Young’s Literal Translation

1 And adversaries of Judah and Benjamin hear that the sons of the captivity are building a temple to Jehovah,

1 And the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel `are’ in the cities, and the people are gathered,

1 And these `are’ heads of their fathers, and the genealogy of those going up with me, in the reign

1 And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah,

1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries

1 And at Ezra’s praying, and at his making confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God,

1 And at the completion of these things, drawn nigh unto me have the heads, saying, `The people of Israel,