Ezra 3
Ukwakhiwa kwelathi lokunikelwa kweminikelo
1Isifikile inyanga yesikhombisa, labantwana bakoIsrayeli sebesemizini, abantu babuthana njengamuntu munye eJerusalema a. 2Kwasekusukuma uJeshuwa indodana kaJozadaki labafowabo abapristi, loZerubhabheli indodana kaSalatiyeli labafowabo, bakha ilathi likaNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli ukuze banikele iminikelo yokutshiswa phezu kwalo, njengokubhaliweyo emlayweni kaMozisi b umuntu kaNkulunkulu c. 3Basebemisa ilathi ezisekelweni zalo, ngoba ukwesaba kwakuphezu kwabo ngenxa yabantu belizwe, basebenikela eNkosini iminikelo yokutshiswa phezu kwalo, iminikelo yokutshiswa ekuseni lantambama d. 4Basebesenza umkhosi wamadumba e njengokubhaliweyo f, banikela iminikelo yokutshiswa insuku ngensuku ngenani, njengomkhuba, udaba losuku ngosuku lwalo g. 5Langemva kwalokho umnikelo wokutshiswa njalonjalo h, lowekuthwaseni kwezinyanga i, lowemikhosi yonke emisiweyo yeNkosi eyayingcwelisiwe, lowakhe wonke owanikela ngesihle umnikelo wesihle eNkosini j. 6Ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yesikhombisa baqalisa ukunikela iminikelo yokutshiswa eNkosini, kodwa isisekelo sethempeli leNkosi sasingakabekwa k. 7Basebenika imali kubabazi bamatshe lakubabazi bezigodo, lokudla lokunathwayo lamafutha kumaSidoni lakumaTire l ukuze balethe izigodo zemisedari zivela eLebhanoni bezisa elwandle eJopha m, ngokwemvumo kaKoresi inkosi yePerisiya kubo n.Ukwakhiwa kwethempeli kuyaqaliswa
8Langomnyaka wesibili wokufika kwabo endlini kaNkulunkulu eJerusalema, ngenyanga yesibili, baqalisa oZerubhabheli indodana kaSalatiyeli o loJeshuwa indodana kaJozadaki p, lensali yabafowabo, abapristi lamaLevi, labo bonke ababebuyile eJerusalema bevela ekuthunjweni; basebemisa amaLevi kusukela koleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu q ukongamela umsebenzi wendlu yeNkosi r. 9Kwasekusukuma oJeshuwa, amadodana akhe, labafowabo s, uKadimiyeli lamadodana akhe t, abantwana bakoJuda, njengomuntu munye ukongamela abenzi bomsebenzi endlini kaNkulunkulu u, amadodana kaHenadadi v, amadodana abo labafowabo amaLevi. 10Abakhi sebebekile isisekelo sethempeli leNkosi, bamisa abapristi begqokile w belezimpondo x, lamaLevi, amadodana kaAsafi, elensimbi ezincencethayo, ukudumisa iNkosi y, njengokwezandla zikaDavida inkosi yakoIsrayeli z. 11Baphendulana ngokuhlabela bedumisa bebonga iNkosi aa, ngoba ilungile, ngoba umusa wayo umi kuze kube nininini kuIsrayeli ab. Bonke abantu basebememeza ngokumemeza okukhulu ekuyidumiseni iNkosi, ngoba isisekelo sendlu yeNkosi sasesibekiwe. 12Kodwa abanengi babapristi lamaLevi lenhloko zaboyise, abadala ababeyibonile indlu yokuqala, isisekelo salindlu sesibekiwe emehlweni abo, bakhala inyembezi ngelizwi elikhulu; kodwa abanengi baphakamisa ilizwi ngokumemeza ngentokozo ac. 13Ngokunjalo abantu kabehlukanisanga umsindo wokumemeza kwentokozo lomsindo wokukhala kwabantu, ngoba abantu baklabalala ngokuklabalala okukhulu, umsindo waze wezwakala khatshana.
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