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:

2 mna, Daniyeli, ndakufunda ezincwadini oko wakuthethayo uYehova kuYeremiya umprofeti,+ ndaza ndakuqonda ukuzaliseka kwenani leminyaka yokuphanziswa kweYerusalem,+ oko kukuthi, iminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe.+

17 Ngoko kwazaliseka oko kwakuthethwe ngoYeremiya umprofeti, esithi: