u-Ezra lo wakhuphuka eBabele; wayengumbhali echwepheshile emthethweni kaMose awunikiweyo nguJehova uNkulunkulu ka -Israyeli; inkosi yamnika konke akucelayo ngokwesandla sikaJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe esasiphezu kwakhe.

Ngokuba ngolokuqala lwenyanga yokuqala waqala ukukhuphuka eBabele; ngolokuqala lwenyanga yesihlanu wafika eJer usalema ngokwesandla esihle sikaNkulunkulu wakhe esasiphezu kwakhe,

wehlisela phezu kwami umusa phambi kwenkosi , nabeluleki bayo , naphambi kwezikhulu zonke zenkosi ezingamaqhawe . Mina ngaqiniswa ngokwesandla seNkosi uNkulunkulu wami esasiphezu kwami, ngabutha ku- Israyeli abayizinhloko ukuba bakhuphuke nami.

Ngesandla esihle sikaNkulunkulu wethu esasiphezu kwethu b asilethela umuntu onengqondo wamadodana kaMaheli indodana kaLevi ka -Israyeli, kanye noSherebiya namadodana akhe nabafowabo , beyishumi nesishiyagalombili,

kanye nencwadi ku -Asafa umlindihlathi lenkosi ukuba anginike imithi yemishayo yamasango enqaba ehlangene nethempeli , neyongange lomuzi , neyendlu engiyakungena kuyo . Inkosi yanginika lokhu ngokwesandla esihle sikaNkulunkulu wami esasiphezu kwami.