I-aldari lekoporo nebhada yekoporo
1USolomoni wayala bona kwenziwe i-aldari lekoporo elimamitha alitjhumi ubude, amamitha alitjhumi ububanzi namamitha amahlanu ukuphakama.
2Kwenziwa nebhada ekulu okwakuthiwa lilwandle. Beyibunjwe yaba ndulungu ngalendlela:
imamitha amabili nesiquntu ukuphakama,
inomqoqo omamitha alitjhumi nahlanu ukuzomba,
amamitha amahlanu ukusuka komunye umqoqo ukuya komunye ukuvundla.
3Ngaphasi komqoqo bekunemifanekiso yeenkunzi ezizombelezileko. Zazilitjhumi esiquntwini ngasinye semitha, zimijeje emibili. Bezibunjelelwe ebhadeni. 4Ibhada beyinzinze phezu kweenkunzi ezilitjhumi nambili, ezintathu ziqale ngetlhagwini, ezintathu ziqale ngetjingalanga, ezintathu ziqale ngesewula begodu ezintathu ziqale ngepumalanga. Ibhada beyinzinze phezu kwazo, zona zifulathelene. 5Beyimabhombo ngangesandla inomqoqo ofana newebhegere kwanga ngewelikhwa lommango. Gade ithwele amalitha aziinkulungwana ezimatjhumi asithandathu nesithandathu.
Ezinye izinto ezenzelwa ukusetjenziswa ngethempelini
6Kwenziwa izitja zokuhlambela ezilitjhumi, kwabekwa ezihlanu ngesewula, ezihlanu ngetlhagwini. Ngezitjenapho bekuhlanzelwa izinto ezazifanele ukusetjenziswa emhlabelweni wokutjhiswa, kodwana abaphristi bona bahlambela ngaphakathi kwebhada ekulu. 7Kwenziwa izinti zeembani zegolide ezilitjhumi ukuya ngendlela okufanele zenziwe ngakhona. Zabekwa ngethempelini, zaba zihlanu ngesewula, zaba zihlanu ngetlhagwini. 8Kwenziwa amatafula alitjhumi abekwa ngethempelini. Aba mahlanu ngesewula, aba mahlanu ngetlhagwini. Godu kwenziwa izitja zokunyenyeza zegolide ezilikhulu. 9Kwenziwa isirhodlo sabaphristi, nesirhodlo esikhulu kanye neminyango yakhona. Kwanamekwa iminyango leyo ngekoporo. 10Ibhada ekulu yabekelwa ngeqadi kwethempeli ukuyela ngejikeni elingesewula-pumalanga. 11Godu uRhuramu wenza iimbiza neenrharafu kanye nezitja zokunyenyeza. Ngaleyondlela uRhuramu waphetha umsebenzi athembisa ukuwenzela ikosi uSolomoni ethempelini lakaZimu.
12Iinsika ezimbili, iimpundu ezisamjeka phezu kweensika ezimbili, imiluko emibili ezombeleze imijeka ephezu kweensika, 13amakhulu amane wamarharinada malungana nemiluko emibili (imijeje emibili yamarharinada emlukweni ngamunye) ikghabise imijeka egade iphezu kweensika, 14iinjamiso azenzako nezitja zazo zokuhlambela, 15ibhada ekulu ekhethekileko neenkunzi ezilitjhumi nambili ezingaphasi kwayo, 16iimbiza, iinrharafu, iimforogo kanye nazo zoke iintlabagelo eziphathelene nazo, koke lokhu ngokwenziwa nguRhuramu osisazi ngekoporo emanyako. Wazenzela uSolomoni mayelana nethempeli lakaSomnini.
17Izintwezo bezibunjelwe emdakeni ngemrhobeni weJordani phakathi kweSukothi neTsereda ngelizwi lekosi uSolomoni. 18Zoke izinto ezenziwa nguSolomoni lezi zaba zikulu kangangobana azange kukghoneke ukubala ubudisi bekoporo yakhona.
19Ngaleyondlela uSolomoni wenza koke okwakusethempelini lakaZimu: i-aldari legolide, amatafula okwakubekwe kiwo izikwa zobukhona, 20izinti zeembani ezenziwe ngegolide etsengileko kanye neembani zakhona, ezazivutha ngaphambi kwendawo ecwenge khulu njengombana gade kuhleliwe; 21amathuthumbo aseembanini kanye nesicimasibani ebe kwenziwe ngegolide ekhethekileko, 22iinquntapete, izitja zokunyenyeza, izitja ezinye namadengela ebe kwenziwe ngegolide etsengileko; godu neminyango yegolide engenela ethempelini kanye neminyango yegolide engenela endaweni ecwenge khulu.
