2 IZikhronike 1

1 ¹USolomoni indodana kaDavide waqinisa ukubamba kwakhe umbuso wakhe; uBaba wethu wayenaye, emenza waba mkhulu kakhulu.

²USolomoni wakhuluma kuwo wonke u-Israyeli—izinduna zezinkulungwane nezamakhulu, abahluleli, nabo bonke abaholi kwa-Israyeli, izinhloko zemindeni. ³USolomoni nalo lonke ibandla baya endaweni ephakeme eGibeyoni, lapho kwakumi khona itende lokuhlangana likaBaba wethu, uMose inceku kaBaba wethu alenza ehlane. ⁴Kodwa uDavide wayewenyusile umphongolo kaBaba wethu usuka eKiriyati Jeyarimi uya endaweni ayeyilungisele wona, emisela wona itende eJerusalema. ⁵I-altare lethusi uBhesaleli indodana ka-Uri, indodana kaHure, ayelenzile laliphambi kwetabernakele kaBaba wethu; ngakho uSolomoni nebandla bamfuna uBaba wethu lapho. ⁶USolomoni wenyukela e-altare lethusi phambi kukaBaba wethu etendeni lokuhlangana, wanikela kulo iminikelo yokushiswa eyinkulungwane.

⁷Ngalobo busuku uBaba wethu wabonakala kuSolomoni wathi kuye: “Cela lokho okufuna ngikuphe khona.”

⁸USolomoni wathi kuBaba wethu: “Wabonisa uthando olukhulu lwesivumelwano kubaba uDavide, wangenza inkosi esikhundleni sakhe. ⁹Manje, Baba wami, qinisa isithembiso sakho kubaba uDavide, ngokuba wangenza inkosi phezu kwabantu abaningi njengothuli lomhlaba. ¹⁰Ngiphe ukuhlakanipha nolwazi manje ukuze ngihole laba bantu, ngokuba ngubani ongabusa lesi sizwe sakho esikhulu?”

¹¹UBaba wethu wathi kuSolomoni: “Ngenxa yokuthi lokhu bekusenhliziyweni yakho—awuzange ucele ingcebo, umnotho, noma udumo, nempilo yezitha zakho, nokuphila isikhathi eside, kodwa ucele ukuhlakanipha nolwazi ukuze ubuse abantu bami, engikwenze inkosi phezu kwabo, ¹²ukuhlakanipha nolwazi uyakuphiwa khona. Ngiyakukunika futhi ingcebo, umnotho, nodumo okungazange kube nako inkosi eyayingaphambi kwakho, nokuyothi ngeke kube nako nabayobakhona emva kwakho.”

¹³Ngakho uSolomoni wabuya endaweni ephakeme yaseGibeyoni, esuka phambi kwetende lokuhlangana, waya eJerusalema, wabusa phezu kuka-Israyeli.

¹⁴USolomoni waqoqa izinqola nabagibeli bamahhashi; wayenezinqola eziyinkulungwane namakhulu amane nabagibeli bamahhashi abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nambili, wababeka emizini yezinqola nalapho kwakukhona inkosi eJerusalema. ¹⁵EJerusalema inkosi yenza isiliva negolide kwaba njengamatshe, nemisedari yaba miningi njengemikhiwane yasemathafeni. ¹⁶Amahhashi kaSolomoni ayevela eGibhithe naseKhuwe; abathengisi benkosi bawathenga eKhuwe ngenani lasemakethe. ^a a v16 IKhuwe kwakuyisifunda endaweni manje eseningizimu yeTheki, eyayidunyiswa ezweni lasendulo ngamahhashi ayo. ¹⁷Bangenisa inqola evela eGibhithe ngesiliva esasilinganiselwa emaphawundini ayishumi nanhlanu, nehhashi ngamane; ngabo bawakhiphela kuwo wonke amakhosi amaHeti nama-Aramu.