14 Kanti njalo yakhipha izitsha zegolide lezesiliva ethempelini laseBhabhiloni+ yazinika indoda okuthiwa nguSheshibhazari*+ eyayimkhethe ukuthi abe ngumbusi.*+ Izitsha lezo zazingezendlu kaNkulunkulu futhi zazithethwe nguNebhukhadinezari ethempelini laseJerusalema waziletha ethempelini laseBhabhiloni.

16 USheshibhazari wasefika wakha isisekelo sendlu kaNkulunkulu+ eJerusalema. Indlu le ibilokhu isakhiwa kusukela ngalesosikhathi kuze kube khathesi kodwa ayikapheli.’+

1 Mhlaka 1 ngenyanga yesithupha ngomnyaka wesibili weNkosi uDariyu, ilizwi likaJehova lafika ngomphrofethi uHagayi*+ kuZerubhabheli+ umbusi* wakoJuda, indodana kaSheyalithiyeli lakuJoshuwa umphristi omkhulu, indodana kaJehozadakhi lisithi:

14 Ngakho uJehova wafaka idlabuzane+ kuZerubhabheli* umbusi* wakoJuda,+ indodana kaSheyalithiyeli, lakuJoshuwa+ umphristi omkhulu, indodana kaJehozadakhi lasebantwini bonke. Babuya baqalisa umsebenzi wokwakha kutsha indlu kaJehova wamabutho, uNkulunkulu wabo.+

23 “‘Ngalolosuku,’ kutsho uJehova wamabutho, ‘Ngizakuthatha wena nceku yami Zerubhabheli,+ ndodana kaSheyalithiyeli,+ kutsho uJehova, ‘ngikwenze ube njengendandatho elophawu ngoba nguwe engikukhethileyo,’ kutsho uJehova wamabutho.”