1. Ezra 6

¹Dara'nın krallığının ikinci yılında, peygamber Hagay ve Addo oğlu Zekeriya peygamberler, Yahudiye ve Yeruşalim'deki Yahudilere, üzerlerinde olan İsrail'in Tanrısı Rab'bin adıyla peygamberlik ettiler.

²Bunun üzerine Şealtiel oğlu Zerubbabel ve Yehosadak oğlu Yeşu kalkıp Yeruşalim'deki Rab'bin evini inşa etmeye başladılar; Rab'bin peygamberleri de onlarla birlikte bulunarak onlara yardım ediyordu.

³Tam o sırada Suriye ve Fenike valisi Sisinnes, Satrabuzanes ve çalışma arkadaşları onlara gelip şöyle dediler:

⁴"Bu evi inşa etmeniz, bu tavanı ve diğer her şeyi tamamlamanız için size kim buyruk verdi? Ve bunları tamamlayan inşaatçılar kimlerdir?"

⁵Ancak Yahudilerin ihtiyarları, Rab'den sürgünlük üzerine gerçekleşen bir gözetim sayesinde lütuf buldular,

⁶ve durum Dara'ya bildirilip bir yanıt alınıncaya dek inşaat işinden alıkonulmadılar.

⁷Suriye ve Fenike valisi Sisinnes, Satrabuzanes ve çalışma arkadaşları olan Suriye ve Fenike'deki yöneticilerin Kral Dara'ya yazıp gönderdikleri mektubun bir sureti şudur: "Kral Dara'ya selamlar dileriz.

⁸Efendimiz kralın bilgisine sunarız ki, Yahudiye bölgesine gidip Yeruşalim kentine girdiğimizde, sürgünden dönen Yahudilerin ihtiyarlarını Yeruşalim kentinde Rab için büyük ve yeni bir ev inşa ederken bulduk; evi yontulmuş değerli taşlarla yapıyorlar ve duvarların içine ahşaplar yerleştiriyorlar.

⁹Bu işler büyük bir gayretle yürütülüyor, onların ellerinde başarıyla ilerliyor, büyük bir görkem ve özenle tamamlanıyor.

¹⁰O zaman bu ihtiyarlara sorup şöyle dedik: 'Bu evi inşa etmeniz ve bu işlerin temelini atmanız için size kim buyruk verdi?'

¹¹Sana bildirmek ve önderlik eden kişilerin adlarını yazıp sana iletmek amacıyla kendilerine liderlerinin kimler olduğunu sorduk ve önde gelen adamlarının isim listesini istedik.

¹²Bize şöyle yanıt verdiler: 'Bizler göğü ve yeri yaratan Rab'bin kullarıyız.

¹³Bu ev uzun yıllar önce İsrail'in büyük ve güçlü bir kralı tarafından inşa edilmiş ve tamamlanmıştı.

¹⁴Ancak atalarımız göksel olan İsrail'in Rabbi'ni öfkelendirip O'na karşı günah işlediklerinde, Rab onları Babil Kralı, Keldanilerin Kralı Nebukadnesar'ın eline teslim etti.

¹⁵O da bu evi yıkıp yaktı ve halkı Babil'e sürgün etti.

¹⁶Ancak Kiros'un Babil ülkesi üzerindeki krallığının birinci yılında, Kral Kiros bu evin yeniden inşa edilmesi için bir ferman yazdı.

¹⁷Nebukadnesar'ın Yeruşalim'deki evden çıkarıp kendi tapınağına koyduğu Rab'bin evine ait altın ve gümüş kutsal kapları da Kral Kiros Babil'deki tapınaktan çıkarttı; bunlar vali Sanabassar Zerubbabel'e teslim edildi.

¹⁸Kendisine tüm bu kapları götürüp Yeruşalim'deki tapınağa koyması ve Rab'bin tapınağının eski yerinde yeniden inşa edilmesi buyruldu.

¹⁹Bunun üzerine buraya gelen Sanabassar, Yeruşalim'deki Rab'bin evinin temellerini attı; o zamandan beri inşaat devam etmekteyse de henüz tamamlanmamıştır.'

²⁰Şimdi eğer kralca uygun görülürse, Kral Kiros'un kraliyet arşivlerinde bir araştırma yapılsın.

²¹Eğer Yeruşalim'deki Rab'bin evinin inşasının Kral Kiros'un onayıyla yapıldığına dair bir kayıt bulunursa ve efendimiz kral bu konuda bir karara varırsa, bize bu husustaki buyruğunu bildirsin."

