8 Bonke abantu babuthana egcekeni elaliphambi kwegedi lamanzi,+ belenhloso eyodwa. Basebetshela u-Ezra+ umbhali* ukuthi alethe ibhuku loMthetho kaMosi,+ uJehova ayewunike abako-Israyeli.+

4 U-Ezra umbhali* wayemi endaweni ephakemeyo eyayenziwe ngamapulanka yenzelwe umbuthano lo. Eceleni kwakhe esandleni sokudla kwakuloMathithiya, loShema, lo-Anaya, lo-Uriya, loHilikhiya loMahaseya. Ngakwesenxele kwakuloPhedaya, loMishayeli, loMalikhija,+ loHashumi, loHashibhadana, loZakhariya loMeshulami.