ʻEsela 6:1

'I fē

• Babylonia

Ko hai

Darius

'I he ngaahi lea fē

• גְּנַזgᵉnaztreasure
• תָּםtâmthere
• סְפַרçᵉphara book
• בְּקַרbᵉqar{properly, to plough, or (generally) break forth, i.e. (figuratively) to inspect, admire,
• נְחַתnᵉchathto descend; causatively, to bring away, deposit, depose
• דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁDârᵉyâvêsh{Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings}
• טְעֵםṭᵉʻêmproperly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (
• שׂוּםsûwm{to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and

+lea 'e 3 kehe 'i he veesi ni

Ko e ngaahi lea faka-Hepelū mo e faka-Kalisi 'oku tu'u 'i he tu'a 'o e veesi ni. 'E ha'u 'a e fakahoa lea-ki-he-lea mo e liliu lea-ki-he-lea.

Ko e me'a 'oku kei toe

• The Behistun InscriptionLave'i 'i tu'a mei he Tohi TapuDarius, the king Ezra and Haggai date their events by, left his own account of his reign — and the same stone is what made Akkadian readable.

Ngaahi fetuʻutaki veesi

Ezr 5:17, Ezr 4:15, Pro 25:2, Psa 40:7, Job 29:16, Jer 36:29, Jer 36:32, Jer 36:2–4