Ezra
6:1 Waza uDariyo ukumkani wawisa umthetho; kwaphicothwa endlwini
imisongo, apho ubuncwane babubekwe eBhabhiloni.
6:2 Kwaye kwafunyanwa eAkemeta, ebhotwe elisephondo
yamaMedi, incwadi esongwayo, kwaye kubhalwe kuyo oku okubhaliweyo.
6:3 Ngomnyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi ukumkani, ukumkani uKoreshi wenza a
ummiselo omayela nendlu kaThixo eseYerusalem, uthi mayibe le ndlu
Bakha indawo apho kubingelelwa khona amadini
Iziseko zayo mazibekwe ziqine; ukuphakama kwayo kube ngamashumi omathandathu
iikubhite, ububanzi bayo bube ziikubhite ezimashumi mathandathu;
6:4 Ize ibe yimikrozo emithathu yamatye amakhulu, nocamba lwemithi emitsha;
iindleko ziphuma endlwini yokumkani;
6:5 kananjalo iimpahla zendlu kaThixo zegolide, nezesilivere, ezo
Waphuma uNebhukadenetsare etempileni eseYerusalem, waphuma
zisiwe eBhabheli, zibuyiselwe, zibuyiselwe etempileni
eseYerusalem, elowo waya endaweni yakhe, nibabeke endaweni yabo
indlu kaThixo.
6:6 Ke ngoko, Tatenayi, ibamba langaneno koMlambo, noShetar-bhozenayi, noShetar-bhozenayi.
abalingane benu bama-Afarsaki, aphesheya koMlambo, yibani kude
ukusuka apho:
6:7 wuyekeni umsebenzi wale ndlu kaThixo; yiyeke irhuluneli yamaYuda
yaye amadoda amakhulu amaYuda ayakha le ndlu kaThixo endaweni yayo.
6:8 Ndiwisa umthetho wento enoyenza kumadoda amakhulu ala maYuda
ukuba yakhiwe le ndlu kaThixo, eyempahla yokumkani, neyeempahla zokumkani
irhafu engaphaya komlambo, inikwe indleko kwaoko
amadoda, ukuze bangathinteleki.
6:9 Neemfuno zabo, iinkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo, neenkunzi zeegusha, kunye neenkunzi zezimvu, kunye nabo
iimvana, amadini anyukayo oThixo wamazulu, ingqolowa, netyuwa, newayini;
neoli, ngokwesigqibo sababingeleli abakhoyo
Yerusalem, mawanikwe imihla ngemihla, angabi nakuphelelwa;
6:10 ukuze basondeze imibingelelo elivumba elithozamisayo kuThixo wamazulu.
nithandazele ubomi bokumkani, noboonyana bakhe.
6:11 Ndiwisa umthetho wokuba bonke abantu abayijikayo eli lizwi, mabayeke
kuncothulwe imithi endlwini yakhe, amiswe, abe nguye
ixhonywe kuyo; nendlu yakhe mayenziwe indawo yokuya endle ngenxa yoku.
6:12 UThixo, olibeke khona igama lakhe, makabatshabalalise bonke ookumkani
nabantu abaya kubeka isandla sabo ekuyiguquleni loo nto, bayitshabalalise
indlu kaThixo eseYerusalem. Mna Dariyo ndiwise umthetho; yiyeke
makwenziwe ngokukhawuleza.
6:13 noTatenayi, ibamba langaneno koMlambo, noShetar-bhozenayi, nomkhosi wabo.
abalingane, njengoko uDariyo ukumkani wayethumele, benjenjalo
yenza ngokukhawuleza.
6:14 Ke amadoda amakhulu amaYuda akha, kwaye aba nempumelelo kulo
eprofeta uHagayi umprofeti, noZekariya unyana kaIdo. Kwaye
ayakha ke, ayigqiba, ngokomthetho kaThixo
kwaSirayeli, nanjengoko umthetho kaKoreshi, noDariyo, no
UArtashashta ukumkani wasePersi.
6:15 Yagqitywa ke le ndlu ngosuka lwesithathu lwenyanga enguAdare
kwaba ngomnyaka wesithandathu wobukumkani bukaDariyo ukumkani.
6:16 Oonyana bakaSirayeli, ababingeleli, nabaLevi, nabanye
koonyana basemfudusweni bakwenza ukusungulwa kwale ndlu
UThixo ngovuyo,
6:17 Basondeza ekusungulweni kwale ndlu kaThixo, ikhulu leenkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo;
amakhulu amabini eenkunzi zeegusha, namakhulu amane eemvana; nedini lesono ngenxa yabantu bonke
zalishumi elinambini iinkunzi zeebhokhwe, ngokwenani lezizwe zoonyana bakaSirayeli
Sirayeli.
6:18 Babamisa ababingeleli ngokwezahlulo zabo, nabaLevi emazandleni abo
amabanga, ngenxa yenkonzo kaThixo eseYerusalem; njengoko kubhaliweyo
encwadini kaMoses.
6:19 Oonyana basemfudusweni bayenza ipasika ngomhla weshumi elinesine
ngosuku lwenyanga yokuqala.
6:20 ngokuba babezihlambulule ababingeleli nabaLevi, njengamntu mnye, bephela;
wabahlambulula ke, wabaxhelela ipasika bonke oonyana basemfudusweni
nakubazalwana babo ababingeleli, nakubo ngokwabo.
6:21 Kwaye oonyana bakaSirayeli, ababebuyile ekuthinjweni, kwaye
bonke ababezahlule kubo ebunqambini belo
Zaye ke zisidla iintlanga zelo zwe, ukuba zimquqele uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli;
6:22 Benza umthendeleko wezonka ezingenagwele imihla yasixhenxe bevuyile;
wabavuyisa, wayibuyisela intliziyo yokumkani waseAsiriya
ukuze izandla zabo zomelezwe emsebenzini wendlu kaThixo, uThixo
kwaSirayeli.