24 Ka mor’a moo morena oa Assyria a tlisa batho ba tsoang Babylona+ le Kutha le Ava+ le Hamathe+ le Sefarvaime+ ’me a etsa hore ba lule metseng ea Samaria+ ho e-na le bara ba Iseraele; ba qala ho hapa Samaria le ho lula metseng ea eona.

3 Leha ho le joalo, Zorobabele le Jeshua+ le ba bang kaofela bao e leng lihlooho+ tsa malapa a habo ntat’a bona tsa Iseraele ba re ho bona: “Ha ho moo le kopanang teng le rōna ka ho hahela Molimo oa rōna ntlo,+ etsoe re tla hahela Jehova Molimo oa Iseraele re le hammoho, feela joalokaha Morena Cyruse+ morena oa Persia a re laetse.”

52 Kahoo a romela manģosa ka pele ho eena. Eaba aa tsamaea ’me a kena motsaneng oa Basamaria,+ ho mo lokisetsa;

28 eaba o re ho bona: “Le tseba hantle kamoo ho sa lumelloeng ke molao hore Mojuda a ikopanye le motho oa morabe o mong+ kapa a mo atamele; leha ho le joalo Molimo o mpontšitse hore ha kea lokela ho re motho o silafetse kapa ha aa hloeka.+