²²Bunun üzerine Kral Dara, Babil'deki arşivlerde araştırma yapılmasını buyurdu; Medya bölgesindeki Ekbatan Kalesi'nde bir tomar bulundu ve üzerinde şunlar yazılıydı:

²³"Kral Kiros'un krallığının birinci yılında, Kral Kiros, Yeruşalim'deki Rab'bin evinin, sürekli yanan ateşle kurban sundukları yerde yeniden inşa edilmesini buyurdu.

²⁴Evin yüksekliği altmış arşın, genişliği altmış arşın olacak; üç sıra yontulmuş taş ve bir sıra o ülkenin yeni ahşabı kullanılacak; masraflar ise Kral Kiros'un sarayından karşılanacaktır.

²⁵Nebukadnesar'ın Yeruşalim'deki evden çıkarıp Babil'e götürdüğü Rab'bin evine ait altın ve gümüş kutsal kaplar da Yeruşalim'deki eve, eski yerlerine geri gönderilecek ve oraya konulacaktır."

²⁶Dara da Suriye ve Fenike valisi Sisinnes'e, Satrabuzanes'e, çalışma arkadaşlarına ve Suriye ile Fenike'de görevli yöneticilere o bölgeden uzak durmalarını buyurdu; Rab'bin kulu ve Yahudiye valisi Zerubbabel ile Yahudilerin ihtiyarlarının Rab'bin bu evini eski yerinde inşa etmelerine izin vermelerini emretti.

²⁷"Ben de evin tamamen yeniden inşa edilmesi ve Rab'bin evi tamamlanıncaya dek Yahudiye sürgününden dönenlere özenle yardım edilmesi için buyruk verdim.

²⁸Çukur Suriye ve Fenike'nin vergi gelirlerinden, Rab'be sunulacak kurbanlar için bu adamlara ve Vali Zerubbabel'e boğalar, koçlar ve kuzular için özenle ödenek sağlansın.

²⁹Aynı şekilde, Yeruşalim'deki kâhinlerin her gün harcanacağını belirttikleri miktara göre, buğday, tuz, şarap ve zeytinyağı da her yıl kesintisiz ve tartışmasız olarak kendilerine verilsin.

³⁰Öyle ki, Yüceler Yücesi Tanrı'ya sunular sunabilsinler, kralın ve çocuklarının yaşamı için dua etsinler.

³¹Ayrıca buyuruyorum ki, her kim bu yazılanlardan herhangi birini çiğner ya da geçersiz kılarsa, kendi evinden bir kalas sökülüp onun üzerinde asılsın ve tüm mal varlığı kraliyete ait olsun.

³²Adı orada anılan Rab, Yeruşalim'deki Rab'bin bu evini engellemek ya da ona zarar vermek için elini uzatan her kralı ve ulusu yok etsin.

³³Ben Kral Dara, bu buyruğu verdim; buna özenle uyulsun."

¹ΕΝ δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ ἔτει τῆς Δαρείου βασιλείας ἐπροφήτευσεν ᾿Αγγαῖος καὶ Ζαχαρίας ὁ τοῦ ᾿Αδδὼ οἱ προφῆται ἐπὶ τοὺς ᾿Ιουδαίους τοὺς ἐν τῇ ᾿Ιουδαίᾳ καὶ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου Θεοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς.

²τότε στὰς Ζοροβάβελ ὁ τοῦ Σαλαθιὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιησοῦς ὁ τοῦ ᾿Ιωσεδὲκ ἤρξαντο οἰκοδομεῖν τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Κυρίου τὸν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, συνόντων τῶν προφητῶν τοῦ Κυρίου βοηθούντων αὐτοῖς.

³ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ χρόνῳ παρῆν πρὸς αὐτοὺς Σισίννης ὁ ἔπαρχος Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης καὶ Σαθραβουζάνης καὶ οἱ συνεταῖροι καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖς·

⁴τίνος ὑμῖν συντάξαντος τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον οἰκοδομεῖτε, καὶ τὴν στέγην ταύτην καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα ἐπιτελεῖτε; καὶ τίνες εἰσὶν οἰκοδόμοι οἱ ταῦτα ἐπιτελοῦντες;

⁵καὶ ἔσχοσαν χάριν ἐπισκοπῆς γενομένης ἐπὶ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων

⁶καὶ οὐκ ἐκωλύθησαν τῆς οἰκοδομῆς, μέχρις οὗ ὑποσημανθῆναι Δαρείῳ περὶ αὐτῶν καὶ προσφωνηθῆναι.

⁷᾿Αντίγραφον ἐπιστολῆς, ἧς ἔγραψε Δαρείῳ καὶ ἀπέστειλαν· «Σισίννης ὁ ἔπαρχος Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης καὶ Σαθραβουζάνης καὶ οἱ συνεταῖροι οἱ ἐν Συρίᾳ καὶ Φοινίκῃ ἡγεμόνες βασιλεῖ Δαρείῳ χαίρειν.

⁸πάντα γνωστὰ ἔστω τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὅτι παραγενόμενοι εἰς τὴν χώραν τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας καὶ ἐλθόντες εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ τὴν πόλιν κατελάβομεν τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ τῇ πόλει οἰκοδομοῦντας οἶκον τῷ Κυρίῳ μέγαν, καινὸν διὰ λίθων ξυστῶν πολυτελῶν, ξύλων τιθεμένων ἐν τοῖς τοίχοις,

⁹καὶ τὰ ἔργα ἐκεῖνα ἐπὶ σπουδῆς γινόμενα καὶ εὐοδούμενον τὸ ἔργον ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν πάσῃ δόξῃ, καὶ ἐπιμελείᾳ συντελούμενον.

¹⁰τότε ἐπυνθανόμεθα τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τούτων λέγοντες· τίνος ὑμῖν προστάξαντος οἰκοδομεῖτε τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον καὶ τὰ ἔργα ταῦτα θεμελιοῦτε;

¹¹ἐπερωτήσαμεν οὖν αὐτοὺς εἵνεκεν τοῦ γνωρίσαι σοι καὶ γράψαι σοι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς ἀφηγουμένους καὶ τὴν ὀνοματογραφίαν ᾐτοῦμεν αὐτοὺς τῶν προκαθηγουμένων.

¹²οἱ δὲ ἀπεκρίθησαν ἡμῖν λέγοντες· ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν παῖδες τοῦ Κυρίου τοῦ κτίσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν·

¹³καὶ ᾠκοδόμητο οἶκος ἔμπροσθεν ἐτῶν πλειόνων διὰ βασιλέως τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ μεγάλου καὶ ἰσχυροῦ καὶ ἐπετελέσθη.

¹⁴καὶ ἐπεὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν παραπικράναντες ἥμαρτον εἰς τὸν Κύριον τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ τὸν οὐράνιον, παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς εἰς χεῖρας Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος βασιλέως τῶν Χαλδαίων·

¹⁵τόν τε οἶκον καθελόντες ἐνεπύρισαν καὶ τὸν λαὸν ἠχμαλώτευσαν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.

¹⁶ἐν δὲ τῷ πρώτῳ ἔτει βασιλεύοντος Κύρου χώρας Βαβυλωνίας ἔγραψεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Κῦρος τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον οἰκοδομῆσαι·

¹⁷καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τὰ χρυσᾶ καὶ τὰ ἀργυρᾶ, ἃ ἐξήνεγκε Ναβουχοδονόσορ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἀπηρείσατο αὐτὰ ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ ναῷ, πάλιν ἐξήνεγκεν αὐτὰ Κῦρος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ ἐν Βαβυλωνίᾳ, καὶ παρεδόθη Σαναβασσάρῳ Ζοροβάβελ τῷ ἐπάρχῳ,

¹⁸καὶ ἐπετάγη αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀπήνεγκε πάντα τὰ σκεύη ταῦτα ἀποθεῖναι ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῷ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὸν ναὸν τοῦ Κυρίου οἰκοδομηθῆναι ἐπὶ τοῦ τόπου.

¹⁹τότε ὁ Σαναβάσσαρος παραγενόμενος ἀνεβάλετο τοὺς θεμελίους τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου τοῦ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἀπ᾿ ἐκείνου μέχρι τοῦ νῦν οἰκοδομούμενος οὐκ ἔλαβε συντέλειαν.

