Be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.
Be it knowun to þe kyng, þat þe Jewis, þat stieden fro þee, ben comun to vs in to Jerusalem, þe rebel and worste citee, which þei bilden, and þei maken þe ground wallis þerof, and arayen þe wallis aboue.