Ezra 1
1 In order to fulfill the Lord's prophecy given through Jeremiah, the Lord encouraged Cyrus, king of Persia, to issue a proclamation throughout his kingdom and also to put it in writing, saying,
Katika mwaka wa kwanza wa Koreshi, mfalme wa Uajemi, Yahwe akatimiza neno lake ambalo Yeremia alisema, na kuinua roho ya Koreshi. Sauti ya Koreshi ikasambaa na kusikika katika ufalme wake. Hiki ndicho kilichoandikwa na kusemwa:
2 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, who has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth, has given me the responsibility to build a Temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah.
“Koreshi, mfalme wa Uajemi, anasema: Yahwe, Mungu wa mbinguni, amenipa mimi ufalme wote wa dunia, na ameniteua mimi kumjengea yeye nyumba katika Yerusalem ya Yuda.
3 Anyone among you who belongs to his people can go to Jerusalem in Judah to rebuild this Temple of the Lord, the God of Israel, who lives in Jerusalem. May your God be with you.
Yeyote katika watu wake (Mungu awe pamoja naye) anaweza kwenda Yerusalem na kujenga nyumba kwa ajili ya Yahwe, Mungu wa Israel, Mungu ambaye yuko Yerusalem.
4 Wherever survivors are currently living, let them be helped by the people that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, together with a voluntary donation for God's Temple in Jerusalem.’”
Watu wa kila sehemu katika ufalme waliosalia katika nchi na kuishi wanapaswa kuwapa wao fedha na dhahabu, mali na wanyama, pamoja na kutoa kwa hiari kwenye nyumba ya Mungu Yerusalem.”
5 Then God encouraged the family leaders of Judah and Benjamin, as well as the priests and Levites to go and rebuild the Lord's Temple in Jerusalem.
Ndipo wakuu wa jamii ya Yuda na Benjamini, makuhani na walawi, na kila mmoja ambaye Roho wa Mungu alimwinua kuondoka na kujenga nyumba yake alisimama.
6 All their neighbors supported them with gifts of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with other valuable items, in addition to all their voluntary donations.
Wale waliowazunguka karibu waliwasaidia kwa kuwapa fedha na vitu vya dhahabu, mali, wanyama, vitu vya thamani, na kutoa kwa hiari.
7 King Cyrus also retrieved the items belonging to the Lord's Temple that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his god.
Mfalme Koreshi akarusu vitu ambavyo vilikuwa kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe, ambavyo Nebukadreza alitoa kutoka Yerusalem na kuviweka katika nyumba ya miungu yake.
8 Cyrus had Mithredath the treasurer retrieve them, who counted them and gave them to Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah.
Koreshi akavikabidhi kwenye mikono ya Mithredathi mtunza fedha, ambaye akavitoa na kuhesabu kwa Sheshbaza, kiongozi wa Yuda
9 This was the list: 30 gold basins, 1,000 silver basins, 29 silver silverware,
Hii ilikuwa idadi yake: beseni thelathini za dhahabu, beseni elfu moja za fedha, beseni zingine ishirini na tisa,
10 30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls, and 1,000 other items.
mabakuli thelathini ya dhahabu, mabakuli madogo ya fedha 410, na vitu elfu moja vya kuongezea.
11 In total there were 5,400 gold and silver items. When the exiles left Babylon to go to Jerusalem Sheshbazzar took all these along with them.
Kulikuwa na vitu 5, 400 vya fedha na dhahabu. Sheshbaza akavileta vyote wakati wa uhamisho kutoka Babeli kwenda Yerusalem.
