2 IziKronike
4:1 Wenza i-altare lethusi, ubude balo babuyizingalo ezingamashumi amabili;
nezingalo ezingamashumi amabili ububanzi, nezingalo eziyishumi ukuphakama
kwakho.
4:2 Wenza nolwandle olubunjiweyo;
Ukuphakama kwawo kwakuyizingalo eziyisihlanu; nomucu oyizingalo ezingamashumi amathathu
wayizungeza.
4:3 Futhi ngaphansi kwalo kwakukhona isimo sezinkabi, okuyinto wazungeza kulo nxazonke
nxazonke: eziyishumi kuyingalo, zizungeza ulwandle nxazonke. Izinhlu ezimbili zezinkabi
zaphonswa, lapho kwabunjwa.
4:4 Yayimi phezu kwezinkabi eziyishumi nambili, ezintathu zibheke ngasenyakatho, futhi ezintathu
libheke ngasentshonalanga, lezintathu zibheke eningizimu, nezintathu
ubheke ngasempumalanga: ulwandle lwalubekwe phezu kwabo, nakho konke
ingemuva lawo laliphakathi.
4:5 Uhlonze lwalo lwalulingana nobubanzi besandla, nomphetho walo wawunjengobubanzi besandla
umsebenzi womphetho wendebe, nezimbali zeminduze; futhi yamukela futhi
waphatha amabhati ayizinkulungwane ezintathu.
4:6 Wenza futhi imicengezi eyishumi, wabeka emihlanu ngakwesokunene nemihlanu phezu
ayekushiyile, ageze kuzo: izinto abanikela ngazo zokushiswa
umnikelo babewugeza kuzo; kodwa ulwandle lwalungolwabapristi bokugeza
phakathi.
4:7 Futhi wenza izinti zezibani eziyishumi ngegolide ngendlela yazo, futhi wabeka
ethempelini, amahlanu ngakwesokunene, namahlanu ngakwesokhohlo.
4:8 Wenza namatafula ayishumi, wawabeka ethempelini, amahlanu phezu kwawo
ngakwesokunene, nabahlanu ngakwesokhohlo. Wenza nezitsha eziyikhulu zegolide.
4:9 Ngaphezu kwalokho, wenza igceke labapristi, negceke elikhulu, futhi
iminyango yegceke, wayinameka izivalo zayo ngethusi.
4:10 Futhi wabeka ulwandle ohlangothini lwesokunene ngasempumalanga, mayelana
eningizimu.
4:11 UHuramu wenza amakhanzi, namafosholo, nezitsha. Futhi Huram
wawuqeda umsebenzi ayewenzela inkosi uSolomoni wendlu kaSolomoni
uNkulunkulu;
4:12 Izinsika ezimbili, namapommel, nezinhloko eziyishumi
phezu kwezinsika ezimbili, nemiqhele emibili yokusibekela zombili
amakhanda ezinhloko ayephezu kwezinsika;
4:13 namapomegranati angamakhulu amane emiqhele yomibili; imigqa emibili ye
amapomegranati* phezu komuqhele ngamunye, ukuze kusibekela amakhanda amabili ezihloko
ezaziphezu kwezinsika.
4:14 Wenza nezisekelo, wenza imicengezi phezu kwezisekelo;
4:15 Ulwandle olulodwa, nezinkabi eziyishumi nambili ngaphansi kwalo.
4:16 amakhanzi, namafosholo, futhi izingwegwe, futhi zonke zazo
izinsimbi, uHiramu uyise wazenzela inkosi uSolomoni, zendlu kaSolomoni
uJehova wethusi elikhazimulayo.
4:17 Inkosi yazibumbela ethafeni laseJordani emhlabathini wobumba
phakathi kweSukoti neZereda.
4:18 Ngakho uSolomoni wazenza zonke lezi zitsha ngobuningi obukhulu, isisindo
yethusi ayitholakalanga.
4:19 USolomoni wazenza zonke izitsha zendlu kaNkulunkulu
ne-altare legolide, namatafula okwakubekwe kuwo izinkwa zokubukwa;
4:20 Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinti zezibani nezibani zazo, ukuze zivutha ngemva
indlela phambi kwegumbi, ngegolide elicwengekileyo;
4:21 Futhi izimbali, nezibani, nezindlawu, wenza ngegolide, futhi lokho
igolide eliphelele;
4:22 nezitsha zomlilo, nezindebe, nezinkezo, nemicengezi yomlilo;
igolide elicwengekileyo, nomnyango wendlu, nezicabha zayo ezingaphakathi
indawo engcwelengcwele, iminyango yendlu yethempeli yayiyigolide.