1 Esdras 3:1 Ke kaloku, akuba ngukumkani uDariyo, wabenzela isidlo esikhulu bonke abakhonzi bakhe. nendlu yakhe yonke, nabathetheli bonke bamaMedi, namaMedi iPersi, 3:2 nawo onke amabamba, nabathetheli, nabathetheli abaphantsi kwabo yena, ukusuka eIndiya ukuya eKushe, kumaphondo alikhulu elinamanci mabini anesixhenxe. 3:3 Badla ke, basela, bahlutha, bagoduka. Waza uDariyo ukumkani waya egumbini lakhe lokulala, walala wavuswa. 3:4 Ke amadodana amathathu, agcina umzi wokumkani; bathetha omnye komnye; 3:5 Elowo kuthi makathethe intetho elowo ngokwentetho yakhe; lowo weyisayo, ngokabani Umgwebo wobonakala ulumkile kunezinye, ukumkani uya kuthi kuye UDariyo wapha izipho ezikhulu, izinto ezinkulu eziluphawu loloyiso. 3:6 Wambatha ezimfusa, nokusela igolide, nokulala phezu kwegolide; inqwelo yokulwa enemikhala yegolide, nomqukumbelo welinen ecikizekileyo, nelinen ecikizekileyo ityathanga entanyeni yakhe. 3:7 Kwaye uya kuhlala ecaleni kukaDariyo ngenxa yobulumko bakhe, kwaye uya kuba wabiza uDariyo umzala wakhe. 3:8 Kwaye ke ngamnye wabhala intetho yakhe, itywina, kwaye wayibeka phantsi kokumkani uDariyo umqamelo; 3:9 bathi, xeshikweni ethe wavuka ukumkani, bomnika izibhalo; oya kugweba ngakubani na ukumkani nabathetheli bobathathu bamaPersi ukuba isigwebo sakhe sinobulumko; wamiselwa. 3:10 Owokuqala wabhala wathi, Iwayini yeyona inamandla; 3:11 Nowesibini wabhala wathi, Ukumkani unamandla. 3:12 Owesithathu wabhala wathi, Abafazi banamandla, kodwa ngaphezu kweento zonke, inyaniso kude uloyiso. 3:13 Uthe akuvuka ukumkani, bazithabatha iincwadi zabo, banikela kuye, waza ke wawafunda. 3:14 Wathumela wabiza zonke iinkosana zamaPersi namaMedi namaMedi namabamba, nabathetheli, namabamba, neentloko amagosa; 3:15 Wamhlalisa phantsi etroneni yobukumkani; kwaye imibhalo yayinjalo funda phambi kwabo. 3:16 Wathi ke, Babizeni abafana, baxele okwabo izivakalisi. Babizwa ke, bangena. 3:17 Wathi kubo, Sixeleleni iingcamango zenu ngokuphathelele wona imibhalo. Baqala ke abokuqala, ababethetha ngamandla ewayini; 3:18 Watsho ukuthi, Hayi, ukuba lukhuni kwewayini, madoda! ibangela zonke abantu abaselayo bayalahlekiswa; 3:19 Ingqondo yokumkani neyenkedama iyinto yonke Nye; yekhoboka nelokhululekileyo, kwihlwempu nakwisityebi; 3:20 Kwanazo zonke iingcinga zijika zibe luvuyo novuyo, ngokomntu alukhumbuli lusizi natyala. 3:21 Kwaye yonke intliziyo butyebisa, ukuba umntu akakhumbuli ukumkani okanye irhuluneli; kwaye lithetha izinto zonke ngeetalente; 3:22 bathi, bakubon' ukuba basezindebeni zabo, bakulibale ukuthanda kwabo izihlobo bathi abazalwana, kuselithutyana, barhole amakrele; 3:23 Kodwa xa besele iwayini, abayikhumbuli into abayenzileyo. 3:24 Andithi na iwayini inamandla okunyathela oko? Kwaye nini Watsho wathula.