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The
copy of the
letter that
Tatnai, governor on this
side the
river, and
Shetharboznai, and his
companions the
Apharsachites, which were on this
side the
river, sent unto Darius the
king:
h'r]h;n -r;b][ t;x;P y;n.T;T x;l.v -yiD a'T.r;Gia !,g,v.r;P ? r;b][;B yiD aey'k.s.r;p]a Het'w'n.k.W y;n.zw{B r;t.v.W ? a'K.l;m v,w'y.r'D -l;[ h'r]h;n
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They
sent a
letter unto him,
wherein was
written thus; Unto
Darius the
king, all peace.
He.W;g.B byit.K h'n.dik.w yihw{l][ .Wx;l.v a'm'g.tiP ? a'L{k a'm'l.v a'K.l;m v,w'y.r'd.l
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Be it
known* unto the
king, that we
went into the
province of
Judea, to the
house of the
great God, which is
builded with
great stones, and
timber is
laid in the
walls, and
this work goeth fast on, and
prospereth in their
hands.
d.Whyil a'n.l;z]a -yiD a'K.l;m.l aew/h,l ;[yid.y ? aen.B.tim a.Wh.w a'B;r a'h'l/a tyeb.l a'T.nyid.m ? a'T.dyib][;w a'Y;l.tUk.B ~'f.Tim ['a.w l'l.G !,b,a ? ~{h.d,y.B x;l.c;m.W a'd.b;[.tim a'n.r;P.s'a .$'d
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Then asked we
those elders, and
said unto them
thus, Who commanded* you to
build this house, and to make
up these walls?
a'n.r;m]a a'men.K .$eLia a'Y;b'f.l a'n.lea.v !Iy;d/a ? h'y.n.bim.l h'n.d a't.y;B ~e[.j ~{k.l ~'f -n;m ~{h.L ? h'l'l.k;v.l h'n.d a'n.r;VUa.w
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We
asked their
names also, to
certify thee, that we might
write the
names of the
men that were the
chief of them.
yiD .$'t.W['dw{h.l ~{h.l a'n.lea.v ~{h.t'h'm.v @;a.w ? ~{hyeva'r.b yiD a'Y;r.bUG -mUv bUT.kin
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And
thus they
returned us
answer, saying,
We are the
servants of the
God of
heaven and
earth, and
build the
house that
was builded these many years ago, which a
great king of
Israel builded and set
up.
a'n.x;n]a r;mem.l a'n.Wbyit]h a'm'g.tip a'men.k.W ? !Iy;n'b.W a'[.r;a.w a'Y;m.v H'l/a -yid yihw{d.b;[ w{Mih ? !yin.v h'n.D t;m.d;Qim hen.b a'w]h -yiD a't.y;B ? Hel.l.k;v.w yih'n.B b;r lea'r.fIy.l .$,l,m.W !'ayiG;f
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But after that our
fathers had
provoked the
God of
heaven unto
wrath, he
gave them into the
hand of
Nebuchadnezzar the
king of
Babylon, the
Chaldean, who
destroyed this house, and
carried the
people away into
Babylon.
a'Y;m.v H'l/a,l a'n;t\h'b]a .WziG.r;h yiD -nim !eh'l ? a'y'D.s;K l,b'B -.k,l,m r;C,n.d;k.Wb.n d;y.B w{Mih b;h.y ? l,b'b.l yil.g;h h'M;[.w Her.t;s h'n.d h't.y;b.W
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But in the
first year of
Cyrus the
king of
Babylon the same
king Cyrus made a
decree to
build this house of
God.
l,b'b yiD a'K.l;m v,rw{k.l h'd]x t;n.viB ~;r.B ? h'n.d a'h'l/a -tyeB ~e[.j ~'f a'K.l;m v,rw{K ? aen.Bil
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And the
vessels also of gold and
silver of the
house of
God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took out
of the
temple that was in
Jerusalem, and
brought them into the
temple of
Babylon, those did
Cyrus the
king take out
of the
temple of
Babylon, and they were
delivered unto one, whose
name was
Sheshbazzar, whom he had
made governor;
h'b]h;d yiD a'h'l/a -tyeb -yid a'Y;na'm @;a.w ? a'l.kyeh -nim qeP.n;h r;C,n.d;k.Wb.n yiD a'P.s;k.w ? yiD a'l.kyeh.l w{Mih lebyeh.w ~,l.v.Wryib yiD ? a'l.kyeh -nim a'K.l;m v,rw{K w{Mih qeP.n;h l,b'b ? h'x,p yiD Hem.v r;C;B.vev.l .Wbyihyiw l,b'b yiD ? Hem'f
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And
said unto him,
Take these vessels, go,
carry them into the
temple that is in
Jerusalem, and let the
house of
God be
builded in his
place.
tex]a -l,zea aef a'Y;na'm h,Lea Hel -r;m]a;w ? a'h'l/a tyeb.W ~,l.v.Wryib yiD a'l.kyeh.B w{Mih ? Her.t;a -l;[ aen.B.tIy
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Then came the
same Sheshbazzar, and
laid the
foundation of the
house of
God which is in
Jerusalem: and
since that
time even
until now hath it been in
building, and yet it is
not finished.
tyeb -yiD a'Y;VUa b;h.y a't]a .$eD r;C;B.vev !Iy;d/a ? !;[.K -d;[.w !Iy;d/a -nim.W ~,l.v.Wryib yiD a'h'l/a ? ~il.v a'l.w aen.B.tim
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Now therefore,
if it seem
good to the
king, let there be
search made in the
king's treasure house, which is
there at
Babylon, whether it
be so, that a
decree was
made of Cyrus the
king to
build this house of
God at
Jerusalem, and let the
king send his
pleasure to us
concerning this
matter.
tyeb.B ]r;Q;B.tIy b'j a'K.l;m -l;[ !eh !;[.k.W ? y;tyia !eh l,b'b.B yiD h'M;t a'K.l;m -yiD a'Y;z.niG ? aen.bim.l ~e[.j ~yif a'K.l;m v,rw{K -nim -yiD ? a'K.l;m t.W[.r.W ~,l.v.WryiB .$ed a'h'l/a -tyeB ? a'ny,l][ x;l.vIy h'n.D -l;[