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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ezra 5 Smith's Literal Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezra/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezra/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">SLT</a> > Ezra 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezra/4.htm" title="Ezra 4">◄</a> Ezra 5 <a href="../ezra/6.htm" title="Ezra 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/ezra/5-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Temple Rebuilding Resumes<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../haggai/1.htm">Haggai 1:1–11</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews that were in Judah and in Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, to them. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>At that time rose up Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Josedek, and began to build the house of God that is in Jerusalem: and with them the prophets of God upholding to them.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>In that time came to them Tatnai, prefect beyond the river, and Shethar-Bozni and their colleagues, and thus they said to them, Who set up to you a decree to build this house, and to complete this wall? <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then thus said we to them, What are they the names of the men that build this building? <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And the eye of their God was upon the captivity of the Jews, and they caused them not to cease till the account went to Darius: and then they will return a letter concerning this.<p> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">Tattenai’s Letter to Darius<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The copy of the epistle that Tatnai, prefect beyond the river, sent, and Shethar-Bozni and his colleagues, the Apharsachites, that were beyond the river to Darius the king: <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They sent an epistle to him, thus it was written in the midst of it: To Darius the king, all peace. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>To be known to the king that we went to the Judah province, to the house of the great God; and it was building with stone of rolling, and wood being set up in the walls; and this work being diligently done, and prospering in their hands. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then we asked these old men, thus we said to them, Who set to you a decree to build this house and to complete this wall? <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And also we asked their names for them to make known to thee that we shall write the name of the men that were among their heads. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And thus they returned us word, saying, We are the servants of the God of the heavens and the earth, and build the house that was built of old these many years, and a great king to Israel built and completed. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore after our fathers provoked to the God of the heavens to be angry, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel, the Chaldean, and he destroyed this house, and the people he carried away in exile to Babel. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But in one year to Cyrus the king of Babel, Cyrus the king set up a decree to build this house of God. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And also the vessels of the house of God of gold and of silver, that Nebuchadnezzar brought forth from the temple that is in Jerusalem, and brought them to the temple of Babel, Cyrus the king brought them forth from the temple of Babel, and they were given to Sheshbazzar his name that he set up prefect; <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he said to him, Lift up these vessels, go bring them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and the house of God shall be built upon its place. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then this Sheshbazzar came, he set the foundations of the house of God that is in Jerusalem: and from that time even till now, being built and not finished. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And now if good to the king he shall seek in the house of the king's treasure there that is in Babel, if it be that from Cyrus the king a decree was set up to build this house of God in Jerusalem, and the king will send the will to us concerning this.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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