Ezra · עֶזְרָא

Ezra 5:11

וּכְנֵ֣מָא פִּתְגָמָ֣א הֲתִ֡יבוּ לָ֣נָא לְמֵֽימַ֡ר אֲנַ֣חְנָא הִמּ֡וֹ עַבְדֹ֡והִי דִּ֣י אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֡א וְאַרְעָ֡א וּבָנַ֣יִן בַּיְתָ֡א דִּ֣י הֲוָ֡א בְּנֵ֡י מִקַּדְמַ֡ת דְּנָ֡ה שְׁנִ֡ין שַׂגִּיאָ֡ן וּמֶ֣לֶךְ לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל רַ֡ב בְּנָ֡הִי וְשַׁכְלְלֵֽהּ׃
vknemaʾ pitgamaʾ hatiybv lanaʾ lmeymar ʾanaḥnaʾ himvo ʿabdovhiy diy ʾelah shmayaʾ vʾarʿaʾ vbanayin baytaʾ diy havaʾ bney miqadmat dnah shniyn shagiyʾan vmelek lyishraʾel rab bnahiy vshaklleh
King James Version (KJV)

And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

Modern English

And this was their reply to us: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

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