Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
2:1 USolomon wagqiba kwelokuba alakhele indlu igama likaYehova
indlu yobukumkani bakhe.
2:2 USolomon wathi amashumi asixhenxe amawaka amadoda ukuba athwale imithwalo;
namashumi asibhozo amawaka axhotyile amaplanga entabeni, namawaka amathathu anamanci
amakhulu amathandathu ukuba angawongamela.
2:3 Wathumela uSolomon kuHiram ukumkani waseTire, wathi, Njengoko wenze ngako
kunye noDavide ubawo, ndathumela kuye imisedare yokuzakhela indlu
hlalani khona, nenjenjalo kum.
2:4 Yabona, ndilakhela indlu igama likaYehova uThixo wam, ukuba lingcwaliswe
nokuqhumisela phambi kwakhe ngesiqhumiso esimnandi, kube ngamaxesha onke
nezonka zokubonisa, namadini anyukayo akusasa nangokuhlwa, phezu komhla
ngeesabatha, nasekuthwaseni kwenyanga, nangamaxesha amisiweyo kaYehova
uThixo. Lo ngummiselo ongunaphakade kuSirayeli.
2:5 Indlu endiyakhayo inkulu; ngokuba mkhulu uThixo wethu ngaphezu kwabo bonke
oothixo.
2:6 Ngubani na ke onako ukumakhela indlu, ebona izulu nezulu?
Amazulu akanakumthwala? ndingubani ke mna, ukuba ndimakhele?
Nendlu yakhe, kukuqhumisela kodwa phambi kwakhe?
2:7 Ndithumele ke ngoko indoda enobuchule bokusebenza ngegolide, nangesilivere, nangesilivere
Ubhedu, nentsimbi, nemfusa, nebomvu, nemsi, nemisonto emsi nemfusa
unobuchule bokungcwaba kunye namadoda anobuqhophololo anam kwaYuda naphakathi
iYerusalem, awayilungiselayo uDavide ubawo.
2:8 Ndithumele nemisedare, nemisipres, nemialgumi, evela eLebhanon;
ngokuba ndiyazi mna ukuba abakhonzi bakho bayakwazi ukugawula imithi eLebhanon; kwaye,
yabona, abakhonzi bam baya kuba nabakhonzi bakho;
2:9 undilungisele imithi emininzi, yendlu endikuyo
ukwakha kuya kuba kukhulu ngokumangalisayo.
2:10 yabona, ndibanika abakhonzi bakho, abaqingqi bemithi, abaqingqi bemithi;
amashumi amabini amawaka eekore zengqolowa engqushiweyo, namashumi amabini amawaka eekore
nerhasi, namashumi amabini amawaka eebhate zewayini, namashumi amabini amawaka eebhate
yeoli.
2:11 Waphendula uHuram, ukumkani waseTire, ngokubhala, awathumela kuye
Solomon, ngokuba uYehova wabathanda abantu bakhe, ukumisile ukuba ube ngukumkani
phezu kwabo.
2:12 Wathi uHuram, Makabongwe uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, owenza izulu
nomhlaba, owamnika uDavide ukumkani unyana osisilumko, ophathwayo
ingqiqo nengqondo, ukuze bakhele uYehova indlu, baqonde
indlu yobukumkani bakhe.
2:13 Ngoku ke ndithumele indoda enobuqili, enokuqonda, yakwaHuram
kabawo,
2:14 Unyana wenkazana yasezintombini zakwaDan, uyise eyindoda
iTire, elinobuchule ekusebenzeni ngegolide, nangesilivere, nangobhedu, ngesinyithi, nangesinyithi
ngelitye, nangemiqadi, nemisonto emsi nemfusa, nelinen ecikizekileyo, nelinen ecikizekileyo
ebomvu; nelokukrola nokuba yiyiphi na, nokukrola yonke into
uya kwenziwa kuye icebo, kunye neengcibi zakho, kunye necebo lakho
amadoda anobunono enkosi yam uDavide uyihlo.
2:15 Ke ngoko, ingqolowa, nerhasi, neoli, newayini, endiya kuthi mna
ithethile inkosi, mayithumele kubakhonzi bayo.
2:16 Ke thina sogawula imithi eLebhanon, njengoko usukuba uyifunayo;
Yoyizisa kuwe eYafo ngokuyidadisa elwandle; uze uyithwale wena
phezulu ukuya eYerusalem.
2:17 USolomon wababala bonke abasemzini ababesezweni lakwaSirayeli;
ekubaleni awababalayo uDavide uyise; kwaye
kwafunyanwa ikhulu elinamanci mahlanu amawaka, anesithathu samawaka, anesithandathu
ikhulu.
2:18 Wamisa amashumi osixhenxe amawaka kubo ukuba abe ngabathwali;
namashumi asibhozo amawaka abe ngabaqingqi bamatye entabeni, namawaka amathathu
namakhulu amathandathu abongameli bokufundisa abantu umsebenzi.