וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת אַחַ֗ת לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס לִכְל֥וֹת דְּבַר־יְהוָ֖ה בְּפִ֣י יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ הֵעִ֣יר יְהוָ֗ה אֶת־ר֙וּחַ֙ כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַ֔ס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־קוֹל֙ בְּכָל־מַלְכוּת֔וֹ וְגַם־בְּמִכְתָּ֖ב לֵאמֹֽר׃ (ס)
波斯王古列元年，為要應驗永恆者藉耶利米的口所說的話，永恆者激動波斯王古列的心，他就通告全國，又下詔書，說：
Ezra
And in the first year of Koresh, king of Paras, at the consummation of the word of the L-rd by the mouth of Jeremiah [viz. Jeremiah 29:10], the L-rd roused the spirit [i.e., the will] of Koresh, king of Paras, and he proclaimed throughout his kingdom, and [he issued the proclamation] in writing, too: