Ezra 3:1 Ithe yakufika inyanga yesixhenxe, babengena oonyana bakaSirayeli imizi, abantu bahlanganisana njengamntu mnye iYerusalem. 3:2 Wesuka wema uYeshuwa unyana kaYotsadaki, nabazalwana bakhe ababingeleli; noZerubhabheli unyana kaShalatiyeli, nabazalwana bakhe, bayakha itempile isibingelelo sikaThixo kaSirayeli, sokunyusa phezu kwaso amadini anyukayo, njengoko sinjalo ebhalwe emthethweni kaMoses umfo wakwaThixo. 3:3 Basibeka phezu kwesiseko saso isibingelelo; ngokuba bekufikelwe luloyiko ngenxa yoko abantu baloo mazwe, benyusa phezu kwaso amadini anyukayo kuYehova amadini anyukayo akusasa nangokuhlwa. 3:4 Bawenza ke umthendeleko weminquba njengoko kubhaliweyo, kweziswa nedini elinyukayo amadini anyukayo emihla ngemihla, ngenani, ngokwesiko, ngokwesiko; umsebenzi wosuku ngalunye olufunekayo; 3:5 Emveni koko benza idini elinyukayo lamaxesha onke, elesibini elitsha ngenyanga, namaxesha onke amisiweyo kaYehova, angcwalisiweyo, amisiweyo kubo bonke abanikela ngokuqhutywa yintliziyo kuYehova. 3:6 Baqala ngomhla wokuqala wenyanga yesixhenxe, baqala banyusa amadini anyukayo; iminikelo kuYehova. Isiseko setempile kaYehova bekungeka bekwe. 3:7 Imali bayinika abaqingqi nabachweli; kunye nenyama, nento eselwayo neoli kwabaseTsidon nakwabaseTire, ukuba bazise imisedare esuka eLebhanon iye elwandle lwaseYopa ngokwesibonelelo ababenazo zikaKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi. 3:8 Ke kaloku, ngomnyaka wesibini wokuza kwabo endlwini kaThixo IYerusalem, ngenyanga yesibini, waqala uZerubhabheli, unyana kaShalatiyeli; noYeshuwa unyana kaYotsadaki, namasalela abazalwana babo ababingeleli, nabaLevi, nabo bonke abaphumayo ebandleni ukuthinjwa ukuya eYerusalem; wamisa abaLevi, bethabathela kwiminyaka emashumi mabini kumdala kuse phezulu, ukuba kugqitywe umsebenzi wendlu kaYehova. 3:9 Kwema uYeshuwa noonyana bakhe nabazalwana bakhe, uKademiyeli noonyana bakhe; oonyana bakaYuda bebodwa, ukuba bavelele abenzi bomsebenzi endlwini ka UThixo: oonyana bakaHenadade noonyana babo nabazalwana babo abaLevi. 3:10 Ke kaloku, xa abakhi bayiseka itempile kaYehova. babamisa ababingeleli, bevathe, benamaxilongo, nabaLevi oonyana baka-Asafu benamacangci, bedumisa uYehova ngokwesiko UDavide ukumkani wakwaSirayeli. 3:11 Baye ke ngokulandelelana bevuma, bedumisa, bebulela kuYehova Yehova; ngokuba elungile, ngokuba ingunaphakade inceba yakhe kuSirayeli. Baduma ke bonke abantu, bedumisa uYehova Yehova, ngokuba isiseko sendlu kaYehova sabekwa. 3:12 Ke into eninzi yababingeleli, nabaLevi, neentloko zezindlu zooyise, ababekho amadoda amakhulu, awayeyibonile indlu yokuqala, ekusekweni kwayo indlu yabekwa phambi kwamehlo abo, yalila ngezwi elikhulu; kwaye abaninzi badanduluka kakhulu ngovuyo. 3:13 Ngoko abantu ababa nakulahlula ilizwi lokuduma nesandi sokulila kwabantu; ngokuba abantu babeduma ngomsindo intswahla enkulu, kwaye ingxolo yavakala kude.