2 Ngoma
9: 1 Umwamikazi wa Sheba yumvise ibyamamare bya Salomo, araza
garagaza Salomo ufite ibibazo bikomeye i Yerusalemu, hamwe bikomeye cyane
isosiyete, n'ingamiya zambaye ibirungo byambaye ubusa, na zahabu nyinshi, kandi
amabuye y'agaciro: ageze kwa Salomo, avugana na we
mu bintu byose byari mu mutima we.
9: 2 Salomo amubwira ibibazo bye byose, kandi nta kintu na kimwe cyari cyihishe
Salomo ntiyabimubwiye.
9 Umwamikazi wa Sheba abonye ubwenge bwa Salomo, na
inzu yari yarubatse,
9 Inyama zo ku meza ye, n'intebe y'abakozi be, n'Uwiteka
kwitabira abaministri be, n'imyambarire yabo; abatwara ibikombe nabo, kandi
imyambarire yabo; no kuzamuka kwe azamuka mu nzu y'Uwiteka
Uhoraho, nta mwuka wari ukiri muri we.
5: 5 Abwira umwami ati: "Ni inkuru y'ukuri numvise mu bwanjye
igihugu cy'ibikorwa byawe, n'ubwenge bwawe:
9 Ariko sinigeze nemera amagambo yabo, kugeza igihe nzazira, amaso yanjye akabona
ni: kandi, dore, kimwe cya kabiri cyubukuru bwubwenge bwawe ntabwo
yarambwiye ati: kuko urenze icyamamare numvise.
9: 7 Abagabo bawe barahirwa, kandi abo bagaragu bawe bahagaze bahagaze
ubudahwema imbere yawe, wumve ubwenge bwawe.
9: 8 Uwiteka Imana yawe ihimbazwe, yakwishimiye kugushira kuri we
intebe y'ubwami, kuba umwami w'Uwiteka Imana yawe, kuko Imana yawe yakundaga Isiraheli,
kubashiraho ubuziraherezo, ni cyo cyatumye akugira umwami kuri bo, gukora
urubanza n'ubutabera.
9 Aha umwami impano ijana na makumyabiri zahabu, na
ibirungo byinshi, n'amabuye y'agaciro: ntanubwo byari bihari
ibirungo nkuko umwamikazi wa Sheba yahaye umwami Salomo.
9:10 Abagaragu na Huramu, n'abakozi ba Salomo, ari bo
yazanye zahabu muri Ophir, azana ibiti bya algum n'amabuye y'agaciro.
11:11 Umwami akora amaterasi y'indinganire ku nzu y'Uwiteka,
no ku ngoro y'umwami, inanga na zaburi z'abaririmbyi: na
nta n'umwe wigeze aboneka mu gihugu cya Yuda.
Umwami Salomo aha umwamikazi wa Sheba ibyo yifuzaga byose
abaza, uretse ibyo yari yazanye ku mwami. Na we
arahindukira, asubira mu gihugu cye, we n'abakozi be.
9:13 Uburemere bwa zahabu bwaje kuri Salomo mu mwaka umwe bwari magana atandatu
na mirongo itandatu n'impano esheshatu za zahabu;
9:14 Usibye ibyo abatware n'abacuruzi bazanye. Abami bose ba
Arabiya na ba guverineri b'icyo gihugu bazanye Salomo zahabu na feza.
9:15 Umwami Salomo akora ibitero magana abiri bya zahabu yakubiswe: magana atandatu
shekeli ya zahabu yakubiswe yagiye kuntego imwe.
9 Inkinzo magana atatu zikoze muri zahabu yakubiswe: shekeli magana atatu
zahabu yagiye mu ngabo imwe. Umwami abashyira mu nzu y'Uwiteka
ishyamba rya Libani.
9:17 Byongeye kandi, umwami akora intebe nini y'amahembe y'inzovu, arayambikaho
zahabu nziza.
9:18 Hariho intambwe esheshatu zerekeza ku ntebe y'ubwami, hamwe n'intebe y'ibirenge bya zahabu
zomekwa ku ntebe y'ubwami, kandi ziguma ku mpande zose zicaye
ikibanza, n'intare ebyiri zihagaze iruhande:
9:19 Intare cumi na zibiri zihagarara kuruhande rumwe no kurundi ruhande
intambwe esheshatu. Ntabwo byari bimeze nkibyo byakozwe mubwami ubwo aribwo bwose.
9:20 Kandi inzabya zose zo kunywa z'umwami Salomo zari izahabu, n'iza zose
inzabya zo munzu yishyamba rya Libani zari zahabu nziza: ntayo
zari iz'ifeza; ntakintu nakimwe cyabazwe muminsi ya
Salomo.
9:21 Kuko amato y'umwami yagiye i Tarushishi hamwe n'abakozi ba Huram: buri wese
imyaka itatu yigeze kuza amato ya Tarshish azana zahabu, na feza,
amahembe y'inzovu, n'inguge, na pawusi.
9:22 Umwami Salomo atambutsa abami bose bo mu isi ubutunzi n'ubwenge.
9:23 Abami bose bo ku isi bashakaga imbere ya Salomo kugira ngo bumve
ubwenge bwe, Imana yashyize mu mutima we.
9:24 Bazana umuntu wese impano ye, ibikoresho by'ifeza n'ibikoresho
ya zahabu, n'imyambaro, ibikoresho, n'ibirungo, amafarasi, n'inyumbu, igipimo
umwaka ku wundi.
9:25 Salomo yari afite ibirindiro ibihumbi bine by'amafarasi n'amagare, na cumi na babiri
abanyamafarasi ibihumbi; uwo yahaye imigi y'amagare, hamwe na
umwami i Yeruzalemu.
9:26 Yategeka abami bose kuva ku ruzi kugeza mu gihugu cya
Abafilisitiya, no ku rubibe rwa Misiri.
9:27 Umwami akora ifeza i Yeruzalemu nk'amabuye, n'ibiti by'amasederi arabikora
nkibiti bya sycomore biri mubibaya byo hasi kubwinshi.
Bazana amafarasi ya Salomo mu Misiri no mu bihugu byose.
9:29 Noneho ibindi bikorwa bya Salomo, mbere na nyuma, sibyo
byanditswe mu gitabo cya Natani umuhanuzi, no mu buhanuzi bwa Ahiya
Shilonite, no mu iyerekwa rya Iddo umubona kurwanya Yerobowamu Uwiteka
mwene Nebati?
9:30 Salomo ategeka i Yeruzalemu imyaka yose mirongo ine.
9:31 Salomo aryamana na ba sekuruza, ahambwa mu mujyi wa
Se Dawidi: umuhungu we Rehobowamu amwima.