Ezra 5:9-11

New Living Translation

⁹ “We asked the leaders, ‘Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?’ ¹⁰ And we demanded their names so that we could tell you who the leaders were.

¹¹ “This was their answer: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the Temple that was built here many years ago by a great king of Israel.