Yǐsīlājì 5:6-17

6 Hé xī de zǒng dū Dánǎi hé Shìtābōsīnǎi , bìng tāmende tóng dǎng , jiù shì zhù hé xī de Yàfǎsàjiā rén , shang bĕn zòu gào Dàlìwū wáng .

7 Bĕn shang xiĕ zhe shuō , yuàn Dàlìwū wáng zhū shì píngān .

8 Wáng gāi zhīdào , wǒmen wǎng Yóudà shĕng qù , dào le zhì dà shén de diàn , zhè diàn shì yòng dà shí jiànzào de . liángmù chārù qiáng neì , gōngzuò shén sù , tāmen shǒu xià hēng tōng .

9 Wǒmen jiù wèn nàxiē zhǎnglǎo shuō , shuí jiàng zhǐ ràng nǐmen jiànzào zhè diàn , xiū chéng zhè qiáng ne .

10 Yòu wèn tāmende míngzi , yào jìlù tāmen shǒulǐng de míngzi , zòu gào yú wáng .

11 Tāmen huídá shuō , wǒmen shì tiāndì zhī shén de púrén , zhòng jiàn qián duō nián suǒ jiànzào de diàn , jiù shì Yǐsèliè de yī wèi dà jūnwáng jiànzào xiū chéng de .

12 Zhǐ yīn wǒmen lièzǔ rĕ tiān shang de shén fānù , shén bǎ tāmen jiāo zaì Jiālèdǐ rén , Bābǐlún wáng Níbùjiǎnísǎ de shǒu zhōng , tā jiù chāihuǐ zhè diàn , yòu jiāng bǎixìng lǔ dào Bābǐlún .

13 Ránér Bābǐlún wáng Gǔliè yuán nián , tā jiàng zhǐ yún zhún jiànzào shén de zhè diàn .

14 Shén diàn zhōng de jīn , yínqì mǐn , jiù shì Níbùjiǎnísǎ cóng Yēlùsǎlĕng de diàn zhōng lüè qù , daì dào Bābǐlún miào lǐ de , Gǔliè wáng cóng Bābǐlún miào lǐ qǔ chūlai , jiāo gĕi paì wèi shĕng zhǎng de , míng jiào Shèbāsà ,

15 Duì tā shuō kĕyǐ jiāng zhèxie qìmǐn daì qù , fàng zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng de diàn zhōng , zaì yuán chù jiànzào shén de diàn .

16 Yúshì zhè Shèbāsà lái jiànlì Yēlùsǎlĕng shén diàn de gēnjī . zhè diàn cóng nàshí zhídào rújīn shàng wèi zàochéng .

17 Xiànzaì wáng ruò yǐwéi mĕi , qǐng chá Bābǐlún wáng de fǔ kù , kàn Gǔliè wáng jiàng zhǐ yún zhún zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng jiànzào shén de diàn méiyǒu , wáng de xīnyì rúhé . qǐng jiàng zhǐ xiǎoyù wǒmen .

Yǐsīlājì 5:6-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 5

This chapter relates, how that the people of the Jews were stirred up by the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah to set about the building of the temple again, notwithstanding the orders to the contrary from the deputy governors of the king of Persia; nor could the present ones cause them to cease from it; though it must be owned they behaved towards them in a better manner than the former ones did, Ezr 5:1-5, and who, upon the answers received from the Jews, wrote a letter to Darius, to know the truth of things; and in which they seem to state fairly the case of the Jews, as they had it from them, so far as they understood it, Ezr 5:6-17.

\\son of Iddo\\ The grandson of Iddo; for he was the son of Berechiah, Zec 1:1,

\\prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name\\ \\of the God of Israel\\; this they both did in the second year of Darius; the one began in the sixth month, and the other in the eighth month of the year, Hag 1:1, Zec 1:1, even "unto them"; or "against them", as De Dieu; reproving them for their sloth and neglect of building the temple, when they were careful enough to raise up goodly houses for themselves to dwell in; and for being intimidated by the command of the king of Persia, which only forbid the building of the city, that is, the walls of it, but not the temple any more than their own houses; and besides, there was now a new king, from whom they had not so much to fear. 20094-950306-0810-Ezr5.2