Eyoku-1 yooKumkani
10:1 Ke kaloku ukumkanikazi waseShebha waluva udaba lukaSolomon mayela neNkosi
igama likaYehova, weza kumlinga ngemibuzo enzima.
10:2 Wafika eYerusalem enesihlwele esinzima kunene, esineenkamela ezithwele
ubulawu, negolide eninzi kunene, namatye anqabileyo
kuSolomon, wathetha naye konke okube kusentliziyweni yakhe.
10:3 USolomon wamtyhilela onke amazwi akhe; akwabakho nto ifihlakeleyo kuye
ukumkani, angamxelelanga nto.
10:4 Wabubona ukumkanikazi waseShebha bonke ubulumko bukaSolomon, nendlu yakhe
ukuba wakha.
10:5 nokudla kwetafile yakhe, nokuhlala kwabakhonzi bakhe, nabahleli
phambi kwabalungiseleli bakhe, neempahla zabo, nabangcamli bakhe, kunye
Ukunyuka kwakhe, abenyuka ngako ukuya endlwini kaYehova; kwakungekho
umoya ongakumbi kuye.
10:6 Wathi kukumkani, Libe liyinene ilizwi endaliva kwelam icala
ilizwe lezenzo zakho nobulumko bakho.
10:7 Andikholwanga ngamazwi lawo, ndada ndeza, abona amehlo am
uyabona, bendingaxelelwanga nesiqingatha esi. Bubulumko bakho nokulungelwa kwakho
lugqithise ngodumo endaluvayo.
10:8 Anoyolo amadoda akho, banoyolo aba bakhonzi bakho bemiyo yonke imihla
phambi kwakho, mabuve ubulumko bakho.
10:9 Makabongwe uYehova uThixo wakho, okunoneleleyo, wakubeka phezu kwentaba.
etroneni yakwaSirayeli: ngokuba uYehova wawathanda amaSirayeli ngonaphakade, wenjenjalo
ngukumkani wena, ukuba wenze okusesikweni nobulungisa.
10:10 Ukumkanikazi wanika ukumkani ikhulu elinamanci amabini eetalente zegolide, nekalo
ubulawu bezinto ezininzi kakhulu, namatye anqabileyo;
Ubulawu obuninzi obunjengobo ukumkanikazi waseShebha wabunika ukumkani
uSolomon.
10:11 Kananjalo isinqanawa sikaHiram, esathwele igolide kwaOfire, sayingenisa
evela kwaOfire mialmugi emininzi kunene, namatye anqabileyo.
10:12 Imialmugi leyo ukumkani wayenza iintsika zendlu kaYehova;
nasendlwini yokumkani kwaneehadi, nemirhubhe yeemvumi;
akuzanga kubekho mialmugi injalo, akubonwanga nanamhla.
10:13 Ukumkani uSolomon wanika ukumkanikazi waseShebha konke awakunqwenelayo
yacela, yona ingaphezu koko wayinikwa nguSolomon, ngokwesisa sakhe sobukumkani. Ngoko
yajika yaya ezweni layo, yona nabakhonzi bayo.
10:14 Ke kaloku ubunzima begolide, eyeza kuSolomon ngamnyaka mnye, baba ngamakhulu amathandathu
ngamashumi omathandathu anesithandathu eetalente zegolide;
10:15 iyodwa eyabarhwebi, naserhweboni lobulawu.
abarhwebi, nookumkani bonke bama-Arabhi, namabamba elizwe
ilizwe.
10:16 Ukumkani uSolomon wenza amakhulu amabini amakhaka egolide ekhandiweyo, amakhulu amathandathu
iishekele zegolide zaba lixhoba lalinye.
10:17 Wenza amakhulu amathathu amakhaka egolide ekhandiweyo; iikhilogram ezintathu zegolide
Waza ukumkani wazibeka endlwini yehlathi lika-Ashera
Libhanon.
10:18 Ukumkani wenza itrone enkulu ngeempondo zeendlovu, wayaleka ngobhedu
eyona golide.
10:19 Itrone leyo ibinezinyuko ezithandathu; itrone leyo ibinomphezulu oyinqila ngasemva.
Kwaye kukho iingalo ngapha nangapha kwendawo yokuhlala, nezimbini
kumi iingonyama phezu kweengalo ezo.
10:20 kumi iingonyama ezilishumi elinambini khona, ngapha nangapha;
akuzanga kwenziwe into enjalo ezikumkanini zonke.
10:21 Yonke impahla yokusela yokumkani uSolomon yabe iyeyegolide, nezinye izinto zonke
iimpahla zendlu yehlathi laseLebhanon zazezegolide ecikizekileyo; akukho nanye
ibiyisilivere, ibingento yakonto yona ngemihla kaSolomon.
10:22 Ngokuba ukumkani ubenesinqanawa saseTarshishe elwandle, ndawonye nesinqanawa sikaHiram;
ngeminyaka emithathu seza isinqanawa eso saseTarshishe, sithwele igolide nesilivere.
iimpondo zendlovu, neenkawu, neepikoko.
10:23 Waba mkhulu ke ukumkani uSolomon, ngaphezu kookumkani bonke behlabathi, ngobutyebi nangobutyebi
ubulumko.
10:24 Lonke ihlabathi laye lifuna ubuso bukaSolomon, ukuba live ubulumko bakhe, abenabo uThixo
wabeka entliziyweni yakhe.
10:25 Bazisa elowo umnikelo wakhe, neempahla zesilivere, neempahla
igolide, nezambatho, nezikrweqe, nobulawu, namahashe, noimeyile, yixabiso
unyaka nonyaka.
10:26 USolomon wahlanganisa iinqwelo zokulwa namahashe akhwelwayo;
Iwaka elinamakhulu amane eenqwelo zokulwa, ishumi elinesibini lamawaka amahashe akhwelwayo
wabeka emizini yeenqwelo zokulwa, nakukumkani eYerusalem.
10:27 Ukumkani wayenza isilivere yanjengamatye eYerusalem, nemisedare
abe njengemithombe esezihlanjeni, ukuba mininzi.
10:28 USolomon ubenamahashe aphuma eYiputa, nelinen ecikizekileyo;
Abarhwebi bathabatha ilinen emhlophe ngexabiso.
10:29 Inqwelo yokulwa yenyuka yaphuma eYiputa, ngamakhulu omathandathu eeshekele
isilivere, nehashe ngekhulu elinamanci mahlanu; kwanjalo ke kookumkani bonke
kumaHeti, nakookumkani bakwa-Aram, bazikhupha bona
iindlela zabo.