2 IziKronike 1:1-13

USolomoni indodana kaDavide wamqinisa embusweni wakhe; uJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe wayenaye, wamenza waba mkhulu kakhulu. USolomoni wakhuluma ku-Israyeli wonke, ezinduneni zezinkulungwane nezamakhulu, nakubahluleli, nakuzo zonke izikhulu kwa-Israyeli wonke, izinhloko zawoyise. USolomoni nebandla lonke bahamba naye baya endaweni ephakemeyo eyayiseGibeyoni; ngoba kwakukhona lapho itende lokuhlangana likaNkulunkulu uMose inceku kaJehova alenza ehlane. Kepha umphongolo kaNkulunkulu uDavida wakhuphula umphongolo kaNkulunkulu eKiriyati Jeharimi wayiswa endaweni uDavide ayewulungisele yona, ngoba wawumisele ithende eJerusalema. Wabeka i-altare lethusi uBhezaleli indodana ka-Uri kaHure alenzile phambi kwetabernakele likaJehova; uSolomoni nebandla bakufuna. USolomoni wakhuphukela khona e-altare lethusi phambi kukaJehova elalingasetendeni lokuhlangana, wanikela phezu kwalo iminikelo yokushiswa eyinkulungwane. Ngalobo busuku uNkulunkulu wabonakala kuSolomoni, wathi kuye: “Cela lokho engizakukunika khona.” USolomoni wasesithi kuNkulunkulu: Wena wenzele ubaba uDavida umusa omkhulu, wangimisa inkosi esikhundleni sakhe. Manje, Jehova Nkulunkulu, mawugcwaliseke isithembiso owasenza kubaba uDavide, ngoba ungenze inkosi phezu kwesizwe esingangothuli lomhlabathi ngobuningi. Khathesi ngiphe ukuhlakanipha lokwazi ukuze ngiphume ngingene phambi kwalababantu; ngoba ngubani ongahlulela lababantu bakho abakhulu kangaka? UNkulunkulu wathi kuSolomoni: “Ngenxa yokuthi kwakusenhliziyweni yakho, futhi awucelanga ingcebo, nengcebo, noma udumo, noma ukuphila kwezitha zakho, futhi awucelanga ukuphila isikhathi eside; kepha wacela ukuhlakanipha kwakho nokwazi kwakho ukuba wahlulele abantu bami engikubeke inkosi ngabo. Ukuhlakanipha nokwazi uyakuphiwa; ngiyakukunika ingcebo, nengcebo, nodumo, amakhosi angaphambi kwakho angazange abe nawo, angabikho omunye emva kwakho. USolomoni wayesesuka ohambweni lwakhe, waya endaweni ephakemeyo yaseGibeyoni, waya eJerusalema, esuka phambi kwetende lokuhlangana, wabusa phezu kuka-Israyeli.

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