Ezra 1:1 Ke kaloku, ngomnyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi, kwafika ilizwi likaYehova ukuba kuzaliseke ngomlomo kaYeremiya, uYehova wabaxhokonxa Umoya kaKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi wathumela ilizwi kulo lonke bonke ubukumkani bakhe, wabubhala kananjalo, esithi, 1:2 Utsho uKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi ukuthi, UYehova, uThixo wamazulu, undinikile zonke izikumkani zehlabathi; Yena undiyalele ukuba ndimakhele yaseYerusalem ekwaYuda. 1:3 Ngubani na kuni ophakathi kwabantu bakhe bonke? uThixo wakhe makabe naye enyuke aye eYerusalem ekwaYuda, ayakhe indlu kaYehova UYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, nguye uThixo, oseYerusalem. 1:4 Kwaye nabani na othe wasala naphi na apho aphambukela khona, makayeke amadoda indawo yakhe imncedise ngesilivere, nangegolide, nangeempahla, nangeempahla nezilwanyana ezo, ndawonye neminikelo yokuqhutywa yintliziyo, yendlu kaThixo ephakathi iYerusalem. 1:5 Zesuka ke iinkulu zezindlu zooyise zakwaYuda nezakwaBhenjamin, nezakwaBhenjamin ababingeleli, nabaLevi, nabo bonke abo uThixo wawuxhokonxayo umoya wabo nyukani niye kwakha indlu kaYehova eseYerusalem. 1:6 Bonke ababebangqongile bezomeleza izandla zabo ngezitya ngesilivere, negolide, nempahla, neenkomo, nezinto ezinqabileyo izinto, ngaphandle kwazo zonke ezinikelwe ngokuqhutywa yintliziyo. 1:7 Kananjalo ukumkani uKoreshi wazirhola iimpahla zendlu kaYehova. awayithabathayo eYerusalem uNebhukadenetsare, wayibeka endlwini yothixo wakhe; 1:8 Ezo ke uKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi wazikhupha ngesandla sika nguMitredati unondyebo, wazibalela kuSheshbhatsare, umthetheli kwaYuda. 1:9 Lilo eli ke inani lazo: izitya zegolide ezimashumi mathathu, iwaka izitya zesilivere, iimela ezimashumi mabini anesithoba; 1:10 Zaba mashumi mathathu izitya zokutshiza zegolide, neendebe zesilivere zohlobo lwesibini ezimakhulu mane anamanye ishumi elinye, newaka lezinye izitya. 1:11 Zonke iimpahla zegolide nezesilivere zaba ngamawaka amahlanu anesine ikhulu. Zonke ezo zinto wazinyusa uSheshbhatsare ekuthinjweni awathi anyuswa eBhabheli asiwa eYerusalem.