sentence1: Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses must be given with all diligence to these men, that they not be hindered.
sentence2: وَقَدْ صَدَرَ مِنِّي أَمْرٌ بِمَا تَصْنَعُونَ مَعَ شُيُوخِ الْيَهُودِ هَؤُلاَءِ بِصَدَدِ بِنَاءِ هَيْكَلِ اللهِ: عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَدْفَعُوا عَاجِلاً لِهَؤُلاَءِ نَفَقَاتِ الْبِنَاءِ مِنْ مَالِ الْمَلِكِ مِنَ الْجِزْيَةِ الَّتِي تُجْبَى مِنْ عَبْرِ النَّهْرِ، لِئَلاَّ يَتَعَطَّلُوا عَنِ الْعَمَلِ.