23 Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms.
23Yatsi kube lencwadzi ya-Athazeksesi, inkhosi, ifundzelwe Rehumi, naShimshayi, labengumabhalane, kanye nebangani babo, bavele basukumela etulu balibangisa kuwo emaJuda labeseJerusalema bayakuwaphocelela ngenkhani kutsi ayekele.