以斯拉記 5	Ezra 5
以斯拉記 5:1 ^ 那時先知哈該、和易多的孫子撒迦利亞、奉以色列　神的名、向猶大和耶路撒冷的猶大人、說勸勉的話。	Ezra 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.
以斯拉記 5:2 ^ 於是撒拉鐵的兒子所羅巴伯、和約薩達的兒子耶書亞、都起來動手建造耶路撒冷　神的殿、有　神的先知在那裡幫助他們。	Ezra 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.
以斯拉記 5:3 ^ 當時河西的總督達乃、和示他波斯乃、並他們的同黨、來問說、誰降旨讓你們建造這殿、修成這牆呢。	Ezra 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?
以斯拉記 5:4 ^ 我們便告訴他們建造這殿的人叫甚麼名字。	Ezra 5:4 ^ Then they said these words to them: What are the names of the men who are at work on this building?
以斯拉記 5:5 ^ 　神的眼目看顧猶大的長老、以致總督等、沒有叫他們停工、直到這事奏告大利烏、得著他的回諭。	Ezra 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.
以斯拉記 5:6 ^ 河西的總督達乃、和示他波斯乃、並他們的同黨、就是住河西的亞法薩迦人、上本奏告大利烏王．	Ezra 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:
以斯拉記 5:7 ^ 本上寫著說、願大利烏王諸事平安．	Ezra 5:7 ^ They sent him a letter saying, To Darius the king, all peace:
以斯拉記 5:8 ^ 王該知道、我們往猶大省去、到了至大　神的殿、這殿是用大石建造的、梁木插入牆內、工作甚速、他們手下亨通．	Ezra 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.
以斯拉記 5:9 ^ 我們就問那些長老說、誰降旨讓你們建造這殿、修成這牆呢。	Ezra 5:9 ^ Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?
以斯拉記 5:10 ^ 又問他們的名字、要記錄他們首領的名字、奏告於王。	Ezra 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.
以斯拉記 5:11 ^ 他們回答說、我們是天地之　神的僕人、重建前多年所建造的殿、就是以色列的一位大君王建造修成的。	Ezra 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.
以斯拉記 5:12 ^ 只因我們列祖惹天上的　神發怒、　神把他們交在迦勒底人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中、他就拆毀這殿、又將百姓擄到巴比倫。	Ezra 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.
以斯拉記 5:13 ^ 然而巴比倫王古列元年、他降旨允准建造　神的這殿。	Ezra 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;
以斯拉記 5:14 ^ 　神殿中的金銀、器皿、就是尼布甲尼撒從耶路撒冷的殿中掠去帶到巴比倫廟裡的、古列王從巴比倫廟裡取出來、交給派為省長的、名叫設巴薩．	Ezra 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;
以斯拉記 5:15 ^ 對他說、可以將這些器皿帶去、放在耶路撒冷的殿中、在原處建造　神的殿。	Ezra 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.
以斯拉記 5:16 ^ 於是這設巴薩來建立耶路撒冷　神殿的根基．這殿、從那時直到如今、尚未造成。	Ezra 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.
以斯拉記 5:17 ^ 現在王若以為美、請察巴比倫王的府庫、看古列王降旨、允准在耶路撒冷建造　神的殿沒有．王的心意如何、請降旨曉諭我們。	Ezra 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.