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.