14 UKumkani uKoreshi wazikhupha kwitempile yaseBhabhiloni nezitya zendlu kaThixo zegolide nezesilivere, ezazithathwe nguNebhukadenetsare kwitempile yaseYerusalem wazizisa kwitempile yaseBhabhiloni.+ Zanikwa indoda enguSheshbhatsare,*+ owenziwa umlawuli nguKoreshi.+

16 Wafika ke uSheshbhatsare waza wazibeka iziseko zendlu kaThixo eYerusalem;+ ibe oko yayisakhiwa ukususela ngoko, kodwa ayikagqitywa.’+

1 Ngonyaka wesibini kaKumkani uDariyo, ngenyanga yesithandathu, ngomhla wokuqala kuloo nyanga, lafika ilizwi likaYehova ngoHagayi*+ umprofeti lisiza kuZerubhabheli+ unyana kaShelatiyeli, umlawuli wakwaYuda, nakuYoshuwa unyana kaYehotsadaki, umbingeleli omkhulu, lisithi:

14 Ngoko uYehova wawuvuselela umoya+ kaZerubhabheli unyana kaShelatiyeli, umlawuli wakwaYuda,+ nomoya kaYoshuwa+ unyana kaYehotsadaki, umbingeleli omkhulu, nomoya wabo bonke abanye abantu; beza baza baqalisa ukuyakha indlu kaYehova wemikhosi, uThixo wabo.+

23 “UYehova wemikhosi uthi, ‘Ngaloo mini, ndiza kukuthatha mkhonzi wam Zerubhabheli+ nyana kaShelatiyeli,’+ utsho uYehova; ‘ndiza kukwenza ube njengeringi yokubeka isitampu, ngenxa yokuba nguwe endimkhethileyo,’ utsho uYehova wemikhosi.”