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Ezra 6

1Thenבֵּאדַ֛יִןbe.Da.yinH116Dariusדָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁda.re.Ya.veshH1868thekingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430madeadecreeטְעֵ֑םte.'EmH2942,andsearchוּבַקַּ֣רוּ׀u.va.Ka.ruH1240wasmadeinthehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1005ofthearchives,wherethetreasureswerelaidupinBabylonבְּבָבֶֽל׃be.va.VelH895.

2AndtherewasfoundH7912at Achmetha,inthepalacethatisintheprovinceמְדִינְתָּ֖הme.di.ne.Tah'H4083ofMedia,aroll,andthereinwasthuswrittenforarecord:

3Inthefirstyearבִּשְׁנַ֨תbish.NatH8140ofCyrusלְכ֣וֹרֶשׁle.Kho.reshH3567thekingמַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'H4430,Cyrusכּ֣וֹרֶשׁKo.reshH3567thekingמַלְכָּא֮mal.Ka'H4430madeH7761adecreeטְעֵם֒te.'EmH2942:Concerningthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1005ofGodH426atJerusalemבִֽירוּשְׁלֶם֙vi.ru.she.LemH3390, letthehouseבַּיְתָ֣אbay.Ta'H1005bebuilded,theplaceאֲתַר֙'a.TarH870wheretheyoffersacrifices,andletthefoundationsוְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִיve.'u.Sho.hiH787thereofbestronglylaid;theheightרוּמֵהּ֙ru.MehH7314thereof threescorecubitsאַמִּ֣ין'a.MinH521,andthebreadth thereof threescorecubitsאַמִּ֥ין'a.MinH521;

4withthreeתְּלָתָ֔אte.la.Ta'H8532coursesofgreatstonesאֶ֤בֶן'E.venH69,anda courseofnewtimberאָ֣ע'a'H636:andlettheexpensesbegivenoutoftheking’sמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1005.

5Andalsoוְ֠אַףVe.'afH638letthegoldH1722andsilverH3702vesselsמָאנֵ֣יma.NeiH3984ofthehouseבֵית־veit-H1005ofGodH426,whichNebuchadnezzarנְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020tookforthoutofthetemplewhichisatJerusalemבִירוּשְׁלֶ֖םvi.ru.she.LemH3390,andbroughtuntoBabylonלְבָבֶ֑לle.va.VelH895,berestored,andbroughtagain untothetemplewhichisatJerusalemבִירֽוּשְׁלֶם֙vi.ru.she.LemH3390, every onetoitsplaceלְאַתְרֵ֔הּle.'at.RehH870;andthou shaltputtheminthehouseבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1005ofGodH426.

6Nowכְּעַ֡ןke.'AnH3705therefore,Tattenaiתַּ֠תְּנַיTa.te.naiH8674,governorפַּחַ֨תpa.ChatH6347beyondtheRiverנַהֲרָ֜הna.ha.Rah'H5103,Shethar-bozenaiH8370,andyour companionstheApharsachites,whoarebeyondtheRiverנַהֲרָ֑הna.ha.Rah'H5103,beyefarfromthence:

7lettheworkלַעֲבִידַ֖תla.'a.vi.DatH5673ofthishouseבֵּית־beit-H1005ofGodH426alone; letthegovernorפַּחַ֤תpa.ChatH6347oftheJewsיְהוּדָיֵא֙ye.hu.da.Ye'H3062andtheeldersוּלְשָׂבֵ֣יu.le.sa.VeiH7868oftheJewsיְהוּדָיֵ֔אye.hu.da.Ye'H3062buildthishouseבֵּית־beit-H1005ofGodH426initsplaceאַתְרֵֽהּ׃'at.RehH870.

