¹

Then Darius the king made a decree, and caused a search to be made in the record-offices, where the treasure is stored in Babylon.

¹

Тогда` да'рїи цр~ь повелњ` расмотрњти въ книгохранителницы и^же бы'сть поста'влена въ вављ=ло'нњ”

²

And there was found in the city, in the palace, a volume, and this was the record written in it.

²

И$ ѓ^брњте'но е^сть” ѓ^брњте же ся въ а^ма'џђ гра'дњ тя'жкомъ мидїискомъ, тетрать е^ді'на” И$ сїе пи'сано бы'сть в неи на па'мять.

³

In the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the holy house of God that was in Jerusalem, saying, Let the house be built, and the place where they sacrifice the sacrifices. (Also he appointed its elevation, in height sixty cubits; its breadth was of sixty cubits.)

³

въ лњто, а~ е. кљ=ра цр~я. кљ=ръ цр~ь повелњ` да до'мъ бж~їи съзида'ется и^же е^сть въ і^ерsлимњ, и^ мњсто гдњ` пожрђтъ приноше'нїе, и^ положи` мњрђ възнося'щи высотђ` лакоT, ћE, и^ ширинђ` лакотъ, ћE”

⁴

And let there be three strong layers of stone, and one layer of timber; and the expense shall be paid out of the house of the king.

⁴

и^ стњны эT ка'менїя тол#стаготрїего, и^ кроv эT дре'въ е^ді'нъ. ѓ^бро'к же эT до'мђ цр~ева да да'сться”

⁵

And the silver and the gold vessels of the house of God, which Nabuchodonosor carried off from the house that was in Jerusalem, and carried to Babylon, let them even be given, and be carried to the temple that is in Jerusalem, and put in the place where they were set in the house of God.

⁵

И$ сосђди цр~кви бж~їи зла'тїи и^ сре'брянїи, и^хже навходоносо'ръ взя` эT цр~кви, иже въ і^ерsлимњ и^ принесе` и^хъ во вављ=ло'нъ. въздаю'тся и^ в#несђтся въ цр~ковь въ і^ерsли'мъ в мњсто и^же и^ поста'влены сђть въ цр~кви бж~їи”

⁶

Now, ye rulers beyond the river, Satharbuzanai, and their fellow-servants the Apharsachæans, who are on the other side of the river, give these things, keeping far from that place.

⁶

Нн~њ ё%бо да'ите кня'земъ и^же сђть за рњко'ю и^ сђщимъ дале'че заџарвђзана'ю, и^ совњтникомъ и^хъ а^џарсахе'и и^же е^сть за рњко'ю далече эTи^дете эT тњхъ.

⁷

Now let alone the work of the house of God: let the rulers of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build that house of God on its place.

⁷

и^ эTпђ'стите сътвори'ти цр~ковь бж~їю кн~ѕи, і^ё^де'искїа и^ ста'рцы и^хъ, да до'мъ бж~їи той съзида'ется въ мњстњ свое^мъ”

⁸

Also a decree has been made by me, if haply ye may do somewhat in concert with the elders of the Jews for the building of that house of God: to wit, out of the king's property, even the tributes beyond the river, let there be money to defray the expenses carefully granted to those men, so that they be not hindered.

⁸

Но и^ эT мене` повелњно еs” да ничт^о не сътвори'те никогда` презви'теромъ жидо'вскимъ и^же съзида'ютъ до'мъ б~а ѓ%ного. и^ эT тXњ цр~еи и^же ѓ^бо'нђ страны` рњки` даюT да'нь. приле'жно на росхо'дъ, да дае'тся мђжемъ тњмъ е^же бы неё^медлњло дњ'лот^о

⁹

And whatever need there may be, ye shall give both the young of bulls and rams, and lambs for whole-burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, oil:—let it be given them according to the word of the priests that are in Jerusalem, day by day whatsoever they shall ask;

⁹

и^ е'же а%ще ѓ^скђдњваеT, вс^е да дае^те та'коже и^ те'лцы и^ а'гнецы и^ ѓ'вны въ все`съж#же'нїе б~ђ нбsномђ. п#шени'ца, со'ль, вино` и^ е^ле'и. по ѓ^бы'чаю сщ~ен#номђ и^же сђть въ і^ерsлі'мњ дае'тся и^мъ по вся` дн~и`.

¹⁰

that they may offer sweet savours to the God of heaven, and that they may pray for the life of the king and his sons.

¹⁰

да бђдTђ принося'ще възноше'нїе б~ђ нбsномђ. и^ да мо'лятся за живо'тъ цр~евъ и^ сн~овъ е^го.

¹¹

And a decree has been made by me, that every man who shall alter this word, timber shall be pulled down from his house, and let him be lifted up and slain upon it, and his house shall be confiscated.

