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Ginpabalik ni Haring Cyrus ang mga Judio sa Ila Duta(A)

Sang nahauna nga tuig sang paghari ni Cyrus sa Persia, gintandog sang Ginoo ang tagipusuon ni Cyrus nga magsulat sang isa ka pahibalo nga ibantala sa bug-os niya nga ginharian. Natabo ini agod matuman ang ginsiling sang Ginoo paagi kay Jeremias.[a]

“Amo ini ang pahibalo ni Haring Cyrus sang Persia:

“Ginhatag sa akon sang Ginoo, ang Dios sang langit,[b] ang tanan nga ginharian diri sa kalibutan, kag gintugyanan niya ako sa pagpatindog sang templo para sa iya didto sa Jerusalem nga sakop sang Juda. Kamo tanan nga katawhan sang Dios, magbalik na kamo sa Jerusalem kag patinduga ninyo liwat didto ang templo sang Ginoo, ang Dios sang Israel, nga nagapuyo sa sina nga siyudad. Kag kabay pa nga updan niya kamo. Ang mga katawhan sa mga lugar nga ginaestaran ninyo nga mga Israelinhon nga nagkalabilin, dapat magbulig sa inyo, sa inyo nga paglakat. Maghatag sila sang mga pilak kag bulawan, mga kinahanglanon nga mga butang, mga sapat, kag kinabubut-on nga bulig para sa templo sang Dios sa Jerusalem.”

May mga Israelinhon nga gintandog sang Dios nga magbalik sa Jerusalem. Gani nagpreparar sila sa pagkadto didto agod patindugon ang templo sang Ginoo. Kaupod sa ila amo ang mga pangulo sang mga pamilya sang tribo ni Juda kag sang tribo ni Benjamin, ang mga pari, kag ang mga Levita. Ang iban nga mga katawhan nagbulig sa ila paagi sa paghatag sang mga kagamitan nga hinimo halin sa pilak, mga bulawan, mga kinahanglanon nga mga butang, mga sapat, iban pa nga malahalon nga mga butang, kag kinabubut-on nga bulig para sa templo.

Gin-uli man sa ila ni Haring Cyrus ang mga kagamitan sa templo sang Ginoo nga ginkuha ni Haring Nebucadnezar sa Jerusalem kag gindala sa templo sang iya mga dios-dios. Gintugyan ini ni Haring Cyrus kay Mitredat nga tresurero sang iya ginharian. Gin-isip ini ni Mitredat kag ginhatag ang lista kay Sheshbazar, ang gobernador sang Juda. 9-10 Amo ini ang gin-isip nga mga kagamitan:[c]

bulawan nga mga bandehado30
pilak nga mga bandehado1,000
mga kutsilyo[d]29
bulawan nga mga yahong30
pilak nga mga yahong410
iban pa nga mga kagamitan1,000

11 Tanan-tanan, may mga 5,400 ka kagamitan nga bulawan kag pilak. Gindala ini tanan ni Sheshbazar sang nagbalik siya sa Jerusalem halin sa Babilonia kaupod sang iban nga mga ginbihag.

Footnotes

  1. 1:1 agod matuman ang ginsiling sang Ginoo paagi kay Jeremias nga mahilway ang mga Israelinhon sa pagkabihag sa Babilonia pagkaligad sang 70 ka tuig. (Tan-awa ang Jeremias 25:11; 29:10.)
  2. 1:2 Dios sang langit: ukon, Dios nga ara sa langit; ukon, Dios nga naghimo sang langit; ukon, Dios nga labaw sa tanan.
  3. 1:9-10 Ang mga masunod indi mapat-od sa Hebreo kon ano gid nga mga kagamitan.
  4. 1:9-10 kutsilyo: Indi klaro ang buot silingon sang Hebreo sini.

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.

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, 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, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Who is there among you of all his people? 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, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.

And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;

Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.