1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

2 "Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Whoever there 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 Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem. 4 Whoever is left, in any place where he lives, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, in addition to the free will offering for God’s house which is in Jerusalem.’"

5 Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and the Levites, all whose spirit God had stirred to go up, rose up to build Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem. 6 All those who were around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with animals, and with precious things, in addition to all that was willingly offered. 7 Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of Yahweh’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods; 8 even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah. 9 This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives, 10 thirty bowls of gold, four hundred ten silver bowls of a second kind, and one thousand other vessels. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

1 波斯王古列元年， 耶和华为要应验他借耶利米的口所说的话， 就激动波斯王古列的心灵， 使他通令全国， 传达文告说：

2 "波斯王古列这样说： ‘耶和华天上的 神已经把地上万国赐给我。他指派我在犹大的耶路撒冷为他建造殿宇。

3 你们中间凡是他的子民， 愿 神与他同在的， 都可以上犹大的耶路撒冷去， 建造耶和华以色列的 神的殿， 他是在耶路撒冷受敬拜的 神。

4 所有余民， 无论寄居在什么地方， 那地方的人都要用金、银、财物、牲畜帮助他， 也要为在耶路撒冷 神的殿献上甘心的礼物。’"

5 于是， 犹大和便雅悯的族长、祭司、利未人和所有被 神激动了心灵的人， 都起来要上去， 重建在耶路撒冷耶和华的殿。

6 他们四围的人都用银器、金子、财物、牲畜和珍贵的礼物协助他们， 另外还有各种甘心奉献的礼物。

7 古列王把耶和华殿里的器皿拿出来， 就是从前尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷拿来放在自己的神庙里的。

8 波斯王古列命令司库官米提利达把这些器皿拿出来， 按数交给犹大的领袖设巴萨。

9 器皿的数目是： 金盘三十个、银盘一千个、刀二十九把、

10 金碗三十个、次等银碗四百一十个（"次等银碗四百一十个"： 本句意义难确定， 或译： "银碗二千四百一十个"）， 其他的器皿一千件。

11 全部的金银器皿共有五千四百件。被掳的人从巴比伦上耶路撒冷去的时候， 设巴萨把这一切器皿都带上去。