1 Yookumkani 11 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

11 ¹Ukumkani uSolomon wathanda amankazana amaninzi angaphandle, ngaphandle kwintombi kaFaro—amaMowabhi, nama-Amon, namaEdom, namaTsidon, namaHeti,

²angabeentlanga awathi uBawo wethu koonyana bakaSirayeli: “Nize ningendiselani nazo, nazo zingendiselani nani, kuba ziya kuzijika ngokuqinisekileyo iintliziyo zenu zilandele oothixo bazo.” USolomon wanamathela kuwo ngothando.

³Wayenabafazi abangamakhosazana abangamakhulu asixhenxe, namashweshwe angamakhulu amathathu; yaza intliziyo yakhe yajika ngabafazi bakhe. ⁴Kwathi uSolomon akuba mdala, abafazi bakhe bayijikela intliziyo yakhe koothixo bambi; intliziyo yakhe ayabanga iphelele kuBawo wethu, njengokuba yayinjalo eyakhe uDavide uyise. ⁵USolomon walandela uAshtoreti uthixokazi wamaTsidon, noMilkom isikizi lama-Amon. ⁶USolomon wenza okubi emehlweni kaBawo wethu, akamlandela ngokupheleleyo uBawo wethu, njengokuba wenzayo uyise uDavide. ⁷Waza uSolomon wakha isiganga entabeni engasempumalanga kwiYerusalem kaKemoshe, isikizi likaMowabhi, nakuMoleki, isikizi lama-Amon. ⁸Wenjenjalo ke kubo bonke abafazi bakhe bangaphandle, ababeqhumisela, bebingelela koothixo babo.

⁹Wamqumbela uBawo wethu uSolomon, ngokuba intliziyo yakhe yayiphambukile kuBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, owabonakala kuye izihlandlo zazibini, ¹⁰wamwisela umthetho ngayo kanye le nto, ukuba angalandeli oothixo bambi. Kodwa akakugcinanga oko wakuwiselayo uBawo wethu.

¹¹Waza uBawo wethu wathi kuSolomon: “Ngenxa yokuba le yindlela yakho, ungawugcinanga umnqophiso wam nemimiselo yam endakuwisela yona, ngokuqinisekileyo ndiya kubukrazula kuwe ubukumkani, ndibunike umkhonzi wakho.

¹²“Kodwa oku andiyi kukwenza ngexesha losaphila, ngenxa kaDavide uyihlo; ndiya kubukrazula ubukumkani esandleni sonyana wakho. ¹³Noko ubukumkani bonke andiyi kubuhlutha; unyana wakho ndomnika isizwe esinye, ngenxa kaDavide umkhonzi wam neyeYerusalem endayinyulayo.”

UBawo Wethu Uvusa uHadade

¹⁴Waza uBawo wethu wamvusela uSolomon utshaba: uHadade umEdom, owomlibo wokumkani kwelamaEdom. ¹⁵Xa uDavide wayesilwa namaEdom, uYowabhi umthetheli womkhosi enyukele kungcwaba abafileyo, uYowabhi ebewabulele onke amadoda kwelamaEdom. ¹⁶(UYowabhi namaSirayeli onke bahlala khona iinyanga ezintandathu, wada wawanqumla onke amadoda kwelamaEdom.). ¹⁷Ke uHadade wabalekela eYiputa kunye namanye amaEdom kubakhonzi bakayise; uHadade ebeselenkwenkwana encinane. ¹⁸Banduluka eMidiyan, baya eParan, bathabatha amadoda eParan, baya eYiputa, kuFaro ukumkani waseYiputa, owathi wamnika uHadade indlu, nokudla, nomhlaba. ¹⁹UHadade wababalwa kakhulu emehlweni kaFaro, waza wamnika udade womkakhe, udade bokumkanikazi uTapenesi. ²⁰Udade boTapenes wamzalela unyana, uGenubhati, owathi uTapenesi wamlumla endlwini kaFaro; uGenubhati wahlala khona phakathi koonyana bakaFaro. ²¹Kwathi uHadade akuva eseYiputa ukuba uDavide ulele kooyise, noYowabhi umthetheli womkhosi efile, wathi kuFaro: “Mandihambe, ndibuyele ezweni lam.”

²²Wathi uFaro: “Yintoni na oyisweleyo apha, le nto uthi ngoku ufuna ukuya ezweni lakho?” Waphendula: “Akukho nto, kodwa khawundiyeke mandihambe.”

