What follows is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. Ezra was a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the LORD and his statutes over Israel:

祭司以斯拉是通达耶和华诫命和赐以色列之律例的文士。亚达薛西王赐给他们谕旨，上面写着说：

亚达薛西王赐给精通耶和华诫命和以色列律例的文士以斯拉祭司的谕旨，抄本如下：

亚达薛西王赐给精通耶和华诫命和以色列律例的文士以斯拉祭司的谕旨，抄本如下：

以斯拉是祭司和律法教师，精通耶和华赐给以色列的诫命和律例。亚达薛西王降旨给以斯拉，内容如下：

亚达薛西王颁发谕旨给以斯拉；以斯拉是一位祭司和经学家，精通耶和华的诫命和赐给以色列之律例；谕旨内容是这样：

祭司以斯拉是通達耶和華誡命和賜以色列之律例的文士。亞達薛西王賜給他們諭旨，上面寫着說：

亞達薛西王賜給精通耶和華誡命和以色列律例的文士以斯拉祭司的諭旨，抄本如下：

亞達薛西王賜給精通耶和華誡命和以色列律例的文士以斯拉祭司的諭旨，抄本如下：

以斯拉是祭司和律法教師，精通耶和華賜給以色列的誡命和律例。亞達薛西王降旨給以斯拉，內容如下：

亞達薛西王頒發諭旨給以斯拉；以斯拉是一位祭司和經學家，精通耶和華的誡命和賜給以色列之律例；諭旨內容是這樣：

祭司以斯拉是個經學士、精於永恆主誡命的話、和永恆主給以色列的律例。以下這一段是亞達薛西王寄給以斯拉的上諭本子：

祭司以斯拉為文士、明耶和華之誡命、及所賜以色列之典章、亞達薛西王降詔、其文曰、

耶和華以誡命法度賜於以色列族、選士祭司以士喇能洞明之、亞達泄西王乃頒以明詔、曰、

祭司以斯拉為文士、洞明主所諭以色列人之誡命、律例、亞達薛西王賜之以詔、其畧如左、

This is a copy of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest, a teacher of the Law, a man learned in matters concerning the commands and decrees of the Lord for Israel:

Ezra was a priest and teacher of the Law. He was an educated man. He knew the Lord’ s commands and rules for Israel very well. Here is a copy of a letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra. It said,

This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a man learned in matters of the commandments of the Lord and his statutes for Israel:

King Artaxerxes had given a copy of the following letter to Ezra, the priest and scribe who studied and taught the commands and decrees of the Lord to Israel:

This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in matters of the LORD’s commands and statutes for Israel:

Now this is the copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, learned in the words of the commandments of the Lord and His statutes to Israel:

This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the priest, the scribe, expert in the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of His statutes to Israel:

Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to Israel:

This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in matters of the Lord’s commands and statutes for Israel:

Now this[ is] the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe,[ even] a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.

Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of Yahweh’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:

This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and his colleagues who were the officials of Trans-Euphrates sent to King Darius.

“ But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.( For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him,“ Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?”He said to them,“ Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:‘ This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.”He also said to them,“ You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.For Moses said,‘ Honor your father and your mother,’ and,‘ Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother,‘ Whatever help you would have received from me is corban’( that is, a gift for God),then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”

“ The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.

This Ezra is the one who came up from Babylon. He was a scribe who was skilled in the law of Moses which the LORD God of Israel had given. The king supplied him with everything he requested, for the hand of the LORD his God was on him.

( This is a copy of the letter they sent to him:)“ To King Artaxerxes, from your servants in Trans-Euphrates: