Solomoni unotangisa kubaka Ng'umba ye Ndzimu
1 Ipapo Solomoni katangisa kubaka Ng'umba ye Ndzimu mu Jerusalema pezhugwi kwe Dombo le Moriya, ipo Yahwe pa bakazwilakidza kuna Dafite tate babe, pathu pakabe palulwamisiwa ndi Dafite, pa lutombo gwa Orinani we Njebusi. 2 Wakatangisa kubaka mu zhuba le bubili le mwedzi we bubili we gole le bunna le busa kukwe. 3 Ng'umba ye Ndzimu yakabe ibakiwa ndi Solomoni yakabe ili ye bulefu gwe matshambo ali makumi ali tathatu (60) ngono bupabi ili matshambo ali makumi mabili (20) kuyendidzana ne tjilizanyo tja ntolo. 4 Pa nkoba we Ng'umba ye Ndzimu kwakabe kuli ng'umbana ye bulefu gunolizana nge bupabi gwayo guli thambo dzili makumi mabili (20), kuyenda pezhugwi yakabe ili bulefu gunobhata makumi mabili (20). Mukati kwakabe kwakadzulugwa nge golide mbuyanana. 5 Wakawalila ng'umba hwulu ne zwizhalilo zwe misipuri, kaibuwa ne golide mbuyanana kainakisa nge zwifano zwe nlala ne zwe ketani. 6 Wakanakisa Ng'umba ye Ndzimu nge mabgwe akanaka, golide yakabe ishingisiwa yakabe ili ye Paravaimu. 7 Wakadzulula ng'umba nge golide, edzulula makwasayile ayo ne mbalilo dzayo ne makuma ayo ne mikoba yayo kakale kanyamba zwifano zwe dzikherubhu mu makuma. 8 Wakabaka Bugalo gwakayengemala kupindisa bulefu gwago guyenda nge bupabi gwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu ngono guli thambo dzili makumi mabili (20) bupabi gwago guli thambo dzili makumi mabili (20) ngono kadzulula guma lago nge golide ye dzitani dzili makumi mabili ana bushanu 9 ne zwipikiri zwe golide zwe bulemo gwe shekele dzili makumi mashanu ne ng'umbana dzi pezhugwi dzakabe dzakadzulugwa nge golide.
10 Mu Bugalo gwakayengemala kupindisa wakabezha dzikherubhu dzili mbili ngono kadzidzulula ne golide. 11 Bulefu gwe mapapilo e dzikherubhu gwakabe guli thambo dzili makumi mabili wose, bhapilo le kherubhu ye kutanga lakabe lili bulefu gwe thambo dzili shanu likutha guma le ng'umba, bhapilo limwe le bulefu gwe thambo dzili shanu lakabe likutha bhapilo limwe le kherubhu imwe. 12 Bhapilo le kherubhu ye bubili lakabe lili bulefu gwe thambo dzili shanu likutha guma limwe le ng'umba, limwe bhapilo lalo lakabe lili bulefu gwe thambo dzili shanu likutha bhapilo le kherubhu ye kutanga. 13 Mapapilo e dzikherubhu idzedzi akabe akatendebuka kwe thambo dzili makumi mabili (20), dzakabe dzilimile nge makumbo dzakalinga ku ng'umba hwulu. 14 Wakathama tjisitilo tje bugalo gwakayengemala kupinda magalo wose akayengemala nge jila le mbala we gova ne mbala we bushaba gwakabondelela ne shaba ne jena, kanyamba zwifano zwe dzikherubhu mulili.
Phanda dze phangula
(1 Bomambo 7:15-22)15 Mbeli kwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu wakathama phanda dzili mbili dze bulefu gwe thambo dzili makumi matatu ana bushanu (35) dzina misemo yakanakisiwa kwe thambo dzili shanu pezhugwi kwe phanda imwe ne imwe. 16 Wakathama ketani kadzibiga pezhugwi kwe misemo ye phanda kathama dzipomegiranate dzili zana (100) kadzibiga pezhugwi kwe ketani. 17 Wakatshila phanda mbeli kwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, imwe phanda ili ku burwa imwe ili ku bunandzwa, phanda iku burwa idang'wa Jakini iku bunandzwa iyo idang'wa Bhoazi.
The Temple Is Built
(1 Kings 6.1-38)1-2 Solomon's workers began building the temple in Jerusalem on the second day of the second month, four years after Solomon had become king of Israel. It was built on Mount Moriah where the Lord had appeared to David at the threshing place that had belonged to Araunah from Jebus.
3 The inside of the temple was 27 meters long and 9 meters wide, according to the older standards. 4 Across the front of the temple was a porch 9 meters wide and 9 meters high. The inside walls of the porch were covered with pure gold.
5 Solomon had the inside walls of the temple's main room paneled first with pine and then with a layer of gold, and he had them decorated with carvings of palm trees and designs that looked like chains. 6 He used precious stones to decorate the temple, and he used gold imported from Parvaim 7 to decorate the ceiling beams, the doors, the door frames, and the walls. Solomon also told the workers to carve designs of winged creatures into the walls.
8 The most holy place was nine meters square, and its walls were covered with over 20 tons of fine gold. 9 Five hundred and seventy grams of gold was used to cover the heads of the nails. The walls of the small storage rooms were also covered with gold.
10 Solomon had two statues of winged creatures made to put in the most holy place, and he covered them with gold. 11-13 Each creature had two wings and was four and a half meters from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing. Solomon set them next to each other in the most holy place, facing the doorway. Their wings were spread out and reached all the way across the nine-meter room.
14 A curtain was made of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and embroidered with designs of winged creatures.
The Two Columns
(1 Kings 7.15-22)15 Two columns were made for the entrance to the temple. Each one was 16 meters tall and had a cap on top that was over 2 meters high. 16 The top of each column was decorated with designs that looked like chains and with 100 carvings of pomegranates. 17 Solomon had one of the columns placed on the south side of the temple's entrance; it was called Jachin. The other one was placed on the north side of the entrance; it was called Boaz.