Timphahla tasethempelini
1Solomoni inkhosi wase wakha lilati lelitfusi lelalingemamitha labengaba yimfica budze, nemamitha labengaba yimfica bubanti, nemamitha labengaba mane nesigamu kuphakama.
2Huramu wakha libhavu ngelitfusi lelalincibilikisiwe, laba yindingilizi lengemamitha labengaba mane nesigamu bubanti, nemamitha labengaba mabili nesigamu kuphakama. Kwakuyintsambo lengemamitha labengaba li-13 nesigamu nalitungeletiswa. 3Ngephansi kwalomngcengcema walo belitungeletwe ngimifanekiso yetinkunzi, tilishumi ebangeni lelingaba sigamu selimitha. Letinkunzi tatentiwe tinhlu letimbili elucetwini lulunye lwalelibhavu lelitfusi. 4Lelibhavu lalisime etikwetinkunzi telitfusi letili-12: tintsatfu tato tibheke ngasenyakatfo, tintsatfu tibheke ngasenshonalanga, tintsatfu tibheke ngasemphumalanga, tintsatfu tibheke ngaseningizimu. Lelibhavu lalitinte etikwetibunu taletinkunzi, lingemuva lato lalibheke ekhatsi nendzawo. 5Lalingangemphama yesandla bucinsi balo, umngcengcema walo wawunjengewenkomishi, nanjengembali lechakazile. Lalingetfwala emalitha labengaba ti-60 000.
6Wabe sewakha imigezelo lelishumi, wabeka lesihlanu ngaseningizimu nalesihlanu ngasenyakatfo. Kulemigezelo bekutawuyakatelwa khona tintfo teminikelo yekushiswa, kodvwa lelibhavu lona lalitabosetjentiswa baphristi, nabageza.
7Wabe sewenta tintsi tesibane letilishumi tegolide, watenta njengobe abelayelwe, wase utifaka ethempelini, letisihlanu ngaseningizimu naletisihlanu ngasenyakatfo.
8Wase wakha ematafula lalishumi, wawafaka ethempelini, lasihlanu ngasenyakatfo nalasihlanu ngaseningizimu. Waphinidze wenta netitja tegolide tekunyenyeta letatilikhulu.
9Wakha sibuya sebaphristi nesibuya sangephandle lesikhulu kanye netivalo taso, wase utembesa ngelitfusi. 10Wabeka libhavu ekoneni lelingaseningizimu nemphumalanga. 11Wachubeka wakha nemabhodo, nemafosholo, netitja tekunyenyeta. Wawucedzela kanjalo-ke Huramu umsebenti labewusukele awentela inkhosi Solomoni ethempelini laNkulunkulu:
12Kwakutinsika letimbili;
netingcongwane letimbili letatisasitja letatisetihlokweni taletinsika,
netinhlu letimbili taletiviliya letatihlobise
letingcongwane letatisetihlokweni taletinsika;
13nalamahananandza labengema-400 aletinhlu letimbili tetiviliya,
tinhlu letimbili temahananandza tesiviliya sisinye,
tatihlobise letingcongwane letatisasitja letatisetihlokweni taletinsika,
14netincodlana nalemigezelo yato,
15nelibhavu, netinkunzi letatili-12 letatingaphansi kwalo;
16nemabhodo, nemafosholo,
nato tonkhe tintfo letihambisana nako.
Tonkhe-ke letintfo letentiwa nguHuramu Abi, atakhela inkhosi entela lithempeli laSimakadze, watakha ngelitfusi lelicwebetelako. 17Inkhosi yentelwa tonkhe letintfo ngetimfolomu telibumba etsafeni laseJordane emkhatsini weSukhothi neSarethani. 18Setitonkhe-ke letintfo letentiwa yinkhosi Solomoni taba nesisindvo selitfusi lesasingenakukalwa.
19Solomoni wabuye wenta tonkhe timphahla letatilapho ethempelini laNkulunkulu,
nematafula lapho kwakuhlala khona sinkhwa sebukhona,
20netintsi tetibane tegolide lecengekile,
netibane takhona letatitabovutsa njale nje
embikwendzawo lengcwelengcwele,
21netimbali letatakhiwe ngegolide,
konkhe lokwakuyigolide lephelele,
22netijubantsambo tegolide lecengekile,
netitja tekunyenyeta, netingwembe,
netitja tekushisela imphepho,
netivalo tegolide telithempeli:
tivalo tangekhatsi tendzawo lengcwelengcwele
