Ezra 1:1-11
1 Lo first year blo Cyrus, king blo Persia, Jehovah muvim heart* blo Cyrus, king blo Persia, for givim wanfala order wea olketa mas announcem lo full kingdom blo hem and wea olketa mas raetem datwan tu. Diswan hem for toktok blo Jehovah wea Jeremiah talem bae fulfill. Order hia hem olsem:
2 “Diswan nao samting wea Cyrus, king blo Persia, hem talem, ‘Jehovah, God wea rul lo heven, hem givim mi evri kingdom lo earth, and hem appointim mi for buildim wanfala haos for hem lo Jerusalem, wea stap lo Judah.
3 Eniwan lo olketa pipol blo hem wea stap witim iufala, God blo hem mas stap witim hem, and hem mas go ap lo Jerusalem, wea stap lo Judah, for buildim bak haos blo Jehovah, God blo Israel, datfala tru God, wea haos blo hem stap lo Jerusalem bifor.*
4 Eniwan wea stap olsem foreigner, lo eni ples wea hem stap, olketa neiba* blo hem mas helpem hem. Olketa mas givim hem silver and gold, and samfala samting wea olketa onam and olketa animal witim olketa voluntary offering for haos blo datfala tru God, wea stap lo Jerusalem.’”
5 Then olketa wea hed lo laen blo dadi blo olketa lo tribe blo Judah and tribe blo Benjamin, and olketa priest and olketa Levite, yes evriwan wea datfala tru God muvim heart blo olketa, mek redi for go ap and buildim bak haos blo Jehovah, wea stap lo Jerusalem.
6 Evriwan wea stap raonem olketa sapotim* olketa. Olketa givim olketa utensil wea olketa wakem from silver and gold, olketa samting wea olketa onam, olketa animal, and olketa nara naes samting, witim evri voluntary offering tu.
7 King Cyrus givim bak tu olketa utensil blo haos blo Jehovah wea Nebuchadnezzar tekem from Jerusalem and wea hem putim insaed haos blo god blo hem.
8 Cyrus, king blo Persia, markem Mithredath, wea hem treasurer, for lukaftarem waka for givim bak evri samting hia, and for hem raetem list blo olketa samting hia for Sheshbazzar,* leader blo olketa lo territory blo Judah.
9 Diswan nao list blo evri samting hia: 30-fala golden dish wea sheip olsem basket, 1,000 silver dish wea sheip olsem basket, 29-fala nara dish,
10 30-fala smol golden bowl, 410 smol silver bowl, and 1,000 nara utensil.
11 Total blo evri gold and silver utensil hem 5,400. Sheshbazzar tekem evri samting hia taem olketa Jew* lusim Babylon for go lo Jerusalem.
Olketa footnote
^ Heb., “spirit.”
^ Or maet, “wea stap lo Jerusalem.”
^ Heb., “olketa man lo ples blo hem.”
^ Heb., “strongim hand blo.”
^ Heb., “prisoner.”
