Ezra 6 – TCB & NIRV

Tagalog Contemporary Bible

Ezra 6:1-22

Pumayag si Haring Darius sa Muling Pagpapatayo ng Templo

1Kaya nag-utos si Haring Darius na saliksikin ang mga kasulatang nakatago sa lalagyan ng mga kayamanan doon sa Babilonia. 2Ngunit sa matatag na lungsod ng Ecbatana, na sakop ng lalawigan ng Media, nakita ang isang nakarolyong kasulatan na may nakasulat na:

3“Ang kasulatang ito ay nagpapaalala na sa unang taon ng paghahari ni Cyrus, nag-utos siya na muling ipatayo ang templo ng Dios sa Jerusalem kung saan iniaalay ang mga handog. Dapat matibay ang pundasyon nito. At dapat 90 talampakan ang taas at 90 talampakan din ang luwang nito. 4Ang bawat tatlong patong ng malalaking bato nito ay papatungan ng isang troso. Ang lahat ng gastos ay kukunin sa pondo ng kaharian. 5Ang mga kagamitang ginto at pilak sa templo ng Dios na dinala ni Haring Nebucadnezar sa Babilonia ay dapat ibalik sa lalagyan nito sa templo ng Jerusalem.”

6Kaya nagpadala si Haring Darius ng mensahe kay Tatenai, na gobernador ng lalawigan sa kanluran ng Eufrates, kay Shetar Bozenai, at sa mga kapwa nila opisyal sa lalawigang iyon:

7“Lumayo kayo riyan sa templo ng Dios. Huwag na ninyong pakialaman ang pagpapatayo nito. Pabayaan nʼyo na lang ang gobernador at ang iba pang mga tagapamahala ng mga Judio sa pagpapatayo nito sa dati nitong kinatatayuan.

8“Iniuutos ko rin na tulungan nʼyo ang mga tagapamahala ng mga Judio na mabayaran agad ang lahat ng gastusin para hindi maabala ang pagtatrabaho nila. Kunin nʼyo ang bayad sa pondo ng kaharian na nanggagaling sa mga buwis ng lalawigan ninyo. 9Dapat nʼyong bigyan araw-araw ang mga pari sa Jerusalem ng mga pangangailangan nila gaya ng batang toro, lalaking tupa, at batang lalaking tupa bilang handog na sinusunog para sa Dios ng kalangitan,6:9 Dios ng kalangitan: o, Dios na nasa langit. pati na rin trigo, asin, katas ng ubas, at langis. Dapat hindi kayo pumalya sa pagbibigay, 10para makapag-alay sila ng mga handog na makakalugod sa Dios ng kalangitan, at maipanalangin nila ako at ang mga anak ko.

11“Iniuutos ko rin na ang sinumang hindi tutupad nito ay tutuhugin ng kahoy na tinanggal sa bahay niya, at ang bahay niya ay gigibain hanggang sa wala nang bahagi nito ang maiwang nakatayo.6:11 gigibain … nakatayo: o, gagawing tapunan ng basura. 12Nawaʼy ang Dios na pumili sa Jerusalem bilang lugar kung saan siya sasambahin, ang siyang lumipol sa kahit sinong hari o kayaʼy bansa na hindi tutupad sa utos na ito at gigiba ng templong ito sa Jerusalem.

“Ako, si Darius, ang nag-utos nito. Dapat itong tuparin.”

Itinalaga ang Templo

13Tinupad nila Tatenai na gobernador, Shetar Bozenai, at ng mga kasama nila ang utos ni Haring Darius. 14Kaya patuloy na nagtrabaho ang mga tagapamahala ng mga Judio habang pinapalakas sila ng mga mensahe ng mga propeta na sina Hageo at Zacarias na anak ni Iddo. Natapos nila ang templo ayon sa utos ng Dios ng Israel na ipinatupad nina Cyrus, Darius, at Artaserses, na magkakasunod na mga hari ng Persia. 15Natapos ang templo nang ikatlong araw ng ika-12 buwan, na siyang buwan ng Adar, nang ikaanim na taon ng paghahari ni Darius.

16Masayang nagdiwang sa pagtatalaga ng templo ng Dios ang mamamayan ng Israel – ang mga pari, mga Levita, at ang iba pang bumalik galing sa pagkabihag. 17Sa pagtatalagang ito ng templo ng Dios, naghandog sila ng 100 toro, 200 lalaking tupa, at 400 batang lalaking tupa. Naghandog din sila ng 12 lalaking kambing bilang handog sa paglilinis6:17 handog sa paglilinis: Sa ibang salin, handog dahil sa kasalanan o, handog dahil sa mga kasalanang hindi sinadya. ng bawat lahi ng Israel. 18Itinalaga nila ang mga pari at mga Levita sa kani-kanilang tungkulin sa templo ng Jerusalem ayon sa nakasulat sa Aklat ni Moises.