²⁰νῦν οὖν εἰ κρίνεται, βασιλεῦ, ἐπισκεπήτω ἐν τοῖς βασιλικοῖς βιβλιοφυλακίοις τοῦ Κύρου·

²¹καὶ ἐὰν εὑρίσκηται μετὰ τῆς γνώμης Κύρου τοῦ βασιλέως γενομένην τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου τοῦ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ κρίνηται τῷ κυρίῳ βασιλεῖ ἡμῶν, προσφωνησάτω ἡμῖν περὶ τούτων».

²²Τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαρεῖος προσέταξεν ἐπισκέψασθαι ἐν τοῖς βιβλιοφυλακίοις τοῖς κειμένοις ἐν Βαβυλῶνι, και εὑρέθη ἐν ᾿Εκβατάνοις τῇ βάρει τῇ ἐν Μηδίᾳ χώρᾳ τόμος εἷς, ἐν ᾧ ὑπομνημάτιστο τάδε·

²³«῎Ετους πρώτου βασιλεύοντος Κύρου βασιλεὺς Κῦρος προσέταξε τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Κυρίου τὸν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ οἰκοδομῆσαι, ὅπου ἐπιθύουσι διὰ πυρὸς ἐνδελεχοῦς,

²⁴οὗ τὸ ὕψος πηχῶν ἑξήκοντα, πλάτος πηχῶν ἑξήκοντα, διὰ δόμων λιθίνων ξυστῶν τριῶν καὶ δόμου ξυλίνου ἐγχωρίου καινοῦ ἑνός, καὶ τὸ δαπάνημα δοθῆναι ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου Κύρου τοῦ βασιλέως,

²⁵καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου τά τε χρυσᾶ καὶ ἀργυρᾶ, ἃ ἐξήνεγκε Ναβουχοδονόσορ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἀπήνεγκεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, ἀποκατασταθῆναι εἰς τὸν οἶκον τὸν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, οὗ ἦν κείμενα, ὅπως τεθῇ ἐκεῖ.

²⁶προσέταξε δὲ ἐπιμεληθῆναι Σισίννῃ ἐπάρχῳ Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης καὶ Σαθραβουζάνῃ καὶ τοῖς συνεταίροις καὶ τοῖς ἀποτεταγμένοις ἐν Συρίᾳ καὶ Φοινίκῃ ἡγεμόσιν ἀπέχεσθαι τοῦ τόπου, ἐᾶσαι δὲ τὸν παῖδα Κυρίου Ζοροβάβελ, ἔπαρχον δὲ τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας, καὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Κυρίου ἐκεῖνον οἰκοδομεῖν ἐπὶ τοῦ τόπου.

²⁷καὶ ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπέταξα ὁλοσχερῶς οἰκοδομῆσαι καὶ ἀτενίσαι, ἵνα συμποιῶσι τοῖς ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας μέχρι τοῦ ἐπιτελεσθῆναι τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Κυρίου·

²⁸καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς φορολογίας Κοίλης Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης ἐπιμελῶς σύνταξιν δίδοσθαι τούτοις τοῖς ἀνθρώποις εἰς θυσίαν τῷ Κυρίῳ, Ζοροβάβελ ἐπάρχῳ, εἰς ταύρους καὶ κριοὺς καὶ ἄρνας,

²⁹ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ πυρὸν καὶ ἅλα καὶ οἶνον καὶ ἔλαιον ἐνδελεχῶς κατ᾿ ἐνιαυτόν, καθὼς ἂν οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ὑπαγορεύσωσιν ἀναλίσκεσθαι καθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἀναμφισβητήτως,

³⁰ὅπως προσφέρωνται σπονδαὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ ὑψίστῳ ὑπὲρ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν παίδων καὶ προσεύχωνται περὶ τῆς αὐτῶν ζωῆς,

³¹καὶ προστάξαι ἵνα ὅσοι ἐὰν παραβῶσί τι τῶν γεγραμμένων καὶ ἀκυρώσωσι, ληφθῆναι ξύλον ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τούτου κρεμασθῆναι καὶ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ εἶναι βασιλικά.

³²διὰ ταῦτα καὶ ὁ Κύριος, οὗ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐπικέκληται ἐκεῖ, ἀφανίσαι πάντα βασιλέα καὶ ἔθνος, ὃς ἐκτενεῖ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ κωλῦσαι ἢ κακοποιῆσαι τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου ἐκεῖνον τὸν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

³³ἐγὼ βασιλεὺς Δαρεῖος δεδογμάτικα ἐπιμελῶς κατὰ ταῦτα γίνεσθαι».

