1 MAHOSI 5
Solomoni a tshi dzudzanya u fhaṱa thembele
1Musi Hiramu khosi ya Tiro a tshi pfa uri Solomoni o ḓodzwa mapfura a vhumbwa khosi vhudzuloni ha khotsi awe Dafita, a ruma vhaḓinḓa vhawe ha Solomoni, ngauri o vha e khonani ya Dafita. 2Solomoni a humisela malaedzwa ha Hiramu a ri,
3“Vhone vha a ḓivha uri nndwa dze khotsi anga Dafita vha dzi lwa matungo oṱhe dzo vha kundisa u fhaṱela dzina ḽa Muṋe washu Mudzimu wavho thembele, Muṋe washu a vhuya a ita uri vha kande maswina avho nga milenzhe. 4Huno zwino Muṋe washu Mudzimu wanga o nndadzela shango masia oṱhe, a hu tshee na swina kana khombo. 5Zwenezwo ndo elekanya uri ndi fhaṱele dzina ḽa Muṋe washu Mudzimu wanga thembele, nga he Muṋe washu a vhudza khotsi anga Dafita a ri, ‘Ṅwana wau ane nda ḓo mu vhea kha khuluṋoni vhudzuloni hau u ḓo fhaṱela dzina ḽanga thembele.’ 6Zwino nga vha ṋee ndaela uri ndi remelwe mikedara thavhani ya Libanoni. Vhanna vhanga vha ḓo shuma na vhavho, nṋe ndi ḓo vha holela nga hune vhone vha i ta ngaho. Vhone vha a ḓivha uri riṋe a ri na vhatsila vhane vha kona u vhaḓa miri unga Vhasidoni.”
7Hiramu a tshi pfa mafhungo a Solomoni, a takala nga maanḓa, a ri, “Nga hu rendwe Yahavee ṋamusi, ngauri o ṋea Dafita ṅwana wa vhuṱali uri a vhuse lushaka holu luhulu.”
8Ndi hone Hiramu a tshi swikisa ipfi ha Solomoni a ri, “Mafhungo avho o swika kha nṋe, ndi ḓo ita zwoṱhe zwine vha zwi ṱoḓa nda vha ṋea matanda a mikedara na mipaini. 9Vhanna vhanga vha ḓo a dzhia Libanoni vha a ḓisa lwanzheni, vha a vhofhekanya a vha magungwa vha a ḓisa nga lwanzheni vha a isa hune vhone vha hu amba. Henefho vha ḓo a vhofholola, vhanna vhavho vha konou a dzhia vha ṱuwa nao. Tshine nṋe nda tshi tama ndi uri vhone vha ṋee vha no dzula musanda wanga zwiḽiwa.”
10Ngauralo Hiramu a ḓi isela Solomoni matanda oṱhe a mikedara na mipaini ane a a ṱoḓa, 11Solomoni a ṋea Hiramu dzithani dza maṱiriki dza 2 000 dza goroi na mapfura a muolivi a dzilitha dza 4 400 uri zwi ḽiwe nga muṱa wawe. Solomoni a ḓi itela Hiramu zwenezwo ṅwaha nga ṅwaha. 12Muṋe washu a ṋea Solomoni vhuṱali, nga he a mu fulufhedzisa ngaho. Hiramu na Solomoni vha ḓi dzula vha tshi pfana, vha ita na u vhofha mulanga.
13Khosi Solomoni a ṅwala vhashumi vha no bva kha ḽa Israele ḽoṱhe, vha vha vhanna vha 30 000. 14A vha ruma Libanoni vha tshi tou sielisana nga zwigwada zwa 10 000 nga ṅwedzi. Vho vha vha tshi fhedza ṅwedzi vhe Libanoni, vha fhedza miṅwedzi mivhili vhe hayani. Adoniramu o vha e ene ane a langa mushumo wonoyo wa khombekhombe. 15Solomoni o vha e na vhatsheṱi vha matombo vha 80 000 mivhunduni na vhahwali vha 70 000, 16a vhea vhanna vha 3 300 uri vha ingamele uyo mushumo vha tshi langa vhashumi. 17Khosi ya vha laya uri vha tsheṱe matombo mahulwane avhuḓi uri a vhe one a muteo wa thembele. 18Vhatsila vha Solomoni na Hiramu na vhanna vha Gebala vha tumula matanda vha a dzudzanya na matombo a u fhaṱa thembele.
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