Ang Pista ng Paglampas ng Anghel

19Nang ika-14 na araw ng unang buwan, nang sumunod na taon, ipinagdiwang ng mga bumalik galing sa pagkabihag ang Pista ng Paglampas ng Anghel. 20Nilinis ng mga pari at mga Levita ang kanilang sarili para maging karapat-dapat sila sa pangunguna nila sa mga seremonya. Pagkatapos, kinatay ng mga Levita ang mga tupang handog sa pagdiriwang ng Pista ng Paglampas ng Anghel. Ginawa nila ito para sa lahat ng bumalik galing sa pagkabihag, para sa mga paring kamag-anak nila, at para sa sarili nila. 21Ang mga handog na ito ay kinain ng mga Israelitang bumalik galing sa pagkabihag at ng ibang mga taong nakatira roon na tumalikod na sa mga ginagawa ng mga taong hindi kumikilala sa Dios. Tumalikod sila sa mga bagay na ito para sambahin ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel. 22Sa loob ng pitong araw ipinagdiwang nila nang may kagalakan ang Pista ng Tinapay na Walang Pampaalsa. Sapagkat binigyan sila ng Panginoon ng kagalakan nang binago niya ang puso ng hari ng Asiria para tulungan sila sa paggawa ng templo ng Dios, ang Dios ng Israel.

New International Reader’s Version

Ezra 6:1-22

King Darius’s Reply to Tattenai

1King Darius gave an order. He had a search made in the official records stored among the treasures at Babylon. 2A book was found in a safe storeroom at Ecbatana in the land of Media. Here is what was written on it.

This is my official reply to your letter.

3In the first year that Cyrus was king, he gave an order. It concerned God’s temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus said,

Rebuild the temple. Then the Jews can offer sacrifices there. Lay its foundations. The temple must be 90 feet high and 90 feet wide. 4Its walls must have three layers of large stones. They must also have a layer of beautiful wood. Use money from the royal treasures to pay for everything. 5The gold and silver objects from the house of God must be returned. Nebuchadnezzar had taken them from the first temple in Jerusalem. And he had brought them to Babylon. Now they must be returned to their places in the temple at Jerusalem. They must be put in the house of God there.

6Tattenai, you are governor of the land west of the Euphrates River. I want you to stay away from the temple in Jerusalem. I also want you, Shethar-Bozenai, and you other officials of that area to stay away from it. 7Don’t try to stop the work on the temple of God. Let the governor of the Jews and their elders rebuild the house of their God. Let them build it in the same place where it stood before.

8Here is what I want you to do for the elders of the Jews. Here is how you must help them to build the house of their God.

Pay all their expenses from the royal treasures. Use the money you collect from the people who live west of the Euphrates. Don’t let the work on the temple stop. 9Don’t fail to give the priests in Jerusalem what they ask for each day. Give them what they need. Give them young bulls, rams and male lambs. The priests can use them to sacrifice burnt offerings to the God of heaven. Also give them wheat, salt, wine and olive oil. 10Give them those things so they can offer sacrifices that please the God of heaven. And I want them to pray that things will go well for me and my sons.

11Don’t change this order. If anyone tries to change it, they must be put to death. A pole must be pulled from their house. The pole must be stuck through their body. Because that person tried to change my royal order, their house must be broken to pieces. 12God has chosen to put his Name in the temple at Jerusalem. May he wipe out any king or nation that lifts a hand to change this order. May he also wipe out anyone who tries to destroy the temple in Jerusalem.

That’s what I have ordered. I am King Darius. Make sure you carry out my order.

The Temple Is Completed and Set Apart to God

13The governor Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai carried out King Darius’s order. And so did their friends. 14The elders of the Jews continued to build the temple. They enjoyed great success because of the preaching of Haggai and Zechariah, the prophets. Zechariah belonged to the family line of Iddo. The people finished building the temple. That’s what the God of Israel had commanded them to do. Cyrus and Darius had given orders allowing them to do it. Later, Artaxerxes supplied many things that were needed in the temple. Those three men were kings of Persia. 15So the temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar. It was in the sixth year that Darius was king.

16When the house of God was set apart, the people of Israel celebrated with joy. The priests and Levites joined them. So did the rest of those who had returned from the land of Babylon. 17When the house of God was set apart to him, the people sacrificed 100 bulls. They also sacrificed 200 rams and 400 male lambs. As a sin offering for the whole nation of Israel, the people sacrificed 12 male goats. One goat was sacrificed for each tribe in Israel. 18The priests were appointed to their groups. And the Levites were appointed to their groups. All of them served God at Jerusalem. They served him in keeping with what is written in the Book of Moses.

The People Celebrate the Passover Feast

19The people who had returned from the land of Babylon celebrated the Passover Feast. It was on the 14th day of the first month. 20The priests and Levites had made themselves pure and “clean.” The Levites killed Passover lambs for the people who had returned from Babylon. They also did it for themselves and their relatives, the priests. 21So the Israelites who had returned ate the Passover lamb. They ate it together with all those who had separated themselves from the practices of their Gentile neighbors. Those practices were “unclean.” The people worshiped the Lord. He is the God of Israel. 22For seven days they celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy. That’s because the Lord had filled them with joy. They were glad because he had changed the mind of the king of Persia. So the king had helped them with the work on the house of the God of Israel.