1 Esdras 2:20

I have read the letter that you sent to me.

Since the building of the temple is now going on, we think it best not to neglect such a matter,

Therefore we now make known to you, O lord and king, that if this city is built and its walls finished, you will no longer have access to Coelesyria and Phoenicia.”

RSV

And since the building of the temple is now going on, we think it best not to neglect such a matter,

WYC

And for cause that that thing is done about the temple, to have it rightly we have deemed to not despise that same thing,

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