Verse 7
Ezra 4:7
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And in the days of Artaxerxes, Beselam, Mithridates, and Thabeel, and the rest that were in the council wrote to Artaxerxes king of the Persians : and the letter of accusation was written in Syriac, and was read in the Syrian tongue.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/בִ/ימֵ֣י אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּא כָּתַ֨ב בִּשְׁלָ֜ם מִתְרְדָ֤ת טָֽבְאֵל֙ וּ/שְׁאָ֣ר כנות/ו כְּנָוֺתָ֔י/ו עַל ארתחששתא אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּ מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרָ֑ס וּ/כְתָב֙ הַֽ/נִּשְׁתְּוָ֔ן כָּת֥וּב אֲרָמִ֖ית וּ/מְתֻרְגָּ֥ם אֲרָמִֽית
English Translation
In the days of Artaxerxes, a letter was written by Shelemith, Mithredath, and the rest of my colleagues to Artaxerxes, king of Persia, and the letter was written in Aramaic and translated in Aramaic.
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