6 Ezra wabuya asuka eBhabhulona. Abengumbhali* lobekawati kahle* uMtsetfo waMosi,+ lowawuvela kuJehova Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli. Inkhosi yamnika konkhe lakucela ngobe Jehova Nkulunkulu wakhe abemsekela.*

28 Njengobe anelutsandvo lolucotfo, wente kutsi inkhosi+ nebeluleki bayo+ kanye nato tonkhe tindvuna tenkhosi letinemandla bangentele umusa. Ngako ngaba nesibindzi* ngobe Jehova Nkulunkulu wami abengisekela, futsi ngahlanganisa emadvodza laholako* ka-Israyeli kute ahambe nami.

22 Bengesaba kucela inkhosi kutsi isinike emasotja nalabagibela emahhashi kute basivikele etitseni tetfu nasisendleleni, ngobe sasitsite enkhosini: “Nkulunkulu wetfu uyabasekela bonkhe labamfunako,+ kodvwa emandla akhe nentfukutselo yakhe kumelene nabo bonkhe labo labamshiyako.”+