Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel in spite of this."
Yaba Shekaniya, mora wa Jehiele, e leng e mong wa bara ba Elame, o re ho Esera: "Re sitetswe Modimo wa rona, re nyetse basadi ba baditjhaba ba ahileng naheng ena, empa ha e le tabeng ena, tshepo e sa le teng bakeng sa Baiseraele.