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.