3 wobabuyisa ke uYehova uThixo wakho abathinjwa bakho,+ akwenzele inceba,+ akuqokelele kwakhona ezizwaneni zonke akuchithachithele kuzo uYehova uThixo wakho.+

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:

10 “Kuba utsho uYehova wemikhosi ukuthi, ‘Ngokuvisisana nokuzaliseka kweminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe eBhabhiloni ndiya kuphethulela ingqalelo yam kuni,+ kwaye ndiya kulimisela kuni ilizwi lam elilungileyo ngokunibuyisela kule ndawo.’+