Then Darius the king rendered a decree, and examined in the libraries, of which the treasuries were situated there in Babylon.
And there was found in Achmetha in the palace of the Mede city, chapter of a scroll and this was written
In year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king rendered a decree concerning of God, the one in Jerusalem, saying, the and of which they sacrifice the sacrifices! And the cubits of it cubits
and layers and layer And the expense out of
And the items of the house of God, the ones of gold, and the ones of silver, which Nebuchadnezzar brought forth from the house, of the one in Jerusalem, and carried into Babylon; even let them be given, and brought forth into the temple, of the one in Jerusalem, unto their place, and put them in of God!
Now then Tatnai commandant of the other side of the river, Shethar-boznai, and his fellow-servants the ones on the other side of the river, far
And now leave alone the work of the house of God, ones guiding of the Jews, and the elders of the Jews! house upon its place!
And by me was rendered a decree to do through the elders of those Jews to build house and from the subsistence of the king, of the tribute on the other side of the river, an expense be given to those men to not cease work!
And what ever deficiency both male offspring of oxen, and rams, and lambs for whole burnt-offerings to the God of the heaven, salt, wine, olive oil, according to the word of the priests, the ones in Jerusalem, let it be given to them day by day, unalterable, what ever they should ask!
That there might be a pleasant aroma offering to the God of the heaven, and they might pray for of the king, and his sons.
And from me was rendered a decree, that every man who ever changes this word shall be demolished and he shall be pitched upon it, and his house will be for ravaging.
And the God of whom encamps name there, he shall eradicate every king and people who should stretch out his hand to change and remove from view the house of God, that one in Jerusalem. I Darius rendered Carefully let it become!
Then Tatnai the chief ruler on the other side of the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his fellow-servants, in so far as sent thus they did carefully.
And the elders of the Jews built, and prospered at of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo. And they rebuilt, and made ready by of the God of Israel, and by of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes kings of Persia.
And they finished this house by day of the month Adar, which is in year of the kingship of Darius the king.
And they made (the sons of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the sons of the resettlement) a holiday of rededication of the house of God with gladness.
And they offered for the holiday of rededication house calves a hundred; rams two hundred; lambs four hundred; winter yearlings of the goats for a sin offering for all Israel twelve, for of the tribes of Israel.
And they established the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their distributions, for service of the house of God, of the one in Jerusalem, according to the writing of the book of Moses.
And observed the passover on the fourteenth of the month
For were purified as And they slew the passover all of the resettlement, and their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
And ate the passover the ones coming forth from the resettlement, and every one separating themself of the uncleanness of the nations of the land theirs to inquire of God of Israel.
And they observed the holiday of the unleavened breads seven days with gladness; for gladdened and turned of the king of Assyria to them, to fortify their hands in of the house of the God of Israel.