22 Ngonyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi+ ukumkani wasePersi,+ ukuze ilizwi likaYehova+ ngomlomo kaYeremiya+ liphunyezwe, uYehova wavusa umoya+ kaKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi, kangangokuba wabangela ukuba kudluliswe isimemezo kubo bonke ubukumkani bakhe, wasibhala,+ esithi:

3 Nabani na ophakathi kwenu ebantwini bakhe bonke, wanga uThixo wakhe anganaye.+ Ngoko makenyuke aye eYerusalem, ekwaYuda, aze abuye akhe indlu kaYehova uTHIXO kaSirayeli—unguTHIXO oyinyaniso+—eyayiseYerusalem.+

3 “Ngonyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi ukumkani,+ uKoreshi ukumkani wakhupha umyalelo ngokuphathelele indlu kaThixo eseYerusalem: Indlu mayakhiwe kwakhona njengendawo abaza kunikela kuyo imibingelelo,+ neziseko zayo mazizinziswe, ukuphakama kwayo kube ngamashumi amathandathu eekubhite, ububanzi bayo bube ngamashumi amathandathu eekubhite,+