Indlu yeGama likaBawo wethu

UHiram waseTire, owayemthanda uDavide, uthumela imithi nabakhi bendlu yegama likaBawo wethu; uSolomon uthumela ingqolowa neoli ngembuyekezo, baza ookumkani bobabini benza umnqophiso. Ukuze baqingqe baze bakuthwale konke oku, uSolomon ufaka amaSirayeli angamashumi amawaka phantsi kweviko, bekhululana.

Isahluko 5.

UHiram ukumkani waseTire weva ukuba uSolomon uthanjisiwe waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sikayise, waza wathumela abakhonzi kuye, kuba uHiram wayesoloko emthanda uDavide. Waza uSolomon wathumela eli lizwi kuHiram: Uyazi ukuba uDavide ubawo akabanga nako ukwakha indlu yegama likaBawo wethu, ngenxa yeemfazwe ezazimngqongile ngeenxa zonke, wada uBawo wethu wazibeka iintshaba zakhe phantsi kweentende zeenyawo zakhe. Kodwa ngoku uBawo wethu undiphumzile ngeenxa zonke; akukho tshaba, akukho ntlekele.

Ndinentliziyo yokwakhela indlu igama likaBawo wam, njengoko uBawo wethu wamthembisayo uDavide ubawo, esithi: “Unyana wakho, endiya kumbeka etroneni yakho esikhundleni sakho, nguye oya kulakhela indlu igama lam.”

Ngoko ndigawulele imisedare eLebhanon. Abakhonzi bam baya kusebenza kunye nabakhonzi bakho; ndokurhola nawuphi na umvuzo owumiselayo, kuba uyazi ukuba akukho namnye kuthi ogawula imithi njengamaTsidon.

Akuweva amazwi kaSolomon, uHiram wavuya kakhulu, wathi: “Makabongwe uNdikhoyo namhlanje, omnike uDavide unyana osisilumko phezu kwaba bantu baninzi kangaka.” UHiram wathumela kuSolomon: “Ndilivile ilizwi lakho; ndoyenza yonke into oyifunayo ngemithi yemisedare neyemisipres. Abakhonzi bam baya kuyihlisa imiqadi iphuma eLebhanon ise elwandle, ndize ke ndiyintshileze njengezihlenga elwandle ise endaweni oya kuyimisela, ndize ndiyityatye apho, wena uze uyithabathe. Wena uze wenze oko ndikunqwenelayo, ngokunika indlu yam ukudla.”

Ngoko uHiram wamnika uSolomon yonke imithi yemisedare neyemisipres awayeyinqwenela, waza uSolomon wamnika uHiram iikore ezimakhulu makhulu mabini aneekulu amabini zengqolowa yokudla kwendlu yakhe, neekore ezilikhulu elinamanci mabini zeoli engqushiweyo, iminyaka ngeminyaka. UBawo wethu wamnika uSolomon ubulumko, njengoko wayethembisile. Kwabakho uxolo phakathi koHiram noSolomon, benza nomnqophiso bobabini.

Ukumkani uSolomon waphakamisa umkhosi kumaSirayeli onke, abafakwa uviko; waza loo mkhosi waba ngamadoda angamashumi amathathu amawaka. Wawathuma eLebhanon amashumi alishumi amawaka inyanga nenyanga ngokwamaqela—inyanga enye bekhona, iinyanga ezimbini besekhaya. UAdoniram wayephethe abo bafakwa uviko. USolomon wayenamashumi asixhenxe amawaka awayethwala imithwalo, namashumi asibhozo amawaka awayeqingqa amatye ezintabeni, ngaphandle kwabathetheli bakaSolomon abangamakhulu amathathu anamakhulu mathathu ababongamela loo msebenzi, bekhokela abantu abawenzayo. Ngokomlomo wokumkani baqingqa amatye amakhulu anqabileyo, ukuze babeke useko lwendlu ngamatye aqingqiweyo. Abakhi bakaSolomon, nabakaHiram, nabakwaGebhali, baqingqa balungisa imithi namatye ukuze bakhe indlu.