Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
1:1 USolomon, unyana kaDavide, womelela ebukumkanini bakhe;
UYehova uThixo wakhe waba naye, wamenza mkhulu, wamphakamisa.
1:2 Wathetha uSolomon kumaSirayeli onke, kubathetheli bamawaka nabakwaSirayeli
ngamakhulu, nakubagwebi, nakuzo zonke iirhuluneli, kumaSirayeli onke
intloko yooyise.
1:3 Baya ke ooSolomon nebandla lonke elo esigangeni
ebiseGibheyon; ngokuba ibikhona intente yokuhlangana
UThixo awakwenzayo uMoses umkhonzi kaYehova entlango.
1:4 Ke yona ityeya kaThixo wayeyinyusile uDavide eKiriyati-yeharim, wayisa kuloo ndawo
awayeyilungiselele yona uDavide; ngokuba wayeyimisele intente
iYerusalem.
1:5 nesibingelelo sobhedu, kaBhetsaleli, unyana kaUri, unyana kaHuri;
wawabeka phambi komnquba kaYehova, uSolomon noSolomon
ibandla lalifuna kuyo.
1:6 Wenyuka khona uSolomon esibingelelweni sobhedu, esiphambi koYehova
wayesententeni yokuhlangana, wenyusa iwaka elinyukayo
iminikelo phezu kwayo.
1:7 UThixo wabonakala ngobo busuku kuSolomon, wathi kuye, Cela into endicela yona
ndiya kukunika.
1:8 Wathi uSolomon kuThixo, Wena umenzele inceba enkulu uDavide wam
Uyise, undenze ukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.
1:9 Ke kaloku, Yehova Thixo, malinyaniseke ilizwi lakho owalenza kuDavide ubawo;
ngokuba undenze ukumkani wabantu abanjengothuli lomhlaba
inkitha.
1:10 Ndinike kaloku ubulumko nokwazi, ndiphume ndingene kuqala
ngokuba ngubani na onokubalawula aba bantu bakho bangaka?
1:11 Wathi uThixo kuSolomon, Ngenxa enokuba loo nto ibe isentliziyweni yakho, wànabakho ke
ungacelanga butyebi, nendyebo, nozuko, nomphefumlo weentshaba zakho;
kananjalo anicelanga ubomi obude; ucele ubulumko nokwazi
ke wena, ukuze ubagwebe abantu bam endibamiseleyo
wena kumkani:
1:12 Unikiwe ubulumko nokwazi; ndikunike ubutyebi;
nobutyebi nozuko, ekungabangakho namnye kubo ookumkani banabo
kwabakho phambi kwakho, akusayi kubakho unjengawe emva kwakho.
1:13 Wesuka uSolomon eluhambeni lwakhe, waya esigangeni esibe siseGibheyon
waya eYerusalem, phambi kwentente yokuhlangana
waye engukumkani kwaSirayeli.
1:14 USolomon wahlanganisa iinqwelo zokulwa namahashe akhwelwayo, waba newaka elinamanci mabini
amakhulu amane eenqwelo zokulwa, namawaka alishumi elinamabini amahashe akhwelwayo, awawabekayo kuzo
nemizi yeenqwelo, nakukumkani eYerusalem.
1:15 Ukumkani wayenza isilivere negolide yaninzi njengamatye eYerusalem;
nemisedare wayenza yanjengemithombe esesihlanjeni
ubuninzi.
1:16 USolomon ubenamahashe aphuma eYiputa, nelinen ecikizekileyo;
Abarhwebi bathabatha ilinen emhlophe ngexabiso.
1:17 Bayinyusa, bayikhupha eYiputa inqwelo yokulwa, yabathandathu;
ikhulu leeshekele zesilivere, nehashe ngekhulu elinamanci mahlanu;
babakhuphela amahashe ookumkani bonke bamaHeti, nangenxa yabakhonzi
ookumkani baseSiriya, ngesandla sabo.