6 Nje-ke saragela phambili ngokwakha umthangala, ukuphakama kwawo bekwaba kuphakathi nendawo ngombana abantu bebanehliziyo yokusebenza.
“Nje-ke bengingubani mina, nesizwe sami besiyini bona singabe sinikele ngehliziyo evumako? Lokhu sikwenze ngombana koke kuvela kuwe Somnini, thina sinikele kwaphela lokho esikuphiwe sisandla sakho.
Ngaphezu kwakho koke engibonelele ngakho, ngenca yokuthanda kwami ithempeli lakaZimami, nginikela nangalokho okungekwami okuligolide nesiliva mayelana nendlu ecwengileko, ithempeli lakaZimami:
UHezekhiya nabo boke abantu bathokoza ngalokho uSomnini akwenzela abantu bakhe ngombana ukuvuselelwa kwethempeli kwabafikela bangakalindeli.
Ungakhe ungasibekela icala labo begodu ungavumeli bona izono zabo zisuleke emehlwenabo ngombana bathuke abakhi.”
Kodwana kwathi lokha uSanibhalathi noThobiya kanye nama-Arabhu, ama-Amoni nabantu be-Atjhidodi nabezwa bonyana ukuvuselelwa komthangala eJerusalema kuragela phambili nokobana iinkhala besele zithome ukuvaleka, banyenya khulu.
Kwathi ngemva kwamalanga amatjhumi amahlanu namabili, mhlana inyanga ka-Elulu inamalanga amatjhumi amabili namahlanu, umthangala waphela.
Abantu bakho bazimisele ukulandela mhlana amandlakho abonakaliswa ekucwengeni kwephazimulo. Amasokanakho afana nombethe wokudabuka kokusa.
IJerusalema lakhiwe njengedorobho elihlanganiswe ngokuqinileko ndawonye,
Nje-ke uSomnini watlhotlholoja ummoya kaZerubhabheli umsa kaTjheyaltiyeli, umbusi wakwaJuda, nommoya kaJotjhuwa umsa kaJehozadaki, umphristi omkhulu, kanye nommoya wabo boke abantu abimisalela. Bafika bebathoma ukusebenza endlini kaSomnini uMninimandlawoke, uZimabo,
ngombana nguZimu osebenza ngaphakathi kwenu, owenza bona nikghone begodu nisebenze ngokwentando yakhe.
sengathi anganiphelelisa ngakho koke okuhle ukuze nenze intando yakhe; begodu kwanga angasebenza phakathi kwenu ngoJesu Krestu okuthandekako kuye. Akube kuye iphazimulo nini nanini. Amen.