Izipho zokwakha ithempeli
1Ikosi uDavida yakhuluma nehlangano yoke yathi: “Indodanami uSolomoni uZimu akhetha yona yodwa, isakhula begodu isengakabi nelizwi. Umsebenzi wokwakha mkhulu ngombana umakho lo akusiwo womuntu kodwana ngewakaSomnini uZimu. 2Ngenze ngamandlami woke ukubonelela ithempeli lakaZimami: Ngibonelele ngegolide mayelana nomsebenzi wegolide, isiliva kokwesiliva, ikoporo kokwekoporo, isimbi kokwesimbi nesigodo kokwesigodo. Godu ngibonelele ngamatje aligugu abomvu nahlaza mayelana nokukghabisa, amatje wemifunda ngemifunda wokwendlala phasi, nemihlobohlobo yamatje aligugu kanye nemabula enengi. 3Ngaphezu kwakho koke engibonelele ngakho, ngenca yokuthanda kwami ithempeli lakaZimami, nginikela nangalokho okungekwami okuligolide nesiliva mayelana nendlu ecwengileko, ithempeli lakaZimami: 4iinkulungwana ezilikhulu nantathu zamakhilogremu wegolide, neenkulungwana ezimakhulu amabili namatjhumi amane wamakhilogremu wesiliva elicolisiweko bonyana kunamekwe amaboda wemakhiwo, 5igolide kokwegolide nesiliva kokwesiliva, koke okufuze kwenziwe bososino.
“Nje-ke ngubani kinapha namhlanje ofuna ukuzahlukanisela uZimu ngokunikela ngehliziyo evumako na?”
6Iinhloko zemindeni, iinkhulu zeenkoro zakwa-Israyeli, iinduna zeenkulungwana nezamakhulu kanye nabaphathi bomsebenzi wekosi uDavida, banikela ngehliziyo evumako. 7Banikelela umsebenzi wethempeli lakaZimu iinkulungwana ezilikhulu namatjhumi alikhomba nanye zamakhilogremu wegolide, iinkulungwana ezilitjhumi zeempaparwana zegolide, iinkulungwana ezimakhulu amathathu namatjhumi amane nambili zamakhilogremu wesiliva, iinkulungwana ezimakhulu asithandathu netjhumi nesithandathu zamakhilogremu wekoporo iingidi ezintathu neenkulungwana ezimakhulu amane namatjhumi amabili nekhomba zamakhilogremu wesimbi. 8Boke abagade banamatje aligugu bawanikela esithaleni samagugu wethempeli lakaSomnini ngaphasi kwesandla sakaJerhiyeli umGeritjhoni. 9Abantu bathokoza khulu ngokunikela kwabo. Iye, banikela ngokuvuma kwehliziyo kuSomnini uZimu. UDavida naye wathaba khulu.
Umthandazo kaDavida
10UDavida wadumisa uSomnini phambi kwehlangano yoke wathi:
Idumo alibe kuwe Somnini,
Zimu wakababethu u-Israyeli,
bekube nini nanini.
11Iye Somnini, ubukhulu namandla ngekwakho,
idumo, iphazimulo nobukhosi ngekwakho
ngombana koke okusezulwini nephasini kungekwakho.
Iye, Somnini, umbuso ungewakho,
wena Somnini uphakamile, uyihloko yakho koke.
12Umnono nokuhlonitjhwa kuvela kuwe;
umbusi wakho koke wena Somnini.
Iinkhwepha namandla kulawulwa nguwe;
ukukhulisa nokuqinisa kukuwe wedwa.
13Yeke-ke Zimethu, siyakuthokoza,
nebizo lakho elibabazekako siyalidumisa.
14“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. 15Thina siziinkhonzi nemiqhamuka phambi kwakho, njengabo boke abobamkhulu. Imihla yethu ephasini injengethunzi, akukho okujame isiphelani. 16Maye Somnini! Yoke ipahla osibonelele ngayo bona sikwakhele ithempeli lebizo lakho elicwengileko, ibuya ezandleni zakho begodu yoke ingeyakho. 17Ngiyazi Zimami bona uhlola ihliziyo begodu uthokozela ubuqotho. Iye Somnini, nami nginikele koke lokhu ngobuqotho behliziyo begodu nabantu bakho abakhona lapha ngibabonile bona bakunikelele ngokuthakasa batjhaphulukile. 18Somnini, Zimu wabobaba u-Abrahamu, u-Isaka no-Israyeli, yenza abantwaba babe nomkhumbulo lo eenhliziyweni zabo isiphelani. Nqophisa iinhliziyo zabo kuwe Somnini. 19Nikela noSolomoni indodanami ihliziyo epheleleko yokulonda imiyalo, iimfuneko neemiso zakho zoke, nokobana enze koke okusemandlenakhe bona akhe umakho engiwuboneleleko.”
20Nje-ke uDavida wathi kiyo yoke ihlangano: “Dumisani uSomnini uZimenu”
Yeke ihlangano yadumisa uSomnini uZimu waboyise. Abantu baguqa bahloma iinhloko phasi phambi kwakaSomnini uZimu naphambi kwakaDavida ikosabo. 21Benza imihlabelo kuSomnini.
USolomoni ubekwa babantu bona abe yikosi
Ngelanga elilandelako benza imihlabelo yokutjhiswa kuSomnini: ikulungwana yeenkunzi, ikulungwana yamaqama, ikulungwana yeemvana eziduna neenselo zomnikelo ezikhambisana nayo. Godu kwenzelwa woke u-Israyeli imihlabelo eminengi yetjhebiswano. 22Badla bebasela bathakasa khulu phambi kwakaSomnini uZimu mhlanokho.
USolomoni umsa kaDavida godu wabekwa waba yikosi. Bamzesa njengomrholi emsebenzini kaSomnini uZimu bebazesa noTsadokhi bona abe mphristi omkhulu. 23USolomoni wahlala esihlalweni sobukhosi bakaZimu esikhundleni sakayise uDavida. Waba ngophumelelako, nama-Israyeli woke amlalela. 24Iinkhulu zoke neengorho, ngitjho nawo woke amadodana wekosini uDavida azibophelela ukusekela ikosi uSolomoni.
25USomnini uZimu wamphakamisa khulu uSolomoni phambi kwama-Israyeli woke. Wamthwesa ubukhosi obudlondlobeleko nobungakhange bube khona nakeyodwa yamakhosi ngaphambilini kwa-Israyeli.
Ukuhlongakala kwakaDavida
26UDavida umsa kaJese gade ayikosi yakwa-Israyeli woke. 27Wabusa kwa-Israyeli iminyaka ematjhumi amane. Elikhomba wayibusa eRhebroni, ematjhumi amathathu nantathu kwaba seJerusalema. 28Wahlongakala asele athukghele khulu; gade anelisekile ngamalanga wokuphila, ngomnono nangedumo. USolomoni indodanakhe wabusa esikhundleni sakhe.
29Izehlakalo zekosi uDavida, kusukela ekuthomeni bekube sekugcineni zitlolwe emtlolweni wakaSamyela umboni, wakaNathani umphorofidi newakaGadi umboni. 30Emitlolweni leyo bekulandwa ngakho koke ukubusa kwakhe, izenzo zobungorho bakhe nezehlakalo zoke ezamvelelako yena no-Israyeli kanye nemibuso yeenarha ezinye.
