Indlu Yegama likaBaba
UHiramu waseThire, owayemthanda uDavide, uthumela izingodo nezingcweti ukuze kwakhiwe indlu yegama likaBaba wethu; uSolomoni uyamtshela ngokolo nangamafutha, futhi la makhosi amabili enza isivumelwano. Ukuze kuqhekezwe amatshe futhi kuthwalwe konke lokhu, uSolomoni ubutha ama-Israyeli angamashumi ezinkulungwane ngokushintshana.
5 1UHiramu inkosi yaseThire wezwa ukuthi uSolomoni wayegcotshwe waba yinkosi esikhundleni sikayise, wamthumela izinceku, ngokuba uHiramu wayelokhu emthanda uDavide. 2USolomoni wathumela lo myalezo kuHiramu, wathi: 3Wena uyazi ukuthi ubaba uDavide wayengenakho ukwakhela igama likaBaba wethu indlu, ngenxa yezimpi ezaziphahlile nxazonke, waze uBaba wethu wabeka izitha zakhe ngaphansi kwezintende zezinyawo zakhe. 4Kodwa manje uBaba unginike ukuphumula nxazonke; akukho sitha, akukho nhlekelele.
5Ngihlose ukwakhela igama likaBaba indlu, njengokuba uBaba wethu amthembisa ubaba uDavide, wathi: “Indodana yakho engiyoyibeka esihlalweni sakho sobukhosi esikhundleni sakho, iyokwakhela igama lami indlu.”
6Ngakho ngigamulele imisedari eLebanoni. Izinceku zami ziyosebenza kanye nezakho; ngiyokhokha noma yimuphi umholo oyowubeka, ngokuba uyazi ukuthi akekho kithi ogamula izingodo njengabaseSidoni.
7Lapho uHiramu ezwa amazwi kaSolomoni, wathokoza kakhulu wathi: “Makadunyiswe uSimakade namuhla, onike uDavide indodana ehlakaniphile ukuba iphathe lesi sizwe esikhulu.” 8UHiramu wathumela izwi kuSolomoni, wathi: “Ngiwuzwile umyalezo wakho; ngiyokwenza konke okufisayo ngezingodo zomsedari nezomsayipuresi. 9Izinceku zami ziyokwehlisa izingodo zisuka eLebanoni ziziyise olwandle, bese ngizintantisa olwandle njengezihlenga ziye endaweni oyoyikhomba, ngizihlukanise khona, wena uzozithatha. Wena uyogcwalisa isidingo sami ngokunikeza umndeni wami ukudla.”
10Ngakho uHiramu wanika uSolomoni zonke izingodo zomsedari nezomsayipuresi azifisayo, 11USolomoni wanika uHiramu cishe amabhushela kakolweni angu-120 000 ukuze kudle umndeni wakhe, namabhushela amafutha acindezelwe angu-120, iminyaka ngeminyaka. 12UBaba wethu wanika uSolomoni ukuhlakanipha, njengokuba ethembisile. Kwaba khona ukuthula phakathi kukaHiramu noSolomoni, bobabili benza isivumelwano.
13Inkosi uSolomoni yabutha abasebenzi kulo lonke elakwa-Israyeli, inani labo laba ngamadoda angu-30 000. 14Wathumela abangu-10 000 eLebanoni inyanga nenyanga ngokushintshana—inyanga bekhona, izinyanga ezimbili besekhaya. U-Adoniramu wayephethe abasebenzi. 15USolomoni wayenabangu-70 000 ababethwala imithwalo nabangu-80 000 ababeqhekeza amatshe ezweni elinezintaba, 16ngaphandle kwezinduna ezinkulu zikaSolomoni ezingu-3 300 ezaziqapha umsebenzi ziqondise abantu ababewenza. 17Ngokuyala kwenkosi baqhekeza amatshe amakhulu, abiza kakhulu, ukuze babeke isisekelo sendlu ngamatshe abaziwe. 18Abakhi bakaSolomoni nabakaHiramu nabaseGebali babaza balungisa izingodo namatshe ukuze bakhe indlu.
