1 Esdras 6
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1BVt*in the second yere of the reigne of Darius, Aggeus & Zacharias the sonne of Addo the Prophetes prophecied to the Iewes, euen vnto them that were in Iudea and Ierusalem, in the Name of the Lord God of Israel, which they called"vpon. 2Then Zorobabel sonne of Salathiel, and Iesus the sonne of Iosedec stode vp, and began to buylde the House of the Lord, which is in Ierusalem, the Prophetes of the Lord being with them, & helping them. 3¶In that time Sisinnes the gouernour of Syria, and Phenice, and Sathrabouzanes with his companions came vnto them, 4And said vnto them, By whose commandement buyld you this House, & this buylding, and enterprise all these other things? and who are the buylders that enterprise suche things? 5But the Ancients of the Iewes had grace of the Lord after that he had visited the captiuitie, 6That they were not letted to buyld, vntil it was signified vnto Darius of these matters, and an answer was receiued. 7¶The copie of the epistle, which he did write and send to Darius, SISINNES gouernour of Syria and of Phenice, and Sathrabouzanes, and their companions, presidents in Syria and Phenice, salute King Darius. 8It may please the King our master plainely to vnderstand, that when we came to the countrey of Iudea, and entred into the citie of Ierusalem, we found in the citie of Ierusalem the Ancients of the Iewes that were of the captiuitie, 9Buylding an House to the Lord, great & newe, of hewen stones, and of great price, and the timber all ready laid vpon the walles. 10And these workes are done with great spede, yea, and the worke hathe good successe in their hands, so that it wil be finished with all glorie & diligence. 11Then we asked their Ancients, saying, By whose commandement buyld you this House & lay the fundacion of these workes? 12We asked them these things to the intent to notifie them to thee, and to write to thee the men that gouerned it: therefore we demanded the names of the gouernours in writing. 13But they answered, saying, We are the seruants of the Lord, which hathe created the heauen and the earth. 14And*this House was buylt vp manie yeres ago by a King of Israel great & strong, and was finished. 15But when our fathers, prouoking God to wrath, sinned against the Lord of Israel, which is in heauen,* he deliuered them into the hands of Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon of the Chaldeans, 16Who brake downe the House & burnt it, & caryed the people captiue to Babylon. 17But in the first yere of the reigne of Cyrus ouer the countrey of Babylon, King Cyrus wrote that this House shulde be buylt vp. 18And the holie vessels of golde & of siluer, which Nabuchodonosor had caryed out of the House at Ierusalem, & had dedicated them in his owne Temple, Cyrus the King toke out of the Temple at Babylon, & they were giuen to Zorobabel, and to"Sanabassarus ruler. 19And a commandement was giuen vnto him, that he shulde cary away those vessels, & put them in the Temple at Ierusalem, & that this Temple of the Lord shulde be buylt in this place. 20Then the same Sanabassarus, being come hether, layed the fundations of the House of the Lord at Ierusalem, and since that time til now, it is in buylding, & is not finished. 21Now therefore if it please the King, let it be soght vp in the Kings libraries concerning Cyrus. 22And if it be found that the buylding of the House of the Lord at Ierusalem hathe bene done by the consent of King Cyrus, & if it seme good to the lord our King, let him make vs answer concerning these things. 23Then King Darius commanded to searche in the Kings libraries, that were in Babylon, and there was founde in Ecbatane, which is a towre in the region of Media, a place where suche things were layed vp for memorie. 24In the first yere of the reigne of Cyrus, King Cyrus commanded the House of the Lord at Ierusalem to be buylded, where thei did sacrifice with the continual fyre. 25Of the which the height shulde be of threscore cubites, the breadth of threscore cubites with thre rowes of hewen stones, & one rowe of newe wood of that countrey, and that the costs shulde be payed out of the house of King Cyrus. 26And that the holie vessels of the House of the Lord, aswel those of golde as of siluer, which Nabuchodonosor had caryed out of the house in Ierusalem, and broght into Babylon, shulde be restored to the House, which is in Ierusalem, & set in the place where they were afore. 27Also he commanded that Sisinnes, gouernour of Syria and Phenice, and Sathabouzanes, and their companions, and those which were constitute captaines in Syria and Phenice, shulde take hede to refraine from that place, and to suffer Zorobabel the seruant of the Lord, and gouernour of Iudea, and the Elders of the Iewes to buyld that House of the Lord in that place. 28And I also haue commanded to buyld it cleane vp againe, and that they be diligent to helpe them of the captiuitie of the Iewes, til the House of the Lord be finished, 29And that some parte of the tribute of Coelosyria and Phenice shulde be diligently giuen to these men for sacrifice vnto the Lord, and to Zorobabel the gouernour, for bulles, rams and lambes: 30Also corne, & salte, and wine, and oile continually euerie yere without faile, as the Priests, which are in Ierusalem shal testifie to be spent euerie day, 31That offrings may be made to the high God for the King, and his children, & that they may pray for their liues. 32Furthermore, he commanded that whosoeuer shulde transgresse anie thing afore spoken or writen, or derogate anie thing thereof, that a tre shulde be taken out of his possession, and he be hanged thereon, and that his goods shulde be the Kings. 33And therefore let the Lord whose Name is there called vpon, destroye euerie King and nation, which stretcheth out his hand to hinder or do euil to that House of the Lord which is in Ierusalem. 34*I Darius the King haue ordeined that it shulde be diligently executed according to these things.