Og jeg, Artaxerxes kongen, gir nå befaling til alle forvaltere av kongens midler over elva, at hva enn Ezra presten, himmelens Guds lovs skriftlærd, trenger fra dere, skal gjøres med all omhu,
And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, now give orders to all keepers of the king's money across the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may have need of from you, is to be done with all care,