The king sent messengers... to prohibit holocausts, sacrifices, and libations in the sanctuary, to profane the sabbaths and feast days, to desecrate the sanctuary and the sacred ministers, to build pagan altars and temples and shrines... Whoever refused to act according to the command of the king should be put to death... Many of the people, those who abandoned the law, joined them and committed evil in the land.
Inkosi yathumela izithunywa... ukwenqabela iminikelo yokushiswa, imihlatshelo, neminikelo yokungcweliswa endlini engcwele, ukungcolisa amasabatha nezinsuku zemikhosi, ukungcolisa indlu engcwele kanye nabefundisi abangcwele, ukwakha ama-altare nama-tempile nama tempile angamaqaba ... umyalo wenkosi kufanele ubulawe... Iningi labantu, labo abashiya umthetho, babajoyina, benza okubi ezweni.