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Ikawa katika mwaka wa kwanza wa Koreshi, mfalme wa Uajemi, ili kwamba neno la Bwana alilolisema kwa kinywa cha Yeremia lipate kutimizwa, Bwana akamwamsha roho yake Koreshi, mfalme wa Uajemi, hata akapiga mbiu katika ufalme wake wote, akaiandika pia, akisema,
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
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Koreshi, mfalme wa Uajemi asema hivi;
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
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Basi kila mtu katika ninyi nyote mlio watu wake, Bwana, Mungu wake, na awe pamoja naye, na akwee mpaka Yerusalemu, ulioko Yuda, akaijenge nyumba ya Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, (yeye ndiye Mungu), iliyoko Yerusalemu.
Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
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Na mtu awaye yote aliyesalia mahali po pote akaapo hali ya ugeni, na asaidiwe na watu wa mahali pake, kwa fedha, na dhahabu, na mali, na wanyama, zaidi ya vitu vitolewavyo kwa hiari ya mtu, kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Mungu, iliyoko Yerusalemu.
And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”
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Ndipo wakaondoka wakuu wa mbari za mababa, wa Yuda na Benyamini, na makuhani, na Walawi, naam, watu wote ambao Mungu amewaamsha roho zao kukwea, ili kuijenga nyumba ya Bwana, iliyoko Yerusalemu.
So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
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Na watu wote waliokaa karibu nao pande zote wakawatia nguvu mikono yao, kwa vyombo vya fedha, kwa dhahabu, kwa mali, na kwa wanyama, na vitu vya thamani, zaidi ya vile vilivyotolewa kwa hiari ya mtu.
And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.
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Tena Koreshi, mfalme, alivitoa vyombo vya nyumba ya Bwana, alivyokuwa amevileta Nebukadreza toka Yerusalemu ,na kuvitia katika nyumba ya miungu yake.
King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.
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Naam, vyombo vile ndivyo alivyovitoa Koreshi, mfalme wa Uajemi, kwa mkono wa Mithredathi, mtunza hazina; naye akavihesabu mbele ya Sheshbaza, mkuu wa Yuda.
Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
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Na hii ndiyo hesabu yake; sinia za dhahabu thelathini, sinia za fedha elfu, visu ishirini na kenda.
This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,
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mabakuli ya dhahabu thelathini, mabakuli ya fedha ya namna ya pili mia nne na kumi, na vyombo vingine elfu.
30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.
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Vyombo vyote vya dhahabu na vya fedha vilikuwa jumla yake elfu tano na mia nne. Hivyo vyote Sheshbaza akakwea navyo, hapo walipokwea wale wa uhamisho kutoka Babeli mpaka Yerusalemu.
In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.