< Ezra 1 >

1 In the first year of Cyrus, king of the Persians, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of the Persians, so that the word of the Lord from the mouth of Jeremiah would be fulfilled. And he sent out a voice, throughout his entire kingdom, and also in writing, saying:
波斯王居魯士元年,為應驗上主藉耶肋米亞的口所說的話,上主感動波斯王居魯士的心,叫他出一道號令,並向全國頒發上諭說:
2 “Thus says Cyrus, the king of the Persians: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to me, and he himself has instructed me that I should build a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.
「波斯王居魯士這樣說:上天的神「雅威」將地上萬國交給了我,囑咐我在猶大的耶路撒冷,為衪建築一座殿宇。
3 Who among you is from his entire people? May his God be with him. Let him ascend to Jerusalem, which is in Judea, and let him build the house of the Lord, the God of Israel. He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
你們中間凡作衪子民的,願他的神與他同在,上赫特4的耶路撒冷,建築以色列的神「雅威」的──是在耶路撒冷的神。
4 And let all who remain, in all the places wherever they may live, assist him, each man from his place, with silver and gold, and goods and cattle, in addition to whatever they may offer voluntarily to the temple of God, which is in Jerusalem.”
所有的遺民,無論僑居在地方,那地方的人都應捐獻金銀、貨財、牲畜,以及自願的獻儀,為那在耶路撒冷的神修建殿宇」。
5 And the leaders of the fathers from Judah and from Benjamin, with the priests, and the Levites, and all those whose spirit was stirred by God, rose up, so that they might ascend to build the temple of the Lord, which was in Jerusalem.
於是,猶大和本雅明的族長、司祭、肋未人,以及那些受天主感動了心的人,就起身上去,要建築耶路撒冷的上主的殿宇;
6 And all those who were all around assisted their hands with vessels of silver and gold, with goods and cattle, with equipment, in addition to whatever they had offered freely.
四鄰八舍都拿出a的金銀、貨財、牲畜和珠實來協助他們,另外還有各種自願的獻儀。
7 Likewise, king Cyrus offered the vessels of the temple of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his god.
居魯士王也將上主殿內的器皿,即先前拿步高從耶路撒冷掠奪而放在他神殿裏的器皿,
8 Now Cyrus, king of Persia, offered these by the hand of Mithredath, the son of the treasurer, and he counted these out to Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah.
波斯王居魯士司庫官米特達特,將那些東西拿出,點交給猶太人的首領舍士巴匝,
9 And this is their number: thirty gold bowls, one thousand silver bowls, twenty-nine knives, thirty gold cups,
共計金盆三十,銀盆一千,刀子二十九,
10 four hundred ten of a second kind of silver cup, one thousand other vessels.
金碗三十,次等銀碗四百一十,其他器皿一千:
11 All the vessels of gold and silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these, with those who ascended from the transmigration of Babylon, into Jerusalem.
一切金銀器皿,共五千四百件。舍市巴匝就帶著這一切與充軍的人,從巴比倫回了耶路撒冷。

< Ezra 1 >