I Esdras 7

¹Thanne Cysennes, the litil vndir kyng of Choelem Cyrie and Fenycen, and Satrabusanes, and her felawis, obeisheden to these thingis, that weren demyd of kyng Darie,

²and stoden ful diligently in to the hooly werkis, wirchinge togidre with the eldre men of Jewis, princis of Cirie.

³And the hooly werkis ben maad welsum, as the prophetes Agge and Zacharie prophecieden.

⁴And thei fulfilliden alle thingis, aftir the heest of the Lord God of Israel, and aftir the counseil of Cyri, and of Darij, and of Artaxersis, kyng of Persis.

⁵And oure hous is endid, in the three and twentithe dai of the monthe of Marche, in the sixte yeer of kyng Darij.

⁶And the sones of Israel, and the prestis, and dekens, and othere that weren of the caitiftee, the whiche ben sett to, diden aftir thoo thingis that ben writen in the book of Moyses.

⁷And thei offreden in to the dedicatioun of the temple of the Lord, an hundrid bolis, two hundrid wetheris, foure hundrid lambren,

⁸twelue kides, for the synnes of al Israel, after the noumbre of the xij. lynages of Israel.

⁹And the prestis and dekens stoden, clothid with the stolis, bi her lynagis, upon the werkis of the Lord God of Israel, aftir the book of Moyses; and ther weren porters bi alle the yatis.

¹⁰And the sones of Israel diden that pask, with hem that weren of the caitiftee, in the moone of the first monthe, the fourtenthe day, whanne the prestis and dekens ben halewid.

¹¹And alle the sones of caitiftee thei ben not halewid togidre, for alle the Leuytis ben halewid togidere.

¹²And thei offreden pask to alle the sones of caitiftee, and to her bretheren, prestis, and to them selff.

¹³And the sonus of Israel, the whiche weren of the caitiftee, alle thei that hadden left fro alle the cursidnessis of Gentiles, or hethen folk, of the eerthe, eeten, and souyten the Lord;

¹⁴and thei halewiden the feest day of therff looues, seuene daies etynge in siyt of the Lord;

¹⁵for he conuertide the counseil of the kyng of Assirijs in hem, to coumforte the hondis of hem to the werkis of the Lord God of Israel.

I Esdras 7

¹Then Sisinnes the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions following the commandments of king Darius,

²Did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the ancients of the Jews and governors of the temple.

³And so the holy works prospered, when Aggeus and Zacharias the prophets prophesied.

⁴And they finished these things by the commandment of the Lord God of Israel, and with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artexerxes, kings of Persia.

⁵And thus was the holy house finished in the three and twentieth day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of Darius king of the Persians

⁶And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and others that were of the captivity, that were added unto them, did according to the things written in the book of Moses.

⁷And to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered an hundred bullocks two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;

⁸And twelve goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the chief of the tribes of Israel.

⁹The priests also and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments, according to their kindreds, in the service of the Lord God of Israel, according to the book of Moses: and the porters at every gate.

¹⁰And the children of Israel that were of the captivity held the passover the fourteenth day of the first month, after that the priests and the Levites were sanctified.

¹¹They that were of the captivity were not all sanctified together: but the Levites were all sanctified together.

¹²And so they offered the passover for all them of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

¹³And the children of Israel that came out of the captivity did eat, even all they that had separated themselves from the abominations of the people of the land, and sought the Lord.

¹⁴And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, making merry before the Lord,

¹⁵For that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel.