For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended lovingkindness unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

For we are servants; but our God has not been turned away from us in our prison, but has had mercy on us before the eyes of the kings of Persia, to give us new strength to put up again the house of our God and to make fair its waste places, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

Διοτι δουλοι ημεθα· και εν τη δουλεια ημων δεν εγκατελιπεν ημας ο Θεος ημων, αλλ' ηυδοκησε να ευρωμεν ελεος ενωπιον των βασιλεων της Περσιας, ωστε να δωση εις ημας αναψυχην, δια να ανεγειρωμεν τον οικον του Θεου ημων και να ανορθωσωμεν τας ερημωσεις αυτου, και να δωση εις ημας περιτειχισμα εν Ιουδα και εν Ιερουσαλημ.

For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to set up the house of our God, and to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.