Eyoku-1 yeziKronike
22:1 Wathi uDavide, Yiyo le indlu kaYehova uThixo;
isibingelelo sedini elinyukayo sikaSirayeli.
22:2 Wathi uDavide, mabahlanganiselwe ndawonye abasemzini ababephakathi
ilizwe lakwaSirayeli; wamisa abaqingqi bokuqingqa amatye axholiweyo
indlu kaThixo.
22:3 UDavide walungisa isinyithi sasininzi sezikhonkwane zeengcango zetempile
amasango, nezidibanisi; nobhedu oluninzi, alwaba nakulinganiswa;
22:4 nemisedare engenakubalwa; eyabaseTsidon nabaseTire
bazisa imisedare eninzi kuDavide.
22:5 Wathi uDavide, USolomon unyana wam mncinane, uthambile, nendlu le
imele yakhiwe ngokuba uYehova kufuneka ibe mkhulu ngokugqithisileyo, nodumo nodumo
oluzukileyo kuwo onke amazwe. Ngoko ke ndolungisa ngoku
ngayo. Walungisa ke uDavide kakhulu, phambi kokufa kwakhe.
22:6 Wambiza uSolomon unyana wakhe, wamwisela umthetho wokuba akhe indlu
ngokuba uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli.
22:7 Wathi uDavide kuSolomon, Nyana wam, bendisithi, Mna ndiya kwakha
indlu yegama likaYehova uThixo wam;
22:8 Ke kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kum, lisithi, Uphalaze igazi;
Waninzi, wenza iimfazwe ezinkulu; akuyi kulakhela ndlu
igama lam, ngokuba uphalaze igazi elininzi ehlabathini phambi kwam.
22:9 Yabona, uya kuzalelwa unyana; yena uya kuba yindoda yoxolo; kwaye nam
uya kumphumza ezintshabeni zakhe zonke ngeenxa zonke;
yiba nguSolomon, ndiwanike uxolo nokuzola uSirayeli ngemihla yakhe.
22:10 Nguye oya kulakhela igama lam indlu. Yena uya kuba ngunyana wam, mna ke ndibe ngunyana wam
abe nguyise; ndiya kuyizinzisa phezu kwayo itrone yobukumkani bakhe
Sirayeli ngonaphakade.
22:11 Kaloku, nyana wam, uYehova makabe nawe; ube nempumelelo, uwakhe
indlu kaYehova uThixo wakho, njengoko wakuthethayo ngawe.
22:12 Kodwa uYehova makakunike ubulumko nokuqonda, akuwisele umthetho
kumaSirayeli, ukuba uwugcine umyalelo kaYehova uThixo wakho.
22:13 Uya kwandula ukuba nempumelelo, xa uthe wayigcina imimiselo nomthetho
izigwebo uYehova awamwisela uMoses umthetho ngazo ngenxa yamaSirayeli
womelele, womelele; musani ukunkwantya, musani ukunkwantya.
22:14 Kaloku uyabona, ekubandezelekeni kwam ndiyilungisele indlu kaYehova;
ikhulu lamawaka eetalente zegolide, newaka lamawaka eetalente
isilivere; nobhedu nesinyithi, abungenakulinganiswa nanto; ngokuba zininzi;
ndilungise nemithi namatye; ungongeza kuyo.
22:15 Kananjalo kukho nawe bebaninzi abasebenzi bomsebenzi, abaxholi beempahla nabasebenzi
amatye namaplanga, nawo onke amadoda anobunono kuzo zonke iintlobo
umsebenzi.
22:16 Igolide, nesilivere, nobhedu, nesinyithi, akukho
inani. Suk’ ume, wenze, uYehova abe nawe.
22:17 UDavide wabawisela umthetho abathetheli bakwaSirayeli bonke, ukuba bamncede uSolomon unyana wakhe;
esithi,
22:18 Akanani na uYehova uThixo wenu? akaniphumza ke
macala onke? ngokuba ubanikele ngabam abemi belizwe
isandla loyiswa ilizwe phambi koYehova, naphambi kwabantu bakhe.
22:19 Ke ngoko zinikeleni iintliziyo zenu nemiphefumlo yenu ekumquqeleni uYehova uThixo wenu; vuka
niyakhe ke ingcwele kaYehova uThixo, ukuba niyizise ityeya
zomnqophiso kaYehova, neempahla ezingcwele zikaThixo, endlwini
leyo eya kwakhelwa igama likaYehova.