Ezra 1
1 and in/on/with year one to/for Cyrus king Persia to/for to end: destroy word LORD from lip Jeremiah to rouse LORD [obj] spirit Cyrus king Persia and to pass voice: message in/on/with all royalty his and also in/on/with writing to/for to say
During the first year that Cyrus ruled [the] Persian [Empire], he did something that fulfilled what Jeremiah had prophesied. Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this message, and then Cyrus sent this message throughout his empire:
2 thus to say Cyrus king Persia all kingdom [the] land: country/planet to give: give to/for me LORD God [the] heaven and he/she/it to reckon: overseer upon me to/for to build to/for him house: home in/on/with Jerusalem which in/on/with Judah
“I, King Cyrus, who rule [the] Persian [Empire], declare this: 'Yahweh, the God [who is in/rules] from heaven, has caused me to become the ruler of all the kingdoms [that I know about] on the earth. And he has appointed me [to enable his people] to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, in Judah [land].
3 who? in/on/with you from all people his to be God his with him and to ascend: rise to/for Jerusalem which in/on/with Judah and to build [obj] house: temple LORD God Israel he/she/it [the] God which in/on/with Jerusalem
All you people who belong to God may go up to Jerusalem to rebuild this temple for Yahweh, the God who lives in Jerusalem, the God [who is worshiped by you] Israeli people. I desire/hope that your God will be with you [and help those who go there].
4 and all [the] to remain from all [the] place which he/she/it to sojourn there to lift: aid him human place his in/on/with silver: money and in/on/with gold and in/on/with property and in/on/with animal with [the] voluntariness to/for house: temple [the] God which in/on/with Jerusalem
Those people who are in places where Israelis are living, whose ancestors were exiled here, should contribute silver and gold to those who go. They should also give them supplies [that they will need for the journey to Jerusalem]. They should also give them some livestock, and gifts of money to help build the temple of God in Jerusalem.'”
5 and to arise: rise head: leader [the] father to/for Judah and Benjamin and [the] priest and [the] Levi to/for all to rouse [the] God [obj] spirit his to/for to ascend: rise to/for to build [obj] house: temple LORD which in/on/with Jerusalem
Then God motivated some of the priests and (Levites/men who did work in the temple) and some of the leaders of the tribes that were descended from Judah and Benjamin to return to Jerusalem. Those whom God motivated got ready to return to Jerusalem and build the temple for Yahweh there.
6 and all around them to strengthen: strengthen in/on/with hand their in/on/with article/utensil silver: money in/on/with gold in/on/with property and in/on/with animal and in/on/with precious thing to/for alone: besides upon all be willing
All of their neighbors helped them by giving them things made of silver and things made of gold, and supplies for the journey, and livestock. They also gave them other valuable gifts, and also gave them money [to buy things for building the temple].
7 and [the] king Cyrus to come out: send [obj] article/utensil house: temple LORD which to come out: send Nebuchadnezzar from Jerusalem and to give: put them in/on/with house: temple God his
King Cyrus brought out the valuable things that King Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] had taken from the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem and put in the temple of Nebuchadnezzar’s gods [in Babylon].
8 and to come out: send them Cyrus king Persia upon hand: power Mithredath [the] treasurer and to recount them to/for Sheshbazzar [the] leader to/for Judah
Cyrus commanded Mithredath, the treasurer of [the] Persian [Empire], to count all these items and then give them to Sheshbazzar, the leader of [the group that was going to return to] Judah.
9 and these number their basin gold thirty basin silver: money thousand knife nine and twenty
This is a list of the items that Cyrus donated: 30 large gold dishes 1,000 large silver dishes 29 silver (censers/incense burning pans)
10 bowl gold thirty bowl silver: money second four hundred and ten article/utensil another thousand
30 gold bowls 410 silver bowls 1,000 other items.
11 all article/utensil to/for gold and to/for silver: money five thousand and four hundred [the] all to ascend: establish Sheshbazzar with to ascend: establish [the] captivity from Babylon to/for Jerusalem
All together, there were 5,400 items made of silver or gold, that [were given to] Sheshbazzar [to] take with him when he and the others returned to Jerusalem.
