Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.

And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;

Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

Gipabalik ni Haring Cyrus ang mga Judio sa Ilang Dapit

(2 Cro. 36:22-23)

Sa unang tuig sa paghari ni Cyrus sa Persia, gituman sa Ginoo ang iyang gisaad pinaagi kang Jeremias.[a] Gitandog sa Ginoo ang kasingkasing ni Cyrus sa pagbuhat ug pahibalo aron imantala sa tibuok gingharian.

Mao kini ang pahibalo ni Cyrus nga hari sa Persia: “Ang Ginoo, ang Dios sa langit[b] naghatag kanako sa tanang gingharian dinhi sa kalibotan, ug gihatagan niya ako sa responsibilidad sa pagpatukod ug templo alang kaniya didto sa Jerusalem nga sakop sa Juda. Kamong tanang katawhan sa Dios, hinaut nga ubanan niya kamo. Balik kamo sa Jerusalem ug tukora ninyo pag-usab didto ang templo sa Ginoo, ang Dios sa Israel, nga anaa niana nga siyudad. Ang mga katawhan[c] sa mga dapit nga gipuy-an ninyo kinahanglan motabang kaninyo sa inyong paglakaw pinaagi sa paghatag ug pilak ug bulawan, mga kagamitan, mga hayop, ug kinabubut-on nga halad alang sa templo sa Dios sa Jerusalem.”

Busa ang mga pangulo sa pamilya sa tribo ni Juda ug ni Benjamin, ang mga pari, mga Levita, ug ang mga Israelinhon kang kinsang kasingkasing gitandog sa Ginoo nangandam pag-adto sa Jerusalem aron pagtukod pag-usab sa templo sa Ginoo. Ang uban nga mga katawhan[d] mitabang kanila pinaagi sa paghatag sa mga sudlanan nga hinimo sa pilak, mga bulawan, mga kagamitan, mga hayop, mga mahalon nga mga gasa, wala pay labot sa mga kinabubut-on nga halad alang sa templo.

Giuli usab ni Haring Cyrus ang mga galamiton sa templo sa Ginoo nga gipanguha ni Haring Nebucadnezar gikan sa Jerusalem ug gidala ngadto sa templo sa iyang mga dios. Gitugyan kini ni Haring Cyrus kang Mitredat nga tresurero sa iyang gingharian. Giihap kini ni Mitredat ug gihatag ang lista kang Sheshbazar, ang gobernador sa Juda. 9-10 Mao kini ang mga galamiton nga gihatag ni Haring Cyrus:

bulawan nga mga sudlanan30
pilak nga mga sudlanan1,000
mga kutsilyo29
bulawan nga mga yahong30
pilak nga mga yahong410
uban pang mga galamiton1,000

11 Sa kinatibuk-an, may 5,400 ka mga galamiton nga bulawan ug pilak, ug gidala kini tanan ni Sheshbazar sa dihang mibalik siya sa Jerusalem kauban sa uban nga mga binihag gikan sa Babilonia.

Footnotes

  1. 1:1 iyang gisaad pinaagi kang Jeremias nga maluwas ang mga Israelinhon sa pagkabihag gikan sa Babilonia pagkahuman sa 70 ka tuig. (Tan-awa ang Jer. 25:11; 29:10.)
  2. 1:2 Dios sa langit: o, Dios nga anaa sa langit; o, Dios nga naghimo sa langit; o, Dios nga labaw sa tanan.
  3. 1:4 Ang mga katawhan: Tingali ang buot ipasabot, ang mga dili Israelinhon, o, ang mga Israelinhon nga buot magpabilin.
  4. 1:6 Tan-awa usab ang 1:4.

I. The Return from Exile

Chapter 1

The Decree of Cyrus. (A)In the first year of Cyrus,[a] king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, both by word of mouth and in writing: “Thus says Cyrus, king of Persia: ‘All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord, the God of heaven,[b] has given to me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Those among you who belong to any part of his people, may their God be with them! Let them go up to Jerusalem in Judah to build the house of the Lord the God of Israel, that is, the God who is in Jerusalem. Let all those who have survived, in whatever place they may have lived, be assisted by the people of that place with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, together with voluntary offerings for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”

Then the heads of ancestral houses[c] of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and Levites—everyone, that is, whose spirit had been stirred up by God—prepared to go up to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. (B)All their neighbors gave them help in every way, with silver, gold, goods, livestock, and many precious gifts, besides all their voluntary offerings. (C)King Cyrus, too, had the vessels of the house of the Lord brought forth that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and placed in the house of his god. Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought forth by the treasurer Mithredath, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar, prince of Judah.[d] This was the inventory: baskets of goldware, thirty; baskets of silverware, one thousand and twenty-nine; 10 golden bowls, thirty; silver bowls, four hundred and ten; other vessels, one thousand. 11 Total of the gold and silver vessels: five thousand four hundred.[e] All these Sheshbazzar took with him when the exiles were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Footnotes

  1. 1:1 In the first year of Cyrus: the first regnal year of Cyrus was 539 B.C., but his first year as ruler of Babylon, after the conquest of that city, was 538 B.C., the year in which he issued an edict, replicated on the famous Cyrus cylinder, permitting the repatriation of peoples deported by the Babylonians.
  2. 1:2 The God of heaven: this title, used as in 7:12, 21, 23, corresponds to a title of the Zoroastrian supreme deity Ahura Mazda, though it is not certain that Cyrus was a Zoroastrian.
  3. 1:5 Heads of ancestral houses: the ancestral house was the basic organizational unit of the postexilic community, consisting of an extended kinship group claiming descent from a common ancestor. The patriarchs of these units played an important role in civic government.
  4. 1:8 Sheshbazzar, prince of Judah: often identified with Shenassar, fourth son of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, exiled in 598 B.C. (see 1 Chr 3:17–18), and therefore the uncle of Zerubbabel (Ezr 3:2–4). This identification is uncertain.
  5. 1:11 Five thousand four hundred: either this figure or the figures given for one or more of the items listed have been corrupted in the transmission of the text.