Liber Esdrae

Esdrae, chapter 5, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 5 Vulgate

   1 Prophetae autem Aggaeus et Zacharias filius Addo propheta verunt ad Iudaeos, qui erant in Iudaea et Ierusalem, in nomine Dei Israel, quod erat super eos.
   2 Tunc surrexerunt Zorobabel filius Salathiel et Iesua filius Iosedec et coeperunt aedificare templum Dei in Ierusalem; prophetae autem Dei adiuvabant eos.
   3 In ipso autem tempore venit ad eos Thathanai, qui erat dux trans flumen, et Stharbuzanai et consiliarii eorum, sicque dixerunt eis: "Quis dedit vobis potestatem, ut domum hanc aedificaretis et materiam istam praepararetis?
   4 Quae sunt nomina hominum auctorum aedificationis illius?".
   5 Oculus autem Dei eorum factus est super senes Iudaeorum, et non obstiterunt eis, usque dum res ad Darium referretur, et tunc sententia de hac re redderetur.
   6 Exemplar epistulae, quam misit Thathanai dux regionis trans flumen et Stharbuzanai et consiliatores eius et duces, qui erant trans flumen, ad Darium regem.
   7 Sermo, quem miserant ei, sic scriptus erat: "Dario regi pax omnis.
   8 Notum sit regi isse nos ad Iudaeam provinciam, ad domum Dei magni, quae aedificatur lapide quadrato, et ligna ponuntur in parietibus; opusque illud diligenter exstruitur et crescit in manibus eorum.
   9 Interrogavimus ergo senes illos et ita diximus eis: "Quis dedit vobis potestatem, ut domum hanc aedificaretis et materiam istam praepararetis?".
   10 Sed et nomina eorum quaesivimus ab eis, ut nuntiaremus tibi, scripsimusque nomina eorum virorum, qui sunt principes in eis.
   11 Huiuscemodi autem sermonem responderunt nobis dicentes: "Nos sumus servi Dei caeli et terrae et aedificamus templum, quod erat exstructum ante hos annos multos, quodque rex Israel magnus aedificaverat et exstruxerat.
   12 Postquam autem ad iracundiam provocaverunt patres nostri Deum caeli, tradidit eos in manus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis Chaldaei, qui domum hanc destruxit et populum eius transtulit in Babylonem.
   13 Anno autem primo Cyri regis Babylonis, Cyrus rex proposuit edictum, ut domus Dei haec aedificaretur.
   14 Nam et vasa templi Dei aurea et argentea, quae Nabuchodonosor tulerat de templo, quod erat in Ierusalem, et asportaverat ea in templum Babylonis, protulit Cyrus rex de templo Babylonis, et data sunt viro cuidam nomine Sasabassar, quem et principem constituit,
   15 dixitque ei: "Haec vasa tolle et vade et pone ea in templo, quod est in Ierusalem, et domus Dei aedificetur in loco suo".
   16 Tunc itaque Sasabassar ille venit et posuit fundamenta templi Dei in Ierusalem, et ex eo tempore usque nunc aedificatur et necdum completum est".
   17 Nunc ergo, si videtur regi bonum, recenseat in aerario regis, quod est in Babylone, utrumnam a Cyro rege potestas data fuerit, ut aedificaretur domus Dei in Ierusalem, et voluntatem regis super hac re mittat ad nos".

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
   2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.
   3 ¶ At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
   4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
   5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
   6 ¶ The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
   7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.
   8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
   9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
   10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
   11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
   12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
   13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
   14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
   15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.
   16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.
   17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.