Then Daryavesh the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Bavel.

Then [(when the letter reached Darius)], King Darius gave the order and they searched out the library in which the treasures are reposited in Bavel.

And there was found at Aĥmeta, the fortress that is in the province of Maday, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

And a scroll was found in a pouch in the palace of the province of Madai, in which the following was recorded:

In the first year of Koresh the king, the same Koresh the king made a decree, Concerning the house of God at Yerushalayim; let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits;

"In the first year of King Koresh, King Koresh ordered [concerning] the house of G-d in Jerusalem: A house shall be built, a place where offerings are sacrificed. And its walls shall be founded; its height, sixty cubits, and its breadth, sixty cubits.

with three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be paid out of the king’s house:

Three walls of marble and one wall of new wood [(on the inside, as in Solomon's Temple)], the expenses to be covered by the house of the king.

and also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God which Nevukhadneżżar took out of the temple which is at Yerushalayim, and brought to Bavel, be restored, and brought back to the temple which is at Yerushalayim, every one to its place, and place them in the house of God.

And also the vessels of the house of G-d, of gold and silver, that Nevuchadnezzar took from the sanctuary in Jerusalem and brought to Bavel shall be returned to the sanctuary of Jerusalem to its place and put in the house of G-d.

Now Tattenay, governor beyond the river, Shetar-bozenay, and your associates, the Afarsekhites, who are beyond the river, keep far from hence:

And now, Tatnai, the governor across the river, Shethar-boznai, and their confederates, the Afarsachites across the river — distance yourselves from there [(the Temple works)].

let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

Forbear from the work of the house of G-d. The governors of the Jews shall do this. And to the elders of the Jews [I command] that they build this house of G-d on its site.

Moreover I make a decree as to what you shall do for the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be given with all diligence to these men so that they are not delayed.

And a decree is issued by me concerning what you do with these Jewish elders to build this house of G-d. From the king's income, from the trans-river taxes, shall expenses be quickly provided for these people, that they not halt [the work].

And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Yerushalayim, let it be given them day by day without fail:

And whatever they need, — bullocks and rams and sheep for burnt-offerings to the G-d of heaven; wheat [for flour], salt [for the offerings], wine [for the libations], and oil [for the meal-offerings], as specified by the priests in Jerusalem — let it be given them day by day without delay.

that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savour to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

So that they offer up pleasing [offerings] to the G-d of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his children.

Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let a beam of a timber be pulled down from his house, and let him be lifted up and impaled thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

And decree in my name that any man who deviates from this thing — a beam shall be dislodged from his house, and a gallows suspended over him [(on which he will be hanged)], and his house will become a dung heap for this.

And may the God who has caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and peoples, that shall put to their hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God which is at Yerushalayim. I Daryavesh have made a decree; let it be done with diligence.

And may G-d, who has caused His name to dwell there, cut down any king or people that sends forth his hand to change [(aught that I have said)], to destroy this house of G-d in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have made this decree for the speedy building [of the Temple]."

Then Tattenay governor on this side of the river, Shetar-bozenay, and their associates, according to that which Daryavesh the king had sent, so they did with diligence.

Then, Tatnai, the governor of this side of the river, and Shethar-boznai and their confederates acted quickly on the foregoing missive of King Darius.

And the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Ḥaggay the prophet and Zekharya the son of ῾Iddo. And they built, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Yisra᾽el, and according to the commandment of Koresh, and Daryavesh, and Artaĥshasta king of Paras.

And the Jewish elders built and prospered, according to the prophecy of Chaggai the prophet and Zecharyah the son of Iddo and his son, and they founded [the building] by the charge of the G-d of Israel and by the authority of Koresh and Darius and Artachshast, king of Paras.

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Daryavesh the king.

And the house was completed by the third day of the month of Adar, the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king [(the work having taken four years)].

And the children of Yisra᾽el, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the exile, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,

And the children of Israel — the priests and the Levites and the rest of the sons of the exile — observed the inauguration of this house of G-d with joy.

and they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Yisra᾽el, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Yisra᾽el.

And they sacrificed for the inauguration of this house of G-d: one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, and four hundred sheep, and young goats as sin-offerings for all of Israel, twelve, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Yerushalayim; as it is written in the book of Moshe.

And they set up the priests in their groups [(for the sacrificial service)] and the Levites in their divisions [(of their watches)] for the service of G-d in Jerusalem, as prescribed in the book of Moses.

And the children of the exile kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.

And the sons of the exile made the Pesach on the fourteenth day of the first month [(Nissan [after the Adar by which the work of the Temple had been completed])].

For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves; all of them were pure; and they killed the passover lamb for all the children of the exile, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

For the priests and the Levites had cleansed themselves [of their impurity] as one — they were all cleansed. And they slaughtered the Pesach for all the children of the exile, and for their brother priests and for themselves.

And the children of Yisra᾽el who were come back out of exile, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek the Lord God of Yisra᾽el did eat of it.

And the children of Israel who returned from the exile, and all [(the proselytes)], who had separated themselves from the uncleanliness of the nations of the land [to join] them [(Israel)], to worship the L-rd, the G-d of Israel, ate [the Pesach].

And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Ashshur to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Yisra᾽el.

And they celebrated the festival of matzoth with joy for seven days, for the L-rd caused them to rejoice. And He turned the heart of the king of Ashur to them [(the Jews living in his kingdom in the land of Ashur)] to strengthen their hand in [assisting in] the work of the house of G-d, the G-d of Israel.