23 “Utsho uKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi ukuthi,+ ‘Zonke izikumkani zomhlaba uYehova uTHIXO wamazulu uzinike mna,+ yaye undimisele ukuba ndimakhele indlu eYerusalem, ekwaYuda.+ Nabani na ophakathi kwenu ebantwini bakhe bonke,+ uYehova uThixo wakhe makabe naye.+ Ngoko makanyuke.’”+

1 Ngonyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi+ ukumkani wasePersi, ukuze ilizwi likaYehova ngomlomo kaYeremiya+ liphunyezwe, uYehova wavusa+ umoya kaKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi kangangokuba wabangela ukuba kudluliswe isimemezo+ kuwo wonke ummandla wakhe,+ wasibhala, esithi:

3 “Ngonyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi ukumkani,+ uKoreshi ukumkani wakhupha umyalelo ngokuphathelele indlu kaThixo eseYerusalem: Indlu mayakhiwe kwakhona njengendawo abaza kunikela kuyo imibingelelo,+ neziseko zayo mazizinziswe, ukuphakama kwayo kube ngamashumi amathandathu eekubhite, ububanzi bayo bube ngamashumi amathandathu eekubhite,+

28 Lowo uthi kuKoreshi,+ ‘Ngumalusi wam, yaye konke oko ndiyoliswa kuko uya kukuphumeza ngokupheleleyo’;+ athi ngeYerusalem, ‘Iya kubuya yakhiwe,’ nangetempile, ‘Siya kubekwa isiseko sakho.’”+