I and my council of seven hereby instruct you to conduct an inquiry into the situation in Judah and Jerusalem, based on your God’s law, which is in your hand.

王与七个谋士既然差你去，照你手中神的律法书察问犹大和耶路撒冷的景况；

既然王与七个谋士派你去，照你手中上帝的律法视察犹大和耶路撒冷的景况；

既然王与七个谋士派你去，照你手中神的律法视察犹大和耶路撒冷的景况；

我和七位谋士派你去按照你手中上帝的律法察看犹大和耶路撒冷的情况，

你既然是王和他七位顾问所派去的，就要照着你手中神的律法书，查察犹大和耶路撒冷的情况。

王與七個謀士既然差你去，照你手中神的律法書察問猶大和耶路撒冷的景況；

既然王與七個謀士派你去，照你手中上帝的律法視察猶大和耶路撒冷的景況；

既然王與七個謀士派你去，照你手中神的律法視察猶大和耶路撒冷的景況；

我和七位謀士派你去按照你手中上帝的律法察看猶大和耶路撒冷的情況，

你既然是王和他七位顧問所派去的，就要照著你手中神的律法書，查察猶大和耶路撒冷的情況。

你既是從王和他的七位參謀面前被遣派，照你的上帝的律法書、就是你手中所拿着的、去考察猶大和耶路撒冷的情況；

爾既為王與其謀士七人所遣、循在爾手之上帝律、以察猶大耶路撒冷之事、

因爾素明上帝之律例、故我謀於言官七人、遣爾往猶大、耶路撒冷、以察斯民、果克守之否、

我與七謀士議定、遣爾往、循爾所有爾天主之律法、監察猶大及耶路撒冷、

You are sent by the king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem with regard to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.

I and my seven advisers are sending you to see how things are going in Judah and Jerusalem. Find out whether the people there are obeying the Law of your God. You have a copy of that law with you.

For you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to make inquiries about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand,

You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God, which is in your possession.

Since you are sent on the part of the king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God which is in your hand,

And whereas you are being sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, with regard to the Law of your God which is in your hand;

Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand,

You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God, which is in your possession.

Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which[ is] in thine hand;

You are authorized by the king and his seven advisers to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your possession,

Because you are sent by the king and his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,

The names of these men were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan— seven nobles of Persia and Media. They met with the king regularly and held the highest positions in the empire.

Any of you who are his people may go to Jerusalem in Judah to rebuild this Temple of the Lord, the God of Israel, who lives in Jerusalem. And may your God be with you!

“ The king should know that we went to the construction site of the Temple of the great God in the province of Judah. It is being rebuilt with specially prepared stones, and timber is being laid in its walls. The work is going forward with great energy and success.

May the God who has chosen the city of Jerusalem as the place to honor his name destroy any king or nation that violates this command and destroys this Temple.“ I, Darius, have issued this decree. Let it be obeyed with all diligence.”

We also commission you to take with you silver and gold, which we are freely presenting as an offering to the God of Israel who lives in Jerusalem.

to be in charge of transporting the silver, the gold, the gold bowls, and the other items that the king, his council, his officials, and all the people of Israel had presented for the Temple of God.

The king said to Daniel,“ Truly, your God is the greatest of gods, the Lord over kings, a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this secret.”

“ And you, Ezra, are to use the wisdom your God has given you to appoint magistrates and judges who know your God’s laws to govern all the people in the province west of the Euphrates River. Teach the law to anyone who does not know it.Anyone who refuses to obey the law of your God and the law of the king will be punished immediately, either by death, banishment, confiscation of goods, or imprisonment.”

“ I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God of Daniel. For he is the living God, and he will endure forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed, and his rule will never end.

“ When he sits on the throne as king, he must copy for himself this body of instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.He must always keep that copy with him and read it daily as long as he lives. That way he will learn to fear the Lord his God by obeying all the terms of these instructions and decrees.

When he got there, he called out in anguish,“ Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue you from the lions?”

And praise him for demonstrating such unfailing love to me by honoring me before the king, his council, and all his mighty nobles! I felt encouraged because the gracious hand of the Lord my God was on me. And I gathered some of the leaders of Israel to return with me to Jerusalem.

Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.