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5 Now the prophets, the prophet Haggai and Zecharlah the son of Iddo, prophesied in the name of the God of Israel, to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem, 2 till Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Joshua the son of Jozadak started again to build the temple of God at Jerusalem, helped by the prophets of God. 3 Tatnai, the satrap west of the Euphrates, and Shethar-bozenai and their associates then came and asked them, “Who gave you any orders to build this temple and to finish this structure?” 4 They also asked, “And what are the names of the men who are building here?” 5 But, by God’s favour to the Jewish sheikhs, they were not to be stopped till the matter should be reported to Darius and a reply received from him.
6 Here is a copy of the despatch sent to king Darius by Tatnai, the satrap west of the Euphrates, and by Shethar-bozenai and his associates, the generals west of the Euphrates; 7 they wrote a despatch as follows: “To king Darius, all greetings!
8 Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the temple of the great God; it is being built with huge stones, timber is being placed on the walls, and the work goes on apace, prospering in their hands. 9 We put this question to the sheikhs there, ‘Who gave you any orders to build this temple and to finish this structure?’ 10 We also asked their names, for your information, that we might be able to write you the names of the men at their head. 11 And this was their reply: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, built and finished by a great king of Israel. 12 But as our fathers provoked the anger of the God of heaven, he handed them over to the Chaldean Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, who destroyed this house and carried off the people to Babylon. 13 In the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, however, king Cyrus issued a decree for the building of this house of God. 14 And the gold and silver utensils belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem and brought to the temple of Babylon, these utensils king Cyrus took from, the temple of Babylon, handing them over to one Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor, 15 and telling him to take these utensils and go and put them in the temple at Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built on its site. 16 Then the said Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem; the building has gone on ever since, and it is still unfinished.’ 17 Now, if it please the king, let search be made in the treasury at Babylon to find out whether king Cyrus did issue a decree for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem. And let the king inform us of his pleasure in this matter.”