Ezra 1
1 And in year one of Cyrus [the] king of Persia to fulfill [the] word of Yahweh from [the] mouth of Jeremiah he stirred Yahweh [the] spirit of Cyrus [the] king of Persia and he caused to pass a proclamation in all kingdom his and also in writing saying.
Pada tahun pertama pemerintahan Kores, raja Persia, TUHAN melaksanakan apa yang telah diucapkan-Nya melalui Nabi Yeremia. TUHAN mendorong hati Kores untuk mengeluarkan sebuah perintah yang dibacakan di seluruh kerajaannya. Bunyinya demikian:
2 Thus he says Cyrus [the] king of Persia all [the] kingdoms of the earth he has given to me Yahweh [the] God of the heavens and he he has appointed me to build for him a house in Jerusalem which [is] in Judah.
"Inilah perintah Kores, raja Persia. TUHAN, Allah penguasa di surga telah menjadikan aku raja atas seluruh dunia, dan menugaskan aku untuk membangun rumah bagi-Nya di Yerusalem di daerah Yehuda.
3 Who? [is] among you from all people his may he be God his with him and let him go up to Jerusalem which [is] in Judah and let him build [the] house of Yahweh [the] God of Israel he [is] God who [is] in Jerusalem.
Semoga Allah melindungi kamu sekalian yang menjadi umat-Nya. Kamu harus pulang ke Yerusalem dan membangun kembali Rumah TUHAN, Allah Israel, Allah yang diam di Yerusalem.
4 And every [one who] remains from all the places where he [is] sojourning there let them support him [the] people of place his with silver and with gold and with property and with cattle with the freewill offering for [the] house of God which [is] in Jerusalem.
Jika ada seorang dari umat-Nya di tempat pembuangan ini yang memerlukan bantuan untuk dapat pulang, maka tetangga-tetangganya harus memberikan bantuan itu. Mereka harus memberikan kepadanya perak dan emas, bekal untuk di jalan serta binatang muatan, dan juga persembahan-persembahan untuk Rumah TUHAN di Yerusalem."
5 And they arose [the] heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites to every [one whom] he had stirred up God spirit his to go up to build [the] house of Yahweh which [is] in Jerusalem.
Kemudian para kepala kaum dari suku Yehuda dan Benyamin, para imam dan orang-orang Lewi, dan setiap orang yang hatinya digerakkan oleh Allah, berkemas-kemas untuk pulang ke Yerusalem dan membangun kembali Rumah TUHAN.
6 And all around them they encouraged hands their with vessels of silver with gold with property and with cattle and with precious things besides all of ering of freewill offerings.
Semua tetangga mereka ikut membantu dengan memberikan barang-barang, seperti perkakas-perkakas perak dan emas, bekal untuk di jalan, binatang muatan, harta benda lainnya dan persembahan-persembahan untuk Rumah TUHAN.
7 And the king Cyrus he brought out [the] vessels of [the] house of Yahweh which he had brought out Nebuchadnezzar from Jerusalem and he had put them in [the] house of gods his.
Kores mengeluarkan mangkuk-mangkuk dan cawan-cawan yang dahulu dipakai dalam Rumah TUHAN di Yerusalem. Barang-barang itu telah diangkut oleh Raja Nebukadnezar dan ditaruh di dalam kuil dewa-dewanya sendiri.
8 And he brought out them Cyrus [the] king of Persia on [the] hand of Mithredath the treasurer and he counted out them to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
Kores menyerahkan urusan benda-benda itu kepada Mitredat, kepala perbendaharaan kerajaan. Kemudian Mitredat membuat daftar dari barang-barang itu untuk Sesbazar, gubernur Yehuda.
9 And these [were] number their basins of gold thirty basins of silver one thousand knives nine and twenty.
Inilah daftarnya: mangkuk-mangkuk emas untuk upacara persembahan-30; mangkuk-mangkuk perak untuk upacara persembahan-1.000; mangkuk-mangkuk lainnya-29; mangkuk-mangkuk kecil dari emas-30; mangkuk-mangkuk kecil dari perak-410; perkakas lainnya-1.000.
10 Bowls of gold thirty bowls of silver second order four hundred and ten vessels other one thousand.
11 All vessels of gold and of silver five thousand and four hundred everything he brought up Sheshbazzar with were led up the exile[s] from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Seluruhnya berjumlah 5.400 mangkuk emas dan perak serta barang-barang lain. Semuanya itu dibawa oleh Sesbazar ketika dia dan orang-orang buangan yang lain berangkat dari Babel menuju ke Yerusalem.
