UGWA­LO LO­KU­QA­LA

LWA­MA­KHO­SI

Uku­zi­be­ka ku­kaA­do­ni­ja uku­thi abe yi­nko­si

1Inko­si uDa­vi­da ya­yi­si­nda­la ile­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi; ba­se­be­ye­mbe­sa nge­ze­mba­tho, ko­dwa ka­yi­khu­du­ma­la­nga.

2 Ince­ku za­yo za­se­zi­si­thi ku­yo: Inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, ka­yi­di­nge­lwe into­mba­za­na emsu­lwa, uku­thi ime pha­mbi kwe­nko­si, iyo­nge, ila­le esi­fu­be­ni sa­kho, uku­ze inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, ikhu­du­ma­le.

3 Za­se­zi­di­nga into­mba­za­na enhle emi­ngce­le­ni yo­nke ya­koI­sra­ye­li, za­tho­la uA­bi­sha­gi umShu­na­mi, za­mle­tha enko­si­nia.

4 Into­mba­za­na ya­yi­yi­nhle ka­khu­lu si­bi­li, ya­ba ngu­mo­ngi we­nko­si, ya­yi­se­be­nze­la; ko­dwa inko­si ka­yi­ya­za­nga.

5 UA­do­ni­ja indo­da­na ka­Ha­gi­thib wa­se­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa esi­thi: Mi­na ngi­za­ku­ba yi­nko­si. Wa­se­zi­lu­ngi­se­la inqo­la la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za, la­ma­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu uku­gi­ji­ma pha­mbi kwa­khec.

6 Uyi­se wa­ye­nga­za­nga amda­ni­se la­ka­nye esi­thi: We­nze­le­ni ka­nje? La­ye fu­thi wa­ye­le­si­mo esi­hle ka­khu­lu, loni­na wa­mza­la emva ku­kaA­bi­sa­lo­mud.

7 La­ma­zwi akhe aye­lo­Jo­wa­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya nja­lo loA­bhi­ya­tha umpri­stie, ba­se­be­nce­di­sa, ba­mla­nde­la uA­do­ni­jaf.

8 Ko­dwa uZa­do­ki umpri­stig, lo­Bhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­dah, lo­Na­tha­ni umpro­fe­thii, lo­Shi­me­yij, lo­Re­yi, la­ma­qha­we uDa­vi­da aye­la­wo, ba­be­nge­kho kuA­do­ni­jak.

9 UA­do­ni­ja wa­hla­ba izi­mvu le­zi­nka­bi lo­ku­no­ni­si­we­yo eli­tshe­ni le­Zo­he­le­thi eli­se­ce­le­ni kweE­ni-Ro­ge­li, wa­nxu­sa bo­nke aba­fo­wa­bo, ama­do­da­na enko­si, la­wo wo­nke ama­do­da ako­Ju­da, ince­ku ze­nko­si;

10 ko­dwa oNa­tha­ni umpro­fe­thi lo­Bhe­na­ya la­ma­qha­we lo­So­lo­mo­ni umfo­wa­bo ka­ba­nxu­sa­ngal.

11 Nga­kho uNa­tha­ni wa­khu­lu­ma ku­Ba­thi­she­ba uni­na ka­So­lo­mo­ni esi­thi: Ka­wu­zwa­nga yi­ni uku­thi uA­do­ni­ja indo­da­na ka­Ha­gi­thi uya­bu­sa, le­nko­si ye­thu uDa­vi­da ka­yi­kwa­zi?

12 Nga­kho-ke wo­za, ake ngi­ku­phe ise­lu­le­ko, uku­ze usi­ndi­se impi­lo ya­kho le­mpi­lo ye­ndo­da­na ya­kho uSo­lo­mo­ni.

13 Ha­mba unge­ne enko­si­ni uDa­vi­da uthi ku­yo: We­na nko­si ya­mi, nko­si, ka­wu­fu­nga­nga yi­ni ku­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­kho usi­thi: Qo­tho, uSo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­mi uza­bu­sa emva kwa­mi, nja­lo ye­na uza­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­mi so­bu­kho­si? Pho, ku­nga­ni ku­bu­sa uA­do­ni­jam?

14 Kha­nge­la, ulo­khu usa­khu­lu­ma la­pho le­nko­si, ngi­nge­ne la­mi emva kwa­kho, ngi­qi­ni­se ama­zwi akho.

15 UBa­thi­she­ba wa­se­nge­na enko­si­ni eka­me­lwe­ni. Inko­si ya­yi­si­nda­la ka­khu­lu, loA­bi­sha­gi umShu­na­mi wa­ye­yi­se­be­nze­la inko­sin.

16 UBa­thi­she­ba wa­se­gu­qa wa­kho­tha­me­la inko­si; inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ula­ni?

17 Wa­se­si­thi ku­yo: Nko­si ya­mi, we­na wa­fu­nga ngo­Je­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ku­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­kho usi­thi: Qo­tho uSo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­kho uza­bu­sa emva kwa­mi, nja­lo ye­na uza­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­mi so­bu­kho­si.

18 Ko­dwa kha­the­si kha­nge­la, uA­do­ni­ja uya­bu­sa, kha­the­si-ke, nko­si ya­mi, nko­si, ka­wu­kwa­zio.

19 Use­hla­be izi­nka­bi lo­ku­no­ni­si­we­yo le­zi­mvu ezi­ne­ngi, wa­nxu­sa wo­nke ama­do­da­na enko­si loA­bhi­ya­tha umpri­sti lo­Jo­wa­bi indu­na ye­bu­tho; ko­dwa uSo­lo­mo­ni ince­ku ya­kho ka­mnxu­sa­ngap.

20 We­na-ke, nko­si ya­mi, nko­si, ame­hlo kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke aphe­zu kwa­kho uku­thi uba­tshe­le uku­thi ngu­ba­ni oza­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si se­nko­si ya­mi, inko­si, emva kwa­yo,

21 hle­zi ku­za­ku­thi la­pho inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, iza­la­la la­bo­yi­se, mi­na le­ndo­da­na ya­mi uSo­lo­mo­ni si­za­ku­ba yi­zo­niq.

22 Kha­nge­la-ke, elo­khu esa­khu­lu­ma le­nko­si, lo­Na­tha­ni umpro­fe­thi wa­nge­na.

23 Ba­se­be­yi­bi­ke­la inko­si be­si­thi: Kha­nge­la uNa­tha­ni umpro­fe­thi. Ese­nge­ne pha­mbi kwe­nko­si wa­kho­tha­ma pha­mbi kwe­nko­si ngo­bu­so ba­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni.

24 UNa­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi: Nko­si ya­mi, nko­si, we­na utshi­lo yi­ni uku­thi: UA­do­ni­ja uza­bu­sa emva kwa­mi, nja­lo ye­na uza­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­mi so­bu­kho­si?

25 Ngo­ba we­hli­le la­mu­hla, uhla­bi­le izi­nka­bi lo­ku­no­ni­si­we­yo le­zi­mvu ezi­ne­ngi, wa­nxu­sa wo­nke ama­do­da­na enko­si, le­ndu­na ze­bu­tho, loA­bhi­ya­tha umpri­sti; kha­nge­la-ke, ba­ya­dla ba­ya­na­tha pha­mbi kwa­khe, nja­lo ba­thi: Ka­yi­phi­le inko­si uA­do­ni­jar!

26 Ko­dwa mi­na, mi­na ince­ku ya­kho lo­Za­do­ki umpri­sti lo­Bhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da lo­So­lo­mo­ni ince­ku ya­kho, kasi­nxu­sa­ngas.

27 Li­nda­ba ye­nzi­we yi­nko­si ya­mi, inko­si, yi­ni? Nja­lo ka­wa­zi­sa­nga ince­ku ya­kho uku­thi ngu­ba­ni oza­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si se­nko­si ya­mi, inko­si, emva kwa­yo?

28 Inko­si uDa­vi­da ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi: Ngi­bi­ze­la­ni uBa­thi­she­ba. Wa­se­nge­na pha­mbi ko­bu­so be­nko­si, we­ma pha­mbi kwe­nko­si.

29 Inko­si ya­si­fu­nga ya­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va ohle­nge umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ku­zo zo­nke inhlu­phe­kot,

30 ngi­tsho, nje­ngo­ba nga­fu­nga ku­we nge­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ngi­si­thi: Qo­tho, uSo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­kho uza­bu­sa emva kwa­mi, nja­lo ye­na uza­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­mi so­bu­kho­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­mi; qo­tho ngi­za­kwe­nza nja­lo la­mu­hlau.

31 UBa­thi­she­ba wa­se­kho­tha­ma ngo­bu­so emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­gu­qe­la inko­si wa­thi: Ka­yi­phi­le inko­si ya­mi, inko­si uDa­vi­da ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­niv!

Uku­be­kwa ku­ka­So­lo­mo­ni abe yi­nko­si

32 Inko­si uDa­vi­da ya­si­si­thi: Ngi­bi­ze­la­ni uZa­do­ki umpri­sti, lo­Na­tha­ni umpro­fe­thi, lo­Bhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da. Ba­se­be­nge­na pha­mbi kwe­nko­siw.

33 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­bo: Tha­tha­ni ka­nye la­ni ince­ku ze­nko­si ye­nu, li­ga­di­se uSo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­mi imbo­ngo­lo enge­ya­mix, li­me­hli­se­le eGi­ho­niy.

34 Ka­ku­thi-ke uZa­do­ki umpri­sti lo­Na­tha­ni umpro­fe­thi ba­mgco­be kho­na abe yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­liz; be­se­li­vu­the­la upho­ndo li­thi: Ka­yi­phi­le inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni!

35 Be­se­li­se­nyu­ka emva kwa­khe, nja­lo uza­ku­za ahla­le esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­mi so­bu­kho­si, ngo­ba uza­ku­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­mi, nja­lo ye­na ngi­mbe­ki­le uku­thi abe ngu­mbu­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li la­phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­daa.

36 UBhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da wa­se­yi­phe­ndu­la inko­si wa­thi: Ame­ni. Ka­yi­tsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nko­si ya­mi, inko­si!

37 Nje­ngo­ba uJe­ho­va ube­le­nko­si ya­mi, inko­si, ka­be nja­lo lo­So­lo­mo­nib, ase­nze isi­hla­lo sa­khe so­bu­kho­si si­be si­khu­lu ku­le­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si se­nko­si ya­mi, inko­si uDa­vi­dac.

38 Nga­kho uZa­do­ki umpri­sti, lo­Na­tha­ni umpro­fe­thi, lo­Bhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da, la­ma­Ke­re­thid, la­ma­Pe­le­thie be­hla ba­mga­di­sa uSo­lo­mo­ni imbo­ngo­lo ye­nko­si uDa­vi­da, ba­mu­sa eGi­ho­ni.

39 UZa­do­ki umpri­sti wa­se­tha­tha upho­ndo lwa­ma­fu­tha ethe­nte­nif, wa­mgco­ba uSo­lo­mo­nig. Ba­se­be­vu­the­la upho­ndo, bo­nke aba­ntu ba­thi: Ka­yi­phi­le inko­si uSo­lo­mo­nih!

40 Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­se­nyu­ka emva kwa­khe, bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­vu­the­la imi­hla­nga1 be­tho­ko­za nge­nto­ko­zo enku­lu, wa­ze wa­qhe­ke­ze­ka umhla­ba ngo­msi­ndo wa­bo.

41 UA­do­ni­ja la­bo bo­nke aba­nxu­si­we­yo aba­be­la­ye ba­se­be­wu­zwa se­be­qe­de uku­dla. La­pho uJo­wa­bi esi­zwa uku­kha­la ko­pho­ndo wa­thi: Ngo­wa­ni umsi­ndo wo­mu­zi oxo­ko­ze­la­yo?

42 La­pho esa­khu­lu­ma, kha­nge­la, kwa­fi­ka uJo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na kaA­bhi­ya­tha umpri­stii; uA­do­ni­ja wa­thi: Nge­na, ngo­ba uli­qha­we, ule­tha imi­bi­ko emi­hlej.

43 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi kuA­do­ni­ja: Qo­tho, inko­si ye­thu, inko­si uDa­vi­da, imbe­ki­le uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­ba yi­nko­si;

44 nja­lo inko­si ithu­me ka­nye la­ye uZa­do­ki umpri­sti, lo­Na­tha­ni umpro­fe­thi, lo­Bhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da, la­ma­Ke­re­thik, la­ma­Pe­le­thi, ba­mga­di­sa imbo­ngo­lo ye­nko­si.

45 Nja­lo uZa­do­ki umpri­sti lo­Na­tha­ni umpro­fe­thi ba­mgco­bi­le wa­ba yi­nko­si eGi­ho­ni, be­nyu­ka kho­na be­tho­ko­za; yi­kho umu­zi uxo­ko­ze­la. Yi­wo lo­wo­msi­ndo eli­wu­zwi­le­yol.

46 Fu­thi uSo­lo­mo­ni use­hle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si so­mbu­som.

47 Fu­thi le­nce­ku ze­nko­si zi­fi­ki­le uku­bu­si­sa inko­si ye­thu, inko­si uDa­vi­da, zi­si­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ka­le­nze ibi­zo li­ka­So­lo­mo­ni li­be ngco­no ku­le­bi­zo la­kho, enze isi­hla­lo sa­khe so­bu­kho­si si­be si­khu­lu ku­le­si­hla­lo sa­kho so­bu­kho­sin. Inko­si ya­si­kho­tha­ma embhe­de­nio.

48 Fu­thi-ke ya­tsho nja­lo inko­si: Ka­yi­bu­si­swe iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, eni­ke la­mu­hla ohla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­mi so­bu­kho­si, ame­hlo ami eku­bo­nap.

49 Bo­nke aba­nxu­si­we­yo aba­be­loA­do­ni­ja ba­se­be­thu­thu­me­la, ba­su­ku­ma, ba­ha­mba ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nge­ndle­la ya­khe.

50 UA­do­ni­ja wa­se­se­sa­ba nge­nxa ka­So­lo­mo­ni, wa­su­ku­ma wa­ha­mba, wa­ba­mba impo­ndo ze­la­thiq.

51 Wa­se­bi­ke­lwa uSo­lo­mo­ni uku­thi: Kha­nge­la, uA­do­ni­ja uya­ye­sa­ba inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni; ngo­ba kha­nge­la, use­ba­mbe impo­ndo ze­la­thi esi­thi: Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ka­yi­fu­nge ki­mi la­mu­hla uku­thi ka­yi­yi­ku­yi­bu­la­la ince­ku ya­yo nge­nke­mba.

52 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­si­thi: Uba eyi­ndo­da uqo­bo, ka­ku­yi­ku­wa oko­nwe­le lwa­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni. Ko­dwa uba ubu­bi bu­tho­la­ka­la ku­ye, uza­ku­far.

53 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­si­thu­ma, ba­me­hli­sa ela­thi­ni. Wa­se­si­za wa­kho­tha­ma enko­si­ni uSo­lo­mo­ni; uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ya­na endli­ni ya­kho.

Uku­la­ywa ku­ka­So­lo­mo­ni ngu­Da­vi­da

2Insu­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da zo­ku­thi afe za­se­zi­so­nde­laa, wa­se­la­ya uSo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­khe esi­thi:

2 Se­ngi­ha­mba indle­la yo­mhla­ba wo­nkeb. Nga­kho qi­na, ube yi­ndo­dac,

3 ugci­ne imfa­ne­lo ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uku­ha­mba nge­zi­ndle­la za­yo, uku­gci­na izi­mi­so za­yo, imi­the­tho ya­yo, le­za­hlu­le­lo za­yo, lo­bu­fa­ka­zi ba­yo, nje­ngo­ku­bha­li­we­yo emla­ywe­ni ka­Mo­zi­si, uku­ze uphu­me­le­le ku­kho ko­nke okwe­nza­yo, la­lo­ba nga­phi la­pho ophe­ndu­ke­la kho­nad,

4 uku­ze iNko­si iqi­ni­se ili­zwi la­yo eya­li­khu­lu­ma ma­ye­la­na la­mie isi­thi: Uba ama­do­da­na akho eqa­phe­li­sa indle­la ya­wof, uku­ha­mba ngo­bu­qo­tho pha­mbi kwa­mi nge­nhli­zi­yo yo­nke ya­wo la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wo­nke wa­wog, (i­si­thi) ka­ku­yi­ku­swe­le­ka1 ku­we indo­da esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­kaI­sra­ye­lih.

5 Fu­thi-ke we­na uya­kwa­zi uku­thi uJo­wa­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya we­nza­ni ki­mi, uku­thi we­nza­ni ku­zi­ndu­na ezi­mbi­li za­ma­bu­tho akoI­sra­ye­lii, kuA­bhi­ne­ri indo­da­na ka­Ne­rij, la­kuA­ma­sa indo­da­na ka­Je­the­ri, owa­ba­bu­la­la wa­chi­tha iga­zi le­mpi eku­thu­le­ni, wa­fa­ka iga­zi le­mpi ebha­nti­ni la­khe ela­li­se­kha­lwe­ni lwa­khe le­ma­nya­the­lwe­ni ase­nya­we­ni za­khek.

6 Nga­kho ye­nza nje­nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­kho, unga­ye­ke­li ikha­nda la­khe eli­le­zi­mvu le­hle­le engcwa­be­ni ngo­ku­thu­lal.

7 Ko­dwa ku­ma­do­da­na ka­Ba­ri­zi­la­yi umGi­le­ya­di we­nze umu­sam, nja­lo ka­wa­be pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­dla eta­fu­le­ni la­khon, ngo­ba ngo­ku­nja­lo aso­nde­la ki­mi eku­ba­le­ke­le­ni kwa­mi ubu­so bu­kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu umfo­we­nuo.

8 Fu­thi kha­nge­la, ku­kho­na ku­we uShi­me­yi indo­da­na ka­Ge­ra umBhe­nja­mi­ni we­Ba­hu­ri­mip, owa­ngi­thu­ka nge­se­thu­ko esi­bu­hlu­ngu mhla ngi­si­ya eMa­ha­na­yi­miq; ko­dwa we­hla uku­ngi­hla­nga­be­za eJo­da­nir, nga­se­ngi­fu­nga ku­ye nge­Nko­si nga­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­bu­la­la nge­nke­mbas.

9 Nga­kho-ke unga­mye­ke­li abe ngo­nge­la­ca­la, ngo­ba ungu­mu­ntu ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, ngo­ba uya­kwa­zi oza­kwe­nza ku­yet, nja­lo uza­kwe­hli­se­la ikha­nda la­khe eli­yi­mpu­nga li­le­ga­zi engcwa­be­niu.

Uku­fa ku­ka­Da­vi­da

10 UDa­vi­da wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­sev, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­daw.

11 Nja­lo insu­ku uDa­vi­da abu­sa nga­zo phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li za­zi­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne; eHe­bro­ni wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa, le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nta­thux.

12 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Da­vi­da uyi­se, lo­mbu­so wa­khe wa­qi­ni­swa ka­khu­luy.

USo­lo­mo­ni uqi­ni­sa umbu­so wa­khe

13 UA­do­ni­ja indo­da­na ka­Ha­gi­thi wa­se­si­za ku­Ba­thi­she­ba uni­na ka­So­lo­mo­ni; wa­se­si­thi: Uku­za kwa­kho ku­yi­ku­thu­la yi­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Uku­thu­laz.

14 Wa­thi: Ngi­le­li­zwi ku­we. Wa­se­si­thi: Khu­lu­ma.

15 Wa­se­si­thi: We­na uya­kwa­zi uku­thi umbu­so wa­wu­ngo­wa­mi, lo­ku­thi uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ba­be­be­ke ubu­so ba­bo ki­mi uku­thi ngi­za­bu­sa; ko­dwa umbu­so wa­phe­ndu­lwa, wa­ba ngo­wo­mfo­we­thua, ngo­ba wa­ba ngo­wa­khe uve­la eNko­si­nib.

16 Kha­the­si-ke, ngi­ce­la isi­ce­lo esi­so­dwa ku­we, unga­fu­la­the­li­si ubu­so ba­mi. Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Khu­lu­ma.

17 Wa­se­si­thi: Ake ukhu­lu­me lo­So­lo­mo­ni inko­si (ngo­ba ka­yi­ku­fu­la­the­li­sa ubu­so ba­kho) uku­thi angi­ni­ke uA­bi­sha­gic umShu­na­mi abe ngu­mkamid.

18 UBa­thi­she­ba wa­se­si­thi: Ku­lu­ngi­le; mi­na ngi­za­ku­khu­lu­me­la enko­si­ni.

19 Nga­kho uBa­thi­she­ba wa­se­si­ya enko­si­ni uSo­lo­mo­ni uku­khu­lu­me­la uA­do­ni­ja ku­yo. Inko­si ya­si­su­ku­ma uku­mhla­nga­be­za, ya­kho­tha­ma ku­ye, ya­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­yo so­bu­kho­si, ya­thi ku­be­ke­lwe uni­na we­nko­si isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si; wa­se­hla­la nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­yoe.

20 Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­ce­la isi­ce­lo esi­so­dwa esi­nci­nya­ne ku­we, unga­fu­la­the­li­si ubu­so ba­mi. Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ce­la, ma­ma, ngo­ba ka­ngi­yi­ku­fu­la­the­li­sa ubu­so ba­kho.

21 Wa­se­si­thi: UA­bi­sha­gi umShu­na­mi ka­ni­kwe uA­do­ni­ja umfo­we­nu abe ngu­mkakhef.

22 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi ku­ni­na: Usu­mce­le­le­la­ni uA­do­ni­ja uA­bi­sha­gi umShu­na­mi? Umce­le­le lo­mbu­sog, ngo­ba ungu­mfo­we­thu omda­la ku­la­mih, ye­bo ye­na loA­bhi­ya­tha umpri­sti lo­Jo­wa­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­yai.

23 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­si­fu­nga nge­Nko­si isi­thi: Ke­nze nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu ki­mi lo­ku­nja­lo enge­ze­le­le, uba uA­do­ni­ja enga­khu­lu­manga le­li­li­zwi eme­le­ne le­mpi­lo ya­khej.

24 Nga­kho-ke, ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va ongi­mi­si­le­yo wa­ngi­be­ka esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Da­vi­da uba­bak, wa­nge­nze­la indlu nje­ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma kwa­khe, isi­bi­li la­mu­hla uA­do­ni­ja uza­bu­la­wal.

25 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­si­thu­ma nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Bhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da, owa­msu­ke­la­yo, wa­se­si­fam.

26 La­kuA­bhi­ya­tha umpri­sti inko­si ya­thi: Ya­na eA­na­tho­thi ema­si­mi­ni akhon, ngo­ba ungu­mu­ntu wo­ku­fa; ko­dwa la­mu­hla ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­bu­la­la ngo­ba wa­wu­thwa­la umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si uJe­ho­va pha­mbi ku­ka­Da­vi­da uba­bao, la­ngo­ba wa­hlu­phe­ka ku­kho ko­nke uba­ba ahlu­phe­ka nga­khop.

27 Nga­kho uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­mxo­tsha uA­bhi­ya­tha eku­be­ni ngu­mpri­sti we­Nko­si, uku­gcwa­li­sa ili­zwi le­Nko­si eya­li­khu­lu­ma ma­ye­la­na le­ndlu kaE­liq eShi­lor.

28 Kwa­thi umbi­ko ufi­ka ku­Jo­wa­bi, ngo­ba uJo­wa­bi wa­ye­phe­ndu­ke wa­la­nde­la uA­do­ni­jas la­nxa wa­ye­nga­phe­ndu­ka­nga wa­la­nde­la uA­bi­sa­lo­mut, uJo­wa­bi wa­ba­le­ke­la ethe­nte­ni le­Nko­siu, wa­ba­mba impo­ndo ze­la­thiv.

29 Kwa­se­ku­bi­ke­lwa inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni uku­thi uJo­wa­bi use­ba­le­ke­le ethe­nte­ni le­Nko­si, kha­nge­la-ke, use­ce­le­ni kwe­la­thi. USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­thu­ma uBhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da esi­thi: Ha­mba umsu­ke­le.

30 Nga­kho uBhe­na­ya wa­ya ethe­nte­ni le­Nko­si, wa­thi ku­ye: Itsho nja­lo inko­si: Phu­ma! Ko­dwa wa­thi: Ha­tshi, ko­dwa ngi­za­fe­la la­pha. UBhe­na­ya wa­se­bu­yi­se­la ili­zwi enko­si­ni, esi­thi: Utsho nja­lo uJo­wa­bi, ungi­phe­ndu­le nja­lo.

31 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ye­nza nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­khe, umsu­ke­le, umngcwa­bew; uku­ze usu­se ki­mi le­ndli­ni ka­ba­ba iga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­la uJo­wa­bi ali­chi­tha­yox.

32 Nja­lo iNko­si iza­bu­yi­se­la iga­zi la­khe ekha­nda la­khey, owa­su­ke­la ama­do­da ama­bi­li aye­lu­ngi­le engco­no ku­la­ye, wa­wa­bu­la­la nge­nke­mba, uba­ba uDa­vi­da enga­ziz: UA­bhi­ne­ri indo­da­na ka­Ne­ri indu­na ye­bu­tho la­koI­sra­ye­lia, loA­ma­sa indo­da­na ka­Je­the­ri indu­na ye­bu­tho la­ko­Ju­dab.

33 Nga­kho iga­zi la­bo li­za­bu­ye­la ekha­nda li­ka­Jo­wa­bi le­kha­nda le­nza­lo ya­khe ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni; ko­dwa ku­Da­vi­da le­nza­lwe­ni ya­khe, le­ndli­ni ya­khe, le­mbu­swe­ni wa­khe, ku­za­ku­ba lo­ku­thu­la ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni oku­ve­la eNko­si­nic.

34 UBhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da wa­se­se­nyu­ka, wa­msu­ke­la wa­mbu­la­lad; wa­se­ngcwa­tshe­lwa endli­ni ya­khe enka­nga­lae.

35 Inko­si ya­si­be­ka uBhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe phe­zu kwe­bu­tho, lo­Za­do­ki umpri­stif inko­si ya­mbe­ka esi­khu­ndle­ni si­kaA­bhi­ya­thag.

36 Inko­si ya­si­thu­ma ya­bi­za uShi­me­yih, ya­thi ku­ye: Za­khe­le indlu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, uhla­le kho­na, unga­phu­mi la­pho uye nga­phi la­nga­phi.

37 Ngo­ba ku­za­ku­thi mhla uphu­ma­yo, ucha­phe isi­fu­la iKi­dro­nii, ya­zi lo­kwa­zi uku­thi uza­ku­fa lo­ku­fa; iga­zi la­kho li­za­ku­ba phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­khoj.

38 UShi­me­yi wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni: Le­lo­li­zwi li­hle; nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­nko­si ya­mi, inko­si, ince­ku ya­kho iza­kwe­nza nja­lo. UShi­me­yi wa­se­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi.

39 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu ince­ku ezi­mbi­li zi­ka­Shi­me­yi za­ba­le­ke­la kuA­ki­shi indo­da­na ka­Ma­ha­kak inko­si ye­Ga­thil. Ba­se­be­bi­ke­la uShi­me­yi be­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ince­ku za­kho zi­se­Ga­thi.

40 Wa­se­su­ku­ma uShi­me­yi, wa­bo­phe­la isi­hla­lo ku­ba­bhe­mi wa­khe, wa­ya eGa­thi kuA­ki­shi uku­di­nga ince­ku za­khe; uShi­me­yi wa­ha­mba wa­le­tha ince­ku za­khe zi­ve­la eGa­thi.

41 Kwa­se­ku­bi­ke­lwa uSo­lo­mo­ni uku­thi uShi­me­yi wa­ye­su­ki­le eJe­ru­sa­le­ma wa­ya eGa­thi, nja­lo wa­bu­ye­la.

42 Inko­si ya­si­thu­ma ya­bi­za uShi­me­yi ya­thi ku­ye: Ka­ngi­ku­fu­ngi­sa­nga yi­ni nge­Nko­si, nga­fa­ka­za ku­we nga­thi: Mhla uphu­ma­yo uku­ya nga­phi la­nga­phi ya­zi lo­kwa­zi uku­thi uza­ku­fa lo­ku­fa? Wa­su­si­thi ki­mi: Li­hle ili­zwi e­ngi­li­zwi­le­yo.

43 Pho, ku­nga­ni unga­si­gci­na­nga isi­fu­ngo se­Nko­si lo­mla­yo enga­ku­la­ya nga­wo?

44 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Shi­me­yi: We­na uya­zi bo­nke ubu­bi inhli­zi­yo ya­kho eba­zi­yo owa­be­nza ku­Da­vi­da uba­bam; nga­kho iNko­si iza­bu­yi­se­la ubu­bi ba­kho phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­khon.

45 Ko­dwa inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ibu­si­si­we, le­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Da­vi­da si­za­qi­ni­swa pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nio.

46 Nga­kho inko­si ya­la­ya uBhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da, owa­phu­ma wa­msu­ke­la wa­ze wa­fap. Nga­kho umbu­so wa­qi­ni­swa esa­ndle­ni si­ka­So­lo­mo­niq.

USo­lo­mo­ni utha­tha indo­da­ka­zi ka­Fa­ro

3USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­hla­nga­na ngo­mtsha­do lo­Fa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the, wa­tha­tha indo­da­ka­zi ka­Fa­roa, wa­yi­le­tha emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­dab wa­ze wa­qe­da ukwa­kha indlu ya­khec le­ndlu ye­Nko­si lo­mdu­li we­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ozi­nge­le­ze­le­yod.

2 Ku­be ka­nti aba­ntu ba­be­ni­ke­la umhla­tshe­lo enda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yo, ngo­ba kwa­ku­nga­khe­lwa­nga ibi­zo le­Nko­si indlu kwa­ze kwa­ba yi­le­zo­nsu­ku.

3 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­yi­tha­nda-ke iNko­sie, eha­mba ezi­mi­swe­ni zi­ka­Da­vi­da uyi­sef; ku­be ka­nti wa­ni­ke­la umhla­tshe­lo wa­tshi­sa impe­pha enda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yo.

4 Inko­si ya­si­si­ya eGi­be­yo­ni uku­hla­ba kho­nag, ngo­ba le­yo ya­yi­yi­nda­wo epha­ke­me­yoh enku­lui. Imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa eyi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­yi­ni­ke­la phe­zu kwa­le­lo­la­thij.

USo­lo­mo­ni uce­la ingqo­ndo yo­ku­qe­di­si­sa

5 EGi­be­yo­ni iNko­si ya­bo­na­ka­la ku­So­lo­mo­nik ephu­tshe­ni ebu­su­ku. UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­thi: Ce­la engi­nga­ku­ni­ka kho­nal.

6 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­si­thi: We­na we­nze­le ince­ku ya­kho uDa­vi­da uba­ba umu­sa omkhu­lu, nje­ngo­ku­ha­mba kwa­khe pha­mbi kwa­kho eqi­ni­swe­ni le­ku­lu­nge­ni le­bu­qo­thwe­ni be­nhli­zi­yo ku­we; wa­mgci­ne­la lo umu­sa omkhu­lum uku­thi wa­mni­ka indo­da­na ehle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­khe so­bu­kho­si nje­nga­la­mu­hlan.

7 Nga­kho-ke, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, we­na we­nzi­le ince­ku ya­kho ya­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­Da­vi­da uba­bao; ngi­ngu­mntwa­nya­na njep, angi­kwa­zi uku­phu­ma lo­ku­nge­naq.

8 Le­nce­ku ya­kho ipha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­kho oba­khe­thi­le­yo, aba­ntu aba­ne­ngir, aba­nge­la­ku­ba­lwa la­ba­nge­la­ku­na­ni­swa ngo­bu­ne­ngis.

9 Nga­kho ni­ka ince­ku ya­kho inhli­zi­yo eqe­di­si­sa­yot ukwa­hlu­le­la aba­ntu ba­khou, uku­ze nge­hlu­ka­ni­se pha­ka­thi ko­ku­hle lo­ku­bi; ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni ola­ma­ndla ukwa­hlu­le­la le­si­si­zwe sa­kho esi­khu­luv?

10 La­lo­lu­da­ba lwa­ba lu­hle eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si uku­thi uSo­lo­mo­ni uce­le lo­lu­lu­thow.

11 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi uce­le lo­lu­lu­tho, unga­zi­ce­le­la­nga insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi, unga­zi­ce­le­la­nga ino­tho, unga­ce­la­nga umphe­fu­mu­lo we­zi­tha za­kho, ko­dwa uzi­ce­le­le uku­qe­di­si­sa uku­zwa ukwa­hlu­le­la,

12 kha­nge­la, se­nge­nze nje­nga­ma­zwi akhox. Kha­nge­la, ngi­ku­ni­ke inhli­zi­yo ehla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo le­qe­di­si­sa­yo, uku­thi ku­nga­bi kho­na onje­nga­we nga­pha­mbi kwa­kho, le­mva kwa­kho ku­nga­ve­li onje­nga­wey.

13 Fu­thi lo­nga­ku­ce­la­nga ngi­ku­ni­ki­lez, ngi­tsho ino­tho lo­du­mo, uku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na umu­ntu onje­nga­we ema­kho­si­ni zo­nke izi­nsu­ku za­khoa.

14 Nja­lo uba uza­ha­mba endle­le­ni za­mi, uku­gci­na izi­mi­so za­mi le­mi­la­yo ya­mi nje­ngo­Da­vi­da uyi­hlo wa­ha­mbab, ngi­za­kwe­lu­la insu­ku za­khoc.

15 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­pha­pha­ma; kha­nge­la-ke kwa­ku­li­phu­phod. Wa­se­si­za eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, we­ma pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­sie, wa­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa, wa­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, we­nze­la ince­ku za­khe zo­nke idi­lif.

Uku­hla­ka­ni­pha ku­ka­So­lo­mo­ni ekwa­hlu­le­le­ni

16 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi kwa­fi­ka abe­si­fa­za­na aba­bi­li, ama­wu­le, enko­si­ni, be­ma pha­mbi kwa­yog.

17 Omu­nye owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­si­thi: Ha­wu nko­si ya­mi, mi­na la­lu­mfa­zi si­hla­la ndlu­nye; nga­se­ngi­be­le­tha ngi­la­ye endli­ni.

18 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu ngi­be­le­thi­le, la­ye lu­mfa­zi wa­be­le­tha; nja­lo sa­si­nda­wo­nye, ku­nge­kho owe­mzi­ni ka­nye la­thi endli­ni, nga­pha­ndle kwe­thu so­ba­bi­li endli­ni.

19 Umntwa­na wa­lu­mfa­zi wa­se­si­fa ebu­su­ku, ngo­ba wa­la­la phe­zu kwa­khe.

20 Wa­se­vu­ka pha­ka­thi ko­bu­su­ku, wa­tha­tha indo­da­na ya­mi ece­le­ni kwa­mi, ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho isa­le­le, wa­yi­la­li­sa esi­fu­be­ni sa­khe, lo­mnta­na­khe ofi­le­yo wa­mla­li­sa esi­fu­be­ni sa­mi.

21 La­pho ngi­vu­ka eku­se­ni uku­mu­nyi­sa umnta­na­mi, kha­nge­la-ke wa­ye­se­fi­le; se­ngi­mkha­nge­li­si­sa eku­se­ni, kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­ku­nge­yi­su­ye umnta­na­mi enga­mza­la­yo.

22 Ko­dwa lo­wo omu­nye owe­si­fa­za­na wa­thi: Ha­tshi, ko­dwa indo­da­na ya­mi nge­phi­la­yo, le­ndo­da­na ya­kho nge­fi­le­yo. La­lo­wo wa­thi: Ha­tshi, ko­dwa indo­da­na ya­kho nge­fi­le­yo, le­ndo­da­na ya­mi nge­phi­la­yo. Ba­tsho nja­lo pha­mbi kwe­nko­si.

23 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Lo uthi: Le yi­ndo­da­na ya­mi ephi­la­yo, le­ndo­da­na ya­kho nge­fi­le­yo; lo­mu­nye uthi: Ha­tshi, ko­dwa indo­da­na ya­kho nge­fi­le­yo, le­ndo­da­na ya­mi nge­phi­la­yo.

24 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ngi­tha­the­la­ni inke­mba. Ba­se­be­yi­le­tha inke­mba pha­mbi kwe­nko­si.

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

26 Owe­si­fa­za­na okwa­ku­ngo­wa­khe umntwa­na ophi­la­yo wa­khu­lu­ma enko­si­ni, ngo­ba imi­bi­li­ni ya­khe ya­vu­tha nge­ndo­da­na ya­khe, wa­thi: Ha­wu nko­si ya­mi, mni­ke­ni ye­na umntwa­na ophi­la­yo, li­nga­mbu­la­li lo­ba ku­nja­ni. Ko­dwa omu­nye wa­thi: Ka­nga­bi ngo­wa­mi ku­mbe ngo­wa­kho, da­bu­la­ni.

27 Inko­si ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi: Ni­ka­ni ye­na umntwa­na ophi­la­yo, li­nga­mbu­la­li lo­ba ku­nja­ni; ngu­ye uni­na.

28 UI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­se­si­zwa isa­hlu­le­lo inko­si eya­yi­sa­hlu­le­le, be­sa­ba pha­mbi kwe­nko­si, ngo­ba ba­bo­na uku­thi inhla­ka­ni­pho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ya­yi­ku­ye ukwe­nza isa­hlu­le­loh.

Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni

4Nga­kho inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke.

2 La­le­zi yi­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla aye­la­zo: UA­za­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Za­do­ki wa­ye­ngu­mpri­sti;

3 uE­li­ho­re­fi loA­hi­ya ama­do­da­na ka­Shi­shaa ba­be­nga­ba­bha­li; uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi indo­da­na kaA­hi­lu­di wa­ye­ngu­ma­bha­la­ne;

4 lo­Bhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da wa­ye­phe­zu kwe­bu­thob; lo­Za­do­ki loA­bhi­ya­tha ba­be­nga­ba­pri­stic;

5 loA­za­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Na­tha­ni wa­ye­phe­zu kwa­ba­pha­thid; uZa­bu­di indo­da­na ka­Na­tha­ni wa­ye­ngu­mpha­thi omkhu­lue, umnga­ne we­nko­sif;

6 loA­hi­sha­ri wa­ye­ngu­mla­wu­li we­ndlu; loA­do­ni­ra­mu indo­da­na kaA­bi­da wa­ye­phe­zu kwe­mi­the­log.

7 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­ye­la­ba­pha­thi aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, aba­be­di­nge­la inko­si le­ndlu ya­yo uku­dla, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nge­nya­nga ya­khe ngo­mnya­ka wa­di­nga uku­dlah.

8 La­la nga­ma­bi­zo abo: UBe­ni-Hu­ri enta­be­ni za­koE­fra­yi­mii.

9 UBe­ni-De­ke­ri eMa­ka­zi le­Sha­ha­li­bi­mij le­Be­ti-She­me­shik leE­lo­ni-Be­ti-Ha­na­ni.

10 UBe­ni-He­se­di eA­ru­bo­thi, ele­So­kol le­li­zwe lo­nke le­He­fe­rim.

11 UBe­ni-A­bi­na­da­ba wa­ye­le­li­zwe lo­nke le­Do­rin; uTa­fa­thi indo­da­ka­zi ka­So­lo­mo­ni wa­ye­ngu­mka­khe.

12 UBa­ha­na indo­da­na kaA­hi­lu­dio wa­ye­le­Tha­ha­na­khip le­Me­gi­doq la­yo yo­nke iBe­ti-She­ya­nir, ese­ce­le­ni kwe­Za­re­tha­nis nga­pha­nsi kwe­Ji­ze­re­ye­lit, ku­su­ke­la eBe­ti-She­ya­niu ku­ze ku­be seA­be­li-Me­ho­lav, ku­ze ku­be nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­ki­me­ya­maw.

13 UBe­ni-Ge­be­ri eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­dix wa­ye­le­mi­zi ka­Ja­yi­ri indo­da­na ka­Ma­na­se, ese­Gi­le­ya­diy, wa­ye­le­li­zwe leA­ri­go­biz, eli­se­Ba­sha­ni, imi­zi enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha emi­khu­lu ele­mi­du­li le­mi­go­qo ye­thu­sia.

14 UA­hi­na­da­ba indo­da­na kaI­do eMa­ha­na­yi­mib.

15 UA­hi­ma­ha­zi wa­ye­ko­Na­fi­tha­lic; la­ye wa­tha­tha uBa­se­ma­thi indo­da­ka­zi ka­So­lo­mo­ni abe ngu­mkakhe.

16 UBa­ha­na indo­da­na ka­Hu­sha­yi wa­ye­koA­she­ri leA­lo­thid.

17 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi indo­da­na ka­Pa­ru­wa wa­ye­koI­sa­ka­ri.

18 UShi­me­yi indo­da­na kaE­la wa­ye­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­nie.

19 UGe­be­ri indo­da­na kaU­ri wa­ye­se­li­zwe­ni le­Gi­le­ya­di, ili­zwe li­ka­Si­ho­ni inko­si ya­maA­mo­ri, le­li­kaO­gi inko­si ye­Ba­sha­ni. Nja­lo wa­ye­ngu­ye ye­dwa umpha­thi ku­le­lo­li­zwef.

Uku­hla­ka­ni­pha lo­ku­phu­me­le­la ku­ka­So­lo­mo­ni

20 UJu­da loI­sra­ye­li ba­be­ba­ne­ngi nje­nge­tshe­be­tshe­be eli­nga­se­lwa­ndle ngo­bu­ne­ngi, be­si­dla, be­na­tha, be­tho­ko­zag.

21 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­ye­se­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­yo yo­nke imi­bu­soh ku­su­ke­la emfu­le­ni ku­ze ku­fi­ke eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­stii ku­ze ku­fi­ke emngce­le­ni we­Gi­bhi­the; ba­be­le­tha izi­pho, ba­be­mse­be­nze­la uSo­lo­mo­ni zo­nke izi­nsu­ku ze­mpi­lo ya­khej.

22 Nja­lo uku­dla ku­ka­So­lo­mo­ni ngo­su­ku olu­lo­dwa kwa­ku­nga­ma­kho­ri* anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu empu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo, la­ma­ko­ri anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha empu­phu,

23 inka­bi ezi­li­tshu­mi ezi­no­ni­si­we­yo, le­nka­bi ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li ze­ma­dle­lwe­ni, le­zi­mvu ezi­li­khu­lu, nga­pha­ndle kwe­ndlu­ze­lek, le­mi­zi­kil, le­mi­zi­ki ele­mpo­ndo ezi­le­mba­xa­mba­xam, le­nyo­ni ezi­no­ni­si­we­yo.

24 Ngo­ba wa­ye­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­lo lo­nke nga­ne­no ko­mfu­la, ku­su­ke­la eTi­fi­san ku­si­ya eGa­zao, la­phe­zu kwa­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si nga­ne­no ko­mfu­la, nja­lo wa­ye­lo­ku­thu­la ku­zo zo­nke inhla­ngo­thi za­khe ezi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yop.

25 UJu­da loI­sra­ye­li ba­hla­la-ke be­vi­ke­le­ki­le, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­vi­ni sa­kheq la­nga­pha­nsi ko­mkhi­wa wa­khe, ku­su­ke­la ko­Da­ni ku­ze ku­fi­ke eBhe­ri­she­bha, zo­nke izi­nsu­ku zi­ka­So­lo­mo­nir.

26 Nja­lo uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­ye­le­zi­ndlwa­na za­ma­bhi­za enqo­la za­khe ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lis.

27 La­la­bo­ba­pha­thi ba­di­nge­la inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni uku­dla, la­ye wo­nke oso­nde­la eta­fu­le­ni le­nko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nge­nya­nga ya­khe; ka­ba­tshi­ya­nga ku­swe­le­ke lu­thot.

28 Le­bha­li* la­ma­hla­nga awa­ma­bhi­za la­wa­ma­bhi­za ale­ju­ba­ne ba­ku­le­tha enda­we­ni la­pho eya­yi­fa­ne­le ku­be kho­na, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nje­nge­mfa­ne­lo ya­khe.

29 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­mni­ka uSo­lo­mo­ni inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa oku­khu­lu ka­khu­luu, lo­bu­ba­nzi be­nhli­zi­yo, nje­nge­tshe­be­tshe­be eli­se­khu­nji­ni lo­lwa­ndlev.

30 Le­nhla­ka­ni­pho ka­So­lo­mo­ni ya­yi­nku­lu ku­le­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­wo wo­nke ama­do­da­na empu­ma­la­ngaw, la­ku­le­nhla­ka­ni­pho yo­nke ye­Gi­bhi­thex.

31 Ngo­ba wa­ye­hla­ka­ni­phi­le ku­la­bo bo­nke aba­ntuy, okwe­dlu­la uE­tha­niz umE­zi­raa lo­He­ma­nib lo­Ka­li­ko­lic lo­Da­ri­da ama­do­da­na ka­Ma­ho­li; le­bi­zo la­khe la­li­se­zi­zwe­ni zo­nke inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke.

32 Wa­se­qa­mba iza­ga ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thud, le­ngo­ma za­khe za­zi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne la­nhla­nu.

33 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma nge­zi­hla­hla, ku­su­ke­la esi­hla­hle­ni so­mse­da­ri ose­Le­bha­no­nie ku­ze ku­fi­ke ku­hi­so­pe* emi­la iphu­ma emdu­li­nif; wa­khu­lu­ma la­nge­zi­nya­ma­za­na la­nge­zi­nyo­ni la­nge­zi­hu­qu­ze­la­yo la­nge­zi­nhla­nzi.

34 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka aba­ve­la ezi­zwe­ni zo­nke uku­zwa inhla­ka­ni­pho ka­So­lo­mo­ni, be­ve­la ema­kho­si­ni wo­nke omhla­ba aye­zwe nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­kheg.

Isi­vu­me­lwa­no si­ka­So­lo­mo­ni lo­Hi­ra­mu

5UHi­ra­mu inko­si ye­Ti­re wa­se­thu­ma ince­ku za­khe ku­So­lo­mo­nia, ngo­ba wa­ye­zwi­le uku­thi ba­mgco­bi­le uku­thi abe yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­yi­se, ngo­ba uHi­ra­mu wa­ye­mtha­nda uDa­vi­da insu­ku zo­nkeb.

2 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­thu­me­la ku­Hi­ra­mu esi­thic:

3 We­na uya­zi uku­thi uDa­vi­da uba­ba wa­ye­nge­la­kwa­khe­la ibi­zo le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe indlu nge­nxa ye­zi­mpi eza­zi­mzi­nge­le­ze­le, iNko­si ya­ze ya­zi­fa­ka nga­pha­nsi kwe­nga­pha­nsi ye­nya­wo za­khed.

4 Ko­dwa kha­the­si iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ingi­ni­ki­le uku­phu­mu­la inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkee; ka­ku­la­si­tha, nja­lo ka­ku­la­bu­bi obe­nza­ka­la­yof.

5 Kha­nge­la-ke, ngi­zi­mi­se­le ukwa­khe­la ibi­zo le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi indlu nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­si ku­Da­vi­da uba­ba isi­thi: Indo­da­na ya­kho engi­za­yi­be­ka esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­kho so­bu­kho­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­kho, yo­na iza­kwa­khe­la ibi­zo la­mi indlug.

6 Nga­kho-ke la­ya uku­thi ba­ngi­ga­mu­le­le imi­se­da­ri eLe­bha­no­ni, le­nce­ku za­mi zi­za­ku­ba le­nce­ku za­kho; le­ho­lo le­nce­ku za­kho ngi­za­ku­ni­ka nje­nga­kho ko­nke oku­tsho­yo. Ngo­ba we­na uya­kwa­zi uku­thi ka­kho pha­ka­thi kwe­thu okwa­zi­yo uku­ga­mu­la izi­hla­hla nje­nga­be­Si­do­nih.

7 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uHi­ra­mu esi­zwa ama­zwi ka­So­lo­mo­ni wa­tho­ko­za ka­khu­lu wa­thi: Ka­yi­bu­si­swe iNko­si la­mu­hla emni­ki­le­yo uDa­vi­da indo­da­na ehla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo phe­zu kwa­le­si­si­zwe esi­khu­lui.

8 UHi­ra­mu wa­se­thu­me­la ku­So­lo­mo­ni esi­thi: Ngi­zwi­le lo­kho ongi­thu­me­le nga­kho; mi­na ngi­za­kwe­nza zo­nke izi­lo­yi­so za­kho ma­ye­la­na le­zi­go­do ze­mi­se­da­ri la­ma­ye­la­na le­zi­go­do za­ma­fi­ri*j.

9 Ince­ku za­mi zi­za­ze­hli­sa zi­su­ka eLe­bha­no­ni zi­si­ya elwa­ndle; mi­na-ke ngi­za­ze­nza oku­nde­nda­yo olwa­ndle uku­ya enda­we­ni oza­yi­qa­mba ki­mi, ngi­zi­thu­ku­lu­le la­pho; we­na-ke uza­zi­tha­the­la kho­na, we­na uza­kwe­nza isi­fi­so sa­mi ngo­ku­pha abe­ndlu ya­mi uku­dlak.

10 Nga­kho uHi­ra­mu wa­mni­ka uSo­lo­mo­ni izi­go­do ze­mi­se­da­ri le­zi­go­do za­ma­fi­ri nje­ngo­kwe­zi­fi­so za­khe zo­nke.

11 Lo­So­lo­mo­ni wa­ni­ka uHi­ra­mu ama­kho­ri* engqo­lo­yi azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li, uku­dla kwa­be­ndlu ya­khe, la­ma­kho­ri* anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li ama­fu­tha akha­nyi­we­yo. Ngo­ku­nja­lo uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­mu­pha uHi­ra­mu imi­nya­ka nge­mi­nya­kal.

12 INko­si ya­si­mni­ka uSo­lo­mo­ni inhla­ka­ni­pho nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­yo ku­ye. Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na uku­thu­la pha­ka­thi ku­ka­Hi­ra­mu lo­So­lo­mo­ni; be­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no bo­ba­bi­lim.

13 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­bu­tha izi­bha­lwa kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke; le­zi­bha­lwa za­zi­nga­ba­ntu aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu.

14 Ya­si­ba­thu­ma eLe­bha­no­ni, aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi nge­nya­nga nga­ma­zo­pho, inya­nga be­se­Le­bha­no­ni, inya­nga ezi­mbi­li be­se­kha­ya. LoA­do­ni­ra­mu wa­ye­phe­zu kwe­zi­bha­lwan.

15 Fu­thi uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­ye­la­ba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa aba­thwa­la imi­thwa­lo, la­ba­ba­zi aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li ezi­nta­be­nio,

16 nga­pha­ndle kwe­zi­ndu­na za­ba­pha­thi ba­ka­So­lo­mo­ni, aba­be­phe­the umse­be­nzip, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu la­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thuq, eza­zi­bu­sa aba­ntu aba­be­se­nza umse­be­nzir.

17 Inko­si ya­si­la­ya, ba­le­tha ama­tshe ama­khu­lu, ama­tshe ali­gu­gu, oku­be­ka isi­se­ke­lo se­ndlu, ama­tshe aba­zi­we­yos.

18 Aba­khi ba­ka­So­lo­mo­ni la­ba­khi ba­ka­Hi­ra­mu la­ma­Ge­bha­li ba­se­be­ba­za, ba­lu­ngi­sa izi­go­do la­ma­tshe ukwa­kha indlu.

USo­lo­mo­ni wa­kha ithe­mpe­li

6Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­khu­lu ama­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li emva ko­ku­phu­ma kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thea, ngo­mnya­ka we­si­ne wo­ku­bu­sa ku­ka­So­lo­mo­ni koI­sra­ye­lib, nge­nya­nga ka­Zi­vi, eyi­nya­nga ye­si­bi­li, wa­qa­la ukwa­kha indlu ye­Nko­sic.

2 Nja­lo indlu inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni eya­ya­khe­la uJe­ho­va, ubu­de ba­yo ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha, lo­bu­ba­nzi ba­yo ba­bu­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwa­yo kwa­ku­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thud.

3 Le­khu­lu­si pha­mbi kwe­the­mpe­li le­ndlu, ubu­de ba­lo ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, nje­ngo­bu­ba­nzi be­ndlu, ubu­ba­nzi ba­lo ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi pha­mbi kwe­ndlu.

4 Nja­lo wa­ye­nze­la indlu ama­wi­ndi aba­nzi nga­pha­ndle ku­la­nga­pha­ka­thi.

5 Fu­thi emdu­li­ni we­ndlu wa­kha ama­ka­me­lo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, imi­du­li ye­ndlu inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, ese­nze­la ithe­mpe­li le­nda­wo ye­li­zwie. We­nza le­zi­ndlwa­na ezi­se­ce­le­ni inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke.

6 Ika­me­lo eli­nga­pha­nsi kwa­wo wo­nke, ubu­ba­nzi ba­lo ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu, le­li­pha­ka­thi, ubu­ba­nzi ba­lo bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­yi­si­thu­pha, le­le­si­tha­thu, ubu­ba­nzi ba­lo bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa. Ngo­ba nga­pha­ndle kwe­ndlu we­nza izi­nci­phi­so inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, uku­ze imi­ja­bo inga­gxu­nye­kwa emi­du­li­ni ye­ndluf.

7 Nja­lo indlu, isa­khi­wa, ya­khi­wa nga­ma­tshe aye­phe­le­li­swe enkwa­li­ni, uku­ze ku­nge­zwa­ka­li isa­ndo le­hlo­ka, lo­ba yi­si­phi isi­kha­li se­nsi­mbi endli­ni nxa isa­khi­wag.

8 Umnya­ngo we­ndlwa­na ese­ce­le­ni epha­ka­thi wa­wu­se­hla­ngo­thi­ni lwe­so­ku­ne­ne lwe­ndlu; nja­lo ba­khwe­la nge­si­khwe­lo esi­bho­da­yo uku­ya kwe­nga­pha­ka­thi, lo­ku­su­ka kwe­nga­pha­ka­thi ku­si­ya kwe­ye­si­tha­thu.

9 Wa­ya­kha-ke indlu, wa­yi­qe­da; wa­gu­bu­ze­la indlu nge­ntu­ngo la­ma­pu­la­nka emi­se­da­rih.

10 Wa­se­sa­kha izi­ndlwa­na ece­le­ni kwe­ndlu yo­nke, ubu­de ba­zo bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu, wa­ku­xhu­ma endli­ni nge­zi­go­do ze­mi­se­da­ri.

11 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ku­So­lo­mo­ni la­thi:

12 Ma­ye­la­na la­le indlu oya­kha­yo, uba uha­mba nge­zi­mi­so za­mi, use­nza iza­hlu­le­lo za­mi, nja­lo ugci­na yo­nke imi­la­yo ya­mi uku­ha­mba nga­yoi, ngi­za­kwe­nza ili­zwi la­mi ku­we enga­li­khu­lu­ma ku­Da­vi­da uyi­hloj;

13 ngi­za­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lik, ngi­nga­ba­tshi­yi aba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­lil.

14 Wa­ya­kha-ke uSo­lo­mo­ni indlu, wa­yi­qe­dam.

15 Wa­se­sa­kha imi­du­li ye­ndlu nga­pha­ka­thi nga­ma­pu­la­nka emi­se­da­ri, ku­su­ke­la ku­pha­nsi le­ndlu ku­ze ku­fi­ke emi­du­li­ni yo­pha­hlan, wa­ye­mbe­sa nga­pha­ka­thi nge­zi­go­do, we­ndla­la ipha­nsi le­ndlu nga­ma­pu­la­nka ama­fi­rio.

16 Wa­se­sa­kha izi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li ema­ce­le­ni endlu, nga­ma­pu­la­nka emi­se­da­ri, ku­su­ke­la ku­pha­nsi kwa­ze kwa­fi­ka emi­du­li­ni; wa­ya­khe­la nga­pha­ka­thi, ese­nze­la inda­wo ye­li­zwi, ese­nze­la ingcwe­le ye­zi­ngcwe­lep.

17 Le­ndlu, eli­the­mpe­li, nga­pha­mbi­li, ya­yi­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne.

18 Nja­lo umse­da­ri we­ndlu nga­pha­ka­thi wa­wu­ba­zwe wa­ba zi­ndu­ku la­ma­lu­ba avu­le­ki­le­yo; ko­nke kwa­ku­ngu­mse­da­ri, ku­nga­bo­na­ka­li li­tshe.

19 Wa­se­lu­ngi­sa inda­wo ye­li­zwi pha­ka­thi endli­ni uku­be­ka kho­na umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si.

20 Le­nda­wo ye­li­zwi epha­mbi­li, ubu­de ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, lo­bu­ba­nzi bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwa­yo ku­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li; wa­yi­hu­qa nge­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yo; wa­se­se­mbe­sa ila­thi ngo­mse­da­ri.

21 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­yi­hu­qa indlu nga­pha­ka­thi nge­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yo, we­nza ise­hlu­ka­ni­so nga­ma­ke­ta­ne ego­li­de pha­mbi kwe­nda­wo ye­li­zwi, wa­se­si­hu­qa nge­go­li­de.

22 Le­ndlu yo­nke wa­yi­hu­qa nge­go­li­de ya­ze ya­phe­le­la yo­nke indlu; le­la­thi lo­nke eli­se­nda­we­ni ye­li­zwi wa­li­hu­qa nge­go­li­deq.

23 Enda­we­ni ye­li­zwi wa­se­se­nza ama­khe­ru­bhi* ama­bi­li nge­si­hla­hla so­mhlwa­thir, uku­pha­ka­ma kwa­ku­zi­nga­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi nga­li­nye.

24 Olu­nye uphi­ko lwe­khe­ru­bhi lwa­lu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu, lo­lu­nye uphi­ko lwe­khe­ru­bhi lwa­lu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu; ku­su­ke­la eku­ci­ne­ni kolu­nye uphi­ko ku­si­ya eku­ci­ne­ni kolu­nye uphi­ko kwa­ku­zi­nga­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi.

25 Le­li­nye ikhe­ru­bhi la­li­zi­nga­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi; wo­ma­bi­li ama­khe­ru­bhi aye­yi­si­li­nga­ni­so si­nye le­si­mo si­nye.

26 Uku­pha­ka­ma kwe­li­nye ikhe­ru­bhi kwa­ku­zi­nga­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi, le­li­nye ikhe­ru­bhi la­li­nja­lo.

