Darius finding in the register, that Cyrus gave licence to build the Temple, commandeth that none hinder it. 8. giveth also money towards the charges, and hosts for sacrifice.Darius finding in the register, that Cyrus gaue licence to build the Temple, commandeth that none hinder it. 8. geueth also money towardes the charges, and hostes for sacrifice.✦
THen Darius the king commanded, and they searched in the library of the books, that were laid up in Babylon,THen Darius the king commanded, and they searched in the librarie of the bookes, that were layd vp in Babylon,Tunc Darius rex præcepit : et recensuerunt in bibliotheca librorum, qui erant repositi in Babylone.
2and there was found in Ecbatanis, which is a castle in the province Medena, one volume, and there was such a commentarius: a scholarly note on a text; an official record or register written therein:and there was found in Ecbatanis, which is a castle in the prouince Medena, one volume, and there was such a comentarie writen therein:✦Et inventum est in Ecbatanis, quod est castrum in Medena provincia, volumen unum : talisque scriptus erat in eo commentarius :
3In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place where they immolent: to sacrifice, to slay as a victim hostias: a multitude or an army; sacrificial victims, and that they lay the foundations supporting the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of threescore cubits,In the first yeare of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the house of God should be built, which is in Ierusalem, in the place where they immolate hostes, and that they lay the foundations supporting the height of threescore cubites, & the bredth of threescore cubites,✦Anno primo Cyri regis, Cyrus rex decrevit ut domus Dei ædificaretur, quæ est in Jerusalem, in loco ubi immolent hostias, et ut ponant fundamenta supportantia altitudinem cubitorum sexaginta, et latitudinem cubitorum sexaginta,
4three rows of stones unpolished, and so rows of new timber: and the costs shall be given out of the king's house.three rewes of stones vnpolished, & so rewes of new timber: and the costes shal be geuen out of the kings house.ordines de lapidibus impolitis tres, et sic ordines de lignis novis : sumptus autem de domo regis dabuntur.
5Yea and the vessels of the temple of God, of gold and of silver which Nabuchodonosor had taken out of the Temple of Jerusalem, and had brought them into Babylon, let them be restored, and brought back into the temple of Jerusalem unto their place, which also were put in the temple of God.Yea & the vessels of the temple of God, of gold & of siluer which Nabuchodonosor had taken out of the Temple of Ierusalem, and had brought them into Babylon, let them be restored,& brought backe into the temple of Ierusalem vnto their place, which also were put in the temple of God.✦Sed et vasa templi Dei aurea et argentea, quæ Nabuchodonosor tulerat de templo Jerusalem, et attulerat ea in Babylonem, reddantur, et referantur in templum in Jerusalem in locum suum, quæ et posita sunt in templo Dei.
6Now therefore Thathanai prince of the country, that is beyond the River, Stharubazanai, and your counsellors the Apharsacheites, which are beyond the River, depart far from them,Now therfore Thathanai prince of the countrie, that is beyond the Riuer, Stharubazanai, and your counselers the Apharsacheites, which are beyond the Riuer, depart farre from them,Nunc ergo Thathanai dux regionis, quæ est trans flumen, Stharbuzanai, et consiliarii vestri Apharsachæi, qui estis trans flumen, procul recedite ab illis,
7and suffer that temple of God to be made of the duke of the Jews, and of their ancients, that they may build that house of God in his place.and suffer that temple of God to be made of the duke of the Iewes, and of their ancientes, that they may build that house of God in his place.et dimittite fieri templum Dei illud a duce Judæorum, et a senioribus eorum, ut domum Dei illam ædificent in loco suo.
8Also there is commandment given from me what must be done of those ancients of the Jews, that the house of God may be built, to wit, that of the king's coffer, that is, of the tributes, that are given out of the country beyond the River, the charges be diligently given to those men, lest the work be hindered.Also there is comandment geuen from me what must be done of those ancientes of the Iewes, that the house of God may be built, to witte, that of the kings coffer, that is, of the tributes, that are geuen out of the countrie beyond the Riuer, the charges be diligently geuen to those men, lest the worke be hindred.Sed et a me præceptum est quid oporteat fieri a presbyteris Judæorum illis ut ædificetur domus Dei, scilicet ut de arca regis, id est, de tributis quæ dantur de regione trans flumen, studiose sumptus dentur viris illis, ne impediatur opus.
9And if it shall be necessary, calves also, and lambs, and kids, for holocaust to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the rite of the Priests that are in Jerusalem, let there be given them day by day, that there be no complaint in any thing.And if it shal be necessarie, calues also, and lambes, and kiddes, for holocaust to the God of heauen, wheate, salt, wyne, and oyle, according to the rite of the Priestes that are in Ierusalem, let there be geuen them day dy day, that there be no complaynte in any thing.Quod si necesse fuerit, et vitulos, et agnos, et hædos in holocaustum Deo cæli, frumentum, sal, vinum, et oleum, secundum ritum sacerdotum, qui sunt in Jerusalem, detur eis per singulos dies, ne sit in aliquo querimonia.
10And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his children.And let them offer oblations to the God of heauen, and pray for the life of the king, and of his children.Et offerant oblationes Deo cæli, orentque pro vita regis, et filiorum ejus.
11By me therefore there is a decree made; That every man, which shall alter this commandment, there be a beam taken of his house, and set up, and he be fast hanged upon it, and his house be confiscate.By me therfore there is a decree made; That euerie man, which shal alter this commandement, there be a beame taken of his house, and set vp, and he be fast hanged vpon it, and his house be confiscate.A me ergo positum est decretum : ut omnis homo qui hanc mutaverit jussionem, tollatur lignum de domum ipsius, et erigatur, et configatur in eo, domus autem ejus publicetur.