8MoreoverImakeadecreeטְעֵם֒te.'EmH2942whatye shalldototheseeldersשָׂבֵ֤יsa.VeiH7868oftheJewsיְהוּדָיֵא֙ye.hu.da.Ye'H3062forthebuildingלְמִבְנֵ֖אle.miv.Ne'H1124ofthishouseבֵּית־beit-H1005ofGodH426:thatoftheking’sמַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'H4430goods,evenofthetributeמִדַּת֙mi.DatH4061beyondtheRiverנַהֲרָ֔הna.ha.Rah'H5103, expensesbegivenwithalldiligenceuntothesemenH1400,thattheybenothindered.

9Andthatwhichtheyhaveneedof, bothyoungbullocks,andramsוְדִכְרִ֣יןve.dikh.RinH1798,andlambsוְאִמְּרִ֣ין׀ve.'i.me.RinH563,forburnt-offeringstotheGodלֶאֱלָ֪הּle.'e.LahH426ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֟אshe.mai.Ya'H8065; also wheat,saltמְלַ֣ח׀me.LachH4416,wineחֲמַ֣רcha.MarH2562,andoilוּמְשַׁ֗חu.me.ShachH4887, accordingtothewordofthepriestsכָּהֲנַיָּ֤אka.ha.nai.Ya'H3549thatareatJerusalemבִירֽוּשְׁלֶם֙vi.ru.she.LemH3390, let itbegiventhemdayי֥וֹם׀YomH3118bydayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3118withoutfail;

10thattheymayoffersacrificesofsweet savor untotheGodלֶאֱלָ֣הּle.'e.LahH426ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֑אshe.mai.Ya'H8065,andprayוּמְצַלַּ֕יִןu.me.tza.La.yinH6739forthelifeofthekingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430,andofhissons.

11AlsoIhavemadeadecreeטְעֵם֒te.'EmH2942,thatwhosoever shall alterthisword, letabeam be pulledoutfromhishouseבַּיְתֵ֔הּbay.TehH1005,andlethimbe lifted upandfastened thereon;andlethishouseוּבַיְתֵ֛הּu.vay.TehH1005bemadeadunghillforthis:

12andtheGodH426thathath causedhisnameשְׁמֵ֣הּshe.MehH8036todwellthereoverthrowallkingsמֶ֤לֶךְMe.lekhH4430andpeoplesוְעַם֙ve.'AmH5972thatshall put forththeirhandיְדֵ֗הּye.DehH3028toalterthesame,todestroyלְחַבָּלָ֛הle.cha.ba.LahH2255thishouseבֵּית־beit-H1005ofGodH426whichisatJerusalemבִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םvi.ru.she.LemH3390.IDariusדָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙da.re.Ya.veshH1868havemadeadecreeטְעֵ֔םte.'EmH2942; let itbedonewithalldiligence.

13Thenאֱ֠דַיִן'E.da.yinH116Tattenaiתַּתְּנַ֞יta.te.NaiH8674,thegovernorפַּחַ֧תpa.ChatH6347beyondtheRiverנַהֲרָ֛הna.ha.Rah'H5103,Shethar-bozenaiH8370,andtheir companions,becausethatDariusדָּרְיָ֧וֶשׁda.re.Ya.veshH1868thekingמַלְכָּ֛אmal.Ka'H4430hadsent, didaccordinglywithalldiligence.

14Andtheeldersוְשָׂבֵ֤יve.sa.VeiH7868oftheJewsיְהוּדָיֵא֙ye.hu.da.Ye'H3062buildedandprosperedוּמַצְלְחִ֔יןu.matz.le.ChinH6744, throughtheprophesyingofHaggaiחַגַּ֣יcha.GaiH2292theprophetנְבִיָּ֔אne.vi.'ah'H5029andZechariahוּזְכַרְיָ֖הu.ze.khar.YahH2148thesonבַּר־bar-H1247ofIddoעִדּ֑וֹאi.Do'H5714.Andthey buildedandfinishedוְשַׁכְלִ֗לוּve.shakh.Li.luH3635it,accordingמִן־min-H4481tothecommandmentoftheGodאֱלָ֣הּ'e.LahH426ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3479,andaccordingH4481tothedecreeH2942ofCyrusכּ֣וֹרֶשׁKo.reshH3567,andDariusוְדָרְיָ֔וֶשׁve.da.re.Ya.veshH1868,andArtaxerxesוְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּאve.'ar.tach.Shas.te'H783kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4430ofPersiaפָּרָֽס׃pa.RasH6540.