27 Wa­se­wa­be­ka ama­khe­ru­bhi pha­ka­thi kwe­ndlu enga­pha­ka­thi; nja­lo ama­khe­ru­bhi elu­la impi­ko, ku­ze ku­thi olu­nye uphi­ko lwa­thi­nta umdu­li, lo­phi­ko lwe­li­nye ikhe­ru­bhi lwa­thi­nta omu­nye umdu­li, le­mpi­ko za­wo za­thi­nta­na uphi­ko lo­phi­ko nga­pha­ka­thi kwe­ndlus.

28 Wa­se­wa­hu­qa ama­khe­ru­bhi nge­go­li­de.

29 Wa­ba­za imi­du­li yo­nke ye­ndlu inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke nge­mi­fa­ne­ki­so eba­zi­we­yo ya­ma­khe­ru­bhi le­zi­hla­hla za­ma­la­la la­ma­lu­ba avu­le­ki­le­yo nga­pha­ka­thi la­nga­pha­ndle.

30 Ipha­nsi le­ndlu wa­se­li­hu­qa nge­go­li­de nga­pha­ka­thi la­nga­pha­ndle.

31 Emnya­ngo we­nda­wo ye­li­zwi we­nza izi­va­lo ze­si­hla­hla so­mhlwa­thi, ikho­tha­mo le­mi­gu­ba­zi ku­le­zi­nhla­ngo­thi ezi­nhla­nu.

32 Le­zi­va­lo zo­mbi­li za­zi­nge­ze­si­hla­hla so­mhlwa­thi, wa­ba­za ku­zo imi­ba­zo ya­ma­khe­ru­bhi le­zi­hla­hla za­ma­la­la la­ma­lu­ba avu­le­ki­le­yo, wa­zi­hu­qa nge­go­li­de, wa­kha­nde­la igo­li­de phe­zu kwa­ma­khe­ru­bhi le­zi­hla­hla za­ma­la­la.

33 Ngo­ku­nja­lo wa­se­se­nze­la umnya­ngo we­the­mpe­li imi­gu­ba­zi ye­si­hla­hla so­mhlwa­thi, ezi­nhla­ngo­thi­ni ezi­ne.

34 Le­zi­va­lo ezi­mbi­li za­zi­nge­ze­zi­hla­hla za­ma­fi­rit; impi­ko zo­mbi­li ze­si­va­lo esi­so­dwa za­zi­go­qe­ka, le­zi­le­nge ezi­mbi­li ze­si­va­lo se­si­bi­li za­zi­go­qe­kau.

35 Wa­se­ba­za ku­zo ama­khe­ru­bhi le­zi­hla­hla za­ma­la­la la­ma­lu­ba avu­le­ki­le­yo, wa­ku­hu­qa nge­go­li­de ele­ndla­la ku­hle phe­zu ko­ku­ba­zi­we­yo.

36 Wa­se­sa­kha igu­ma eli­nga­pha­ka­thi nge­mi­zi­la emi­tha­thu ya­ma­tshe aba­zi­we­yo, lo­mzi­la we­mi­ja­bo ye­mi­se­da­riv.

37 Ngo­mnya­ka we­si­ne isi­se­ke­lo se­ndlu ye­Nko­si sa­be­kwa, nge­nya­nga ka­Zi­vi.

38 Kwa­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­nye, enya­nge­ni ka­Bu­li, oku­yi­nya­nga ye­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, ya­phe­la indlu ezi­ntwe­ni za­yo zo­nke la­nje­nga­kho ko­nke uku­mi­swa kwa­yo. Nga­kho wa­ya­kha imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­saw.

Ezi­nye iza­khi­wo zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni

7Ko­dwa indlu ya­khe uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­ya­kha imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­nta­thu, wa­yi­qe­da yo­nke indlu ya­khea.

2 Wa­se­sa­kha indlu ye­gu­su le­Le­bha­no­ni; ubu­de ba­yo ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­li­khu­lu, lo­bu­ba­nzi ba­yo bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwa­yo ku­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, phe­zu kwe­mi­zi­la emi­ne ye­nsi­ka ze­mi­se­da­ri, le­mi­ja­bo ye­mi­se­da­ri phe­zu kwe­zi­nsi­kab.

3 Ya­yi­fu­le­lwe nge­mi­se­da­ri phe­zu­lu, phe­zu kwe­mi­ja­bo, eya­yi­phe­zu kwe­nsi­ka ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nhla­nu, ezi­li­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu emzi­le­ni.

4 Nja­lo kwa­ku­le­mi­zi­la emi­tha­thu ya­ma­wi­ndi, uku­kha­nya ku­qo­nde­ne lo­ku­kha­nya, ka­tha­thu.

5 La­yo yo­nke imi­nya­ngo le­mi­gu­ba­zi ya­yi­li­nga­na inhla­ngo­thi zo­zi­ne, la­ma­wi­ndi, nja­lo uku­kha­nya ku­qo­nde­ne lo­ku­kha­nya, ka­tha­thu.

6 Wa­se­se­nza ikhu­lu­si le­zi­nsi­ka, ubu­de ba­lo ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, lo­bu­ba­nzi ba­lo bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu; le­khu­lu­si la­li­pha­mbi kwa­zo, le­zi­nsi­ka lo­mbu­ndu pha­mbi kwa­zo.

7 Wa­se­se­nza ikhu­lu­si ele­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si la­pho ahlu­le­la kho­na, ikhu­lu­si le­sa­hlu­le­lo, la­le­mbe­swe nge­mi­se­da­ri ku­su­ke­la ku­pha­nsi ku­si­ya ku­pha­nsi.

8 Le­ndlu ya­khe la­pho aye­hla­la kho­na ya­yi­le­li­nye igu­ma nga­pha­ka­thi kwe­khu­lu­si, ese­tshe­nzwe ngo­ku­fa­na­na­yo. We­nze­la nja­lo indo­da­ka­zi ka­Fa­ro, uSo­lo­mo­ni aye­yi­the­the, indlu, nje­nga­le­li­khu­lu­sic.

9 Zo­nke le­zi za­zi­nge­za­ma­tshe ali­gu­gu aba­zwe ngo­kwe­si­li­nga­ni­so, asa­hwe nge­sa­ha nga­pha­ka­thi la­nga­pha­ndle, ngi­tsho ku­su­ke­la esi­se­ke­lwe­ni ku­si­ya ema­tshe­ni aphe­zu­lu, nja­lo nga­pha­ndle ku­ze ku­be se­gu­me­ni eli­khu­lu.

10 Nja­lo ya­yi­se­ke­lwe nga­ma­tshe ali­gu­gu, ama­tshe ama­khu­lu, ama­tshe enga­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi, la­ma­tshe enga­lo ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li;

11 la­nga­phe­zu­lu kwa­ku­la­ma­tshe ali­gu­gu, aba­zwe ngo­kwe­si­li­nga­ni­so, le­mi­se­da­ri.

12 Le­gu­ma eli­khu­lu inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke la­li­le­mi­zi­la emi­tha­thu ya­ma­tshe aba­zi­we­yo, lo­mzi­la we­mi­ja­bo ye­mi­se­da­rid. Kwa­ku­nja­lo nge­gu­ma eli­nga­pha­ka­thi le­ndlu ye­Nko­sie, la­nge­khu­lu­si le­ndluf.

Umse­be­nzi ka­Hi­ra­mu ethe­mpe­li­ni

13 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­si­thu­ma ya­tha­tha uHi­ra­mu eve­la eTi­re.

14 Ye­na wa­ye­yi­ndo­da­na yo­we­si­fa­za­na umfe­lo­ka­zi, we­si­zwe sa­ko­Na­fi­tha­lig, lo­yi­se wa­ye­ngu­mu­ntu we­Ti­re, ingci­tshi eku­ba­ze­ni ithu­sih; nja­lo wa­ye­gcwe­le inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa elo­lwa­zi ukwe­nza wo­nke umse­be­nzi nge­thu­sii; we­za enko­si­ni uSo­lo­mo­ni, we­nza wo­nke umse­be­nzi wa­khe.

15 Wa­se­bu­mba insi­ka ezi­mbi­li ze­thu­sij; ubu­de be­nye insi­ka ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, le­nta­mbo ezi­nga­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li ya­go­mbo­lo­ze­la insi­ka ye­si­bi­lik.

16 We­nza fu­thi izi­du­ku ezi­mbi­li ze­thu­si eli­nci­bi­li­ki­si­we­yo uku­be­ka phe­zu kwe­zi­hlo­ko ze­zi­nsi­ka; uku­pha­ka­ma kwe­si­du­ku esi­so­dwa kwa­ku­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu, lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwe­si­nye isi­du­ku kwa­ku­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu.

17 Ama­mbu­le angu­mse­be­nzi oyi­si­xho­be­xho­be, inta­mbo ezi­pho­thi­we­yo za­zi­ngu­mse­be­nzi wa­ma­ke­ta­ne, ku­se­nze­la izi­du­ku ezi­phe­zu kwe­zi­hlo­ko ze­zi­nsi­ka; ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa esi­du­kwi­ni esi­so­dwa, le­zi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa kwe­si­nye isi­du­kul.

18 We­nza-ke insi­ka zo­mbi­li, imi­zi­la emi­bi­li izi­nge­le­ze­la phe­zu kwe­mbu­le eyo­dwa, ukwe­mbe­sa izi­du­ku ezi­se­si­hlo­kwe­ni sa­ma­po­me­gra­na­ti*; we­nza nja­lo la­kwe­si­nye isi­du­ku.

19 Le­zi­du­ku eza­zi­se­si­hlo­kwe­ni se­nsi­ka za­zi­ngu­mse­be­nzi wo­mdu­ze ekhu­lu­si­ni, inga­lo ezi­nem.

20 Nja­lo izi­du­ku za­zi­se­zi­nsi­ke­ni ezi­mbi­li, la­nga­phe­zu­lu ma­qo­nda­na le­si­su, esi­nga­se­ma­mbu­le­ni; la­ma­po­me­gra­na­ti anga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li aye­se­mi­zi­le­ni ezi­nge­le­ze­le­yo, phe­zu kwe­si­nye isi­du­kun.

21 Wa­se­mi­sa izi­nsi­ka ekhu­lu­si­ni le­the­mpe­li; ese­mi­se insi­ka ya­nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne wa­bi­za ibi­zo la­yo ngo­ku­thi ngu­Ja­ki­ni; ese­mi­se insi­ka ya­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo wa­bi­za ibi­zo la­yo ngo­ku­thi ngu­Bho­wa­zi.

22 La­phe­zu kwe­si­hlo­ko se­zi­nsi­ka kwa­ku­lo­mse­be­nzi wo­mdu­ze. Wa­phe­la-ke umse­be­nzi we­zi­nsi­ka.

23 Wa­se­se­nza ulwa­ndle olu­nci­bi­li­ki­si­we­yo, lu­zi­nga­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi ku­su­ke­la emphe­thwe­ni ku­si­ya emphe­thwe­ni, lu­zi­nge­le­ze­le lu­yi­si­go­mbo­lo­zi, lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwa­lo lu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu, lo­mzi­la ozi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu wa­lu­zi­nge­le­ze­la ulu­go­mbo­lo­ze­lao.

24 Nga­pha­nsi ko­mphe­tho wa­lo kwa­ku­kho­na ama­qha­ga elu­zi­nge­le­ze­le alu­go­mbo­lo­ze­la, ali­tshu­mi enga­lwe­ni, ezi­nge­le­ze­le ulwa­ndle alu­go­mbo­lo­ze­la; imi­zi­la emi­bi­li ya­ma­qha­ga ya­bu­njwa ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa eku­bu­njwe­ni kwa­lo ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sap.

25 Lwe­ma phe­zu kwe­nka­bi ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; ezi­nta­thu zi­kha­nge­le enya­ka­tho, le­zi­nta­thu zi­kha­nge­le entsho­na­la­nga, le­zi­nta­thu zi­kha­nge­le eni­ngi­zi­mu, le­zi­nta­thu zi­kha­nge­le empu­ma­la­nga, lo­lwa­ndle lwa­lu­phe­zu kwa­zo phe­zu­lu, la­zo zo­nke inge­mu­va za­zo za­zi­nga­pha­ka­thiq.

26 Nja­lo ubu­ba­nzi ba­lo ba­bu­yi­bu­ba­nzi be­sa­ndla, lo­mphe­tho wa­lo wa­wu­nje­ngo­mphe­tho we­nke­zo, nje­nge­lu­ba lo­mdu­ze; lwa­lu­mu­me­the ama­bha­thi* azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­lir.

27 We­nza le­zi­se­ke­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi ze­thu­si; ubu­de be­si­se­ke­lo esi­so­dwa ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­ne, lo­bu­ba­nzi ba­so bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­ne, lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwa­so ku­zi­nga­lo ezi­nta­thus.

28 La­lo­khu kwa­ku­ngu­mse­be­nzi we­si­se­ke­lo: Za­zi­le­mi­phe­tho, nja­lo imi­phe­tho ya­yi­pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nhla­nga­ni­so;

29 le­mi­phe­thwe­ni epha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nhla­nga­ni­so kwa­ku­le­zi­lwa­ne, izi­nka­bi, la­ma­khe­ru­bhi*. La­phe­zu kwe­zi­nhla­nga­ni­so kwa­ku­le­si­se­ke­lo nga­phe­zu­lu, nja­lo nga­pha­nsi kwe­zi­lwa­ne le­zi­nka­bi kwa­ku­le­zi­nka­tha zo­mse­be­nzi okha­ndi­we­yo.

30 Le­si­se­ke­lo si­nye sa­si­la­ma­vi­li ethu­si ama­ne la­ma­phi­ni ethu­si; la­ma­gu­mbi aso ama­ne aye­la­ma­hlo­mbe; nga­pha­nsi kwe­ndi­tshi yo­ku­ge­ze­la kwa­ku­la­ma­hlo­mbe abu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa, ece­le­ni kwa­le­yo la­le­yo inka­tha.

31 Lo­mlo­mo wa­so pha­ka­thi kwe­si­du­ku la­nga­phe­zu­lu wa­wu­yi­nga­lo, lo­mlo­mo wa­wo wa­wu­yi­si­go­mbo­lo­zi, nje­ngo­mse­be­nzi we­si­se­ke­lo, uyi­nga­lo le­ngxe­nye; fu­thi la­phe­zu ko­mlo­mo wa­wo kwa­ku­lo­ku­ba­zi­we­yo; nja­lo imi­phe­tho ya­yo ya­yi­zi­nhla­ngo­thi ezi­ne ezi­li­nga­na­yo, ha­tshi isi­go­mbo­lo­zi.

32 La­ma­vi­li ama­ne aye­nga­pha­nsi kwe­mi­phe­tho, la­ma-e­kse­li ama­vi­li aye­se­si­se­ke­lwe­ni; lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwe­vi­li eli­lo­dwa kwa­ku­yi­nga­lo le­ngxe­nye ye­nga­lo.

33 Nja­lo umse­be­nzi wa­ma­vi­li wa­wu­nje­ngo­mse­be­nzi we­vi­li le­nqo­la: Ama-e­kse­li awo la­ma­so­ngo awo le­zi­po­ki­si za­wo la­ma­ha­bha awo kwa­ku­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sat.

34 Nja­lo kwa­ku­la­ma­hlo­mbe ama­ne ema­gu­mbi­ni wo­ma­ne esi­se­ke­lo esi­so­dwa; ama­hlo­mbe aso ave­la esi­se­ke­lwe­ni.

35 La­phe­zu kwe­si­hlo­ko se­si­se­ke­lo kwa­ku­lo­ku­pha­ka­ma oku­yi­si­go­mbo­lo­zi oku­yi­ngxe­nye ye­nga­lo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke; la­phe­zu kwe­si­hlo­ko se­si­se­ke­lo kwa­ku­le­zi­se­ke­lo za­so le­mi­phe­tho ya­so, ku­ve­la ku­so.

36 La­phe­zu kwe­zi­bhe­bhe ze­zi­se­ke­lo za­so la­phe­zu kwe­mi­phe­tho ya­so wa­ba­za ama­khe­ru­bhi le­zi­lwa­ne le­zi­hla­hla za­ma­la­la, nje­nge­nda­wo ya­kho yo­nke enge­la­lu­tho, le­zi­nka­tha inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke.

37 Wa­ze­nza ngo­ku­nja­lo izi­se­ke­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi; zo­nke za­zi­lo­ku­bu­njwa ku­nye, isi­li­nga­ni­so si­nye, isi­mo si­nye.

38 Wa­se­se­nza indi­tshi zo­ku­ge­ze­la ze­thu­si ezi­li­tshu­mi; indi­tshi yo­ku­ge­ze­la eyo­dwa ya­yi­mu­me­the ama­bha­thi anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne; indi­tshi yo­ku­ge­ze­la eyo­dwa ya­yi­zi­nga­lo ezi­ne; indi­tshi yo­ku­ge­ze­la eyo­dwa ya­yi­phe­zu kwe­si­se­ke­lo nga­si­nye se­zi­se­ke­lo ezi­li­tshu­miu.

39 Wa­se­be­ka izi­se­ke­lo ezi­nhla­nu ece­le­ni lo­ku­ne­ne le­ndlu, le­zi­nhla­nu ece­le­ni lo­kho­hlo le­ndlu; lo­lwa­ndle wa­lu­be­ka ece­le­ni lo­ku­ne­ne le­ndlu, nga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga ma­qo­nda­na le­ni­ngi­zi­muv.

40 UHi­ra­mu wa­se­se­nza indi­tshi zo­ku­ge­ze­law la­ma­fo­tsho­lo le­mi­ga­nu yo­ku­fa­fa­zax. UHi­ra­mu wa­se­qe­da ukwe­nza umse­be­nzi wo­nke aye­we­nze­la inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va:

41 Insi­ka zo­mbi­li, le­ndi­tshi ze­zi­du­ku eza­zi­phe­zu kwe­zi­nsi­ka zo­mbi­liy, la­ma­mbu­le ama­bi­liz okwe­mbe­sa indi­tshi ezi­mbi­li ze­zi­du­ku ezi­phe­zu kwe­zi­nsi­kaa,

42 la­ma­po­me­gra­na­ti* anga­ma­khu­lu ama­neb awa­ma­mbu­le wo­ma­bi­li, imi­zi­la emi­bi­li ya­ma­po­me­gra­na­ti ye­mbu­le eli­lo­dwac, okwe­mbe­sa indi­tshi ezi­mbi­li ze­zi­du­ku eza­zi­phe­zu kwe­zi­nsi­kad,

43 le­zi­se­ke­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi, le­ndi­tshi zo­ku­ge­ze­la ezi­li­tshu­mi phe­zu kwe­zi­se­ke­lo,

44 lo­lwa­ndle olu­lo­dwa, le­nka­bi ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li nga­pha­nsi ko­lwa­ndlee;

45 le­zi­mbi­za la­ma­fo­tsho­lo le­mi­ga­nu yo­ku­fa­fa­za, la­zo zo­nke le­zi­zi­tsha uHi­ra­mu aze­nze­la inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va, za­zi­nge­ze­thu­si eli­kha­zi­mu­li­si­we­yof.

46 Inko­si ya­zi­bu­mbe­la ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa ema­gce­ke­ni eJo­da­ni, emhla­ba­thi­ni we­bu­mba pha­ka­thi kwe­Su­ko­thig le­Za­re­tha­nih.

47 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­tshi­ya zo­nke le­zi­zi­tsha zi­nga­li­nga­ni­swa­nga, nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi obu­khu­lu­ka­zi; isi­si­ndo se­thu­si ka­si­hlo­lwa­nga.

48 USo­lo­mo­ni we­nza-ke zo­nke izi­tsha eza­zi­nge­ze­ndlu ye­Nko­si; ila­thi le­go­li­dei, le­ta­fu­la le­go­li­dej, okwa­ku­phe­zu kwa­lo izi­nkwa zo­ku­bu­ki­swak,

49 le­zi­nti ze­zi­ba­ne ze­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yo, ezi­nhla­nu nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne, le­zi­nhla­nu nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo, pha­mbi kwe­nda­wo ye­li­zwil, la­ma­lu­bam, le­zi­ba­nen, le­zi­ndla­wu, kwe­go­li­deo;

50 le­mi­ga­nup, le­zi­ndla­wuq, le­mi­ga­nu yo­ku­fa­fa­zar, le­zi­nke­zo, le­zi­tsha zo­ku­thwa­la umli­lo, kwe­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yos; la­ma­bha­nti ego­li­de ezi­va­lo ze­ndlu enga­pha­ka­thi, ze­ngcwe­le ye­zi­ngcwe­let, ezi­va­lo ze­ndlu ye­the­mpe­li.

51 Wa­phe­la nja­lo umse­be­nzi wo­nke inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni eya­we­nza endli­ni ye­Nko­si. USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­nge­ni­sa izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­li­si­we­yo zi­ka­Da­vi­da uyi­se; isi­li­va le­go­li­de le­zi­tsha wa­ku­be­ka eno­thwe­ni ye­ndlu ye­Nko­siu.

Uku­nge­ni­swa ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no ethe­mpe­li­ni

8Kho­na uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­bu­tha­ni­sa aba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­lia, zo­nke inhlo­ko ze­zi­zwe, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­bo­yi­se ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, uku­ya enko­si­ni uSo­lo­mo­ni eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, uku­ze be­nyu­se umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no si­ka­Je­ho­vab be­wu­khu­pha emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da, oyi­Zi­yo­nic.

2 Wo­nke ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li ase­bu­tha­na enko­si­ni uSo­lo­mo­ni emkho­si­ni enya­nge­ni kaE­tha­ni­mi eyi­nya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sad.

3 La­bo bo­nke aba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­za, aba­pri­sti ba­wu­pha­ka­mi­sa umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­noe,

4 ba­we­nyu­sa umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si le­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no, la­zo zo­nke izi­tsha ezi­ngcwe­le eza­zi­se­the­nte­ni; aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi ba­kwe­nyu­sa-kef.

5 Nja­lo inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni le­nhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­koI­sra­ye­li eya­yi­bu­the­ne ba­be­la­yo pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho be­hla­ba izi­mvu le­zi­nka­bi ezi­nge­la­na­ni le­zi­nge­la­ku­ba­lwa ngo­bu­ne­ngig.

6 Aba­pri­sti ba­se­be­wu­nge­ni­sa umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­sih enda­we­ni ya­woi enda­we­ni ye­li­zwi ye­ndluj, engcwe­le­ni ye­zi­ngcwe­le, nga­pha­nsi kwe­mpi­ko za­ma­khe­ru­bhi*k.

7 Ngo­ba ama­khe­ru­bhi elu­le­la impi­ko za­wo phe­zu kwe­nda­wo yo­mtsho­ko­tsho, ama­khe­ru­bhi embe­sa umtsho­ko­tsho le­mi­ja­bo ya­wo, ku­ve­la phe­zu­lu.

8 Ba­se­be­se­lu­la imi­ja­bo uku­ze izi­hlo­ko ze­mi­ja­bo zi­bo­na­ka­le enda­we­ni engcwe­lel pha­mbi kwe­nda­wo ye­li­zwi, ko­dwa ya­yi­nga­bo­na­ka­li nga­pha­ndle; nja­lo ikho­na la­pho ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlam.

9 Kwa­ku­nge­la­lu­tho emtsho­ko­tshwe­ni, nga­pha­ndle kwe­zi­bhe­bhe za­ma­tshe ezi­mbi­li uMo­zi­si azi­fa­ka kho­na eHo­re­ben mhla iNko­sio ise­nza kho­na isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li eku­phu­me­ni kwa­bo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thep.

10 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­phu­me­ni kwa­ba­pri­sti enda­we­ni engcwe­le iye­zi la­yi­gcwa­li­sa indlu ye­Nko­si;

11 nga­kho aba­pri­sti ba­be­nge­la­kho uku­ma uku­thi ba­kho­nze nge­nxa ye­ye­zi, ngo­ba inka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si ya­yi­gcwa­li­se indlu ye­Nko­siq.

12 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­thir: INko­si ya­thi iza­hla­la emnya­me­ni onzi­mas.

13 Ngi­kwa­khe­le lo­ku­kwa­khe­la indlut, inda­wo yo­ku­hla­la, inda­wo emi­si­we­yo yo­ku­hla­la kwa­kho la­pha­ka­deu.

14 Inko­si ya­si­tshi­bi­li­ki­sa ubu­so ba­yo, ya­li­bu­si­sa iba­ndla lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li; le­ba­ndla lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li la­li­miv.

15 Ya­si­si­thi: Ka­yi­bu­si­swe iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­liw, eya­khu­lu­ma ngo­mlo­mo wa­yo ku­Da­vi­da uba­ba, nja­lo ya­gcwa­li­sa nge­sa­ndla sa­yox, isi­thi:

16 Ku­su­ke­la ngo­su­ku enga­khu­pha nga­lo aba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the ka­ngi­khe­tha­nga mu­zi ezi­zwe­ni zo­nke za­koI­sra­ye­li ukwa­kha indlu, uku­thi ibi­zo la­mi li­be la­phoy, ko­dwa nga­khe­tha uDa­vi­da uku­thi abe phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­liz.

17 Nja­lo kwa­ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ka­Da­vi­da uba­ba ukwa­khe­la ibi­zo le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li indlua.

18 Ko­dwa iNko­si ya­thi ku­Da­vi­da uba­ba: Nje­ngo­ba kwa­ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho ukwa­khe­la ibi­zo la­mi indlu, we­nze ku­hle uku­thi kwa­ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho;

19 lo­ba ku­nja­lo ka­wu­yi­ku­ya­kha indlu we­nab, ko­dwa indo­da­na ya­kho eza­phu­ma ekha­lwe­ni lwa­kho, yo­na iza­la­khe­la ibi­zo la­mi indluc.

20 INko­si isi­qi­ni­si­le ili­zwi la­yo eya­li­khu­lu­ma­yo, ngo­ba ngi­vu­ki­le esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­Da­vi­da uba­ba, ngi­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­kaI­sra­ye­li nje­ngo­ku­ba iNko­si ikhu­lu­mi­le, se­ngi­la­khe­le ibi­zo le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li indlud.

21 Nja­lo ngi­mi­si­le la­pho inda­wo yo­mtsho­ko­tsho, la­pho oku­le­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si kho­na, eya­se­nza la­bo­ba­ba eku­ba­khu­phe­ni kwa­yo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thee.

Umkhu­le­ko ka­So­lo­mo­ni

22 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­si­ma pha­mbi kwe­la­thi le­Nko­si ma­qo­nda­na le­ba­ndla lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­lif, we­lu­le­la iza­ndla za­khe ema­zu­lwi­nig

23 wa­thi: Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ka­kho unku­lu­nku­lu onje­nga­we ema­zu­lwi­ni phe­zu­lu le­mhla­be­ni pha­nsih ogci­na isi­vu­me­lwa­no lo­mu­sa ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­khoi ezi­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­kho nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­zo yo­nkej.

24 Ogci­ne­le ince­ku ya­kho uDa­vi­da uba­ba lo­kho owa­ku­tsho ku­ye; nja­lo wa­khu­lu­ma ngo­mlo­mo wa­kho, wa­ku­gcwa­li­sa nge­sa­ndla sa­kho, nje­nga­la­mu­hla.

25 Nga­kho-ke, Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, gci­ne­la ince­ku ya­kho uDa­vi­da uba­ba owa­ku­khu­lu­ma ku­ye, usi­thi: Ka­ku­yi­ku­swe­le­ka1 mu­ntu ku­we pha­mbi kwa­mi oza­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­kaI­sra­ye­li, ku­phe­la uba ama­do­da­na akho egci­na indle­la ya­wo uku­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­mi nje­ngo­ba uha­mbi­le pha­mbi kwa­mik.

26 Kha­the­si-ke, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ake li­qi­ni­se­ke ili­zwi la­kho owa­li­khu­lu­ma ence­kwi­ni ya­kho uDa­vi­da uba­bal.

27 Ko­dwa isi­bi­li uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­hla­la yi­ni emhla­be­ni? Kha­nge­la, ama­zu­lum, la­ma­zu­lu ama­zu­lu ange­kwa­ne­le; inci­nya­ne ka­nga­ka­na­ni-ke li­ndlu engi­ya­khi­le­yon?

28 Ku­be ka­nti phe­ndu­ke­la emkhu­le­kwe­ni we­nce­ku ya­kho le­ku­nce­nge­ni kwa­yo, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, uku­ze uzwe uku­kha­la lo­mkhu­le­ko ince­ku ya­kho eku­khu­le­ka­yo pha­mbi kwa­kho la­mu­hla.

29 Uku­thi ame­hlo akho avu­le­ke­le li­ndlu ebu­su­ku le­mi­ni, inda­wo owa­tsho nga­yoo uku­thi: Ibi­zo la­mi li­za­ku­ba la­pho; uku­ze uzwe umkhu­le­ko we­nce­ku ya­kho eza­wu­khu­le­ka ku­li­nda­wop.

30 Zwa­na-ke uku­nce­nga kwe­nce­ku ya­kho lo­kwa­ba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li la­pho be­za­khu­le­ka ku­li­nda­wo; ye­bo, uzwe we­na, use­nda­we­ni ya­kho yo­ku­hla­la ema­zu­lwi­ni; la­pho usi­zwa, uthe­the­le­leq.

