1 و َفي السَّنَةِ الأُولَى مِنْ حُكمِ كُورَشَ مَلِكِ فارِسَ، وَمِنْ أجلِ تَحقِيقِ النُبُوَّاتِ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِها اللهُ عَلَى فَمِ النَّبِيّ إرْمِيا، نَبَّهَ اللهُ رُوحَ المَلِكِ كُورَشَ لِيُعلِنَ نِداءً فِي جَميعِ أنْحاءِ مَملَكَتِهِ، وَمَرسُوماً مَلَكِيّاً مَكتُوباً يَقُولُ فِيهِ:

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:

2 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ كُورَشُ مَلكُ فارِسَ: «قَدْ جَعَلَنِي اللهُ ، إلَهُ السَّماءِ، مَلِكاً عَلَى كُلِّ الأرْضِ. وَقَدْ أوكَلَ إلَيَّ مَسؤُولِيَّةَ بناءِ هَيكَلٍ لَهُ فِي القُدسِ، فِي مِنْطَقَةِ يَهُوذا.

“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

3 و َالآنَ يُمكِنُكُمْ جَمِيعاً، يا شَعبَ اللهِ، أنْ تَذهَبُوا إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. لِيَكُنِ إلَهُكُمْ مَعَكُمْ، وَاذْهَبُوا لِتَبْنُوا بَيتَ اللهِ ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ، الإلَهِ الَّذِي فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.

4 أ مّا المُقِيمُونَ مِنْ غَيرِ اليَهُودِ فِي المَناطِقِ الَّتِي يَسكُنها النّاجُونَ اليَهُودُ، فَعَلَيهِمْ أنْ يُساعِدُوهُمْ بِالفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَالمُؤَنِ وَالبَهائِمِ. فَضلاً عَنْ ما يَتَبَرَّعُونَ بِهِ لِبَيتِ اللهِ الَّذِي فِي القُدْسِ.»

Every survivor, at whatever place he may live, let the men of that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle, together with a freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.’” Holy Vessels Restored

5 ف َاسْتَعَدَّ رُؤَساءُ عَشائِرِ يَهُوذا وَبَنْيامِيْنَ وَالكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ نَبَّهَ اللهُ رُوحَهُ، للذَّهابِ لِبِناءِ بَيتِ اللهِ الَّذِي فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites arose, even everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up and rebuild the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.

6 و َساعَدَهُمْ كُلُّ جِيرانِهِمْ بَإعْطائِهِمْ مَصنُوعاتٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَمُؤَناً وَبَهائِمَ وَهَدّايا ثَمِينَةً بِالإضافَةِ إلَى كُلِّ أنواعِ العَطايا.

All those about them encouraged them with articles of silver, with gold, with goods, with cattle and with valuables, aside from all that was given as a freewill offering.

7 و َأخرَجَ مَلِكُ كُورَشَ آنِيَةَ بَيتِ اللهِ الَّتِي كانَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ قَد نَهَبَها مِنْ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ وَوَضَعَها فِي مَعبَدِ آلِهَتِهِ.

Also King Cyrus brought out the articles of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods;

8 و َسَلَّمَها كُورَشُ مَلِكُ فارِسَ إلَى أمِينِ الخَزنَةِ مِثْرَداثَ، الَّذِي أحصاها أمامَ شِيشْبَصَّرَ حاكِمِ يَهُوذا.

and Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

9 ف َكانَتَ ثَلاثِينَ طَبَقاً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ، ألفَ طَبَقٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ، تِسعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سِكِّيناً،

Now this was their number: 30 gold dishes, 1, 000 silver dishes, 29 duplicates;

10 ث َلاثِينَ كَأساً ذَهَبِيَّةً صَغِيرةً، أربَعَ مِئَةٍ وَعَشْرَ كُؤُوسٍ فِضِيَّةٍ، وَألفاً مِنْ الآنِيَةِ الأُخْرَى.

30 gold bowls, 410 silver bowls of a second kind and 1, 000 other articles.

11 أ مّا مَجمُوعُ الآنِيَةِ فَقَد وَصَلَ إلَى خَمسَةِ آلافٍ وَأربَعِ مِئَةِ إناءٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالفِضَّةِ، أحضَرَها شِيشْبَصَّرُ كُلَّها عِندَما عادَ المَسْبِيُّونَ مِنْ بابِلَ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

All the articles of gold and silver numbered 5, 400. Sheshbazzar brought them all up with the exiles who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.