7 Also, in the days of Ar·ta·xerxʹes, Bishʹlam, Mithʹre·dath, Tabʹe·el and the rest of his colleagues wrote to Ar·ta·xerxʹes the king of Persia, and the writing of the letter was written in Ar·a·maʹic characters and translated into the Ar·a·maʹic+ language.

3 At that time Tatʹte·nai+ the governor beyond the River+ and Sheʹthar-bozʹe·nai and their colleagues came to them, and this is what they were saying to them: “Who put an order through to YOU to build this house and to finish this beam structure?”*+

6 “Now Tatʹte·nai+ the governor beyond the River,+ Sheʹthar-bozʹe·nai+ and their colleagues, the lesser governors+ that are beyond the River, keep YOUR distance from there.+