22 Ngonyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi+ ukumkani wasePersi,+ ukuze ilizwi likaYehova+ ngomlomo kaYeremiya+ liphunyezwe, uYehova wavusa umoya+ kaKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi, kangangokuba wabangela ukuba kudluliswe isimemezo kubo bonke ubukumkani bakhe, wasibhala,+ esithi:

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:

28 Lowo uthi kuKoreshi,+ ‘Ngumalusi wam, yaye konke oko ndiyoliswa kuko uya kukuphumeza ngokupheleleyo’;+ athi ngeYerusalem, ‘Iya kubuya yakhiwe,’ nangetempile, ‘Siya kubekwa isiseko sakho.’”+