ULeya wabuye wakhulelwa, wamzalela uJakobe indodana yesithupha.

UFaro wathumela ; bheka, emfuyweni yakwa -Israyeli akufanga neyodwa; kepha inhliziyo kaFaro yayilukhuni, kabavumelanga abantu ukuba bahambe. Inhlupheko yesithupha: amathumba

Inkatho yesithupha yadla abantwana bakwaNafetali , abantwana bakwaNafetali ngemindeni yabo.

Eyesithupha ngenyanga yesithupha kwakungu -Ira indodana ka -Ikheshi waseThekhowa; esigabeni sakhe kwakukhona izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nane.

Emva kwakhe kwalungisa uHananiya , indodana kaShelemiya , noHanuni, indodana yesithupha kaSalfi , elinye ibanga . Emva kwakhe kwalungisa uMeshulamu indodana kaBerekiya malungana nekamelo lakhe.

Namanzi uyakuwaphuza ngesilinganiso, inxenye yesithupha yehini, uphuze izikhathi ngezikhathi.

Kwathi ngomnyaka wesithupha ngenyanga yesithupha ngolwesihlanu lwenyanga lapho ngihlezi endlini yami , amalunga akwaJu da ehlezi ngaphambi kwami, isandla seNkosi uJehova sawela lapho phezu kwami.

Lokhu kungumnikelo eniyakunikela ngawo : inxenye yesithupha ye -efa lehomere likakolweni nenxenye yesithupha ye-efa lehomere lebhali,

Uyakuwulungisela umnikelo wempuphu ekuseni njalo , inxenye yesithupha ye-efa nenxenye yesithathu yehini lamafutha ukugcoba impuphu ecolekileyo, kube ngumnikelo wempuphu kuJehova njalonjalo ngesimiso esiphakade.

Ngomnyaka wesibili kaDariyu inkosi ngenyanga yesithupha ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga lafika izwi likaJehova ngesandla sikaHagayi umprofethi kuZerubabele indodana kaSheyalitiyeli , umbusi wakwaJuda , nakuJoshuwa indodana kaJehosadaki, umpristi omkhulu, ngokuthi:

ngosuku lwamashumi amabili nane ngenyanga yesithupha ngomnyaka wesibili kaDariyu inkosi.

Ngenyanga yesithupha ingelosi uGabriyeli yathunywa nguNkulunkulu emzini waseGalile ogama lawo yiNazaretha,

UMaye wokuqala udlulile ; bheka, kuseza oMaye aba bili ngasemva kwalokho. Ingelosi yesithupha iyabetha

Ingelosi yesithupha yayisibetha ; ngezwa izwi livela ezimpondweni ezine ze-altare legolide eliphambi kukaNkulunkulu,

lithi kuyo ingelosi yesithupha enecilongo : Thukulula izingelosi ezine eziboshwe ngasemfuleni omkhulu u-Ewufrathe.