Ezra 1

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, to fulfill what the LORD said through Jeremiah, the LORD inspired King Cyrus. He announced throughout his kingdom and wrote it down, saying,

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Cyrus, king of Persia, says that the Lord God of heaven has given him control over all the kingdoms on Earth. He has been instructed by God to rebuild a house in Jerusalem, a city in Judah.

Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

Who among you will take on this task? May God be with you as you go to Jerusalem in Judah to build the Lord God's temple for us, because He is our God and is located in Jerusalem.

And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

And whoever stays in the place they are living, the people there should help them with money, valuable items, possessions, and animals, along with a voluntary gift for God's house in Jerusalem.

Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

Then the leaders of the families of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites, and everyone whose spirit God had lifted, rose up to go and rebuild the Lord's house in Jerusalem.

And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

And everyone around them supported them with silver, gold, goods, animals, and valuable items, along with everything else they happily gave.

Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;

Cyrus the king took the sacred objects from Jerusalem that Nebuchadnezzar had taken before and placed them in a temple for his own gods. He then returned them to the LORD's house.

Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

Cyrus, the king of Persia, had Mithredath, the treasurer, bring out items and count them for Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah.

And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

There are 30 golden chargers, 1,000 silver chargers, and 29 knives.

Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

30 golden bowls, 410 silver bowls of a different type, and other containers 1,000 in total.

All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

All the gold and silver containers totaled 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought these items, along with the exiles, from Babylon to Jerusalem.