Ityeya Ingena Endlwini kaBawo wethu
Ityeya ingeniswa endlwini egqityiweyo, ibekwe ngaphantsi kwamaphiko eekerubhi. Xa abavutheli bamaxilongo neemvumi besenza isandi esinye — uBawo wethu ulungile, uthando lwakhe lomnqophiso luhlala ngonaphakade — ilifu lizalisa indlu, baze ababingeleli bangabi nako ukuma bakhonze kuyo.
5 1USolomon wawugqiba wonke umsebenzi wendlu kaBawo wethu. Waza wazingenisa izinto ezingcwalisiweyo zikayise uDavide, isilivere negolide, neempahla zonke, wazibeka endaweni yobuncwane bendlu kaBawo wethu.
2Waza uSolomon wawahlanganisa eYerusalem onke amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli, kunye neentloko zezizwe zonke, nezikhulu zezindlu zooyise bakwaSirayeli, ukuze banyuse ityeya yomnqophiso kaBawo wethu, bayikhuphe emzini kaDavide, ekwayiZiyon. 3Ahlanganisana ke onke amadoda akwaSirayeli phambi kokumkani emthendelekweni ngenyanga yesixhenxe. a a v3 Umthendeleko wenyanga yesixhenxe nguMthendeleko weMinquba, umbhiyozo omkhulu wokuvuna kwasekwindla kwamaSirayeli. 4Akuba efikile onke amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli, abaLevi bayithwala ityeya. 5Ababingeleli nabaLevi banyusa ityeya, nentente yokuhlangana, nazo zonke iimpahla ezingcwele ezazikuyo. 6Ukumkani uSolomon nebandla lonke lamaSirayeli elalihlanganisene phambi kwakhe, baba phambi kwetyeya, bebingelela impahla emfutshane neenkomo ezazingenakubalwa, zingenakulinganiswa ngobuninzi. 7Ababingeleli bayingenisa ityeya yomnqophiso kaBawo wethu endaweni yayo, kwigumbi elingaphakathi lendlu, engcweleni kangcwele, ngaphantsi kwamaphiko eekerubhi. 8Kuba iikerubhi zawolula amaphiko azo phezu kwendawo yetyeya, zayigubungela ityeya kwanezibonda zayo ngaphezulu. 9Zazizide izibonda ngangokuba iincam zazo zibonakale zivela etyeyeni phambi kwendawo yezihlabo, kodwa zingabonakali ngaphandle; zisekhona apho unanamhla. 10Kwakungekho nto etyeyeni, ngaphandle kwamacwecwe amabini awawabeka khona uMoses eHorebhe, oko uBawo wethu wanqophisana namaSirayeli ekuphumeni kwawo eYiputa.
11Baza baphuma ababingeleli engcweleni. (Bonke ababingeleli ababelapho babezingcwalisile, nokuba kungakuphi ukwahlulahlulwa kwabo, b b v11 Ababingeleli babekhonza ngamaqela aphatheke ngokuphendukelana abizwa ngokuba kukwahlulwa, ngalinye linikwe iveki yalo ekhalendeni letempile. 12nazo zonke iimvumi zabaLevi, uAsafu, uHeman, uYedutun, noonyana babo nabazalwana babo, bemi ngasempumalanga kwesibingelelo benxibe ilinen ecikizekileyo, bebetha amacangci, neehadi, nemirhubhe, benekhulu elinamanci mabini abangcwaleli abavuthela ngamaxilongo). 13Abavutheli bamaxilongo neemvumi, bebandakanyiwe njenganoda-nye, badumisa bambonga uBawo wethu ngazwi-nye, baza beliphakamisa ilizwi labo ngamaxilongo, nangamacangci, nangeenye izixhobo, bamdumisa besithi: “Ulungile; inceba yakho ihlala ingunaphakade.” Laza ilifu lazalisa indlu kaBawo wethu, 14ababa nako ababingeleli ukuma balungiselele ngenxa yelifu, kuba indlu kaBawo wethu yayizele bubuqaqawuli bukaBawo wethu.
