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.+

2 Kungoko awathi uZerubhabheli+ unyana kaShelatiyeli+ noYeshuwa+ unyana kaYehotsadaki basuka ukuze baqalise ukuyakha kwakhona indlu kaThixo, eyayiseYerusalem; yaye kwakukho abaprofeti bakaThixo+ ababekunye nabo bebanceda.

12 Waza uZerubhabheli+ unyana kaShelatiyeli, noYoshuwa unyana kaYehotsadaki+ umbingeleli omkhulu, nabo bonke abaseleyo ebantwini baqalisa ukuliphulaphula ilizwi likaYehova uThixo wabo,+ namazwi kaHagayi+ umprofeti, njengoko uYehova uThixo wabo wayemthumele; baza abantu baqalisa ukoyika ngenxa kaYehova.+

4 “‘Yomelela ke ngoku, Zerubhabheli,’ utsho uYehova, ‘Womelele nawe,+ Yoshuwa nyana kaYehotsadaki umbingeleli omkhulu.’

“‘Nomelele, nani nonke bantu beli lizwe,’ utsho uYehova, ‘nize nisebenze.’+

“‘Kuba ndinani,’+ utsho uYehova wemikhosi.

3 Wandibonisa uYoshuwa+ umbingeleli omkhulu emi phambi kwengelosi kaYehova, noSathana+ emi ngasekunene kwakhe ukuze amchase.+