6 U-Ezra weza evela eBhabhiloni. Wayengumbhali futhi eyisazi soMthetho* kaMosi+ owawuvela kuJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli. Inkosi yamnika konke ayekucela ngoba isandla sikaJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe sasiphezu kwakhe.

28 Ungitshengise uthando oluqotho phambi kwenkosi+ labacebisi+ bayo lazo zonke izikhulu zayo ezilamandla. Yikho ngibe lesibindi ngoba isandla sikaJehova uNkulunkulu wami besiphezu kwami, ngasengibuthanisa wonke amadoda akhokhelayo* ko-Israyeli ukuze ahambe lami.

22 Ngaba lenhloni zokucela ukuthi inkosi isiphe amasotsha labagadi bamabhiza ukuze basivikele nxa singahlaselwa yizitha endleleni. Phela sasitshele inkosi sathi: “Isandla* sikaNkulunkulu siphezu kwabo bonke abamthembayo,+ kodwa amandla akhe lolaka lwakhe kumelana labo bonke abamlahlayo.”+