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Restoration of the Temple Resumed
1Then the prophet ⚓Haggai and ⚓Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.
2So ⚓Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and ⚓the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
3At the same time ⚓Tattenai the governor of the region beyond the River and Shethar-Boznai and their companions came to them and spoke thus to them: ⚓“Who has commanded you to build this temple and finish this wall?”
4⚓Then, accordingly, we told them the names of the men who were constructing this building.
5But ⚓the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, so that they could not make them cease till a report could go to Darius. Then a ⚓written answer was returned concerning this matter.
6This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai sent:
The governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, ⚓and his companions, the Persians who were in the region beyond the River, to Darius the king.
7(They sent a letter to him, in which was written thus)
To Darius the king:
All peace.
8Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the temple of the great God, which is being built with heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.
9Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to them: ⚓“Who commanded you to build this temple and to finish these walls?”
10We also asked them their names to inform you, that we might write the names of the men who were chief among them.
11And thus they returned us an answer, saying: “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built ⚓and completed.
12But ⚓because our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of ⚓Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and ⚓carried the people away to Babylon.
13However, in the first year of ⚓Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to build this house of God.
14Also, ⚓the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple that was in Jerusalem and carried into the temple of Babylon—those King Cyrus took from the temple of Babylon, and they were given to ⚓one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.
15And he said to him, ‘Take these articles; go, carry them to the temple site that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its former site.’
16Then the same Sheshbazzar came and⚓laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem; but from that time even until now it has been under construction, and ⚓it is not finished.”
17Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, ⚓let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there in Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was issued by King Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us his pleasure concerning this matter.
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Rov ua lub tuam tsev
1Hakai hab Intau tug tub Xekhaliya kws yog xwbfwb cev lug tau tuav Vaajtswv kws kaav cov Yixayee lub npe cev lug rua cov Yutai kws nyob huv Yuta hab huv Yeluxalee.
2Tes Se‑athi‑ee tug tub Xelunpanpee hab Yauxanta tug tub Yesua txhad sawv tseeg rov ua Vaajtswv lub tuam tsev huv Yeluxalee dua tshab. Hab cov xwbfwb cev Vaajtswv lug kuj paab ob tug.
3Thaus ntawd Thathenai kws yog tug tswv xeev saab dej Yufeti nub poob hab Setha‑Npauxenai hab cov kws koom nrug ob tug tuaj has rua cov Yutai tas, “Leejtwg tso cai rua mej ua lub tuam tsev nuav hab tswm khu kuas tav?”
4Hab puab kuj nug has tas, “Cov kws saamswm ua lub tuam tsev nuav le npe hu le caag?”
5Tassws puab tug Vaajtswv lub qhov muag saib ntsoov Yutai cov kev txwj quas laug, mas luas txhad taav tsw tau puab moog txug thaus luas qha zaaj nuav rua Ntali‑a paub hab muaj lug teb huv ntawv txug zaaj nuav rov tuaj.
6Nuav yog tej lug huv ntawv kws Thathenai kws yog tug tswv xeev saab dej Yufeti nub poob hab Setha‑Npauxenai hab cov kws koom nrug ob tug kws yog cov thawj kws kaav tej moos huv lub xeev saab dej Yufeti nub poob xaa moog rua vaajntxwv Ntali‑a.
7Puab xaa tsaab ntawv moog rua nwg has le nuav tas,
“Thov kuas vaajntxwv Ntali‑a noj qaab nyob zoo.
8Thov has rua vaajntxwv paub tas peb tau moog rua huv lub xeev Yuta, hab moog rua ntawm Vaajtswv kws luj kawg lub tuam tsev, kws saamswm muab tej txhwb zeb lug tswm khu hab muab ntoo lug ntsa rua tej phaab ntsaa. Puab rau sab ntso ua num hab puab txhais teg ua tau sai.
9Peb nug cov kev txwj quas laug hov tas, ‘Leejtwg tso cai rua mej ua lub tuam tsev nuav hab tswm khu kuas tav?’
10Hab peb kuj nug puab tej npe lawm txhad qha tau rua koj paub, peb txhad sau puab cov kws ua thawj tej npe ca.
11“Nuav yog tej lug kws puab teb peb, ‘Peb yog Vaajtswv kws kaav sau ntuj hab nplajteb le tub qhe. Peb saamswm ua lub tuam tsev kws ua tau ntau xyoo lawd dua tshab, yog cov Yixayee tug vaajntxwv kws luj kawg ua hab ua kuas tav.
12Tassws vem peb tej laug ua rua Vaajtswv ntuj chim nwg txhad muab puab cob rua huv Npanpiloo tug vaajntxwv Nenpukhanexa kws yog tuabneeg Kheentia txhais teg, yog tug kws rhuav tshem lub tuam tsev nuav hab kuav cov pejxeem moog rua Npanpiloo tebchaws.
13Txawm le ntawd los xyoo kws Xailab ua vaajntxwv kaav Npanpiloo, vaajntxwv Xailab tub tso cai kuas rov ua Vaajtswv lub tuam tsev nuav dua tshab.
14Hab tej pestwj kws yog kub hab nyaj huv Vaajtswv lub tuam tsev, kws Nenpukhanexa tub rhu tawm huv lub tuam tsev kws nyob huv Yeluxalee hab coj moog ca rua huv lub tsev daab kws nyob huv Npanpiloo, mas vaajntxwv Xailab muab tej nuav rhu tawm huv lub tsev daab kws nyob huv Npanpiloo hab muab cob rua ib tug kws npe hu ua Senpaxa kws vaajntxwv muab tsaa ua tug kaav lub xeev.
15Xailab has rua nwg tas, “Ca le coj tej pestwj nuav moog khaws ca rua lub tuam tsev huv Yeluxalee, hab ua Vaajtswv lub tuam tsev dua tshab rua huv qhov qub chaw.”
16Mas tug Senpaxa nuav txhad tau lug hab ua tej taw tag Vaajtswv lub tuam tsev kws nyob huv Yeluxalee. Txwj thaus hov lug txug nwgnuav mas tseed saamswm ua xwb tsw tau tav.’
17Vem le nuav, yog vaajntxwv pum zoo, mas ca tshawb nrhav tej ntawv keeb kwm huv Npanpiloo saib vaajntxwv Xailab puas tau tso cai kuas tswm khu Vaajtswv lub tuam tsev nuav huv Yeluxalee dua tshab. Thov vaajntxwv has rua peb paub tas vaajntxwv pum zoo le caag txug zaaj nuav.”