Cyrus king of Persia, moved by divine inspiration, releaseth God's people from captivity, with license to return and build the Temple in Jerusalem: 7. restoring the holy vessels, which Nabuchodonosor had taken from thence.Cyrus king of Persia moued by diuine inspiration, releaseth Gods people from captiuitie, with license to returne and build the Temple in Ierusalem: 7. restoring the holie vessel, which Nabuchodonosor had taken from thence.✦
The first part. The return of God's people from Babylon.The first part. The returne of gods people from Babylon.
In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of our Lord by the mouth of Jeremie might be accomplished, our Lord raised up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persians: and he made proclamation in all his kingdom, yea by writing, saying:IN THE first yeare of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of our Lord by the mouth of Ieremie might be accomplishd, our Lord raysed vp the spirit of Cyrus king of Persians: and he made proclamation in al his kingdom, yea by wryting, saying:✦In anno primo Cyri regis Persarum, ut compleretur verbum Domini ex ore Jeremiæ, suscitavit Dominus spiritum Cyri regis Persarum : et traduxit vocem in omni regno suo, etiam per scripturam, dicens :
2Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord the God of heaven given me, and he hath commanded me that I should build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Jewry.Thus sayth Cyrus king of the Persians: Al the kingdomes of the earth hath the Lord the God of heauen geuen me, & he hath commanded me that I should build him a house in Ierusalem, which is in Iewrie.✦Hæc dicit Cyrus rex Persarum : Omnia regna terræ dedit mihi Dominus Deus cæli, et ipse præcepit mihi ut ædificarem ei domum in Jerusalem, quæ est in Judæa.
3Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him. Let him go up into Jerusalem, which is in Jewry, and build the house of the Lord the God of Israel, he is the God that is in Jerusalem.Who is there among you of al his people? His God be with him. Let him goe vp into Ierusalem, which is in Iewrie, and build the house of the Lord the God of Israel, he is the God that is in Ierusalem.✦Quis est in vobis de universo populo ejus ? Sit Deus illius cum ipso. Ascendat in Jerusalem, quæ est in Judæa, et ædificet domum Domini Dei Israël : ipse est Deus qui est in Jerusalem.
4And let all the rest in all places wheresoever they dwell, let every man of his place help him, with silver and gold, and substantia: goods, property, wealth: not material essence, and cattle, besides that which they offer voluntarily to the temple of God, which is in Jerusalem.And let al the rest in al places wheresoeuer they dwel, let euery man of his place helpe him, with siluer and gold, and substance, and cattel, besides that which they offer voluntarily to the temple of God, which is in Ierusalem.✦Et omnes reliqui in cunctis locis ubicumque habitant, adjuvent eum viri de loco suo argento et auro, et substantia, et pecoribus, excepto quod voluntarie offerunt templo Dei, quod est in Jerusalem.
5And there rose up the princes of the fathers of Juda and Benjamin, and the Priests, and Levites, and every one, whose spirit God raised up, to go up to build the temple of our Lord, which was in Jerusalem.And there rose vp the princes of the fathers of Iuda and Beniamin, & the Priestes, and Leuites, and euerie one, whose spirit God raysed vp, to goe vp to build the temple of our Lord, which was in Ierusalem.✦Et surrexerunt principes patrum de Juda et Benjamin, et sacerdotes, et Levitæ, et omnis cujus Deus suscitavit spiritum, ut ascenderent ad ædificandum templum Domini, quod erat in Jerusalem.
6And all that were round about did help their hands in vessels of silver, and of gold, in substance, and beasts, in supellectili: equipment, furnishings, utensils: not household furniture, besides those things which they had offered voluntarily.And al that were round about, did helpe their handes in vessels of siluer, and of gold, in substance, and beastes, in furniture, besides those thinges which they had offered voluntarily.Universique qui erant in circuitu, adjuverunt manus eorum in vasis argenteis et aureis, in substantia et jumentis, in supellectili, exceptis his quæ sponte obtulerant.
7King Cyrus also brought forth the vessels of the temple of our Lord, which Nabuchodonosor had taken of Jerusalem, and had put them in the temple of his God.King Cyrus also brought forth the vessels of the temple of our Lord, which Nabuchodonosor had taken of Ierusalem, and had put them in the temple of his God.✦Rex quoque Cyrus protulit vasa templi Domini, quæ tulerat Nabuchodonosor de Jerusalem, et posuerat ea in templo dei sui.
8But Cyrus the king of Persians brought them forth by the hand of Mithridates the son of Gazabar, and numbered them to Sassabasar the prince of Juda.But Cyrus the king of Persians brought them forth by the hand of Mithridates the sonne of Gazabar, & numbred them to Sassabasar the prince of Iuda.✦Protulit autem ea Cyrus rex Persarum per manum Mithridatis filii Gazabar, et annumeravit ea Sassabasar principi Juda.
9And this is the number of them; phialæ: shallow bowls, saucer-cups: not small glass vials of gold thirty, phials of silver a thousand, knives twenty nine, goblets of gold thirty,And this is the number of them; Phials of gold thirtie, phials of siluer a thousand, kniues twentie nine, goblettes of gold thirtie,Et hic est numerus eorum : phialæ aureæ triginta, phialæ argenteæ mille, cultri viginti novem, scyphi aurei triginta,
10goblets of silver of the second order, four hundred ten: other vessels a thousand.goblettes of siluer of the second order, foure hundred tenne: other vessels a thousand.✦scyphi argentei secundi quadringenti decem, vasa alia mille.
11All the vessels of gold and silver, five thousand four hundred: Sassabasar took all with them, that went up from the transmigratione: the deportation, the carrying away into exile (the Babylonian Captivity): not soul-transfer of Babylon into Jerusalem.Al the vessels of gold and siluer, fiue thousand foure hundred: Sassabasar tooke al with them, that went vp from the transmigration of Babylon into Ierusalem.Omnia vasa aurea et argentea quinque millia quadringenta : universa tulit Sassabasar cum his qui ascendebant de transmigratione Babylonis in Jerusalem.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.