31 Uba lo­ba ngu­wu­phi umu­ntu one uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe, abe­ke phe­zu kwa­khe isi­fu­ngo, ame­nze afu­nge, le­si­fu­ngo si­ze pha­mbi kwe­la­thi la­kho ku­li­ndlur,

32 zwa­na-ke we­na use­ma­zu­lwi­ni, we­nze wa­hlu­le­le ince­ku za­kho, ula­hle omu­bi, uku­ni­ke­la indle­la ya­khe ekha­nda la­khe, uku­lu­ngi­si­sa olu­ngi­le­yo, uku­mni­ka nje­ngo­ku­lu­nga kwa­khes.

33 La­pho aba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li be­tsha­ywe pha­mbi kwe­si­tha ngo­ba bo­ni­le ku­wet, ba­be­se­be­phe­ndu­ke­la ku­we, ba­li­vu­me ibi­zo la­kho, ba­khu­le­ke ba­nce­nge ku­we ku­li­ndlu,

34 zwa­na-ke we­na use­ma­zu­lwi­ni, uthe­the­le­le iso­no sa­ba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li, uba­bu­yi­se­le eli­zwe­ni owa­li­ni­ka oyi­seu.

35 La­pho ama­zu­lu eva­li­we, ku­nge­la­zu­lu ngo­ba bo­ni­le ku­we, uba be­khu­le­ka ku­li­nda­wo be­li­vu­ma ibi­zo la­kho, ba­phe­ndu­ke eso­nwe­ni sa­bo la­pho uba­hlu­phi­lev,

36 zwa­na-ke we­na use­ma­zu­lwi­ni, uthe­the­le­le iso­no se­nce­ku za­kho le­sa­ba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li, la­pho usu­ba­fu­ndi­si­lew indle­la elu­ngi­le­yo aba­nga­ha­mba nga­yo, uni­ke izu­lu eli­zwe­ni la­kho owa­li­ni­ka aba­ntu ba­kho li­be yi­li­fax.

37 Uba ku­kho­na indla­la eli­zwe­ni, uba ku­kho­na uma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo, uku­tshi­sa, ingu­ma­ne, isi­kho­nya­ne, uba ku­le­mi­ho­go­yi; uba isi­tha sa­bo si­ba­vi­mbe­ze­le eli­zwe­ni le­mi­zi ya­bo, lo­ba yi­yi­phi inhlu­phe­ko, lo­ba yi­wu­phi umkhu­hla­ney,

38 wo­nke umkhu­le­ko, ko­nke uku­nce­nga, okwe­nzi­wa yi­lo­ba ngu­wu­phi umu­ntu, nga­ba­ntu ba­kho bo­nke ba­koI­sra­ye­li, aba­za­kwa­zi ngu­lo­wo inhlu­phe­ko ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe, ese­lu­la iza­ndla za­khe ku­li­ndluz,

39 zwa­na-ke we­na use­ma­zu­lwi­ni, inda­wo ya­kho yo­ku­hla­la emi­si­we­yoa, uthe­the­le­le, we­nze, uni­ke ngu­lo­wo nje­nge­zi­ndle­la za­khe zo­nke, onhli­zi­yo ya­khe uya­ya­zi, ngo­ba ngu­we we­dwa owa­zi­yo inhli­zi­yo ya­bo bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntub,

40 uku­ze ba­kwe­sa­be zo­nke izi­nsu­ku aba­zi­phi­la ebu­swe­ni be­li­zwe owa­li­ni­ka oba­bac.

41 Fu­thi-ke ma­ye­la­na lo­we­zi­zwe­ni onge­su­ye wa­ba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li ko­dwa eve­la eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­na nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­kho,

42 (ngo­ba ba­za­ku­zwa nge­bi­zo la­kho eli­khu­lu la­nge­sa­ndla sa­kho esi­la­ma­ndla la­nge­nga­lo ya­kho eye­lu­li­we­yod) uba esi­za akhu­le­ke ku­li­ndlu,

43 zwa­na we­na use­ma­zu­lwi­ni, inda­wo ya­kho yo­ku­hla­la emi­si­we­yoe, we­nze nje­nga­kho ko­nke owe­zi­zwe­ni aku­bi­ze­la kho­na, uku­ze izi­zwe zo­nke zo­mhla­ba za­zi ibi­zo la­khof, zi­kwe­sa­be, nje­nga­ba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li, uku­ze za­zi uku­thi ibi­zo la­kho li­bi­zi­we phe­zu kwa­le indlu engi­ya­khi­le­yog.

44 Uba aba­ntu ba­kho be­phu­ma impi be­me­le­ne le­si­tha sa­bo nge­ndle­la oba­thu­ma nga­yo, ba­be­se­be­khu­le­ka eNko­si­ni be­kha­nge­le emzi­ni owu­khe­thi­le­yo le­ndli­ni engi­ya­khe­le ibi­zo la­kho,

45 zwa­na-ke use­ma­zu­lwi­ni umkhu­le­ko wa­bo lo­ku­nce­nga kwa­bo, we­nze uda­ba lwa­bo.

46 Uba be­so­na ku­we, ngo­ba ka­ku­la­mu­ntu ongo­ni­yoh, ubu­su­ba­thu­ku­the­le­la, uba­ni­ke­le esi­the­ni, uku­ze aba­thu­mbi ba­bo ba­ba­thu­mbe­le eli­zwe­ni le­si­tha, kha­tsha­na ku­mbe edu­zei,

47 ko­dwa ba­bu­ye enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­bo eli­zwe­ni aba­thu­nje­lwe ki­lo, ba­phe­ndu­ke, ba­nce­nge ku­we eli­zwe­ni la­ba­ba­thu­mbi­le­yoj, be­si­thi: So­ni­lek, sa­pha­mbe­ka, se­nza oku­bil;

48 ba­bu­ye­le ku­we nge­nhli­zi­yo yo­nke ya­bo la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wo­nke wa­bo eli­zwe­ni le­zi­tha za­bo ezi­ba­thu­mbi­le­yom, ba­khu­le­ke ku­we be­kha­nge­le eli­zwe­ni la­bo owa­li­ni­ka oyi­se, umu­zi owa­wu­khe­tha­yo, le­ndlu engi­ya­khe­le ibi­zo la­khon,

49 zwa­na-ke use­ma­zu­lwi­ni umkhu­le­ko wa­bo lo­ku­nce­nga kwa­bo, enda­we­ni ya­kho yo­ku­hla­lao, uba­me­le.

50 Uthe­the­le­le aba­ntu ba­kho abo­ne ku­we, le­zi­pha­mbe­ko za­bo zo­nke, aba­pha­mbe­ke nga­zo ku­we, uba­phe isi­ha­wu pha­mbi kwa­ba­ba­thu­mbi­le­yo, uku­thi ba­be le­si­ha­wu ki­bop,

51 ngo­ba ba­yi­si­zwe sa­kho, le­li­fa la­kho owa­ba­khu­pha eGi­bhi­theq, pha­ka­thi kwe­si­tha­ndo se­nsi­mbir.

52 Uku­ze ame­hlo akho avu­le­ke­le uku­nce­nga kwe­nce­ku ya­kho lo­ku­nce­nga kwa­ba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li, uku­be­zwa ku­kho ko­nke uku­kha­la kwa­bo ku­wes.

53 Ngo­ba we­na wa­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la bo­na ba­be yi­li­fa be­ve­la ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe zo­mhla­ba, nje­ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma kwa­kho nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si, ince­ku ya­kho, eku­khu­phe­ni kwa­kho oba­ba eGi­bhi­the, Nko­si Je­ho­vat.

USo­lo­mo­ni ubu­si­sa iba­ndla

54 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­qe­di­le uSo­lo­mo­ni uku­khu­le­ka wo­nke lo umkhu­le­ko lo­ku­nce­nga eNko­si­ni, wa­su­ku­ma esu­ka nga­pha­mbi kwe­la­thi le­Nko­si eku­gu­qe­ni nga­ma­do­lo akhe le­za­ndla za­khe ze­lu­le­ke­le ema­zu­lwi­niu,

55 wa­se­si­ma wa­bu­si­sa iba­ndla lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu esi­thi:

56 Ka­yi­bu­si­swe iNko­si eni­ke aba­ntu ba­yo uI­sra­ye­li uku­phu­mu­la nje­nga­kho ko­nke eya­ku­khu­lu­ma­yo; ka­ku­wa­nga le­li­lo­dwa ili­zwi ku­wo wo­nke ama­zwi ayo eya­wa­khu­lu­ma nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si ince­ku ya­yov.

57 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ka­yi­be la­thi nje­nga­lo­khu ya­yi­la­bo­ba­ba, inga­si­tshi­yiw inga­si­de­lix,

58 uku­ze itho­be­le inhli­zi­yo ye­thu ku­yo, uku­ha­mba nga­zo zo­nke indle­la za­yo, lo­ku­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­yo le­zi­mi­so za­yo le­za­hlu­le­lo za­yo, eya­ku­la­ya oba­bay.

59 La­la ama­zwi ami, engi­nce­nga nga­wo pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, abe se­du­za­ne le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu emi­ni le­bu­su­ku, uku­ze ime­le uda­ba lwe­nce­ku ya­yo lo­da­ba lwa­ba­ntu ba­yo uI­sra­ye­li, uda­ba lo­su­ku ngo­su­ku lwa­loz,

60 uku­ze izi­zwe zo­nke zo­mhla­ba za­zia uku­thi iNko­si ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ka­kho omu­nyeb.

61 Nga­kho inhli­zi­yo ye­nu ka­yi­be nge­phe­le­le­yo ku­Je­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, uku­ha­mba ezi­mi­swe­ni za­yo, lo­ku­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­yo nje­nga­la­mu­hlac.

USo­lo­mo­ni uni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo emi­ne­ngi

62 Inko­si loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ela­yo ba­se­be­hla­ba umhla­tshe­lo pha­mbi ku­ka­Je­ho­vad.

63 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­hla­ba umhla­tshe­lo we­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la awu­hla­be­la uJe­ho­va, inka­bi ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li, le­zi­mvu ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li. Ngo­ku­nja­lo inko­si la­bo bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­ye­hlu­ka­ni­sa indlu ka­Je­ho­va.

64 Nga­lo­na lo­lo­su­ku inko­si ya­ngcwe­li­sa ipha­ka­thi le­gu­ma ela­li­nga­pha­mbi kwe­ndlu ka­Je­ho­va, ngo­ba la­pho ya­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla, la­ma­hwa­hwa emi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, ngo­ba ila­thi le­thu­si ela­li­pha­mbi ku­ka­Je­ho­va la­li­li­nci­nya­ne ka­khu­lu ukwa­ne­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla la­ma­hwa­hwa emi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­lae.

65 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­se­nza idi­li, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke la­yef, iba­ndla eli­khu­lu, ku­su­ke­la eku­nge­ne­ni kwe­Ha­ma­thig ku­si­ya esi­fu­le­ni se­Gi­bhi­theh, pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, insu­ku ezi­li­tshu­mi la­nei.

66 Ngo­su­ku lwe­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li wa­ba­ye­ke­la aba­ntu ba­ha­mbaj; ba­yi­bu­si­sa inko­si, ba­ya ema­the­nte­ni abo be­tho­ko­zak be­ja­bu­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni nga­kho ko­nke oku­hle iNko­si eya­yi­kwe­nze­le uDa­vi­da ince­ku ya­yo loI­sra­ye­li aba­ntu ba­yol.

INko­si izi­bo­na­ka­li­sa ku­So­lo­mo­ni

9Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uSo­lo­mo­ni ese­qe­di­le ukwa­kha indlu ka­Je­ho­vaa le­ndlu ye­nko­sib la­so so­nke isi­fi­so si­ka­So­lo­mo­ni aye­tho­ko­za uku­se­nzac,

2 iNko­si ya­bo­na­ka­la ku­So­lo­mo­ni ngo­kwe­si­bi­li nje­ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­yo ku­yed eGi­be­yo­nie.

3 INko­si ya­thi ku­ye: Ngi­zwi­le umkhu­le­ko wa­kho lo­ku­nce­nga kwa­kho oku­nce­nge pha­mbi kwa­mi. Ngi­yi­ngcwe­li­si­le li­ndlu oya­khi­le­yo uku­be­ka ibi­zo la­mi la­pho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nif; la­me­hlo ami le­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi ku­za­ku­ba la­pho zo­nke izi­nsu­kug.

4 We­na-ke, uba uha­mba pha­mbi kwa­mih, nje­ngo­Da­vi­da uyi­hlo wa­ha­mba, ngo­ku­phe­le­la kwe­nhli­zi­yo la­ngo­ku­qo­nda, ukwe­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke engi­ku­la­ye kho­na, ugci­ne izi­mi­so za­mi le­za­hlu­le­lo za­mii,

5 kho­na ngi­za­mi­sa isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si so­mbu­so wa­kho phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, nje­ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma kwa­mi ku­Da­vi­da uyi­hlo, ngi­si­thi: Ka­ku­yi­ku­swe­le­ka ku­we umu­ntu phe­zu kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si si­kaI­sra­ye­lij.

6 Uba li­za­phe­ndu­ka lo­ku­phe­ndu­ka, li­na la­ba­ntwa­na be­nu, eku­ngi­la­nde­le­ni, li­nga­yi­gci­ni imi­la­yo ya­mi, izi­mi­so za­mi, engi­ku­be­ke pha­mbi kwe­nu, ko­dwa li­ye­kho­nza aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, li­ba­kho­tha­me­lek,

7 kho­na ngi­za­qu­ma uI­sra­ye­li ebu­swe­ni be­li­zwe engi­ba­ni­ke lo­nal, le­ndlu engi­yi­ngcwe­li­se­le ibi­zo la­mim ngi­za­yi­la­hla pha­mbi kwa­mi; loI­sra­ye­li uza­ku­ba yi­sa­ga le­nto yo­ku­ho­zwa pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe zo­nken.

8 La­li­ndlu, epha­ke­me­yo, wo­nke oye­dlu­la­yo uza­ma­nga­la ka­khu­lu anci­feo, ba­thi: INko­si ikwe­nze­le­ni oku­nje ku­le­li­li­zwe la­ku­li­ndlu?

9 Nja­lo ba­za­ku­thi: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ba­yi­tshi­yi­le iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo eya­khu­pha oyi­se eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, ba­ba­mbe­le­la kwa­ba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, ba­ba­kho­nza ba­ba­se­be­nze­la; nga­lo­kho iNko­si ibe­hli­se­le bo­nke lo­bu­bu­bi.

Ezi­nye ize­nzo zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni

10 Kwa­se­ku­si­thip eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li uSo­lo­mo­ni esa­khi­le izi­ndlu zo­mbi­li, indlu ka­Je­ho­va le­ndlu ye­nko­siq,

11 (u­Hi­ra­mu inko­si ye­Ti­re wa­ye­mse­ke­le uSo­lo­mo­ni nge­zi­go­do ze­mi­se­da­ri la­nge­zi­go­do za­ma­fi­ri la­nge­go­li­de, nje­nge­si­lo­yi­so sa­khe so­nke) nga­le­so­si­kha­thi inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­mni­ka uHi­ra­mu imi­zi enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li eli­zwe­ni le­Ga­li­li.

12 UHi­ra­mu wa­se­phu­ma eTi­re uku­bo­na imi­zi uSo­lo­mo­ni aye­mni­ke yo­na, ko­dwa ya­yi­nga­lu­nga­nga eme­hlwe­ni akhe.

13 Wa­se­si­thi: Yi­mi­zi ba­ni le ongi­ni­ke yo­na, mfo­we­thu? Wa­se­yi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi ili­zwe le­Ka­bu­li, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlar.

14 UHi­ra­mu wa­ye­thu­me­le enko­si­ni ama­tha­le­nta* ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li ego­li­de.

15 Na­ntu-ke uda­ba lwe­zi­bha­lwa inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni eya­zi­bu­the­la ukwa­kha indlu ye­Nko­si, le­ndlu ya­yos, le­Mi­lot, lo­mdu­li we­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, le­Ha­zo­riu, le­Me­gi­dov, le­Ge­ze­riw:

16 UFa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the wa­ye­nyu­ki­le wa­thu­mba iGe­ze­ri wa­yi­tshi­sa ngo­mli­lo, wa­bu­la­la ama­Kha­na­ni aye­hla­la emzi­nix, wa­khu­nga nga­yo indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe, umka­So­lo­mo­niy.

17 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­sa­kha iGe­ze­ri, le­Bhe­thi-Ho­ro­ni enga­pha­nsiz,

18 le­Ba­ha­la­thia, le­Ta­ma­ri enka­nga­la eli­zwe­ni,

19 le­mi­zi yo­nke yo­ku­gci­ne­la impa­hla uSo­lo­mo­ni aye­la­yob, le­mi­zic ye­zi­nqo­lad, le­mi­zi ya­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za, le­si­lo­yi­so si­ka­So­lo­mo­ni aye­lo­yi­sa nga­so ukwa­kha eJe­ru­sa­le­ma le­Le­bha­no­ni le­li­zwe­ni lo­nke lo­mbu­so wa­khe.

20 Bo­nke aba­ntu aba­be­se­le ku­maA­mo­ri, ama­He­thi, ama­Pe­ri­zi, ama­Hi­vi, la­ma­Je­bu­si, aba­be­nge­yi­si­bo ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li,

21 aba­ntwa­na ba­bo aba­be­se­le emva kwa­bo eli­zwe­nie, aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­nge­ne­li­sa­nga uku­ba­tsha­ba­la­li­saf, uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­ba­bu­tha izi­bha­lwag ezi­yi­zi­gqi­li, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlah.

22 Ko­dwa eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li uSo­lo­mo­ni ke­nza­nga si­gqi­lii, ko­dwa ba­be­nga­ma­do­da empi, le­nce­ku za­khe, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­khe, le­zi­ndu­na za­khe, la­ba­pha­thi be­zi­nqo­la za­khe, la­ba­ga­di ba­khe ba­ma­bhi­za.

23 La­ba ba­be­zi­ndu­na za­ba­pha­thi aba­phe­zu ko­mse­be­nzi ka­So­lo­mo­nij, ama­khu­lu ama­hla­nu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nuk, aba­be­bu­sa aba­ntu aba­be­se­be­nza emse­be­nzi­nil.

24 Ko­dwa indo­da­ka­zi ka­Fa­ro ye­nyu­ka iphu­ma emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­dam isi­ya endli­ni ya­yo aye­ya­khe­le yo­nan. Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi wa­kha iMi­loo.

25 Nja­lo ka­tha­thu ngo­mnya­ka uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la phe­zu kwe­la­thi aye­la­khe­le iNko­si, wa­tshi­sa impe­pha ku­le­lo ela­li­pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si. Wa­qe­da nja­lo indlu.

26 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­si­se­nza imi­khu­mbi eE­zi­yo­ni-Ge­be­rip eseE­lo­thiq ekhu­nji­ni lo­Lwa­ndle olu­Bo­mvu eli­zwe­ni leE­do­ma.

27 UHi­ra­mu wa­se­thu­ma emi­khu­nji­ni ince­ku za­khe, ama­do­da emi­khu­mbi, aba­zi ulwa­ndle, ka­nye le­nce­ku zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni.

28 Ba­fi­ka eO­fi­rir, ba­tha­tha kho­na igo­li­de, ama­tha­le­nta* anga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, ba­li­le­tha enko­si­ni uSo­lo­mo­nis.

Indlo­vu­ka­zi ye­She­bha

10Kwa­thi indlo­vu­ka­zia ye­She­bhab isi­zwi­le udu­mo lu­ka­So­lo­mo­ni nge­bi­zo le­Nko­si ye­za uku­mhlo­la nge­mi­bu­zo enzi­mac.

2 Ya­si­fi­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma lo­dwe­ndwe olu­khu­lu ka­khu­lu, la­ma­ka­me­la ethwe­le ama­kha le­go­li­de eli­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu la­ma­tshe ali­gu­gu; isi­fi­ki­le ku­So­lo­mo­ni ya­mtshe­la ko­nke okwa­ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­yo.

3 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­yi­cha­si­se­la zo­nke inda­ba za­yo; kwa­ku­nge­la­lu­tho olwa­yi­ca­tshe­la­yo inko­si enga­yi­cha­si­se­la­nga lo­na.

4 Indlo­vu­ka­zi ye­She­bha isi­bo­ni­le yo­nke inhla­ka­ni­pho ka­So­lo­mo­ni, le­ndlu aye­ya­khi­le,

5 lo­ku­dla kwe­ta­fu­la la­khe, lo­ku­hla­la kwe­zi­nce­ku za­khe, lo­ku­ma kwe­zi­se­be­nzi za­khe, le­zi­gqo­ko za­zo, la­ba­pha­thi­nke­zo ba­khe, lo­kwe­nyu­ka kwa­khe enyu­ka nga­kho endli­ni ye­Nko­sid, ka­ku­sa­ba­nga la­mo­ya ku­yoe.

6 Ya­si­si­thi enko­si­ni: Umbi­ko wa­wu­li­qi­ni­so enga­wu­zwa eli­zwe­ni la­mi nga­ma­zwi akho la­nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­kho.

7 Ko­dwa ka­ngi­yi­kho­lwa­nga le­yo­mi­bi­ko nga­ze nga­fi­ka la­me­hlo ami abo­na. Kha­nge­la, be­ngi­nga­tshe­lwa­nga ingxe­nye; we­nge­ze­le­le inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­ku­lu­nga embi­kwe­ni engi­wu­zwi­le­yo.

8 Ba­ya­tho­ko­za aba­ntu ba­kho, zi­ya­tho­ko­za le­zi­zi­nce­ku za­kho ezi­mi nja­lo pha­mbi kwa­kho zi­si­zwa inhla­ka­ni­pho ya­khof!

9 Ka­yi­bu­si­swe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eya­tho­ko­za nga­we, uku­ku­be­ka phe­zu kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si si­kaI­sra­ye­lig. Ngo­ba iNko­si ya­mtha­nda uI­sra­ye­li ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­deh, nga­kho iku­be­ki­le wa­ba yi­nko­si uku­ze we­nze isa­hlu­le­lo lo­ku­lu­ngai.

10 Ya­si­ni­ka inko­si ama­tha­le­nta* ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li ego­li­de, la­ma­kha ama­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu, la­ma­tshe ali­gu­gu. Ka­ku­za­nge ku­sa­bu­ya ama­kha ngo­bu­ne­ngi nje­nga­la­wo indlo­vu­ka­zi ye­She­bha eya­wa­ni­ka inko­si uSo­lo­mo­nij.

11 Fu­thi le­mi­khu­mbi ka­Hi­ra­muk eya­yi­thwa­la igo­li­de li­ve­la eO­fi­ril ya­le­tha izi­go­do ezi­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu zo­mka­mpa, la­ma­tshe ali­gu­gu, ku­ve­la eO­fi­ri.

12 Nge­zi­go­do zo­mka­mpa inko­si ya­si­se­nza insi­ka ze­ndlu ka­Je­ho­va le­ze­ndlu ye­nko­si, la­ma­cha­cho le­zi­gu­bhu ze­zi­nta­mbo kwa­ba­hla­be­le­li; ka­ku­za­nga ku­le­thwe ku­mbe ku­bo­nwe ngo­ku­nja­lo izi­go­do zo­mka­mpa ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

13 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­si­ni­ka indlo­vu­ka­zi ye­She­bha so­nke isi­lo­yi­so sa­yo, eya­ku­ce­la­yo, nga­pha­ndle kwa­lo­kho eya­yi­ni­ka kho­na nje­ngo­ku­pha­na kwe­nko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni. Ya­si­phe­ndu­ka ya­ya eli­zwe­ni la­yo, yo­na le­nce­ku za­yo.

Ino­tho ka­So­lo­mo­ni lo­du­mo lwa­khe

14 Nja­lo isi­si­ndo se­go­li­de ela­li­fi­ka ku­So­lo­mo­ni ngo­mnya­ka owo­dwa sa­si­nga­ma­tha­le­nta* anga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha le­si­thu­pham,

15 nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­ve­la ku­ba­the­ngi­si, le­mpa­hle­ni za­ba­the­ngi­si be­zi­no­ngo, le­ma­kho­si­ni wo­nke eA­ra­bhi­ya, la­ku­ba­bu­si be­li­zwen.

16 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­si­se­nza izi­hla­ngu ezi­nku­lu ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li nge­go­li­de eli­kha­ndi­we­yo, ama­she­ke­li anga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha ego­li­de esi­hla­ngwi­ni esi­so­dwa esi­khu­lu.

17 La­ma­ha­wu anga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu ego­li­de eli­kha­ndi­we­yoo; ama­ma­ne* ama­tha­thu ego­li­de eha­wi­ni eli­lo­dwap. Inko­si ya­si­wa­fa­ka endli­ni ye­gu­su le­Le­bha­no­niq.

18 Inko­si ye­nza le­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si esi­khu­lu nge­mpo­ndo ze­ndlo­vu, ya­si­hu­qa nge­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yor.

19 Isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si sa­si­le­zi­khwe­lo ezi­yi­si­thu­pha, le­si­hlo­ko se­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si sa­si­yi­si­go­mbo­lo­zi emu­va, le­ze­ya­me­lo ze­nga­lo nga­pha la­nga­pha ku­ze ku­be se­nda­we­ni yo­ku­hla­la, le­zi­lwa­ne ezi­mbi­li zi­mi ece­le­ni kwe­ze­ya­me­lo ze­zi­nga­lo.

20 Le­zi­lwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li za­zi­mi la­pho ezi­khwe­lwe­ni ezi­yi­si­thu­pha, nga­pha la­nga­pha. Ka­kwe­nzi­wa­nga oku­nja­lo ku­wo wo­nke umbu­so.

21 La­zo zo­nke inke­zo zo­ku­na­tha ze­nko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni za­zi­nge­ze­go­li­de, la­zo zo­nke izi­tsha ze­ndlu ye­gu­su le­Le­bha­no­ni za­zi­nge­ze­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yo; kwa­ku­nge­la­si­li­va, la­li­nga­ba­lwa sa­nto ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­So­lo­mo­nis.

22 Ngo­ba inko­si ya­yi­le­mi­khu­mbi ye­Tha­shi­shi olwa­ndle ka­nye le­mi­khu­mbi ka­Hi­ra­mu; ka­nye nge­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu li­mi­khu­mbi ye­Tha­shi­shi ye­za ithwe­le igo­li­de le­si­li­vat, impo­ndo ze­zi­ndlo­vu le­zi­nka­wu la­ma­phi­ga­ga.

23 Nga­kho inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­ba nku­lu ku­la­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si omhla­ba eno­thwe­ni le­nhla­ka­ni­phe­niu.

24 Umhla­ba wo­nke wa­su­di­nga ubu­so bu­ka­So­lo­mo­ni uku­zwa inhla­ka­ni­pho ya­khe uNku­lu­nku­lu aye­yi­ni­ke enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe.

25 Ba­se­be­le­tha, ngu­lo­wo isi­pho sa­khe, izi­tsha ze­si­li­va, le­zi­tsha ze­go­li­de, le­ze­mba­tho, le­zi­kha­li, la­ma­kha, ama­bhi­za, le­zi­mbo­ngo­lo; into yo­mnya­ka ngo­mnya­ka wa­yov.

26 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa izi­nqo­la la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­zaw; wa­ye­le­zi­nqo­la ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ali­tshu­mi la­ne, la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; wa­ku­be­ka emi­zi­ni ye­zi­nqo­la nja­lo ku­le­nko­si eJe­ru­sa­le­max.

27 Inko­si ya­si­se­nza isi­li­va eJe­ru­sa­le­ma la­ba nje­nga­ma­tshey, le­mi­se­da­ri wa­ye­nza ya­ba nje­nge­mi­khi­wa ye­si­kha­mo­re ese­si­ho­tshe­ni, ngo­bu­ne­ngiz.

28 Wa­se­nge­ni­sa ngo­ku­the­nga ama­bhi­za ave­la eGi­bhi­the, aye­nge­ka­So­lo­mo­ni, le­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo; la­ba­the­ngi be­nko­si ba­be­li­tha­tha ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo nge­nte­ngoa.

29 Inqo­la ya­si­se­nyu­ka ya­phu­ma eGi­bhi­the ngama­she­ke­li esi­li­va anga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha, le­bhi­za nge­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu. La­ngo­ku­nja­lo bawa­khu­phe­la wo­nke ama­kho­si ama­He­thi la­ma­kho­si eSi­ri­ya nge­sa­ndla sa­bob.

Uku­du­ha ku­ka­So­lo­mo­ni

11Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­nia ya­yi­tha­nda-ke aba­fa­zi aba­ne­ngi be­zi­zwe­nib, ka­nye le­ndo­da­ka­zi ka­Fa­ro, ama­Mo­wa­bi­ka­zi, amaA­mo­ni­ka­zi, amaE­do­mi­ka­zi, ama­Si­do­ni­ka­zi, ama­He­thi­ka­zic,

2 aba­be­ve­la ezi­zwe­ni iNko­si eya­yi­the nga­zo ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li: Ka­li­yi­ku­nge­na ki­bo, la­bo ka­ba­yi­ku­nge­na ki­ni; isi­bi­li ba­za­phe­ndu­la inhli­zi­yo ye­nu ila­nde­le onku­lu­nku­lu ba­bo. Bo­na uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­ba­na­ma­the­la ngo­tha­ndod.

3 Wa­ye­la­ba­fa­zi aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ama­kho­sa­za­na, la­ba­fa­zi aba­nca­ne aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu; aba­fa­zi ba­khe ba­se­be­pha­mbu­la inhli­zi­yo ya­khe.

4 Ngo­ba kwa­thi esi­kha­thi­ni so­ku­lu­pha­la ku­ka­So­lo­mo­ni, aba­fa­zi ba­khe ba­pha­mbu­le­la inhli­zi­yo ya­khe eku­la­nde­le­ni aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lue, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe ya­yi­nga­phe­le­la­nga ku­Je­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khef, nje­nge­nhli­zi­yo ka­Da­vi­da uyi­seg.

5 Ngo­ba uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­ha­mba emva ku­kaA­shi­ta­ro­thi unku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­Si­do­ni le­mva ku­ka­Mi­lko­mu isi­ne­ngi­so sa­maA­mo­nih.

6 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, ka­yi­la­nde­la­nga ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo iNko­si nje­ngo­Da­vi­da uyi­se.

7 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­khe­la uKe­mo­shii isi­ne­ngi­so sa­ko­Mo­wa­bi inda­wo epha­ke­me­yoj enta­be­ni epha­mbi kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­mak, lo­Mo­le­ki isi­ne­ngi­so sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nil.

8 La­ngo­ku­nja­lo wa­be­nze­la bo­nke aba­fa­zi ba­khe be­zi­zwe­ni aba­tshi­sa impe­pha ba­hla­be­la onku­lu­nku­lu ba­bo.

9 INko­si ya­si­mthu­ku­the­le­la uSo­lo­mo­ni, ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ya­khe ya­yi­pha­mbu­ki­le eNko­si­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lim, eya­yi­bo­na­ke­le ku­ye ka­bi­lin,

10 ya­mla­ya ma­ye­la­na la­li­nto, uku­thi anga­la­nde­li aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu; ko­dwa ka­gci­na­nga lo­kho iNko­si eya­mla­ya kho­nao.

11 Nga­kho iNko­si ya­thi ku­So­lo­mo­ni: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi lo­khu kwe­nzi­we ngu­we, unga­gci­na­nga isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi le­zi­mi­so za­mi, enga­ku­la­ya kho­na, ngi­za­wu­da­bu­la lo­ku­wu­da­bu­la umbu­so ku­we, ngi­wu­ni­ke ince­ku ya­khop.

12 Ka­nti ka­ngi­yi­ku­kwe­nza ensu­kwi­ni za­kho nge­nxa ka­Da­vi­da uyi­hlo; ngi­za­wu­da­bu­la usu­ke esa­ndle­ni se­ndo­da­na ya­kho.

13 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo ka­ngi­yi­ku­da­bu­la wo­nke umbu­soq; ngi­za­ni­ka indo­da­na ya­kho isi­zwe esi­so­dwa nge­nxa ka­Da­vi­da ince­ku ya­mi la­nge­nxa ye­Je­ru­sa­le­mar engi­yi­khe­thi­le­yos.

Izi­tha zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni

14 INko­si ya­si­mvu­se­la uSo­lo­mo­ni isi­tha, uHa­da­di umE­do­ma; wa­ye­ngo­we­nza­lo ye­nko­si eE­do­ma.

15 Ngo­ba kwa­thi uDa­vi­da eseE­do­ma, uJo­wa­bi indu­na ye­bu­tho wa­ye­nyu­ke­le uku­ngcwa­ba aba­bu­le­we­yo, wa­tsha­ya wo­nke owe­si­li­sa eE­do­ma.

16 Ngo­ba uJo­wa­bi wa­hla­la la­pho inya­nga ezi­yi­si­thu­pha, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, wa­ze wa­qu­ma wo­nke owe­si­li­sa eE­do­ma.

17 Ko­dwa uHa­da­di wa­ba­le­ka, ye­na la­maE­do­ma athi­le ave­la ence­kwi­ni zi­ka­yi­se ka­nye la­ye, uku­nge­na eGi­bhi­the; nja­lo uHa­da­di wa­ye­ngu­mfa­nya­nat.

18 Ba­se­be­su­ka eMi­di­ya­niu, ba­fi­ka ePa­ra­niv, ba­tha­tha ama­do­da la­bo ePa­ra­ni, ba­fi­ka eGi­bhi­the, ku­Fa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the, owa­mni­ka indlu, wa­mmi­se­la uku­dla, wa­mni­ka umhla­ba­thi.

19 UHa­da­di wa­se­tho­la umu­sa omkhu­lu eme­hlwe­ni ka­Fa­ro, wa­ze wa­me­ndi­se­la uda­de­wa­bo wo­mka­khe, uda­de­wa­bo ka­Ta­pe­ne­si indlo­vu­ka­ziw.

20 Uda­de­wa­bo ka­Ta­pe­ne­si wa­se­mza­le­la uGe­nu­ba­thi indo­da­na ya­khe, uTa­pe­ne­si amlu­mu­le­la pha­ka­thi kwe­ndlu ka­Fa­ro; nja­lo uGe­nu­ba­thi wa­ye­se­ndli­ni ka­Fa­ro pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Fa­ro.

21 Kwa­thi uHa­da­di ese­zwi­le ese­Gi­bhi­the uku­thi uDa­vi­da ule­le la­bo­yi­se lo­ku­thi uJo­wa­bi indu­na ye­bu­tho use­fi­le, uHa­da­di wa­thi ku­Fa­ro: Ngi­vu­me­la ngi­su­ke uku­thi ngi­ye eli­zwe­ni la­ki­thix.

22 UFa­ro wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ko­dwa uswe­le­ni ula­mi uku­thi, kha­nge­la, udi­nge uku­ya eli­zwe­ni la­ki­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Aku­la­lu­tho1, lo­ba ku­nja­lo ngi­vu­me­la lo­ku­ngi­vu­me­la ngi­ha­mbe.

23 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­mvu­se­la isi­tha, uRe­zo­ni indo­da­na kaE­li­ya­da owa­ye­ba­le­ki­le enko­si­ni ya­khe uHa­da­de­ze­ri inko­si ye­Zo­bay.

24 Wa­se­zi­bu­the­la ama­do­da, wa­ba ngu­mkho­khe­li we­vi­yo, la­pho uDa­vi­da eba­bu­la­laz; ba­se­be­si­ya eDa­ma­se­koa, ba­hla­la ku­yo, ba­bu­sa eDa­ma­se­ko.

25 Wa­se­si­ba yi­si­tha kuI­sra­ye­li insu­ku zo­nke zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni, phe­zu ko­bu­bi uHa­da­di abe­nza­yo; nja­lo wa­ne­ngwa nguI­sra­ye­li, wa­bu­sa phe­zu ku­ka­Si­ri­ya.

26 Lo­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu, indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­tib, umE­fra­yi­mic we­Ze­re­dad, ince­ku ka­So­lo­mo­ni, obi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Ze­ru­wa, owe­si­fa­za­na ongu­mfe­lo­ka­zi, la­ye wa­pha­ka­mi­sa isa­ndla eme­le­ne le­nko­sie.

27 Yi­lo­lu-ke uda­ba lo­ku­thi apha­ka­mi­se isa­ndla eme­le­ne le­nko­sif. USo­lo­mo­ni wa­kha iMi­log, wa­va­la isi­kha­la so­mu­zi ka­Da­vi­da uyi­se.

28 UJe­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­ye­li­qha­we eli­la­ma­ndla. Kwa­thi uSo­lo­mo­ni ebo­na le­li­ja­ha uku­thi li­khu­the­le emse­be­nzi­ni, wa­li­be­ka phe­zu kwa­wo wo­nke umthwa­lo we­ndlu ka­Jo­se­fa.

29 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nga­le­so­si­kha­thi la­pho uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu ephu­ma eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, uA­hi­yah umShi­loi umpro­fe­thi wa­mfi­ca endle­le­ni. Nja­lo wa­ye­zi­gqo­ki­se isi­gqo­ko esi­tsha; bo­ba­bi­li ba­be­bo­dwa ega­nge­ni.

30 UA­hi­ya wa­se­si­ba­mba isi­gqo­ko esi­tsha esa­si­ku­ye, wa­si­da­bu­la izi­qa ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lij,

31 wa­thi ku­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu: Zi­tha­the­le izi­qa ezi­li­tshu­mi, ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­da­bu­la umbu­so usu­ke esa­ndle­ni si­ka­So­lo­mo­ni, ngi­ku­ni­ke izi­zwe ezi­li­tshu­mik.

32 Ko­dwa ye­na uza­ku­ba le­si­zwe esi­so­dwa nge­nxa ye­nce­ku ya­mi uDa­vi­da la­nge­nxa ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, umu­zi engi­wu­khe­thi­le­yo ezi­zwe­ni zo­nke za­koI­sra­ye­li.

33 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ba­ngi­tshi­yi­le, ba­kho­nza uA­shi­ta­ro­thi unku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­Si­do­nil, uKe­mo­shi unku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­Mo­wa­bim, lo­Mi­lko­mu unku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nin, ka­ba­ha­mba­nga nge­ndle­la za­mi, ukwe­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni ami, loku­lo­ndo­lo­za izi­mi­so za­mi le­za­hlu­le­lo za­mi, nje­ngo­Da­vi­da uyi­se.

34 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo ka­ngi­yi­ku­wu­su­sa umbu­so wo­nke esa­ndle­ni sa­khe; ko­dwa ngi­za­me­nza abe ngu­mbu­si zo­nke izi­nsu­ku ze­mpi­lo ya­khe nge­nxa ka­Da­vi­da ince­ku ya­mi, enga­mkhe­tha­yo, owa­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­mi le­zi­mi­so za­mio.

35 Ko­dwa ngi­za­wu­su­sa umbu­so esa­ndle­ni se­ndo­da­na ya­khe, ngi­wu­ni­ke we­na, izi­zwe ezi­li­tshu­mip.

36 Le­ndo­da­na ya­khe ngi­za­yi­ni­ka isi­zwe si­be si­nye uku­ze uDa­vi­da ince­ku ya­mi abe le­si­ba­ne zo­nke izi­nsu­ku pha­mbi kwa­mi eJe­ru­sa­le­maq, umu­zi engi­zi­khe­the­le wo­na uku­ze ngi­be­ke ibi­zo la­mi kho­nar.

37 We­na-ke ngi­za­ku­tha­tha, uza­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho oku­lo­yi­sa­yo, ube yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li.

38 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, uba ula­le­la ko­nke engi­ku­la­ya kho­na, uha­mbe nge­zi­ndle­la za­mi, we­nze oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni ami, uku­gci­na izi­mi­so za­mi le­mi­la­yo ya­mi, nje­ngo­kwe­nza ku­ka­Da­vi­da ince­ku ya­mi, ngi­za­ku­ba la­wes, ngi­kwa­khe­le indlu eqi­ni­le­yo, nje­nge­nga­ya­khe­la uDa­vi­da, ngi­za­ku­ni­ka uI­sra­ye­lit,

39 nja­lo ngi­hlu­phe inza­lo ka­Da­vi­da nge­nxa ya­lo­khu, ko­dwa ku­nga­bi ko­ku­phe­la.

40 Nga­kho uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­di­nga uku­mbu­la­la uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu, ko­dwa uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­su­ka wa­ba­le­ke­la eGi­bhi­the, ku­Shi­sha­ki inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the, wa­ye­se­Gi­bhi­the wa­ze wa­fa uSo­lo­mo­niu.

Uku­fa ku­ka­So­lo­mo­ni

41 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, le­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­khe, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­nda­ba zi­ka­So­lo­mo­niv?

42 Isi­kha­thi-ke uSo­lo­mo­ni abu­sa nga­so eJe­ru­sa­le­ma phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke sa­ba yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne.

43 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­sew, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da uyi­sex. URe­ho­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khey.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­vu­ke­la indlu ka­Da­vi­da

12URe­ho­bho­wa­mua wa­se­si­ya eShe­ke­mab ngo­ba uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­ye­fi­ke eShe­ke­ma uku­mbe­ka abe yi­nko­si.

2 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­tic, owa­ye­lo­khu ese­Gi­bhi­thed, eku­zwa lo­khu (ngo­ba wa­ye­ba­le­ke esu­ka pha­mbi ku­ka­So­lo­mo­ni inko­si, uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­hla­la eGi­bhi­the),

3 ba­thu­ma ba­mbi­za. UJe­ro­bho­wa­mu le­ba­ndla lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­si­za ba­khu­lu­ma lo­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu be­si­thi:

4 Uyi­hlo we­nza ijo­gwe le­thu la­ba lu­khu­ni; nga­kho-ke we­na ye­nza ku­be lu­la umse­be­nzi olu­khu­ni ka­yi­hlo, le­jo­gwe la­khe eli­nzi­ma abe­si­thwa­li­se lo­na, nja­lo si­za­ku­kho­nzae.

5 Wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Ha­mba­ni fu­thi okwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu, li­be se­li­bu­ya ki­mi. Ba­se­be­ha­mba aba­ntu.

6 Inko­si uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu ya­si­ce­bi­sa­na la­ba­da­la aba­be­si­ma pha­mbi ku­ka­So­lo­mo­ni uyi­se esa­phi­la, isi­thi: Li­ce­bi­sa nja­ni uku­bu­yi­se­la impe­ndu­lo ku­la­ba­ba­ntuf?

7 Ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma ku­yo be­si­thi: Uba uza­ku­ba yi­nce­ku ya­la­ba­ba­ntu la­mu­hla uba­se­be­nze­le, uba­phe­ndu­le, ukhu­lu­me ki­bo ama­zwi ama­hle, kho­na be­za­ku­ba zi­nce­ku za­kho zo­nke izi­nsu­kug.

8 Ko­dwa wa­si­tshi­ya ise­lu­le­ko sa­ba­da­la aba­be­me­lu­le­ke nga­so, wa­ce­bi­sa­na la­ma­ja­ha aye­yi­nta­nga ya­khe, aye­mi pha­mbi kwa­kheh.

9 Wa­se­si­thi ku­wo: Li­pha se­lu­le­ko ba­ni uku­thi si­bu­yi­se­le impe­ndu­lo ku­la­ba­ba­ntu aba­khu­lu­me la­mi be­si­thi: Ye­nza li­be lu­la­nya­na ijo­gwe uyi­hlo ali­be­ka phe­zu kwe­thu?

10 Ama­ja­ha aye­yi­nta­nga ya­khe ase­khu­lu­ma ku­ye esi­thi: Uza­ku­tsho nja­lo ku­la­ba­ba­ntu aba­khu­lu­ma ku­we be­si­thi: Uyi­hlo we­nza ijo­gwe le­thu la­ba nzi­ma, ko­dwa we­na ye­nza li­be lu­la­nya­na ki­thi; uza­ku­tsho nja­lo ki­bo: Uci­ki­li­ca­ne wa­mi uqa­tha ku­lo­kha­lo lu­ka­ba­ba.

11 Uba-ke uba­ba wa­le­thwe­sa ijo­gwe eli­nzi­ma, mi­na-ke ngi­za­kwe­nge­ze­le­la ejo­gwe­ni le­nu. Uba­ba wa­li­je­zi­sa nge­zi­swe­pui, ko­dwa mi­na ngi­za­li­je­zi­sa nga­bo­fe­ze­laj.

12 Nga­kho uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­za ku­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­nko­si isi­thi: Li­bu­ye ki­mi fu­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thuk.

13 Inko­si ya­si­ba­phe­ndu­la aba­ntu ka­lu­khu­ni, ya­tshi­ya ise­lu­le­ko sa­ba­da­la aba­be­ye­lu­le­ke nga­so.

14 Ya­khu­lu­ma ku­bo nje­ngo­kwe­se­lu­le­ko sa­ma­ja­ha isi­thi: Uba­ba we­nza ijo­gwe le­nu la­ba nzi­ma, ko­dwa mi­na ngi­za­kwe­nge­ze­le­la ejo­gwe­ni le­nu; uba­ba wa­li­je­zi­sa nge­zi­swe­pu, ko­dwa mi­na ngi­za­li­je­zi­sa nga­bo­fe­ze­lal.

15 Nga­lo­kho inko­si ka­yi­ba­la­le­la­nga aba­ntu; ngo­ba ingu­qu­ko ya­yi­ve­la eNko­si­ni uku­ze iqi­ni­se ili­zwi la­yom eya­yi­li­khu­lu­me nge­sa­ndla si­kaA­hi­ya umShi­lo ku­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­tin.

16 La­pho uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ebo­na uku­thi inko­si ka­yi­ba­la­le­la­nga, aba­ntu ba­bu­yi­se­la impe­ndu­lo enko­si­ni be­si­thi: Si­le­sa­be­lo ba­ni ku­Da­vi­da? Ye­bo, kasi­la­li­fa endo­da­ne­ni ka­Je­seo. Ema­the­nte­ni akho, Isra­ye­li! Kha­the­si, zi­bo­ne­le indlu ya­kho, Da­vi­dap. Nga­kho uI­sra­ye­li wa­ya ema­the­nte­ni akhe.

17 Ma­ye­la­na la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­be­hla­la emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­da, uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu wa­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­boq.

18 Kho­na inko­si uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu ya­thu­ma uA­do­ni­ra­mur owa­ye­phe­zu kwe­zi­bha­lwa; uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­se­mkha­nda nga­ma­tshe wa­ze wa­fa. Nga­kho inko­si uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu ya­khwe­la ma­si­nya­ne inqo­la ya­yo, uku­ba­le­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

19 Ngo­ku­nja­lo uI­sra­ye­li wa­yi­hla­mu­ke­la indlu ka­Da­vi­da ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlas.

20 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ese­zwi­le uku­thi uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu ubu­yi­le, ba­thu­ma ba­mbi­ze­la enhla­nga­nwe­ni, ba­me­nza inko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke; ka­ku­ba­nga kho­na ola­nde­la indlu ka­Da­vi­da nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­zwe sa­ko­Ju­da so­dwat.

21 Kwa­thi uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu ese­fi­ki­le eJe­ru­sa­le­ma wa­bu­tha­ni­sa yo­nke indlu ya­ko­Ju­da le­si­zwe sa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, aba­khe­thi­we­yo aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, aba­lwa impi, uku­lwa le­ndlu ya­koI­sra­ye­li, uku­bu­yi­se­la umbu­so ku­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­So­lo­mo­ni.

22 Ko­dwa ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­fi­ka ku­She­ma­yau umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luv li­si­thi:

23 Khu­lu­ma ku­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­So­lo­mo­ni, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, la­ku­yo yo­nke indlu ya­ko­Ju­da le­ya­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, le­nsa­li ya­ba­ntu, uthi:

24 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Li­nge­nyu­ki nja­lo li­nga­lwi la­ba­fo­we­nu, aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li. Bu­ye­la­ni, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo endli­ni ya­khe; ngo­ba li­nto ive­la ki­mi. Ba­se­be­li­la­le­la ili­zwi le­Nko­si, ba­bu­ye­la uku­ha­mba, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­siw.

UJe­ro­bho­wa­mu udu­hi­sa aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li

25 UJe­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­se­sa­kha iShe­ke­max enta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­miy, wa­hla­la ku­yo; wa­se­phu­ma la­pho wa­kha iPe­nu­we­liz.

26 UJe­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­se­si­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe: Kha­the­si umbu­so uza­bu­ye­la endli­ni ka­Da­vi­da.

27 Uba le­si­si­zwe si­se­nyu­ke­la ukwe­nza imi­hla­tshe­lo endli­ni ye­Nko­si eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, kho­na inhli­zi­yo ya­le­si­si­zwe iza­bu­ye­la enko­si­ni ya­bo, ku­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, nja­lo ba­za­ngi­bu­la­la ba­bu­ye­le ku­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu inko­si ya­ko­Ju­daa.

28 Nga­kho inko­si ya­tha­tha ice­bo, ye­nza ama­tho­le ama­bi­li ego­li­deb, ya­thi ku­bo: Ku­nzi­ma ka­khu­lu ki­ni ukwe­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; kha­nge­la, onku­lu­nku­lu ba­kho, Isra­ye­li, aba­ku­khu­phu­la eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thec.

29 Wa­se­mi­sa eli­nye eBhe­the­lid, le­li­nye wa­li­fa­ka eDa­nie.

30 Lo­lu­da­ba lwa­se­lu­si­ba yi­so­nof; ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­ya pha­mbi kwe­li­nyeg ku­ze ku­be se­Da­nih uku­ya­kho­nza.

31 Wa­se­se­nza indlu ye­zi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yoi, we­nza aba­pri­sti nga­ba­pha­nsi ka­khu­lu ba­ba­ntu, aba­be­nge­yi­si­wo ba­ma­do­da­na ama­Le­vij.

32 UJe­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­se­se­nza umkho­si nge­nya­nga ye­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu lwe­nya­nga nje­ngo­mkho­si owa­wu­ko­Ju­dak, wa­ni­ke­la phe­zu kwe­la­thi. We­nza nja­lo eBhe­the­li, ehla­be­la ama­tho­le aye­we­nzi­le. Wa­be­ka eBhe­the­li aba­pri­sti be­zi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo aye­ze­nzi­lel.

33 Wa­se­ni­ke­la phe­zu kwe­la­thi aye­le­nzi­le eBhe­the­li ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu enya­nge­ni ye­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, enya­nge­ni aye­yi­qa­mbi­le eve­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe. We­nze­la aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li umkho­si, wa­ni­ke­la phe­zu kwe­la­thi etshi­sa impe­pham.

Umpro­fe­thi othi­le wa­ko­Ju­da uxwa­yi­sa uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu

13Kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­fi­kaa umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eve­la ko­Ju­da nge­li­zwi le­Nko­si wa­ya eBhe­the­lib, nja­lo uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­ye­mi edu­ze le­la­thi uku­tshi­sa impe­pha.

2 Wa­se­me­me­za eme­le­ne le­la­thi nge­li­zwi le­Nko­si wa­thi: La­thi, la­thi, itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, indo­da­na iza­za­le­lwa indlu ka­Da­vi­da, ngu­Jo­si­ya ibi­zo la­yoc; iza­hla­be­la phe­zu kwa­kho aba­pri­sti be­zi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo aba­tshi­sa impe­pha phe­zu kwa­kho, la­ma­tha­mbo aba­ntu aza­tshi­se­lwa phe­zu kwa­kho.

3 Wa­se­ni­ka isi­bo­na­ka­li­so nga­lo­lo­su­ku esi­thi: Le­si yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so iNko­si esi­khu­lu­mi­le­yo ya­thi: Kha­nge­la, ila­thi li­za­da­tshu­lwa lo­mlo­tha ophe­zu kwa­lo uza­chi­thwad.

4 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi inko­si isi­zwi­le ili­zwi lo­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu owa­me­me­za eme­le­ne le­la­thi eBhe­the­li, uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu we­lu­la isa­ndla sa­khe wa­si­su­sa ela­thi­ni, esi­thi: Mba­mbe­ni! Isa­ndla sa­khe-ke aye­se­lu­le­le ku­ye so­ma, wa­ze we­hlu­le­ka uku­si­bu­yi­se­la ku­ye.

5 Le­la­thi la­da­tshu­lwa, lo­mlo­tha wa­chi­the­ka ela­thi­ni, nje­ngo­kwe­si­bo­na­ka­li­so umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu aye­si­ni­ki­le nge­li­zwi le­Nko­si.

6 Inko­si ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi emu­ntwi­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu: Ake unce­nge ubu­so bu­ka­Je­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoe, ungi­khu­le­ke­le, uku­thi isa­ndla sa­mi si­bu­ye­le ki­mi. Umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­nce­nga ubu­so bu­ka­Je­ho­va, le­sa­ndla se­nko­si sa­bu­ye­la ku­yo, sa­ba nje­nga­ku­qa­laf.

7 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi emu­ntwi­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu: Wo­za la­mi si­ye ekha­ya, uzi­vu­se­le­leg, ngi­za­ku­ni­ka umvu­zoh.

8 Ko­dwa umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­thi enko­si­ni: Lo­ba unga­ngi­ni­ka ingxe­nye ye­ndlu ya­kho, ka­ngi­yi­ku­ha­mba la­we; ka­ngi­yi­ku­dla isi­nkwa, nja­lo ka­ngi­yi­ku­na­tha ama­nzi ku­li­nda­wo;

9 ngo­ba ngo­ku­nja­lo ya­ngi­la­ya nge­li­zwi le­Nko­si isi­thi: Unga­dli isi­nkwa, nja­lo unga­na­thi ama­nzi, nja­lo unga­bu­ye­li nge­ndle­la oze nga­yo.

10 Nga­kho wa­ha­mba nge­nye indle­la, ka­bu­ye­la­nga nge­ndle­la owe­za nga­yo eBhe­the­li.

11 Kwa­ku­hla­la-ke umpro­fe­thi othi­le omda­la eBhe­the­lii. Ama­do­da­na akhe eza amtshe­la so­nke ise­nzo umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu aye­se­nzi­le mhla­lo­kho eBhe­the­li; ama­zwi aye­wa­khu­lu­me enko­si­ni, la­wo awa­tshe­la uyi­se.

12 Uyi­se wa­se­si­thi ki­wo: Uha­mbe nga­yi­phi indle­la? Ngo­ba ama­do­da­na akhe aye­bo­ni­le indle­la umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu owa­ye­ve­le ko­Ju­da aha­mbe nga­yo.

13 Wa­se­si­thi ema­do­da­ne­ni akhe: Ngi­bo­phe­le­la­ni isi­hla­lo ku­ba­bhe­mi. Ba­se­be­mbo­phe­le­la isi­hla­lo ku­ba­bhe­mi, wa­se­ga­da ku­ye.

14 Wa­se­mla­nde­la umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, wa­mfi­ca ehle­zi nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla se-o­khi, wa­thi ku­ye: Ngu­we umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ove­le ko­Ju­da yi­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Yi­mi.

15 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Wo­za la­mi si­ye ekha­ya, udle isi­nkwa.

16 Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­nge­ke ngi­bu­ye­le la­we, ku­mbe ngi­nge­ne la­we, angi­yi­ku­dla isi­nkwa, nja­lo angi­yi­ku­na­tha la­we ama­nzi ku­li­nda­woj,

17 ngo­ba ili­zwi la­thi ki­mi nge­li­zwi le­Nko­si: Ka­wu­yi­ku­dla isi­nkwa, unga­na­thi ama­nzi kho­na, unga­bu­ye­li uha­mbe nge­ndle­la oze nga­yok.

18 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: La­mi ngi­ngu­mpro­fe­thi nje­nga­we, nja­lo ingi­lo­si ikhu­lu­me ki­mi nge­li­zwi le­Nko­si isi­thi: Umbu­yi­se endli­ni ya­kho la­we uku­ze adle isi­nkwa ana­the ama­nzi. Ko­dwa wa­qa­mba ama­nga ku­ye.

19 Wa­se­bu­ye­la la­ye, wa­dla isi­nkwa endli­ni ya­khe, wa­na­tha ama­nzi.

20 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­hle­zi eta­fu­le­ni, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ku­mpro­fe­thi owa­ye­mbu­yi­si­le;

21 wa­se­me­me­za ku­lo­wo­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu owa­ye­ve­la ko­Ju­da, esi­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ka­wu­la­le­la­nga umlo­mo we­Nko­si, unga­gci­na­nga umla­yo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eya­ku­la­ya wo­na,

22 ko­dwa ubu­yi­le, wa­dla isi­nkwa, wa­na­tha ama­nzi enda­we­ni eya­thi nga­yo ku­we: Unga­dli isi­nkwa, nja­lo unga­na­thi ama­nzi; isi­du­mbu sa­kho ka­si­yi­ku­ya engcwa­be­ni la­bo­yi­hlo.

23 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva ko­ku­dla kwa­khe isi­nkwa le­mva ko­ku­na­tha kwa­khe, wa­se­mbo­phe­le­la isi­hla­lo ku­ba­bhe­mi lo­wo­mpro­fe­thi aye­mbu­yi­si­le.

24 Kwa­thi ese­ha­mbi­le, isi­lwa­ne sa­mfi­ca endle­le­ni, sa­mbu­la­la; isi­du­mbu sa­khe sa­se­si­pho­se­lwa endle­le­ni, uba­bhe­mi we­ma ece­le­ni kwa­so, isi­lwa­ne la­so se­ma ece­le­ni kwe­si­du­mbul.

25 Kha­nge­la-ke, aba­ntu be­dlu­la ba­bo­na isi­du­mbu si­pho­se­lwe endle­le­ni le­si­lwa­ne si­mi ece­le­ni kwe­si­du­mbu; ba­fi­ka ba­ku­bi­ka emzi­ni la­pho lo­wo­mpro­fe­thi omda­la aye­hla­la kho­nam.

26 Kwa­thi lo­wo­mpro­fe­thi owa­ye­mbu­yi­si­le esi­zwa wa­thi: Ngu­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu onga­la­le­la­nga umlo­mo we­Nko­si; nga­kho iNko­si imni­ke­le esi­lwa­ne­ni esi­mpho­qo­ze sa­mbu­la­la, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si ela­khu­lu­ma ku­ye.

27 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma ema­do­da­ne­ni akhe esi­thi: Ngi­bo­phe­le­la­ni isi­hla­lo ku­ba­bhe­mi. Ba­se­be­bo­phe­la isi­hla­lo.

28 Wa­se­ha­mba wa­tho­la isi­du­mbu sa­khe si­pho­se­lwe endle­le­ni, lo­ba­bhe­mi le­si­lwa­ne ku­mi ece­le­ni kwe­si­du­mbu. Isi­lwa­ne sa­si­nga­si­dla­nga isi­du­mbu, si­nge­phu­la­nga uba­bhe­mi.

29 Umpro­fe­thi wa­se­si­pha­ka­mi­sa isi­du­mbu so­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, wa­si­pha­nye­ka ku­ba­bhe­mi, wa­si­bu­yi­sa; umpro­fe­thi omda­la wa­fi­ka emzi­ni uku­li­la lo­ku­mngcwa­ba.

30 Wa­si­la­li­sa isi­du­mbu engcwa­be­ni la­khe, ba­mli­le­la ba­thi: Ma­ye mfo­we­thun!

31 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva ko­ku­mngcwa­ba kwa­khe wa­khu­lu­ma ema­do­da­ne­ni akhe esi­thi: Eku­fe­ni kwa­mi li­ngi­ngcwa­be engcwa­be­ni oku­ngcwa­tshe­lwe kho­na umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; li­la­li­se ama­tha­mbo ami ece­le­ni kwa­ma­tha­mbo akheo.

32 Ngo­ba uda­ba lu­za­kwe­nze­ka si­bi­li, alu­me­me­za nge­li­zwi le­Nko­si eme­le­ne le­la­thi eli­se­Bhe­the­lip, nja­lo eme­le­ne le­zi­ndlu zo­nke ze­zi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yoq ezi­se­mi­zi­ni ye­Sa­ma­ri­yar.

33 Emva kwa­lo­lu­da­ba uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu ka­phe­ndu­ka­nga endle­le­ni ya­khe embi, ko­dwa wa­bu­ya we­nza aba­pri­sti be­zi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo eba­ntwi­ni aba­pha­nsi ka­khu­lu; ofu­na­yo wa­me­hlu­ka­ni­sa wa­ba ngo­wa­ba­pri­sti be­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yos.

34 La­nga­le into kwa­ba le­so­no ku­yo indlu ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mut, ngi­tsho ukuyi­qu­ma lo­kuyi­chi­tha isu­ke ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­bau.

Ili­zwi li­kaA­hi­ya ngo­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu

14Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uA­bhi­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­gu­la.

2 UJe­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­se­si­thi ku­mka­khe: Aku­su­ke uzi­fi­hle isi­mo uku­ze ba­nga­kwa­zi uku­thi ungu­mka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu, uye eShi­loa; kha­nge­la, ku­kho­na la­pho uA­hi­ya umpro­fe­thib owa­ngi­tshe­la uku­thi ngi­za­ku­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu kwa­la­ba­ba­ntuc.

3 Utha­the izi­nkwa ezi­li­tshu­mi esa­ndle­ni sa­kho la­ma­qe­be­le­ngwa­na alu­khu­ni lo­di­wo lo­lu­ju, uye ku­ye, ye­na uza­ku­tshe­la oku­za­kwe­nze­ka ku­lu­mntwa­nad.

4 Umka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­se­se­nza nja­lo, wa­su­ka wa­ya eShi­loe, wa­fi­ka emzi­ni kaA­hi­ya. Ko­dwa uA­hi­ya wa­ye­nge­la­ku­bo­na ngo­ba ame­hlo akhe aye­se­nqu­nde­ki­le nge­nxa yo­bu­da­la ba­khe.

5 INko­si ya­si­si­thi kuA­hi­ya: Kha­nge­la, umka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu uye­za uku­bu­za ulu­tho ku­we nge­ndo­da­na ya­khe, ngo­ba iya­gu­la. Uza­mtshe­la uku­thi lo­ku­thi. Ngo­ba ku­za­ku­thi eku­nge­ne­ni kwa­khe, uza­zi­tsha­ya omu­nye.

6 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uA­hi­ya esi­zwa izi­si­nde ze­nya­wo za­khe la­pho enge­na emnya­ngo wa­thi: Nge­na mka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu; uzi­tsha­ye­la­ni omu­nye? Ngo­ba ngi­thu­nywe ku­we nge­nto enzi­ma.

7 Ha­mba uthi ku­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ithi: Nje­ngo­ba nga­ku­pha­ka­mi­sa upha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu, nga­kwe­nza umbu­si phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­lif,

8 nga­da­bu­la umbu­so nga­wu­su­sa endli­ni ka­Da­vi­da, nga­wu­ni­ka we­na; ko­dwa ka­wu­ba­nga nje­nge­nce­ku ya­mi uDa­vi­da, owa­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­mig, lo­wa­ngi­la­nde­la nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe yo­nke, ukwe­nza oku­hle ku­phe­la eme­hlwe­ni amih;

9 ko­dwa we­nzi­le ubu­bi okwe­dlu­la bo­nke aba­be­kho­na pha­mbi kwa­kho, ko­dwa uha­mbe wa­ze­nze­la aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lui le­zi­tho­mbe ezi­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa, uku­ze ungi­thu­ku­the­li­sej, wa­ngi­la­hla emva ko­mhla­na wa­khok.

10 Nga­kho, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­hli­se­la ubu­bi endli­ni ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mul, ngi­qu­me asu­ke ku­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu ocha­me­la emdu­li­nim, ova­le­lwe­yo lo­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yo koI­sra­ye­lin, ngi­hu­gu­le oku­la­nde­la­yo kwe­ndlu ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu, nje­ngo­mu­ntu ehu­gu­la umqu­ba uze uphe­leo.

11 Oka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu ofe­la pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi zi­za­mu­dla izi­nja, lo­fe­la ega­nge­ni zi­za­mu­dla inyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu; ngo­ba iNko­si ikhu­lu­mi­lep.

12 Nga­kho we­na su­ka, uye endli­ni ya­kho; eku­nge­ne­ni kwe­nya­wo za­kho emzi­ni umntwa­na uza­ku­fa.

13 Nja­lo uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke uza­mli­le­la amngcwa­be; ngo­ba ngu­ye ku­phe­la ko­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu oza­ku­za engcwa­be­ni, ngo­ba ku­tho­la­ka­la ku­ye into elu­ngi­le­yo nga­se­Nko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li endli­ni ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­muq.

14 Fu­thi uJe­ho­va uza­zi­vu­se­la inko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, eza­qu­ma indlu ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu nga­lo­lo­su­kur. Ko­dwa ku­yi­ni? La­kha­the­sis.

15 Nja­lo iNko­si iza­mtsha­ya uI­sra­ye­li nje­ngo­mhla­nga uzu­ngu­ze­ka ema­nzi­ni, iqu­phu­le uI­sra­ye­lit eli­zwe­ni le­li eli­hleu, eya­li­ni­ka oyi­se, iba­chi­tha­chi­the nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­lav, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ba­ze­nze­la izi­xu­kuw, ba­yi­thu­ku­the­li­sa iNko­six.

16 Nja­lo iza­ni­ke­la uI­sra­ye­li nge­nxa ye­zo­no zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu, owo­na­yo, we­nza uI­sra­ye­li oney.

17 Umka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­se­su­ka wa­ha­mba, wa­fi­ka eTi­ri­zaz. La­pho efi­ka embu­ndwi­ni we­ndlua, umfa­na wa­fa.

18 Ba­se­be­mngcwa­ba; loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­mli­le­la, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si eya­li­khu­lu­ma nge­sa­ndla se­nce­ku ya­yo uA­hi­ya umpro­fe­thib.

Uku­fa ku­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu

19 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu, uku­thi wa­lwa nja­nic, lo­ku­thi wa­bu­sa nja­ni, kha­nge­la, zi­bha­li­we egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li.

20 Le­nsu­ku uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu abu­sa nga­zo za­zi­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li, wa­la­la la­bo­yi­se, nja­lo uNa­da­bi indo­da­na ya­khe wa­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu

21 URe­ho­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­So­lo­mo­ni wa­bu­sa-ke ko­Ju­da. URe­ho­bho­wa­mu wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nye la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si, wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­kho­mbi­sa eJe­ru­sa­le­mad, umu­zi iNko­si eya­yi­wu­khe­thi­le ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li, uku­be­ka kho­na ibi­zo la­yoe. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Na­ha­ma umA­mo­ni­ka­zif.

22 UJu­da wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­sig; ba­yi­vu­sa ubu­khwe­le, nge­zo­no za­bo aba­zo­na­yoh, okwe­dlu­la ko­nke oyi­se aba­be­kwe­nzi­le, nge­zo­no za­bo aba­zo­na­yoi.

23 Ngo­ba la­bo ba­za­khe­la izi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yoj, le­zi­nsi­ka ezi­yi­zi­tho­mbe, le­zi­xu­kuk, phe­zu kwa­lo lo­nke uqa­qa olu­pha­ke­me­yol, la­nga­pha­nsi kwa­so so­nke isi­hla­hla esi­lu­hla­zamn.

24 Kwa­ku­kho­na-ke eli­zwe­ni le­zi­nko­tsha­na. Be­nza nje­ngo­kwe­zi­ne­ngi­so ze­zi­zwe iNko­si eya­yi­zi­xo­tshi­le eli­fe­ni pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lio.

25 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­si­hla­nu we­nko­si uRe­ho­bho­wa­mup uShi­sha­ki inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the we­nyu­ka wa­me­la­na le­Je­ru­sa­le­maq.

26 Wa­tha­tha ama­gu­gu endlu ka­Je­ho­va la­ma­gu­gu endlu ye­nko­si, ye­bo wa­ku­tha­tha ko­nke, wa­tha­tha zo­nke izi­hla­ngu ze­go­li­de uSo­lo­mo­ni aye­ze­nzi­ler.

27 Inko­si uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu ya­si­se­nza enda­we­ni ya­zo izi­hla­ngu ze­thu­si, ya­zi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­ndu­na ya­ba­li­ndi aba­be­gci­na umnya­ngo we­ndlu ye­nko­si.

28 Nja­lo kwa­ku­si­thi la­pho inko­si inge­na endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va aba­li­ndi ba­be­zi­thwa­la, ba­zi­bu­yi­se­le endli­ni ya­ba­li­ndis.

29 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­dat?

30 Kwa­ku­kho­na-ke impi pha­ka­thi ku­ka­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu lo­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu zo­nke izi­nsu­kuu.

31 URe­ho­bho­wa­mu wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­sev, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa ku­bo­yi­se emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Na­ha­ma umA­mo­ni­ka­ziw. UA­bhi­ya­mu indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­bhi­ya­mu

15Ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li we­nko­si uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­ti uA­bhi­ya­mu wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­daa.

2 Wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Ma­ha­ka indo­da­ka­zi kaA­bi­sha­lo­mub.

3 Wa­se­ha­mba ezo­nwe­ni zo­nke zi­ka­yi­se aye­ze­nze pha­mbi kwa­khe, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe ya­yi­nga­phe­le­la­nga ku­Je­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe, nje­nge­nhli­zi­yo ka­Da­vi­da uyi­sec.

4 Ko­dwa nge­nxa ka­Da­vi­da iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe ya­mni­ka isi­ba­ne eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ngo­ku­be­ka indo­da­na ya­khe emva kwa­khe, la­ngo­ku­qi­ni­sa iJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

5 Ngo­ba uDa­vi­da we­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, ka­pha­mbu­ka­nga ku­kho ko­nke eya­mla­ya kho­na insu­ku zo­nke ze­mpi­lo ya­khed, nga­pha­ndle kwe­da­be­ni lu­kaU­ri­ya umHe­thie.

6 Kwa­ku­kho­na-ke impi pha­ka­thi ku­ka­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu lo­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu zo­nke izi­nsu­ku ze­mpi­lo ya­khef.

7 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­kaA­bhi­ya­mu, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­dag? Nja­lo kwa­ba le­mpi pha­ka­thi ku­kaA­bhi­ya­mu lo­Je­ro­bho­wa­muh.

8 UA­bhi­ya­mu wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, ba­mngcwa­be­la emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da. UA­sa indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khei.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­sa

9 Ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li uA­sa wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si ya­ko­Ju­da.

10 Wa­se­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nye eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Ma­ha­ka indo­da­ka­zi kaA­bi­sha­lo­mu.

11 UA­sa wa­se­se­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­ngo­Da­vi­da uyi­sej.

12 Wa­su­sa izi­nko­tsha­na eli­zwe­nik, wa­su­sa zo­nke izi­tho­mbe oyi­se aba­be­ze­nzi­lel.

13 La­ye-ke uMa­ha­ka uni­nam wa­msu­sa eku­be­ni yi­ndlo­vu­ka­zin, ngo­ba wa­ye­nze into ene­nge­ka­yo ibe yiA­she­ra; uA­sa wa­se­yi­ga­mu­la into ya­khe ene­nge­ka­yo, wa­yi­tshi­se­la esi­fu­le­nio iKi­dro­nip.

14 Ka­nti inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ka­zi­su­swa­ngaq; la­nxa ku­nja­lo inhli­zi­yo kaA­sa ya­yi­phe­le­le ku­Je­ho­va insu­ku za­khe zo­nke.

15 Wa­se­nge­ni­sa izi­nto eze­hlu­ka­ni­si­we­yo zi­ka­yi­se ka­nye le­za­khe izi­nto eze­hlu­ka­ni­si­we­yo endli­ni ye­Nko­si, isi­li­va le­go­li­de le­zi­tsha.

Isi­vu­me­lwa­no si­kaA­sa lo­Be­ni­ha­da­di

16 Kwa­ku­kho­na-ke impi pha­ka­thi ku­kaA­sa lo­Ba­ha­sha inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li zo­nke izi­nsu­ku za­bo.

17 UBa­ha­sha inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li wa­se­se­nyu­ka wa­me­la­na lo­Ju­dar, wa­kha iRa­mas, uku­ze anga­vu­me­li mu­ntu uku­phu­ma lo­ku­nge­na kuA­sa inko­si ya­ko­Ju­dat.

18 UA­sa wa­se­tha­tha so­nke isi­li­va le­go­li­de okwa­ku­se­le ema­gu­gwi­ni endlu ka­Je­ho­va la­ma­gu­gu endlu ye­nko­si, wa­ku­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­nce­ku za­kheu; inko­si uA­sa ya­ku­thu­me­la ku­Be­ni­ha­da­di indo­da­na ka­Ta­bi­ri­mo­ni indo­da­na ka­He­zi­yo­ni, inko­si ye­Si­ri­yav, owa­ye­hla­la eDa­ma­se­kow, esi­thi:

19 Ku­le­si­vu­me­lwa­no pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­we, pha­ka­thi ku­ka­ba­ba lo­yi­hlo; kha­nge­la, ngi­ku­thu­me­ze­la isi­pho, isi­li­va le­go­li­dex. Ha­mba, ye­phu­la isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­kho lo­Ba­ha­sha inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, uku­ze enyu­ke asu­ke ki­mi.

20 UBe­ni­ha­da­di wa­se­yi­la­le­la inko­si uA­sa, wa­thu­ma indu­na za­ma­bu­tho aye­la­wo eme­le­ne le­mi­zi ya­koI­sra­ye­li, wa­tsha­ya iI­jo­niy le­Da­niz leA­be­li-Be­ti-Ma­ha­kaa la­yo yo­nke iKi­ne­ro­thi le­li­zwe lo­nke la­ko­Na­fi­tha­lib.

21 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uBa­ha­sha eku­zwa wa­ye­ke­la ukwa­kha iRa­mac, wa­hla­la eTi­ri­zad.

22 Inko­si uA­sa ya­si­se­nza isi­me­me­ze­lo ku­yo yo­nke iJu­da; ka­kho owa­ye­tshi­ywe nga­pha­ndle; uku­ze ba­su­se ama­tshe eRa­ma le­zi­go­do za­yo, uBa­ha­sha aye­sa­kha nga­kho. Inko­si uA­sa wa­se­sa­kha nga­kho iGe­ba ya­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­nie le­Mi­zi­paf.

23 Ezi­nye-ke za­zo zo­nke inda­ba zi­kaA­sa, la­wo wo­nke ama­ndla akhe, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, le­mi­zi aya­kha­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­dag? Ko­dwa esi­kha­thi­ni so­bu­da­la ba­khe wa­ye­lo­mkhu­hla­ne ezi­nya­we­nih.

24 UA­sa wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa ku­bo­yi­se emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da uyi­se. UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khei.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Na­da­bi

25 UNa­da­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li kaA­sa inko­si ya­ko­Ju­daj; wa­bu­sa phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li imi­nya­ka emi­bi­li.

26 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, wa­ha­mba nge­ndle­la ka­yi­se, le­so­nwe­ni sa­khe, enza uI­sra­ye­li one nga­sok.

27 UBa­ha­sha indo­da­na kaA­hi­ya, owe­ndlu kaI­sa­ka­ri, wa­se­me­nze­la ugo­bel; uBa­ha­sha wa­mtsha­ya eGi­be­tho­ni enge­ya­ma­Fi­li­stim, la­pho uNa­da­bi loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke be­vi­mbe­ze­le iGi­be­tho­ni.

28 UBa­ha­sha wa­mbu­la­la-ke ngo­mnya­ka we­si­tha­thu kaA­sa inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

29 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­bu­se­ni kwa­khe wa­tsha­ya yo­nke indlu ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu, ka­tshi­ya­nga lo­ye­dwa ophe­fu­mu­la­yo ku­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu, wa­ze wa­mqe­da, nje­nge­li­zwi le­Nko­sin eya­li­khu­lu­ma nge­sa­ndla se­nce­ku ya­yo uA­hi­ya umShi­loo.

30 Nge­nxa ye­zo­no zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu azo­na­yo, lo­we­nza uI­sra­ye­li azo­ne, nge­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­khe athu­ku­the­li­sa nga­yo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lip.

31 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Na­da­bi, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li?

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Ba­ha­sha

32 Nja­lo kwa­ku­le­mpi pha­ka­thi ku­kaA­sa lo­Ba­ha­sha inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li insu­ku za­bo zo­nkeq.

33 Ngo­mnya­ka we­si­tha­thu kaA­sa inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da uBa­ha­sha indo­da­na kaA­hi­ya wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke eTi­ri­zar; imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne.

34 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, wa­ha­mba nge­ndle­la ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu, le­so­nwe­ni sa­khe, enza uI­sra­ye­li one nga­sos.

16Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ku­Je­hua indo­da­na ka­Ha­na­ni li­me­le­ne lo­Ba­ha­shab li­si­thi:

2 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi nga­ku­pha­ka­mi­sa ethu­li­ni, nga­kwe­nza umpha­thi phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­lic, ko­dwa uha­mbe nge­ndle­la zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mud, we­nza uku­thi aba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li bo­ne, uku­ngi­thu­ku­the­li­sa nge­zo­no za­bo;

3 kha­nge­la, ngi­za­qo­thu­la inza­lo ka­Ba­ha­sha le­nza­lo ye­ndlu ya­khee, nge­nze indlu ya­kho nje­nge­ndlu ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­tif.

4 Ofa­yo ka­Ba­ha­sha pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi izi­nja zi­za­mu­dla, lo­wa­khe ofe­la ega­nge­ni inyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu zi­za­mu­dlag.

5 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Ba­ha­sha la­kwe­nza­yo la­ma­ndla akhe, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li?

6 UBa­ha­sha wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa eTi­ri­zah. UE­la indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

7 Nja­lo nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Je­hu umpro­fe­thi indo­da­na ka­Ha­na­nii ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka li­me­le­ne lo­Ba­ha­sha nja­lo li­me­le­le­ne le­ndlu ya­khe, la­nge­nxa ya­bo bo­nke ubu­bi abe­nza eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, uku­yi­thu­ku­the­li­sa ngo­mse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­khe, uku­ba nje­nge­ndlu ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu, la­nge­nxa yo­ku­thi wa­mbu­la­laj.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaE­la

8 Ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­thu­pha kaA­sa inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da uE­la indo­da­na ka­Ba­ha­sha wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li eTi­ri­za, imi­nya­ka emi­bi­li.

9 Ko­dwa ince­ku ya­khe uZi­mrik, indu­na ye­ngxe­nye ye­zi­nqo­la, ya­me­nze­la ugo­be, ese­Ti­ri­za ena­the wa­da­kwa endli­ni kaA­ri­za, umpha­thi we­ndlu eTi­ri­za.

10 UZi­mri wa­se­nge­na wa­mtsha­ya wa­mbu­la­la ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­kho­mbi­sa kaA­sa inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, wa­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­be yi­nko­si eku­hla­le­ni kwa­khe esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­khe so­bu­kho­si wa­yi­tsha­ya indlu yo­nke ka­Ba­ha­sha; ka­mtshi­ye­la­nga ocha­me­la emdu­li­ni, lo­ba izi­hlo­bo za­khe, ku­mbe aba­nga­ne ba­khel.

12 Nga­kho uZi­mri wa­yi­chi­tha indlu yo­nke ka­Ba­ha­sha, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­sim eya­li­khu­lu­ma ime­le­ne lo­Ba­ha­sha nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Je­hu umpro­fe­thin,

13 nge­nxa ya­zo zo­nke izo­no zi­ka­Ba­ha­sha le­zo­no zi­kaE­la indo­da­na ya­khe, abo­na nga­zo, la­be­nza nga­zo uI­sra­ye­li uku­thi one, uku­thu­ku­the­li­sa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li nge­zi­nto za­bo ezi­yi­zeo.

14 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­kaE­la, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li?

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Zi­mri

15 Ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­kho­mbi­sa kaA­sa inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da uZi­mri wa­bu­sa insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa eTi­ri­za. Aba­ntu ba­be­mi­se-ke inka­mba be­me­le­ne le­Gi­be­tho­ni eya­yi­nge­ya­ma­Fi­li­stip.

16 Aba­ntu-ke aba­be­mi­se inka­mba be­zwa uku­thi: UZi­mri we­nzi­le ugo­be fu­thi wa­tsha­ya inko­si. Nga­kho uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­be­ka uO­mri indu­na ye­bu­tho uku­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li mhla­lo­kho enka­mbe­ni.

17 U-O­mri loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ka­nye la­ye ba­se­be­se­nyu­ka be­su­ka eGi­be­tho­ni, ba­vi­mbe­ze­la iTi­ri­za.

18 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uZi­mri ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi umu­zi usu­thu­nji­we, wa­nge­na esi­go­dlwe­ni se­ndlu ye­nko­si, wa­tshi­sa indlu ye­nko­si phe­zu kwa­khe ngo­mli­lo, wa­fa.

19 Nge­nxa ye­zo­no za­khe azo­na­yo, ngo­kwe­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, ngo­ku­ha­mba nge­ndle­la ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu le­so­nwe­ni sa­khe ase­nza­yo, ukwe­nza uI­sra­ye­li uku­thi oneq.

20 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Zi­mri, lo­go­be lwa­khe alwe­nza­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­lir?

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaO­mri

21 Kho­na aba­ntu ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­da­bu­ka­na ba­ba zi­ngxe­nye ezi­mbi­li; ingxe­nye ya­ba­ntu ya­la­nde­la uTi­bi­ni indo­da­na ka­Gi­na­thi uku­ze ba­me­nze inko­si, le­ngxe­nye ya­la­nde­la uO­mri.

22 Ko­dwa aba­ntu aba­la­nde­la uO­mri ba­be­hlu­la aba­ntu aba­la­nde­la uTi­bi­ni indo­da­na ka­Gi­na­thi; nga­kho uTi­bi­ni wa­fa, uO­mri wa­se­bu­sa.

23 Ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nye kaA­sa inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da uO­mri wa­bu­sa phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; eTi­ri­za wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eyi­si­thu­phas.

24 Wa­the­nga inta­ba ye­Sa­ma­ri­ya ku­She­me­ri nga­ma­tha­le­nta* esi­li­va ama­bi­li, wa­kha enta­be­ni, wa­bi­za ibi­zo lo­mu­zi awa­kha­yo nge­bi­zo li­ka­She­me­ri umni­ka­zi we­nta­ba, wa­thi yi­Sa­ma­ri­yat.

25 Ko­dwa uO­mri we­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­siu, we­nza oku­bi okwe­dlu­la bo­nke aba­be­nga­pha­mbi kwa­khev.

26 Ngo­ba wa­ha­mba nga­yo yo­nke indle­la ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­ti, le­so­nwe­ni sa­khe, enza nga­so uku­thi uI­sra­ye­li one, uku­yi­thu­ku­the­li­sa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li nge­zi­nto za­bo ezi­yi­zew.

27 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­kaO­mri aze­nza­yo la­ma­ndla akhe awe­nza­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li?

28 U-O­mri wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa eSa­ma­ri­ya. UA­ha­bi indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­ha­bi

29 UA­ha­bi indo­da­na kaO­mri wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li kaA­sa inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da; uA­ha­bi indo­da­na kaO­mri wa­bu­sa phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li eSa­ma­ri­ya imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li.

30 UA­ha­bi indo­da­na kaO­mri wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si okwe­dlu­la bo­nke aba­be­kho­na pha­mbi kwa­khex.

31 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi, nje­ngo­ku­nga­thi ku­yi­nto elu­la uku­ha­mba ezo­nwe­ni zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­ti, wa­tha­tha uJe­ze­be­li indo­da­ka­zi kaE­thi­ba­liy inko­si ya­ma­Si­do­ni wa­ba ngu­mkakhez. Wa­se­ha­mba wa­kho­nza uBha­li, wa­mkho­tha­me­laa.

32 Wa­se­mi­se­la uBha­li ila­thi endli­ni ka­Bha­li aye­ya­khi­le eSa­ma­ri­yab.

33 UA­ha­bi wa­se­se­nza isi­xu­kuc. UA­ha­bi we­nza okwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yo uku­yi­thu­ku­the­li­sa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ku­la­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li aye­nga­pha­mbi kwa­khed.

34 Ensu­kwi­ni za­khe uHi­ye­li umBhe­the­li wa­kha iJe­ri­koe; wa­be­ka isi­se­ke­lo sa­yo ngoA­bi­ra­mu izi­bu­lo la­khe, wa­mi­sa ama­sa­ngo ayo ngo­Se­gu­bi ici­na­thu­nja­na la­khe, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si eya­li­khu­lu­ma nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­nif.

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­fi­ka kuE­li­ja umpro­fe­thi

17UE­li­ja umTi­shi­bi wa­ba­hla­li be­Gi­le­ya­di wa­se­si­thi kuA­ha­bi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lia, engi­mi pha­mbi kwa­kheb, ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­na la­ma­zo­lo le­zu­luc ku­li­mi­nya­ka, ku­phe­la nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi la­mid.

2 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ku­ye li­si­thi:

3 Su­ka la­pha, we­na uphe­ndu­ke­le empu­ma­la­nga, uzi­ca­tshi­se esi­fu­le­ni iKe­ri­thi, esi­pha­mbi kwe­Jo­da­ni.

4 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke una­the esi­fu­le­ni; se­ngi­la­ye ama­wa­ba­yi uku­thi ako­ndle kho­na.

5 Wa­se­ha­mba we­nza nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si, ngo­ba wa­ya­hla­la esi­fu­le­ni iKe­ri­thi esi­pha­mbi kwe­Jo­da­ni.

6 Ama­wa­ba­yi ase­mle­the­la isi­nkwa le­nya­ma eku­se­ni, le­si­nkwa le­nya­ma nta­mba­ma; wa­na­tha esi­fu­le­ni.

7 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwe­si­kha­thi isi­fu­la sa­tsha, ngo­ba kwa­ku­nge­la­zu­lu eli­zwe­ni.

UE­li­ja lo­mfe­lo­ka­zi we­Za­re­fa­thi

8 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ku­ye li­si­thi:

9 Su­ku­ma uye eZa­re­fa­thi enge­ye­Si­do­ni, uhla­le kho­nae. Kha­nge­la, ngi­la­yi­le owe­si­fa­za­na ongu­mfe­lo­ka­zi kho­na uku­thi ako­ndle.

10 Wa­su­ku­ma-ke wa­ya eZa­re­fa­thif. La­pho efi­ka esa­ngwe­ni lo­mu­zi, kha­nge­la, owe­si­fa­za­na ongu­mfe­lo­ka­zi wa­ye­la­pho ethe­za inku­nig; wa­se­mbi­za wa­thi: Ake ungi­khe­le ama­nzi ama­lu­tshwa­na nge­nke­zo uku­ze ngi­na­the.

11 Kwa­thi esa­ha­mba uku­yawa­tha­tha, wa­mbi­za wa­thi: Ake ungi­pha­the­le uce­zu lwe­si­nkwa esa­ndle­ni sa­kho.

12 Wa­se­si­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoh, ka­ngi­la­qe­be­le­ngwa­na, ku­phe­la impu­phu egcwa­la isa­ndla embi­ze­ni la­ma­fu­tha ayi­ngco­sa­na esi­phi­swe­ni; kha­nge­la-ke ngi­the­zai izi­nku­ni ezi­mbi­li uku­ze ngi­nge­ne ngi­zi­lu­ngi­se­le kho­na mi­na le­ndo­da­na ya­mi, uku­ze si­dle si­fej.

