Ezra 1

1 ¹For di first year wey Cyrus be king of Persia, so dat wetin our Papa talk through Jeremiah go come pass, our Papa shake di spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so dat e send message go round im whole kingdom, and e put am for writing sef:

²Na dis be wetin Cyrus king of Persia talk: “Oga, di God of heaven, don give me all di kingdoms of di earth, and e don choose me to build am one house for Jerusalem wey dey Judah. ³Anybody wey dey among una from all im people—make im God dey with am—make e go up to Jerusalem wey dey Judah, and build back di house of Oga, di God of Israel; na im be di God wey dey for Jerusalem. ⁴Make every person wey remain, anywhere e dey stay, make di people of dat place help am with silver, gold, property, and animal, plus di offering wey dem give with dia own mind for di house of God wey dey Jerusalem.”

⁵Den di family heads of Judah and Benjamin, di priests and di Levites—everybody wey our Papa don shake im spirit—stand up to go up and build back di house of our Papa for Jerusalem. ⁶All dia neighbours support dem with silver and gold tings, property, animal, and gift wey cost, apart from everyting wey dem give with dia own mind.

⁷King Cyrus sef bring out di tings of our Papa house wey Nebuchadnezzar don carry comot for Jerusalem and put for im own gods house. ⁸Cyrus king of Persia make Mithredath di treasurer bring dem out, and e count dem give Sheshbazzar di prince of Judah. ⁹Na dis be dia number: 30 gold basin, 1,000 silver basin, 29 incense burner, ¹⁰30 gold bowl, 410 silver bowl of anoda kind, and 1,000 oda tings. ¹¹All di gold and silver tings na 5,400. Sheshbazzar bring dem all up wen di people wey dem carry comot as slave come up from Babylon go Jerusalem.