Ezra
5:1 Khona-ke abaprofethi, uHagayi umprofethi, noZakariya indodana ka-Ido.
waprofetha kumaJuda ayekwaJuda naseJerusalema egameni lika
uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, ngisho kubo.
5:2 Khona-ke uZerubhabhele, indodana kaSheyalitiyeli, wasukuma, noJeshuwa, indodana ka
uJosadaki, waqala ukwakha indlu kaNkulunkulu eseJerusalema;
kanye nabo kwakukhona abaprofethi bakaNkulunkulu bebasiza.
5:3 Ngaso leso sikhathi, uThathenayi, umbusi nganeno komfula, wafika kubo.
noShethari Bozenayi nabangane babo, basho kanje kubo, bathi: “Nithini na?
iniyalile ukwakha le ndlu, niqede lolugange na?
5:4 Sathi kubo ngale ndlela: "Ngobani amagama amadoda?"
abenza lesi sakhiwo?
5:5 Kodwa iso likaNkulunkulu wabo laliphezu kwabadala bamaJuda, ukuze bona
zazingenakuzimisa, yaze yafika indaba kuDariyu;
babuyisela impendulo ngencwadi mayelana nalolu daba.
5:6 Ikhophi yencwadi uThathenayi, umbusi nganeno komfula, futhi
uShetharibhozenayi nabangane bakhe ama-Afarisaki ababekulo
ngasemfuleni, wathumela kuDariyu inkosi.
5:7 Bathumela kuye incwadi, lapho kwakulotshwe kanjena; KuDariyusi
inkosi, ukuthula konke.
5:8 Makwazeke enkosini, ukuthi saya esifundeni saseJudiya, ukuze
indlu kaNkulunkulu omkhulu, eyakhiwe ngamatshe amakhulu, futhi
izingodo zibekwe ezindongeni, futhi lomsebenzi uqhubeka ngokushesha, futhi uyaphumelela
ezandleni zabo.
5:9 Khona-ke sabuza labo abadala, futhi wathi kubo: "Ubani owaniyala
ukwakha le ndlu, nokwenza lezi zindonga na?
5:10 Sabuza namagama abo, ukuze sikwazise kuwe, ukuze sibhale
amagama amadoda ayeyizinhloko zawo.
5:11 Futhi kanjalo basibuyisela impendulo, bathi: "Siyizinceku zikaNkulunkulu."
wezulu nomhlaba, nakhe indlu eyayakhiwe laba abaningi
eminyakeni edlule, inkosi enkulu yakwa-Israyeli eyayakha yayisimisa.
5:12 Kodwa ngemva kwalokho okhokho bethu bamthukuthelisa uNkulunkulu wezulu, yena
wabanikela esandleni sikaNebukadinesari, inkosi yaseBabele
umKaledi owachitha le ndlu, wathumba abantu wabayisa
iBhabhiloni.
5:13 Kodwa ngomnyaka wokuqala kaKoresi, inkosi yaseBhabhiloni, efanayo inkosi uKoresi
wakhipha isimemezelo sokuba kwakhiwe le ndlu kaNkulunkulu.
5:14 Futhi izitsha zegolide nezesiliva zendlu kaNkulunkulu, okuyinto
UNebukadinesari wakhipha ethempelini eliseJerusalema, waletha
ethempelini laseBhabhiloni, lezo uKoresi inkosi wazikhipha
ethempelini laseBhabhiloni, futhi zanikelwa koyedwa ogama lakhe lalingu
uSheshibazari ayemenze umbusi;
5:15 Wathi kuye: "Thatha lezi zitsha, hamba, niziyise ethempelini."
eJerusalema, indlu kaNkulunkulu mayakhiwe endaweni yayo.
5:16 Khona-ke uSheshibazari efanayo wafika, futhi wabeka isisekelo sendlu ka
uNkulunkulu oseJerusalema: kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuze kube manje usenakho
yakhiwa, kepha kayikapheli.
5:17 Ngakho-ke, uma kubonakala kukuhle enkosini, makuphenywe
indlu yengcebo yenkosi ekhona eBabele, noma injalo,
ukuthi kwaphuma isimemezelo kuKoresi inkosi ukuba kwakhiwe le ndlu kaNkulunkulu
eJerusalema, inkosi mayithumele intokozo yayo kithi mayelana nalokhu
udaba.