Kirus ma rakiza Ovajuda kutja ve yaruke
1 Mombura ondenga youhona wa Kirus, ombara ya Persie, Muhona wa yenenisa omambo, nga hungirire notjinyo tjomuprofete Jeremia. Eye wa ṱuna omutima wa Kirus kutja a tjange omarakiza ngu maye karesewa neraka enene ngamwa akuhe mouhona we, ngu maye tja nai:
2 “Indi erakiza rombara Kirus wa Persie, ma rakiza kutja Muhona, Ndjambi weyuru, we ndji zika okurira ombara yomauhona mouye auhe, nu we ndji pa omerizirira wokutja mbi mu tungire ondjuwo ondjapuke mOjerusalem, mehi ra Juda. 3 Ndjambi nga kare puna eṋe amuhe, mbu mu ri otjiwaṋa tje. Twendeye kOjerusalem, mu katungurure ondjuwo ya Muhona, Ndjambi wa Israel. Eye onguri Ndjambi ngu rikotamenenwa mOjerusalem. 4 Tji pena tjiva votjiwaṋa tja Ndjambi mbe ri mouhuura nu mbu mave hepa ombatero yokuyaruka, ovaranganda na wo ngave ve vatere. Ngave ve pe osilveri nongoldo, nomitwaro novinamuinyo, na wina oviyandjewa vyozombunguhiro zombango yawo oveni, vi rire ovyondjuwo ya Muhona mOjerusalem.”
5 Nu imbi oviuru vyozonganda zomuhoko wa Juda nowa Benjamin, novapristeri nOvalevi, na ngamwa auhe warwe Ndjambi ngwa ṱunu omutima we nge rirongerera okukatungurura ondjuwo ya Muhona mOjerusalem. 6 Ovararanganda na wo avehe ve ve vatera, nave ve pe oviṋa ovingi; osilveri nongoldo, oviungurisiwa, novinamuinyo, noviyandjewa ovikwao ovinanḓengu, noviyandjewa vyozombunguhiro zombango yawo oveni, vi rire ovyondjuwo ya Muhona.
7 Ombara Kirus we ve yarurira ovitjuma mbya huurirwe i ombara Nebukadnesar mondjuwo ya Muhona mOjerusalem, nu mbya twire mondjuwo onḓere yomukuru we wotjisenginina. 8 Eye we vi yandja ku Mitredat, omutjevere omunene wovihuze vyouhona, ngwe vi varera Sesbasar, ongooneya ya Juda, komuhingo mbwi:
9 Oviyaha vyongoldo vyombunguhiro 30
oviyaha vyosilveri 1,000
oviyaha ovikwao 29
10 ovinwino vyongoldo 30
ovinwino vyosilveri 410
ovitjuma vyarwe 1,000.
11 Avihe kumwe vya ri ovitjuma 5 400 vyongoldo novyosilveri noviṋa ovikwao vyarwe mbya etererwa i Sesbasar, indu eye novahuurwa ovakwao tji va zire kObabilon okuyenda kOjerusalem.
Cyrus Lets the Jews Return Home
1 Years ago the Lord sent Jeremiah with a message about a promise for the people of Israel. Then in the first year that Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord kept his promise by telling Cyrus to send this official message to all parts of his kingdom:
2-3 I am King Cyrus of Persia.
The Lord God of heaven, who is also the God of Israel, has made me the ruler of all nations on earth. And he has chosen me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. The Lord God will watch over and encourage any of his people who want to go back to Jerusalem and help build the temple.
4 Everyone else must provide what is needed. They must give money, supplies, and animals, as well as gifts for rebuilding God's temple.
5 Many people felt that the Lord God wanted them to help rebuild his temple, and they made plans to go to Jerusalem. Among them were priests, Levites, and leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. 6 The others helped by giving silver articles, gold, personal possessions, cattle, and other valuable gifts, as well as offerings for the temple.
7 King Cyrus gave back the things that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Lord's temple in Jerusalem and had put in the temple of his own gods. 8 Cyrus placed Mithredath, his chief treasurer, in charge of these things. Mithredath counted them and gave a list to Sheshbazzar, the governor of Judah. 9-10 Included among them were: 30 large gold dishes; 1,000 large silver dishes; 29 other dishes; 30 gold bowls; 410 silver bowls; and 1,000 other articles.
11 Altogether, there were 5,400 gold and silver dishes, bowls, and other articles. Sheshbazzar took them with him when he and the others returned to Jerusalem from Babylonia.
