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28 ¹UDavide wabuthela ndawonye eJerusalema zonke izikhulu zakwa-Israyeli: izikhulu zezizwe, izinduna zamaviyo asebenzela inkosi, izinduna zezinkulungwane nezamakhulu, abaphathi bempahla yonke nemfuyo yenkosi neyamadodana ayo, kanye nezikhulu zasebukhosini, namadoda anamandla, nawo wonke amaqhawe anesibindi. ²Inkosi uDavide yasukuma ngezinyawo zayo yathi: “Ngilaleleni, bafowethu nani bantu bami. Benginesifiso enhliziyweni yami sokwakha indlu yokuphumula yomphongolo wesivumelwano sikaBaba wethu, isenabelo sezinyawo zakhe, ngase ngilungiselela ukuyakha. ³Kodwa uBaba wethu wathi kimi: ‘Ngeke wakhele igama lami indlu, ngokuba uyindoda yempi echithe igazi.’ ⁴Nokho uBaba wethu ka-Israyeli wangikhetha, kuyo yonke indlu kababa, ukuba ngibuse phezu kuka-Israyeli kuze kube phakade. Ngokuba uBaba wethu wakhetha uJuda ukuba ahole, naphakathi kwendlu kaJuda wakhetha indlu kababa; naphakathi kwamadodana kababa wathokoza ukungenza inkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli wonke. ⁵Phakathi kwawo wonke amadodana ami—uBaba wethu unginike amaningi—wakhetha uSolomoni indodana yami ukuba ahlale esihlalweni sobukhosi sombuso kaBaba wethu phezu kuka-Israyeli. ⁶Wathi kimi: ‘USolomoni indodana yakho uyakwakha indlu yami namagceke ami, ngokuba ngimkhethile ukuba abe yindodana yami, mina ngibe nguyise.’ ⁷Ngiyakuwumisa umbuso wakhe kuze kube phakade uma eqinisela ukugcina imiyalo yami nezahlulelo zami, njengoba enza namuhla.

⁸“Ngakho-ke manje, phambi kuka-Israyeli wonke, ibandla likaBaba wethu, nasekuzweni kwakhe, gcinani nifune yonke imiyalo kaBaba wenu, ukuze nidle ifa laleli zwe elihle nilishiyele abantwana benu abazoza emva kwenu kuze kube phakade. ⁹Wena, Solomoni ndodana yami, mazi uNkulunkulu kayihlo, umkhonze ngenhliziyo ephelele nangengqondo evumayo—uBaba wethu uhlola zonke izinhliziyo, uqonda wonke amacebo nemicabango. Mfune, uyakumthola; umlahle, uyakukulahla kuze kube phakade. ¹⁰Qaphela-ke, ngokuba uBaba wethu ukukhethile ukuba wakhe indlu yendawo engcwele. Qina, wenze.”

¹¹UDavide wanika uSolomoni indodana yakhe umklamo wovulandi wethempeli, nezakhiwo zalo, nezindlu zalo zokugcina, namakamelo alo aphezulu, namakamelo alo angaphakathi, nekamelo lesihlalo somusa, ^a a v11 Isihlalo somusa kwakuyisivalo segolide eliqinile somphongolo wesivumelwano, esasigcinwe eNdaweni eNgcwelengcwele, lapho kwakuhlala khona ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu. ¹²nomklamo wakho konke ayenakho emqondweni ngamagceke endlu kaBaba wethu, nangawo wonke amakamelo akuzungezile, nangezindlu zokugcina zendlu yakhe, nangezindlu zokugcina zezipho ezingcwelisiwe; ¹³nangamaviyo abapristi namaLevi, nangawo wonke umsebenzi wenkonzo endlini kaBaba wethu, nangazo zonke izitsha zenkonzo endlini yakhe. ¹⁴Wanika igolide ngesisindo ngasinye isitsha segolide salo lonke uhlobo lwenkonzo, nesiliva ngesisindo ngasinye isitsha sesiliva salo lonke uhlobo lwenkonzo. ¹⁵Isisindo sezinti zezibani zegolide nezibani zazo zegolide, isisindo segolide salunye nalunye uthi lwesibani lwegolide nezibani zalo, nesisindo sesiliva salunye nalunye uthi lwesibani lwesiliva nezibani zalo, ngokusetshenziswa kwalunye nalunye uthi lwesibani. ¹⁶Isisindo segolide salunye nalunye itafula lesinkwa sokubukwa; nesiliva sawo amatafula esiliva. ^b b v16 Isinkwa sokubukwa (esibizwa nangokuthi isinkwa sokubekwa) kwakuyizinkwa eziyishumi nambili ezingcwele ezazibekwa phambi kukaNkulunkulu etafuleni eThempelini zishintshwe ngabapristi nge-Sabatha ngalinye. ¹⁷Izimfologo, nezitsha, nezinkamba zegolide elicwengekileyo; isisindo salunye nalunye isitsha segolide; nesisindo salunye nalunye isitsha sesiliva; ¹⁸negolide elicwengisiweyo ngesisindo lwe-altare lempepho; negolide lomklamo wenqola—amakherubi elula amaphiko awo embozela umphongolo wesivumelwano sikaBaba wethu. ¹⁹“Konke lokhu,” kusho uDavide, “ngikubhalelwe phansi ngesandla sikaBaba wethu, onginike ukuqonda kuyo yonke imininingwane yomklamo.”

²⁰UDavide wathi endodaneni yakhe uSolomoni: “Qina ube nesibindi; wenze umsebenzi. Ungesabi, ungapheli amandla, ngokuba uBaba wami unawe. Ngeke akushiye noma akulahle kuze kuphele wonke umsebenzi wenkonzo yendlu kaBaba wethu. ²¹Bheka—abapristi namaLevi bahlukanisiwe ngamaviyo, belungele yonke inkonzo yendlu kaBaba wethu. Wonke umuntu onekhono novumayo uyakuba nawe kuwo wonke umsebenzi, kanye nezikhulu nabo bonke abantu, bephelele ngaphansi kwesiyalezo sakho.”