¹Tunc Darius rex præcepit:Then king Darius instructed,et recensuerunt in bibliotheca librorum, qui erant repositi in Babylone.and they searched in the library of books that were deposited in Babylon.

¹Tunc Darius rex præcepit:Then king Darius instructed,et recensuerunt in bibliotheca librorum, qui erant repositi in Babylone.and they searched in the library of books that were deposited in Babylon.

²Et inventum est in Ecbatanis,And there was found at Ecbatana,quod est castrum in Medena provincia,which is a fortified place in the province of Media,volumen unum:one volume,talisque scriptus erat in eo commentarius:and this record was written in it:

²Et inventum est in Ecbatanis,And there was found at Ecbatana,quod est castrum in Medena provincia,which is a fortified place in the province of Media,volumen unum:one volume,talisque scriptus erat in eo commentarius:and this record was written in it:

³Anno primo Cyri regis,“In the first year of king Cyrus,Cyrus rex decrevit ut domus Dei ædificaretur,Cyrus the king decreed that the house of God,quæ est in Jerusalem,which is in Jerusalem,in loco ubi immolent hostias,shall be built in the place where they immolate victims,et ut ponant fundamenta supportantia altitudinem cubitorum sexaginta,and that they should set the foundations so as to support a height of sixty cubitset latitudinem cubitorum sexaginta,and a width of sixty cubits,

³Anno primo Cyri regis,“In the first year of king Cyrus,Cyrus rex decrevit ut domus Dei ædificaretur,Cyrus the king decreed that the house of God,quæ est in Jerusalem,which is in Jerusalem,in loco ubi immolent hostias,shall be built in the place where they immolate victims,et ut ponant fundamenta supportantia altitudinem cubitorum sexaginta,and that they should set the foundations so as to support a height of sixty cubitset latitudinem cubitorum sexaginta,and a width of sixty cubits,

⁴ordines de lapidibus impolitis tres,with three rows of rough stones,et sic ordines de lignis novis:and so as to have rows of new timber,sumptus autem de domo regis dabuntur.and that the expenses shall be given from the house of the king.

⁴ordines de lapidibus impolitis tres,with three rows of rough stones,et sic ordines de lignis novis:and so as to have rows of new timber,sumptus autem de domo regis dabuntur.and that the expenses shall be given from the house of the king.

⁵Sed et vasa templi Dei aurea et argentea,But also, let the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God,quæ Nabuchodonosor tulerat de templo Jerusalem,which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple of Jerusalem,et attulerat ea in Babylonem,and which he carried away to Babylon,reddantur, et referantur in templum in Jerusalem in locum suum,be restored and be carried back to the temple of Jerusalem, to their place,quæ et posita sunt in templo Dei.just as they had been placed in the temple of God.

⁵Sed et vasa templi Dei aurea et argentea,But also, let the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God,quæ Nabuchodonosor tulerat de templo Jerusalem,which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple of Jerusalem,et attulerat ea in Babylonem,and which he carried away to Babylon,reddantur, et referantur in templum in Jerusalem in locum suum,be restored and be carried back to the temple of Jerusalem, to their place,quæ et posita sunt in templo Dei.just as they had been placed in the temple of God.

⁶Nunc ergo Thathanai dux regionis,Now therefore, let Tattenai,quæ est trans flumen, Stharbuzanai,the governor of the region which is beyond the river,et consiliarii vestri Apharsachæi,Shetharbozenai, and your counselors,qui estis trans flumen,the rulers who are beyond the river,procul recedite ab illis,withdraw far away from them,

⁶Nunc ergo Thathanai dux regionis,Now therefore, let Tattenai,quæ est trans flumen, Stharbuzanai,the governor of the region which is beyond the river,et consiliarii vestri Apharsachæi,Shetharbozenai, and your counselors,qui estis trans flumen,the rulers who are beyond the river,procul recedite ab illis,withdraw far away from them,

⁷et dimittite fieri templum Dei illud a duce Judæorum,and let this temple of God be released to the governor of the Jewset a senioribus eorum,and to their elders,ut domum Dei illam ædificent in loco suo.so that they may build that house of God in its place.

⁷et dimittite fieri templum Dei illud a duce Judæorum,and let this temple of God be released to the governor of the Jewset a senioribus eorum,and to their elders,ut domum Dei illam ædificent in loco suo.so that they may build that house of God in its place.

⁸Sed et a me præceptum est quid oporteat fieri a presbyteris Judæorum illis ut ædificetur domus Dei,Moreover, it has been instructed by me as to what ought to be done by those priests of the Jews, so that the house of God may be built,scilicet ut de arca regis,specifically, that from the king’s treasury,id est,that is,de tributis quæ dantur de regione trans flumen,from the tribute which is taken from the region beyond the river,studiose sumptus dentur viris illis,the expenses shall be scrupulously given to those men,ne impediatur opus.so that the work may not be impeded.

