OOKUMKANI I 4
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Amagosa nenkundla kaSolomon
1Ukumkani uSolomon waba ngukumkani wamaSirayeli onke. 2Ngabo aba ke abathetheli abenabo: nguAzariya, unyana kaTsadoki, umbingeleli; 3ngooElihorefe noAhiya, oonyana bakaShisha, ababhali; nguYehoshafati, unyana ka-Ahiludi, umkhumbuzi wezinto zakomkhulu; 4nguBhenaya, unyana kaYehoyada, obephethe umkhosi; ngooTsadoki noAbhiyatare ababingeleli; 5nguAzariya, unyana kaNatan, obephethe abongameli; nguZabhudi, unyana kaNatan, umbingeleli, obengumhlobo wokumkani; 6nguAhishare obephethe indlu; nguAdoniram unyana ka-Abheda, obephethe abafakwa uviko.
7USolomon ubenabongameli abalishumi elinababini phezu kwamaSirayeli onke, ababemxhasa ukumkani nendlu yakhe: elowo ubexhasa ngenyanga yakhe ngomnyaka. 8Ngawo ke la amagama abo: nguBhen-hure, wakweleentaba lakwaEfrayim; 9nguBhen-dekere eMakatse, naseShahalebhim, naseBhete-shemeshe, nase-Elon-bhete-hanan; 10nguBhen-hesede eArubhoti; yayikuye iSoko, nelizwe lonke lakwaHefere; 11nguBhen-abhinadabhi ezindulini zonke zaseDore: uTafati intombi kaSolomon ibingumkakhe; 12nguBhahana unyana ka-Ahiludi eTahanaki naseMegido, naseBhete-shehan yonke esecaleni laseTsaretan, ezantsi kweYizereli, kwathabathela eBhete-shehan, kwesa eAbhele-mehola, kwesa elé kowakwaYokemeham; 13nguBhen-gebhere eRamoti yaseGiliyadi, enamagxamesi akwaYahire unyana kaManase aseGiliyadi, enommandla waseArgobhi oseBhashan: amashumi amathandathu emizi emikhulu eneendonga nemivalo yobhedu; 14nguAhinadabhi unyana kaIdo, eMahanayim; 15nguAhimahatse kwaNafetali: yena kananjalo wazeka uBhasemati, intombi kaSolomon, yangumkakhe; 16nguBhahana unyana kaHushayi, kwa-Ashere naseAloti; 17nguYehoshafati unyana kaParuwa, kwaIsakare; 18nguShimehi unyana kaEla, kwaBhenjamin; 19nguGebhere unyana kaUri, elizweni laseGiliyadi, ezweni lakwaSihon ukumkani wama-Amori, nelakwaOgi ukumkani waseBhashan; ekuphela komongameli obekwelo zwe. 20AmaYuda namaSirayeli ebemaninzi, enjengentlabathi engaselwandle ukuba maninzi, esidla, esela, evuya.
21USolomon ubelawula ezikumkanini zonke, ethabathela kuwo uMlambo,• naselizweni lamaFilisti, wesa nasemdeni weYiputa, zizisa iminikelo, zimkhonza uSolomon yonke imihla yobomi bakhe.
22Ke ukudla kukaSolomon kwamininye bekungamashumi omathathu eekore• zomgubo ocoliweyo, namashumi omathandathu eekore zomgubo, 23ishumi leenkomo ezityetyisiweyo, namashumi omabini eenkomo zasemadlelweni, nekhulu lempahla emfutshane, ewodwa amaxhama, namabhadi, namanqa, neenkuku ezityetyisiweyo.
24Ngokuba ubenobukhosi kulo lonke eliphesheya kwawo uMlambo, lithabathela eTifesa lesa eGaza, kookumkani bonke abaphesheya koMlambo. Wayenoxolo ngeenxa zonke kuye. 25Ahlala amaYuda namaSirayeli ekholosile, elowo ehleli phantsi komdiliya wakhe naphantsi komkhiwane wakhe, ethabathela kwaDan esa eBher-shebha, yonke imihla kaSolomon. 26USolomon wayenamawaka amané emikhumbi yezitali zamahashe eenqwelo zakhe, neshumi elinamabini lamawaka amahashe akhwelwayo. 27Abo bongameli babemxhasa ukumkani uSolomon, nabo bonke abasondela etafileni yokumkani uSolomon, elowo exhasa ngenyanga yakhe; bekungasweleki nto. 28Irhasi, nomququ wamahashe, nowamahashe aziimbaleki, babeyizisa endaweni apho ibifanele ukuba khona, elowo njengokumiselwa kwakhe.
29UThixo wamnika ke uSolomon ubulumko nengqondo ngokuninzi kunene, nobubanzi bentliziyo, njengentlabathi eselunxwemeni lolwandle. 30Ubulumko bukaSolomon bebubuninzi ngaphezu kobulumko boonyana bonke basempumalanga, naphezu kobulumko bonke bamaYiputa. 31Ubelumkile ngaphezu kwabantu bonke, ngaphezu koEtan umEzera, noHeman, noKalekole, noDarda, oonyana bakaMaholi. Igama lakhe belisezintlangeni zonke ngeenxa zonke. 32Wathetha amawaka amathathu emizekeliso; zathi neengoma zakhe zaliwaka elinantlanu. 33Wathetha ngemithi, ethabathela kumsedare• waseLebhanon, ase nakwihisope• ephuma eludongeni; wathetha nangeenkomo, nangeentaka, nangezinambuzane, nangeentlanzi. 34Baye bevela ezintlangeni zonke, besiza kuva ubulumko bukaSolomon bevela kookumkani bonke bomhlaba, ababebuvile ubulumko bakhe.
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