12And the God, that hath made his name to dwell there, destroy all kingdoms, and the people that shall extend their hand to resist, and to destroy the house of God, that is in Jerusalem. I Darius have made the decree, which I will to be diligently accomplished.And the God, that hath made his name to dwel there, destroy al kingdomes, and the people that shal extend theyr hand to resist, & to destroy the house of God, that is in Ierusalé. I Darius haue made the decree, which I wil to be diligently accóplished.Deus autem, qui habitare fecit nomen suum ibi, dissipet omnia regna, et populum qui extenderit manum suam ut repugnet, et dissipet domum Dei illam, quæ est in Jerusalem. Ego Darius statui decretum, quod studiose impleri volo.
13Therefore Thathanai the prince of the country beyond the River, and Stharbuzani, and his counsellors, according to that which Darius the king had commanded, so did execute it diligently.Therfore Thathanai the prince of the countrie beyond the Riuer, and Stharbuzani, and his counselers, according to that which Darius the king had commanded, so did execute it diligently.Igitur Thathanai dux regionis trans flumen, et Stharbuzanai, et consiliarii ejus, secundum quod præceperat Darius rex, sic diligenter executi sunt.
14And the ancients of the Jews built, and prospered according to the prophecy of Aggeus the prophet, and of Zacharias the son of Addo: and they built and set up, the God of Israel commanding, and Cyrus commanding, and Darius, and Artaxerxes the kings of the Persians.And the ancientes of the Iewes built, and prospered according to the prophecie of Aggeus the prophet, and of Zacharias the sonne of Addo: and they built and set vp, the God of Israel commanding, and Cyrus commanding, and Darius, and Artaxerxes the kings of the Persians.✦Seniores autem Judæorum ædificabant, et prosperabantur juxta prophetiam Aggæi prophetæ, et Zachariæ filii Addo : et ædificaverunt et construxerunt, jubente Deo Israël, et jubente Cyro, et Dario, et Artaxerxe regibus Persarum :
15And they were finishing this house of God, until the third day of the month of Adar, which is the sixth year of Darius the king.And they were finishing this house of God, vntil the third day of the moneth of Adar, which is the sixth yeare of Darius the king.✦et compleverunt domum Dei istam, usque ad diem tertium mensis Adar, qui est annus sextus regni Darii regis.
16And the children of Israel, the Priests and the Levites, and the rest of the transmigrationis: a soul's passing into another body; the carrying away into exile, the Babylonian Captivity, made the dedication of the house of God in joy.And the children of Israel, the Priestes and the Leuites, and the rest of the transmigration, made the dedication of the house of God in ioy.Fecerunt autem filii Israël sacerdotes et Levitæ, et reliqui filiorum transmigrationis, dedicationem domus Dei in gaudio.
17And they offered in the dedication of the house of God, calves an hundred, rams two hundred, lambs four hundred, buckgoats for the sin of all Israel twelve, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.And they offered in the dedication of the house of God, calues an hundred, rammes two hundred, lambes foure hundred, buckgoates for the sinne of al Israel twelue, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.Et obtulerunt in dedicationem domus Dei, vitulos centum, arietes ducentos, agnos quadringentos, hircos caprarum pro peccato totius Israël duodecim, juxta numerum tribuum Israël.
18And they set the Priests in their orders, and the Levites in their courses over the works of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moyses.And they set the Priestes in theyr orders, and the Leuites in theyr courses ouer the workes of God in Ierusalem, as it is writen in the booke of Moyses.Et statuerunt sacerdotes in ordinibus suis, et Levitas in vicibus suis, super opera Dei in Jerusalem, sicut scriptum est in libro Moysi.
19And the children of Israel of the transmigration made the Pascha: a stage or period; the Pasch, the Passover, the fourteenth day of the first month.And the children of Israel of the transmigration made the Phase, the fourtenth day of the first moneth.Fecerunt autem filii Israël transmigrationis Pascha, quartadecima die mensis primi.
20For all the Priests and the Levites were purified as it were one man: all clean to immolate the Phase for all the children of the transmigration, and for their brethren the Priests, and themselves.For al the Priestes and the Leuites were purified as it were one man: al cleane to immolate the Phase for al the children of the transmigration, and for theyr brethren the Priestes, and them selues.✦Purificati enim fuerant sacerdotes et Levitæ quasi unus : omnes mundi ad immolandum Pascha universis filiis transmigrationis, et fratribus suis sacerdotibus, et sibi.
21And the children of Israel that were returned from the transmigration, did eat, and all that had separated themselves from the coinquinatione: defilement, pollution of the Gentiles of the earth unto them, to seek our Lord the God of Israel.And the children of Israel that were returned from the transmigration, did eate, and al that had separated them selues from the coinquination of the Gentiles of the earth vnto them, to seeke our Lord the God of Israel.✦Et comederunt filii Israël, qui reversi fuerant de transmigratione, et omnes qui se separaverant a coinquinatione gentium terræ ad eos, ut quærerent Dominum Deum Israël.
22And they made the solemnitatem: mere gravity or seriousness; a festival, a religious feast of azymorum: unleavened breads or cakes seven days in joy, because our Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assur to them, that he should help their hands in the work of the house of our Lord the God of Israel.And they made the solemnitie of Azymes seuen dayes in ioy, because our Lord had made them ioyful, and had turned the hart of the king of Assur to them, that he should helpe theyr handes in the worke of the house of our Lord the God of Israel.✦Et fecerunt solemnitatem azymorum septem diebus in lætitia, quoniam lætificaverat eos Dominus, et converterat cor regis Assur ad eos, ut adjuvaret manus eorum in opere domus Domini Dei Israël.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.