Then we asked those elders

and spoke to them thus,

"Who gave you a decree

to build this house

and to finish this structure?"

...And this was their reply to us:

"We are the servants

of the God of heaven and earth..."

                       Ezra 5. 9, 11

(Live in such a way

that others are compelled

to ask why.

May they see God's Spirit

          dwelling in you.)