15Andthishouseבַּיְתָ֣הbay.Tah'H1005wasfinishedonthethirddayי֥וֹםYomH3118ofthemonthAdar,whichwasinthesixthyearשְׁנַת־she.nat-H8140ofthereignלְמַלְכ֖וּתle.mal.KhutH4437ofDariusדָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁda.re.Ya.veshH1868thekingמַלְכָּֽא׃ פmal.Ka'H4430.

16AndthechildrenofIsraelיִ֠שְׂרָאֵלYis.ra.'elH3479,thepriestsכָּהֲנַיָּ֨אka.ha.nai.Ya'H3549andtheLevitesוְלֵוָיֵ֜אve.le.va.Ye'H3879,andtherestוּשְׁאָ֣רu.she.'ArH7606ofthechildrenofthecaptivity, keptthededicationחֲנֻכַּ֛תcha.nu.KatH2597ofthishouseבֵּית־beit-H1005ofGodH426withjoy.

17Andtheyofferedatthededicationלַחֲנֻכַּת֮la.cha.nu.KatH2597ofthishouseבֵּית־beit-H1005ofGodH426ahundredמְאָ֔הme.'AhH3969bullocks, twohundredמָאתַ֔יִןma.Ta.yinH3969ramsדִּכְרִ֣יןdikh.RinH1798,fourאַרְבַּ֣ע'ar.Ba'H703hundredמְאָ֑הme.'AhH3969lambsאִמְּרִ֖ין'i.me.RinH563;andfora sin-offeringforallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3479,twelvehe-goats, accordingtothenumberofthetribesofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3479.

18AndtheysetH6966thepriestsכָהֲנַיָּ֜אkha.ha.nai.Ya'H3549intheirdivisions,andtheLevitesוְלֵוָיֵא֙ve.le.va.Ye'H3879intheir courses,fortheserviceofGodH426,whichisatJerusalemבִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םvi.ru.she.LemH3390;asitiswritteninthebookסְפַ֥רse.FarH5609ofMoses.

19Andthechildrenofthecaptivitykeptthepassoverהַפָּ֑סַחha.Pa.sachH6453uponthefourteenthdayofthefirstהָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ha.ri.ShonH7223monthלַחֹ֥דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320.

20Forthepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֧יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548andtheLevitesוְהַלְוִיִּ֛םve.hal.vi.YimH3881hadpurifiedH2891themselvestogether;allofthemwerepureטְהוֹרִ֑יםte.ho.RimH2889:andtheykilledthepassoverהַפֶּ֙סַח֙ha.Pe.sachH6453forallthechildrenofthecaptivity,andfortheirbrethrenthepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548,andforthemselves.

21AndthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478thatwerecomeagainoutofthecaptivity,andallsuchashadseparatedH914themselves untothemfromthefilthinessofthenationsגּוֹיֵֽ־go.ye-H1471ofthelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776,toseekלִדְרֹ֕שׁlid.RoshH1875Jehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478, dideatH398,

22andkeptthefeastH2282ofunleavenedמַצּ֛וֹתma.TzotH4682breadH4682sevenשִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117withjoyבְּשִׂמְחָ֑הbe.sim.ChahH8057:forJehovahhadmadeH6213themjoyful,andhadturnedוְֽהֵסֵ֞בve.he.SevH5437theheartלֵ֤בlevH3820ofthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurH804untothem,tostrengthenH2388theirhandsיְדֵיהֶ֔םye.dei.HemH3027intheworkבִּמְלֶ֥אכֶתbim.Le.khetH4399ofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478.

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