Ulemerero wa Atate wathu Wadzaza Nyumba
Moto ugwa ndipo ulemerero udzaza nyumba, ndipo anthu apembedza atagwetsa nkhope zawo pansi. Kenako Atate wathu ayankha usiku ndi zomwe akufuna: ngati ana anga adzichepetsa, napemphera, nafunafuna nkhope yanga, ndi kutembenuka kuleka zoipa, ndidzamva, ndidzakhululuka, ndi kuchiritsa dziko lawo.
7 1Pamene Solomo anatsiriza kupemphera, moto unagwa kuchokera kumwamba, nupsereza nsembe yopsereza ndi nsembe zina, ndipo ulemerero wa Atate wathu unadzaza nyumba. 2Ansembe sanathe kulowa m'nyumba ya Atate wathu, chifukwa ulemerero wa Atate wathu unaidzaza. 3Pamene Aisrayeli onse anaona moto ukugwa ndi ulemerero wa Atate wathu pa nyumbayo, anagwada, nkhope zawo pansi pa guwa la miyala, akulambira ndi kuyamika Atate wathu, akuti, “Iye ndi wabwino; chikondi chake chokhulupirika nchosatha.”
4Ndipo mfumu ndi anthu onse anapereka nsembe pamaso pa Atate wathu. 5Mfumu Solomo anapereka nsembe ya ng'ombe 22,000 ndi nkhosa 120,000; mfumu ndi anthu onse anapatula nyumba ya Atate wathu. 6Ansembe anaimirira pa malo awo; Alevi anaimirira ndi zoimbira za Atate wathu zimene Mfumu Davide anapanga kuti ayamike nazo Atate wathu—“pakuti chikondi chake chokhulupirika nchosatha”—pamene Davide anali kuyamika ndi zoimbirazo. Moyang'anizana nawo ansembe analiza malipenga, ndipo Aisrayeli onse anaimirira.
7Solomo anapatula pakati pa bwalo, patsogolo pa nyumba ya Atate wathu, pakuti kumeneko anapereka nsembe zopsereza ndi mafuta a nsembe zamtendere, chifukwa guwa lamkuwa limene anapanga silinathe kusunga nsembe yopsereza, nsembe ya chakudya, ndi mafuta.
8Panthawi imeneyo Solomo anachita phwando masiku asanu ndi awiri, ndi Aisrayeli onse pamodzi ndi iye—gulu lalikulu—kuchokera ku Lebo-hamati mpaka ku Mtsinje wa Igupto. 9Pa tsiku lachisanu ndi chitatu anachita msonkhano wotsiriza, atachita mwambo wopatulira guwa masiku asanu ndi awiri ndi phwando masiku asanu ndi awiri. 10Pa tsiku la makumi awiri ndi atatu la mwezi wachisanu ndi chiwiri, anatumiza anthu kwawo, atasangalala ndi kukondwa mu mtima chifukwa cha zabwino zimene Atate wathu anachitira Davide, Solomo, ndi Aisrayeli anthu ake.
Atate wathu Alankhula kwa Solomo
11Solomo anatsiriza nyumba ya Atate wathu ndi nyumba yaufumu. Chilichonse chimene Solomo anatsimikiza mu mtima mwake kuchita m'nyumba ya Atate wathu ndi m'nyumba yake yomwe, anachita bwino.
12Ndipo Atate wathu anaonekera kwa Solomo usiku, nati kwa iye, “Ndamva pemphero lako ndipo ndadzisankhira malo ano kukhala nyumba ya nsembe.
13“Ngati nditatseka thambo kuti mvula isagwe, kapena kulamula dzombe kuti lidye dziko, kapena kutumiza mliri pakati pa ana anga, 14ngati ana anga—amene amatchedwa ndi dzina langa—adzichepetsa, napemphera, nafunafuna nkhope yanga, nasiya njira zawo zoipa, Ine ndidzamva kuchokera kumwamba, ndidzakhululukira tchimo lawo, ndipo ndidzachiritsa dziko lawo. 15Tsopano maso anga adzakhala otseguka ndi makutu anga akumvetsera pemphero lopempheredwa pamalo pano. 16Tsopano ndasankha ndi kupatula nyumba iyi, kuti dzina langa likhalebe pomwepo mpaka muyaya; maso anga ndi mtima wanga zidzakhala pomwepo nthawi zonse.
17Koma iwe—ngati udzayenda pamaso panga monga momwe Davide atate wako anayendera, nuchita zonse zimene ndakulamula, nusunga malamulo anga ndi maweruzo anga, 18pamenepo ndidzakhazikitsa mpando wachifumu wa ufumu wako, monga ndinachita pangano ndi Davide atate wako, kuti, ‘Munthu wako adzalamulira Aisrayeli nthawi zonse.’
19Koma ngati udzatembenuka, nusiya malamulo anga ndi malangizo amene ndakuyika pamaso pako, nupita kukatumikira milungu ina ndi kuilambira, 20pamenepo ndidzazula Aisrayeli kuchokera m'dziko langa limene ndinawapatsa, ndipo nyumba iyi imene ndinaipatulira dzina langa ndidzaitaya kutali ndi maso anga, naisandutsa chitsanzo ndi chonyozedwa pakati pa anthu onse. 21Ndipo nyumba iyi, imene inali yokwezeka kwambiri, idzadabwitsa onse odutsa, nati, ‘Chifukwa chiyani Yehova anachitira zinthu izi dziko ili ndi nyumba iyi?
22Ndipo adzayankha kuti, ‘Chifukwa anasiya Yehova, Mulungu wa makolo awo, amene anawatulutsa m'dziko la Igupto, nagwirizana ndi milungu ina, nailambira ndi kuitumikira—nchifukwa chake Iye anawabweretsera tsoka lonseli.’”