1 And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,

2 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth has Jehovah the God of the heavens given to me, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

3 Whosoever there is 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 Jehovah the God of Israel-he is God-which is at Jerusalem.

4 And whosoever remains in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the voluntary offering for the house of God which is at Jerusalem.

5 And the chief fathers of Judah and Benjamin rose up, and the priests, and the Levites, even all those whose spirit God had stirred, to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem.

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

7 And king Cyrus brought forth the vessels of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem and had put in the house of his god.

8 And Cyrus king of Persia brought them forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

9 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 four hundred. The whole did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

1 波斯王古列元年， 耶和华为要应验他借耶利米的口所说的话， 就激动波斯王古列的心灵， 使他通令全国， 传达文告说：

2 "波斯王古列这样说： ‘耶和华天上的 神已经把地上万国赐给我。他指派我在犹大的耶路撒冷为他建造殿宇。

3 你们中间凡是他的子民， 愿 神与他同在的， 都可以上犹大的耶路撒冷去， 建造耶和华以色列的 神的殿， 他是在耶路撒冷受敬拜的 神。

4 所有余民， 无论寄居在什么地方， 那地方的人都要用金、银、财物、牲畜帮助他， 也要为在耶路撒冷 神的殿献上甘心的礼物。’"

5 于是， 犹大和便雅悯的族长、祭司、利未人和所有被 神激动了心灵的人， 都起来要上去， 重建在耶路撒冷耶和华的殿。

6 他们四围的人都用银器、金子、财物、牲畜和珍贵的礼物协助他们， 另外还有各种甘心奉献的礼物。

7 古列王把耶和华殿里的器皿拿出来， 就是从前尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷拿来放在自己的神庙里的。

8 波斯王古列命令司库官米提利达把这些器皿拿出来， 按数交给犹大的领袖设巴萨。

9 器皿的数目是： 金盘三十个、银盘一千个、刀二十九把、

10 金碗三十个、次等银碗四百一十个（"次等银碗四百一十个"： 本句意义难确定， 或译： "银碗二千四百一十个"）， 其他的器皿一千件。

11 全部的金银器皿共有五千四百件。被掳的人从巴比伦上耶路撒冷去的时候， 设巴萨把这一切器皿都带上去。