Ezra
5:1 Ke abaprofeti, ooHagayi umprofeti, noZekariya unyana kaIdo;
waprofeta kumaYuda akwaYuda naseYerusalem egameni likaYe
uThixo kaSirayeli, kubo.
5:2 basuka ke ooZerubhabheli unyana kaShalatiyeli, noYeshuwa unyana ka
uYotsadaki, waqala ukuyakha indlu kaThixo eseYerusalem;
kunye nabo abaprofeti bakaThixo bebencedisa.
5:3 Kwangelo xesha, weza kubo uTatenayi, ibamba langaneno koMlambo;
noShetar-bhozenayi nabalingane babo, bathi kubo, Ngubani na?
uwise umthetho wokuba niyakhe le ndlu, nilwenze olu donga?
5:4 Saza senjenje ukuthetha kubo, Ngoobani na amagama amadoda lawo
eyenza esi sakhiwo?
5:5 Ke iliso loThixo wabo laliphezu kwamadoda amakhulu amaYuda, ukuba bawabone
azaba nako ukuzimisa, ide loo ndawo iye kuDariyo
baphendula ileta ngayo loo nto.
5:6 Incwadi leyo, nguTatenayi, ibamba langaneno koMlambo, ne
nguShetar-bhozenayi, nabalingane bakhe bama-Afarseka, ababekulo
zathunyelwa kuDariyo ukumkani.
5:7 Bathumela incwadi kuye; KuDariyo ukumkani
kumkani, lonke uxolo.
5:8 Makwazeke kukumkani, ukuba saya kwelakwaYuda
indlu kaThixo omkhulu, eyakhiwe ngamatye amakhulu, kwaye
kufakwe amaplanga ezindongeni, lo msebenzi uqhubela phambili, uba nempumelelo
ezandleni zabo.
5:9 Sabuza kumadoda lawo makhulu, senjenjalo kuwo, sathi, Ngubani na oniwisele umthetho?
ukuba yakhiwe le ndlu, ilwenze ezi ndonga?
5:10 Sabuza nawo amagama abo, ukuba sikwazise, sibhale kuwo
amagama amadoda aziintloko kuwo.
5:11 Benjenje ukusibuyisela impendulo, besithi, Singabakhonzi bakaThixo
yezulu nomhlaba, bayakhe indlu eyayakhiweyo aba baninzi
Kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, eyakhiwa ngukumkani omkhulu wakwaSirayeli wayimisa.
5:12 Kuthe ke emveni kokuba oobawo bamqumbisayo uThixo wamazulu, wesuka yena
wabanikela esandleni sikaNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabheli
umKaledi lowo wayichithayo le ndlu, wabafudusela abantu kuwo
eBhabhiloni.
5:13 Ke ngomnyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi ukumkani waseBhabheli, lowo nguKoreshi ukumkani
uwise umthetho wokuba yakhiwe le ndlu kaThixo.
5:14 neempahla zegolide, nezesilivere zendlu kaThixo, leyo
UNebhukadenetsare wayikhupha etempileni eseYerusalem, wayizisa
Etempileni yaseBhabheli, ezo uKoreshi ukumkani wazithabathayo
netempile yaseBhabheli, zanikelwa kulowo ugama linguye
uSheshbhatsare, owamenza irhuluneli;
5:15 Wathi kuye, Thabatha ezi zitya, hamba, uzise etempileni
eseYerusalem, kwaye indlu kaThixo mayakhiwe endaweni yayo.
5:16 Waza weza lo Sheshbhatsare, wabeka isiseko sendlu kaYehu
UThixo oseYerusalem, kususela kwelo xesha unangoku
yakhiwa, ukanti ayikagqitywa.
5:17 Kaloku, ukuba kuthe kwalunga kukumkani, makuphicothwe
indlu yengqwebo yokumkani, eseBhabheli, ukuba injalo na;
wawisa umthetho kaKoreshi ukumkani, wokuba yakhiwe le ndlu kaThixo
Ukumkani makathumele kuthi ukuthanda kwakhe ngenxa yoku
umcimbi.