4 Khona sabatshela ukuthi angobani amagama abantu abakha le ndlu.
5 Kepha iso likaNkulunkulu wabo laliphezu kwamalunga abaJuda, ababathiyanga, ize iye leyo ndaba kuDariyu, kubuyiselwe impendulo ngayo ngencwadi.
6 Nansi impinda yencwadi uThathenayi, umbusi waphesheya koMfula,* noShethari Bozenayi, nabangane bakhe ama-Afarisaki ayengaphesheya koMfula* abayithuma kuDariyu inkosi;
7 bathuma incwadi kuye okulotshwe kuyo ukuthi:“KuDariyu inkosi; makube ngukuthula konke.
8 “Makwazeke enkosini ukuthi saya ezweni lakwaJuda endlini kaNkulunkulu omkhulu eyakhiwe ngamatshe amakhulu, imithi ifakwe ezindongeni; lo msebenzi uqhubeka ngesineke, unempumelelo ezandleni zabo.
9 “Sase sibuza kulawo malunga, sasho kuwo kanje, sathi: ‘Ngubani owaniyaleza ukwakha le ndlu nokuqeda lolu gange na?’
10 Sabuza namagama abo ukuba sikwazise, sibhale amagama abantu ababe yizinhloko zabo.