⁸Sed et a me præceptum est quid oporteat fieri a presbyteris Judæorum illis ut ædificetur domus Dei,Moreover, it has been instructed by me as to what ought to be done by those priests of the Jews, so that the house of God may be built,scilicet ut de arca regis,specifically, that from the king’s treasury,id est,that is,de tributis quæ dantur de regione trans flumen,from the tribute which is taken from the region beyond the river,studiose sumptus dentur viris illis,the expenses shall be scrupulously given to those men,ne impediatur opus.so that the work may not be impeded.

⁹Quod si necesse fuerit,But if it may be necessary,et vitulos,let also calves,et agnos,and lambs,et hædos in holocaustum Deo cæli,and young goats for holocausts to the God of heaven,frumentum,with grain, salt,sal,wine,vinum,and oil,et oleum, secundum ritum sacerdotum, qui sunt in Jerusalem,according to the rite of the priests who are in Jerusalem,detur eis per singulos dies, ne sit in aliquo querimonia.be given to them for each day, so that there may be no complaint in anything.

⁹Quod si necesse fuerit,But if it may be necessary,et vitulos,let also calves,et agnos,and lambs,et hædos in holocaustum Deo cæli,and young goats for holocausts to the God of heaven,frumentum,with grain, salt,sal,wine,vinum,and oil,et oleum, secundum ritum sacerdotum, qui sunt in Jerusalem,according to the rite of the priests who are in Jerusalem,detur eis per singulos dies, ne sit in aliquo querimonia.be given to them for each day, so that there may be no complaint in anything.

¹⁰Et offerant oblationes Deo cæli,And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven,orentque pro vita regis,and let them pray for the life of the kinget filiorum ejus.and for the lives of his sons.

¹⁰Et offerant oblationes Deo cæli,And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven,orentque pro vita regis,and let them pray for the life of the kinget filiorum ejus.and for the lives of his sons.

¹¹A me ergo positum est decretum:Therefore, the decree has been set forth by me,ut omnis homo qui hanc mutaverit jussionem,so that, if there be any man who will change this order,tollatur lignum de domum ipsius,a beam shall be taken from his own house,et erigatur,and it shall be set up,et configatur in eo,and he shall be nailed to it.domus autem ejus publicetur.Then his house shall be confiscated.

¹¹A me ergo positum est decretum:Therefore, the decree has been set forth by me,ut omnis homo qui hanc mutaverit jussionem,so that, if there be any man who will change this order,tollatur lignum de domum ipsius,a beam shall be taken from his own house,et erigatur,and it shall be set up,et configatur in eo,and he shall be nailed to it.domus autem ejus publicetur.Then his house shall be confiscated.

¹²Deus autem,So then,qui habitare fecit nomen suum ibi, dissipet omnia regna, et populum qui extenderit manum suam ut repugnet,may the God who has caused his name to live there destroy any kingdoms or people who would extend their hand to fight against or to destroy that house of God,et dissipet domum Dei illam,which is in Jerusalem. I, Darius,quæ est in Jerusalem.have established the decree,Ego Darius statui decretum, quod studiose impleri volo.which I wish to be fulfilled scrupulously.”

¹²Deus autem,So then,qui habitare fecit nomen suum ibi, dissipet omnia regna, et populum qui extenderit manum suam ut repugnet,may the God who has caused his name to live there destroy any kingdoms or people who would extend their hand to fight against or to destroy that house of God,et dissipet domum Dei illam,which is in Jerusalem. I, Darius,quæ est in Jerusalem.have established the decree,Ego Darius statui decretum, quod studiose impleri volo.which I wish to be fulfilled scrupulously.”

¹³Igitur Thathanai dux regionis trans flumen,Therefore, Tattenai, the governor of the region beyond the river,et Stharbuzanai,and Shetharbozenai,et consiliarii ejus,and his counselors,secundum quod præceperat Darius rex,in accord with what king Darius had instructed,sic diligenter executi sunt.diligently executed the same.

¹³Igitur Thathanai dux regionis trans flumen,Therefore, Tattenai, the governor of the region beyond the river,et Stharbuzanai,and Shetharbozenai,et consiliarii ejus,and his counselors,secundum quod præceperat Darius rex,in accord with what king Darius had instructed,sic diligenter executi sunt.diligently executed the same.

¹⁴Seniores autem Judæorum ædificabant,Then the elders of the Jews were building and prospering,et prosperabantur juxta prophetiam Aggæi prophetæ,in accord with the prophecy of Haggai,et Zachariæ filii Addo:the prophet,et ædificaveruntand Zechariah,et construxerunt,the son of Iddo.jubente Deo Israël,And they built and constructed by the order of the God of Israel,et jubente Cyro,and by the order of Cyrus and Darius,et Dario,as well as Artaxerxes,et Artaxerxe regibus Persarum:the kings of the Persians.

¹⁴Seniores autem Judæorum ædificabant,Then the elders of the Jews were building and prospering,et prosperabantur juxta prophetiam Aggæi prophetæ,in accord with the prophecy of Haggai,et Zachariæ filii Addo:the prophet,et ædificaveruntand Zechariah,et construxerunt,the son of Iddo.jubente Deo Israël,And they built and constructed by the order of the God of Israel,et jubente Cyro,and by the order of Cyrus and Darius,et Dario,as well as Artaxerxes,et Artaxerxe regibus Persarum:the kings of the Persians.

