1 AmaKhosi 3 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

1 Amakhosi 3 USolomoni naye uyashada futhi unikeza iGibeyoni umnikelo

¹ USolomoni wazihlanganisa noFaro inkosi yaseGibithe, wathatha indodakazi kaFaro, wayingenisa emzini kaDavide, waze waqeda ukwakha eyakhe indlu, nendlu kaJehova, nogange lwaseJerusalema nxazonke.

² Kuphela abantu babehlabela ezindaweni eziphakemeyo, ngoba kwakungakhelwanga iGama likaJehova indlu kwaze kwaba yilezo zinsuku.

³ USolomoni wamthanda uJehova ngokuhamba ezimisweni zikayise uDavide; wanikela kuphela ezindaweni eziphakemeyo, wadedela intuthu.

⁴ Inkosi yaya eGibeyoni ukuyohlabela khona; USolomoni wanikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa eyinkulungwane kulelo altare.

⁵ EGibeyoni, uJehova wabonakala kuSolomoni ngephupho ebusuku, futhi uNkulunkulu wathi: “Cela into engizokunika yona.”

⁶ Wayesethi uSolomoni: “Wenze umusa omkhulu encekwini yakho, ubaba uDavide, njengoba ayehamba phambi kwakho ngeqiniso, nangokulunga, nangobuqotho benhliziyo kuwe; umgcinele lomusa omkhulu ukuthi umnike indodana ukuba ihlale esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi njenganamuhla.

⁷ Manje, Jehova Nkulunkulu wami, usubekile inceku yakho inkosi esikhundleni sikaDavide ubaba, mina ngingumntwana omncane; angazi ngiphume noma ngingene kanjani.

⁸ Inceku yakho iphakathi kwabantu bakho obakhethileyo, abantu abaningi abangenakubalwa, abangenakubalwa ngenxa yobuningi.

⁹ Khona-ke unike inceku yakho inhliziyo eqondayo ukwahlulela abantu bakho, ukuze ngahlukanise phakathi kokuhle nokubi; ngoba ngubani ongahlulela lesi sizwe sakho esikhulu?

¹⁰ Leli zwi laba mnandi eNkosini, ngokuba uSolomoni walibuza.

¹¹ UNkulunkulu wathi kuye: “Ngokuba ucele lokho, ungazicelelanga izinsuku eziningi; awuzange ucele ingcebo yakho, futhi awuzange ucele ukuphila kwezitha zakho; kodwa ucele ukuqedisisa kwakho ukuze uhlukanise ukwahlulela;

¹² Bheka, ngenze njengokwamazwi akho; bheka, ngikunike inhliziyo ehlakaniphileyo neqondayo; ukuze kakho onjengawe ngaphambi kwakho, langemva kwakho kakuyikuvela onjengawe.

¹³ Futhi ngakunika lokho ongakucelanga, ingcebo nodumo, ukuze kungabikho onjengawe phakathi kwamakhosi zonke izinsuku zakho.

¹⁴ Uma uhamba ezindleleni zami ukugcina izimiso zami nemiyalo yami, njengalokho wahamba uyihlo uDavide, ngiyakwandisa izinsuku zakho.

¹⁵ Wavuka uSolomoni; bheka, kwakuyiphupho. Wafika eJerusalema wema phambi komphongolo wesivumelwano sikaJehova, wanikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa nemihlatshelo yokubonga, walungisela zonke izinceku zakhe idili.

¹⁶ Kwase kufika abesifazane ababili abayizifebe enkosini, bema phambi kwayo;

¹⁷ Omunye wesifazane wathi: “O nkosi yami, mina nalo wesifazane sihlala endlini yinye; ngathola ingane inaye endlini.

¹⁸ Kwathi ngosuku lwesithathu ngibelethile, lona wesifazane wabeletha naye; futhi sasindawonye; kwakungekho mfokazi kanye nathi endlini, ngaphandle kwethu sobabili endlini.

¹⁹ Wafa-ke umntwana walo wesifazane ebusuku; ngoba wayisibekela.

²⁰ Wavuka phakathi kobusuku, wathatha indodana yami eceleni kwami, incekukazi yakho ilele, wayilalisa esifubeni sakhe, wamlalisa ofileyo wakhe esifubeni sami.

²¹ Lapho ngivuka ekuseni ukuba ngincelise umntanami, bheka, wayesefile; kodwa lapho ngikucabangela ekuseni, bheka, kwakungeyona indodana yami engayizala.

²² Wathi omunye wesifazane: “Qha; kodwa ophilayo yindodana yami, ofileyo yindodana yakho. Lathi: Hatshi; kodwa ofileyo yindodana yakho, lendodana yami ngephilayo. Bakhuluma kanjalo phambi kwenkosi.

²³ Inkosi yasisithi: Lo wathi: Le yindodana yami ephilayo, lendodana yakho ngefileyo; omunye athi: Cha! kodwa indodana yakho ifile, futhi indodana yami iyaphila.

²⁴ Inkosi yasisithi: Ngiletheleni inkemba. Baletha inkemba phambi kwenkosi.

²⁵ Inkosi yasisithi: Dabulani kabili umntwana ophilayo, linike omunye ingxenye, lomunye.

²⁶ Owesifazana omntwana ophilayo wakhuluma enkosini, ngoba izibilini zakhe zanxanela indodana yakhe, wathi: O nkosi yami, mnikeni umntwana ephila, lingambulali. Kodwa omunye wathi: Kangabi ngowami kumbe owakho, kodwa yehlukaniseni.

²⁷ Inkosi yasiphendula yathi: “Mnikeni umntwana ophilayo, lingambulali lakanye; ungunina wayo.

²⁸ Wonke u-Israyeli wezwa isahlulelo inkosi; besaba inkosi, ngokuba babona ukuthi ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu bekukuyo ukwenza ukwahlulela.