¹ Manje letinye titsa taJuda na Benjamini beva kutsi labantfu lebebatfunjiwe besebakha lithempeli laSimakadze, Nkulunkulu waIsrayeli. ² Ngako baya ku Zerubbabel kanye netinhloko temadloti elusendvo lwabo. Batsi kubo, ''Asakheni nani, ngoba, ngoba njengani, sifuna loNkulunkulu we futsi sinikele kuye kusukela ngemalanga Esarhaddon, inkhosi ya Assyria, yasiletsa kulendzawo''. ³ Kodvwa Zerubbabel, Jeshua, kanye netinhloko temadloti elusendvo atsi, '' Akusini, kodvwa ngitsi lokumele bakhe lendlu yaNkulunkulu wetfu, ngoba ngitsi lesitokwakhela Simakadze, loNkulunkulu waIsrayeli, njengoba inkhosi Cyrus yase Pherisiya isitfumile.'' ⁴ Ngako labantfu balelive benta letandla tema Juda tiphelelwe ngemandla; benta lamaJuda esabe kwakha. ⁵ Baphindze badizela tiphatsi mandla kutsi tisanganise emacebo abo. Bakwenta loku ngesikhatsi sawo onkhe emlanga a Cyrus futsi ekubuseni kwa Darius inkhosi yase Pherisiya. ⁶ Kwase ekucaleni kwa Ahasuerus' kubusa babhala licala ngebantfu base Judiya neJerusalema. ⁷ Kusesikhatsini semalanga a Artaxerxes kutsi Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, kanye nebapheketeli babo babhalela Artaxerxes. Lencwandzi beyibhalwe ngse Arami futsi siguculiwe. ⁸ Rehum umholi na shimshai umbhali wabhala ngalendlela ku Artaxerxes ngeJerusalema. ⁹ Wase Rehum, Shimshai, kanye nebapheketeli babo, lebekusijuba sincumo kanye netindvuna kuhulumende, ba Pherisiya, emadvodza ase Erech kanye ne Babylon, kanye nemadvodza ase Susa (leyo yi Elamite)- babhala incwandzi- ¹⁰ base bahlanganiswa bantfu lapho u Ashurbanipal lomkhulu nalocotfo wabaphocelela kutsi baantinte e Samariya, kanye nabobonkhe lebebakulesigodzi kuya ngasemfuleni. ¹¹ Lena ngulencwandzi lebayitfumela ku Artaxerxes: '' Tisebenti takho, emadvodza esigodzi kuyofika emfuleni, sibhala loku: ¹² Inkhosi ayati kutsi emaJuda lahamba kuwe sekafikekitsi e Jerusalema kutowakhwa lidolobha lelihlubukako. Sebaticedzile emabondza futsi seblungise nesisekelo. ¹³ Manje yatisa inkhosi kutsi uma lelidolobha lakhiwe kanye nemabondza aphelile, angeke basinike tetfulo kanye nemitselo, kodvwa batawulimata inkhosi. ¹⁴ Ngeliciniso ngoba sidle luswayi lwesigodlo, akusifaneli tsine kutsi sibone kungahlonipheki kwenteka enkhosini. Kungenca yaloku kutsi satise inkhosi ¹⁵ kutsi iphenye imilandvo yababewakho futsi ucinisekise kutsi lelidolobha lelihlubukako lelitawulimata inkhosi netigodzi takhe. Sekubange tinkinga letinengi enkhosini netigodzi. Kube ngumkhatsi walokuhlubuka kusukela kadzeni. Kungaleso sizatfu kutsi lidolobha labhubhiswa. ¹⁶ Satisa inkhosi kutsi uma lelidolobha kanye nalamabondza akhiwa, ngako kutawubabete lutfo kwakho lokusalako esigodzini lesingasemfuleni.'' ¹⁷ Ngako inkhosi yatfumela ngaphandle kuyowuphendvula Rehum na Shimshai kanye nebapheketeli e Samariya nawowonkhe lobekasesigodzimi lesingasemfuleni: ''Kuthula akube kwenu. ¹⁸ Lencwandzi leniyitfumele kimi ihumushiwe yafundvwa kimi. ¹⁹ Ngako ngitfumele luphenyo ngase ngitfola kutsi emalangeni lengcile bahlubuke bashiya emakhosi. ²⁰ Emakhosi lamakhulu abusile etukwa Jerusalema futsi abenemnadla tukwakokonkhe kulesigodzi lesingasemfuleni. Tetfulo nemitselo yabhadalwa kubo. ²¹ Manje, yakhani umtsetfo walamadvodza kutsi eme futsi angakhi kulelidolobha kute ngakhe umtsetfo. ²² Caphelani ningakuyekeli loku. Leni nivumele lelibandla kutsi likhule futsi libange kulahlekela lokukhulu letitsandvwa bukhosi? ²³ Uma umtsetfo wenkhosi Artaxerxes' wasewufundziwe ngaphambi kwa Rehum, Shimshai, kanye nebapheketeli babo, baphumela ngaphandle ngekushesha baya eJerusalema kuyewuphoca lamaJuda kutsi eme kwakha. ²⁴ Ngako lomsebenti kulendlu ya Simakadze eJerusalema wema kwate kwaba ngumnyaka wesibili wekubusa kwenkhosi Darius ePherisiya.