uEzra uEzra 6 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

1Waza uDariyo ukumkani wawisa umthetho; kwaphicothwa endlwini khona eBhabheli.

2Kwaye kwafunyanwa incwadi esongwayo eAkemeta, kwibhotwe, kummandla wamaMedi, yaye kuyo kwakukho incwadi ebhalwe ngolu hlobo.

3Ngonyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi ukumkani, ukumkani uKoreshi wakhupha umyalelo ngokuphathelele indlu yoThixo oyinyaniso eYerusalem: “Imele imiselwe ngokuqinileyo; Ukuphakama kwayo bekuziikubhite ezimashumi mathandathu, nobubanzi bayo bebuziikubhite ezimashumi mathandathu;

4Yibani neengcamba ezintathu zamatye amakhulu, nocamba lwemithi emitsha; kwaye iindleko zifanele ziphume endlwini yokumkani.

5Kananjalo iimpahla zendlu kaThixo zegolide nezesilivere, awazithabathayo uNebhukadenetsare etempileni eYerusalem, wazisa eBhabheli, zibuyisiwe zabuyiselwa etempileni eseYerusalem, iyileyo endaweni yaso, nendawo yaso endlwini kaThixo.

6Ke ngoko, Tatenayi, nkosi nganeno koMlambo, nawe Setar-bhosnayi, namahlakani akho aseFarsi phesheya koMlambo, hlukanani nalapho;

7wushiyeni umsebenzi wale ndlu kaThixo; irhuluneli yamaYuda namadoda amakhulu amaYuda mayiyakhe le ndlu kaThixo endaweni yayo.

8Kananjalo ndikuwisela umthetho, wenjenje kumadoda amakhulu amaYuda, ukwakha le ndlu kaThixo: nasebutyebini bokumkani, nasesichumeni nganeno koMlambo, indleko zirhole kwangoko kube kanye kula madoda ngoko abangeni endleleni.

9Kuya kuba yimihla yabo, iinkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo, neenkunzi zeegusha, neemvana, zamadini anyukayo oThixo wezulu, ingqolowa, netyuwa, newayini, neoli, ngokomyalelo wababingeleli baseYerusalem; ngosuku olunikiweyo ngaphandle kokulibazisa;

10ukuze benze idini elivumba limnandi kuThixo wamazulu, bathandazele ubomi bokumkani noonyana bakhe.

11Kananjalo ndawisa umthetho wokuba nabani na othe waliguqula elo lizwi, makagawule umthi endlwini yakhe, awuxhome, axhonywe kuwo; nendlu yakhe mayenziwe udaka ngenxa yayo.

12uThixo obeke igama lakhe apho uya kubatshabalalisa bonke ookumkani neentlanga eziya kuthabathekela kubo ukutshintsha nokutshabalalisa le ndlu kaThixo eYerusalem. Mna, Dariyo, ndikhuphe umyalelo; makwenziwe ngokukhawuleza.

13Waza uTatenayi irhuluneli engaphaya koMlambo, uSetarbhosnayi namaqabane abo, benza ngokukhawuleza ngokomyalelo kaDariyo ukumkani.

14Amadoda amakhulu amaYuda ayesakha yaye aqhubeka ephumelela ngomprofeti uHagayi noZekariya unyana kaIdo. Bakha baza bagqiba ngokomyalelo kaTHIXO kaSirayeli nangokomyalelo kaKoreshi noDariyo noArtashashta ukumkani wasePersi.

15Le ndlu yagqitywa ngomhla wesithathu wenyanga enguAdare, oko kukuthi, ngonyaka wesithandathu wolawulo lukaDariyo ukumkani.

16Oonyana bakaSirayeli, ababingeleli, nabaLevi, nabathinjwa, bavula loo ndlu kaThixo bevuya;

17Ekungcwalisweni kwale ndlu kaThixo, ikhulu leenkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo, namakhulu amabini eenkunzi zeegusha, namakhulu amane eemvana; zalishumi elinazibini izikhova, zedini lesono, ngenxa yamaSirayeli onke, ngokwenani lezizwe zakwaSirayeli.

18Babamisa ababingeleli ngokwamaqela abo, nabaLevi ngokwamaqela abo, ukuba bakhonze uYehova eYerusalem; njengoko kubhaliweyo encwadini kaMoses.

19Oonyana basemfudusweni bayenza ipasika ngomhla weshumi elinesine wenyanga yokuqala;

20Bahlanjululwa ababingeleli nabaLevi ngandawonye, bahlambuluka bonke bephela, bawabingelela amabanjwa onke nabazalwana babo nababingeleli ngenxa yabo ngepasika.

21Badla ke oonyana bakaSirayeli ababebuyile ekuthinjweni nabo bonke ababezahlule kubunyhukunyhuku beentlanga zehlabathi besiya kufuna uYehova uThixo kaSirayeli;

22Benza umthendeleko wezonka ezingenagwele imihla yasixhenxe bevuyile, ngokuba uYehova ebebavuyisile, wabanika intliziyo yokumkani waseAsiriya, ukuze izandla zabo zomelezwe emsebenzini wendlu kaThixo kaSirayeli, uThixo kaSirayeli.