拉1:1 波斯王古列元年，耶和华为要应验他藉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：
拉1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and put it in writing, saying,
拉1:2 “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。
拉1:2 These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
拉1:3 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。
拉1:3 Whoever there is among you of his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and take in hand the building of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem.
拉1:4 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。’”
拉1:4 And whoever there may be of the rest of Israel, living in any place, let the men of that place give him help with offerings of silver and gold and goods and beasts, in addition to the offering freely given for the house of God in Jerusalem.
拉1:5 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。
拉1:5 Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.
拉1:6 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。
拉1:6 And all their neighbours gave them help with offerings of vessels of silver and gold and goods and beasts and things of great value, in addition to what was freely offered.
拉1:7 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。
拉1:7 And Cyrus the king got out the vessels of the house of the Lord which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods;
拉1:8 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。
拉1:8 Even these Cyrus made Mithredath, the keeper of his wealth, get out, and he gave them, after numbering them, to Sheshbazzar, the ruler of Judah.
拉1:9 器皿的数目是：金盘三十个、银盘一千个、刀二十九把、
拉1:9 And this is the number of them: there were thirty gold plates, a thousand silver plates, twenty-nine knives,
拉1:10 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。
拉1:10 Thirty gold basins, four hundred and ten silver basins, and a thousand other vessels.
拉1:11 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。
拉1:11 There were five thousand, four hundred gold and silver vessels. All these were taken back by Sheshbazzar, when those who had been taken prisoner went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.