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.