1 E n el primer año de Ciro, rey de Persia, para que se cumpliera la palabra de Jehová anunciada por boca de Jeremías, despertó Jehová el espíritu de Ciro, rey de Persia, el cual hizo pregonar de palabra y también por escrito en todo su reino, este decreto:

In 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,

2 « Así ha dicho Ciro, rey de Persia: Jehová, el Dios de los cielos, me ha dado todos los reinos de la tierra y me ha mandado que le edifique una casa en Jerusalén, que está en Judá.

“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.

3 Q uien de entre vosotros pertenezca a su pueblo, sea Dios con él, suba a Jerusalén, que está en Judá, y edifique la casa a Jehová, Dios de Israel (él es el Dios), la cual está en Jerusalén.

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

4 Y a todo el que haya quedado, en cualquier lugar donde habite, que las gentes de su lugar lo ayuden con plata, oro, bienes y ganados, además de ofrendas voluntarias para la casa de Dios, la cual está en Jerusalén.» El regreso a Jerusalén

Let 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.’”

5 E ntonces se levantaron los jefes de las casas paternas de Judá y de Benjamín, los sacerdotes y levitas, todos aquellos a quienes Dios puso en su corazón subir a edificar la casa de Jehová, la cual está en Jerusalén.

Then 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.

6 Y todos los que habitaban en los alrededores los ayudaron con plata y oro, con bienes y ganado, y con cosas preciosas, además de toda clase de ofrendas voluntarias.

All 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.

7 E l rey Ciro sacó los utensilios de la casa de Jehová que Nabucodonosor se había llevado de Jerusalén y había depositado en la casa de sus dioses.

King 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.

8 L os sacó, pues, Ciro, rey de Persia, por medio del tesorero Mitrídates, el cual los contó y se los entregó a Sesbasar, príncipe de Judá.

King 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.

9 L a cuenta de ellos es ésta: treinta tazones de oro, mil tazones de plata, veintinueve cuchillos,

This was their number: 30 gold dishes, 1, 000 silver dishes, 29 other dishes,

10 t reinta tazas de oro, otras cuatrocientas diez tazas de plata, y otros mil utensilios.

30 gold pots, 410 silver pots, and 1, 000 other objects.

11 E n total, los utensilios de oro y de plata eran cinco mil cuatrocientos. Todo esto lo hizo llevar Sesbasar con los que subieron del cautiverio de Babilonia a Jerusalén.

There 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.