የዳርዮስ ዐዋጅ
1ከዚያም ንጉሥ ዳርዮስ በባቢሎን ግምጃ ቤት የተቀመጡት መዛግብት እንዲመረመሩ ትእዛዝ ሰጠ። 2በሜዶን አውራጃ በሚገኘው በአሕምታ ከተማ አንድ ጥቅልል ብራና ተገኘ፤ በውስጡም እንዲህ የሚል ቃል ተጽፎበት ነበር፤
ማስታወሻ፤
3በንጉሥ ቂሮስ የመጀመሪያው ዓመት በኢየሩሳሌም ስለሚገኘው የእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ ንጉሡ የሰጠው ትእዛዝ ይህ ነው፤ ቤተ መቅደሱ መሥዋዕት የሚቀርብበት ቦታ ሆኖ እንደ ገና ይሠራ፤ መሠረቱም ይጣል፤ ቁመቱ ስድሳ ክንድ6፥3 27 ሜትር ያህል ነው።፣ ወርዱም ስድሳ ክንድ ይሁን፤ 4በሦስት ዙር ታላላቅ ድንጋዮችና በአንድ ዙር ዕንጨት ይሠራ፤ ወጪውም ከቤተ መንግሥቱ ግምጃ ቤት ይከፈል። 5እንዲሁም ናቡከደነፆር በኢየሩሳሌም ከሚገኘው ቤተ መቅደስ አውጥቶ ወደ ባቢሎን የወሰዳቸው የእግዚአብሔር ቤት የወርቅና የብር ዕቃዎች፣ በኢየሩሳሌም ወዳለው ቦታቸው ወደ ቤተ መቅደሱ እንዲመለሱ ይሁን፤ በእግዚአብሔርም ቤት ይቀመጡ።
6አሁንም በኤፍራጥስ ማዶ አገረ ገዥ የሆንኸው ተንትናይ፣ ሰተርቡዝናይና እናንተም በዚያ አውራጃ የምትገኙ ተባባሪዎቻቸው ሁሉ ወደዚያ አትድረሱ። 7በዚህም በእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ ሥራ ጣልቃ አትግቡ፤ ይህን የእግዚአብሔርን ቤት የአይሁድ አገረ ገዥና የአይሁድ መሪዎች በቀድሞው ቦታ ላይ መልሰው ይሥሩት።
8በተጨማሪም የአይሁድ መሪዎች ይህን የእግዚአብሔር ቤት እንደ ገና ሲሠሩ፣ እናንተ ምን እንደምታደርጉላቸው ይህን ትእዛዝ ሰጥቻለሁ፤ ሥራውም እንዳይቋረጥ የእነዚህ ሰዎች ወጪ በሙሉ ከመንግሥት ግምጃ ቤትና ከኤፍራጥስ ማዶ ከሚገኘው ገቢ ላይ ይከፈል። 9ለሰማይ አምላክ የሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት ይሆን ዘንድ የሚያስፈልጋቸውን ነገር፣ ማለት ወይፈኖችን፣ አውራ በጎችንና ተባዕት ጠቦቶችን ስጧቸው፤ እንዲሁም ስንዴው፣ ጨዉ፣ የወይን ጠጁና ዘይቱ በኢየሩሳሌም ያሉት ካህናት በሚጠይቋችሁ መሠረት ያለ ማቋረጥ በየቀኑ ይሰጣቸው። 10ይህ የሚሆነው የሰማይ አምላክን ደስ የሚያሰኝ መሥዋዕት እንዲያቀርቡ፣ ለንጉሡና ለወንድ ልጆቹም ደኅንነት እንዲጸልዩ ነው።
11ደግሞም ይህን ትእዛዝ የሚለውጥ ማንም ሰው ቢኖር፣ ከቤቱ ምሰሶ ተነቅሎ በምሰሶው ላይ እንዲሰቀል፣ ስለ ወንጀሉም ቤቱ የቈሻሻ መጣያ እንዲሆን አዝዣለሁ። 12ይህን ትእዛዝ ለማፍረስ ወይም በኢየሩሳሌም የሚገኘውን ቤተ መቅደስ ለማጥፋት እጁን የሚያነሣ ማንኛውንም ንጉሥ ወይም ሕዝብ፣ ስሙን በዚያ እንዲኖር ያደረገ አምላክ ያጥፋው።
እኔ ዳርዮስ በትጋት እንዲፈጸም ይህን ትእዛዝ ሰጥቻለሁ።
የቤተ መቅደሱ ሥራ ፍጻሜና ምረቃ
13ከዚያም ንጉሡ ዳርዮስ ባዘዘው መሠረት በኤፍራጥስ ማዶ አገረ ገዥ የነበረው ተንትናይ፣ ሰተርቡዝናይና ተባባሪዎቻቸው ሥራው በትጋት እንዲፈጸም አደረጉ። 14ስለዚህ የአይሁድ መሪዎች በነቢዩ በሐጌና በአዶ ልጅ በዘካርያስ ትንቢት እየተጽናኑ ሥራውን ቀጠሉ፤ የቤተ መቅደሱንም ሥራ በእስራኤል አምላክ ትእዛዝ እንዲሁም የፋርስ ነገሥታት ቂሮስ፣ ዳርዮስና አርጤክስስ በሰጡት ትእዛዝ መሠረት ሠርተው ጨረሱ። 15ይህም ቤተ መቅደስ ንጉሥ ዳርዮስ በነገሠ በስድስተኛው ዓመት አዳር ተብሎ በሚጠራው ወር በሦስተኛው ቀን ተጠናቀቀ።
16ከዚያም የእስራኤል ሕዝብ፣ ካህናቱ፣ ሌዋውያኑና የቀሩትም ምርኮኞች የእግዚአብሔርን ቤት ምረቃ በዓል በደስታ አከበሩ። 17ለዚህ ለእግዚአብሔር ቤት ምረቃም አንድ መቶ ወይፈኖችን፣ ሁለት መቶ አውራ በጎችንና አራት መቶ ተባዕት ጠቦቶችን ሰጡ፤ ለመላው እስራኤል የኀጢአት መሥዋዕትም ዐሥራ ሁለት ተባዕት ፍየሎችን በእያንዳንዱ የእስራኤል ነገድ ልክ አቀረቡ። 18በሙሴ መጽሐፍ በተጻፈው መሠረት በኢየሩሳሌም ላለው ለእግዚአብሔር አገልግሎት ካህናቱን በየማዕረጋቸው፣ ሌዋውያኑንም በየክፍላቸው መደቧቸው።
