1 I n the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, the words of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah came true. The Lord worked in the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia so that he made it known through all his nation, and also put it in writing, saying,

وَفي 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:

2 “ This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the nations of the earth. He has chosen me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

هَذا 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.

3 W hoever 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 build again the house of the Lord, the God of Israel. He is the God Who is in Jerusalem.

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

4 L et each one who is still alive, at whatever place he may live, be helped by the men of his place with silver and gold and with good things and cattle. Let the men also give a free-will gift for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”

أمّا 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.»

5 T hen the leaders of the family groups of Judah and Benjamin and the religious leaders and Levites stood up, everyone in whose spirit the Lord had worked to go up and build the Lord’s house in Jerusalem again.

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

6 A ll those around them helped them with gifts of silver, gold, good things, cattle, and things worth much money, besides all that was given as a free-will gift.

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

7 K ing Cyrus brought out the objects of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods.

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

8 K ing Cyrus of Persia had them brought out by Mithredath, the man who took care of the nation’s riches. And he numbered them as he handed them over to Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah.

وَسَلَّمَها كُورَشُ مَلِكُ فارِسَ إلَى أمِينِ الخَزنَةِ مِثْرَداثَ، الَّذِي أحصاها أمامَ شِيشْبَصَّرَ حاكِمِ يَهُوذا.

9 T his was their number: 30 gold dishes, 1, 000 silver dishes, 29 other dishes,

فَكانَتَ ثَلاثِينَ طَبَقاً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ، ألفَ طَبَقٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ، تِسعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سِكِّيناً،

10 3 0 gold pots, 410 silver pots, and 1, 000 other objects.

ثَلاثِينَ كَأساً ذَهَبِيَّةً صَغِيرةً، أربَعَ مِئَةٍ وَعَشْرَ كُؤُوسٍ فِضِيَّةٍ، وَألفاً مِنْ الآنِيَةِ الأُخْرَى.

11 T here were 5, 400 objects of gold and silver in all. Sheshbazzar brought all of them back when the people who had been taken away went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

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