Mbiri ya Baba wathu Isadzaza Nyumba
Moto usagwa na mbiri isadzaza nyumba, na anthu asalambira nkhope pantsi pa miyala ya pantsi. Buluka Baba wathu asatawira usiku na pyakulongana: khala ana anga adzicepesa, aphemba, asaka nkhope yanga mbasiya uipi, ine nnabva, nnalekerera, na nnapoza dziko lawo.
7 1Solomoni pidamala iye kuphembera, moto wabuluka kudzulu mbupisa ntsembe yakupiswa na ntsembe zinango, pontho mbiri ya Baba wathu yadzaza nyumba. 2Anyantsembe nkhabe kukwanisa kupita n'nyumba ya Baba wathu, thangwi mbiri ya Baba wathu yadzaza nyumba imweyo. 3Aizarayeli onsene pidaona iwo moto mbugwa na mbiri ya Baba wathu pa nyumba, agodama, nkhope zawo panthaka pa mataka akumangwa, mbalambira na kupereka takhuta kuna Baba wathu: “Iye ndi wadidi; kufuna kwace kwakukhulupirika nkhabe kumala.”
4Penepo mambo na anthu onsene apereka ntsembe pamaso pa Baba wathu. 5Mambo Solomoni apereka ntsembe ya ng'ombe 22,000 na mabira 120,000; mambo na anthu onsene aperekera nyumba ya Baba wathu. 6Anyantsembe aima pa mbuto zawo; Alevi aima na pyakuimba pya Baba wathu pidacita mambo Dhavidhi toera kupereka takhuta kuna Baba wathu—“thangwi kufuna kwace kwakukhulupirika nkhabe kumala”—n'dzidzi onsene ukhasimba Dhavidhi mukuphatisira pyakuimba. Patsogolo pawo anyantsembe aliza matrombeta, pontho Aizarayeli onsene aima.
7Solomoni aperekera nkati mwa bwalo, patsogolo pa nyumba ya Baba wathu, thangwi penepo iye apereka ntsembe zakupiswa na mafuta a ntsembe zantendere, thangwi guwa ya ntsembe ya nkuwa idacita iye nkhabe kukwanisa kugumanisa ntsembe yakupiswa, ntsembe ya tirigu, na mafuta.
8N'dzidzi unoyu Solomoni acita phwando ntsiku zinomwe, pabodzi na Aizarayeli onsene—mwinji ukulu kakamwe—kubulukira ku Lebo-hamati mpaka ku Nkulo wa Edjipito. 9Pa ntsiku yacisere acita nsonkhano wakumalisa, thangwi akhadacita kuperekera guwa ya ntsembe mu ntsiku zinomwe na phwando mu ntsiku zinomwe. 10Pa ntsiku yamakumamawiri na zitatu ya nthanda yacinomwe, iye atumiza anthu kunyumba kwawo, akukomerwa na akutsandzaya muntima thangwi ya udidi udapangiza Baba wathu kuna Dhavidhi, kuna Solomoni, na kuna Izarayeli mbumba yace.
Baba wathu Asalonga na Solomoni
11Solomoni amalisa nyumba ya Baba wathu na nyumba yaumambo. Pinthu pyonsene pidafuna Solomoni muntima mwace kucita n'nyumba ya Baba wathu na n'nyumba yace ene, apicita mwadidi.
12Penepo Baba wathu aonekera kuna Solomoni namasiku mbampanga: “Ine ndabva maphembero ako, mbndisankhula mbuto ino toera ikhale nyumba ya kuperekera ntsembe.
13“Ine ndingafunga kudzulu mbukhonda kubvumba mvura, peno ndingapanga ntsache toera idye dziko, peno ndingatumiza mliri pakati pa ana anga, 14ana anga ale ana dzina yanga angabzicepesa, mbaphembera, mbasaka nkhope yanga, mbasiya njira zawo zakuipa, Ine ndinabva kudzulu, mbandilekerera madawo awo, mbandiwangisa dziko yawo. 15Cincino maso anga anadzafunguka na makutu anga anadzabvesera maphembero anaperekwa pa mbuto ino. 16Cincino ndasankhula na kuperekera nyumba ino, toera dzina yanga ikhale penepo kwenda na kwenda; maso anga na ntima wanga pinadzakhala penepo ndzidzi onsene.
17Bziya iwe—ungafamba pamaso panga ninga mudafamba Dhavidhi baba wako, mbucita pyonsene pidakupanga Ine na kukoyera mitemo yanga na matongero anga, 18penepo Ine ndinawangisa mpando waumambo wako, ninga mudacita Ine cibverano na Dhavidhi baba wako: “Munthu wako anadzatonga Izarayeli kwenda na kwenda.”
19Mbwenye ungabwerera nduli, mbusiya mitemo yanga na matongero adaika Ine patsogolo pako, mbuenda kutumikira milungu inango na kuilambira, 20penepo Ine ndinazula Izarayeli m'dziko yanga idandipasa iwo, mbanditaya patsogolo panga templo ino idandiipatula thangwi ya dzina yanga, mbandiicita kukhala citsandzo na cakusingirira pakati pa mbumba zonsene. 21Nyumba ino, idakuzwa kakamwe, inadzacitisa onsene anapita penepo kudzumatirwa, mbalonga: “Thangwi yanji Mbuya acita pyenepi kuna dziko ino na nyumba ino?
22Iwo anadzatawira: “Thangwi iwo asiya Mbuya, Mulungu wa ambuya awo, adaabulusa m'dziko ya Edjipito, mbaphatirira milungu inango, mbailambira na kuitumikira—ndi thangwi yace iye aabweresera pyakuipa pyonsene ipi.”