2 IZikhronike 4

4 ¹Wenza i-altare lethusi, ubude balo bungamafidi angamashumi amathathu, ububanzi balo bungamafidi angamashumi amathathu, nokuphakama kwalo kungamafidi ayishumi nanhlanu. ²Wenza uLwandle lwensimbi ebunjiweyo, luyindilinga: ububanzi balo bungamafidi ayishumi nanhlanu, ukuphakama kungamafidi ayisikhombisa nengxenye, nokuzungeza kungamafidi angamashumi amane nanhlanu. ³Ngaphansi komphetho, izithombe zezinkabi zaluzungeza, cishe eziyisikhombisa efidini ngalinye nxazonke zoLwandle, zibunjwe ngemizila emibili njengesiqephu esisodwa nalo. ⁴ULwandle lwaluma phezu kwezinkabi eziyishumi nambili, ezintathu zibheke enyakatho, ezintathu entshonalanga, ezintathu eningizimu, ezintathu empumalanga, lwaluphumule phezu kwazo, izinqe zazo zonke zibheke ngaphakathi. ⁵Ubuqatha balo babucishe babe amayintshi amathathu, umphetho walo wawunjengomphetho wenkomishi, njengembali yomnduze, lwaluthwala cishe amagaloni ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nesikhombisa.

⁶Wenza imicengezi yokugeza eyishumi, emihlanu eningizimu, emihlanu enyakatho, ukuze kuhlanjwe lokho okwakusetshenziselwa iminikelo yokushiswa; uLwandle lwalungolokugeza kwabapristi.

⁷Wenza izinti zezibani zegolide eziyishumi njengokuyalelwe, ezinhlanu ngaseningizimu yethempeli, ezinhlanu ngasenyakatho. ⁸Wenza amatafula ayishumi, wawabeka ethempelini—amahlanu eningizimu, amahlanu enyakatho—nemicengezi yegolide eyikhulu.

⁹Wenza igceke labapristi, negceke elikhulu, neminyango yalo, wanameka iminyango yawo ngethusi. ¹⁰Walubeka uLwandle ngaseningizimu, ekhoneni laseningizimu-mpumalanga.

¹¹UHuramu wenza amabhodwe, namafosholo, nemicengezi. Ngakho uHuramu wawuqeda umsebenzi awenzela iNkosi uSolomoni endlini kaBaba wethu:

¹²izinsika ezimbili; neziduku ezimbili ezimise okwezitsha phezu kwezinsika; namanetha amabili ambosa lezo ziduku; ¹³namahalananda angamakhulu amane amanetha womabili, imizila emibili ineli nanetha, ambosa izitsha ezimbili zeziduku ezisezinsikeni; ¹⁴nezisekelo, nemicengezi ephezu kwezisekelo; ¹⁵uLwandle olulodwa, nezinkabi eziyishumi nambili ezingaphansi kwalo. ¹⁶Amabhodwe, namafosholo, namafokisi enyama, nazo zonke izinto zawo—uHuramu-abi wakwenzela iNkosi uSolomoni lokhu, indlu kaBaba wethu, ngethusi elilolongiweyo. ¹⁷Inkosi yakubumba ezinkwahleni zobumba ethafeni laseJordani phakathi kweSukhoti neZereda. ¹⁸USolomoni wazenza zonke lezi zinto zaba ziningi kakhulu kangangokuba isisindo sethusi sasingenakulinganiswa.

¹⁹USolomoni wenza zonke izimpahla zendlu kaBaba wethu: i-altare legolide, namatafula okwakukhona kuwo isinkwa sokubonisa. ²⁰izinti zezibani zegolide elicwengekileyo nezibani zazo, ukuze zikhanye phambi kwendawo engcwele engaphakathi njengokumisiweyo; ²¹izimbali zegolide, nezibani, nezindlawu (lokhu kwakungegolide elicwengeke kakhulu). ²²Igolide elicwengekileyo: izifinyezo zezintambo zezibani, nemicengezi yokufafaza, nezitsha, nemicengezi yempepho, neminyango yethempeli—iminyango engaphakathi eya eNgcwelengcwele, neminyango yendlu enkulu.