'Thus' in the Bible

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth has Jehovah the God of the heavens given to me, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

At that time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus to them: Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?

They sent a report to him in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace!

Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?

And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of the heavens and the earth, and build the house that was built these many years ago; and a great king of Israel built and completed it.

And there was found at Achmetha in the fortress that is in the province of Media a roll, and therein was a record thus written: