1 Ingoma yekhambo lokuya ethempelini; irhubo lakaSolomoni. Lokha uSomnini nakangakhi indlu, iinthukuthuku zabakhi zililize. Lokha uSomnini nangalindi idorobho, abalindi bagada ilize.
USomnini wapha uSolomoni ukuhlakanipha njengombana bekamthembisile. Kwaba khona itjhebiswano ehle phakathi kwakaSolomoni noRhiramu ngombana benza isivumelwano sokuthula.
Yelela-ke ndodana, uSomnini uZimu ukhethe wena bona wakhe ithempeli libe yindawo ecwengileko. Yeke qina idolo, wenze umsebenzi.”
Godu uDavida wakhuluma nendodanakhe uSolomoni wathi: “Qina, ungapheli amandla! Yenza umsebenzi! Ungabi nevalo wesabe ukuragela phambili ngombana uSomnini uZimu, iye uZimami unawe. Angeze akufulathele namkha akutjhiye bekube sekupheleni komsebenzi woke wokwakha ithempeli lakaSomnini.
Nikela noSolomoni indodanami ihliziyo epheleleko yokulonda imiyalo, iimfuneko neemiso zakho zoke, nokobana enze koke okusemandlenakhe bona akhe umakho engiwuboneleleko.”
Ingoma yekhambo lokuya ethempelini. Esizini lami ngiyalila kuSomnini kobana ungiphendule, ngithi:
Ingoma yekhambo lokuya ethempelini. Ngiqala eentabeni ngizibuze: Isizo lami livelaphi na?
Ingoma yekhambo lokuya ethempelini; irhubo lakaDavida. Ngajabula lokha nabathi kimi: “Asiyeni endlini kaSomnini.”
Ingoma yekhambo lokuya ethempelini. Ngiphakamisela amehlwami kuwe, wena onesihlalo sobukhosi ezulwini.
Ingoma yekhambo lokuya ethempelini; irhubo lakaDavida. Nangabe uSomnini bekangekho ngakithi – u-Israyeli akatjho lokhu –
Ingoma yekhambo lokuya ethempelini. Abethemba uSomnini bafana nentaba yeZiyoni engeze yanyakaziswa, kodwana ijame isiphelani.
Ingoma yekhambo lokuya ethempelini. Lokha uSomnini natjhugulula ubujamo beZiyoni saba njengababhudangako.
Irhubo lakaSolomoni. Zimu, yipha umbusi imithethwakho nokulunga kwakho kozesiweko.
Wakha indawakhe ecwengileko yaphakama nanjengephasi wayijamisela iinsekelo isiphelani.
Ehliziywenakhe umuntu utlama indlelakhe, kodwana uSomnini uhlosa amagadangwakhe.
Godu ngabuye ngabona bonyana ngaphasi komthunzi welanga umgijimo awuyi ngabanebelo, ipi ayiyi ngokweengorho isikwa asisi ngesabahlakaniphileko, umnono awusi ngewabongqondongqondo nomusa awusi ngewabanelwazi ngombana isikhathi nethuba kubehlela boke.
Abaqaphi bangifumana nabalokhu bakhambakhamba ngedorobheni. “Akhange nibone othandwa mphefumulwami na?”
Abaqaphi bangifumana nabalokhu bakhambakhamba ngedorobheni. Bangidula, bangikghubula, bangemuka ingubami, iye, abaqaphi abasemthangaleni.
Mina Somnini ngiyasitjheja, ngisisezela njalonjalo. Ngiselusa ubusuku nemini ukuze kungabikhona osilimazako.
Abelusi babantu bami baphophele, boke abanalwazi, boke bazizinja eziziingolwana, iye, ezibhalelwa kukhonkotha, ziyarutharutha khisibe zilele, iye, zithanda ukuyenda.
Ngibeke abalindi emithangalenakho Jerusalema, angeze bathula ubusuku namkha emini. Nina enibiza uSomnini, ningazinikeli ukuphumula,
Phakamisani iphawu emithangaleni yeBhabheli! Qinisani abalindi, bekani ababekilihlo, nizilungiselele ukunanabela! Mbala, uSomnini uhlosile bewafeza lokho akukhulume mayelana nabahlali beBhabheli.
Isigijimi sigijima sihlangabeze esinye nesithunywa sihlangabeze isithunywa ukubikela ikosi yeBhabheli bonyana idorobho layo lithunjwe mahlangothi woke.
Nje-ke nakube uKrestu azange avuswe, khona-ke ukutjhumayela kwethu kulilize lakolize, nokukholwa kwenu kunjalo.
Nje-ke bobabili, otjalako nosezelako abasililitho kodwana nguZimu yedwa okhulisako.
Nginevalo ngani, kobana mhlamunye ngidlale ngamandlami ngani.
Kodwana khumbulani uSomnini uZimenu ngombana nguye onipha amandla wokufumana umnono ukuze aqinisekise isivumelwano sakhe asifunga kiboyihlomkhulu njengombana kunjalo namhlanje.
Ikosi yeJerikho yabikelwa kwathiwa: “Tjheja, kunamadoda athileko wakwa-Israyeli afike entambama nje kobana azokuhlola inarha.”