they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers' households, and said to them, "Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God; and R61 we have been sacrificing to Him since the days of Esarhaddon R62 king of Assyria, who brought us up here."
2 xikan'we-kan'we va tshinelela Zerubabele+ ni varhangeri+ va tindlu ta vatatana, va ku eka vona: "Hi pfumeleleni hi aka swin'we na n'wina;+ hikuva hi lava Xikwembu+ xa n'wina ku fana na n'wina, naswona hi humesela xona switlhavelo ku sukela emasikwini ya Esari-hadoni+ hosi ya Asiriya, loyi a hi tiseke laha."+