²³UBawo wethu wamvusela nolunye utshaba uSolomon: uRezon unyana ka-Eliyada, owabaleka enkosini yakhe uHadadezere ukumkani weTsobha. ²⁴Wahlanganisa amadoda, waba ngumphathi wamatutu emva kokuba uDavide ewabulele amadoda aseTsobha. Baya eDamasko, bahlala khona, bamenza ukumkani eDamasko. ²⁵URezon wamchasa uSirayeli yonke imihla kaSolomon, wongeza ebubini awabenzayo noHadade; wamthiya uSirayeli, waba ngukumkani kuma-Aram.

UYarobheham Uphakamisa Isandla Sakhe

²⁶NoYarobheham unyana kaNebhati, umEfrayim waseTsereda, umkhonzi kaSolomon, unina owayengumhlolokazi ogama belinguTseruwa, naye waphakamisa isandla ngokumkani. ²⁷Sesi isizathu sokuphakamisa kwakhe isandla sakhe ukumkani: USolomon wakha iMilo, wavingca utyhobozo emzini kaDavide uyise. ²⁸UYarobheham ebeyindoda enobunkunkqele kakhulu; wathi uSolomon akubona loo mfana ukuba usebenze kanzima, wammisa phezu kwabo bonke abafakwa uviko bendlu kaYosefu. ²⁹Ngelo xesha waphuma eYerusalem uYarobheham, waza uAhiya waseShilo, umprofeti, wamkhawulela endleleni. UAhiya ebethe wambu ingubo entsha, baye bebabini bodwa endle. ³⁰Waza uAhiya wayibamba ingubo entsha ebethe wambu ngayo, wayikrazula yangamaqhekeza alishumi elinamabini.

³¹Wathi kuYarobheham: “Zithabathele amaqhekeza alishumi, kuba utsho uBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi: ‘Yabona, ndiza kubukrazula ubukumkani esandleni sikaSolomon, ndikunike izizwe ezilishumi.

³²“Kodwa isizwe esinye siya kusala sisesakhe, ngenxa yomkhonzi wam uDavide nangenxa yeYerusalem, umzi endawunyulayo kuzo zonke izizwe zakwaSirayeli. ³³Ndiya kukwenza oku ngenxa yokuba bandishiyile, baqubuda kuAshtoreti uthixokazi wamaTsidon, noKemoshe uthixo kaMowabhi, noMilkom uthixo wama-Amon, abahamba ngeendlela zam—besenza okulungileyo emehlweni am, begcina imimiselo yam namasiko am—njengokuba wenzayo uyise uDavide.

³⁴Kodwa andiyi kububuthabatha bonke ubukumkani esandleni sakhe; ndiya kumenza ahlale engumlawuli ubomi bakhe bonke, ngenxa kaDavide umkhonzi wam, endamnyulayo, owagcina imiyalelo yam nemimiselo yam. ³⁵Kodwa ndiya kububuthabatha ubukumkani esandleni sonyana wakhe, ndibunike wena—izizwe ezilishumi. ³⁶Kodwa unyana wakhe ndiya kumnika isizwe esinye, ukuze uDavide umkhonzi wam abe nesibane ngamaxesha onke phambi kwam eYerusalem, umzi endawunyulayo ukuba ndibeke khona igama lam. ^a a v36 Nasekugwebeni, uBawo wethu ugcina isibane sivutha ngenxa yomlibo kaDavide—ukukhanya okungaqamkanga akulindayo kude kuse kuYesu, uNyana kaDavide ekungazimiyo kuye loo mlibo. ³⁷Ndiya kukuthabatha wena, uya kulawula phezu kwako konke okunqwenelwa yintliziyo yakho; uya kuba ngukumkani kwaSirayeli. ³⁸Ukuba uthe wakuthobela konke endikuwiselayo, wahamba ngeendlela zam, wenza okulungileyo emehlweni am ngokugcina imimiselo yam nemiyalelo yam njengokuba wenzayo uDavide umkhonzi wam, ndiya kuba nawe, ndikwakhele indlu ezinzileyo, njengoko ndamakhelayo uDavide, ndikunike uSirayeli. ³⁹Ndiya kuzisa iintsizi phezu kwenzala kaDavide ngenxa yoku, kodwa kungabi ngunaphakade.’”

⁴⁰Ngenxa yoko uSolomon wafuna ukumbulala uYarobheham; kodwa wasuka uYarobheham wabalekela eYiputa, waya kuShishaki ukumkani waseYiputa, wahlala apho de wafa uSolomon.

USolomon Ulala Kooyise

⁴¹Ezinye izinto zikaSolomon, nako konke awakwenzayo, nobulumko bakhe, azibhalwanga na encwadini yezenzo zikaSolomon? ⁴²Ixesha uSolomon awayengukumkani ngalo eYerusalem kumaSirayeli onke laba yiminyaka engamashumi mane. ⁴³Walala ke uSolomon kooyise, wangcwatyelwa emzini kaDavide uyise; waza uRehabheham unyana wakhe waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.