2 IZikhronike 5

5 ¹USolomoni waqeda wonke umsebenzi wendlu kaBaba wethu. Wayesengenisa izinto ezazingcweliswe nguyise uDavide—isiliva, igolide, nazo zonke izitsha—wazibeka ezindlini zokugcina zendlu kaBaba wethu.

²USolomoni wabe esebuthanisa amalunga akwa-Israyeli, zonke izinhloko zezizwe, nabaholi bezindlu zokhokho zakwa-Israyeli eJerusalema, ukuze bakhuphule umphongolo wesivumelwano sikaBaba wethu usuka eMzini kaDavide, okungukuthi iZiyoni. ³Ngakho onke amadoda akwa-Israyeli abuthana phambi kwenkosi ngomkhosi wenyanga yesikhombisa. ^a a v3 Umkhosi wenyanga yesikhombisa uwuMkhosi wamaDokodo, umgubho omkhulu wakwa-Israyeli wokuvuna kwasekwindla. ⁴Kwathi sebefikile bonke amalunga akwa-Israyeli, amaLevi awuthatha umphongolo. ⁵Abapristi namaLevi bakhuphula umphongolo, netende lokuhlangana, nazo zonke izitsha ezingcwele ezaziphakathi kwalo. ⁶INkosi uSolomoni nalo lonke ibandla lakwa-Israyeli elalibuthene phambi kwakhe bema phambi komphongolo, behlabela izimvu nezinkomo ezaziningi kakhulu zingenakubalwa nokubalwa. ⁷Abapristi bawuletha umphongolo wesivumelwano sikaBaba wethu endaweni yawo, engcwele engaphakathi yendlu, iNgcwele Kangcwele, ngaphansi kwamaphiko amakherubi. ⁸Ngokuba amakherubi ayelulela amaphiko awo phezu kwendawo yomphongolo, embozela wona nezinti zawo ngaphezulu. ⁹Izinti zazizinde kangangokuthi izihloko zazo zazibonakala ziphuma emphongolweni phambi kwendawo engcwele engaphakathi, kodwa zingabonakali ngaphandle; zisekhona lapho kuze kube namuhla. ¹⁰Emphongolweni kwakungekho lutho ngaphandle kwezibhebhe ezimbili uMose azibeka khona eHorebe, lapho uBaba wethu enza khona isivumelwano nabakwa-Israyeli ekuphumeni kwabo eGibhithe.

¹¹Kwathi-ke abapristi baphuma endaweni engcwele. (Bonke abapristi ababekhona babezingcwelisile, kungakhathaliseki izigaba zabo, ^b b v11 Abapristi babekhonza ngamaqembu emisebenzi ashintshanayo ayebizwa ngokuthi izigaba, iqembu ngalinye linikezwe iviki elithile ohlelweni lwethempeli. ¹²futhi bonke abahlabeleli abangamaLevi—u-Asafa, uHemani, uJeduthuni, namadodana abo nezihlobo zabo—bema ngasempumalanga kwe-altare bembethe ilineni elicolekileyo, beshaya amasimbali, amahabhu, nemiqangala, kanye nabapristi abayikhulu namashumi amabili beshaya amacilongo.). ¹³Abashayi bamacilongo nabahlabeleli, bebumbene, badumisa babonga uBaba wethu ngazwi linye—bephakamisa amazwi abo kanye namacilongo, amasimbali, nezinsimbi zokubethela, bamdumisa: “Muhle; uthando lwakhe lwesivumelwano lumi kuze kube phakade.” Lapho-ke ifu lagcwalisa indlu kaBaba wethu, ¹⁴kangangokuthi abapristi abakwazanga ukuma bakhonze ngenxa yefu, ngokuba inkazimulo kaBaba wethu yagcwalisa indlu kaBaba wethu.