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USolomoni ukhethwa ukuthi akhe ithempeli

1UDavida wasebuthanisa zonke iziphathamandla zakoIsrayeli a, iziphathamandla zezizwe b, leziphathamandla zezigaba ezazisebenzela inkosi c, labaphathi bezinkulungwane, labaphathi bamakhulu, labaphathi bempahla yonke labezifuyo zenkosi labezamadodana ayo d, lezinduna, lamaqhawe, lawo wonke amaqhawe alamandla, eJerusalema e. 2UDavida inkosi wasesima ngenyawo zakhe wathi: Ngilalelani, bafowethu labantu bami. Mina, kwakusenhliziyweni yami ukwakhela umtshokotsho wesivumelwano seNkosi indlu yokuphumula f, leyisigcabha senyawo zikaNkulunkulu wethu, ngenza amalungiselelo okwakha g. 3Kodwa uNkulunkulu wathi kimi: Kawuyikulakhela ibizo lami indlu, ngoba wena ungumuntu wempi, uchithe igazi elinengi h. 4Kanti iNkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli yangikhetha kuyo yonke indlu kababa ukuthi ngibe yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli i kuze kube nininini j; ngoba yakhetha uJuda ukuba ngumbusi k, lendlini yakoJuda indlu kababa l; laphakathi kwamadodana kababa yangithanda ukungenza ngibe yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli wonke m. 5Lakuwo wonke amadodana ami (ngoba iNkosi yanginika amadodana amanengi n) yakhetha uSolomoni indodana yami o ukuthi ahlale esihlalweni sobukhosi sombuso weNkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli p. 6Yasisithi kimi: USolomoni indodana yakho nguye ozakwakha indlu yami lamaguma ami, ngoba ngimkhethile ukuba yindodana yami, lami ngizakuba nguyise q. 7Njalo ngizawuqinisa umbuso wakhe kuze kube nininini r uba eqina ukwenza imilayo yami lezahlulelo zami njengalamuhla s. 8Ngakho-ke phambi kwamehlo kaIsrayeli wonke, ibandla leNkosi, lendlebeni zikaNkulunkulu wethu, gcinani lidinge yonke imilayo yeNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu, ukuze lidle ilifa lalelilizwe elihle, lenze abantwana benu badle ilifa lalo emva kwenu kuze kube nininini t.

9Wena-ke, Solomoni ndodana yami, mazi uNkulunkulu kayihlo u, umkhonze ngenhliziyo epheleleyo langengqondo evumayo v; ngoba iNkosi iyazihlola zonke inhliziyo w, iqedisise konke ukuzindla kwemicabango. Uba uyidinga, izatholwa nguwe x; kodwa uba uyitshiya y, izakulahla kokuphela z. 10Bona-ke, ngoba iNkosi ikukhethile ukuthi wakhe indlu ibe yindlu engcwele; qina, ukwenze aa.

11UDavida wasenika uSolomoni indodana yakhe umdwebo ab wekhulusi ac, lowezindlu zalo, loweziphala zezinto eziligugu, lowamakamelo aphezulu ad, lowamakamelo aphakathi, lowendlu yesihlalo somusa ae. 12Lomdwebo wakho konke ayelakho ngoMoya, lowamaguma endlu yeNkosi, lowamakamelo wonke azingelezeleyo af, loweziphala zezinto eziligugu zendlu kaNkulunkulu, loweziphala zokuligugu zezinto ezingcwele ag, 13lowezigaba zabapristi ah lezamaLevi ai, lowomsebenzi wonke wenkonzo yendlu yeNkosi, lowezitsha zonke zenkonzo yendlu yeNkosi. 14Wapha igolide ngesisindo ngezinto zegolide, ngempahla yonke yenkonzo ngenkonzo, ngempahla yonke yesiliva ngesisindo, ngempahla yonke yenkonzo ngenkonzo, 15lesisindo sezinti zesibane zegolide aj, lezibane zazo zegolide ak, ngesisindo soluthi lwesibane ngalunye lezibane zalo, langezinti zesibane zesiliva, ngesisindo soluthi lwesibane lezibane zalo, njengomsebenzi woluthi lwesibane ngalunye. 16Wasenika igolide ngesisindo lamatafula ezinkwa zokubukiswa, ngalelo lalelotafula, lesiliva samatafula esiliva. 17Lamafologwe al lemiganu yokufafaza am lezinkezo an zegolide elicwengekileyo, langezitsha zegolide ngesisindo saleso lalesositsha ao, langezitsha zesiliva ngesisindo saleso lalesositsha. 18Langelathi lempepha ap igolide elicwengekileyo ngesisindo aq, langomdwebo wenqola yamakherubhi* ar egolide elule impiko as agubuzela umtshokotsho wesivumelwano seNkosi. 19UDavida wathi: Konke lokhu iNkosi yenza ngikuqedisise ngombhalo at ngesandla sayo phezu kwami au, yonke imisebenzi yomdwebo. 20UDavida wasesithi kuSolomoni indodana yakhe: Qina, ube lesibindi, usebenze; ungesabi, ungatshaywa luvalo av; ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wami, ilawe aw. Kayisoze yakulahla, kayisoze yakutshiya, uze uqede umsebenzi wonke wenkonzo yendlu yeNkosi ax. 21Khangela-ke, izigaba zabapristi lezamaLevi, zenkonzo yonke yendlu kaNkulunkulu ay; njalo kuzakuba lawe kuwo wonke umsebenzi, wonke oyingcitshi ovumayo kuyo yonke inkonzo, labaphathi labo bonke abantu bazakuba njengokulaya kwakho konke az.
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