1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:2 "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 me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah.3 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.4 And in any locality where survivors may now be living, the people are to provide them with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.'"5 Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites —everyone whose heart God had moved —prepared to go up and build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.6 All their neighbors assisted them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuable gifts, in addition to all the freewill offerings.7 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. [^1]8 Cyrus king of Persia had them brought by Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.9 This was the inventory: gold dishes 30 silver dishes 1,000 silver pans "2910 gold bowls 30 matching silver bowls 410 other articles 1,00011 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.
1 In anno primo Cyri regis Persarum, ut compleretur verbum Domini ex ore Jeremi, suscitavit Dominus spiritum Cyri regis Persarum : et traduxit vocem in omni regno suo, etiam per scripturam, dicens : 2 Hc dicit Cyrus rex Persarum : Omnia regna terr dedit mihi Dominus Deus cli, et ipse prcepit mihi ut dificarem ei domum in Jerusalem, qu est in Juda. 3 Quis est in vobis de universo populo ejus ? Sit Deus illius cum ipso. Ascendat in Jerusalem, qu est in Juda, et dificet domum Domini Dei Isral : ipse est Deus qui est in Jerusalem. 4 Et omnes reliqui in cunctis locis ubicumque habitant, adjuvent eum viri de loco suo argento et auro, et substantia, et pecoribus, excepto quod voluntarie offerunt templo Dei, quod est in Jerusalem.5 Et surrexerunt principes patrum de Juda et Benjamin, et sacerdotes, et Levit, et omnis cujus Deus suscitavit spiritum, ut ascenderent ad dificandum templum Domini, quod erat in Jerusalem. 6 Universique qui erant in circuitu, adjuverunt manus eorum in vasis argenteis et aureis, in substantia et jumentis, in supellectili, exceptis his qu sponte obtulerant. 7 Rex quoque Cyrus protulit vasa templi Domini, qu tulerat Nabuchodonosor de Jerusalem, et posuerat ea in templo dei sui. 8 Protulit autem ea Cyrus rex Persarum per manum Mithridatis filii Gazabar, et annumeravit ea Sassabasar principi Juda. 9 Et hic est numerus eorum : phial aure triginta, phial argente mille, cultri viginti novem, scyphi aurei triginta, 10 scyphi argentei secundi quadringenti decem, vasa alia mille. 11 Omnia vasa aurea et argentea quinque millia quadringenta : universa tulit Sassabasar cum his qui ascendebant de transmigratione Babylonis in Jerusalem.