Esdras 1

1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s*1:1 "Yahweh" is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered "LORD" (all caps) in other translations. word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

2 "Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘Yahweh, the God*1:2 The Hebrew word rendered "God" is "אֱלֹהִ֑ים" (Elohim). of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Whoever there is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem. 4 Whoever is left, in any place where he lives, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, in addition to the free will offering for God’s house which is in Jerusalem.’"

5 Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and the Levites, all whose spirit God had stirred to go up, rose up to build Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem. 6 All those who were around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with animals, and with precious things, in addition to all that was willingly offered. 7 Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of Yahweh’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods; 8 even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah. 9 This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives, 10 thirty bowls of gold, four hundred ten silver bowls of a second kind, and one thousand other vessels. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Ka Whakahaua ngā Hūrai e Hairuha kia hoki

1 Nā, i te tau tuatahi o Hairuha kīngi o Pahia, he mea kia whakamanā ai te kupu a Ihowā, i whakapuakina e Heremaia, ka whakaohokia e Ihowā te wairua o Hairuha kīngi o Pahia, ā, tukua ana e tērā tāna karanga puta noa i tōna kīngitanga, i tuhituhia hoki e ia, i mea ia:

2 Ko te kupu tēnei a Hairuha kīngi o Pahia:

Kua oti ngā kīngitanga katoa o te whenua te hōmai ki ahau e Ihowā, e te Atua o ngā rangi; kua whakahaua mai hoki ahau e ia kia hangā he whare mōna ki Hiruhārama, ki tērā i Hūrā. 3 Ahakoa ko wai o koutou o tāna iwi katoa – hei a ia tōna Atua – ā, me haere ake ia ki Hiruhārama, ki tērā i Hūrā, ki te hanga i te whare o Ihowā, o te Atua o Īharaira – ko ia nei te Atua, kei Hiruhārama anō ia.

4 Nā, ko te tangata ka mahue ki te wāhi e noho ai ia, mā ngā tāngata o tōna wāhi ia e āwhina ki te hiriwa, ki te kōura, ki te taonga, ki te kararehe, hei tāpiri mō ngā mea hoatu noa mō te whare o te Atua i Hiruhārama.

5 Kātahi ka whakatika ngā upoko o ngā whare o ngā mātua o Hūrā, o Pineamine, me ngā tohunga, me ngā Rīwaiti – me te hunga katoa i whakaohokia nei ō rātou wairua e te Atua – ka mea ki te haere ki te hanga i te whare o Ihowā i Hiruhārama. 6 Nā, ko ngā tāngata katoa i ō rātou taha, kei te whakakaha i ō rātou ringa ki te oko hiriwa, ki te kōura, ki te taonga, ki te kararehe, ki te mea utu nui, he mea tāpiri ki ngā mea hōmai noa katoa. 7 Ā, i whakaputaina e Kīngi Hairuha ngā oko o te whare o Ihowā i kawea atu nei e Nepukaneha i Hiruhārama, i hoatu nei e ia ki roto ki te whare o ōna atua. 8 I whakaputaina ēnei e Hairuha kīngi o Pahia, arā e Mitirerata kaitiaki taonga, taua atu ana e ia ki a Hehepātara rangatira o Hūrā.

9 Ko te maha tēnei o aua mea: e toru tekau peihana kōura, kotahi mano peihana hiriwa, e rua tekau mā iwa māripi; 10 e toru tekau ngā hāka kōura, ko ngā hāka hiriwa, he āhua kē, e whā rau kotahi tekau; ko ētahi oko kē, kotahi mano.

11 Ko ngā oko katoa, ko ngā mea kōura, ko ngā mea hiriwa, e rima mano e whā rau. Ko ēnei katoa i kawea atu e Hehepātara i te kawenga o ngā whakarau i Papurōna ki Hiruhārama.