Ezra · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Ezra 1 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 ΚΑΙ ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ ἔτει Κύρου τοῦ βασιλέως Περσῶν, τοῦ τελεσθῆναι λόγον Κυρίου ἀπὸ στόματος Ἱερεμίου, ἐξήγειρε Κύριος τὸ πνεῦμα Κύρου βασιλέως Περσῶν, καὶ παρήγγειλε φωνὴν ἐν πάσῃ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ, καί γε ἐν γραπτῷ, λέγων,
1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
2 Οὕτως εἶπε Κύρος βασιλεὺς Περσῶν, πάσας τὰς βασιλείας τῆς γῆς ἔδωκέ μοι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπεσκέψατο ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τοῦ οἰκοδομῆσαι οἶκον αὐτῷ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ τῇ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ.
2 “Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
3 Τίς ἐν ὑμῖν ἀπὸ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ; καὶ ἔσται ὁ Θεὸς αὐτοῦ μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναβήσεται εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ τὴν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ, καὶ οἰκοδομησάτω τὸν οἶκον Θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ· αὐτὸς ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
3 Whoever there is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.
4 Καὶ πᾶς ὁ καταλιπόμενος ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν τόπων οὗ αὐτὸς παροικεῖ ἐκεῖ, καὶ λήψονται αὐτὸν ἄνδρες τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀργυρίῳ, καὶ χρυσίῳ, καὶ ἀποσκευῇ, καὶ κτήνεσι μετὰ τοῦ ἑκουσίου εἰς οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
4 Whoever is left, in any place where he lives, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, in addition to the free will offering for God’s house which is in Jerusalem.’”
5 Καὶ ἀνέστησαν ἄρχοντες τῶν πατριῶν τῶν Ἰούδα καὶ Βενιαμεὶν, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευεῖται, πάντων ὧν ἐξήγειρεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτῶν τοῦ ἀναβῆναι οἰκοδομῆσαι τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου τὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
5 Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and the Levites, all whose spirit God had stirred to go up, rose up to build Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem.
6 Καὶ πάντες οἱ κυκλόθεν ἐνίσχυσαν ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν ἐν σκεύεσιν ἀργυρίου, ἐν χρυσῷ, ἐν ἀποσκευῇ, καὶ ἐν κτήνεσι, καὶ ἐν ξενίοις, πάρεξ τῶν ἑκουσίων.
6 All those who were around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with animals, and with precious things, in addition to all that was willingly offered.
7 Καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Κύρος ἐξήνεγκε τὰ σκεύη οἴκου Κυρίου, ἃ ἔλαβε Ναβουχοδονόσορ ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὰ ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ·
7 Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of Yahweh’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;
8 Καὶ ἐξήνεγκεν αὐτὰ Κύρος ὁ βασιλεὺς Περσῶν ἐπὶ χεῖρα Μιθραδάτου γασβαρηνοῦ, καὶ ἠρίθμησεν αὐτὰ τῷ Σασαβασὰρ τῷ ἄρχοντι τοῦ Ἰούδα.
8 even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
9 Καὶ οὗτος ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτῶν· ψυκτῆρες χρυσοῖ τριάκοντα, καὶ ψυκτῆρες ἀργυροῖ χίλιοι, παρηλλαγμένα ἐννέα καὶ εἴκοσι, κεφουρῆς χρυσοῖ τριάκοντα, καὶ ἀργυροῖ διπλοῖ τετρακόσια δέκα,
9 This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
10 καὶ σκεύη ἕτερα χίλια.
10 thirty bowls of gold, four hundred ten silver bowls of a second kind, and one thousand other vessels.
11 Πάντα τὰ σκεύη τῷ χρυσῷ καὶ τῷ ἀργυρῷ πεντακισχίλια τετρακόσια, τὰ πάντα ἀναβαίνοντα μετὰ Σασαβασὰρ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀποικίας ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ.
11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Cyrus
King of Persia whose spirit the LORD stirred in his first year to proclaim that God had appointed him to build a house for Him at Jerusalem and that God's people may go up.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 36:22; 2 Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 1:1
Mithredath
Cyrus’s treasurer who brought out the temple articles and counted them out to Sheshbazzar.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 1:8
Sheshbazzar
Prince of Judah to whom Cyrus gave the temple articles; he carried them to Jerusalem, was appointed governor, and is said to have laid the foundation of the house of God.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 1:8; Ezra 1:11; Ezra 5:14
Cross references (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 29:10; 2 Chronicles 36:22–23; Jeremiah 25:12–14; Ezra 6:22; Ezra 7:27
- 2 Isaiah 45:12–13; Isaiah 44:26–45:1; Daniel 5:23; Daniel 5:19–21; Daniel 4:32
- 3 Daniel 6:26; Jeremiah 10:10; Isaiah 45:5; Acts 10:36; Joshua 1:9
- 4 1 Chronicles 29:3; Galatians 6:2; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 3 John 6–8; Ezra 2:68–70
- 5 Ezra 1:1; 2 Chronicles 36:22; Philippians 2:13; James 1:16–17; Nehemiah 2:12
- 6 2 Corinthians 9:7; Ezra 1:4; Psalm 110:3; Ezra 8:25–28; Ezra 7:15–16
- 7 2 Chronicles 36:7; Ezra 5:14; Ezra 6:5; 2 Kings 24:13; 2 Chronicles 36:10
- 8 Ezra 5:14; Haggai 1:1; Zechariah 4:6–10; Ezra 5:16; Ezra 1:11
- 9 1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chronicles 4:11; Numbers 7:13; Matthew 10:29–31; Matthew 14:8
- 11 Matthew 1:11–12; Romans 9:23; 2 Timothy 2:19–21
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