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| 1. | UDavida wasebuthanisa zonke iziphathamandla zakoIsrayeli, iziphathamandla zezizwe, lezinduna zezigaba ezazisebenzela inkosi, labaphathi bezinkulungwane, labaphathi bamakhulu, labaphathi bempahla yonke labezifuyo zenkosi labezamadodana ayo, labathenwa, lamaqhawe, lawo wonke amaqhawe alamandla, eJerusalema. |
| 2. | UDavida inkosi wasesima ngenyawo zakhe wathi: Ngilalelani, bafowethu labantu bami. Mina, kwakusenhliziyweni yami ukwakhela umtshokotsho wesivumelwano se Nkosi indlu yokuphumula, leyisigcabha senyawo zikaNkulunkulu wethu, ngenza amalungiselelo okwakha. |
| 3. | Kodwa uNkulunkulu wathi kimi: Kawuyikulakhela ibizo lami indlu, ngoba wena ungumuntu wempi, uchithe igazi elinengi. |
| 4. | Kanti i Nkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli yangikhetha kuyo yonke indlu kababa ukuthi ngibe yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli kuze kube nininini; ngoba yakhetha uJuda ukuba ngumbusi, lendlini yakoJuda indlu kababa; laphakathi kwamadodana kababa yangithanda uku ng enza ngi be yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli wonke. |
| 5. | Lakuwo wonke amadodana ami (ngoba i Nkosi yanginika amadodana amanengi) yakhetha uSolomoni indodana yami ukuthi ahlale esihlalweni sobukhosi sombuso we Nkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli. |
| 6. | Yasisithi kimi: USolomoni indodana yakho nguye ozakwakha indlu yami lamaguma ami, ngoba ngimkhethile ukuba yindodana yami, lami ngizakuba nguyise. |
| 7. | Njalo ngizawuqinisa umbuso wakhe kuze kube nininini uba eqina ukwenza imilayo yami lezahlulelo zami njengalamuhla. |
| 8. | Ngakho-ke phambi kwamehlo kaIsrayeli wonke, ibandla le Nkosi, lendlebeni zikaNkulunkulu wethu, gcinani lidinge yonke imilayo ye Nkosi uNkulunkulu wenu, ukuze lidle ilifa lalelilizwe elihle, lenze abantwana benu badle ilifa lalo emva kwenu kuze kube nininini. |
| 9. | Wena-ke, Solomoni ndodana yami, mazi uNkulunkulu kayihlo, umkhonze ngenhliziyo epheleleyo langengqondo evumayo; ngoba i Nkosi iyazihlola zonke inhliziyo, iqedisise konke ukuzindla kwemicabango. Uba uyidinga, izatholwa nguwe; kodwa uba uyitshiya, izakulahla kokuphela. |
| 10. | Bona-ke, ngoba i Nkosi ikukhethile ukuthi wakhe indlu ibe yindlu engcwele; qina, ukwenze. |
| 11. | UDavida wasenika uSolomoni indodana yakhe umdwebo wekhulusi, lowezindlu zalo, loweziphala zezinto eziligugu, lowamakamelo aphezulu, lowamakamelo aphakathi, lowendlu yesihlalo somusa. |
| 12. | Lomdwebo wakho konke ayelakho ngoMoya, lowamaguma endlu ye Nkosi, lowamakamelo wonke azingelezeleyo, loweziphala zezinto eziligugu zendlu kaNkulunkulu, loweziphala zokuligugu zezinto ezingcwele, |
| 13. | lowezigaba zabapristi lezamaLevi, lowomsebenzi wonke wenkonzo yendlu ye Nkosi, lowezitsha zonke zenkonzo yendlu ye Nkosi. |
| 14. | Wapha igolide ngesisindo nge zinto ze golide, ngempahla yonke yenkonzo ngenkonzo, ngempahla yonke yesiliva ngesisindo, ngempahla yonke yenkonzo ngenkonzo, |
| 15. | lesisindo sezinti zesibane zegolide, lezibane zazo zegolide, ngesisindo soluthi lwesibane ngalunye lezibane zalo, langezinti zesibane zesiliva, ngesisindo soluthi lwesibane lezibane zalo, njengomsebenzi woluthi lwesibane ngalunye. |
| 16. | Wa se nika igolide ngesisindo lamatafula ezinkwa zokubukiswa, ngalelo lalelotafula, lesiliva samatafula esiliva. |
| 17. | Lamafologwe lemiganu yokufafaza lezinkezo zegolide elicwengekileyo, langezitsha zegolide ngesisindo saleso lalesositsha, langezitsha zesiliva ngesisindo saleso lalesositsha. |
| 18. | Langelathi lempepha igolide elicwengekileyo ngesisindo, langomdwebo wenqola yamakherubi* egolide elule impiko agubuzela umtshokotsho wesivumelwano se Nkosi. |
| 19. | UDavida wathi: Konke lokhu i Nkosi yenza ngi kuqedisise ngombhalo ngesandla sayo phezu kwami, yonke imisebenzi yomdwebo. |
| 20. | UDavida wasesithi kuSolomoni indodana yakhe: Qina, ube lesibindi, usebenze; ungesabi, ungatshaywa luvalo; ngoba i Nkosi uNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wami, ilawe. Kayisoze yakulahla, kayisoze yakutshiya, uze uqede umsebenzi wonke wenkonzo yendlu ye Nkosi. |
| 21. | Khangela-ke, izigaba zabapristi lezamaLevi zenkonzo yonke yendlu kaNkulunkulu; njalo kukhona lawe kuwo wonke umsebenzi wonke oyingcitshi ovumayo kuyo yonke inkonzo, labaphathi labo bonke abantu bazakuba njengokulaya kwakho konke. |
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