Isiza Sixeliwe; UDavide Ulungiselela iTempile

UDavide ulibiza elo sanda ngokuba yindawo yendlu kaBawo wethu, aze achithe amandla akhe okugqibela eqokelela amatye, isinyithi, ubhedu nemisedare ngenxa yonyana oselula ongekazihlolwa. Uthetha ngokuphandle isizathu sokuba angakwazi ukuyakha ngokwakhe: uphalaze igazi elininzi kakhulu.

Isahluko 22.

Wathi uDavide: “Yiyo le indlu kaBawo wethu, sesi isibingelelo sedini elinyukayo lakwaSirayeli.”

UDavide wagunyazisa ukuba kuhlanganiswe abaphambukeli abakwaSirayeli, waza wamisa iingcibi zamatye ukuba ziqingqe amatye alungisiweyo okuyakha indlu kaBawo wethu. UDavide wagalela isinyithi esininzi sezikhonkxo zeengcango zamasango, nesezibopho, nobhedu obuninzi obungenakulinganiswa, nemisedare engenakubalwa, kuba amaTsidon nabaseTire babezisela uDavide imisedare ngokuninzi. Kuba uDavide wathi: “Unyana wam uSolomon uselula engekaqheleki, ke indlu eyakhelwa uBawo wethu ize ibe nkulu ngenene, ibaluleke, izukeke kumazwe onke. Mandiyilungiselele.” Ngoko ke uDavide wabeka imiphako emininzi engekafi.

Waza wambizela kuye uSolomon unyana wakhe, wamwisela umthetho wokwakha indlu kaBawo wethu wakwaSirayeli. UDavide wathi kuSolomon: “Nyana wam, bendinentliziyweni yam ukwakha indlu yegama likaBawo wam.

Lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kum, lisithi: ‘Uphalaze igazi elininzi, walwa iimfazwe ezinkulu. Akuyi kulakhela igama lam indlu, ngenxa yokuba uphalaze igazi elininzi kangaka emhlabeni phambi kwam.’

Kuya kuzalwa unyana kuwe, indoda yokuphumla; ndiya kumnika ukuphumla kuzo zonke iintshaba zakhe ezimjikelezileyo. Igama lakhe uya kuba nguSolomon; ndiya kunika amaSirayeli uxolo nokuphumla ngemihla yakhe. ^a Yena uya kwakha indlu yegama lam. Uya kuba ngunyana wam, nam ndibe nguyise. Ndiya kuyiqinisa itrone yobukumkani bakhe phezu kwamaSirayeli ngonaphakade. Ngoku ke, nyana wam, uBawo wethu makabe nawe, ukuze uphumelele ekwakheni indlu kaBawo wakho, njengoko watshoyo ngawe. Kodwa, uBawo wethu makakunike ubulumko nengqondo, akumise ukuba uphathe amaSirayeli, ukuze uwugcine umyalelo kaBawo wakho. Wophumelela ke, ukuba uyigcine ngenyameko imimiselo namasiko awamwisela uMoses uBawo wethu ngenxa yamaSirayeli. Yomelela, ukhaliphe. Musa ukoyika, ungaqhiphuki mbilini. Yabona, ngomsebenzi omkhulu ndiyilungiselele indlu kaBawo wethu igolide ephantse yabe ngamakhulu asixhenxe eetalente zamawaka, nesilivere eziitalente ezingamawaka angamakhulu asixhenxe, nobhedu nesinyithi obungenakulinganiswa—buninzi kangaka. Ndilungiselele nemithi namatye; ungongeza kuwo. Unabasebenzi abaninzi: iingcibi zamatye, nabakhi, neengcibi zemithi, nazo zonke izilumko ezinobuchule kuwo wonke umsebenzi. Ezinobuchule begolide, nesilivere, nobhedu, nesinyithi obungenakubalwa. Suk' ume usebenze; uBawo wethu makabe nawe.”

UDavide wabawisela umthetho nazo zonke izikhulu zakwaSirayeli ukuba zincede uSolomon unyana wakhe, esithi:

“UBawo wenu akakho na nani? Akaninikanga na ukuphumla ngeenxa zonke? Kuba uwanikele esandleni sam abantu belizwe, lathotywa ke ilizwe phambi koBawo wethu nabantu bakhe. Ngoku ke beka intliziyo yakho nomphefumlo wakho ukuba umfune uBawo wakho. Suk' ume, wakhe ingcwele kaBawo wethu, ukuze uyingenise ityeya yomnqophiso wakhe nempahla yakhe engcwele kuloo ndlu eyakhelwe igama lakhe.”