1 AMakhosi 11

11 ¹INkosi uSolomoni yathanda abesifazane abaningi bezizwe, ngaphandle kwendodakazi kaFaro—amaMowabi, ama-Amoni, ama-Edomi, amaSidoni, namaHeti,

²ababevela ezizweni uBaba wethu ayebatshelile ngazo abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ngokuthi: “Aniyikwendiselana nabo, nabo bangendiselani nani, ngokuba ngempela bayophambukisa inhliziyo yenu ukuba ilandele onkulunkulu babo.” USolomoni wanamathela kubo ngothando.

³Wayenabafazi abangamakhulu ayisikhombisa ababe ngamakhosazana, nezancinza ezingamakhulu amathathu, futhi abafazi bakhe baphambukisa inhliziyo yakhe. ⁴Kwathi uSolomoni esekhulile, abafazi bakhe baphendulela inhliziyo yakhe kwabanye onkulunkulu, inhliziyo yakhe yayingazinikele ngokugcwele kuBaba wethu, njengoba yayinjalo eyikaDavide uyise. ⁵USolomoni walandela u-Ashitoreti unkulunkulukazi wamaSidoni, noMilkomu isinengiso sama-Amoni. ⁶USolomoni wenza okubi emehlweni kaBaba wethu, akamlandela ngokugcwele uBaba wethu, njengoba enzile uyise uDavide. ⁷Ngaleso sikhathi uSolomoni wakha indawo ephakeme entabeni esempumalanga kweJerusalema kaKemoshi, unkulunkulu onengekayo wakwaMowabi, nokaMoleki, unkulunkulu onengekayo wama-Amoni. ⁸Wenza kanjalo nakubo bonke abafazi bakhe bezizwe, ababeshisa impepho benzela onkulunkulu babo imihlatshelo.

⁹UBaba wethu wamthukuthelela uSolomoni ngoba inhliziyo yakhe yayiphambukile kuBaba wethu, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, owayebonakele kuye kabili, ¹⁰wamyala ngayo kanye le nto, ukuba angalandeli abanye onkulunkulu. Kodwa akazange akugcine lokho uBaba wethu akuyalayo.

¹¹Ngakho uBaba wethu wathi kuSolomoni: “Njengoba lokhu kuyindlela yakho, futhi ungasigcinanga isivumelwano sami nezimiso zami engakuyala ngazo, ngempela ngiyowuklebhula umbuso kuwe ngiwunike inceku yakho.

¹²“Kodwa ngenxa kaDavide uyihlo angiyikukwenza lokhu esikhathini sokuphila kwakho; ngiyowuklebhula esandleni sendodana yakho. ¹³Nokho angiyikuwuklebhula wonke umbuso; ngiyonika indodana yakho isizwe esisodwa, ngenxa kaDavide inceku yami nangenxa yeJerusalema engilikhethile.”

UBaba Uvusa uHadadi

¹⁴Ngakho uBaba wethu wamvusela uSolomoni isitha: uHadadi umEdomi, owohlu lwasebukhosini base-Edomi. ¹⁵Kwathi uDavide elwa ne-Edomi, uJowabi induna yebutho esekhuphukele ukuyongcwaba abafileyo, uJowabi wayebulele wonke owesilisa e-Edomi. ¹⁶(UJowabi nabo bonke abakwa-Israyeli bahlala khona izinyanga eziyisithupha, waze wanquma wonke owesilisa e-Edomi.). ¹⁷Kodwa uHadadi wabalekela eGibhithe kanye namanye ama-Edomi avela ezincekwini zikayise; uHadadi wayeseyingane encane. ¹⁸Basuka eMidiyani baya ePharanu, bathatha amadoda avela ePharanu, baya eGibhithe, kuFaro inkosi yaseGibhithe, owamnika uHadadi indlu, nokudla, nomhlaba. ¹⁹UHadadi wathola umusa omkhulu emehlweni kaFaro, ngakho wamendisela udadewabo womkakhe, udadewabo wendlovukazi uTaphenesi. ²⁰Udadewabo kaTaphenesi wamzalela indodana, uGenubati, uTaphenesi amlumulela endlini kaFaro; uGenubati wahlala khona phakathi kwamadodana kaFaro. ²¹Kwathi uHadadi esezwile eGibhithe ukuthi uDavide uselele nawoyise nokuthi uJowabi induna yebutho usefile, wathi kuFaro: “Ngivumele ngihambe, ukuze ngibuyele ezweni lakithi.”

²²UFaro wathi: “Yini oyiswele lapha, ukuba manje ufune ukuya ezweni lakini?” Waphendula wathi: “Lutho, kodwa ngiyacela ungivumele ngihambe.”

