³ At that time ^(A)Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues came to them and spoke to them as follows: “^(B)Who issued you a decree to rebuild this ^[a]temple and to finish this structure?” ^4 (C)Then we told them accordingly what the names of the men were who were reconstructing this building. ⁵ But ^(D)the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report could reach Darius, and then the decree concerning it could be sent back.