^aEn el primer año de Ciro, rey de Persia, para que se cumpliera la palabra del SEÑOR por boca de Jeremías, el SEÑOR movió el espíritu de Ciro, rey de Persia, yeste hizo proclamar^b por todo su reino y también por escrito, diciendo: 2 Así dice Ciro, rey de Persia: «El SEÑOR, el Dios de los cielos, me ha dado todos los reinos de la tierra, y Él me ha designado para que le edifique una casa en Jerusalén^a, que está en Judá. 3 El que de entre todos vosotros pertenezca a su pueblo, sea su Dios con él. Que suba a Jerusalén, que está en Judá, y edifique la casa del SEÑOR, Dios de Israel; Él es el Dios^a que está en Jerusalén. 4 Y a todo sobreviviente, en cualquier lugar que habite¹, que los hombres de aquel² lugar lo ayuden con plata y oro, con bienes y ganado, junto con una ofrenda voluntaria para la casa de Dios que está en Jerusalén».

5 Entonces se levantaron los jefes de las casas paternas de Judá y de Benjamín, y los sacerdotes y los levitas, y todos aquellos cuyo espíritu Dios había movido a subir para edificar la casa del SEÑOR que está en Jerusalén^a. 6 Y todos los que habitaban alrededor de ellos les ayudaron^1a con objetos de plata, con oro, con bienes, con ganado y con objetos preciosos, además de todo lo que fue dado como ofrenda voluntaria. 7 También el rey Ciro sacó los objetos de la casa del SEÑOR^a que Nabucodonosor se había llevado de Jerusalén y había puesto en la casa de sus dioses^b; 8 Ciro, rey de Persia, los hizo sacar por mano del tesorero Mitrídates, que los dio contados¹ a Sesbasar^a, príncipe de Judá. 9 Y este fue su número: treinta platos de oro^a, mil platos de plata, veintinueve duplicados¹; 10 tazas de oro, treinta; tazas de plata de otra clase¹, cuatrocientas diez; y otros objetos, mil. 11 Todos los objetos de oro y de plata fueron cinco mil cuatrocientos. Sesbasar los trajo todos con los desterrados que subieron de Babilonia a Jerusalén.

^aNow in the ¹first year of ²Cyrus king of Persia that is, the first year he ruled Babylon, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah the prophet, the LORD stirred up (put in motion) the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he ^bsent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying: Jer 29:10-14

2 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The ¹LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and ^aHe has appointed me to build Him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 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 rebuild the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; ^aHe is God who is in Jerusalem. 4 In any place where a survivor (Jewish exile) may live, let the men (Gentiles) of that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle, together with freewill offerings for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”

5 Then the heads of the fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites, ^aall those whose spirits God had stirred up, ¹arose to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. 6 All those who were around them ^aencouraged them with articles of silver, with gold, with goods, with cattle, and with valuable things, in addition to all that was given as a freewill offering. 7 ^aAlso King Cyrus brought out the articles of the house of the LORD, ^bwhich Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem when he captured that city and had put in the house of his gods. 8 And Cyrus, king of Persia, had Mithredath the treasurer bring them out, and he counted them out to ^1aSheshbazzar, the governor (leader) of Judah. 9 And they counted: 30 ^adishes (basins) of gold, 1,000 dishes of silver, 29 duplicates; 10 30 small gold bowls, 410 small silver bowls of a second kind, and 1,000 other articles. 11 All the articles of gold and of silver totaled 5,400. All these Sheshbazzar the governor brought up with the exiles who went from Babylon up to Jerusalem.

^aNow in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he ^bsent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:

2 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and ^aHe has appointed 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! Let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and rebuild the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; ^aHe is the God who is in Jerusalem. 4 Every survivor, at whatever place he may ¹live, let the men of ²that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle, together with a freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.’”

5 Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites arose, ^aeven everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. 6 All those about them ^1aencouraged them with articles of silver, with gold, with goods, with cattle and with valuables, aside from all that was given as a freewill offering. 7 ^aAlso King Cyrus brought out the articles of the house of the LORD, ^bwhich Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods; 8 and Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to ^aSheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 Now this was their number: 30 ^agold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 ¹duplicates; 10 30 gold bowls, 410 silver bowls of a second kind and 1,000 other articles. 11 All the articles of gold and silver numbered 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought them all up with the exiles who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

^aNow in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he ^bsent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:

2 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and ^aHe has appointed me to rebuild for 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! ¹Go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and rebuild the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; ^aHe is the God who is in Jerusalem. 4 And every survivor, at whatever place he may ¹live, the people of ²that place are to support him with silver and gold, with equipment and cattle, together with a ³voluntary offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.’”

5 Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites rose up, ^aeveryone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. 6 And all of those around them ^1aencouraged them with articles of silver, with gold, with equipment, cattle, and with valuables, aside from everything that was given as a ²voluntary offering. 7 ^aAlso King Cyrus brought out the articles of the house of the LORD, ^bwhich Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods; 8 and Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to ^aSheshbazzar, the leader of Judah. 9 Now this was their number: thirty ^agold dishes, a thousand silver dishes, twenty nine ¹duplicates; 10 thirty gold bowls, 410 silver bowls of a second kind, and a thousand other articles. 11 All the articles of gold and silver totaled 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought them all up with the exiles who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.