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This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.

לְמַלְכָּ֗א (לְ) le. “to”לִיה֤וּד (לִ) li. “to”לְבֵית֙ (לְ) le. “to”

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

לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א (לְ) le. “to”לְּהֹ֑ם (לְּ) le. “to”לְכֹ֜ם (לְ) le. “for”לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה (לְ) le. “to”לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לְּהֹ֖ם (לְּ) le. “to”לְהוֹדָעוּתָ֑ךְ (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לְמֵמַ֑ר (לְ) le. “to”לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (לְ) le. “of”

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.

לֶאֱלָ֣הּ (לֶ) le. “<obj.>”לְבָבֶֽל׃ (לְ) le. “to”

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

לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”לִבְּנֵֽא׃ (לִ) li. “to”

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

לְהֵיכְלָ֖א (לְ) le. “to”לְשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לֵ֓הּ׀ (לֵ֓) le “to”

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

לְמִבְנֵ֛א (לְ) le. “to”

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

לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”

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.

לְבָבֶ֑ל (לְ) le. “to”לְהֵיכְלָ֤א (לְ) le. “to”לְאַתְרֵ֔הּ (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לַעֲבִידַ֖ת (לַ) la. “<obj.>”וּלְשָׂבֵ֣י (לְ) le. “<to>”

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

לְמָ֣א (לְ) le. “to”לְמִבְנֵ֖א (לְ) le. “to”לְגֻבְרַיָּ֥א (לְ) le. “to”לְבַטָּלָֽא׃ (לְ) le. “to”

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:

לַעֲלָוָ֣ן׀ (לַ) la. “for”לֶאֱלָ֪הּ (לֶ) le. “to”לְהֹ֛ם (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לֶאֱלָ֣הּ (לֶ) le. “to”לְחַיֵּ֥י (לְ) le. “for”

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

לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛ה (לְ) le. “to”לְחַבָּלָ֛ה (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לָקֳבֵ֗ל (לָ) lo. “<to>”

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.

לִירַ֣ח (לִ) li. “of”לְמַלְכ֖וּת (לְ) le. “of”

And they gave as offerings at the opening of this house of God a hundred oxen, two hundred sheep, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, being the number of the tribes of Israel.

לַחֲנֻכַּת֮ (לַ) la. “for”לְחַטָּאָ֤ה (לְ) le. “for”לְמִנְיָ֖ן (לְ) le. “to”

And the children of Israel who had come back kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”

For the priests and the Levites had made themselves clean together; they were all clean: and they put the Passover lamb to death for all those who had come back, and for their brothers the priests and for themselves.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”וְלַאֲחֵיהֶ֥ם (לַ) la. “for”וְלָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “for <the>”

And the children of Israel, who had come back, and all those who were joined to them, after separating themselves from the evil ways of the people of the land to become the servants of the Lord, the God of Israel, took food together,

לִדְרֹ֕שׁ (לִ) li “to”לַֽיהוָ֖ה (לַֽ) la. “<to>”

And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

לְחַזֵּ֣ק (לְ) le. “to”

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a scribe, expert in the law of Moses which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given: and the king, moved by the Lord his God, gave him whatever he made request for.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to <the>”

And some of the children of Israel went up, with some of the priests and the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא (לְ) le. “of”