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, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made 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: All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at 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.

Who 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 the Lord God of Israel (He is God), which 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.»

And whoever is left in any place where he dwells, let the men of his place help him with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, besides the freewill offerings for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.

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 the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, with all whose spirits God had moved, arose to go up and build 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.

And all those who were around them encouraged them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.

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

King Cyrus also brought out the articles of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and put in the temple of his gods;

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

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

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

This is the number of them: thirty gold platters, one thousand silver platters, twenty-nine knives,

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

thirty gold basins, four hundred and ten silver basins of a similar kind, and one thousand 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 were five thousand four hundred. All these Sheshbazzar took with the captives who were brought from Babylon to Jerusalem.