Eyoku-1 yeziKronike
28:1 Wabahlanganisa ke uDavide zonke iinkosana zakwaSirayeli, iinkosana zakwaSirayeli
izizwe, nabathetheli bamaqela ababelungiselela ukumkani ngakukumkani
nabathetheli bamawaka, nabathetheli bamawaka
namakhulu, namagosa phezu kwayo yonke impahla nezinto eziphathekayo
ukumkani, noonyana bakhe, nabathetheli, namagorha, kunye
nawo onke amadoda anobukroti, besa eYerusalem.
28:2 Wesuka wema ngeenyawo uDavide ukumkani, wema ngeenyawo zakhe, wathi, Ndiphulaphule, nkosi yam
bazalwana, bantu bakowethu: Mna ke, ndandizimisele ukwakha iqhina entliziyweni yam
nendlu yokuphumla yetyeya yomnqophiso kaYehova, neyendlu yokuphumla
isihlalo seenyawo zoThixo wethu, silungiselwe isakhiwo;
28:3 Wathi ke uThixo kum, Uze ungalakheli ndlu igama lam;
uyindoda yemfazwe, uphalaze igazi;
28:4 Ke wandinyula uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, endlwini yonke yam;
Uyise woba ngukumkani kumaSirayeli ngonaphakade; unyule uYuda ukuba abe nguye
umlawuli; nakwindlu kaYuda, indlu kabawo; naphakathi
oonyana bakabawo ubendithanda, ukuba bandimise ukumkani kumaSirayeli onke;
28:5 nakoonyana bam bonke (ngokuba undinike oonyana abaninzi uYehova);
wanyula uSolomon unyana wam, ukuba ahlale etroneni yobukumkani bukaYehova
phezu kwamaSirayeli.
28:6 Wathi kum, USolomon, unyana wakho, nguye oya kwakha indlu yam neyam;
ngokuba ndizinyulele yena ukuba abe ngunyana wam, ndibe nguyise kuye mna;
28:7 Ndiya kubuzinzisa ubukumkani bakhe kude kuse ephakadeni, ukuba uthe waqinisela ukwenza
imithetho yam namasiko am, njengoko kunjalo namhla.
28:8 Ke ngoko, emehlweni amaSirayeli onke, ibandla likaYehova.
ezindlebeni zoThixo wethu yigcineni, niyifune yonke imithetho
kuYehova uThixo wenu, ukuze nilihluthe eli lizwe lihle, nilishiye
libe lilifa koonyana bakho emva kwakho ngonaphakade.
28:9 Ke wena Solomon, nyana wam, uze umazi uThixo kayihlo, umkhonze
ngentliziyo epheleleyo, nangomphefumlo ovumayo; ngokuba uYehova uyazigocagoca zonke
uyakuqonda konke ukuyila kweengcinga zabantu;
mfuneni, uya kufunyanwa nguwe; ukuba uthe wamshiya, wobuya
lahla ngonaphakade.
28:10 Zigcine ngoku; ngokuba uYehova ukunyule ukuba umakhele indlu
Yomelela, wenze.
28:11 UDavide wamnika uSolomon unyana wakhe isifanekiso sevaranda, nesevaranda
nezindlu zayo, nobuncwane bayo, nobamagumbi aphezulu
nezangqameko zalo zangaphakathi, nendawo yalo
isihlalo senceba,
28:12 nomfanekiso weento zonke abenazo ngomoya, weentendelezo zendlu kaThixo
nendlu kaYehova, nawo onke amagumbi okudlela macala onke
nobuncwane bendlu kaThixo, nobobuncwane bezinto ezingcwele
izinto:
28:13 nesamaqela ababingeleli, nabaLevi, nabo bonke abangcwele
umsebenzi wenkonzo yendlu kaYehova nowempahla yonke
inkonzo endlwini kaYehova.
28:14 nesezinto zegolide, ngokobunzima begolide yeempahla zonke zeempahla zonke
indlela yenkonzo; nesilivere yeempahla zonke zesilivere ngokobunzima;
kuzo zonke izixhobo zeenkonzo ngeenkonzo;
28:15 ubunzima beziphatho zegolide, nobezibane zazo
negolide ngokobunzima besiphatho sezibane, nobezibane zaso;
neseziphatho zesilivere ngokobunzima, nesesiphatho sezibane, nesesiphatho sezibane, nesesiphatho sezibane
nezibane zaso, ngokomsebenzi wesiphatho ngasinye sezibane.
28:16 negolide ngokobunzima beetafile zokucwangcisa izonka, betafile ngetafile;
kwanesilivere yeetafile zesilivere.
28:17 neefolokhwe, nezitya zokutshiza, neendebe, neseendebe zegolide ecocekileyo
neendebe zegolide ngokobunzima bendebe ngendebe; kwangokunjalo
isilivere ngokobunzima bendebe yesilivere ngendebe;
28:18 nesesibingelelo sesiqhumiselo segolide ehluziweyo, ngokobunzima; kunye negolide ye
Umfanekiso wenqwelo yeekerubhi ezolula amaphiko azo;
yayisithelisa ityeya yomnqophiso kaYehova.
28:19 Konke oku, wathi uDavide, UYehova wandiqondisa ngokubhala ngesandla sakhe
phezu kwam, nayo yonke imisebenzi yalo mfuziselo.
28:20 Wathi uDavide kuSolomon unyana wakhe, Yomelela ukhaliphe, wenze
musani ukoyika, musani ukuqhiphuka umbilini; ngokuba uYehova uThixo, uThixo wam, nguye oya kubakho
nawe; akayi kukuyekela, akayi kukuyekela, ude umfumane
bawugqiba wonke umsebenzi wenkonzo yendlu kaYehova.
28:21 Yabona, amaqela ababingeleli, nabaLevi, baya kubo;
zibe nawe kuyo yonke inkonzo yendlu kaThixo, ibe njalo
kunye nawe kuwo wonke umsebenzi wobugcisa, bonke abaqhutywa yintliziyo abanobuchule
nokuba nguwuphi na umsebenzi, abathetheli nabantu bonke
ngokupheleleyo ngomyalelo wakho.