1 Yookumkani 9 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

9 ¹Wathi uSolomon akugqiba ukwakha indlu kaBawo wethu, nebhotwe lobukumkani, nako konke abenqwenela ukukwenza, ²uBawo wethu wabonakala kuye okwesibini, njengoko abebonakele kuye eGibheyon.

³Wathi uBawo wethu kuye: “Ndiwuvile umthandazo wakho nesikhungo sakho osenze phambi kwam. Ndiyingcwalisile le ndlu uyakhileyo, ukuba ndibeke igama lam khona ngonaphakade; amehlo am nentliziyo yam zoba khona amaxesha onke. ⁴Wena ke, ukuba uthe wahamba phambi kwam njengoko wahambayo uyihlo uDavide, ngentliziyo epheleleyo nangokugqibeleleyo, usenza konke endakuwisela umthetho ngako, ugcina imimiselo yam namasiko am, ⁵ndoyimisa itrone yakho yobukumkani phezu kukaSirayeli ngonaphakade, njengoko ndamthembisayo uDavide uyihlo, ndisithi: ‘Akuyi kusweleka ndoda isetroneni kaSirayeli.’

⁶“Kodwa ukuba nithe nina, nokanye abantwana benu, naguquka kum, nangayigcina imithetho namasiko endaninika wona, naya nikhonza thixo bambi, naqubuda kubo, ⁷ndiya kumnqumla uSirayeli kweli lizwe ndabanika lona, ndiyilahle ebusweni bam le tempile ndayingcwalisela igama lam; uSirayeli woba ngumzekeliso nentlekisa phakathi kwezizwe zonke. ⁸Le ndlu yoba yincithakalo; bonke abadlulayo bothi nqa babethe umlozi, besithi: ‘Yini na ukuba uNdikhoyo enjenje kweli lizwe nakule ndlu?’ ⁹Baya kuthi: ‘Kungenxa yokuba bamlahla uNdikhoyo uThixo wabo, owabakhuphayo ooyise ezweni laseYiputa, babamba thixo bambi, baqubuda kubo, babakhonza—kungoko uNdikhoyo abazisele bonke obu bubi.’”

Imizi kaSolomon, Abafakwa Uviko, Neenqanawa

¹⁰Emva kweminyaka engamashumi amabini, uSolomon wayezakhile ezo zindlu zimbini—indlu kaBawo wethu nebhotwe lobukumkani. ¹¹UHiram ukumkani waseTire wayemnike uSolomon imisedare, nemisipres, negolide ngangokuthanda kwakhe; ukumkani uSolomon wamnika uHiram imizi engamashumi amabini kwelaseGalili. ¹²UHiram weza evela eTire ukuza kuyibona imizi awayinikwa nguSolomon, kodwa ayizange imkholise. ¹³Wathi: “Yimizi enjani na le undinike yona, mnakwenu?” Ngenxa yoko wayibiza ngokuthi lilizwe lamaKabhuli, kude kube namhla. ^a a v13 IKabhuli ivakala njengegama lesiHebhere elithi “efana nokungento” okanye “engelutho” — isigwebo esikrakra sikaHiram ngaloo mizi. ¹⁴UHiram wayethumele kukumkani ikhulu elinamanci amabini eetalente zegolide.

¹⁵Nguwo lo ummiselo wabafakwa uviko ukumkani uSolomon awabaqokelelayo ukuba bakhe indlu kaBawo wethu, nebhotwe lakhe, neMilo, nodonga lwaseYerusalem, neHatsore, neMegido, neGezere. ¹⁶UFaro ukumkani waseYiputa wayenyukile, wayithimba iGezere, wayitshisa, wawabulala abemi bayo amaKanan, wayinika njengesithembiso intombi yakhe, umfazi kaSolomon. ¹⁷Ngoko uSolomon wayakha kwakhona iGezere, neBhete-horon yasezantsi, ¹⁸neBhahalata, neTamare entlango, kweli lizwe, ¹⁹nayo yonke imizi kaSolomon yovimba, imizi yeenqwelo zakhe zokulwa nabamahashe bakhe, nako konke abenqwenela ukukwakha eYerusalem, naseLebhanon, nakwilizwe lonke abelilawula. ²⁰Bonke abaseleyo kuma-Amori, namaHeti, namaPerizi, namaHivi, namaYebhusi, abangengabo oonyana bakaSirayeli, ²¹uSolomon wabaqokelela abantwana babo abaseleyo emva kwabo kwelo lizwe, abo oonyana bakaSirayeli ababengenako ukubasingela phantsi, ukuba babe ngabafakwa uviko—njengoko benjalo kude kube namhla. ²²Ke uSolomon akazenzanga makhoboka oonyana bakaSirayeli; babe ngamadoda akhe omkhosi, nabakhonzi bakhe, nabathetheli bakhe, nabaphathi-mikhosi bakhe, nabaphathi beenqwelo zakhe zokulwa, nabamahashe bakhe. ²³Ngabo aba abathetheli abakhulu ababephethe umsebenzi kaSolomon: amakhulu amahlanu anamashumi amahlanu, ababongamele abasebenzi.

²⁴Yathi intombi kaFaro isakuduka emzini kaDavide, isiya endlwini uSolomon abeyakhele yona, waza wayakha iMilo.

²⁵Kathathu ngomnyaka uSolomon wanikela amadini anyukayo namadini oxolo esibingelelweni abesakhele uBawo wethu, eqhumisela phambi kwakhe ndawonye namadini. Ngoko wayigqiba indlu.

²⁶Ukumkani uSolomon wenza neenqanawa e-Etsiyon-gebhere, kufuphi ne-Elote ngaselunxwemeni loLwandle oluBomvu, ezweni lakwaEdom. ²⁷UHiram wathuma abakhonzi bakhe nesinqanawa, abazi-nqanawa ababelwazi ulwandle, ndawonye nabakhonzi bakaSolomon. ²⁸Baya kwaOfire, bathabatha khona igolide eyiitalente ezingamakhulu amane anamashumi amabini, bayizisa kukumkani uSolomon.