የፋሲካ በዓል
19ምርኮኞቹ በመጀመሪያው ወር በዐሥራ አራተኛው ቀን የፋሲካን በዓል አከበሩ። 20ካህናቱና ሌዋውያኑ ራሳቸውን አነጹ፤ ሁሉም በሥርዐቱ መሠረት ነጽተው ነበር። ሌዋውያኑም የፋሲካውን በግ ለምርኮኞቹ ሁሉ፣ ለካህናት ወንድሞቻቸውና ለራሳቸው ዐረዱ። 21ስለዚህ ከምርኮ የተመለሱት እስራኤላውያን የእስራኤልን አምላክ እግዚአብሔርን በአምልኮ ይፈልጉት ዘንድ ራሳቸውን ከአረማውያን ጎረቤቶቻቸው ርኩሰት ከለዩት ሁሉ ጋር በሉ። 22እግዚአብሔር ደስ እንዲሰኙ ስላደረጋቸው የቂጣን በዓል ሰባት ቀን በደስታ አከበሩ፤ ምክንያቱም እግዚአብሔር የአሦርን ንጉሥ ልብ ለውጦ በእስራኤል አምላክ በእግዚአብሔር ቤት ሥራ እንዲያግዛቸው አድርጎ ነበር።
1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.6.1 rolls: Chaldee, books6.1 laid up: Chaldee, made to descend 2And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: 6.2 Achmetha: or, Ecbatana, or, in a coffer 3In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; 4With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house: 5And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.6.5 brought again: Chaldee, go 6Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:6.6 your…: Chaldee, their societies 7Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place. 8Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.6.8 I make…: Chaldee, by me a decree is made6.8 hindered: Chaldee, made to cease 9And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: 10That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.6.10 of sweet…: Chaldee, of rest 11Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.6.11 let him…: Chaldee, let him be destroyed 12And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
13¶ Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily. 14And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.6.14 commandment: Chaldee, decree 15And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
16¶ And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,6.16 the children of the captivity: Chaldee, the sons of the transportation 17And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.6.18 as it is…: Chaldee, according to the writing 19And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. 20For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. 21And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat, 22And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
