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| 1. | Ke kaloku ngowokuqala umnyaka kaKoreshi, ukumkani wasePersi, ukuze kuzaliseke ilizwi likaYehova ngomlomo kaYeremiya, uYehova wawuxhokonxa umoya kaKoreshi, ukumkani wasePersi; wahambisa izwi ebukumkanini bakhe bonke, walibhala, esithi, |
| 2. | Utsho uKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi, ukuthi, Zonke izikumkani zehlabathi uzinike mna uYehova, uThixo wamazulu. Yena undiyalele ukuba ndimakhele indlu eYerusalem, ekwaYuda. |
| 3. | Ubani ophakathi kwenu, ebantwini bakhe bonke, uThixo wakhe makabe naye, anyuke aye eYerusalem ekwaYuda, ayakhe indlu kaYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli (nguye uThixo), eseYerusalem. |
| 4. | Onke amasalela, ezindaweni zonke aphambukele kuzo, makancedwe ngamadoda aloo ndawo akuyo ngesilivere, negolide, nempahla, neenkomo, kunye nomnikelo wabaqhutywa yintliziyo, wendlu kaThixo eseYerusalem. |
| 5. | Zesuka ke iintloko zezindlu zooyise zakwaYuda, nezakwaBhenjamin, nezababingeleli, nezabaLevi, bonke abo uThixo wawuxhokonxayo umoya wabo, ukuba banyuke, baye kuyakha indlu kaYehova eseYerusalem. |
| 6. | Bonke ababebangqongile babancedisa ngezitya zesilivere, nangegolide, nangempahla, nangeenkomo, nangezinto ezinqabileyo; ngaphandle kwazo zonke ezibe zinikwe ngabantu ngokuqhutywa yintliziyo. |
| 7. | Ke ukumkani uKoreshi wazirhola iimpahla zendlu kaYehova, awayezithabathe eYerusalem uNebhukadenetsare, wazibeka endlwini yoothixo bakhe. |
| 8. | UKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi wazirhola, wazinikela kuMitredati, umgcini-ndyebo, wazibalela kuSheshbhatsare, isikhulu sakwaYuda. |
| 9. | Lilo eli inani lazo: izitya zegolide zamashumi mathathu, izitya zesilivere zaliwaka, iinkamba zamashumi mabini anesithoba, iindebe zegolide zamashumi mathathu, |
| 10. | iindebe zesilivere zohlobo lwesibini zamakhulu mane anashumi linye, iimpahla ezizimbi zaliwaka. |
| 11. | Zonke iimpahla zegolide nezesilivere zaba mawaka mahlanu anamakhulu amane. Zonke ezo nto wazinyusa uSheshbhatsare, ekunyusweni kwababethinjelwe eBhabheli, beziswa eYerusalem. |
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