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Pinabalik ni Ciro ang mga Judio

Noong(A) unang taon ng paghahari ni Ciro sa Persia, natupad ang sinabi ni Yahweh sa pamamagitan ni Propeta Jeremias nang udyukan ni Yahweh si Ciro na isulat at ipahayag sa buong kaharian ang utos na ito:

“Ito(B) ang utos ni Emperador Ciro, ng Persia: Ibinigay sa akin ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng kalangitan, ang lahat ng kaharian sa buong daigdig at inatasan niya ako na ipagtayo ko siya ng templo sa Jerusalem na nasa Juda. Kayo na kanyang bayan, patnubayan nawa kayo ng inyong Diyos sa pagbabalik ninyo sa Jerusalem upang muling maitayo roon ang Templo ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel, ang Diyos na sinasamba sa Jerusalem. Sinuman sa inyo na nangingibang-bayan, kung nais bumalik doon, dapat siyang tulungan ng kanyang mga kababayan. Dapat siyang bigyan ng pilak at ginto, mga bagay na kakailanganin, at mga hayop, gayundin ng mga kusang-kaloob na handog para sa Templo ni Yahweh sa Jerusalem.”

Bilang tugon, agad na nagsipaghanda ang mga pinuno ng mga lipi ng Juda at Benjamin, gayundin ang mga pari at ang mga Levita, at ang mga iba pang inudyukan ng espiritu ng Diyos upang muling itayo ang Templo ni Yahweh sa Jerusalem. Tinulungan sila ng lahat ng mga nakapalibot sa kanila. Binigyan sila ng mga pilak at gintong lalagyan, mga bagay na kakailanganin, mga hayop, iba pang mamahaling gamit, bukod pa sa mga kusang-kaloob na handog para sa Templo.

Ibinalik naman sa kanila ni Haring Ciro ang mga mangkok at tasa na dinala ni Haring Nebucadnezar sa templo ng kanyang mga diyos pagkatapos na kunin ang mga iyon mula sa Templo ni Yahweh. Ipinagkatiwala ni Haring Ciro kay Mitredat na ingat-yaman ng kaharian ang pagbilang sa mga bagay na ibinalik. Ang mga ito'y binilang ni Metridat sa harap ni Sesbazar na tagapamahala ng Juda. 9-10 Ito ang bilang ng mga kagamitan:

palangganang ginto30
palangganang pilak1,000
lalagyan ng insenso[a]29
mangkok na ginto30
iba't ibang sisidlang pilak410
iba't iba pang kagamitan1,000

11 Lahat-lahat, umabot sa 5,400 ang bilang ng mga lalagyang ginto at pilak na dinala ni Sesbazar nang bumalik siya sa Jerusalem mula sa Babilonia kasama ng iba pang mga dinalang-bihag doon.

Footnotes

  1. 9-10 lalagyan ng insenso: Sa ibang manuskrito'y kutsilyo .

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.

End of the Babylonian Captivity(A)

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

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:

All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has (D)commanded me to build Him a [a]house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May 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 (E)(He is God), which is in Jerusalem. And whoever is left in any place where he dwells, let the men of his place help him with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, besides the freewill offerings for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.

Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, with all whose spirits (F)God [b]had moved, arose to go up and build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. And all those who were around them [c]encouraged them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with precious things, besides all that was (G)willingly offered.

(H)King Cyrus also brought out the articles of the house of the Lord, (I)which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and put in the [d]temple of his gods; and Cyrus king of Persia brought them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to (J)Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah. This is the number of them: thirty gold platters, one thousand silver platters, twenty-nine knives, 10 thirty gold basins, four hundred and ten silver basins of a similar kind, and one thousand other articles. 11 All the articles of gold and silver were five thousand four hundred. All these Sheshbazzar took with the captives who were brought from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Footnotes

  1. Ezra 1:2 Temple
  2. Ezra 1:5 stirred up
  3. Ezra 1:6 Lit. strengthened their hands
  4. Ezra 1:7 Lit. house

The Proclamation of Cyrus

(A)In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, (B)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, so (C)that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:

“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and (D)he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel—(E)he is the God who is in Jerusalem. And let each survivor, in whatever place he sojourns, be assisted by the men of his place with silver and gold, with goods and with beasts, besides freewill offerings for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.”

Then rose up the heads of the fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, (F)everyone whose spirit (G)God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem. And all who were about them (H)aided them with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with beasts, and with costly wares, besides all that was freely offered. (I)Cyrus the king also brought out the vessels of the house of the Lord that (J)Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the house of his gods. Cyrus king of Persia brought these out in the charge of (K)Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to (L)Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah. And this was the number of them: (M)30 basins of gold, 1,000 basins of silver, 29 censers, 10 30 bowls of gold, 410 bowls of silver, and 1,000 other vessels; 11 all the vessels of gold and of silver were 5,400. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when the exiles were brought up from Babylonia to Jerusalem.