2 Lan 1 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

USolomoni ucela ukuba anikwe ingqondo yokuqedisisa

1USolomoni indodana kaDavida waqina embusweni wakhe, leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakhe yayilaye, yamenza waba mkhulu kakhulu.

2USolomoni wakhuluma kubo bonke abakoIsrayeli, kubaphathi bezinkulungwane labamakhulu, lakubahluleli, lakuzo zonke izinduna zakoIsrayeli, lenhloko zezindlu.

3Wahamba lalo lonke ibandla, baya endaweni ephakemeyo yokukhonzela eyayiseGibeyoni; ngoba ithente likaNkulunkulu lokuhlangana elalenziwe nguMose inceku yeNkosi enkangala lalilapho.1 Kho 3:1–5

4— Kodwa uDavida wathatha umtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu eKiriyathiJeyarimi, wawuletha endaweni ayeyilungisele wona, ngoba wayewumisele ithente eJerusalema2 Sam 6:1–17; 1 Lan 13:5–14; 15:25—16:1 —

5Futhi lealtare lethusi elalenziwe nguBezaleli indodana kaUri kaHuri lalikhona lapho phambi kweTabernakeli leNkosi uNkulunkulu; uSolomoni lebandla bayakhuleka khona.Eks 38:1–7

6USolomoni wasondela ealtareni lethusi phambi kweNkosi elalingasethenteni lokuhlangana, wanikela phezu kwalo iminikelo yokutshiswa eyinkulungwane.

7Ngalobobusuku uNkulunkulu wabonakala kuSolomoni, wathi kuye: Cela lokho ofisa ukuba ngikunike khona.

8USolomoni wathi kuNkulunkulu: Wenzele ubaba uDavida umusa omkhulu, wangenza mina ngaba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.

9Nkosi Nkulunkulu, akugcwalise isithembiso sakho kuDavida ubaba, ngoba ungenze ngaba yinkosi yabantu abanengi ngokungangothuli lomhlabathi.Gen 13:16; 28:14

10Akungiphe ukuhlakanipha lokuqedisisa ukuba ngibahole kuhle lababantu; ngoba ngubani ongabusa lababantu bakho abanengi kangaka na?

11UNkulunkulu wamphendula uSolomoni wathi: Ngoba lokhu bekusenhliziyweni yakho, ungacelanga impahla lenotho lodumo, lokuphila kwalabo abakuzondayo, futhi ungacelanga ukuphila isikhathi eside, kodwa uzicelele ukuhlakanipha lokwazi ukuze ubuse abantu bami engikwenze waba yinkosi yabo,

12ngiyakunika ukuhlakanipha lokwazi; ngizakukunika futhi lenotho lempahla lodumo, angazanga abe lakho amakhosi ayengaphambi kwakho, langayikuba lakho amakhosi akulandelayo.

13Wasebuyake uSolomoni evela eGibeyoni endaweni ephakemeyo yokukhonzela, ethenteni lokuhlangana, waya eJerusalema. Wabusa koIsrayeli.

USolomoni uthengisa amabhiza lezinqola zokulwa

14USolomoni wabuthanisa inqola zokulwa lamabhiza; wayelezinqola zokulwa ezingamakhulu alitshumi lane, lamabhiza azinkulungwane ezilitshumi lambili; amanye wawabeka emizini yezinqola, lamanye enkosini eJerusalema.1 Kho 4:26

15Inkosi yandisa isiliva legolide eJerusalema, kwaba njengamatshe, lemikusu yaba minengi njengephane laseShefela.Dute 17:17

16Amabhiza kaSolomoni ayevela eGibithe laseKowa, abathengi benkosi babewathenga eKowa.Dute 17:16

17Inqola yokulwa yayithengwa eGibithe ngamashekeli esiliva angamakhulu ayisithupha, ibhiza lithengwa ngamashekeli alikhulu lamatshumi amahlanu. Ngokunjalo abathengi benkosi bawathengisela wonke amakhosi amaHethi laweSiriya.