7:21 “I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of 1 Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you –
5:17 “Now if the king is so inclined, 2 let a search be conducted in the royal archives 3 there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter.”
6:8 “I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work. 4
1 tn Aram “who are in.”
2 tn Aram “if upon the king it is good.”
3 tn Aram “the house of the treasures of the king.”
4 tn The words “of the work” are not in the Aramaic, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.