6. Nantsi ikopi yeleta kaDariyo awayibhalelwa nguTatenayi umlawuli welentshona ye-Efrati, noSheta-bhozenayi namahlakani abo namagosa elentshona ye-Efrati.
7. Ingxelo leyo bayikhuphayo yayisithi:“Kumkani uDariyo,“Makube hele kube chosi kuwe!
8. “Siyakwazisa, kumkani, ukuba sikhe satyelela isithili sakwaJuda nendlu yoThixo omkhulu. Phaya ke sifike abantu beyakha ngamatye amakhulu, bemisa namaplanga ezindongeni zayo. Umsebenzi lowo ke wenziwa ngengqiqo, waye uhambela phambili phantsi kwesikhokelo sabo.
9. “Sikhe sawancwina ngemibuzo amadoda amakhulu, sisithi: ‘Nigunyaziswe ngubani ukuba niyakhe le ndlu, nisivuse esi sakhiwo?’
10. Kananjalo siwabuzile namagama awo, khon' ukuze siwabhale aweenkokheli zawo, sikwazise ngawo.
11. “Aphendula ngolu hlobo ke, athi:“ ‘Thina sizizicaka zikaThixo wezulu nehlabathi. Ngoku ke sivusa indlu eyayakhiwe kwiminyaka yamandulo – yayakhiwe yagqitywa yingangalala yokumkani wakwaSirayeli.
12. Kambe ke oobawo bamcaphukisa uThixo wezulu, waza wabanikela kuNebhukadenezare umKaledi, ukumkani waseBhabheli. Nguye ke owayidilizayo le ndlu, waza wabathimba abantu, wabasa eBhabheli.
13. “ ‘Kwathi ke kunyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi ukumkani waseBhabheli, ukumkani uKoreshi lowo wawisa umyalelo wokuba mayakhiwe le ndlu kaThixo.
14. Kwindlu yothixo waseBhabheli wazikhupha izitya ezenziwe ngegolide nezesiliva eyayizezendlu kaThixo, zaza zathathwa nguNebhukadenezare endlwini kaThixo eJerusalem, waya nazo kwindlu yothixo wakhe eBhabheli.“ ‘Ke ukumkani uKoreshi lowo wazinikezela kumfo ogama linguSheshbhazare, awayemmisele ukuba abe ngumlawuli,