2 “Abafundisi bomthetho nabaFarisi bahlala esihlalweni sakaMosi.
Nje-ke wena Ezra, ngokuhlakanipha onakho owakuphiwa nguZimakho, beka abakhokheli nabagwebi abazi imithetho kaZimakho ukuze bagwebe boke abantu ngesifundeni sangetjingalanga yomlambo iYufrathe. Labo abangayaziko imithetho leyo, ubafundise yona.
U-Ezra loyo wakhuphuka asuka eBhabheli. Yena bekamtloli osisazi somthetho kaMosi, okumthetho owanikelwa nguSomnini uZimu wakwa-Israyeli. Ikosi yePheresiya beyimnikele koke agade akubawile ngombana isandla sakaSomnini uZimakhe besiphezu kwakhe.
“Ngambala iimbhena zomphristi kufanele zilonde ukwazi, emlonyenakhe kube nomyalo ngombana yena usithunywa sakaSomnini uSomandla.
Yeke kufanele nibahloniphe benenze koke abanitjela khona. Kodwana ningalingisi izenzo zabo ngombana abenzi lokho abakutjhumayelako.
Ekufundiseni kwakhe wathi: “Lemukani abafundisi bomthetho, abathanda ukuzakalala ngeemphuraphura ezide, bathanda ukulotjhiswa eendaweni zokuthengisela.
“Yelelani abafundisi bomthetho. Bathanda ukukhambakhamba bazakalele ngeemphuraphura, bathanda nokulotjhiswa eendaweni zokuthengisela begodu baneendawo ezingeziqakatheke khulu ngemasinagogini neendaweni ezihlonitjhwako emicimbini.
Iye, Somnini, wena othanda izizwe, boke abacwengileko basesandleni sakho; bazithoba eenyaweni zakho, benza imiyalwakho.