Ezra 1:1-3

Kwathi ngomnyaka wokuqala kaKoresi inkosi yasePheresiya ukuba kugcwaliseke izwi likaJehova ngomlomo kaJeremiya, uJehova wavusa umoya kaKoresi inkosi yasePheresiya, wakhamuluka ekwenzeni umbuso wakhe wonke. Futhi lokho futhi ngokubhala, ethi: Usho kanje uKoresi, inkosi yasePheresiya, uthi: “UJehova uNkulunkulu wezulu unginikile yonke imibuso yomhlaba; wangiyala ukuba ngimakhele indlu eJerusalema lakwaJuda. Ngubani phakathi kwenu kubo bonke abantu bakhe? uNkulunkulu wakhe makabe naye, akhuphukele eJerusalema lakwaJuda, akhe indlu kaJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, (unguNkulunkulu) eseJerusalema.