uEzra uEzra 5 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

uDariyo nokwakhiwa kwetempile

1Ke kaloku abaprofeti, ooHagayi umprofeti, noZekariya unyana kaIdo, baprofeta kumaYuda abekwaYuda neYerusalem, egameni likaThixo kaSirayeli.

2Ngoko uZerubhabheli unyana kaShalatiyeli noYeshuwa unyana kaYotsadaki baphakama baza baqalisa ukwakha indlu kaThixo eYerusalem, yaye baba nabaprofeti bakaThixo ababebanceda.

3Ngelo xesha uTatenayi, irhuluneli engasentshona yoMlambo, noSetarbhosnayi namaqabane abo beza kubo baza bathi kubo: “Ngubani na oniyaleleyo ukuba nakhe le ndlu nize nakhe olo donga?

4Sathi kubo, Ngoobani na amagama amadoda ayakhayo le ndlu?

5Ke iliso loThixo wabo libe liphezu kwezikhulu zamaYuda, ababa nako ukubathintela, ide loo nto iye kufikelela kuDariyo; Baphendula ke ngokubhala ngayo loo nto.

6Incwadi leyo, ooTatenayi, ibamba langaneno koMlambo, noShetar-bhosnayi, nabalingane bakhe babaFarisi abaphesheya koMlambo, bayithumelayo kuDariyo ukumkani;

7Bathumela kuye incwadi leyo; KuDariyo ukumkani, uxolo luphelele!

8Ngamana iNkosi yazi ukuba sangena kummandla wakwaYuda, endlwini kaThixo omkhulu, eyakhiwe ngamatye amakhulu, yaxhonywa iindonga ezindongeni, yaye lo msebenzi uqhubeka ngokukhawuleza, yaye usaqhubeka abanempumelelo ezandleni zabo.

9Ngoko sabuza kumadoda amakhulu saza sathi kuwo: “Ngubani na oniyalele ukuba niyakhe le ndlu nize nakhe ezi ndonga?

10Kananjalo sacela ukuba siqiniselwe namagama awo, ukuze siwabhale phantsi amagama amadoda aziintloko zawo;

11Basiphendula, bathi, Singabakhonzi bakaThixo wezulu nomhlaba; sakha indlu eyayakhiwe kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo, awayakhayo ukumkani omkhulu wakwaSirayeli.

12Kodwa emva kokuba oobawo bamqumbisayo uTHIXO wamazulu, babanikela esandleni sikaNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseKhaledi ukumkani waseBhabhiloni, owayitshabalalisayo le ndlu waza wathimbela abantu eBhabhiloni.

13Ke ngomnyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi ukumkani waseBhabheli, ukumkani uKoreshi wathi, mayakhiwe le ndlu kaThixo;

14Neempahla zendlu kaThixo zegolide nezesilivere, awazithabathayo uNebhukadenetsare etempileni eseYerusalem, nasetempileni yaseBhabheli, ukumkani uKoreshi wazithabatha etempileni yaseBhabheli; lalikho negama lokumkani. uSheshbhatsare, awamenza irhuluneli;

15Wathi kuye, Thabatha ezi mpahla, uye nazo etempileni eseYerusalem, indlu kaThixo yakhelwe endaweni yayo.

16Waza weza lo Sheshbhatsare, wabeka isiseko sendlu kaThixo eYerusalem;

17Ke kaloku, ukuba kulungile kukumkani, makuphengululwe endlwini yobuncwane bokumkani eBhabhiloni, enoba ngumbandela kaKoreshi kusini na ukumkani wokunikela umyalelo wokuba yakhiwe le ndlu kaThixo eYerusalem, ukumkani makasithumele ukuthanda kwakhe kulo mbandela.