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9 ¹Kwathi lapho uSolomoni eseqedile ukwakha indlu kaBaba wethu, nesigodlo senkosi, nakho konke ayefisa ukukwenza, ²uBaba wethu wabonakala kuye okwesibili, njengoba ayebonakele kuye eGibeyoni.

³UBaba wethu wathi kuye: “Ngiwuzwile umthandazo wakho nokunxusa kwakho okwenze phambi kwami. Ngiyingcwelisile le ndlu oyakhile, ukuze ngibeke igama lami lapho kuze kube phakade; amehlo ami nenhliziyo yami kuyakuba lapho njalonjalo. ⁴Wena—uma uhamba phambi kwami njengoba kwenza uyihlo uDavide, ngenhliziyo ephelele nangobuqotho, wenze konke engakuyala khona, ugcine izimiso zami nemithetho yami, ⁵ngiyakusiqinisa isihlalo sakho sobukhosi phezu kuka-Israyeli kuze kube phakade, njengoba ngathembisa uDavide uyihlo ngathi: ‘Awusoze waswela umuntu esihlalweni sobukhosi sika-Israyeli.’

⁶“Kodwa uma wena noma abantwana bakho niphambuka kimi, ningayigcini imiyalo nezimiso enganinika zona, nihambe niyokhonza abanye onkulunkulu, nibakhuleke, ⁷ngiyakunquma u-Israyeli ezweni engabanika lona, ngilahle ebukhoneni bami leli thempeli engalingcwelisela igama lami; u-Israyeli uyakuba yisaga nenhlekiso phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe. ⁸Le ndlu iyakuba yimanxiwa; bonke abadlulayo bayakwethuka bancife, babuze bathi: ‘Kungani uSimakade enze kanje kuleli zwe nakule ndlu na?’ ⁹Bayakuthi: ‘Ngenxa yokuba bamshiya uSimakade uNkulunkulu wabo, owakhipha okhokho babo ezweni laseGibhithe, babamba abanye onkulunkulu, babakhothamela, babakhonza—ngakho-ke uSimakade ubehlisele yonke le nhlekelele.’”

Imizi, umsebenzi, nemikhumbi kaSolomoni

¹⁰Ngemva kweminyaka engamashumi amabili, uSolomoni esezakhile izindlu ezimbili—indlu kaBaba wethu nesigodlo senkosi. ¹¹uHiramu inkosi yaseThire wanika uSolomoni imisedari, nemisayipuresi, negolide ayekufuna; inkosi uSolomoni yanika uHiramu imizi engamashumi amabili eGalile. ¹²UHiramu wavela eThire ukuze abone imizi uSolomoni ayemnike yona, kodwa ayimjabulisanga. ¹³Wabuza: “Yimizi enjani le onginike yona, mfowethu?” Ngakho wayibiza ngokuthi izwe laseKhabuli, okuseyigama layo kuze kube namuhla. ^a a v13 IKhabuli lizwakala njengegama lesiHebheru elisho ukuthi “okungelutho” noma “okungasizi lutho”—isinqumo esiqondileyo sikaHiramu ngaleyo mizi. ¹⁴UHiramu wayethumele inkosi igolide elingaba ngamathani amane.

¹⁵Nawu umlando wabasebenzi abaqhutshwa ngamandla, inkosi uSolomoni eyababutha ukuze bakhe indlu kaBaba wethu, nesigodlo sayo, neMilo, nodonga lwaseJerusalema, neHazori, neMegido, neGezeri. ¹⁶UFaro inkosi yaseGibhithe wayenyukile, wathumba iGezeri, walishisa ngomlilo, wabulala abantu baseKhanani ababehlala kulo, walinika njengelobolo indodakazi yakhe, umkaSolomoni. ¹⁷Ngakho uSolomoni wakha kabusha iGezeri, neBeti-horoni elingezansi, ¹⁸neBhahalathi, neThamari ehlane, phakathi kwezwe, ¹⁹nayo yonke imizi yeziphakelo kaSolomoni, nemizi yezinqola zakhe zempi nabamahhashi, nanoma yini ayefisa ukuyakha eJerusalema, naseLebanoni, nakulo lonke izwe ayelibusa. ²⁰Bonke abasala kwama-Amori, namaHeti, namaPherizi, namaHivi, namaJebusi, ababengesibo abakwa-Israyeli. ²¹uSolomoni wabutha inzalo yabo eyasala emva kwabo ezweni, okwakungenakwenzeka ukuba abakwa-Israyeli bayiqede nya, ukuba ibe ngabasebenzi abaqhutshwa ngamandla—njengoba benjalo kuze kube namuhla. ²²Kodwa uSolomoni akazange enze noyedwa wabakwa-Israyeli isigqila; babengamabutho akhe, nezinceku zakhe, nezikhulu zakhe, nabaholi bempi bakhe, nezinduna zakhe, nabaphathi bezinqola zakhe zempi nabamahhashi bakhe. ²³Yilezi izikhulu eziyinhloko zikaSolomoni ezaziphethe umsebenzi: ezingamakhulu amahlanu namashumi amahlanu, zengamele abasebenzi.

²⁴Kwathi indodakazi kaFaro isithuthele emzini kaDavide iya endlini uSolomoni ayeyakhele yona, wabe esakha iMilo.

²⁵Kathathu ngonyaka uSolomoni wayenikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa neyokuthula e-altare ayelakhele uBaba wethu, eshisa impepho phambi kwakhe kanye neminikelo. Kanjalo wayiqeda indlu.

²⁶Inkosi uSolomoni yakha nemikhumbi e-Eziyoni-gebheri, eduze ne-Eloti ogwini loLwandle Olubomvu, ezweni lakwa-Edomi. ²⁷UHiramu wathumela izinceku zakhe emikhunjini, abasebenzi bolwandle ababelwazi ulwandle, kanye nezinceku zikaSolomoni. ²⁸Baya e-Ofiri, bathatha khona igolide elingaba ngamathani ayishumi nesithupha, baliletha enkosini uSolomoni.