1V prvem letu Cira, kralja v Perziji, je GOSPOD, da bi se dopolnila beseda GOSPODOVA, govorjena po ustih Jeremijevih, obudil duha Cira, kralja v Perziji, da je dal razglasiti po vsej kraljevini svoji, pa tudi pismeno naznaniti:
1And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah from the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,
2Tako pravi Cir, kralj Perzije: Vsa kraljestva zemlje mi je dal GOSPOD, Bog nebes, in mi je naročil, naj mu zgradim hišo v Jeruzalemu, ki je na Judovem.
2`Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, God of the heavens, given to me, and He hath laid a charge on me to build to Him a house in Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah;
3Kdor je med vami iz vsega ljudstva njegovega, s tem bodi njegov Bog, in pojdi gori v Jeruzalem na Judovem in zidaj hišo GOSPODA, Boga Izraelovega (on je Bog!), ki je v Jeruzalemu.
3who [is] among you of all His people? His God is with him, and he doth go up to Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, God of Israel — He [is] God — that [is] in Jerusalem.
4Vsakemu torej, ki je preostal na kateremkoli mestu, kjer biva kot tujec, naj mu pomagajo ljudje tega kraja s srebrom in zlatom, z blagom in z živino, razen tega, kar dobrovoljno darujejo za hišo Božjo, ki je v Jeruzalemu!
4`And every one who is left, of any of the places where he [is] a sojourner, assist him do the men of his place with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, along with a free-will offering for the house of God, that [is] in Jerusalem.`
5Nato se vzdignejo prvaki očetovin Judovih in Benjaminovih ter duhovniki in leviti, vsi, katerih duha je bil obudil Bog, da pojdejo gori gradit hišo GOSPODOVO, ki je v Jeruzalemu.
5And heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin rise, and the priests and the Levites, even every one whose spirit God hath waked, to go up to build the house of Jehovah, that [is] in Jerusalem;
6In vsi, ki so bili okoli njih, so jim podpirali roke s srebrnimi potrebščinami, z zlatom, z blagom, z živino in z dragotinami, razen vsega, kar so dali dobrovoljno.
6and all those round about them have strengthened [them] with their hands, with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, apart from all that hath been offered willingly.
7Cir pa je velel prinesti ven posode hiše GOSPODOVE, ki jih je bil Nebukadnezar pripeljal iz Jeruzalema ter jih je dejal v svojega boga hišo;
7And the king Cyrus hath brought out the vessels of the house of Jehovah that Nebuchadnezzar hath brought out of Jerusalem, and putteth them in the house of his gods;
8te je dal Cir, kralj Perzije, prinesti po Mitredatu, zakladničarju, in jih je odštel Sesbazarju [Kaldejsko ime Zerubabelu.], vojvodu Judovemu.
8yea, Cyrus king of Persia bringeth them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbereth them to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
9In to je njih število: trideset zlatih skled, tisoč srebrnih skled, devetindvajset nožev;
9And this [is] their number: dishes of gold thirty, dishes of silver a thousand, knives nine and twenty,
10trideset zlatih čaš, srebrnih čaš druge vrste štiristo in deset in drugih posod tisoč.Vseh zlatih in srebrnih posod je bilo pet tisoč in štiristo. Te vse je prinesel Sesbazar s seboj, ko so šli iz ujetništva v Babilonu gori v Jeruzalem.
10basins of gold thirty, basins of silver (seconds) four hundred and ten, other vessels a thousand.
11Vseh zlatih in srebrnih posod je bilo pet tisoč in štiristo. Te vse je prinesel Sesbazar s seboj, ko so šli iz ujetništva v Babilonu gori v Jeruzalem.
11All the vessels of gold and of silver [are] five thousand and four hundred; the whole hath Sheshbazzar brought up with the going up of the removal from Babylon to Jerusalem.