H9005–/ל–l

`To Darius the king, all peace! be it known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the great house of God, and it is built `with' rolled stones, and wood is placed in the walls, and this work is done speedily, and prospering in their hand.

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

Then we have asked of these elders, thus we have said to them, Who hath made for you a decree this house to build, and this wall to finish?

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

And also their names we have asked of them, to let thee know, that we might write the names of the men who `are' at their head.

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

`And thus they have returned us word, saying, We `are' servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built many years before this, that a great king of Israel built and finished:

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

but after that our fathers made the God of heaven angry, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon the Chaldean, and this house he destroyed, and the people he removed to Babylon;

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

but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God,

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

and also, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar had taken forth out of the temple that `is' in Jerusalem, and brought them to the temple of Babylon, them hath Cyrus the king brought forth out of the temple of Babylon, and they have been given to `one', Sheshbazzar `is' his name, whom he made governor,

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

and said to him, These vessels lift up, go, put them down in the temple that `is' in Jerusalem, and the house of God is builded on its place.

לֵ֓הּ׀ (לֵ֓) le “to”

`And now, if to the king it be good, let search be made in the treasure-house of the king, that `is' there in Babylon, whether it be that of Cyrus the king there was made a decree to build this house of God in Jerusalem, and the will of the king concerning this thing he doth send unto us.'

לְמִבְנֵ֛א (לְ) le. “to”

`In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king hath made a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: the house let be builded in the place where they are sacrificing sacrifices, and its foundations strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits;

לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”

`And also, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple that `is' in Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, let be given back, and go to the temple that `is' in Jerusalem, `each' to its place, and put `them' down in the house of God.

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

let alone the work of this house of God, let the governor of the Jews, and the elders of the Jews, build this house of God on its place.

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

`And by me is made a decree concerning that which ye do with the elders of these Jews to build this house of God, that of the riches of the king, that `are' of the tribute beyond the river, speedily let the outlay be given to these men, that they cease not;

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

and what they are needing -- both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil according to the saying of the priests who `are' in Jerusalem -- let be given to them day by day without fail,

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

that they be bringing near sweet savours to the God of heaven, and praying for the life of the king, and of his sons.

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

And God, who caused His name to dwell there, doth cast down any king and people that putteth forth his hand to change, to destroy this house of God that `is' in Jerusalem; I Darius have made a decree; speedily let it be done.'

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

Then Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king hath sent, so they have done speedily;

לָקֳבֵ֗ל (לָ) lo. “<to>”

And this house hath gone out till the third day of the month Adar, that is `in' the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

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

and have brought near for the dedication of this house of God, bullocks a hundred, rams two hundred, lambs four hundred; and young he-goats for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve, according to the number of the tribes of Israel;

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

And the sons of the captivity make the passover on the fourteenth of the first month,

לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”

for the priests and the Levites have been purified together -- all of them `are' pure -- and they slaughter the passover for all the sons of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

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

And the sons of Israel, those returning from the captivity, and every one who is separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land unto them, to seek to Jehovah, God of Israel, do eat,

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

and they make the feast of unleavened things seven days with joy, for Jehovah made them to rejoice, and turned round the heart of the king of Asshur unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

לְחַזֵּ֣ק (לְ) le. “to”

Ezra himself hath come up from Babylon, and he `is' a scribe ready in the law of Moses, that Jehovah God of Israel gave, and the king giveth to him -- according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him -- all his request.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to <the>”

And there go up of the sons of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא (לְ) le. “of”