2 Chronicles 36:22
And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I fē
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- מִכְתָּבmiktâba thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)
- כּוֹרֶשׁKôwreshKoresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king
- פָּרַסPâraçParas (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
- עוּרʻûwrto wake (literally or figuratively)
- מַלְכוּתmalkûwtha rule; concretely, a dominion
- יִרְמְיָהYirmᵉyâhJirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
- כָּלָהkâlâhto end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete,
- רוּחַrûwachwind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, l
+lea 'e 9 kehe 'i he veesi ni
Ko e ngaahi lea faka-Hepelū mo e faka-Kalisi 'oku tu'u 'i he tu'a 'o e veesi ni. 'E ha'u 'a e fakahoa lea-ki-he-lea mo e liliu lea-ki-he-lea.
Ko e me'a 'oku kei toe
- The Cyrus CylinderFakapapau'i 'e he keliThe Persian repatriation policy behind the return from exile is documented in Cyrus's own words — the general policy, independently attested; the specific decree for Judah, only in the Bible.
Ngaahi fetuʻutaki veesi
Jer 25:12, Ezr 1:1–3, Jer 29:10, 2Ch 36:21, Isa 44:28–45:5, Isa 13:17–18, Jer 33:10–14, Ezr 1:5