Ezra 5:16
Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Hivyo huyu Sheshbaza alikuja na kuweka misingi ya nyumba ya Mungu iliyoko Yerusalemu. Tangu siku hiyo hadi sasa imekuwa ikiendelea kujengwa lakini bado haijamalizika.”
Ezra 5:16 in English
Ezra 5:16 · Berean Standard Bible
So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”
Context
14Yeye hata aliviondoa vyombo vya dhahabu na fedha vya nyumba ya Mungu, kutoka Hekalu la Babeli ambavyo Nebukadneza alikuwa amevichukua kutoka ndani ya Hekalu huko Yerusalemu na kuvileta katika Hekalu la Babeli.
“Vyombo hivyo Mfalme Koreshi alimkabidhi mtu aliyeitwa Sheshbaza, ambaye Koreshi alikuwa amemteua awe mtawala, 15naye akamwambia, ‘Chukua vyombo hivi uende ukaviweke ndani ya Hekalu huko Yerusalemu. Nawe uijenge upya nyumba ya Mungu mahali pake.’ 16Hivyo huyu Sheshbaza alikuja na kuweka misingi ya nyumba ya Mungu iliyoko Yerusalemu. Tangu siku hiyo hadi sasa imekuwa ikiendelea kujengwa lakini bado haijamalizika.” 17Sasa kama ikimpendeza mfalme, uchunguzi na ufanyike katika kumbukumbu za maandishi ya ufalme mjini Babeli, kuona kama kweli Mfalme Koreshi alitoa amri ya kujenga upya nyumba ya Mungu katika Yerusalemu. Kisha tunaomba mfalme na atutumie uamuzi wake kuhusu jambo hili.
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