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.