2 Yeziganeko 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹USolomon unyana kaDavide wakuqinisa ukubambelela kwakhe ebukumkanini bakhe; uBawo wethu wayenaye, emenza mkhulu kunene.

²USolomon wathetha kuSirayeli wonke—kubathetheli-waka nabathetheli-khulu, nabagwebi, nakuzo zonke izikhulu zakwaSirayeli, iintloko zezindlu zooyise. ³Baya ke uSolomon nesikhungu sonke esigangeni esiseGibheyon, apho yayikhona intente yokuhlangana kaBawo wethu, awayenza entlango uMoses umkhonzi kaBawo wethu. ⁴Kodwa yona ityeya kaBawo wethu uDavide wayeyinyusile eKiriyati-yeharim, wayisa endaweni awayilungiselayo, kuba wayeyimisele intente eYerusalem. ⁵Isibingelelo sobhedu awasenzayo uBhetsaleli unyana kaUri, unyana kaHuri, sasilapho phambi komnquba kaBawo wethu; waza ke uSolomon nesikhungu bamfuna khona uBawo wethu. ⁶USolomon wenyuka waya kwisibingelelo sobhedu phambi koBawo wethu ententeni yokuhlangana, wanyusa phezu kwaso iwaka lamadini anyukayo.

⁷Ngobo busuku uBawo wethu wabonakala kuSolomon, wathi kuye: “Cela into endonikunika yona.”

⁸Wathi uSolomon kuBawo wethu: “Wena wamenzela inceba enkulu uDavide ubawo, wandimisa ukumkani esikhundleni sakhe. ⁹Kaloku, Bawo, zalisa intetho yakho kubawo uDavide, kuba undimise ukumkani phezu kwabantu abaninzi ngangothuli lomhlaba. ¹⁰Ndinike ngoku ubulumko nokwazi, ndibe nokubakhokela aba bantu, kuba ngubani na onokuba nako ukulawula isizwe sakho esikhulu kangaka?”

¹¹Wathi uBawo wethu kuSolomon: “Ngenxa yokuba oku bekusentliziyweni yakho—akuzicelelanga butyebi, nezinto zixabisekileyo, nozuko, nabomi beentshaba zakho, akuzicelelanga nemihla emininzi, koko uzicelele ubulumko nokwazi, ukuze ubalawule abantu bam endikumise ukumkani phezu kwabo, ¹²ubulumko nokwazi uyakunikwa. Kananjalo ndokunika ubutyebi, nezinto ezixabisekileyo, nozuko, obungazange bube nabo ukumkani owayengaphambi kwakho, kungayi kubakho namnye oya kuba nabo emva kwakho.”

¹³Waza ke uSolomon wemka esigangeni esiseGibheyon, wemka phambi kwentente yokuhlangana, waya eYerusalem, walawula phezu kukaSirayeli.

¹⁴USolomon wahlanganisa amahashe akhwelwayo neenqwelo zokulwa; waba neenqwelo zokulwa eziliwaka elinamakhulu amane, namahashe akhwelwayo angamawaka alishumi elinamabini, awazibeka emizini yeenqwelo zokulwa, nakukumkani eYerusalem. ¹⁵EYerusalem ukumkani wasenza isilivere negolide yaba njengamatye; imisedare yona wayenza yaba mininzi njengemithombe esesihlanjeni. ¹⁶Amahashe kaSolomon ayevela eYiputa naseKuwe; abarhwebi bokumkani babewathenga eKuwe ngexabiso lentengiso. ^a a v16 IKuwe yayilingingqi elikule ndawo ngoku kuthiwa yiTurkey esezantsi, eyayixatyiswa elizweni lamandulo ngenxa yamahashe ayo. ¹⁷Babethenga inqwelo yokulwa eYiputa ngeeshekele zesilivere ezingamakhulu amathandathu, ihashe balithenge ngekhulu elinamanci mahlanu; ngayo kanjalo le ndlela bezithuthela kookumkani bonke bamaHeti nookumkani bama-Aram.