U-Ezra 1:1-3

Ngonyaka wokuqala kaKhoresi, inkosi yasePheresiya, ukuze kugcwaliseke izwi likaSimakade alikhuluma ngoJeremiya, uSimakade wavusa umoya kaKhoresi, inkosi yasePheresiya, yase ishaya umthetho kuwo wonke umbuso wayo, yakhipha isimemezelo esibhaliweyo, esasithi: “Nakhu okushiwo nguKhoresi, inkosi yasePheresiya, uthi: “ ‘USimakade uNkulunkulu wasezulwini unginike yonke imibuso yomhlaba, wangiqoka ukuba ngimakhele indlu eJerusalema, kwaJuda. Noma ngubani phakathi kwabo bonke abangabantu bakhe, sengathi uNkulunkulu wakhe angaba naye, makakhuphukele eJerusalema, kwaJuda, ayokwakha kabusha indlu kaSimakade uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, unguNkulunkulu oseJerusulema.