1 Yeziganeko 28 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

28 ¹UDavide wawahlanganisa eJerusalem onke amagosa akwaSirayeli: abathetheli bezizwe, nabathetheli bemikhosi ekhonza ukumkani, nabathetheli-waka nabathetheli-khulu, nabaphathi bempahla yonke nemfuyo kakumkani neyoonyana bakhe, kunye nezikhulu zasebhotwe, namagorha, namadoda onke anobukroti. ²Ukumkani uDavide wesuka wema ngeenyawo zakhe, wathi: “Ndiphulaphuleni, bazalwana bam nani bantu bam. Ndandinentliziyo yokwakhela ityeya yomnqophiso kaBawo wethu indlu yokuphumla, isihlalo seenyawo zakhe, ndaza ndalungiselela ukuyakha. ³Kodwa uBawo wethu wathi kum: ‘Akuyi kwakha indlu egameni lam, ngokuba uyindoda yokulwa ophalaze igazi.’ ⁴Kodwa uBawo wethu kaSirayeli wandinyula, kuyo yonke indlu kabawo, ukuba ndibe ngukumkani phezu kukaSirayeli ngonaphakade. Kuba uBawo wethu wanyula uYuda ukuba akhokele, naphakathi kwendlu kaYuda, wanyula indlu kabawo; kananjalo koonyana bakabawo wakholwa kukundenza ukumkani phezu kwamaSirayeli onke. ⁵Koonyana bam bonke—kuba uBawo wethu undinike abaninzi—wanyula uSolomon unyana wam ukuba ahlale etroneni yobukumkani bukaBawo wethu phezu kukaSirayeli. ⁶Wathi kum: ‘USolomon unyana wakho uya kwakha indlu yam neentendelezo zam, kuba ndimnyule ukuba abe ngunyana wam, yaye ndoba nguyise.’ ⁷Ndobuzinzisa ubukumkani bakhe ngonaphakade, ukuba uthe womelela ekuyigcineni imithetho yam namasiko am, njengoko esenza namhlanje.

⁸“Ngoko ke ngoku, phambi kukaSirayeli wonke, ibandla likaBawo wethu, yena esiva, yigcineni niyifune yonke imithetho kaBawo wenu, ukuze nilidle ilifa eli lizwe lihle, nilishiyele abantwana benu abeza emva kwenu ngonaphakade. ⁹Wena, Solomon nyana wam, mazi uThixo kayihlo, umkhonze ngentliziyo epheleleyo nangengqondo evumayo—kuba uBawo wethu uziphengulula zonke iintliziyo, eqonda onke amacebo neengcinga. Ukuba uyamfuna uya kumfumana; ukuba uyamlahla wokulahla ngonaphakade. ¹⁰Khangela ke, njengokuba uBawo wethu ekunyule ukuba wakhe indlu yengcwele. Yomelela, wenze.”

¹¹UDavide wanika uSolomon unyana wakhe umfanekiso wevaranda yetempile, nezakhiwo zayo, neendawo zayo zobuncwane, namagumbi ayo aphezulu, namagumbi ayo angaphakathi, negumbi lesihlalo sokucamagusha, ^a a v11 Isihlalo sokucamagusha sasisisigqubuthelo segolide eqinileyo setyeya yomnqophiso, esasisekhundleni Elingcwele Kangcwele, apho ubukho bukaThixo babuhlala khona. ¹²nomfanekiso wako konke abekucingile ngeentendelezo zendlu kaBawo wethu, nangamagumbi onke ajikelezileyo, nangeendawo zobuncwane zendlu yakhe, nangeendawo zobuncwane zezinto ezingcwalisiweyo; ¹³nangamaqela ababingeleli nabaLevi, nangawo wonke umsebenzi wenkonzo endlwini kaBawo wethu, nangazo zonke iimpahla zenkonzo endlwini yakhe. ¹⁴Wanika igolide ngokulinganiswa kwayo yonke impahla yegolide yenkonzo ngayo yonke, nesilivere ngokulinganiswa kwayo yonke impahla yesilivere yenkonzo ngayo yonke. ¹⁵nokulinganiswa kweziphatho zezibane zegolide nezibane zazo zegolide, ukulinganiswa kwegolide kuso ngasinye isiphatho sezibane nezibane zaso, nokulinganiswa kwesilivere kuso ngasinye isiphatho sezibane sesilivere nezibane zaso, ngokokusetyenziswa kweso naso isiphatho sezibane. ¹⁶nokulinganiswa kwegolide kuyo yonke itafile yezonka zokubonisa; nesilivere kuzo iitafile zesilivere. ^b b v16 Izonka zokubonisa (ezikwabizwa ngokuba zizonka zokubonisa) zazizonka ezingcwele ezilishumi elinazibini ezazibekwa phambi koThixo etafileni etempileni, zaza zatshintshwa ngababingeleli nge-sabatha nganye. ¹⁷neefolokhwe, nezitya zokutshiza, neenkamba, zegolide ecocekileyo; nokulinganiswa kulo lonke ukhamba lwegolide; nokulinganiswa kulo lonke ukhamba lwesilivere; ¹⁸negolide engcwengiweyo ngokulinganiswa kwayo yesibingelelo sesiqhumiso; negolide lomfanekiso wenqwelo—iikerubhi ezolule amaphiko azo, zayisithelisa ityeya yomnqophiso kaBawo wethu. ¹⁹“Konke oku,” watsho uDavide, “ndinako kubhaliwe ngesandla sikaBawo wethu, owandinika ukuqonda zonke iinkcukacha zomfanekiso.”

²⁰UDavide wathi kunyana wakhe uSolomon: “Yomelela ukhaliphe; wenze umsebenzi. Musa ukoyika, ungaqhiphuki mbilini, kuba uBawo wam unawe. Akayi kukuyekela, akayi kukushiya, ude ugqitywe wonke umsebenzi wenkonzo yendlu kaBawo wethu. ²¹Khangela—ababingeleli nabaLevi bahlulwe ngamaqela, belungele yonke inkonzo yendlu kaBawo wethu. Wonke umntu onobuchule novumayo uya kuba nawe kuwo wonke umsebenzi, kunye namagosa nabantu bonke, belulamela yonke imiyalelo yakho.”