Ezr 5 | Ndebele | STEP | Abaprofethi, oHagayi umprofethi loZekhariya indodana kaIdo , basebeprofetha kumaJuda ayekoJuda laseJerusalema, ebizweni likaNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli phezu kwawo.

e5:6, 6:6,13

f5:9, 4:19

g 4:8

h 7:6; Hlab 33:18

n 2 Kho 24:2, 25:8,9,11

o 1:1

p1:7,8, 6:5

q2:2, 3:2,8, 5:2, 1:8, 5:16; Hag 1:14, 2:2,21; Zek 4:9

r 3:8,10

s 6:15

t 6:1,2

Ezra 5

Ukuqhubeka komsebenzi wokwakha ithempeli

1 Abaprofethi, oHagayi umprofethi ^a loZekhariya indodana kaIdo ^b, basebeprofetha kumaJuda ayekoJuda laseJerusalema, ebizweni likaNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli phezu kwawo. 2 Khonokho kwasuka oZerubhabheli indodana kaSalatiyeli ^c loJeshuwa indodana kaJozadaki ^d, baqala ukwakha indlu kaNkulunkulu eseJerusalema, njalo kanye labo abaprofethi bakaNkulunkulu bebasekela.

3 Ngalesosikhathi kwafika kibo oTathenayi umbusi nganeno komfula loShethari-Bozenayi ^e, labangane babo, bakhuluma kanje kibo: Ngubani obeke umthetho kini wokwakha lindlu lokuqedisa lumduli ^f? 4 Sasesibatshela ngokunjalo: Ngobani amabizo abantu abakha lesisakhiwo ^g? 5 Kodwa ilihlo likaNkulunkulu wabo laliphezu kwabadala bamaJuda, ukuthi kababenzanga beme, ize ifike leyondaba kuDariyusi ^h, baze babuyisele-ke incwadi ngayo ⁱ.

6 Ikhophi yencwadi oTathenayi umbusi nganeno komfula loShethari-Bozenayi labangane bakhe amaAfarisathiki ayenganeno komfula abayithumela kuDariyusi inkosi ^j; 7 bathumeza incwadi kuye, njalo kwabhalwa kanje kuyo:

KuDariyusi inkosi, ukuthula konke. 8 Kakwaziwe enkosini ukuthi saya esabelweni sakoJuda, endlini kaNkulunkulu omkhulu, eyakhiwe ngamatshe amakhulu, izigodo sezifakiwe emidulwini; njalo lumsebenzi uyenziwa ngokuphangisa, uphumelela esandleni sabo. 9 Sasesibabuza labobadala sakhuluma kanje kubo: Ngubani obeke umthetho kini wokwakha lindlu lokuqedisa lumduli ^k? 10 Njalo sababuza amabizo abo ukuze sikwazise, ukuze sibhale amabizo abantu abazinhloko zabo. 11 Langokunjalo babuyisela ilizwi kithi besithi: Thina siyizinceku zikaNkulunkulu wamazulu lomhlaba, sakha indlu eyayakhiwe iminyaka eminengi phambi kwalokhu, inkosi enkulu yakoIsrayeli eyayakha yayiqeda ^l. 12 Kodwa emva kwalokho obaba bamthukuthelisa uNkulunkulu wamazulu ^m, wabanikela esandleni sikaNebhukadinezari inkosi yeBhabhiloni, umKhaladiya ⁿ, owachitha lindlu, wathumbela abantu eBhabhiloni. 13 Kodwa ngomnyaka wokuqala kaKoresi inkosi yeBhabhiloni, uKoresi inkosi wamisa umthetho wokwakha lindlu kaNkulunkulu ^o. 14 Njalo lezitsha zendlu kaNkulunkulu ezingezegolide lesiliva uNebhukadinezari ayezithethe wazisusa ethempelini eliseJerusalema waziletha ethempelini leBhabhiloni, lezo uKoresi inkosi wazikhupha ethempelini leBhabhiloni ^p, zanikwa olebizo elinguSheshibazari ayembeke ukuthi abe ngumbusi ^q. 15 Wasesithi kuye: Thatha lezizitsha, uyezibeka ethempelini eliseJerusalema, lendlu kaNkulunkulu kayakhiwe endaweni yayo. 16 Ngakho uSheshibazari lo wafika wabeka izisekelo zendlu kaNkulunkulu eseJerusalema ^r; njalo kusukela kulesosikhathi kuze kube khathesi ilokhu isakhiwa, kayikapheli ^s. 17 Ngakho-ke uba kulungile enkosini kakuhlolisiswe endlini yokuligugu kwenkosi ekhona eBhabhiloni ukuthi kungaba yikuthi umthetho wenziwa yini nguKoresi inkosi wokwakha lindlu kaNkulunkulu eJerusalema. Kayithumele-ke intando yenkosi kithi mayelana lalinto ^t.