Areka Inopinda muImba yaBaba
Areka inotakurwa ichipinzwa muimba yapera yoiswa pasi pamapapiro emakerubhi. Varidzi vehwamanda nevaimbi pavanoita inzwi rimwe — Baba vedu vakanaka, rudo rwavo rwesungano runogara nokusingaperi — gore rinozadza imba, uye vapristi havagoni kumira kuti vashumire mairi.
5 1Soromoni akapedza basa rose reimba yaBaba vedu. Ipapo akapinza zvinhu zvakanga zvatsaurwa nababa vake Dhavhidhi—sirivha, goridhe, nemidziyo yose—akazviisa mumakamuri okuchengetera emba yaBaba vedu.
2Ipapo Soromoni akaunganidza vakuru vaIsraeri, navakuru vose vamarudzi, navatungamiri vemhuri dzamadzitateguru avaIsraeri muJerusarema, kuti vakwidze areka yesungano yaBaba vedu ichibva muGuta raDhavhidhi, rinonziwo Zioni. 3Saka varume vose vaIsraeri vakaungana pamberi pamambo pamutambo womwedzi wechinomwe. a a v3 Mutambo womwedzi wechinomwe ndiwo Mutambo weMisasa, mutambo mukuru wavaIsraeri wokupemberera kukohwa kwematsutso. 4Vakuru vose vaIsraeri vakati vasvika, vaRevhi vakasimudza areka. 5Vapristi navaRevhi vakakwidza areka, netende rokusanganira, nemidziyo yose mitsvene yaiva mairi. 6Mambo Soromoni neungano yose yaIsraeri yakanga yaungana pamberi pake vakamira pamberi peareka, vachibayira makwai nemombe zvizhinji kwazvo zvaisagona kuverengwa kana kuwerengwa. 7Vapristi vakauya neareka yesungano yaBaba vedu panzvimbo yayo, munzvimbo yomukati yeimba, muNzvimbo Tsvene-tsvene, pasi pamapapiro amakerubhi. 8Nokuti makerubhi akanga akatambanudza mapapiro awo pamusoro penzvimbo yeareka, achifukidza areka namapango ayo kubva kumusoro. 9Mapango acho akanga akareba zvokuti miromo yawo yaionekwa ichibva kuareka pamberi penzvimbo yomukati, asi aisaonekwa kunze; achiripo kusvikira nhasi. 10Muareka makanga musina chinhu kunze kwamahwendefa maviri akaiswamo naMozisi paHorebhi, apo Baba vedu vakaita sungano navaIsraeri pavakabuda muIjipiti.
11Ipapo vapristi vakabuda munzvimbo tsvene. (Vapristi vose vakanga varipo vakanga vazvitsvenesa, pasinei nemapoka avo, b b v11 Vapristi vaishanda mumapoka ebasa aichinjana ainzi mapoka, rimwe nerimwe raipiwa vhiki yakatarwa mukarenda yetemberi. 12navaimbi vose vaRevhi—Asafi, Hemani, Jedhutuni, navanakomana vavo nehama dzavo—vakamira kumabvazuva kwearitari vakapfeka micheka yakaisvonaka, vachiridza makandira, nemidimbwa, nembira, pamwe chete navapristi zana namakumi maviri vairidza hwamanda.). 13Varidzi vehwamanda navaimbi, vakabatana, vakarumbidza vakavonga Baba vedu nenzwi rimwe—vachisimudza manzwi avo pamwe chete nehwamanda, makandira, nezviridzwa, vakavarumbidza vachiti: “Vakanaka; rudo rwavo rwesungano runogara nokusingaperi.” Ipapo gore rakazadza imba yaBaba vedu, 14zvokuti vapristi vakatadza kumira kuti vashumire nokuda kwegore, nokuti kubwinya kwaBaba vedu kwakazadza imba yaBaba vedu.