8 Yaye ngonyaka wesibini wokuza kwabo endlwini yoTHIXO oyinyaniso eYerusalem, ngenyanga yesibini,+ kwaqala uZerubhabheli+ unyana kaShelatiyeli+ noYeshuwa+ unyana kaYehotsadaki nabanye abazalwana babo, ababingeleli nabaLevi, nabo bonke abo babephuma ekuthinjweni+ eYerusalem; baza ke abaLevi+ bababeka ezikhundleni ukususela kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini ukunyuka ukuba bongamele umsebenzi wendlu kaYehova.+

3 Noko ke, uZerubhabheli noYeshuwa+ nezinye iintloko+ zezindlu zooyise bakwaSirayeli bathi kuzo: “Aninanto yakwenza nathi ekwakheni indlu yoThixo wethu,+ kuba siya kumakhela ngokwethu uYehova uTHIXO kaSirayeli, kanye njengoko uKumkani uKoreshi+ ukumkani wasePersi esiyalele.”