We questioned the elders and asked them,“ Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”

我们就问那些长老说：‘谁降旨让你们建造这殿，修成这墙呢？’

于是我们问那些长老，对他们这样说：‘谁降旨让你们建造这殿，完成这建筑呢？’

于是我们问那些长老，对他们这样说：‘谁降旨让你们建造这殿，完成这建筑呢？’

我们问那些长老，‘谁批准你们重建这殿、修复这墙的？’

于是，我们就这样问那些长老，对他们说：‘谁下令叫你们重建这殿，完成这工程呢？’

我們就問那些長老說：『誰降旨讓你們建造這殿，修成這牆呢？』

於是我們問那些長老，對他們這樣說：『誰降旨讓你們建造這殿，完成這建築呢？』

於是我們問那些長老，對他們這樣說：『誰降旨讓你們建造這殿，完成這建築呢？』

我們問那些長老，『誰批准你們重建這殿、修復這牆的？』

於是，我們就這樣問那些長老，對他們說：‘誰下令叫你們重建這殿，完成這工程呢？’

於是我們就問那些長老，對他們這樣說：「誰下諭旨叫你們建造這殿，把這建築物築完呢？」

我儕問其長老曰、建此室、成此垣、誰頒斯諭、

我儕問長老曰、建斯室、築斯垣、伊誰所命。

臣等問其長老曰、誰命爾建斯殿、築此垣乎、

We asked the elders some questions. We said to them,“ Who authorized you to rebuild this temple? Who told you that you could finish it?”

Then we asked those elders and spoke to them thus:‘ Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’

“ We asked the leaders,‘ Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?’

So we questioned the elders and asked,“ Who gave you the order to rebuild this temple and finish this structure?”

Then we asked those elders and said to them as follows:‘ Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’

Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to them:“ Who commanded you to build this temple and to finish these walls?”

Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

So we questioned the elders and asked,“ Who gave you the order to rebuild this temple and finish this structure?”

Then asked we those elders,[ and] said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

We inquired of those elders, asking them,‘ Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?’

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus,“ Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”

At that time Tattenai, governor of Trans- Euphrates, and Shethar- Bozenai and their associates went to them and asked,“ Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”They also asked,“ What are the names of those who are constructing this building?”