ESV: Then we asked those elders and spoke to them thus: ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’
NIV: We questioned the elders and asked them, "Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?"
NASB: Then we asked those elders and said to them as follows: ‘Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’
CSB: So we questioned the elders and asked, "Who gave you the order to rebuild this temple and finish this structure?"
NLT: 'We asked the leaders, ‘Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?’
KJV: Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
NKJV: Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to them: “Who commanded you to build this temple and to finish these walls?”
