the documentwhichyou sentto us has been translatedand readbeforeme.
[Then] the kingsentan answerto Rehumthe commander,to Shimshaithe scribe,and to the restof their colleagueswholivein Samariaand in the restof [the provinces] beyondthe River:"Peace.And now
"A decreehas been issuedby me, and a searchhas been madeand it has been discoveredthat that cityhas risenup againstthe kingsin pastdays,that rebellionand revolthave been perpetratedin it,
They readfrom the book,from the lawof God,translatingto givethe senseso that they understoodthe reading.
