2 iziKronike 1 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

2 IziKronike 1 USolomoni nebutho lonke baya eGibeyoni

¹ USolomoni indodana kaDavide wamqinisa embusweni wakhe; uJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe wayenaye, wamenza waba mkhulu kakhulu.

² USolomoni wakhuluma ku-Israyeli wonke, ezinduneni zezinkulungwane nezamakhulu, nakubahluleli, nakuzo zonke izikhulu kwa-Israyeli wonke, izinhloko zawoyise.

³ USolomoni nebandla lonke bahamba naye baya endaweni ephakemeyo eyayiseGibeyoni; ngoba kwakukhona lapho itende lokuhlangana likaNkulunkulu uMose inceku kaJehova alenza ehlane.

⁴ Kepha umphongolo kaNkulunkulu uDavida wakhuphula umphongolo kaNkulunkulu eKiriyati Jeharimi wayiswa endaweni uDavide ayewulungisele yona, ngoba wawumisele ithende eJerusalema.

⁵ Wabeka i-altare lethusi uBhezaleli indodana ka-Uri kaHure alenzile phambi kwetabernakele likaJehova; uSolomoni nebandla bakufuna.

⁶ USolomoni wakhuphukela khona e-altare lethusi phambi kukaJehova elalingasetendeni lokuhlangana, wanikela phezu kwalo iminikelo yokushiswa eyinkulungwane.

⁷ Ngalobo busuku uNkulunkulu wabonakala kuSolomoni, wathi kuye: “Cela lokho engizakukunika khona.”

⁸ USolomoni wasesithi kuNkulunkulu: Wena wenzele ubaba uDavida umusa omkhulu, wangimisa inkosi esikhundleni sakhe.

⁹ Manje, Jehova Nkulunkulu, mawugcwaliseke isithembiso owasenza kubaba uDavide, ngoba ungenze inkosi phezu kwesizwe esingangothuli lomhlabathi ngobuningi.

¹⁰ Khathesi ngiphe ukuhlakanipha lokwazi ukuze ngiphume ngingene phambi kwalababantu; ngoba ngubani ongahlulela lababantu bakho abakhulu kangaka?

¹¹ UNkulunkulu wathi kuSolomoni: “Ngenxa yokuthi kwakusenhliziyweni yakho, futhi awucelanga ingcebo, nengcebo, noma udumo, noma ukuphila kwezitha zakho, futhi awucelanga ukuphila isikhathi eside; kepha wacela ukuhlakanipha kwakho nokwazi kwakho ukuba wahlulele abantu bami engikubeke inkosi ngabo.

¹² Ukuhlakanipha nokwazi uyakuphiwa; ngiyakukunika ingcebo, nengcebo, nodumo, amakhosi angaphambi kwakho angazange abe nawo, angabikho omunye emva kwakho.

¹³ USolomoni wayesesuka ohambweni lwakhe, waya endaweni ephakemeyo yaseGibeyoni, waya eJerusalema, esuka phambi kwetende lokuhlangana, wabusa phezu kuka-Israyeli.

¹⁴ USolomoni wabutha izinqola nabamahhashi, waba nezinqola eziyinkulungwane namakhulu amane nabamahhashi abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nambili, wakubeka emizini yezinqola nasenkosini eJerusalema.

¹⁵ Inkosi yenza isiliva negolide eJerusalema kwaba ngamatshe amaningi, yenza nemisedari ibe miningi njengemisikhamori esemathafeni.

¹⁶ Amahhashi uSolomoni ayenawo aphuma eGibithe nezindwangu zelineni; abathengisi benkosi bamukela ilineni ngentengo.

¹⁷ Bakhuphuka bakhipha eGibithe inqola ngamashekeli angamakhulu ayisithupha esiliva, nehhashi ngekhulu namashumi ayisihlanu; kanjalo bakhiphela onke amakhosi amaHeti namakhosi ase-Aramu amahhashi ngesandla sabo.