Nyumba ya Dzina ya Baba
Hiramu wa ku Tiro, wakuti akhafuna Dhavidhi, atumiza miti na anyakuphata mabasa toera nyumba ya dzina la Baba wathu; Salomoni atumiza trigu na mafuta ninga kubwezera, na amambo awiri anewa acita phangano. Toera kucekeka miyala na kukwekweta pyonsene, Salomoni asankhula Aizarayeli makumi na makumi a pikwi toera aphate basa mwakusiyana-siyana.
5 1Hiramu mambo wa Tiro pidabva iye kuti Salomoni adadzodzwa mambo m'mbuyo mwa babace, antumizira atumiki, thangwi Hiramu akhafuna Dhavidhi n'dzidzi onsene. 2Na tenepo Salomoni atumiza mphangwa izi kuna Hiramu: 3Imwe musadziwa kuti Dhavidhi, babanga, nkhabe kwanisa kumangira dzina ya Baba wathu nyumba, thangwi nkhondo zikhan'zungulira ku khundu zonsene, mpaka Baba wathu adaikha anyamalwa ace pantsi pa miyendo yace. 4Mbwenye cincino Baba wanga andipasa kupuma ku khundu zonsene; nkhabe nyamalwa, nkhabe nyatwa.
5Ndisafuna kumangira dzina ya Baba wanga nyumba, ninga mudapikira Baba wathu kuna babanga Dhavidhi: “Mwanako, ule andzaikha Ine pa mpando wako waumambo m'mbuto mwako, anadzamangira dzina yanga nyumba.”
6Na tenepo ndigwandzireni mitengo ya sedru kubuluka ku Lebhano. Atumiki anga anadzaphata basa pabodzi na atumiki anu; Ine ndinakulipani malipo onsene anasankhula imwe, thangwi musadziwa kuti nkhabe m'bodzi wa ife anakwanisa kugwandza miti ninga Asidhoni.
7Hiramu pidabva iye mafala a Salomoni, akomerwa kakamwe mbalonga: “Mbasimbwe Mbuya lero, ule adapasa Dhavidhi mwana waudziwisi toera kutonga mbumba iyi ikulu.” 8Hiramu atumiza mphangwa kuna Salomoni: “Ndabva mphangwa zanu; ndinadzacita pyonsene pinafuna imwe na miti ya sedru na ya sipresi. 9Atumiki anga anadzabulusa miti kubuluka ku Lebhano mpaka kubahari, buluka penepo ndinadzaiyendesa pa bahari ninga maboti mpaka ku mbuto inasankhula imwe, ndinadzaigwandzula penepo, na imwe munadzaikwata. Munadzakwanirisa pinasirira Ine mukandipasa cakudya ca banja yanga.”
10Na tenepo Hiramu apasa Salomoni miti yonsene ya sedru na ya sipresi ikhafuna iye, 11Salomoni apasa Hiramu pafupi na midida 120.000 ya tirigu toera banja yace na pafupi na midida 120 ya mafuta akuminywa, caka na caka. 12Baba wathu apasa Salomoni udziwisi, ninga mudapikira iye. Ntendere ukhalipo pakati pa Hiramu na Salomoni, na awiri acita cibverano.
13Mambo Salomoni akwinisa anyabasa kubuluka mu Izarayeli yonsene, na anyabasa anewa akhali amuna 30.000. 14Iye akhatumiza amuna 10.000 ku Lebhano mwezi na mwezi mukucinjana—mwezi ubodzi kweneko, miyezi miwiri kunyumba. Adhoniramu akhayang'anira anyabasa. 15Salomoni akhali na amuna 70.000 akhathukula mitolo na 80.000 akhasola miyala ku mapiri, 16kusiyapo akulu a basa a Salomoni 3.300 akhayang'anira basa mbatsogolera anthu ale akhacita basa. 17Mukupanga kwa mambo, iwo asola miyala mikulu, ya ntengo ukulu, toera kuikha maziko a nyumba na miyala yakugwandzwa. 18Amisiri a kumanga a Salomoni, a Hiramu, na a Gebhali agwandza mbakhunganya miti na miyala toera kumanga nyumba.