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Y en el primer año de Ciro rey de Persia, para que se cumpliera la palabra del SEÑOR dicha por boca de Jeremías, despertó el SEÑOR el espíritu de Ciro rey de Persia, el cual hizo pasar pregón por todo su reino, y también por escrito, diciendo:

Así dijo Ciro rey de Persia: El SEÑOR Dios de los cielos me ha dado todos los reinos de la tierra, y me ha mandado que le edifique Casa en Jerusalén, que está en Judá.

¿Quién hay entre vosotros de todo su pueblo? Sea Dios con él, y suba a Jerusalén que está en Judá, y edifique la Casa al SEÑOR Dios de Israel (él es Dios), la cual está en Jerusalén.

Y a cualquiera que hubiere quedado de todos los lugares donde fuere extranjero, los varones de su lugar le ayuden con plata, oro, hacienda, y con bestias; con dones voluntarios para la Casa de Dios, la cual está en Jerusalén.

Entonces se levantaron las cabezas de las familias de Judá y de Benjamín, y los sacerdotes y levitas; de todos aquellos cuyo espíritu despertó Dios para subir a edificar la Casa del SEÑOR, la cual está en Jerusalén.

Y todos los que estaban en sus alrededores confortaron las manos de ellos con vasos de plata y de oro, con hacienda y bestias, y con cosas preciosas, a más de lo que se ofreció voluntariamente.

Y el rey Ciro sacó los vasos de la Casa del SEÑOR, que Nabucodonosor había traspasado de Jerusalén, y puesto en la casa de su dios.

Los sacó, pues, Ciro rey de Persia, por mano de Mitrídates tesorero, el cual los dio por cuenta a Sesbasar príncipe de Judá.

Y ésta es la cuenta de ellos: treinta tazones de oro, mil tazones de plata, veintinueve cuchillos,

10 treinta tazas de oro, otras cuatrocientas diez tazas de plata, y otros mil vasos.

11 Todos los vasos de oro y de plata, cinco mil cuatrocientos. Todos los hizo llevar Sesbasar con los que subieron del cautiverio de Babilonia a Jerusalén.

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.

Cyrus Helps the Exiles to Return(A)

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah,(B) the Lord moved the heart(C) of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:

“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:

“‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed(D) me to build(E) a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the Lord, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them. And in any locality where survivors(F) may now be living, the people are to provide them with silver and gold,(G) with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings(H) for the temple of God(I) in Jerusalem.’”(J)

Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin,(K) and the priests and Levites—everyone whose heart God had moved(L)—prepared to go up and build the house(M) of the Lord in Jerusalem. All their neighbors assisted them with articles of silver and gold,(N) with goods and livestock, and with valuable gifts, in addition to all the freewill offerings.

Moreover, King Cyrus brought out the articles belonging to the temple of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his god.[a](O) Cyrus king of Persia had them brought by Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar(P) the prince of Judah.

This was the inventory:

gold dishes30
silver dishes1,000
silver pans[b]29
10 gold bowls30
matching silver bowls410
other articles1,000

11 In all, there were 5,400 articles of gold and of silver. Sheshbazzar brought all these along with the exiles when they came up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Footnotes

  1. Ezra 1:7 Or gods
  2. Ezra 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Der Erlass des persischen Königs Kyrus (Kores)

Und im ersten Jahr des Kyrus, des Königs von Persien[a] — damit das Wort des Herrn erfüllt würde, das durch den Mund Jeremias ergangen war —, da erweckte der Herr den Geist des Kyrus, des Königs von Persien, sodass er durch sein ganzes Königreich, auch schriftlich, bekannt machen und sagen ließ:

»So spricht Kyrus, der König von Persien: Der Herr, der Gott des Himmels, hat mir alle Königreiche der Erde gegeben, und er selbst hat mir befohlen, ihm ein Haus zu bauen in Jerusalem, das in Juda ist.

Wer irgend unter euch zu seinem Volk gehört, mit dem sei sein Gott, und er ziehe hinauf nach Jerusalem, das in Juda ist, und baue das Haus des Herrn, des Gottes Israels — Er ist Gott — in Jerusalem!

Und jeder, der noch übrig geblieben ist an irgendeinem Ort, wo er sich als Fremdling aufhält, dem sollen die Leute seines Ortes helfen mit Silber und Gold, mit Gütern und Vieh sowie freiwilligen Gaben für das Haus Gottes in Jerusalem!«

Da machten sich die Familienhäupter von Juda und Benjamin auf, und die Priester und Leviten — jeder, dessen Geist Gott erweckte, um hinaufzuziehen und um das Haus des Herrn zu bauen, das in Jerusalem ist.

Und alle ihre Nachbarn stärkten ihnen die Hände mit silbernen und goldenen Geräten, mit Gütern und Vieh und Kleinodien, außer dem, was sie alles freiwillig gaben.

Und der König Kyrus gab die Geräte des Hauses des Herrn heraus, die Nebukadnezar aus Jerusalem weggenommen und in das Haus seines Gottes gebracht hatte.

Und Kyrus, der König von Persien, gab sie heraus durch Mitredat, den Schatzmeister, und übergab sie abgezählt Sesbazzar[b], dem Fürsten von Juda.

Und dies ist ihre Zahl: 30 goldene Becken, 1 000 silberne Becken, 29 Messer,

10 [sowie] 30 goldene Becher, und 410 silberne Becher von der zweiten Art, und 1 000 andere Geräte.

11 Die Zahl aller Geräte, der goldenen und silbernen, betrug 5 400. Diese alle brachte Sesbazzar hinauf, als die Weggeführten aus Babel nach Jerusalem hinaufgeführt wurden.

Footnotes

  1. (1,1) d.h. Kyrus II., Begründer des persischen Achämeniden-Reiches. 539 v. Chr. nahm er Babylon ein. Das erste Jahr seiner Königsherrschaft über das Großreich war 538.
  2. (1,8) der aramäische Name Serubbabels.