13 UE­li­ja wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Unge­sa­bi; ha­mba we­nze nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi la­kho, ko­dwa nge­nze­la ku­qa­la iqe­be­le­ngwa­na eli­nci­nya­ne nga­kho, uli­le­the la­pha ki­mi, nge­mva kwa­lo­kho-ke we­nze­le we­na le­ndo­da­na ya­kho.

14 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­koI­sra­ye­li: Imbi­za ye­mpu­phu ka­yi­yi­ku­phe­la, le­si­phi­so sa­ma­fu­tha ka­si­yi­ku­swe­la, ku­ze ku­be lu­su­ku iNko­si eza­ni­sa nga­lo izu­lu ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba.

15 Wa­se­ha­mba we­nza nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi li­kaE­li­ja. Nja­lo ye­na ka­nye la­ye le­ndlu ya­khe ba­dla okwe­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi.

16 Imbi­za ye­mpu­phu ka­yi­phe­la­nga le­si­phi­so sa­ma­fu­tha ka­si­swe­la­nga, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si eya­li­khu­lu­ma nge­sa­ndla si­kaE­li­ja.

17 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto, indo­da­na yo­we­si­fa­za­na, inko­si­ka­zi ye­ndlu, ya­gu­la; lo­mkhu­hla­ne wa­yo wa­wu­la­ma­ndla ka­nga­ngo­ku­thi akwa­ze kwa­sa­la umphe­fu­mu­lo ku­yo.

18 Wa­se­si­thi kuE­li­ja: Ngi­la­ni la­wek, mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lul? Uze ki­mi uku­ze ku­khu­mbu­le­ke iso­no sa­mi lo­ku­bu­la­la indo­da­na ya­mi nam?

19 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ngi­ni­ka indo­da­na ya­kho. Wa­se­yi­tha­tha esi­fu­be­ni sa­khe, wa­ye­nyu­se­la endli­ni ephe­zu­lu la­pho aye­hla­la kho­na, wa­yi­la­li­sa embhe­de­ni wa­khen.

20 Wa­se­kha­la eNko­si­ni wa­thi: Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ume­hli­se­le ubu­bi la­lo umfe­lo­ka­zi engi­nge­ni­se kwa­khe ngo­ku­bu­la­la indo­da­na ya­khe nao?

21 Wa­se­ze­lu­le­la phe­zu ko­mntwa­na ka­tha­thu, wa­kha­la eNko­si­ni wa­thi: Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ake ubu­ye­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­lu­mntwa­na pha­ka­thi kwa­khep.

22 INko­si ya­si­li­zwa ili­zwi li­kaE­li­ja, umphe­fu­mu­lo wo­mntwa­na wa­su­bu­ye­la pha­ka­thi kwa­khe, wa­se­bu­ya ephi­laq.

23 UE­li­ja wa­se­mtha­tha umntwa­na, wa­me­hli­sa esu­ka endli­ni ephe­zu­lu wa­ya endli­ni, wa­mni­ka uni­na; uE­li­ja wa­se­si­thi: Bo­na, indo­da­na ya­kho iya­phi­lar.

24 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­si­thi kuE­li­ja: Kha­the­si se­ngi­sa­zis lo­khu, uku­thi ungu­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uku­thi ili­zwi le­Nko­si eli­se­mlo­nye­ni wa­kho li­li­qi­ni­sot.

UE­li­ja uthu­ma uO­bha­di­ya kuA­ha­bi

18Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka kuE­li­ja ngo­mnya­ka we­si­tha­thu li­si­thi: Ha­mba, uzi­ve­ze kuA­ha­bia, se­ngi­za­ni­sa izu­lu ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­bab.

2 UE­li­ja wa­se­si­ya uku­zi­ve­za kuA­ha­bi. Nja­lo indla­la ya­yi­la­ma­ndla eSa­ma­ri­ya.

3 UA­ha­bi wa­se­bi­za uO­bha­di­ya owa­ye­phe­zu kwe­ndlu ya­khe. UO­bha­di­ya wa­ye­ye­sa­ba-ke ka­khu­lu iNko­si.

4 Ngo­ba kwa­thi la­pho uJe­ze­be­li ebhu­bhi­sa1 aba­pro­fe­thi be­Nko­si, uO­bha­di­ya wa­tha­tha aba­pro­fe­thi aba­li­khu­lu, wa­ba­fi­hla nga­ma­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ebha­lwi­ni, wa­bo­ndla nge­si­nkwa la­nga­ma­nzi.

5 UA­ha­bi wa­se­si­thi kuO­bha­di­ya: Ha­mba eli­zwe­ni uye emi­tho­nje­ni yo­nke ya­ma­nzi le­zi­fu­le­ni zo­nke; mhla­wu­mbe si­nga­tho­la utsha­ni, si­lo­ndo­lo­ze ama­bhi­za le­zi­mbo­ngo­lo ku­phi­la, uku­ze si­nga­bhu­bhi­si okwe­zi­fu­yo.

6 Ba­se­be­se­hlu­ka­ni­se­la­na ili­zwe uku­thi ba­da­bu­le pha­ka­thi kwa­lo; uA­ha­bi wa­ha­mba nge­nye indle­la ye­dwa, uO­bha­di­ya la­ye wa­ha­mba nge­nye indle­la ye­dwa.

7 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uO­bha­di­ya ese­ndle­le­ni, kha­nge­la-ke, uE­li­ja wa­mhla­nga­be­za; wa­mna­nze­le­la, wa­wa ngo­bu­so ba­khe wa­thi: Ngu­we yi­ni, nko­si ya­mi, Eli­ja?

8 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Yi­mi. Ha­mba uye­tshe­la inko­si ya­kho uku­thi: Kha­nge­la, uE­li­ja ula­pha.

9 Wa­se­si­thi: Ngo­ne­ni uku­thi uni­ke­le ince­ku ya­kho esa­ndle­ni si­kaA­ha­bi uku­thi angi­bu­la­le?

10 Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, ka­ku­la­si­zwe lo­mbu­so inko­si ya­mi enga­thu­me­la­nga ku­kho uku­ku­di­nga. La­pho be­si­thi: Ka­kho; ya­fu­ngi­sa lo­wo­mbu­so la­le­so­si­zwe uku­thi ka­ba­ku­tho­la­nga.

11 Kha­the­si-ke uthi: Ha­mba utshe­le inko­si ya­kho uku­thi: Kha­nge­la, uE­li­ja ula­pha.

12 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke se­ngi­su­ki­le ku­we, uMo­ya we­Nko­si aku­thwa­le aku­se la­pho engi­nga­zi kho­nac; la­pho se­ngi­fi­ke nga­tshe­la uA­ha­bi, anga­ku­tho­li, uza­ngi­bu­la­la; ko­dwa mi­na ince­ku ya­kho ngi­ya­ye­sa­ba iNko­si ku­su­ke­la ebu­tshe­ni ba­mi.

13 Ka­ku­tshe­lwa­nga inko­si ya­mi yi­ni enga­kwe­nza­yo la­pho uJe­ze­be­li ebu­la­la aba­pro­fe­thi be­Nko­si, uku­thi nga­fi­hla ama­do­da ali­khu­lu ku­ba­pro­fe­thi be­Nko­si, nga­ma­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ebha­lwi­ni, nga­bo­ndla nge­si­nkwa la­nga­ma­nzi?

14 Kha­the­si-ke uthi: Ha­mba uye­tshe­la inko­si ya­kho uku­thi: Kha­nge­la uE­li­ja ula­pha. Abe­se­ngi­bu­la­la.

15 UE­li­ja wa­se­si­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndla engi­mi pha­mbi kwa­khed, oqo­tho la­mu­hla ngi­za­zi­ve­za ku­ye.

16 Nga­kho uO­bha­di­ya wa­ha­mba uku­hla­nga­be­za uA­ha­bi, wa­mtshe­la; loA­ha­bi wa­ya­hla­nga­be­za uE­li­ja.

17 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uA­ha­bi ebo­na uE­li­ja, uA­ha­bi wa­thi ku­ye: Ngu­we yi­nie ongu­mhlu­phi kaI­sra­ye­lif?

18 Wa­se­si­thi: Ka­ngi­mhlu­pha­nga uI­sra­ye­li, ko­dwa ngu­we le­ndlu ka­yi­hlog, ngo­ku­yi­tshi­ya kwe­nu imi­la­yo ye­Nko­sih, la­la­nde­la oBha­lii.

19 Nga­kho-ke thu­ma, ubu­tha­ni­se­le ki­mi uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke enta­be­ni iKha­rme­lij, la­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­ka­Bha­li aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­ba­pro­fe­thi be­zi­xu­ku aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­nek aba­dla eta­fu­le­ni li­ka­Je­ze­be­lil.

20 Nga­kho uA­ha­bi wa­thu­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­bo bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, wa­bu­tha­ni­sa aba­pro­fe­thim enta­be­ni iKha­rme­lin.

UE­li­ja la­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­ka­Bha­li eKha­rme­li

21 UE­li­ja wa­se­so­nde­la eba­ntwi­ni bo­nke wa­thi: Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni li­qhu­la emi­ca­ba­ngwe­ni emi­bi­li? Uba iNko­si ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu, la­nde­la­ni yo­nao; ko­dwa uba ku­ngu­Bha­li, mla­nde­le­ni. Ko­dwa aba­ntu ka­ba­mphe­ndu­la­nga nga­li­zwi.

22 UE­li­ja wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni: Mi­na nge­dwa ngi­ngu­mpro­fe­thi we­Nko­si ose­le­yop; ko­dwa aba­pro­fe­thi ba­ka­Bha­li nga­ma­do­da anga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nuq.

23 Nga­kho ka­ba­si­ni­ke ama­jo­ngo­si ama­bi­li, ba­zi­khe­the­le ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa, ba­li­qu­me izi­qa, ba­zi­be­ke phe­zu kwe­nku­ni, ba­nga­fa­ki mli­lo; la­mi ngi­za­lu­ngi­sa eli­nye ijo­ngo­si, ngi­li­be­ke phe­zu kwe­nku­ni, ngi­nga­fa­ki mli­lo.

24 Nja­lo bi­za­ni ibi­zo li­ka­nku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, la­mi ngi­za­bi­za ibi­zo le­Nko­si; uNku­lu­nku­lu oza­phe­ndu­la ngo­mli­lo ngu­ye uNku­lu­nku­lur. Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la ba­thi: Le­li­li­zwi li­lu­ngi­le.

25 UE­li­ja wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­ka­Bha­li: Zi­khe­the­le­ni ijo­ngo­si eli­lo­dwa, li­li­lu­ngi­se ku­qa­la, ngo­ba li­ba­ne­ngi, li­bi­ze ibi­zo li­ka­nku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, ko­dwa li­nga­fa­ki mli­lo.

26 Ba­se­be­tha­tha ijo­ngo­si aba­be­li­ni­ki­we, ba­li­lu­ngi­sa, ba­bi­za ibi­zo li­ka­Bha­li ku­su­ke­la eku­se­ni kwa­ze kwa­ba se­mi­ni, be­si­thi: Bha­li, si­phe­ndu­le! Ko­dwa ka­ku­ba­nga la­li­zwi, ka­ku­ba­nga lo­phe­ndu­la­yo. Ba­se­be­se­qa phe­zu kwe­la­thi ela­le­nzi­we.

27 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emi­ni uE­li­ja wa­dla­la nga­bo wa­thi: Me­me­za­ni nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu, ngo­ba ungu­nku­lu­nku­lu; ngo­ba uya­na­ka­na, lo­ba umo­nyu­ki­le, ku­mbe use­ku­ha­mbe­ni, mhla­wu­mbe ule­le, nja­lo ku­di­nge­ka uku­thi avu­swe.

28 Ba­se­be­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu, ba­zi­si­ka nje­ngo­ko­mkhu­ba wa­bo nge­zi­nke­mba la­nge­mi­kho­nto, kwa­ze kwa­ntsha­za iga­zi ku­bos.

29 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­kwe­dlu­li­le imi­ni, ba­pro­fe­tha kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­ni­ke­lwe­ni ko­mni­ke­lot, ka­ku­ba­nga le­li­zwi, nja­lo ka­ku­ba­nga lo­phe­ndu­la­yo, nja­lo ka­ku­ba­nga lo­na­ke­ke­la­you.

30 UE­li­ja wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni bo­nke: So­nde­la­ni ki­mi. Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­so­nde­la ku­ye. Wa­se­lu­ngi­sa ila­thi le­Nko­si ela­se­li­di­li­ki­lev.

31 UE­li­ja wa­se­tha­tha ama­tshe ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, ngo­kwe­na­ni le­zi­zwe za­ma­do­da­na ka­Ja­ko­be, okwa­fi­ka ku­ye ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­si­thi: Ibi­zo la­kho li­za­ku­ba nguI­sra­ye­liw.

32 Nga­la­wo­ma­tshe wa­se­sa­kha ila­thi ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si, we­nza umge­lo ozi­nge­le­ze­la ila­thi, ngo­kwe­si­li­nga­ni­so sa­ma­se­ya* ama­bi­li enhla­nye­lo.

33 Wa­se­lu­ngi­sa inku­ni, wa­li­qu­ma izi­qa ijo­ngo­si, wali­be­ka phe­zu kwe­nku­nix, wa­se­si­thi: Gcwa­li­sa­ni izi­mbi­za ezi­ne nga­ma­nzi, li­wa­the­le phe­zu ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa la­phe­zu kwe­nku­niy.

34 Wa­se­si­thi: Kwe­nze­ni okwe­si­bi­li. Ba­kwe­nza okwe­si­bi­li. Wa­thi: Kwe­nze­ni okwe­si­tha­thu. Ba­se­be­kwe­nza okwe­si­tha­thu.

35 Ama­nzi ase­ha­mba azi­nge­le­ze­la ila­thi, lo­mge­lo la­wo wa­wu­gcwa­li­sa nga­ma­nziz.

36 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­ni­ke­lwe­ni ko­mni­ke­lo uE­li­ja umpro­fe­thi wa­so­nde­la wa­thi: Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaA­bra­ha­ma, uI­sa­ka, loI­sra­ye­lia, ka­kwa­zi­we la­mu­hla uku­thi ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu koI­sra­ye­lib, la­mi ngi­yi­nce­ku ya­kho, lo­ku­thi ngi­ze­nzi­le zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi la­khoc.

37 Ngi­phe­ndu­le, Nko­si, ungi­phe­ndu­le, uku­ze la­ba­ba­ntu ba­zi uku­thi we­na uyi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu, lo­ku­thi uyi­phe­ndu­li­le fu­thi inhli­zi­yo ya­bo.

38 Wa­su­se­hla umli­lo we­Nko­si, wa­qo­thu­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa le­nku­ni la­ma­tshe lo­thu­li, wa­kho­tha la­ma­nzi ase­mge­lwe­nid.

39 Kwa­thi aba­ntu bo­nke be­ku­bo­na ba­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­bo, ba­thi: UJe­ho­va ngu­ye ongu­Nku­lu­nku­lu; uJe­ho­va ngu­ye ongu­Nku­lu­nku­lue.

40 UE­li­ja wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Ba­ba­mbe­ni aba­pro­fe­thi ba­ka­Bha­li, ku­nga­phu­nyu­ki la­mu­nye wa­bo. Ba­se­be­ba­ba­mba. UE­li­ja wa­se­be­hli­se­la esi­fu­le­ni iKi­sho­nif, wa­ba­bu­la­le­la kho­nag.

Uku­phe­la kwe­ndla­la

41 UE­li­ja wa­se­si­thi kuA­ha­bi: Ye­nyu­ka, udle una­the, ngo­ba ku­lo­msi­ndo wo­bu­ne­ngi be­zu­lu.

42 UA­ha­bi wa­se­se­nyu­ka uku­ya­ku­dla lo­ku­na­tha. UE­li­ja wa­se­se­nyu­ke­la engqo­nge­ni ye­Kha­rme­lih; wa­kho­tha­me­la pha­nsi emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­fa­ka ubu­so ba­khe pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­do­lo akhei.

43 Wa­se­si­thi ence­kwi­ni ya­khe: Ye­nyu­ka kha­the­si, ukha­nge­le nga­se­lwa­ndle. Ya­si­se­nyu­ka, ya­kha­nge­la, ya­thi: Ka­ku­la­lu­tho. Wa­se­si­thi: Bu­ye­la, ka­si­kho­mbi­sa.

44 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nge­si­kha­thi se­si­kho­mbi­sa ya­thi: Kha­nge­la, iye­za­na eli­nga­nge­sa­ndla so­mu­ntu li­se­nyu­ka olwa­ndlej. Wa­se­si­thi: Ye­nyu­ka uye­tshe­la uA­ha­bi: Bo­phe­la inqo­la, we­hle, hle­zi izu­lu li­ku­va­le­lek.

45 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­nga­ka­fi­ki le­so­si­kha­thi isi­bha­ka­bha­ka sa­se­si­si­ba mnya­ma nga­ma­ye­zi la­ngo­mo­ya, kwa­ba le­zu­lu eli­khu­lu. UA­ha­bi wa­se­ga­da, wa­ya eJi­ze­re­ye­lil.

46 Le­sa­ndla se­Nko­si sa­si­phe­zu ku­kaE­li­jam; wa­bo­pha ukha­lo lwa­khe, wa­gi­ji­ma pha­mbi ku­kaA­ha­bin, uze ufi­ke eJi­ze­re­ye­lio.

UE­li­ja uba­le­ke­la eHo­re­be

19UA­ha­bi wa­se­tshe­la uJe­ze­be­li ko­nke uE­li­ja aye­kwe­nzi­le, la­bo bo­nke aba­bu­la­la­yo, bo­nke aba­pro­fe­thi, nge­nke­mbaa.

2 Kho­na uJe­ze­be­li wa­thu­ma isi­thu­nywa kuE­li­ja esi­thi: Ka­be­nze nja­lo onku­lu­nku­lu, be­nge­ze­le­le nja­lo, uba nga­le­si­si­kha­thi ku­sa­sa ngi­nge­nzi impi­lo ya­kho ibe nje­nge­mpi­lo yo­mu­nye wa­bob.

3 Eseku­bo­ni­le, wa­su­ku­ma, wa­ha­mba nge­nxa ye­mpi­lo ya­khe, wa­fi­ka eBhe­ri­she­bha enge­ya­ko­Ju­dac, wa­tshi­ya kho­na ince­ku ya­khe.

4 Ko­dwa ye­na wa­ha­mba uha­mbo lo­su­ku enka­nga­la, wa­fi­ka wa­hla­la nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla se­ro­te­mu*, wa­ce­la uku­thi umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe ufe, wa­thi: Kwa­ne­le, kha­the­si, Nko­si, tha­tha impi­lo ya­mi, ngo­ba ka­ngi­ngco­no ku­la­bo­ba­bad.

5 Ese­ca­mba­le­le ele­le nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla esi­thi­le se­ro­te­mu, kha­nge­la-ke, kho­no­kho ingi­lo­si ya­mthi­nta, ya­thi ku­ye: Vu­ka udle.

6 Wa­se­tha­la­za, kha­nge­la-ke, ekha­nda la­khe iqe­be­le­ngwa­na lo­si­we ema­la­hle­ni, le­si­gxi­ngi sa­ma­nzi; wa­se­si­dla wa­na­tha, wa­phi­nda wa­la­la.

7 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­fi­ka ngo­kwe­si­bi­li, ya­mthi­nta ya­thi: Vu­ka udle; ngo­ba uha­mbo lwa­kho lu­khu­lu ka­khu­lu ku­we.

8 Wa­se­vu­ka wa­dla wa­na­tha, wa­ha­mba nga­ma­ndla alo­kho­ku­dla insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne lo­bu­su­ku obu­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­nee, wa­ze wa­fi­ka eHo­re­be inta­ba ka­Nku­lu­nku­luf.

9 Wa­se­nge­na la­pho ebha­lwi­ni, wa­la­la kho­na ubu­su­ku. Kha­nge­la-ke, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ku­ye la­thi ku­ye: We­nza­ni la­pha, Eli­ja?

10 Wa­thi: Be­ngi­tshi­se­ka lo­ku­tshi­se­ke­la iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndlag, ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­si­tshi­yi­le isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­kho, ba­di­li­za ama­la­thi akhoh, ba­bu­la­la aba­pro­fe­thi ba­kho nge­nke­mbai; yi­mi nge­dwa engi­se­le­yo, nja­lo ba­di­nga impi­lo ya­mi uku­yi­su­saj.

11 Wa­se­si­thi: Phu­ma ume enta­be­ni pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si. Kha­nge­la-ke, iNko­si ya­dlu­lak. Umo­ya omkhu­lu ola­ma­ndla wa­su­da­bu­la izi­nta­ba, wa­qhe­ke­za ama­dwa­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si; ko­dwa iNko­si ya­yi­nge­kho emo­ye­ni. Le­mva ko­mo­ya uku­nyi­ki­nye­ka ko­mhla­ba; ko­dwa iNko­si ya­yi­nge­kho eku­nyi­ki­nye­ke­ni ko­mhla­ba.

12 Le­mva ko­ku­nyi­ki­nye­ka ko­mhla­ba umli­lo; ko­dwa iNko­si ya­yi­nge­kho emli­lwe­nil. Nja­lo emva ko­mli­lo ili­zwi eli­nci­nya­ne eli­nye­nye­za­yom.

13 Kwa­se­ku­thi uE­li­ja eli­zwa, wa­tha­nde­la ubu­so ba­khe nge­se­mba­tho sa­khe, wa­phu­ma we­ma emlo­nye­ni wo­bha­lun. Kha­nge­la-ke, le­za ku­ye ili­zwi la­thi: We­nza­ni la­pha, Eli­jao?

14 Wa­thi: Be­ngi­tshi­se­ke­la lo­ku­tshi­se­ke­la iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndla, ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­si­tshi­yi­le isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­kho, ba­di­li­za ama­la­thi akho, ba­bu­la­la aba­pro­fe­thi ba­kho nge­nke­mba; yi­mi nge­dwa engi­se­le­yo, nja­lo ba­di­nga impi­lo ya­mi uku­yi­su­sap.

15 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ha­mba, ubu­ye­le nge­ndle­la ya­kho uye enka­nga­la ye­Da­ma­se­koq; la­pho usu­fi­ki­le ugco­be uHa­za­ye­li abe yi­nko­si phe­zu kwe­Si­ri­yar,

16 lo­Je­hu indo­da­na ka­Ni­mshi umgco­be abe yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­lis, loE­li­sha indo­da­na ka­Sha­fa­ti weA­be­li-Me­ho­la umgco­be abe ngu­mpro­fe­thi esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khot.

17 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke oza­phe­pha enke­mbe­ni ka­Ha­za­ye­liu uJe­hu uza­mbu­la­lav, lo­za­phe­pha enke­mbe­ni ka­Je­hu uE­li­sha uza­mbu­la­law.

18 Ko­dwa ngi­tshi­yi­le koI­sra­ye­li aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, wo­nke ama­do­lo anga­za­nga agu­qe ku­Bha­lix, la­wo wo­nke umlo­mo onga­za­nga uma­ngey.

Ubi­zo lu­kaE­li­sha

19 Wa­se­su­ka la­pho, wa­fi­ca uE­li­sha indo­da­na ka­Sha­fa­ti; wa­ye­li­ma nge­zi­pa­ni ze­nka­bi za­ma­jo­gwe ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li pha­mbi kwa­khe, ye­na wa­ye­le­se­tshu­mi la­mbi­li. UE­li­ja we­se­se­dlu­la ece­le­ni kwa­khe, wa­pho­se­la ise­mba­tho sa­khe phe­zu kwa­khez.

20 Wa­se­tshi­ya izi­nka­bi, wa­gi­ji­ma ela­nde­la uE­li­ja, wa­thi: Ake nga­nge uba­ba lo­ma­ma, be­se­ngi­ku­la­nde­la. Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ha­mba ubu­ye­le, ngo­ba nge­nze­ni ku­wea?

21 Wa­se­bu­ye­la eku­mla­nde­le­ni, wa­tha­tha isi­pa­ni se­nka­bi, wa­si­hla­ba, la­nge­zi­kha­li ze­nka­bi wa­phe­ka inya­ma ya­zo, wa­yi­ni­ka aba­ntu, ba­yi­dlab. Wa­se­su­ka ela­nde­la uE­li­jac, wa­mse­be­nze­lad.

UA­ha­bi unqo­ba ama­Si­ri­ya

20UBe­ni­ha­da­di inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya wa­se­bu­tha ibu­tho la­khe lo­nkea, ela­ma­kho­si anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li, la­ma­bhi­za le­zi­nqo­la. We­nyu­ka wa­ya­vi­mbe­ze­la iSa­ma­ri­ya, wa­lwa la­yob.

2 Wa­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa kuA­ha­bi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, emzi­ni, wa­thi ku­ye: Utsho nja­lo uBe­ni­ha­da­di:

3 Isi­li­va sa­kho le­go­li­de la­kho ngo­kwa­mi, la­ba­fa­zi ba­kho la­ba­ntwa­na ba­kho aba­hle nga­ba­mi.

4 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi: Nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi la­kho, nko­si ya­mi, nko­si, ngi­ngo­wa­kho, la­kho ko­nke engi­la­kho.

5 Izi­thu­nywa za­se­zi­bu­ye­la za­thi: Utsho nja­lo uBe­ni­ha­da­di uthi: La­nxa ngi­thu­me­le ku­we ngi­si­thi: Isi­li­va sa­kho le­go­li­de la­kho la­ba­fa­zi ba­kho la­ba­ntwa­na ba­kho, ku­ni­ke mi­na;

6 ku­be ka­nti pho­se nga­le­si­si­kha­thi ku­sa­sa ngi­za­thu­ma ku­we izi­nce­ku za­mi, zi­za­gu­du­za indlu ya­kho le­zi­ndlu ze­zi­nce­ku za­kho; ku­za­ku­thi-ke, yo­nke into etha­nde­ka­yo eme­hlwe­ni akho, zi­za­yi­fa­ka esa­ndle­ni sa­zo zi­yi­tha­the.

7 Nga­kho inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­bi­za bo­nke aba­da­la be­li­zwe ya­thic: Ake li­na­nze­le­le li­bo­ne uku­thi lo udi­nga ubu­bi, ngo­ba uthu­me­le ki­mi nga­ba­fa­zi ba­mi la­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­mi la­nge­si­li­va sa­mi la­nge­go­li­de la­mi, nja­lo ka­ngi­ma­le­la­ngad.

8 Bo­nke aba­da­la la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­si­thi ku­yo: Unga­la­le­li, nja­lo unga­vu­mi.

9 Wa­se­si­thi ku­zo izi­thu­nywa zi­ka­Be­ni­ha­da­di: Tshe­la­ni inko­si ya­mi, inko­si uku­thi: Ko­nke eya­ku­thu­me­la ence­kwi­ni ya­yo ku­qa­la ngi­za­kwe­nza; ko­dwa li­nto ka­ngi­la­ma­ndla oku­ye­nza. Izi­thu­nywa za­se­zi­ha­mba, za­yi­bu­yi­se­la ili­zwi.

10 UBe­ni­ha­da­di wa­se­thu­me­la ku­ye wa­thi: Ka­be­nze nja­lo onku­lu­nku­lu ki­mi, be­nge­ze­le­le nja­loe, uba ubhu­qu lwe­Sa­ma­ri­ya lu­nge­ne­la iza­ndla ezi­gcwe­le­yo za­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­ngi­la­nde­la­yo.

11 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thif: Mtshe­le­ni: Lo­wo obhi­nca izi­kha­li ka­nga­zi­qa­ki­si nje­ngo­zi­khu­lu­la­yog.

12 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi esi­zwa le­li­li­zwi esa­na­thah, ye­na la­ma­kho­si ema­du­mbe­ni, wa­thi ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­khe: Zi­mi­se­ni! Za­se­zi­zi­mi­sa uku­me­la­na lo­mu­zi.

13 Kha­nge­la-ke, umpro­fe­thi othi­le wa­so­nde­la kuA­ha­bi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, wa­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Uya­li­bo­na le­li­xu­ku lo­nke eli­khu­lu yi­ni? Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­li­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­kho la­mu­hlai, nja­lo uza­kwa­zi uku­thi mi­na ngi­yi­Nko­sij.

14 UA­ha­bi wa­se­si­thi: Ngo­ba­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nga­ma­ja­ha aba­pha­thi be­za­be­lo. Wa­se­si­thi: Ngu­ba­ni uza­qa­li­sa impi? Wa­se­si­thi: We­na.

15 Wa­se­ba­la ama­ja­ha aba­pha­thi be­za­be­lo, aye­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li; le­mva kwa­wo wa­ba­la bo­nke aba­ntu, bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

16 Ba­se­be­phu­ma emi­ni, uBe­ni­ha­da­di ese­na­the wa­da­kwa ema­du­mbe­ni, ye­na la­ma­kho­si, ama­kho­si anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li aye­msi­zak.

17 Ama­ja­ha aba­pha­thi be­za­be­lo ase­phu­ma ku­qa­la. UBe­ni­ha­da­di wa­se­thu­ma, ba­se­be­mtshe­la be­si­thi: Ku­phu­me ama­do­da eSa­ma­ri­ya.