¹⁵et compleverunt domum Dei istam, usque ad diem tertium mensis Adar,And they completed this house of God on the third day of the month of Adar,qui est annus sextus regni Darii regis.which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

¹⁵et compleverunt domum Dei istam, usque ad diem tertium mensis Adar,And they completed this house of God on the third day of the month of Adar,qui est annus sextus regni Darii regis.which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

¹⁶Fecerunt autem filii Israël sacerdotesThen the sons of Israel,et Levitæ,the priests,et reliqui filiorum transmigrationis,and the Levites,dedicationem domus Dei in gaudio.and the remainder of the sons of the transmigration celebrated the dedication of the house of God with gladness.

¹⁶Fecerunt autem filii Israël sacerdotesThen the sons of Israel,et Levitæ,the priests,et reliqui filiorum transmigrationis,and the Levites,dedicationem domus Dei in gaudio.and the remainder of the sons of the transmigration celebrated the dedication of the house of God with gladness.

¹⁷Et obtulerunt in dedicationem domus Dei,And they offered, for the dedication of the house of God,vitulos centum,one hundred calves,arietes ducentos,two hundred rams,agnos quadringentos,four hundred lambs, and,hircos caprarum pro peccato totius Israël duodecim,as a sin offering for all of Israel, twelve he-goats from among the goats,juxta numerum tribuum Israël.according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁷Et obtulerunt in dedicationem domus Dei,And they offered, for the dedication of the house of God,vitulos centum,one hundred calves,arietes ducentos,two hundred rams,agnos quadringentos,four hundred lambs, and,hircos caprarum pro peccato totius Israël duodecim,as a sin offering for all of Israel, twelve he-goats from among the goats,juxta numerum tribuum Israël.according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁸Et statuerunt sacerdotes in ordinibus suis,And they appointed the priests into their divisions,et Levitas in vicibus suis,and the Levites into their turns,super opera Dei in Jerusalem,over the works of God in Jerusalem,sicut scriptum est in libro Moysi.just as it was written in the book of Moses.

¹⁸Et statuerunt sacerdotes in ordinibus suis,And they appointed the priests into their divisions,et Levitas in vicibus suis,and the Levites into their turns,super opera Dei in Jerusalem,over the works of God in Jerusalem,sicut scriptum est in libro Moysi.just as it was written in the book of Moses.

¹⁹Fecerunt autem filii Israël transmigrationis Pascha,Then the sons of Israel of the transmigration kept the Passover,quartadecima die mensis primi.on the fourteenth day of the first month.

¹⁹Fecerunt autem filii Israël transmigrationis Pascha,Then the sons of Israel of the transmigration kept the Passover,quartadecima die mensis primi.on the fourteenth day of the first month.

²⁰Purificati enim fuerant sacerdotesFor the priests and Levites had been purified as one.et Levitæ quasi unus:All were cleansed in order to immolate the Passover for all the sons of the transmigration,omnes mundi ad immolandum Pascha universis filiis transmigrationis,and for their brothers,et fratribus suis sacerdotibus,the priests,et sibi.and for themselves.

²⁰Purificati enim fuerant sacerdotesFor the priests and Levites had been purified as one.et Levitæ quasi unus:All were cleansed in order to immolate the Passover for all the sons of the transmigration,omnes mundi ad immolandum Pascha universis filiis transmigrationis,and for their brothers,et fratribus suis sacerdotibus,the priests,et sibi.and for themselves.

²¹Et comederunt filii Israël,And the sons of Israel,qui reversi fuerant de transmigratione,who had been returned from the transmigration,et omnes qui se separaverant a coinquinatione gentium terræ ad eos,and all those who had separated themselves from the defilement of the Gentiles of the earth to them,ut quærerent Dominum Deum Israël.so that they might seek the Lord, the God of Israel, ate

²¹Et comederunt filii Israël,And the sons of Israel,qui reversi fuerant de transmigratione,who had been returned from the transmigration,et omnes qui se separaverant a coinquinatione gentium terræ ad eos,and all those who had separated themselves from the defilement of the Gentiles of the earth to them,ut quærerent Dominum Deum Israël.so that they might seek the Lord, the God of Israel, ate

²²Et fecerunt solemnitatem azymorum septem diebus in lætitia,and kept the solemnity of unleavened bread for seven days with joy.quoniam lætificaverat eos Dominus, et converterat cor regis Assur ad eos,For the Lord had made them joyful, and he had converted the heart of the king of Assur to them,ut adjuvaret manus eorum in opere domus Domini Dei Israël.so that he would assist their hands in the work of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel.

²²Et fecerunt solemnitatem azymorum septem diebus in lætitia,and kept the solemnity of unleavened bread for seven days with joy.quoniam lætificaverat eos Dominus, et converterat cor regis Assur ad eos,For the Lord had made them joyful, and he had converted the heart of the king of Assur to them,ut adjuvaret manus eorum in opere domus Domini Dei Israël.so that he would assist their hands in the work of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel.