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Ezra 5

1 Haggái & Zechariáh do prophecie. 3 The worke of the Temple goeth forwarde contrary to the minde of Tatnái. 6 His lettres to Darius.
1.THe Haggái a Prophet & Zechariáh the ſonne of Iddó a Prophet prophecied vnto the Iewes that were in Iudáh, & Ieruſalém, in the Name of the God of Iſraél, euē vnto them.
2.Then Zerubbabél the ſonne of Shealtiél, & Ieſhúa the ſonne of Iozadák aroſe, and began to buylde the houſe of God at Ieruſalém, and with them were the Prophetes of God, which helped them.
3.At the ſame time came to them Tatnái, which was captaine beyonde the Riuer, & Shethar-boznái and their companions, & ſaid thus vnto them, Who hathe giuen you commandemēt to buylde this houſe, and to lay the fundacions of theſe walles?
4.Then ſaid we vnto them after this maner, What are the names of the men that buylde this buylding?
5.But the eye of their God was vpon the Elders of the Iewes, that they colde not cauſe them to ceaſe, til the matter came to Darius: and then they anſwered by letters thereunto.
6.The copie of the lettre, that Tatnái captaine beyonde the Riuer, and Shethar boznai and his companions Apharſachaié, (which were beyonde the Riuer) ſent vnto King Darius.
7.They ſent a lettre vnto him, wherein it was writen thus, VNTO DARIVS the King, all peace.
8.Be it knowen vnto the King, that we wét into the prouince of Iudea, to the houſe of the great God, which is buylded with great ſtones, and beames are layed in the walles, and this worke is wroght ſpedely, and proſpereth in their hands.
9.Then aſked we thoſe Elders, and ſaid vnto them thus, Who hathe giuen you commandement to buyld this houſe, and to laye the fundacion of theſe walles?
10.We aſked their names alſo, yt we might certifie thee, & that we might write the names of the men that were their rulers.
11.But thei anſwered vs thus, & ſaid, We are the ſeruants of ye God of heauen & earth, & buyld the houſe that was buylt of olde & many yeres ago, which a great King of Iſraél buylded, & founded it.
12.But after that our fathers had prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath, he gaue them ouer into the hand of Nebuchadnezzár King of Babél the Caldean, and he deſtroyed this houſe, and caryed the people away captiue vnto Babél.
13.But in the firſt yere of Cyrus King of Babél, Kíg Cyrus made a decree to buyld this houſe of God.
14.And the veſſels of golde & ſiluer of the houſe of God, which Nebuchadnezzár toke out of the Téple, that was in Ieruſalém, and broght them into the Temple of Babél, thoſe did Cyrus the King take out of the Téple of Babél, & they gaue them vnto one Sheſhbazzár by his name, whome he had made captaine.
15.And he ſaid vnto him, Take theſe veſſels and go thy way, & put them in the Temple that is in Ieruſalém, and let the houſe of God be buylt in his place.
16.Then came the ſame Sheſhbazzár and layed the fundacion of the houſe of God, which is in Ieruſalém, and ſince that time euen vntil now, hathe it bene in buylding, yet is it not finiſhed.
17.Now therefore if it pleaſe the King, let there be ſearche made in the houſe of the Kings treaſures, which is there in Babél, whether a decree hathe bene made by King Cyrus, to buylde this houſe of God in Ieruſalém, and let the King ſend his minde concerning this.

Notes

1:*.
Hag.1,1. 3.eſdr 6,6.
1:".
Or, Haggeus
2:a.
Which incouraged the to go forward & accuſed the that they were more careful to buyld their owne houſes, thē zealous to buylde the Tēple of God.
4:b.
That is, the enemies aſked this, as ver.10.
5:c.
His fauour & the ſpirit of ſtrengtn
8:".
Or, marble.
11:d.
To wit, Salomón.
11:*.
1. King. 6, 2. 2 chro. 3, 2.
12:*.
2. King. 24, 2. & 25, 9.
13:e.
Read Chap. 1, 1.
14:f.
Read Chap. 1, 8.
17:g.
Meaning, in the librarie, or places where laye the regiſters, or recor des of times.