²³UBaba wethu wamvusela futhi uSolomoni esinye isitha: uRezoni indodana ka-Eliyada, owayebalekele inkosi yakhe uHadadezeri inkosi yaseZoba. ²⁴Waqoqa amadoda, waba ngumholi weviyo labaphangi ngemva kokuba uDavide ebulele amadoda aseZoba. Baya eDamaseku, bahlala khona, bambeka inkosi eDamaseku. ²⁵URezoni wamelana no-Israyeli zonke izinsuku zikaSolomoni, enezela enkathazweni naye uHadadi alidalayo; wazonda u-Israyeli, wabusa phezu kwe-Aramu.

UJerobowamu Uphakamisa Isandla Sakhe

²⁶UJerobowamu indodana kaNebati, umEfrayimi waseZereda, inceku kaSolomoni, onina owayengumfelokazi ogama lakhe linguZeruwa, naye wayivukela inkosi. ²⁷Yilesi isizathu sokuba ayiphakamisele isandla sakhe inkosi: uSolomoni wakha iMilo, wavala isikhala emzini kaDavide uyise. ²⁸UJerobowamu wayeyindoda enekhono kakhulu, kwathi uSolomoni ebona ukuthi le nsizwa isebenza ngokukhuthala, wayibeka ukuba iphathe wonke umsebenzi ophoqelelwe wendlu kaJosefa. ²⁹Ngaleso sikhathi uJerobowamu waphuma eJerusalema, u-Ahiya umShiloni, umprofethi, wahlangana naye endleleni. U-Ahiya wayembethe ingubo entsha, bobabili babebodwa endle. ³⁰U-Ahiya wabamba ingubo entsha ayeyembethe, wayiklebhula yaba yizingcezu eziyishumi nambili.

³¹Wathi kuJerobowamu: “Zithathele izingcezu eziyishumi, ngokuba uBaba wethu, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: ‘Bheka, sengizowuklebhula umbuso esandleni sikaSolomoni, ngikunike izizwe eziyishumi.

³²“Kodwa isizwe esisodwa siyohlala singesakhe, ngenxa yenceku yami uDavide nangenxa yeJerusalema, umuzi engiwukhethile phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe zakwa-Israyeli. ³³Ngizokwenza lokhu ngoba bangishiyile bakhonza u-Ashitoreti unkulunkulukazi wamaSidoni, noKemoshi unkulunkulu wakwaMowabi, noMilkomu unkulunkulu wama-Amoni, abazange bahambe ezindleleni zami—benza okulungileyo emehlweni ami, begcina izimiso zami nemithetho yami—njengoba enza uyise uDavide.

³⁴Kodwa angiyikuwuthatha wonke umbuso esandleni sakhe; ngiyomgcina engumbusi zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe, ngenxa kaDavide inceku yami, engamkhethayo, owagcina imiyalo yami nezimiso zami. ³⁵Kodwa ngiyowuthatha umbuso esandleni sendodana yakhe ngiwunike wena—izizwe eziyishumi. ³⁶Kodwa endodaneni yakhe ngiyonika isizwe esisodwa, ukuze uDavide inceku yami abe nesibani phambi kwami ngaso sonke isikhathi eJerusalema, umuzi engiwukhethile ukuba ngibeke kuwo igama lami. ^a a v36 Ngisho nasekwahlulelweni, uBaba wethu uyasigcina isibani sivutha ngohlu lukaDavide—ukukhanya okungaphuki akulindayo kuze kufike kuJesu, iNdodana kaDavide, lapho lolo hlu lungacimi khona. ³⁷Ngiyokuthatha wena, uyobusa phezu kwakho konke okufiswa yinhliziyo yakho; uyoba yinkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli. ³⁸Uma ulalela konke engikuyalayo, uhamba ezindleleni zami, wenza okulungileyo emehlweni ami ngokugcina izimiso zami nemiyalo yami njengoba enza uDavide inceku yami, ngiyoba nawe ngikwakhele indlu emiyo njengoba ngamakhela uDavide, ngikunike u-Israyeli. ³⁹Ngiyokwehlisela ukuhlupheka enzalweni kaDavide ngenxa yalokhu, kodwa hhayi kuze kube phakade.’”

⁴⁰Ngakho uSolomoni wazama ukumbulala uJerobowamu, kodwa uJerobowamu wabalekela eGibhithe, kuShishaki inkosi yaseGibhithe, wahlala khona waze wafa uSolomoni.

USolomoni Uphumula Nawoyise

⁴¹Ezinye izenzo zikaSolomoni, konke akwenzayo nokuhlakanipha kwakhe, akulotshiwe yini eNcwadini Yezenzo zikaSolomoni? ⁴²Isikhathi uSolomoni abusa ngaso eJerusalema phezu kuka-Israyeli wonke saba yiminyaka engamashumi amane. ⁴³USolomoni waselala nawoyise, wangcwatshwa emzini kaDavide uyise, indodana yakhe uRehobowamu yabusa esikhundleni sakhe.