1 No primeiro ano de Ciro, rei da Pérsia, para que se cumprisse a palavra de Jeová por boca de Jeremias, moveu Jeová o espírito de Ciro, rei da Pérsia, para fazer por todo o seu reino de viva voz e por escrito este pregão:

2 Assim diz Ciro, rei da Pérsia: Jeová, Deus do céu, deu-me todos os reinos da terra, e encarregou-me de lhe edificar uma casa em Jerusalém de Judá.

3 Quem dentre vós é do seu povo, seja com ele seu Deus, suba para Jerusalém de Judá, e edifique a casa de Jeová, Deus de Israel (ele é Deus), a qual está em Jerusalém.

4 Quem quer que restar, seja qual for o lugar em que é peregrino, ajudem-no os homens do seu lugar com prata, com ouro, com fazenda e com animais, afora a oferta voluntária para a casa de Jeová, que é em Jerusalém.

5 Então se levantaram os cabeças das famílias de Judá e de Benjamim, os sacerdotes e os levitas, todos aqueles cujo espírito Deus tinha movido para subirem a edificar a casa de Jeová, que é em Jerusalém.

6 Todos os que eram os seus vizinhos, lhes fortaleceram as mãos com vasos de prata, com ouro, com fazenda, com animais e cousas preciosas, além de tudo o que se ofereceu voluntariamente.

7 Também o rei Ciro entregou os vasos da casa de Jeová, os quais Nabucodonozor tinha levado de Jerusalém, e posto na casa dos seus deuses.

8 Ciro, rei da Pérsia, fê-los sair de fato pelo tesoureiro Mitredate, que os entregou enumerados a Sesbazar, príncipe de Judá.

9 Eis o número deles: trinta cestos de ouro, mil cestos de prata, e vinte e nove facas;

10 trinta taças de ouro, quatrocentas e dez taças de prata de segunda ordem, e mil outros vasos.

11 Todos os vasos de ouro e de prata eram cinco mil e quatrocentos. Todos estes levou Sesbazar, quando os do cativeiro foram levados de Babilônia para Jerusalém.

1 Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and put it in writing, saying,

2 These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

3 Whoever there is among you of his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and take in hand the building of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem.

4 And whoever there may be of the rest of Israel, living in any place, let the men of that place give him help with offerings of silver and gold and goods and beasts, in addition to the offering freely given for the house of God in Jerusalem.

5 Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.

6 And all their neighbours gave them help with offerings of vessels of silver and gold and goods and beasts and things of great value, in addition to what was freely offered.

7 And Cyrus the king got out the vessels of the house of the Lord which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods;

8 Even these Cyrus made Mithredath, the keeper of his wealth, get out, and he gave them, after numbering them, to Sheshbazzar, the ruler of Judah.

9 And this is the number of them: there were thirty gold plates, a thousand silver plates, twenty-nine knives,

10 Thirty gold basins, four hundred and ten silver basins, and a thousand other vessels.

11 There were five thousand, four hundred gold and silver vessels. All these were taken back by Sheshbazzar, when those who had been taken prisoner went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.