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.’”+

3 Nabani na ophakathi kwenu ebantwini bakhe bonke, wanga uThixo wakhe anganaye.+ Ngoko makenyuke aye eYerusalem, ekwaYuda, aze abuye akhe indlu kaYehova uTHIXO kaSirayeli—unguTHIXO oyinyaniso+—eyayiseYerusalem.+

19 thetha kubo uthi, ‘Itsho iNkosi enguMongami uYehova ukuthi: “Yabonani, ndithabatha induku kaYosefu, esesandleni sikaEfrayim, nezizwe zakwaSirayeli amaqabane akhe, yaye ndiza kuzibeka kuyo, oko kukuthi, induku kaYuda, kwaye ngokwenene ndiya kubenza babe yinduku enye,+ babe banye esandleni sam.”’