1 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, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Who is there among you of all his people? 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 the God,) which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
5 ¶ Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. 6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
7 ¶ Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; 8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
1–BOB
Shoh Kurush yahudiylarga Quddusga qaytish uchun ijozat beradi
1 Fors shohi Kurush hukmronligining birinchi yilida Egamizning Yeremiyo orqali bildirgan soʻzlari bajo boʻlishi uchun, Egamiz shoh Kurushning yuragiga Quddusdagi Maʼbadni qayta qurish istagini soldi. Shunday qilib, Kurush oʻz shohligining hamma tomoniga xabarchilar joʻnatdi va yozma farmonda quyidagilarni eʼlon qildi:
2 “Fors shohi Kurush shunday demoqda: Samoviy Xudo — Egamiz yer yuzidagi jamiki shohliklarni menga bergan. U Yahudo yurtidagi Quddus shahrida Oʻziga bir uy qurishni menga topshirdi. 3 Xudoning xalqidan boʻlganlarga men ijozat beraman: ular Quddusga borishlari va Isroil xalqining Xudosi — Egamizning uyini qayta qurishlari mumkin. Quddusda sajda qilinadigan Xudo Udir. Isroil xalqiga oʻzlarining Xudosi yor boʻlsin. 4 Surgundagi yahudiylar yashaydigan hamma joyda shunday deb eʼlon qilinsin: Quddusga qaytmaydigan yahudiylar qaytadigan yahudiylarga yordam bersin. Ularga kumush, oltin, safar uchun zarur buyumlar va chorva berishsin. Bulardan tashqari, Xudoning Quddusdagi uyi qayta qurilishi uchun koʻngildan chiqarib nazrlar berishsin.”
5 Shunday qilib, Yahudo va Benyamin qabilalarining urugʻboshilari, ruhoniylar va levilar, shuningdek, Xudo ruhlantirgan har bir odam Egamizning Quddusdagi uyini qayta qurish uchun safarga tayyorlandi. 6 Barcha qoʻshnilari ularga chin koʻngildan chiqarib nazrlar berdilar. Bulardan tashqari, kumush idishlar, oltin, safar uchun buyumlar, chorva va boshqa qimmatbaho hadyalar berib yordam qildilar. 7 Shoh Kurush Egamizning uyiga tegishli boʻlgan buyumlarni olib kelishni buyurdi. Bu buyumlarni shoh Navuxadnazar Quddusdan olib kelib , oʻzining xudolari uyiga qoʻygan edi. 8 Shoh Kurush bu buyumlarni xazinabon Mitradot nazorati ostiga topshirdi. Mitradot esa bularni sanab, Yahudo yoʻlboshchisi Shashbazzarga berdi. 9 Buyumlarning roʻyxati quyidagicha edi:
oltin togʻorachalar — 30 ta
kumush togʻorachalar — 1000 ta
boshqa idishlar — 29 ta
10 oltin kosalar — 30 ta
kumush kosalar — 410 ta
boshqa buyumlar — 1000 ta.
11 Oltin va kumush buyumlarning jami 5400 ta edi. Shashbazzar boshqa asirlar qatorida Bobildan Quddusga qaytib ketayotganda, bu buyumlarning hammasini oʻzi bilan olib ketdi.
