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Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
Toe het koning Daríus bevel gegee, en ondersoek is gedoen in die huis van die rolle, waar die skatte in Babel neergelê is.
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And 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:
En daar is by Agmeta, in die paleis wat in die provinsie van die Meders is, ‚'n rol gevind, en daarin was so ‚'n rekord geskrywe:
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In 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;
In die eerste jaar van koning Kores het dieselfde koning Kores bevel gegee aangaande die huis van God in Jérusalem, Laat die huis gebou word, die plek waar hulle offers geoffer het, en laat die fondamente daarvan sterk gelê word; die hoogte daarvan sestig el, en die breedte daarvan sestig el;
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[With] three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expences be given out of the king’s house:
Met drie rye groot klippe, en ‚'n ry nuwe hout: en laat die koste uit die koning se huis gegee word:
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And 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.
En laat ook die goue en silwer vate van die huis van God, wat Nebukadrésar uit die tempel wat in Jérusalem was, geneem het, en na Babel gebring het, herstel word, en teruggebring word na die tempel wat in Jérusalem is, elkeen na sy plek, en sit hulle in die huis van God.
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Now [therefore], Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which [are] beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
Nou daarom, Tattenai, goewerneur aan hierdie kant van die rivier, Setar-Bosnai, en julle metgeselle die Afarsagiete, wat aan hierdie kant van die rivier is, wees julle ver van daar:
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Let 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.
Laat die werk van hierdie huis van God alleen; laat die goewerneur van die Jode en die ouderlinge van die Jode hierdie huis van God op sy plek bou.
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Moreover 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 expences be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
Bowendien gee ek bevel wat julle moet doen aan die ouderlinge van hierdie Jode vir die bou van hierdie huis van God: dat van die koning se goed, selfs van die tol anderkant die rivier, koste onmiddellik aan hierdie manne gegee word, dat hulle nie verhinder word nie.
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And 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:
En wat hulle nodig het, beide jong bulle, en ramme, en lammers, vir die brandoffers van die God van die hemel, koring, sout, wyn, en olie, volgens die aanwysing van die priesters wat in Jérusalem is, laat dit hulle dag vir dag sonder versuim gegee word:
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That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
Dat hulle offers van soet reuk aan die God van die hemel mag offer, en bid vir die lewe van die koning, en van sy seuns.
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Also 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.
Ook gee ek bevel, dat elkeen wat hierdie woord verander, laat hout uit sy huis uitgetrek word, en opgerig word, laat hom daarop opgehang word; en laat sy huis hiervoor ‚'n misbak gemaak word.
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And 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.
En die God wat sy Naam daar laat woon het, vernietig alle konings en volke, wat hulle hand uitsteek om te verander en te vernietig hierdie huis van God wat in Jérusalem is. Ek Daríus het die bevel gegee; laat dit haastig gedoen word.
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Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
Toe het Tattenai, goewerneur aan hierdie kant van die rivier, Setar-Bosnai, en hulle metgeselle, volgens dit wat koning Daríus gestuur het, so haastig gedoen.
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And 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.
En die ouderlinge van die Jode het gebou, en hulle het voorspoedig gewees deur die profesering van Haggai die profeet en Sagarja die seun van Iddo. En hulle het gebou, en klaar gemaak, volgens die gebod van die God van Israel, en volgens die gebod van Kores, en Daríus, en Artasasta koning van Persië.
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And 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.
En hierdie huis is op die derde dag van die maand Adar voltooi, wat was in die sesde jaar van die regering van koning Daríus.
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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,
En die kinders van Israel, die priesters, en die Leviete, en die rest van die kinders van die ballingskap, het die inwyding van hierdie huis van God met blydskap gehou.
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And 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.
En hulle het by die inwyding van hierdie huis van God ‚'n honderd bulle, tweehonderd ramme, vierhonderd lammers geoffer; en vir ‚'n sondoffer vir die hele Israel, twaalf bokke van die bokke, volgens die getal van die stamme van Israel.
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And 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.
En hulle het die priesters in hulle afdelings, en die Leviete in hulle beurte, vir die diens van God, wat in Jérusalem is, gestel; soos geskrywe is in die boek van Moses.
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And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
En die kinders van die ballingskap het die pasga op die veertiende dag van die eerste maand gehou.
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For 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.
Want die priesters en die Leviete was as een gereinig: almal was rein, en het die pasga geslag vir al die kinders van die ballingskap, en vir hulle broers die priesters, en vir hulleself.
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And 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,
En die kinders van Israel, wat uit die ballingskap teruggekeer het, en almal wat hulleself van die onreinheid van die heidene van die land afgeskei het om hulle te soek, die HERE, die God van Israel, het geëet,
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And 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.
En die fees van die ongesuurde brode sewe dae lank met blydskap gehou: want die HERE het hulle vrolik gemaak, en die hart van die koning van Assirië tot hulle gedraai, om hulle hande te versterk in die werk van die huis van God, die God van Israel.