UDariyo Uwisa Umthetho Wokuba Umsebenzi Uqhubeke
Umsongo kaKoreshe ufunyanwa eEkbhatana, yaye uDariyo akavumeli nje umsebenzi kuphela kodwa uwuxhasa ngemali evela kwiirhafu zakhe, asongele nabani na ophazamisayo. Indlu iyagqitywa yaza yanikezelwa ngovuyo, baza abathinjiweyo babamba iPasika, bevuya kuba uBawo wethu wayiguqula intliziyo yokumkani.
6 1Waza ke ukumkani uDariyo wawisa umthetho, kwaphengululwa endlwini yezincwadi eBhabhilon, apho kwakugcinwe khona ubuncwane. 2Kwafunyanwa incwadi eEkbhatana, enqabeni esephondweni laseMediya, ekubhalwe kuyo oku:
3Ngomnyaka wokuqala kakumkani uKoreshe, ukumkani uKoreshe wawisa umthetho othi: indlu kaThixo eseYerusalem mayakhiwe kwakhona, ibe yindawo yokubingelela, iziseko zayo zigcinwe, iifiti ezingamashumi asithoba ukuphakama, neefiti ezingamashumi asithoba ububanzi, 4izikrozo ezithathu zamatye amakhulu, nokrozo olunye lwemithi; indleko mayihlawulwe kuvimba wokumkani. 5Kananjalo, impahla yegolide nesilivere yendlu kaThixo, awayithabatha uNebhukadenetsare etempileni yaseYerusalem wayisa eBhabhilon, mayibuyiselwe etempileni yaseYerusalem, nganye endaweni yayo, niyibeke endlwini kaThixo.
6Ngoko ke, wena Tatenayi, rhuluneli yephondo elingaPhesheya koMlambo, noShetare-bhozenayi, namagosa enu enikhoyo apho—yibani kude kuloo ndawo. 7Wuyekeni umsebenzi wale ndlu kaThixo; irhuluneli yamaYuda namadoda amakhulu amaYuda mabayakhe le ndlu kaThixo endaweni yayo. 8Ndiwisa lo mthetho ngala madoda amakhulu amaYuda ayakha indlu kaThixo: indleko yawo yonke mayihlawulwe kuvimba wokumkani, kwiirhafu zephondo elingaPhesheya koMlambo, ukuze umsebenzi ungami. 9Banikeni ababingeleli abaseYerusalem into yonke abayifunayo imihla ngemihla, kungaphuthi nto: iinkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo, neenkunzi zezimvu, neemvana zamadini anyukayo kuThixo wezulu, nengqolowa, netyuwa, newayini, neoli, 10ukuze basondeze imibingelelo ethozamisayo kuThixo wezulu, bathandazele ubomi bokumkani noonyana bakhe. 11Ndiwisa nalo mthetho: nabani na otshintsha lo myalelo, kukhutshwe uluthi endlwini yakhe, aphakanyiswe axhonywe kulo, nendlu yakhe yenziwe imfumba yamabhodlo ngenxa yoko. 12UThixo owamisa igama lakhe apho makabhukuqe nawuphi na ukumkani nabantu abaphakamisa isandla ukuguqula lo myalelo, nokonakalisa le ndlu kaThixo eseYerusalem. Mna Dariyo ndiwisa lo myalelo—mawenziwe ngobungxamo.
Indlu KaBawo Wethu Igqityiwe
13Baza ooTatenayi, irhuluneli yephondo elingaPhesheya koMlambo, noShetare-bhozenayi, noogxa babo, benza kanye njengoko ukumkani uDariyo wawisa umthetho, ngobungxamo. 14Amadoda amakhulu amaYuda aqhubeka nokwakha, ephumelela, ngenxa yesiprofeto sikaHagayi umprofeti noZekariya unyana kaIdo. Awugqiba umsebenzi wokwakha ngokomyalelo kaBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, nangokommiselo kaKoreshe, noDariyo, noAtaksekisi ukumkani wasePersi. 15Le ndlu yagqitywa ngomhla wesithathu wenyanga kaAdare, ngomnyaka wesithandathu wolawulo lukakumkani uDariyo. a a v15 UAdare yeyona nyanga yokugqibela kwikhalenda yamaYuda, emalunga noFebruwari ukuya kuMatshi.
16Baza abantu bakwaSirayeli—ababingeleli, nabaLevi, nabo bonke abaseleyo kwabo babuyayo ekuthinjweni—basungula le ndlu kaBawo wethu ngovuyo. 17Ekusunguleni le ndlu kaBawo wethu basondeza ikhulu leenkunzi zeenkomo, neenkunzi zezimvu ezimakhulu mabini, neemvana ezimakhulu mane, neenkunzi zeebhokhwe ezilishumi elinazibini, ukuba ngamadini esono asamaSirayeli onke, inye ngesizwe. 18Bamisa ababingeleli ngokwemikhosi yabo, nabaLevi ngokwemikhosi yabo, ukulungiselela uBawo wethu eYerusalem, njengoko kubhaliwe encwadini kaMoses.
Ababuya Ekuthinjweni Benza IPasika
19Ababuyayo ekuthinjweni benza ipasika ngosuku lweshumi elinesine lwenyanga yokuqala. 20Ababingeleli nabaLevi babezihlambulule kunye, behlambulukile bonke. Babinga imvana yepasika ngenxa yabo bonke ababuyayo ekuthinjweni, nabazalwana babo ababingeleli, nangenxa yabo ngokwabo. 21Baza oonyana bakaSirayeli ababuyayo ekuthinjweni bayidla, kunye nabo bonke abazahlula ekungcoleni kweentlanga zelizwe, ukuze bamfune uBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli. 22Benza umthendeleko wezonka ezingenagwele iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngovuyo, kuba uBawo wethu wayebazalisile luvuyo, wayiguqula intliziyo yokumkani waseAsiriya ngakubo, ukuze omeleze izandla zabo emsebenzini wendlu kaBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli. b b v22 Ukumkani wasePersi ubizwa ngokuba ‘ngukumkani waseAsiriya’ kuba iPersi yayibuthabathele ubukumkani baseAsiriya bamandulo.