¹Now in the second year of the reign of Darius Aggeus and Zacharias the son of Addo, the prophets, prophesied unto the Jews in Jewry and Jerusalem in the name of the Lord God of Israel, which was upon them.

²Then stood up Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, the prophets of the Lord being with them, and helping them.

³At the same time came unto them Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phenice, with Sathrabuzanes and his companions, and said unto them,

⁴By whose appointment do ye build this house and this roof, and perform all the other things? and who are the workmen that perform these things?

⁵Nevertheless the elders of the Jews obtained favour, because the Lord had visited the captivity;

⁶And they were not hindered from building, until such time as signification was given unto Darius concerning them, and an answer received.

⁷The copy of the letters which Sisinnes, governor of Syria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, rulers in Syria and Phenice, wrote and sent unto Darius; To king Darius, greeting:

⁸Let all things be known unto our lord the king, that being come into the country of Judea, and entered into the city of Jerusalem we found in the city of Jerusalem the ancients of the Jews that were of the captivity building an house unto the Lord, great and new, of hewn and costly stones, and the timber already laid upon the walls.

⁹And those works are done with great speed, and the work goeth on prosperously in their hands, and with all glory and diligence is it made.

¹⁰Then asked we these elders, saying, By whose commandment build ye this house, and lay the foundations of these works?

¹¹Therefore to the intent that we might give knowledge unto thee by writing, we demanded of them who were the chief doers, and we required of them the names in writing of their principal men.

¹²So they gave us this answer, We are the servants of the Lord which made heaven and earth.

¹³And as for this house, it was builded many years ago by a king of Israel great and strong, and was finished.

¹⁴But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, he gave them over into the power of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, of the Chaldees;

¹⁵Who pulled down the house, and burned it, and carried away the people captives unto Babylon.

¹⁶But in the first year that king Cyrus reigned over the country of Babylon Cyrus the king wrote to build up this house.

¹⁷And the holy vessels of gold and of silver, that Nabuchodonosor had carried away out of the house at Jerusalem, and had set them in his own temple those Cyrus the king brought forth again out of the temple at Babylon, and they were delivered to Zorobabel and to Sanabassarus the ruler,

¹⁸With commandment that he should carry away the same vessels, and put them in the temple at Jerusalem; and that the temple of the Lord should be built in his place.

¹⁹Then the same Sanabassarus, being come hither, laid the foundations of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem; and from that time to this being still a building, it is not yet fully ended.

²⁰Now therefore, if it seem good unto the king, let search be made among the records of king Cyrus:

²¹And if it be found that the building of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem hath been done with the consent of king Cyrus, and if our lord the king be so minded, let him signify unto us thereof.

²²Then commanded king Darius to seek among the records at Babylon: and so at Ecbatana the palace, which is in the country of Media, there was found a roll wherein these things were recorded.

²³In the first year of the reign of Cyrus king Cyrus commanded that the house of the Lord at Jerusalem should be built again, where they do sacrifice with continual fire:

²⁴Whose height shall be sixty cubits and the breadth sixty cubits, with three rows of hewn stones, and one row of new wood of that country; and the expenses thereof to be given out of the house of king Cyrus:

²⁵And that the holy vessels of the house of the Lord, both of gold and silver, that Nabuchodonosor took out of the house at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, should be restored to the house at Jerusalem, and be set in the place where they were before.

²⁶And also he commanded that Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, and their companions, and those which were appointed rulers in Syria and Phenice, should be careful not to meddle with the place, but suffer Zorobabel, the servant of the Lord, and governor of Judea, and the elders of the Jews, to build the house of the Lord in that place.

²⁷I have commanded also to have it built up whole again; and that they look diligently to help those that be of the captivity of the Jews, till the house of the Lord be finished:

²⁸And out of the tribute of Celosyria and Phenice a portion carefully to be given these men for the sacrifices of the Lord, that is, to Zorobabel the governor, for bullocks, and rams, and lambs;

²⁹And also corn, salt, wine, and oil, and that continually every year without further question, according as the priests that be in Jerusalem shall signify to be daily spent:

³⁰That offerings may be made to the most high God for the king and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives.

³¹And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yea, or make light of any thing afore spoken or written, out of his own house should a tree be taken, and he thereon be hanged, and all his goods seized for the king.

³²The Lord therefore, whose name is there called upon, utterly destroy every king and nation, that stretcheth out his hand to hinder or endamage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem.

³³I Darius the king have ordained that according unto these things it be done with diligence.