¹ Emnyakeni wekucala waCyrus, Inkhosi yase Pherisiya, Simakadze wagcwalisa livi lakhe lelaphuma emlonyeni wa Jeremiya, watamatisa umoya waCyrus. Liphimbo la Cyrus lahamba ngaphandle etukwe bukhosi bakhe bonkhe. Nguloku bekubhaliwe futsi kukhulunyiwe: ² Cyrus, nkhosi yase Persia, utsi: Simakdze, Nkulunkulu wase zulwini, wanika mine bonkhe bukhosi balomhlaba, futsi wangikhetsa mine kutsi ngimakhele yena indlu eJerusalema eJudea. ³ Nomangabe ngubani webantfu bakhe (Nkulunkulu wakhe akabe naye) akahambe etulu e Jerusalema phindze akhe indlu yaSimakadze, Nkulunkulu waIsrayeli, LoNkulunkulu lose Jerusalema. ⁴ Bantfu banoma nguyiphi incenye yalombuso lapho labasindza bakulelive baphila khona kumele babanike lisiliva neligolide, netimphahla nemfuyo, kanye nemnikelo wesihle wendlu yaNkulunkulu eJerusalema. ⁵ Bese letinhloko lusendvo lwemadloti akaJuda naBenjamin, ba pristi nemaLevi, nawowonkhe loNkulunkulu umoya wakhe wabafaka lutfutfuva kutsi bahambe futsi bakhe indlu yakhe ivuke. ⁶ Labo labeba bomakhelwane babo babasekela emsebentini wabo ngelisiliva kanye netintfo teligolide, timphahla, tilwane, nemagugu, kanye neminikelo yesihle. ⁷ Cyrus inkhosi yase Pherisiya yaphindze yakhipha tintfo lebetitendlu yaSimakadze leNebuchadnezzar watiletsa tisuka eJerusalema wase utibeka etindlini tabonkulunkulu wakhe. ⁸ Cyrus wababeka esandleni saMithredath umgcini timali, labekawabalela ngaphandle Sheshbazzar, umholi wase Judea. ⁹ Lena kwakuyinombolo yato: emashumi lamatsatfu etindishi teligolide, inkhulungwane yetindishi telisiliva, emashumi lamabili nemfica yaletinye tindishi, ¹⁰ emashumi lamatsatfu etitja, emakhulu lamane nelishumi etitja letincane telisiliva, nenkhulungwane yaletinye tintfo letatingetiwe. ¹¹ Bekunetinkhulungwane letisihlanu nemakhulu lamane eligolide kanye nelisiliva sekukonkhe. Sheshbazzar watiletsa tonkhe nabatfunjwa bahamba eBabylon baye eJerusalem.