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Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?

לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א (א) ' “the”בַּיְתָ֤א (א) ' “the”וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א (א) ' “the”

And we made request for their names, so that we might send you word, and give you the names of the men at the head of them.

גֻּבְרַיָּ֖א (א) ' “the”

And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.

פִתְגָמָ֖א (א) ' “the”שְׁמַיָּ֜א (א) ' “the”וְאַרְעָ֗א (א) ' “the”בַּיְתָא֙ (א֙) ' “the”

But when the God of heaven was moved to wrath by our fathers, he gave them up into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the Chaldaean, who sent destruction on this house and took the people away into Babylon.

שְׁמַיָּ֔א (א) ' “the”כַּסְדָּאָ֑ה (ה) ' “the”וּבַיְתָ֤ה (ה) ' “the”וְעַמָּ֖ה (ה) ' “the”

But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God;

מַלְכָּ֖א (א) ' “the”מַלְכָּא֙ (א֙) ' “the”אֱלָהָ֥א (א) ' “God”

And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple which was in Jerusalem, and put into the house of his god in Babylon, these Cyrus the king took from the house of his god in Babylon, and gave to one named She

מָאנַיָּ֣א (א) ' “the”אֱלָהָא֮ (א֮) ' “God”דַהֲבָ֣ה (ה) ' “gold”וְכַסְפָּא֒ (א֒) ' “silver”הֵֽיכְלָא֙ (א֙) ' “the”לְהֵיכְלָ֖א (א) ' “the”מַלְכָּ֗א (א) ' “the”הֵֽיכְלָא֙ (א֙) ' “the”

And he said to him, Go, take these vessels, and put them in the Temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be put up again in its place.

מָֽאנַיָּ֔א (א) ' “the”בְּהֵיכְלָ֖א (א) ' “the”אֱלָהָ֖א (א) ' “God”

Then this same Sheshbazzar came and put the house of God in Jerusalem on its bases: and from that time till now the building has been going on, but it is still not complete.

אֻשַּׁיָּ֛א (א) ' “the”אֱלָהָ֖א (א) ' “God”

So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasur

מַלְכָּ֣א (א) ' “the”גִּנְזַיָּ֜א (א) ' “the”מַלְכָּ֣א (א) ' “the”מַלְכָּא֙ (א֙) ' “the”אֱלָהָ֥א (א) ' “God”מַלְכָּ֛א (א) ' “the”

Then Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records, where the things of value were stored up in Babylon.

מַלְכָּ֖א (א) ' “the”סִפְרַיָּ֗א (א) ' “the”גִנְזַיָּ֛א (א) ' “the”

And at Achmetha, in the great house of the king in the land of Media, they came across a roll, in which this statement was put on record:

בְּבִֽירְתָ֛א (א) ' “the”מְדִינְתָּ֖ה (ה) ' “the”דִּכְרוֹנָֽה׃ (ה) ' “memorandum”

In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be put up, the place where they make offerings, and let the earth for the bases be put in place; let it be sixty cubits hig

מַלְכָּ֗א (א) ' “the”מַלְכָּא֮ (א֮) ' “the”אֱלָהָ֤א (א) ' “God”בַּיְתָ֣א (א) ' “the”

With three lines of great stones and one line of new wood supports; and let the necessary money be given out of the king's store-house;

וְנִ֨פְקְתָ֔א (א) ' “the”מַלְכָּ֖א (א) ' “the”

And let the gold and silver vessels from the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple at Jerusalem to Babylon, be given back and taken again to the Temple at Jerusalem, every one in its place, and put them in the house of God.

אֱלָהָא֮ (א֮) ' “God”דַהֲבָ֣ה (ה) ' “gold”וְכַסְפָּא֒ (א֒) ' “silver”הֵיכְלָ֥א (א) ' “the”לְהֵיכְלָ֤א (א) ' “the”אֱלָהָֽא׃ (א) ' “God”

So now, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and your people the Apharsachites across the river, keep far from that place:

נַהֲרָ֜ה (ה) ' “the”אֲפַרְסְכָיֵ֔א (א) ' “the”נַהֲרָ֑ה (ה) ' “the”

Let the work of this house of God go on; let the ruler of the Jews and their responsible men put up this house of God in its place.

אֱלָהָ֣א (א) ' “God”יְהוּדָיֵא֙ (א֙) ' “the”יְהוּדָיֵ֔א (א) ' “the”אֱלָהָ֥א (א) ' “God”

Further, I give orders as to what you are to do for the responsible men of the Jews in connection with the building of this house of God: that from the king's wealth, that is, from the taxes got together in the land over the river, the money needed is to

יְהוּדָיֵא֙ (א֙) ' “the”אֱלָהָ֣א (א) ' “God”מַלְכָּ֗א (א) ' “the”נַהֲרָ֔ה (ה) ' “the”נִפְקְתָ֛א (א) ' “the”לְגֻבְרַיָּ֥א (א) ' “the”

And whatever they have need of, young oxen and sheep and lambs, for burned offerings to the God of heaven, grain, salt, wine, and oil, whatever the priests in Jerusalem say is necessary, is to be given to them day by day regularly:

שְׁמַיָּ֟א (א) ' “the”כָּהֲנַיָּ֤א (א) ' “the”

So that they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God of heaven, with prayers for the life of the king and of his sons.

שְׁמַיָּ֑א (א) ' “the”מַלְכָּ֖א (א) ' “the”

And I have given orders that if anyone makes any change in this word, one of the supports is to be pulled out of his house, and he is to be lifted up and fixed to it; and his house is to be made waste for this;

פִּתְגָמָ֣א (א) ' “the”

And may the God who has made it a resting-place for his name send destruction on all kings and peoples whose hands are outstretched to make any change in this or to do damage to this house of God at Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given this order, let it be

וֵֽאלָהָ֞א (א) ' “God”אֱלָהָ֥א (א) ' “God”

Then Tattenai, the ruler across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and their people, because of the order given by King Darius, did as he had said with all care.

נַהֲרָ֛ה (ה) ' “the”מַלְכָּ֛א (א) ' “the”

And the responsible men of the Jews went on with their building, and did well, helped by the teaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, the son of Iddo. They went on building till it was complete, in keeping with the word of the God of Israel, and the

יְהוּדָיֵא֙ (א֙) ' “the”נְבִיָּ֔א (א) ' “the”

And the building of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of Darius the king.

בַּיְתָ֣ה (ה) ' “the”מַלְכָּֽא׃ (א) ' “the”

And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of those who had come back, kept the feast of the opening of this house of God with joy.

כָּהֲנַיָּ֨א (א) ' “the”וְלֵוָיֵ֜א (א) ' “the”גָלוּתָ֗א (א) ' “the”אֱלָהָ֥א (א) ' “God”