Ezra 4:1 Ke kaloku bakuva ababandezeli bakwaYuda nabakwaBhenjamin, oonyana Abathinjwa bamakhela itempile uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli; 4:2 Beza kuZerubhabheli, nakwiinkulu zezindlu zooyise, bathi; bathi kubo, Masakhe nani; ngokuba sifuna uThixo wenu njengani; kwaye thina ubingelela kuye kususela kwimihla kaEsar-hadon ukumkani waseAsiriya wasinyusa apha. 4:3 noZerubhabheli, noYeshuwa, nezinye iintloko zezindlu zooyise Wathi uSirayeli kubo, Anithe ni zakuthi ekwakheni indlu kuThixo wethu; thina sodwa siya kwakhela uYehova uThixouThixo wakho AmaSirayeli, njengoko wasiwisela umthetho ngako ukumkani uKoreshi, ukumkani wasePersi. 4:4 Abantu belizwe bamana bazenza buthathaka izandla zoonyana bakaYuda; wabaphazamisa ekwakheni; 4:5 babaqeshela amagqwetha, ukuba alishitshise iqhinga labo bonke imihla kaKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi, kwada kwezisa ebukumkanini bukaDariyo ukumkani wasePersi iPersi. 4:6 Babhala nangexesha lobukumkani buka-Ahaswerosi, ekuqaleni kobukumkani bakhe ukubekwa ityala kubemi bakwaYuda nabaseYerusalem. 4:7 Ngemihla ka-Artashashta kwabhala uBhishlam, noMitredati, noTabheheli, nokumkani. abanye abalingane babo, baya kuArtashashta ukumkani wasePersi; kwaye i incwadi yabhalwa ngesiAram, yaza yatolikwa ngolwimi lwaseSiriya. 4:8 Babhala incwadi yokuchasa ooRehum umkhumbuzi wezinto zakomkhulu, noShimshayi umbhali IYerusalem kuArtashashta ukumkani, ngolo hlobo: 4:9 Babhala ke ooRehum umkhumbuzi wezinto zakomkhulu, noShimshayi umbhali, nabanye kubahlobo babo; namaDina, nama-Afarsati, namaTarpeli; nama-Afarsi, nama-Arkevi, namaBhabheli, namaSusaki, namaKaledi namaDehavi namaElam; 4:10 nezinye iintlanga, awazizisayo uAsnapper omkhulu obekekileyo niwele, nihlale emizini yakwaSamari, nakwezinye ezikuyo ecaleni komlambo, kwaye ngelo xesha. 4:11 Yiyo le ikopi yencwadi ababeyithumele kuye uArtashashta ukumkani; Abakhonzi bakho, amadoda anganeno koMlambo, nangaphaya ixesha elinjalo. 4:12 Makwazeke kukumkani, ukuba amaYuda anyukileyo eza kuthi, evela kuwe beza eYerusalem, bewakha umzi ogwilikayo, ongendawo; Wazimisa iindonga zayo, wadibanisa iziseko. 4:13 Makwazeke ngoku kukumkani, ukuba, ukuba lo mzi uthe wabuya wakhiwa zimiswe iindonga, bangarholi irhafu, nasithabathaba, nasithabathaba; ngoko ke uya kuyonakalisa ingeniso yokumkani. 4:14 Ngoku ngenxa yokuba besifumana ukutya kwebhotwe lokumkani, kwaye akuzange kube njalo Kusifanele ukubona ihlazo lokumkani, ngoko ke sithumele kwaye waqinisekisa ukumkani; 4:15 ukuze kuphandwe encwadini yemicimbi yooyihlo; wowufumana encwadini yeembali, nazi ukuba lo mzi ngowabantu umzi oneenkani, owenze ububi kookumkani namaphondo; basusa isiphendu kwangelo xesha lakudala; esi sixeko satshatyalaliswa. 4:16 Siyamazisa ukumkani, ukuba, xa uthe wakhiwa lo mzi, kwaneendonga zawo misa ngayo, ngale ndlela akuyi kuba nasabelo kweli cala umlambo. 4:17 Waza ukumkani wathumela impendulo kuRehum umkhumbuzi wezinto zakomkhulu, nakuShimshayi umbhali nabanye abalingane babo abemi kwaSamari; kwabanye phesheya koMlambo, uxolo, kube njalo. 4:18 Incwadi leyo, nayithumelayo kuthi, ilesiwe ngokucacileyo phambi kwam. 4:19 Ndiwise umthetho, kwaphicothwa, kwafunyanwa ukuba oko Umzi kwakudala uvukele ookumkani kwakudala; Kwenziwa ugwiliko nesiphendu apho. 4:20 Kananjalo bekukho ookumkani abanamandla eYerusalem, beyilawulayo onke amazwe aphesheya komlambo; kwakuhlawulwa irhafu, unikelo, nesithabathaba kubo. 4:21wisa umthetho wokuba abayeke la madoda, nalo mzi awuyi kwakhiwa, ude ube wumbi umthetho ophuma kum. 4:22 Lumkani ke, ningasileli ukwenza oko; yini na ukuba kukhule umonakalo kuni ukwenzakala kookumkani? 4:23 Yaleswa incwadi ka-Artashashta ukumkani, phambi koRehum UShimshayi umbhali, nabalingane babo, benyuka baya ngobungxamo iYerusalem kumaYuda, yawaphelisa ngenkani nangamandla. 4:24 Waza wema umsebenzi wendlu kaThixo eseYerusalem. Ngoko ke Waphela, kwada kwaba ngumnyaka wesibini wobukumkani bukaDariyo ukumkani wasePersi.