉6:14 犹大人的长老因着哈该先知和易多的孙子撒迦利亚的信息，迅速重建。他们遵照以色列 神的命令，波斯王古列、大利乌和亚达薛西的命令，完成重建圣殿的工作。
拉6:14 And the responsible men of the Jews went on with their building, and did well, helped by the teaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, the son of Iddo. They went on building till it was complete, in keeping with the word of the God of Israel, and the orders given by Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes, king of Persia.
拉6:15 这殿在大利乌王在位的第六年亚达月初三日，完成了。
拉6:15 And the building of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of Darius the king.
拉6:16 以色列祭司和利未人，以及其余被掳归回的人都欢欢喜喜举行奉献这 神殿的典礼。
拉6:16 And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of those who had come back, kept the feast of the opening of this house of God with joy.
拉6:17 在奉献这 神殿的典礼中，他们献上公牛一百头、公绵羊二百只、绵羊羔四百只；又照着以色列支派的数目献上公山羊十二只，作全以色列的赎罪祭。
拉6:17 And they gave as offerings at the opening of this house of God a hundred oxen, two hundred sheep, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, being the number of the tribes of Israel.
拉6:18 他们又照着摩西书上所写，委派祭司按着编制，利未人按着班次，在耶路撒冷 神的殿中事奉。
拉6:18 And they put the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their order, for the worship of God at Jerusalem; as it is recorded in the book of Moses.
拉6:19 正月十四日，被掳归回的人守逾越节。
拉6:19 And the children of Israel who had come back kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
拉6:20 祭司和利未人一起行洁净仪式，他们就全都洁净了；于是利未人为所有被掳归回的人和他们作祭司的众亲族，以及他们自己，宰杀了逾越节的羊羔。
拉6:20 For the priests and the Levites had made themselves clean together; they were all clean: and they put the Passover lamb to death for all those who had come back, and for their brothers the priests and for themselves.
拉6:21 被掳归回的以色列人和所有脱离当地民族的污秽的人，一同吃这羊羔，寻求耶和华以色列的 神。
拉6:21 And the children of Israel, who had come back, and all those who were joined to them, after separating themselves from the evil ways of the people of the land to become the servants of the Lord, the God of Israel, took food together,
拉6:22 他们欢欢喜喜地守除酵节七天，因为耶和华使他们欢喜，又使亚述王的心转向他们，坚固他们的手作以色列 神殿的工程。
拉6:22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.