Imba yaBaba vedu Inotanga Kuvakwa
Makore manomwe ebasa rakanyarara: matombo anovezwa kwaanocherwa kuti pasanzwika chishandiso chesimbi, misidhari negoridhe zvinofukidza kumativi ose, makerubhi emuti wemuorivhi anozadza imba yomukati. Pakati pebasa Baba vedu vanoudza Soromoni kuti chivimbiso chichamira chete kana akateerera.
6 1Mugore rechimazana mana nemakumi masere (480) mushure mokubva kwavaIsraeri muIjipiti, mugore rechina raSoromoni achitonga vaIsraeri, mumwedzi weZivhi, mwedzi wechipiri, akatanga kuvaka imba yaBaba vedu. 2Imba yakavakirwa Baba vedu naMambo Soromoni yakanga yakareba mafiti anenge makumi mapfumbamwe, yakafara mafiti makumi matatu, uye yakakwirira mafiti makumi mana nemashanu. 3Biravira rakanga riri pamberi peimba huru rakanga rakareba mafiti anenge makumi matatu, achienzana noupamhi hweimba, uye rakadzika mafiti anenge gumi namashanu pamberi payo. 4Uye akaitira imba mahwindo aiva nemafuremu akanyudzwa mukati.
5Akavaka padziri ramadziro eimba chivakwa chakapoteredza—padziri ramadziro eimba kumativi ose—cheimba huru necheimba yomukatikati; uye akaita makamuri omumativi akapoteredza. 6Danho rokuzasi rakafara mafiti manomwe nehafu, danho rapakati mafiti mapfumbamwe, uye danho rechitatu mafiti gumi nehafu; akaita zvidziviso mumadziro kumativi okunze, kuitira kuti matanda arege kupinzwa mumadziro eimba. 7Imba yakavakwa namatombo akagadzirwa kwaicherwa matombo, naizvozvo hapana nyundo, demo, kana chimwe chombo chesimbi chakanzwika mairi pakuvakwa kwayo. 8Mukova wekamuri rokumativi rokuzasi waiva kudivi rokumaodzanyemba kweimba; manera aikwidza kudanho rapakati, uye kubva ipapo kuenda kune rechitatu. 9Saka akavaka imba ndokuipedza, achiifukidza nematanda nemapuranga emisidhari. 10Akavaka chivakwa chokumativi padivi peimba yose, danho rimwe nerimwe rakakwirira mafiti anenge manomwe nehafu, rakabatanidzwa neimba namatanda emisidhari.
11Ipapo shoko raBaba vedu rakasvika kuna Soromoni, richiti:
12“Kana iri imba iyi yauri kuvaka: kana ukafamba mumitemo yangu, ukaita zvandakatonga, uye ukachengeta mirayiro yangu yose uchiitevera, ndichakuzadzisira chipikirwa chandakaita kuna Dhavhidhi baba vako. 13Ndichagara pakati pavaIsraeri uye handingasiyi vanhu vangu vaIsraeri.”
14Saka Soromoni akavaka imba ndokuipedza. 15Akafukidza madziro omukati nemapuranga emisidhari; kubva pauriri kusvikira kumatanda edenga akaafukidza namatanda mukati, uye akawaridza pasi peimba nemapuranga emisipuresi. 16Akavaka mafiti makumi matatu okumashure kweimba nemapuranga emisidhari, kubva pauriri kusvikira kumadziro, achichitsaura mukati chive imba yomukatikati, Nzvimbo Tsvene-tsvene. 17Imba—imba huru yaiva pamberi peimba yomukatikati—yakanga yakareba mafiti anenge makumi matanhatu. 18Musidhari waiva mukati meimba wakavezwa nemadende nemaruva akazaruka; wose waiva musidhari, pakanga pasina dombo raionekwa. 19Akagadzira imba yomukatikati mukati meimba kuti aise areka yesungano yaBaba vedu imomo. 20Imba yomukatikati yakanga yakareba mafiti anenge makumi matatu, yakafara mafiti anenge makumi matatu, uye yakakwirira mafiti anenge makumi matatu; akaifukidza negoridhe rakaisvonaka, uye akafukidzawo aritari yomusidhari. 21Soromoni akanamira mukati meimba negoridhe rakaisvonaka, akatambanudza ngetani dzegoridhe mberi kweimba yomukatikati, uye akainamira negoridhe. 22Akafukidza imba yose negoridhe kusvikira imba yose yapera; uyewo aritari yose yeimba yomukatikati akaifukidza negoridhe.
23Muimba yomukatikati akaita makerubhi maviri omuti womuorivhi, rimwe nerimwe rakakwirira mafiti anenge gumi namashanu. 24Bapiro rimwe rekerubhi rakanga rakareba mafiti manomwe nehafu, rimwe racho mafiti manomwe nehafu; mafiti gumi namashanu kubva pamuromo webapiro rimwe kusvikira kune rimwe. 25Kerubhi rechipiri rakanga rakareba mafiti anenge gumi namashanu; makerubhi ose ari maviri aiva nechiyero chimwe nechimiro chimwe. 26Kukwirira kwekerubhi rimwe kwaiva mafiti anenge gumi namashanu, uye rimwewo rakanga rakadaro. 27Akaisa makerubhi mukati meimba yomukati, mapapiro awo akatambanudzwa, zvokuti bapiro rimwe raibata dziro rimwe uye bapiro rerimwe raibata dziro rimwe, uye mapapiro awo aibatana pakati peimba. 28Akafukidza makerubhi negoridhe.
29Pamadziro ose akapoteredza imba, mumakamuri omukati neokunze, akaveza makerubhi, miti yemichindwe, nemaruva akazaruka. 30Akafukidza pasi peimba negoridhe, makamuri omukati neokunze.
31Pamukova weimba yomukatikati akaita makonhi omuti womuorivhi; chidairo nembiru zvakaumba mativi mashanu. 32Makonhi maviri aiva omuti womuorivhi; paari akaveza makerubhi, miti yemichindwe, nemaruva akazaruka, ndokuafukidza negoridhe, achirirova pamusoro pemakerubhi nemiti yemichindwe. 33Saizvozvowo pamukova weimba huru akaita mbiru dzomuti womuorivhi, dzine mativi mana, 34nemakonhi maviri omuti womusipuresi; mahwendefa ose ari maviri egonhi rimwe aipeteka, uye mahwendefa ose ari maviri erimwe aipetekawo. 35Akaveza makerubhi, miti yemichindwe, nemaruva akazaruka paari, uye akaanamira negoridhe rakaenzaniswa pamusoro pezvakavezwa.
36Akavaka ruvazhe rwomukati nemitsara mitatu yamatombo akavezwa uye mutsara mumwe wematanda emisidhari.
37Mugore rechina nheyo yeimba yaBaba vedu yakateyiwa, mumwedzi weZivhi. 38Imba yakapera mugore regumi nerimwe, mumwedzi weBhuri, mwedzi worusere, mukati mezvinhu zvose sezvakanga zvarongwa. Akaivaka kwemakore manomwe.