H9002–/וְ–v

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

וְשֵׁיצִיא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy;

וַעֲבַ֣דוּ (וַ) va. “and”וְלֵוָיֵ֜א (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁאָ֣ר (וּ) u. “and”

and they presented at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

וְהַקְרִ֗בוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּצְפִירֵ֨י (וּ) u. “and”

And they set the priests in their classes, and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem: as it is written in the book of Moses.

וַהֲקִ֨ימוּ (וַ) va. “and”וְלֵוָיֵא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves as one [ergänzt: man]: they were all pure; and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַאֲחֵיהֶ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָהֶֽם׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the children of Israel that were come back out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Jehovah the God of Israel, did eat;

וְכֹ֗ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkijah,

וְאַחַר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

-- this Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. And the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.

וְהֽוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

(And there went up [ergänzt: some] of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.)

וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַלְוִיִּ֜ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֧ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

For upon the first of the first month the project of going up from Babylon was determined on, and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

וּבְאֶחָ֞ד (וּ) u. “and”

For Ezra had directed his heart to seek the law of Jehovah and to do it, and to teach in Israel the statutes and the ordinances.

וְלַעֲשֹׂ֑ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְלַמֵּ֥ד (וּ) u. “and”וּמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And this is the copy of the letter that king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to Israel:

וְזֶ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֻקָּ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”

Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, an accomplished scribe of the law of the God of the heavens, and so forth.

וּכְעֶֽנֶת׃ (וּ) u. “and”

I have given orders that all they of the people of Israel, and of their priests and the Levites, in my realm, who are disposed to go to Jerusalem, go with thee.

וְכָהֲנ֣וֹהִי (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֵוָיֵ֗א (וְ) ve. “and”

Because thou art sent by the king, and by his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand;

וְשִׁבְעַ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם (וְ) ve. “and”

and to carry the silver and gold which the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is at Jerusalem,

וּלְהֵיבָלָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וּדְהַ֑ב (וּ) u. “and”וְיָעֲט֗וֹהִי (וְ) ve. “and”

and all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, besides the voluntary offering of the people, and of the priests, who offer willingly for the house of their God which is at Jerusalem.

וְכֹל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְהַ֔ב (וּ) u. “and”וְכָֽהֲנַיָּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore thou shalt buy diligently with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their oblations and their drink-offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is at Jerusalem.

וּמִנְחָתְה֖וֹן (וּ) u. “and”וְנִסְכֵּיה֑וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְקָרֵ֣ב (וּ) u. “so”

And whatever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do according to the will of your God.

וּמָ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְדַהֲבָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the vessels that have been given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.

וּמָֽאנַיָּא֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And whatever more shall be needful for the house of thy God which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house.

וּשְׁאָ֗ר (וּ) u. “and”

And I, I Artaxerxes the king, do give orders to all the treasurers that are beyond the river, that whatever Ezra the priest and scribe of the law of the God of the heavens shall require of you, it be done diligently,

וּ֠מִנִּי (וּ֠) U. “and”

unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing [ergänzt: how much].

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמְלַ֖ח (וּ) u. “and”

Whatever is commanded by the God of the heavens, let it be carefully done for the house of the God of the heavens; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

וּבְנֽוֹהִי׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Also we inform you, as regards all the priests and Levites, singers, doorkeepers, Nethinim, and ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, tax, and toll upon them.

וּלְכֹ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”וְ֠לֵוָיֵא (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וּפָ֣לְחֵ֔י (וּ) u. “and”וַהֲלָ֔ךְ (וַ) va. “and”