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Ezra 5:11-15

11AndthustheyreturnedH8421usanswer,sayingלְמֵמַ֑רle.me.MarH560,Wearetheservantsעַבְדוֹהִי֩av.do.HiH5649oftheGodאֱלָ֨הּ'e.LahH426ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֜אshe.mai.Ya'H8065andearthוְאַרְעָ֗אve.'ar.'A'H772,andarebuildingH1124thehouseבַּיְתָא֙bay.Ta'H1005thatwasbuildedthesemanyשַׂגִּיאָ֔ןsa.gi.'AnH7690yearsשְׁנִ֣יןshe.NinH8140ago,whichagreatרַ֔בRavH7229kingוּמֶ֤לֶךְu.Me.lekhH4430ofIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙le.Yis.ra.'ElH3479buildedandfinishedוְשַׁכְלְלֵֽהּ׃ve.shakh.le.LehH3635.

12Butafterthatourfathersאֲבָהֳתַ֙נָא֙'a.vo.ho.Ta.na'H2hadprovokedtheGodלֶאֱלָ֣הּle.'e.LahH426ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֔אshe.mai.Ya'H8065untowrath,hegavethemintothehandבְּיַ֛דbe.YadH3028ofNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4430ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH895,theChaldean,whodestroyedthishouseוּבַיְתָ֤הu.vay.Tah'H1005,andcarriedthepeopleוְעַמָּ֖הve.'a.Mah'H5972away intoBabylonלְבָבֶֽל׃ סle.va.VelH895.

13Butinthefirstyearבִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.NatH8140ofCyrusלְכ֥וֹרֶשׁle.Kho.reshH3567kingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430ofBabylonבָבֶ֑לva.VelH895,Cyrusכּ֤וֹרֶשׁKo.reshH3567thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430madeH7761adecreeטְעֵ֔םte.'EmH2942tobuildthishouseבֵּית־beit-H1005ofGodH426.

14AndthegoldH1722andsilverH3702vesselsמָאנַיָּ֣אma.nai.Ya'H3984alsoוְ֠אַףVe.'afH638ofthehouseבֵית־veit-H1005ofGodH426,whichNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020tookoutofthetemplethatwasinJerusalemבִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֔םvi.ru.she.LemH3390,andbroughtintothetempleofBabylonבָבֶ֑לva.VelH895,thosedidCyrusכּ֣וֹרֶשׁKo.reshH3567thekingמַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'H4430take outofthetempleofBabylonבָבֶ֔לva.VelH895,andtheyweredelivered unto onewhosenameשְׁמֵ֔הּshe.MehH8036wasSheshbazzarלְשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣רle.she.she.ba.TzarH8340,whomhehadmadeH7761governorפֶחָ֖הfe.ChahH6347;

15andhesaidH560unto him,Takethesevesselsמָֽאנַיָּ֔אma.nai.Ya'H3984,go,puttheminthetemplethatisinJerusalemבִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םvi.ru.she.LemH3390,andletthehouseוּבֵ֥יתu.VeitH1005ofGodH426bebuildedinitsplaceאַתְרֵֽהּ׃ ס'at.RehH870.

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