1 IziKronike
22:1 Khona-ke uDavide wathi: "Le yindlu kaJehova uNkulunkulu, futhi lena yindlu
i-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa lika-Israyeli.
22:2 Futhi uDavide wayala ukuba kubuthelwe ndawonye abafokazi ababehlala
ezweni lakwa-Israyeli; wamisa abakhi ukuba babaze amatshe abaziweyo ukwakha
indlu kaNkulunkulu.
22:3 UDavide walungisa insimbi eningi yezipikili zeminyango yeNkosi
amasango, nezokuhlangana; nethusi eliningi elingenasisindo;
22:4 Futhi imisedari ngobuningi: for the Sidonians and baseTire
baletha imisedari eminingi kuDavide.
22:5 UDavide wathi, "USolomoni indodana yami usemncane futhi ithambile, futhi indlu ukuthi
izokwakhiwa ngoba uJehova kumelwe abe mkhulu ngokwedlulele, nodumo futhi
yenkazimulo emazweni onke: ngakho-ke sengizakulungiselela
ngoba. Ngakho uDavide walungisa kakhulu ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe.
22:6 Khona-ke wabiza uSolomoni indodana yakhe, futhi wamyala ukuba akhe indlu
ngoba uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.
22:7 UDavide wathi kuSolomoni: "Ndodana yami, mina-ke kwakusengqondweni yami ukwakha
indlu egameni likaJehova uNkulunkulu wami.
22:8 Kodwa izwi likaJehova lafika kimi, lathi: "Wena uchithe igazi
kakhulu, wenza izimpi ezinkulu; awuyikwakhela indlu
igama lami, ngokuba uchithile igazi eliningi emhlabeni phambi kwami.
22:9 Bheka, uyakuzalelwa indodana eyakuba ngumuntu wokuphumula; nami
uyakumphumuza kuzo zonke izitha zakhe nxazonke, ngokuba igama lakhe liyakuba
makube nguSolomoni, nginike u-Israyeli ukuthula nokuzola emihleni yakhe.
22:10 Yena uyokwakhela igama lami indlu; futhi uyakuba yindodana yami, futhi mina ngiyoba
abe nguyise; ngiyakumisa phezu kwesihlalo sobukhosi sombuso wakhe
Israyeli kuze kube phakade.
22:11 Manje, ndodana yami, uJehova makabe nawe; uphumelele, wakhe ithempeli
indlu kaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, njengokukhuluma kwakhe ngani.
22:12 Kuphela uJehova makakuphe ukuhlakanipha nokuqonda, futhi akunikeze umyalo
ngo-Israyeli, ukuze ugcine umthetho kaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho.
22:13 Khona-ke uyophumelela, uma uqaphela ukufeza izimiso kanye
izahlulelo uJehova ayala ngazo uMose ngo-Israyeli:
inamandla, inesibindi; ningesabi, ningapheli amandla.
22:14 Manje, bheka, ekuhluphekeni kwami ngilungisele indlu kaJehova
namatalenta ayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu egolide, namatalenta ayizinkulungwane eziyinkulungwane
isiliva; neyethusi nensimbi ezingenasisindo; ngoba kuchichima;
ngilungisile nemithi namatshe; futhi ungengeza kukho.
22:15 Ngaphezu kwalokho kukhona izisebenzi nawe ngobuningi, abasiki kanye nabasebenzi
amatshe nezingodo, nazo zonke izinhlobo zobuqili bazo zonke izinhlobo
umsebenzi.
22:16 Igolide, isiliva, nethusi, nensimbi, akukho
inombolo. Ngakho sukuma, wenze, futhi uJehova abe nawe.
22:17 UDavide wayala zonke izikhulu zakwa-Israyeli ukuba zisize uSolomoni indodana yakhe.
ethi,
22:18 Ingabe uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akanawe? futhi akaniphumuzanga
nhlangothi zonke? ngokuba unikele abakhileyo ezweni kube ngabami
isandla; izwe liyanqotshwa phambi kukaJehova naphambi kwabantu bakhe.
22:19 Manje bekani inhliziyo yenu nomphefumulo wenu ekufuneni uJehova uNkulunkulu wenu; vuka
ngalokho nakhe indlu engcwele kaJehova uNkulunkulu ukuba nilethe umphongolo
lesivumelwano sikaJehova lezitsha ezingcwele zikaNkulunkulu endlini
elizakwakhelwa ibizo leNKOSI.