18 Wa­se­si­thi: Lo­ba ephu­me­le uku­thu­la, aba­mbe­ni ephi­la; lo­ba-ke ephu­me­le impi, aba­mbe­ni ephi­la.

19 La­la aphu­ma emzi­ni, ama­ja­ha aba­pha­thi be­za­be­lo, le­bu­tho ela­wa­la­nde­la­yo.

20 Ba­bu­la­la, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo umu­ntu wa­khe. Ama­Sa­ma­ri­ya ase­ba­le­ka, uI­sra­ye­li wa­se­xo­tsha­na la­wo, ko­dwa uBe­ni­ha­da­di inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya wa­phu­nyu­ka nge­bhi­za ka­nye la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za.

21 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­phu­ma, ya­tsha­ya ama­bhi­za le­nqo­la, ya­tsha­ya pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­Si­ri­ya ngo­ku­bu­la­la oku­khu­lul.

22 Lo­wo­mpro­fe­thi wa­se­so­nde­lam enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­lin wa­thi ku­yo: Ha­mba, uzi­qi­ni­se, una­nze­le­le nja­lo ubo­ne okwe­nza­yo; ngo­ba eku­thwa­se­ni ko­mnya­ka inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya iza­kwe­nyu­ka ime­la­ne la­weo.

23 Le­zi­nce­ku ze­nko­si ye­Si­ri­ya za­thi ku­yo: Onku­lu­nku­lu ba­bo ba­ngo­nku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­nta­ba, yi­kho be­la­ma­ndla ku­la­thi; ku­be ka­nti asi­lwe la­bo ema­gce­ke­ni, si­bi­li si­za­be­hlu­lap.

24 Nga­kho ye­nza li­nto: Su­sa ama­kho­si, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo enda­we­ni ya­khe, ube­ke izi­ndu­na esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­wo;

25 nja­lo we­na zi­ba­le­le ibu­tho nje­nge­bu­tho eli­wi­le­yo ku­we, le­bhi­za nje­nge­bhi­za, le­nqo­la nje­nge­nqo­la; nja­lo si­za­ku­lwa la­bo ema­gce­ke­ni, isi­bi­li si­za­be­hlu­laq. Ya­si­la­le­la ili­zwi la­bo, ye­nza nja­lo.

26 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­thwa­se­ni ko­mnya­ka uBe­ni­ha­da­di wa­ba­la ama­Si­ri­ya, we­nyu­ke­la eA­fe­ki eku­lwe­ni loI­sra­ye­lir.

27 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­ba­lwa-ke, ba­ni­kwa imi­pha­ko, ba­se­be­phu­ma uku­me­la­na la­wo; aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­mi­sa inka­mba pha­mbi kwa­wo nje­nge­mi­hla­nja­na ye­mbu­zi emi­bi­li, ko­dwa ama­Si­ri­ya agcwa­la ili­zwe.

28 Kwa­se­ku­so­nde­la umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lus, wa­khu­lu­ma enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li wa­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ama­Si­ri­ya athe: INko­si ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­zi­nta­ba, ko­dwa ka­yi­su­ye uNku­lu­nku­lu we­zi­ho­tshat, nga­kho ngi­za­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­kho le­li­xu­ku lo­nke eli­khu­lu, nja­lo li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi mi­na ngi­yi­Nko­siu.

29 Ba­se­be­mi­sa inka­mba, enye iqo­nde­ne le­nye, insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa. Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa impi ya­di­ba­na; aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­tsha­ya ngo­su­ku lu­nye ama­Si­ri­ya azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu aha­mba nge­nya­wo.

30 La­ba­se­le­yo ba­ba­le­ke­la eA­fe­ki emzi­niv; lo­mdu­li wa­we­la phe­zu kwa­ma­do­da ayi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­kho­mbi­sa aye­se­le. UBe­ni­ha­da­di la­ye wa­ba­le­ka, wa­nge­na emzi­ni eka­me­lwe­ni eli­nga­pha­ka­thi.

31 Le­zi­nce­ku za­khe za­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la-ke, si­zwi­le uku­thi ama­kho­si endlu ya­koI­sra­ye­li anga­ma­kho­si ale­si­ha­wu; ake si­fa­ke ama­sa­ka enka­lwe­ni ze­thu, la­ma­go­da ema­kha­nda ethuw, si­phu­me­le enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li; mhla­wu­mbe iza­gci­na umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho uphi­lex.

32 Ba­se­be­tha­nde­la ama­sa­ka enka­lwe­ni za­bo, la­ma­go­da ema­kha­nda abo, ba­fi­ka enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­liy, ba­thi: Ince­ku ya­kho uBe­ni­ha­da­di ithi: Ake ungi­ye­ke­le ngi­phi­le. Ya­si­si­thi: Usa­phi­la yi­ni? Ungu­mfo­we­thu.

33 La­ma­do­da aqa­phe­la ngo­ku­khu­tha­la apha­ngi­sa uku­ku­hlu­thu­na ku­yo, athi: Umfo­we­nu uBe­ni­ha­da­di. Ya­si­si­thi: Ha­mba­ni li­ye­mtha­tha. UBe­ni­ha­da­di wa­se­phu­me­la ku­yo, ya­mkhwe­za enqo­le­niz.

34 Wa­se­si­thi ku­yo: Imi­zi uba­ba ayi­tha­tha ku­yi­hlo ngi­za­yi­bu­yi­se­laa; fu­thi unga­ze­nze­la izi­ta­la­da eDa­ma­se­kob nje­ngo­kwe­nza ku­ka­ba­ba eSa­ma­ri­ya. Kho­na uA­ha­bi wa­thi: Mi­na ngi­za­ku­ye­ke­la uha­mbe nga­le­si­si­vu­me­lwa­no. Ya­si­se­nza la­ye isi­vu­me­lwa­no ya­mye­ke­la eha­mbac.

35 Umu­ntu othi­le wa­ma­do­da­na aba­pro­fe­thid wa­se­si­thi ku­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe nge­li­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu: Ake ungi­tsha­ye. Ko­dwa lo­wo­mu­ntu wa­la uku­mtsha­yae.

36 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi unga­li­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi le­Nko­si, kha­nge­la, eku­su­ke­ni kwa­kho ki­mi isi­lwa­ne si­za­ku­tsha­yaf. Wa­se­su­ka ku­ye, le­si­lwa­ne sa­mfi­ca, sa­mbu­la­la.

37 Wa­se­tho­la omu­nye umu­ntu wa­thi: Ake ungi­tsha­ye. La­lo­wo­mu­ntu wa­mtsha­ya lo­ku­mtsha­ya emli­ma­za.

38 Nga­kho umpro­fe­thi wa­su­ka, wa­me­le­la inko­si endle­le­ni, ezi­fi­hle isi­mo nge­le­mbu eme­hlwe­nig.

39 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi inko­si idlu­la, ye­na wa­me­me­za enko­si­ni wa­thi: Ince­ku ya­kho ya­phu­ma pha­ka­thi kwe­mpi; kha­nge­la-ke, umu­ntu wa­pha­mbu­ka, wa­le­tha umu­ntu ki­mi, wa­thi: Lo­ndo­lo­za lu­mu­ntu; uba ela­hle­ka lo­ku­la­hle­ka, kho­na impi­lo ya­kho iza­ku­ba se­si­khu­ndle­ni se­mpi­lo ya­khe, ku­mbe uhla­wu­le nge­tha­le­nta* le­si­li­vah.

40 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ince­ku ya­kho isa­pha­the­ki­le la­pha la­la­pha­ya, ye­na wa­ye­nge­kho. Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Si­nja­lo isa­hlu­le­lo sa­kho, ususi­qu­mi­le we­nai.

41 Wa­se­pha­ngi­sa wa­li­su­sa ile­mbu eme­hlwe­ni akhe. Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­ma­zi uku­thi ungo­wa­ba­pro­fe­thij.

42 Wa­se­si­thi ku­yo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ngo­ba umye­ke­le uku­thi aphu­me esa­ndle­ni umu­ntu engi­mmi­se­le uku­mtsha­ba­la­li­sa, nga­kho impi­lo ya­kho iza­ku­ba se­si­khu­ndle­ni se­mpi­lo ya­khe, la­ba­ntu ba­kho esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­ba­ntu ba­khek.

43 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lil ya­si­si­ya endli­ni ya­yo inyu­ku­me­le, ithu­ku­the­le, ya­fi­ka eSa­ma­ri­yam.

UA­ha­bi le­si­vi­ni si­ka­Na­bo­thi

21Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto uNa­bo­thi umJi­ze­re­ye­li wa­ye­le­si­vi­ni esa­si­se­Ji­ze­re­ye­lia pha­nsi kwe­si­go­dlo si­kaA­ha­bi inko­si ye­Sa­ma­ri­ya.

2 UA­ha­bi wa­se­khu­lu­ma lo­Na­bo­thi esi­thi: Ngi­pha isi­vi­ni sa­kho uku­ze si­be ki­mi yi­si­va­nde se­mi­bhi­da, ngo­ba si­se­du­ze pha­nsi kwe­ndlu ya­mi; ngi­za­ku­ni­ka isi­vi­ni esi­ngco­no ku­la­so esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­so; uba ku­ku­hle eme­hlwe­ni akho, ngi­za­ku­ni­ka ima­li nge­nte­ngo ya­sob.

3 Ko­dwa uNa­bo­thi wa­thi kuA­ha­bi: Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­mi nge­Nko­si uku­thi ngi­ku­ni­ke ili­fa la­bo­ba­bac.

4 UA­ha­bi wa­se­nge­na endli­ni ya­khe enyu­ku­me­le ethu­ku­the­le nge­nxa ye­li­zwi uNa­bo­thi umJi­ze­re­ye­li aye­li­khu­lu­me ku­ye, ngo­ba wa­ye­the: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­ni­ka ili­fa la­bo­ba­ba. Wa­se­ca­mba­la­la embhe­de­ni wa­khe, wa­phe­ndu­la ubu­so ba­khe, ka­dla­nga uku­dlad.

5 UJe­ze­be­li umka­khe wa­se­si­za ku­ye wa­thi ku­ye: Ku­nga­ni umo­ya wa­kho usi­ne­me uku­ze unga­dli uku­dla?

6 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ngo­ba ngi­khu­lu­me lo­Na­bo­thi umJi­ze­re­ye­li ngi­the ku­ye: Ngi­ni­ke isi­vi­ni sa­kho nge­ma­li, lo­ba uba utha­nda ngi­za­ku­ni­ka isi­vi­ni esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­so; wa­se­si­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­ni­ka isi­vi­ni sa­mi.

7 UJe­ze­be­li umka­khe wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Kha­the­si ngu­we obu­sa umbu­so wa­koI­sra­ye­li? Vu­ka udle isi­nkwa, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho itho­ko­ze; ngi­za­ku­ni­ka mi­na isi­vi­ni si­ka­Na­bo­thi umJi­ze­re­ye­lie.

8 Wa­se­bha­la izi­ncwa­di nge­bi­zo li­kaA­ha­bi, wa­zi­di­nda ngo­pha­wu lwa­khef, wa­zi­thu­me­la izi­ncwa­di eba­da­le­ni la­ku­zi­khu­lu, aba­be­se­mzi­ni wa­khe, be­hla­la lo­Na­bo­thig.

9 Wa­se­bha­la ezi­ncwa­di­ni esi­thi: Me­me­ze­la­ni izi­lo lo­ku­dla, li­mhla­li­se uNa­bo­thi nga­phe­zu­lu kwa­ba­ntu;

10 be­se­li­hla­li­sa ama­do­da ama­bi­li, ama­do­da­na ka­Bhe­li­ya­li, ma­qo­nda­na la­ye uku­thi afa­ka­ze eme­le­ne la­yeh esi­thi: Uthu­kei uNku­lu­nku­lu le­nko­sij. Be­se­li­mkhu­phe­la pha­ndle li­mkha­nde nga­ma­tshe aze afe.

11 La­ma­do­da alu­mu­zi wa­khe, aba­da­la le­zi­khu­lu aba­be­hla­la emzi­ni wa­khe, be­nza nje­ngo­ku­thu­me­la ku­ka­Je­ze­be­li ku­wo, nje­ngo­ku­bha­lwe ezi­ncwa­di­ni aye­wa­thu­me­le zo­na.

12 Ame­me­ze­la izi­lo lo­ku­dla, ahla­li­sa uNa­bo­thi phe­zu­lu kwa­ba­ntuk.

13 Ase­nge­na ama­do­da ama­bi­li, ama­do­da­na ka­Bhe­li­ya­li, ahla­la ma­qo­nda­na la­ye; la­ma­do­da ka­Bhe­li­ya­li afa­ka­za eme­le­ne la­ye, eme­le­ne lo­Na­bo­thi, pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntul, esi­thi: UNa­bo­thi uthu­ke uNku­lu­nku­lu le­nko­sim. Ba­se­be­mkhu­phe­la nga­pha­ndle ko­mu­zi, ba­mkha­nda nga­ma­tshe wa­ze wa­fa.

14 Ba­se­be­thu­me­la ku­Je­ze­be­li be­si­thi: UNa­bo­thi use­kha­ndwe nga­ma­tshe wa­fa.

15 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uJe­ze­be­li ese­zwi­le uku­thi uNa­bo­thi use­kha­ndwe nga­ma­tshe wa­fa, uJe­ze­be­li wa­thi kuA­ha­bi: Vu­ka utha­the isi­vi­ni si­ka­Na­bo­thi umJi­ze­re­ye­li si­be nge­sa­kho, ala uku­ku­ni­ka so­na nge­ma­li, ngo­ba uNa­bo­thi ka­phi­li, ko­dwa ufi­le.

16 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uA­ha­bi ese­zwi­le uku­thi uNa­bo­thi ufi­le, uA­ha­bi wa­su­ku­ma ukwe­hle­la esi­vi­ni­ni si­ka­Na­bo­thi umJi­ze­re­ye­li, uku­si­tha­tha si­be nge­sa­khe.

17 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si kuE­li­jan umTi­shi­bio li­si­thi:

18 Su­ku­ma we­hle uku­hla­nga­be­za uA­ha­bi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, ose­Sa­ma­ri­yap; kha­nge­la, use­si­vi­ni­ni si­ka­Na­bo­thi, ehle­le kho­na uku­ze asi­tha­the si­be nge­sa­khe.

19 Uza­khu­lu­ma ku­ye uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ubu­le­le fu­thi wa­tha­tha yi­ni kwa­ba ngo­kwa­kho? Nja­lo uza­khu­lu­ma ku­ye uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Enda­we­ni la­pho izi­nja ezi­kho­the kho­na iga­zi li­ka­Na­bo­thi, izi­nja zi­za­kho­tha iga­zi la­kho, ngi­tsho ela­khoq.

20 UA­ha­bi wa­se­si­thi kuE­li­ja: Ungi­fi­ci­le yi­ni, si­tha sa­mir? Wa­se­si­thi: Ngiku­tho­li­le, ngo­ba uzi­the­ngi­si­le ukwe­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­sis.

21 Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­hli­se­la ubu­bit, ngi­qo­thu­le inza­lo ya­khou, ngi­qu­me asu­ke kuA­ha­bi ocha­me­la emdu­li­niv, lo­va­le­lwe­yo lo­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yo koI­sra­ye­liw.

22 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza indlu ya­kho ibe nje­nge­ndlu ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­tix la­nje­nge­ndlu ka­Ba­ha­sha indo­da­na kaA­hi­yay, nge­nxa ye­si­cu­nu­lo ongi­cu­nu­le nga­so, we­nza uI­sra­ye­li onez.

23 La­ngo­Je­ze­be­li la­ye iNko­si ya­khu­lu­ma isi­thi: Izi­nja zi­za­mu­dla uJe­ze­be­li emtha­nga­le­ni we­Ji­ze­re­ye­lia.

24 Oka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu ofe­la pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi zi­za­mu­dla izi­nja, lo­fe­la ega­nge­ni zi­za­mu­dla inyo­ni za­ma­zu­lub.

25 Ko­dwa ka­ku­ba­nga kho­na onje­ngoA­ha­bic owa­zi­the­ngi­sa ukwe­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­sid, uJe­ze­be­li umka­khe amkhu­tha­za­yo.

26 We­nza ama­nya­la ka­khu­lu ngo­ku­la­nde­la izi­tho­mbee, nje­nga­kho ko­nke amaA­mo­ri akwe­nza­yof, iNko­si eya­wa­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

27 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uA­ha­bi esi­zwa la­ma­zwi wa­da­bu­la izi­gqo­ko za­kheg, wa­fa­ka isa­ka phe­zu ko­mzi­mba wa­kheh, wa­zi­la uku­dlai, wa­la­la nge­sa­ka, wa­ha­mba bu­tha­ka­tha­ka.

28 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka kuE­li­ja umTi­shi­bi li­si­thi:

29 Ubo­ni­le yi­ni uku­thi uA­ha­bi uzi­tho­be pha­mbi kwa­mi? Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ezi­tho­bi­le pha­mbi kwa­mi ka­ngi­yi­ku­le­tha ubu­bi ensu­kwi­ni za­khe; ensu­kwi­ni ze­ndo­da­na ya­khe ngi­za­le­tha lo­bu­bu­bi endli­ni ya­khej.

UMi­kha­ya ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­nqo­tshwa ku­kaA­ha­bi lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi

22Ba­hla­la-ke imi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu ku­nge­kho impi pha­ka­thi kwe­Si­ri­ya loI­sra­ye­li.

2 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­si­tha­thua uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­dab we­hle­la enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­lic.

3 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­si­thi ence­kwi­ni za­yo: Li­ya­zi yi­ni uku­thi iRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­di inge­ye­thud? Ko­dwa si­thu­le, si­nga­yi­tha­thi esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ye­Si­ri­ya.

4 Ya­si­si­thi ku­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi: Uza­ha­mba la­mi empi­ni eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­di yi­ni? UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li: Ngi­nje­nga­we, nje­nga­ba­ntu ba­mi ba­nja­lo aba­ntu ba­kho, nje­nga­ma­bhi­za ami anja­lo ama­bhi­za akhoe.

5 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li: Aku­bu­ze la­mu­hla ili­zwi le­Nko­si.

6 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­bu­tha­ni­sa aba­pro­fe­thi aba­nga­ba nga­ma­do­da anga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne, ya­thi ku­bo: Ngi­ha­mbe yi­ni uku­ya­me­la­na le­Ra­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­di empi­ni ku­mbe ngi­ye­ke­le? Ba­se­be­si­thi: Ye­nyu­ka, ngo­ba iNko­si iza­yi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­nko­sif.

7 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­si­thi: Ka­ku­se­kho yi­ni la­pha umpro­fe­thi we­Nko­si esi­nga­mbu­zag?

8 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­si­thi ku­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi: Ku­se­kho­na indo­da eyo­dwa, uMi­kha­ya indo­da­na kaI­mla, esi­nga­bu­za nga­ye eNko­si­ni, ko­dwa mi­na ngi­ya­mzo­nda, ngo­ba ka­pro­fe­thi oku­hle nga­mi, ko­dwa oku­bi. UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­si­thi: Inko­si inga­tsho nja­lo.

9 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­bi­za indu­na ya­thi: La­nda ma­si­nya­ne uMi­kha­ya indo­da­na kaI­mla.

10 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da ba­be­hle­zi, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­khe so­bu­kho­si, be­gqo­ke ize­mba­tho za­bo, be­se­ba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­la eku­nge­ne­ni kwe­sa­ngo le­Sa­ma­ri­yah, nja­lo bo­nke aba­pro­fe­thi ba­be­pro­fe­tha pha­mbi kwa­bo.

11 UZe­de­khi­ya indo­da­na ka­Khe­na­ha­na wa­se­ze­nze­la izi­mpo­ndo ze­nsi­mbii, wa­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nga­le­zi uza­hla­ba ama­Si­ri­ya uze uwa­qe­dej.

12 La­bo bo­nke aba­pro­fe­thi ba­pro­fe­tha nja­lo, be­si­thi: Ye­nyu­ke­la eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­di, uphu­me­le­le; ngo­ba uJe­ho­va uza­yi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si.

13 Isi­thu­nywa esa­si­ye­bi­za uMi­kha­ya sa­khu­lu­ma la­ye sa­thi: Kha­nge­la-ke, ama­zwi aba­pro­fe­thi nga­mlo­mo mu­nye ma­hle enko­si­ni; ake ili­zwi la­kho li­fa­na­ne le­li­zwi lo­mu­nye wa­bo, ukhu­lu­me oku­hle.

14 Ko­dwa uMi­kha­ya wa­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­vak, lo­kho iNko­si eku­tsho­yo ki­mi lo­kho ngi­za­ku­khu­lu­mal.

15 Ese­fi­ki­le enko­si­ni, inko­si ya­thi ku­ye: Mi­kha­ya, si­ye eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­di empi­ni ku­mbe si­ye­ke­le? Wa­se­si­thi ku­yo: Ye­nyu­ka, uphu­me­le­le; ngo­ba uJe­ho­va uza­yi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si.

16 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ngi­za­ku­fu­ngi­sa ku­ze ku­be ka­nga­ki uku­thi unga­ngi­tshe­li lu­tho nga­pha­ndle kwe­qi­ni­so ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si?

17 Wa­se­si­thi: Nga­bo­na uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ehla­ka­ze­ki­le phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­ba nje­nge­zi­mvu ezi­nge­la­me­lu­si; uJe­ho­va wa­thi: La­ba ka­ba­la­nko­si, ka­ba­bu­ye­le, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo endli­ni ya­khe ngo­ku­thu­lam.

18 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­si­thi ku­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi: Ka­ngi­ku­tshe­la­nga yi­ni uku­thi ka­yi­ku­pro­fe­tha oku­hle nga­mi ko­dwa oku­bin?

19 Wa­se­si­thi: Nga­kho zwa­na ili­zwi le­Nko­si: Ngi­bo­ne iNko­si ihle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­yo so­bu­kho­sio, la­ma­bu­tho wo­nke ama­zu­lu emi pha­nsi kwa­yo nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­yo la­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo sa­yop.

20 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ngu­ba­ni oza­hu­ga uA­ha­bi uku­thi enyu­ke aye­we­la eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­di? Omu­nye-ke wa­tsho nja­lo, lo­mu­nye wa­tsho nja­lo.

21 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma umo­ya, we­ma pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si wa­thi: Mi­na ngi­za­mhu­ga.

22 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Nga­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­za­phu­ma ngi­be ngu­mo­ya wa­ma­nga emlo­nye­ni wa­bo bo­nke aba­pro­fe­thi ba­kheq. Ya­si­si­thi: Uzamhu­ga, nja­lo uza­phu­me­le­la; phu­ma we­nze nja­lo.

23 Nga­kho-ke, kha­nge­la, iNko­si ifa­ke umo­ya wa­ma­nga emlo­nye­ni wa­la­ba­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­kho bo­nke, nja­lo iNko­si ikhu­lu­me oku­bi nga­we.

24 UZe­de­khi­ya indo­da­na ka­Khe­na­ha­na wa­se­so­nde­la, wa­tsha­ya uMi­kha­ya esi­hla­thi­nir, wa­thi: UMo­ya we­Nko­si we­dlu­la nga­ni esu­ka ki­mi uku­ya­khu­lu­ma la­we?

25 UMi­kha­ya wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, uza­ku­bo­na mhla­lo­kho la­pho uza­nge­na eka­me­lwe­ni eli­nga­pha­ka­thi uku­ya­ca­tsha.

26 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­si­thi: Tha­tha uMi­kha­ya, mbu­yi­se­le kuA­mo­ni umbu­si wo­mu­zi la­ku­Jo­wa­shi indo­da­na ye­nko­si,

27 uthi: Itsho nja­lo inko­si: Fa­ka­ni lo ento­lo­ngwe­ni, li­mdli­se isi­nkwa so­hlu­pho la­ma­nzi ohlu­phos ngi­ze ngi­bu­ye ngo­ku­thu­la.

28 UMi­kha­ya wa­se­si­thi: Uba uphe­ndu­ka isi­bi­li ngo­ku­thu­lat, iNko­si ka­yi­khu­lu­ma­nga nga­mi. Wa­se­si­thi: Zwa­ni­ni, ba­ntu, li­na lo­nkeu.

29 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da ba­se­be­se­nyu­ke­la eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­di.

30 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­si­thi ku­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi: Ngi­za­zi­fi­hla isi­mo, ngi­nge­ne empi­ni, ko­dwa we­na gqo­ka ize­mba­tho za­khov. Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­zi­fi­hla isi­mo, ya­nge­na empi­niw.

31 Inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya ya­yi­la­ye indu­na ze­zi­nqo­la ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li aye­la­zox, esi­thi: Li­nga­lwi lo­mnci­nya­ne lo­ba lo­mkhu­lu, ko­dwa le­nko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ku­phe­lay.

32 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi indu­na ze­zi­nqo­la zi­bo­na uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi zo­na za­thi: Isi­bi­li yi­yo inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li. Za­se­zi­pha­mbu­ka uku­lwa zi­me­le­ne la­yoz; uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­kla­ba­la­laa.

33 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi indu­na ze­zi­nqo­la zi­bo­na uku­thi kwa­ku­nge­yi­si­yo inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, za­phe­ndu­ka eku­yi­la­nde­le­ni.

34 Umu­ntu othi­le wa­se­do­nsa ida­ndi­li la­khe enga­na­nze­le­li, wa­hla­ba inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li pha­ka­thi kwe­nhla­nga­no le­bha­tshi le­nsi­mbi; ya­si­si­thi ku­mtsha­ye­li we­nqo­la ya­yo: Phe­ndu­la isa­ndla sa­kho, ungi­khu­phe pha­ka­thi kwe­bu­tho, ngo­ba ngi­li­me­le ka­khu­lu.

35 Impi ya­si­khu­la mhla­lo­kho; nja­lo inko­si ya­yi­se­ke­lwe enqo­le­ni ya­yo iqo­nde­ne la­ma­Si­ri­ya, ya­fa nta­mba­ma; iga­zi le­nxe­ba la­ge­le­ze­la nga­pha­nsi kwe­nqo­la.

36 Eku­tsho­ne­ni kwe­la­nga kwa­da­bu­la isi­me­me­ze­lo ebu­thwe­ni si­si­thi: Wo­nke ka­ye emzi­ni wa­ki­bo, la­ye wo­nke eli­zwe­ni la­ki­bo.

37 Nga­kho inko­si ya­fa, ya­le­thwa eSa­ma­ri­ya; ba­se­be­yi­ngcwa­ba inko­si eSa­ma­ri­ya.

38 Omu­nye wa­se­ge­zi­sa inqo­la echi­bi­ni le­Sa­ma­ri­ya, le­zi­nja za­kho­tha iga­zi la­yo, la­pho ama­wu­le aye­ge­za kho­na, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si eya­li­khu­lu­ma­yob.

39 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­kaA­ha­bi, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, le­ndlu ye­mpo­ndo ze­ndlo­vu aya­kha­yoc, le­mi­zi yo­nke aya­kha­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li?

40 UA­ha­bi wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se. UA­ha­zi­ya indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi

41 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi indo­da­na kaA­sa wa­ba-ke yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­da ngo­mnya­ka we­si­ne kaA­ha­bi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li.

42 Nja­lo uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nhla­nu la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nu. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­nguA­zu­ba indo­da­ka­zi ka­Shi­le­hid.

43 Nja­lo wa­ha­mba nga­yo yo­nke indle­la kaA­sa uyi­see, ka­pha­mbu­ka­nga ku­yo, ukwe­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si. Lo­ba ku­nja­lo inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ka­zi­su­swa­nga; aba­ntu ba­be­lo­khu be­ni­ke­la imi­hla­tshe­lo, be­tshi­sa impe­pha enda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yof.

44 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­se­nza uku­thu­la le­nko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lig.

45 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi, lo­bu­qha­we abe­nza­yo, lo­ku­thi wa­lwa nja­ni, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­dah?

46 Le­nsa­li ye­zi­nko­tsha­na eza­zi­se­le ensu­kwi­ni zi­kaA­sa uyi­se wa­yi­khu­pha eli­zwe­nii.

47 Nja­lo eE­do­ma kwa­ku­nge­la­nko­sij, umba­mbe­li wa­ye­yi­nko­sik.

48 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thil we­nza imi­khu­mbi ye­Tha­shi­shim uku­ya eO­fi­ri ukula­nda igo­li­den; ko­dwa ka­yi­ya­nga, ngo­ba imi­khu­mbi ye­phu­ke­la eE­zi­yo­ni-Ge­be­rio.

49 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uA­ha­zi­ya indo­da­na kaA­ha­bi wa­thi ku­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi: Ince­ku za­mi ka­zi­ha­mbe le­nce­ku za­kho emi­khu­nji­ni. Ko­dwa uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi ka­fu­na­nga.

50 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa ku­bo­yi­se emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da uyi­se. UJo­ra­mu indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khep.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­ha­zi­ya koI­sra­ye­li

51 UA­ha­zi­ya indo­da­na kaA­ha­bi wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li eSa­ma­ri­ya ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi le­si­kho­mbi­sa ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da; wa­bu­sa phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li imi­nya­ka emi­bi­liq.

52 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, wa­ha­mba nge­ndle­la ka­yi­se, la­nge­ndle­la ka­ni­na, la­nge­ndle­la ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­tir owe­nza uI­sra­ye­li ones.

53 Wa­se­kho­nza uBha­li, wa­kho­tha­me­la ku­ye, wa­yi­thu­ku­the­li­sa iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, nje­nga­kho ko­nke aye­kwe­nzi­le uyi­set.