¹¹

и^ эT мене` б^о поставлено еs повеле'нїе” да в#сякъ чл~къ и^же т^о престђ'питъ повелњнїе, во'змеTся дре'во эT до'мђ е^го. и^ въздви'гся и^ да ѓ^бњ'сится на не'м#, и^ до'мъ е^го мн^њ да бђдетъ взя'тъ.

¹²

And may the God whose name dwells there, overthrow every king and people who shall stretch out his hand to alter or destroy the house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be diligently attended to.

¹²

и^ б~ъ и^дњже ѓ^битаеT и%мя е^гот^ђ, да ѓ^братиT вся` црsтва, и^ лю'ди и^же прострђт# рђкђ свою, и^ възбраня'тъ и^ разоряT до'мъ бж~їи, ѓ%нъ, и^же е^сть въ і^ерsлі'мњ” А/зъ да'рїи поста'вихъ повелњнїе, да дњло сїе съ прилежа'нїем# да бђдетъ”

¹³

Then Thanthanai the governor on this side beyond the river, Satharbuzanai, and his fellow-servants, according to that which king Darius sent, so they did diligently.

¹³

Тогда` џаџа'нїи кн~ѕь страны` зарњчныа, и^ саџарвђзана'и и^ совњтницы е^го, къ ја%же посла` да'рїи цр~ь та'ко сътвори'ша т#ща'тельно.

¹⁴

And the elders of the Jews and the Levites built, at the prophecy of Aggæus the prophet, and Zacharias the son of Addo: and they built up, and finished it, by the decree of the God of Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Arthasastha, kings of the Persians.

¹⁴

Ста'рцы же і^ё^де'истїи созида'хђ, и^ левљ=ти по прoрчествђ а^г#ге'я прoрка, и^ заха'рїи сн~а аDдова. и^ съзидаша и^ стро'иша веля'щи, б~ђ і^и^л~евђ, и^ веля'щђ кљ=рђ, и^ да'рїю, и^ а^ртаће'рћђ цр~емъ пе'ръскимъ”

¹⁵

And they finished this house by the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

¹⁵

И$ съвершиша домъ бж~їи, да'же до дн~е тре'тїаго мsца а^до'ра, и^же е^сть в лњто, ѕ~ е, црsтва да'рїя цр~я”

¹⁶

And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of the house of God with gladness.

¹⁶

Сътвори'ша же сн~ове і^и^л~евы, сщ~енницы и^ левљ=ти и^ про'чїи сн~овъ преселенїя ѓ^бновле'нїе домђ бж~їя въ ра'дости”

¹⁷

And they offered for the dedication of the house of God a hundred calves, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, twelve kids of the goats for a sin-offering for all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁷

И$ принесо'ша въ ѓ^бновле'нїе бж~їя до'мђ, те'лецъ, р~, и^ ѓ'венъ, с~, а%гнецъ, у~, козло'въ эT ко'зъ за грњхи всего` і^и^л~я, в~і, по числђ` колњнъ і^и^л~евъ”

¹⁸

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their separate orders, for the services of God in Jerusalem, according to the writing of the book of Moses.

¹⁸

И$ ста'ша сщ~ен#ницы в чи'нњхъ свои^хъ, и^ левљ=ти въ ча'стехъ своиX на дњлњ бж~їя до'мђ и^же въ і^ерsлимњ. ја%ко пи'сано е^сть въ кни'зњ мољ=сїѓвњ”

¹⁹

And the children of the captivity kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

¹⁹

Сътворишаy сн~ове преселе'нїя па'схђ. д~і, дн~я прь'ваго мsца”

²⁰

For the priests and Levites were purified, all were clean to a man, and they slew the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

²⁰

ѓ^чище'ни б^о бя'хђ сщ~ен#ницы и^ левљ=ти даже до е^ді'наго, вси чи'сти на пожре'нїе па'схи, всњм# сн~овомъ, преселе'нїя и^ братїи и^хъ сщ~ен#никомъ и^ себе`”

²¹

And the children of Israel ate the passover, even they that were of the captivity, and every one who separated himself to them from the uncleanness of the nations of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel.

²¹

И$ ја^до'ша сн~ве і^и^л~еви и^же ѓ^браще'ни бя'хђ эT преселе'нїа, и^ всњ и^же разлђчи'шася эT скверне'нїя ја^зы'комъ земли`, съ ни'ми да помо'лятъ г~а б~а і^и^л~ева”

²²

And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with gladness, because the Lord made them glad, and he turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the house of the God of Israel.

²²

И$ сътвори'ша пра'здникъ ѓ^прњсночныи з~, дн~їи въ весе'лїи, ја%ко возвесели иX г~ь. и^ съврати` срDце цр~я а^сљ=ра к ниM. да пособля'етъ и^мъ ё^крњпля'я рђки и^хъ в дњло г~ђ б~ђ і^и^л~евђ”