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1 Det var i perserkongen Kyros' første år; da vakte Herren, forat hans ord gjennem Jeremias' munn skulde opfylles, slike tanker i perserkongen Kyros' ånd at han lot utrope i hele sitt rike og dessuten kunngjøre ved en skrivelse:
In the first year of Cyrus, king of the Persians, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of the Persians, so that the word of the Lord from the mouth of Jeremiah would be fulfilled. And he sent out a voice, throughout his entire kingdom, and also in writing, saying:
2 Så sier Kyros, kongen i Persia: Herren, himmelens Gud, har gitt mig alle jordens riker, og han har pålagt mig å bygge ham et hus i Jerusalem i Juda.
“Thus says Cyrus, the king of the Persians: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to me, and he himself has instructed me that I should build a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.
3 Er det nogen blandt eder av alt hans folk, så være hans Gud med ham, og han kan dra op til Jerusalem i Juda og bygge Herrens, Israels Guds hus! Han er den Gud som bor i Jerusalem.
Who among you is from his entire people? May his God be with him. Let him ascend to Jerusalem, which is in Judea, and let him build the house of the Lord, the God of Israel. He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
4 Og alle som ennu er i live, skal folkene på hvert sted hvor de opholder sig som fremmede, understøtte med sølv og gull, med gods og buskap, foruten de frivillige gaver til Guds hus i Jerusalem.
And let all who remain, in all the places wherever they may live, assist him, each man from his place, with silver and gold, and goods and cattle, in addition to whatever they may offer voluntarily to the temple of God, which is in Jerusalem.”
5 Da gjorde Judas og Benjamins familiehoder og prestene og levittene - alle i hvis ånd Gud vakte slike tanker, sig rede til å dra op for å bygge Herrens hus i Jerusalem.
And the leaders of the fathers from Judah and from Benjamin, with the priests, and the Levites, and all those whose spirit was stirred by God, rose up, so that they might ascend to build the temple of the Lord, which was in Jerusalem.
6 Og alle som bodde rundt omkring dem, understøttet dem med sølvkar og gull og gods og buskap og kostbare ting, foruten alt det de gav frivillig.
And all those who were all around assisted their hands with vessels of silver and gold, with goods and cattle, with equipment, in addition to whatever they had offered freely.
7 Og kong Kyros lot hente frem de kar som hadde tilhørt Herrens hus, men som Nebukadnesar hadde ført bort fra Jerusalem og satt inn i sin guds hus.
Likewise, king Cyrus offered the vessels of the temple of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his god.
8 Dem lot nu kongen i Persia Kyros hente frem under tilsyn av skattmesteren Mitredat, og han overgav dem efter tall til Sesbassar, Judas fyrste.
Now Cyrus, king of Persia, offered these by the hand of Mithredath, the son of the treasurer, and he counted these out to Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah.
9 Tallet på dem var: tretti gullfat, tusen sølvfat, ni og tyve offerkniver,
And this is their number: thirty gold bowls, one thousand silver bowls, twenty-nine knives, thirty gold cups,
10 tretti gullbeger, fire hundre og ti sølvbeger av næst beste slag og tusen andre kar.
four hundred ten of a second kind of silver cup, one thousand other vessels.
11 Karene av gull og sølv var i alt fem tusen og fire hundre. Alt dette førte Sesbassar med sig da de bortførte drog op fra Babel til Jerusalem.
All the vessels of gold and silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these, with those who ascended from the transmigration of Babylon, into Jerusalem.

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