5.12 to 5.17

ἀφʼ ὅτε δὲ παρώργισαν οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τὸν θεὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἔδωκεν αὐτοὺς εἰς χεῖρας Ναβουχοδονοσὸρ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ τὸν οἶκον ἔλυσεν τοῦτον, καὶ τὸν λαὸν ἀπῴκισεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα. ἀλλ᾿ ἐν ἔτει πρώτῳ Κύρου τοῦ βασιλέως Κῦρος βασιλεὺς ἔθηκεν γνώμην τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦτον οἰκοδομηθῆναι. καὶ τὰ σκεύη τοῦ θεοῦ τὰ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ τὰ χρυσᾶ, ἃ Ναβουχοδονοσὸρ ἐξήνεγκεν ἀπὸ οἴκου τοῦ ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἀπήνεγκεν αὐτὰ εἰς ναὸν τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἔδωκεν τῷ Βαγασὰρ τῷ θησαυροφύλακι τῷ ἐπὶ τοῦ θησαυροῦ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Πάντα τὰ σκεύη λάβε· πορεύου, θὲς αὐτὰ ἐν οἴκῳ τῷ ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ εἰς τὸν ἑαυτῶν τόπον. τότε Σαρβαγὰρ ἐκεῖνος ᾖλθεν καὶ ἔδωκεν θεμελίους τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ· καὶ ἀπὸ τότε ἕως τοῦ νῦν ᾠκοδομήθη, καὶ οὐκ ἐτελέσθη. καὶ νῦν εἰ ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα ἀγαθόν, ἐπισκεπήτω ἐν οἴκῳ τῆς γάζης τοῦ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, ὅπως γνῷς ὅτι ἀπὸ βασιλέως Κύρου ἐγένετο γνώμη οἰκοδομῆσαι τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκεῖνον τὸν ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ· καὶ γνοὺς ὁ βασιλεὺς περὶ τούτου πεμψάτω πρὸς ἡμᾶς.