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| 1. | UDavida wasesithi: Le yindlu ye Nkosi uNkulunkulu, laleli lilathi lomnikelo wokutshiswa kaIsrayeli. |
| 2. | UDavida waselaya ukubuthanisa abezizweni ababeselizweni lakoIsrayeli; wamisa ababazi bamatshe ukuthi babaze amatshe alungisiweyo okwakha indlu kaNkulunkulu. |
| 3. | UDavida waselungisa insimbi enengi kakhulu yezipikili zezivalo zamasango leyokuhlanganisa; lethusi elinengi kakhulu elalingela kulinganiswa nge sisindo; |
| 4. | lezigodo zemisedari ezingelakubalwa; ngoba amaSidoni lamaTire amlethela uDavida izigodo zemisedari ezinengi kakhulu. |
| 5. | UDavida wasesithi: USolomoni indodana yami u se ngumfana, uthambile, lendlu ezakwakhelwa i Nkosi kumele yenziwe ibe nkulu kakhulu, ibe lebizo ibe lodumo emazweni wonke. Ngakho ngizayilungiselela. UDavida waselungiselela kakhulu phambi kokufa kwakhe. |
| 6. | Wasebiza uSolomoni indodana yakhe, wamlaya ukuthi akhele i Nkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli indlu. |
| 7. | UDavida wasesithi kuSolomoni: Ndodana yami, mina-ke, kwakusenhliziyweni yami ukwakhela ibizo le Nkosi uNkulunkulu wami indlu. |
| 8. | Kodwa ilizwi le Nkosi lafika kimi lisithi: Uchithe igazi elinengi, walawula izimpi ezinkulu; kawuyikwakhela ibizo lami indlu, ngoba uchithe igazi elinengi emhlabeni phambi kwami. |
| 9. | Khangela, uzazalelwa indodana ezakuba ngumuntu wokuphumula; njalo ngizayiphumuza ezitheni zayo zonke inhlangothi zonke: Ngoba ibizo layo lizakuba nguSolomoni, njalo ngizanika ukuthula lokuphumula phezu kukaIsrayeli ensukwini zakhe. |
| 10. | Yena uzakwakhela ibizo lami indlu. Yena-ke uzakuba yindodana yami, lami ngibe nguyise; ngiqinise isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi phezu kukaIsrayeli kuze kube nininini. |
| 11. | Khathesi, ndodana yami, i Nkosi ibe lawe, njalo uphumelele wakhe indlu ye Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, njengokutsho kwayo ngawe. |
| 12. | Kuphela i Nkosi ikunike inhlakanipho lokuqedisisa, ikulaye ngoIsrayeli, ukuze ulondoloze umlayo we Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho. |
| 13. | Khona uzaphumelela, uba unanzelela ukwenza izimiso lezahlulelo i Nkosi eyakulaya uMozisi ngoIsrayeli; qina, ube lesibindi, ungesabi ungatshaywa luvalo. |
| 14. | Khangela-ke, ekuhluphekeni kwami ngilungisele indlu ye Nkosi amathalenta* egolide ayizinkulungwane ezilikhulu, lamathalenta esiliva ayizinkulungwane eziyinkulungwane, lethusi lensimbi okungela kulinganiswa nge sisindo, ngoba kunengi kakhulu; ngilungise lezigodo lamatshe. Uzakwengezelela-ke kukho. |
| 15. | Njalo ulezisebenzi ezinengi, ababazi bamatshe, lezingcitshi zamatshe lezezigodo, layo yonke indoda ehlakaniphileyo kuwo wonke umsebenzi. |
| 16. | Kakulanani legolide, lelesiliva, lelethusi, lelensimbi. Sukuma usebenze; le Nkosi ibe lawe! |
| 17. | UDavida waselaya zonke induna zakoIsrayeli ukusiza uSolomoni indodana yakhe, esithi: |
| 18. | I Nkosi uNkulunkulu wenu kayilani yini? Kambe ka yilinik anga yini ukuphumula inhlangothi zonke? Ngoba inikele abahlali belizwe esandleni sami, lelizwe lehliselwe phansi phambi kwe Nkosi laphambi kwabantu bayo. |
| 19. | Khathesi misani inhliziyo yenu lomphefumulo wenu ukudinga i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wenu. Sukumani-ke lakhe indawo engcwele ye Nkosi uNkulunkulu, ukungenisa umtshokotsho wesivumelwano se Nkosi lezitsha ezingcwele zikaNkulunkulu endlini eyakhelwe ibizo le Nkosi. |
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