(This [is] a copy of the letter that they sent him) To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men [of the region] beyond the River, and so forth:

Now when the copy of King Artaxerxes' letter [was] read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem against the Jews, and by force of arms made them cease.

From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions -- [representatives] of the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the people of Persia and Erech and Babylon and Shushan, the Dehavites, the Elamites,

Now [therefore,] Tattenai, governor of [the region] beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, and your companions the Persians who [are] beyond the River, keep yourselves far from there.