unike uSolomoni indodana yami inhliziyo epheleleyo ukuba agcine imiyalo yakho, nobufakazi bakho, nezimiso zakho, nokwenza konke lokhu, nokwakha ithempeli engililungiseleyo.

nikhuthalele ukuhlala ngokuthula , nokwenza okwenu , nokusebenza ngezandla zenu, njengokuba saniyala,

Ezinye izindaba zikaHezekiya, nawo onke amandla akhe, nokwenza kwakhe ichibi nomsele , nokungenisa kwakhe amanzi emzini , angithi kulotshiwe encwadini yezindaba zemihla ngemihla yamakhosi akwaJuda na?

kepha manje fezani nokwenza , ukuze njengalokho kwaba khona inhliziyo ethandayo, kanjalo kube khona nokufeza njengeninakho.

Kwawela isikebhe sokuwelisa abendl u yenkosi nokwenza okwakukuhle emehlweni ayo. UShimeyi indodana kaGera wawela phansi phambi kwenkosi isiyakuliwela iJordani.

Ngokuba abayinaki imisebenzi kaJehov a nokwenza kwezandla zakhe ; uyakubadiliza, angabakhi.

Amazwi omlomo wakhe angukona nenkohliso ; ukuyekile ukuhlakaniph a nokwenza okulungileyo.

ngokuba nguNkulunkulu osebenza kini nokuthanda nokwenza njengentando yakhe.

Uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni enkosi noma kukuhle enkosini ukunginika lokho engikucelayo nokwenza lokho engikufunayo , makuze inkosi noHamani edilini engiyakubalungisela lona ; ngiyakwenza kusasa njengezwi lenkosi. Ukuziphakamisa nokuthukuthela kukaHamani

ngokuba u-Ezra wayebhekise inhliziyo yakhe ukufuna umthetho kaJehova , nokwenza nokufundisa izimiso nezahlulelo kwa-Israyeli.

Njengokwenza kwabo, kanjalo uyakubaphindisela: ukufutheka kuzo izitha zakhe, nokwenza kwabo kwabamelene naye, abuyisele eziqhingini izenzo zazo.

Amasonto angamashumi ayisikhombisa anqunyelwe abantu bakho nomuzi wakho ongcwele ukuqeda iziphambeko , nokukhawula izono , nokwenza ukubuyisana ngobubi, nokungenisa ukulunga okuphakade , nokunamathelisa umbono nesiprofetho, nokugcoba indlu engcwelengcwele.

nowakwenzayo kuyo impi yaseGibithe , nakuwo amahhashi abo , nakuzo izinqola zabo , nokwenza kwakhe ukuba amanzi oLwandle Olubomvu abaminzise ekunixosheni kwabo , nokubabhubhisa kukaJehova kuze kube namuhla,

ngiyakuwunikela esandleni so namandla wezizwe uyakwenza nokwenza kuye njengobubi bawo ngiwuxoshe.

Kepha siyakwenza nokwenza onke amazwi aphumile emilonyeni yethu , sishisele inkosikazi yezulu impepho , siyithululele iminikelo yokuphuzwa , njengalokho senzile , thina nawobaba , namakhosi ethu , nezikhulu zethu emizini yakwaJuda nasezitaladini zaseJerusalema, ngokuba sasisuthi isinkwa, sahlala kahle, asabona okubi.

Yimani kakhulu isibindi ukugcina nokwenza konke okulots hiwe encwadini yomthetho kaMose , ukuze ningachezuki kukho ngakwesokunene noma ngakwesokhohlo,