1 Esdras 7:1 Ke kaloku uSisines, irhuluneli yaseKelosiya nelaseFenike, noSatrabhuzanes, nabalingane babo belandela imithetho kaDariyo ukumkani; 7:2 Ubevelela enyamekile imisebenzi yengcwele, encedisana namadoda amakhulu aseBhabheli amaYuda nabalawuli betempile. 7:3 Kwaye ngokunjalo imisebenzi engcwele yaphumelela, xa oo-Ageyu noZekariya abaprofeti waprofeta. 7:4 Bazifeza ke ezo zinto ngokomlomo kaYehova uThixouThixo ka uSirayeli, ngemvume kaKoreshi, noDariyo, noArteshashta, ookumkani basezweni iPersi. 7:5 Yagqitywa ke indlu engcwele ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesithathu yinyanga enguAdare, ngomnyaka wesithandathu kaDariyo ukumkani wamaPersi 7:6 Oonyana bakaSirayeli, ababingeleli, nabaLevi, nabanye nabo ke ababethinjiwe, abongezelelwa kubo, benza njengoko izinto ezibhaliweyo encwadini kaMoses. 7:7 Kwaye ekusungulweni kwetempile kaYehova banikela ikhulu iinkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo ezimakhulu mabini, namakhulu amane eemvana; 7:8 neebhokhwe ezilishumi elinambini ngenxa yesono samaSirayeli onke, ngokwenani lesono izikhulu zezizwe zakwaSirayeli. 7:9 Bema ke ababingeleli nabaLevi, benxibe iingubo zabo; ngokwemizalwane yabo, enkonzweni kaYehova uThixo kaSirayeli; ngokwencwadi kaMoses, nabamasango esangweni ngesango. 7:10 Oonyana bakaSirayeli ababethinjiwe bayenza ipasika Ngosuku lweshumi elinesine lwenyanga yokuqala, emva koko ababingeleli nabababingeleli AbaLevi babengcwaliswa. 7:11 Abathinjwa babengangcwaliswanga bonke kunye; bangcwaliswa bonke abaLevi, njengamntu mnye. 7:12 Babenzela ke ipasika bonke abathinjwa, nangenxa abazalwana babo ababingeleli, nabo ngokwabo. 7:13 Badla ke oonyana bakaSirayeli, ababephume ekuthinjweni bonke abazahlulayo kumasikizi kaYehova abantu belizwe, bamquqela uYehova. 7:14 Benza umthendeleko wezonka ezingenagwele iintsuku zasixhenxe, bevuya phambi koYehova, 7:15 Ngokuba uliguqulele icebo lokumkani waseAsiriya kubo. ukuze izandla zabo zomelezwe emisebenzini kaYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli.