I-altare leminikelo yokushiswa nezinye izinto zethempeli
1Wenza i-altare lethusi; ubude balo babuyizingalo ezingamashumi amabili, nobubanzi balo babuyizingalo ezingamashumi amabili, nokuphakama kwalo kwakuyizingalo eziyishumi. 2Wenza nolwandle olubunjiweyo; lwaluyizingalo eziyishumi kusukela kolunye udini kuze kufike kolunye, lwaluyisiyingilizi; ukuphakama kwalo kwakuyizingalo eziyisihlanu; umucu oyizingalo ezingamashumi amathathu waluzungeza nxazonke. 3Phansi kwalo kwakukhona okufana nezintangazane nxazonke ezaluzungeza izingalo eziyishumi nxazonke; izintangazane zazisezinhleni ezimbili nxazonke zolwandle, zibunjiwe ekubunjweni kwalo.
4Lwalumi phezu kwezinkabi eziyishumi nambili, ezintathu zibheke ngasenyakatho, ezintathu zibheke ngasentshonalanga, ezintathu zibheke ngaseningizimu, ezintathu zibheke ngasempumalanga; ulwandle lwalumiswe phezu kwazo, zonke zifulathelene. 5Uhlonze lwalo lwalungangobubanzi besandla; udini lwalo lwalwenziwe njengodini lwendebe, lunjengembali yomnduze; lwamukela okulingene namabhati* ayizinkulungwane ezintathu.
6Wenza imicengezi eyishumi, wabeka eyisihlanu ngakwesokunene neyisihlanu ngakwesokhohlo ukuhlambela kuyo; okweminikelo yokushiswa babekugezela kuyo, kepha ulwandle lwalungolokuhlambela abapristi.
7Wenza izinti zezibani zegolide njengomthetho wazo, wazibeka ethempelini, eziyisihlanu ngakwesokunene neziyisihlanu ngakwesokhohlo.
8Wenza amatafula ayishumi, wawabeka ethempelini, ayisihlanu ngakwesokunene nayisihlanu ngakwesokhohlo. Wenza nezitsha eziyikhulu zegolide.
9Wenza igceke labapristi, negceke elikhulu, neminyango yegceke, wazinameka izivalo zayo ngethusi. 10Walubeka ulwandle ngakwesokunene ngasempumalanga yangaseningizimu.
11UHiramu wenza amakhanzi, namafosholo, nezitsha. UHiramu wayeseqeda ukwenza umsebenzi abewenzela inkosi uSolomoni endlini kaNkulunkulu: 12izinsika ezimbili, nezihloko ezimbili ezinjengezinkamba ezaziphezu kwezinsika, namanetha amabili okwembesa izihloko ezimbili ezinjengezinkamba ezaziphezu kwezinsika, 13namapomegranati* angamakhulu amane amanetha omabili, izinhla ezimbili zamapomegranati kulelo nalelo netha, okwembesa izihloko zombili ezazinjengezinkamba phezu kwezinsika. 14Wazenza nezinqe; nemicengezi wayenza ezinqeni, 15nolwandle lunye, nezinkabi eziyishumi nambili phansi kwalo. 16Namakhanzi, namafosholo, nezingwegwe zenyama, nezinto zonke zalokho uHiramu Abi wakwenzela inkosi uSolomoni ngethusi elikhazimulayo kube ngokwendlu kaJehova. 17Inkosi yakubumba ethafeni likaJordani emhlabathini webumba phakathi kweSukoti neSereda. 18USolomoni wazenza zonke lezo zinto, zaziningi kangako ukuba isisindo sethusi sasingenakutholwa.
19USolomoni wenza-ke zonke izinto ezazisendlini kaNkulunkulu, kanye ne-altare legolide, namatafula okwakukhona kuwo izinkwa zokubukwa, 20nezinti zezibani kanye nezibani zazo ukuba zivuthe njengomthetho phambi kwegumbi, ngegolide elicwengekileyo, 21nezimbali, nezibani, nezindlawu, ngegolide, igolide elipheleleyo, 22nezizenze, nezitsha, nezinkezo, nemicengezi yomlilo, ngegolide elicwengekileyo; iminyango-ke yendlu, izivalo zayo ezingaphakathi zendawo engcwelengcwele nezivalo zendlu yethempeli, zaziyigolide.
