1Now after these things in the reign of…
2The son of Sellum, the son of Sadoc,…
3The son of Amarias, the son of Azarias,…
4The son of Zarahias, the son of Ozi,…
5The son of Abisue, the son of Phinees,…
6This Esdras went up from Babylon, and he…
7And there went up some of the children…
8And they came to Jerusalem in the fifth…
9For upon the first day of the first…
10For Esdras had prepared his heart to seek…
11And this is the copy of the letter…
12Artaxerxes king of kings to Esdras the priest,…
13It is decreed by me, that all they…
14For thou art sent from before the king,…
15And to carry the silver and gold, which…
16And all the silver and gold that thou…
17Take freely, and buy diligently with this money,…
18And if it seem good to thee, and…
19The vessels also, that are given thee for…
20And whatsoever more there shall be need of…
21I Artaxerxes the king have ordered and decreed…
22Unto a hundred talents of silver, and unto…
23All that belongeth to the rites of the…
24We give you also to understand concerning all…
25And thou Esdras according to the wisdom of…
26And whosoever will not do the law of…
27Blessed be the Lord the God of our…
28And hath inclined his mercy toward me before…
