AMAKHOSI I 10

₁Inkosikazi yaseSheba isizwile udumo lukaSolomoni ngegama likaJehova yeza ukumvivinya ngezimfumbe.

₂Yeza eJerusalema inehele elikhulu kakhulu, namakamela ethwele amakha, negolide eliningi kakhulu, namatshe ayigugu; isifikile kuSolomoni yakhuluma naye ngakho konke okusenhliziyweni yayo.

₃USolomoni wayiphendula ezindabeni zayo zonke. Kwakungekho-nto eyayifihlelwe inkosi, engayitshelanga yona.

₄Inkosikazi yaseSheba isibonile konke ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni, nendlu ayakhileyo,

₅nokudla kwasetafuleni lakhe, nokuhlala kwezinceku zakhe, nokuma kwezikhonzi zakhe, nezambatho zazo, nabaphathizitsha bakhe, nomnikelo wakhe wokushiswa owanikela ngawo endlini kaJehova akwabe kusabakho-moya kuyo.

₆Yathi enkosini: Yayiqinisile indaba engayizwa ezweni lami ngamazwi akho nangokuhlakanipha kwakho.

₇Kepha angikholwanga ngamazwi ngaze ngafika, kwabona amehlo ami; bheka, angitshelwanga nanxenye; udlula ngokuhlakanipha nenhlanhla udumo engaluzwa.

₈Babusisiwe abantu bakho, zibusisiwe lezizinceku zakho ezimi njalo phambi kwakho, zizwa ukuhlakanipha kwakho.

₉Makabongwe uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho owenamele wena ukuba akubeke esihlalweni sobukhosi sakwaIsrayeli; ngokuba uJehova wamthanda uIsrayeli kuze kube-phakade, ngalokho wakubeka inkosi ukuba wenze ukwahlulela nokulunga.

₁₀Yanika inkosi amatalenta* ayikhulu namashumi amabili egolide, namakha amaningi kakhulu, namatshe ayigugu; akuzange kusafika amakha amaningi kangaka njengalawo inkosi uSolomoni eyaphiwa wona yinkosikazi yaseSheba.

₁₁Nemikhumbi kaHiramu eyathwala igolide livela eOfiri yathutha futhi eOfiri imialimugi* namatshe ayigugu.

₁₂Ngemialimugi* inkosi yenzela indlu kaJehova nendlu yenkosi izinsika kanye namahabhu* nezingubhu zabahlabeleli; imialimugi eminingi kangaka ayizange isafika, kayibonwanga futhi, kuze kube-namuhla.

₁₃Inkosi uSolomoni yanika inkosikazi yaseSheba konke ekufunayo nekucelayo ngaphandle kwalokho uSolomoni ayinika khona ngokuphana kwenkosi. Yayisibuya, yaya ezweni layo, yona nezinceku zayo.

₁₄Isisindo segolide elalifika kuSolomoni iminyaka yonke sasingamatalenta* angamakhulu ayisithupha namashumi ayisithupha nesithupha egolide

₁₅ngaphandle kokuvela kubahwebi, nasenzuzweni yabathengisi, nasemakhosini aseArabiya, nakubabusi bezwe.

₁₆Inkosi uSolomoni yenza izihlangu ezingamakhulu amabili zegolide elikhandiweyo, kwaba-ngamashekeli* angamakhulu ayisithupha egolide elikhandiweyo kuso isihlangu sisinye,

₁₇kanjalo namahawu angamakhulu amathathu egolide elikhandiweyo, amamane* amathathu egolide kulo ihawu lilinye; inkosi yawabeka endlini yehlathi laseLebanoni.

₁₈Inkosi yenza nesihlalo sobukhosi esikhulu sezimpondo zendlovu, yasinameka ngegolide elicwengekileyo.

₁₉Isihlalo sobukhosi sasinezikhwelo eziyisithupha, isihloko saso sasiyisiyingelezi emuva; kwakukhona imikhono ngalapha nangalapha kwendawo yokuhlala, kumi izingonyama ezimbili ngaseceleni kwemikhono.

₂₀Kwakumi izingonyama eziyishumi nambili ngalapha nangalapha ezikhwelweni eziyisithupha. Okunjalo akwenziwanga komunye umbuso.

₂₁Zonke izitsha zokuphuza zenkosi uSolomoni zaziyigolide, nazo zonke izitsha zendlu yehlathi laseLebanoni zaziyigolide elicwengekileyo, kungekho ezesiliva, lona lingento yalutho emihleni kaSolomoni.

₂₂Ngokuba inkosi yayinemikhumbi yaseTharishishi elwandle kanye nemikhumbi kaHiramu; kanye ngeminyaka emithathu yafika imikhumbi yaseTharishishi iletha igolide, nesiliva, nezimpondo zendlovu, nezimfene, namapikoko*.

₂₃Inkosi uSolomoni yaba-nkulu kunawo onke amakhosi omhlaba ngengcebo nangokuhlakanipha.

₂₄Wonke umhlaba wafuna ukubona ubuso bukaSolomoni ukuba uzwe ukuhlakanipha kwakhe, uNkulunkulu akubekile enhliziyweni yakhe.

₂₅Baletha, kwaba-yilowo nalowo isipho sakhe, izitsha zesiliva, nezitsha zegolide, nezingubo, nezikhali, namakha, namahashi, neminyuzi*, okwenziwa iminyaka ngeminyaka.

₂₆USolomoni wabutha izinqola nabamahashi; wayenezinqola eziyinkulungwane namakhulu amane nabamahashi abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nambili owakubeka emizini yezinqola nasenkosini eJerusalema.

₂₇Inkosi yenza isiliva livame eJerusalema njengamatshe, nemisedari* yayenza ibe-njengemithombe esigodini ngobuningi.

₂₈Amahashi uSolomoni ayenawo ayekhishwé eGibithe naseKuwe; abathengi benkosi bawamukela eKuwe ngemali yawo.

₂₉Inqola yenyuka yaphuma eGibithe ngamashekeli* angamakhulu ayisithupha esiliva nehashi ngayikhulu namashumi ayisihlanu; bawakhiphela kanjalo onke amakhosi amaHeti namakhosi aseAramu ngezandla zabo.