Zwishingisiwa zwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu
(1 Bomambo 7:23-51)1 Mambo Solomoni kathama tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo nge phangula tje bulefu gwe thambo dzili makumi mabili (20) ne bupabi gwe thambo dzili makumi mabili (20) ne bulefu kuyenda pezhugwi gwe thambo dzili gumi. 2 Wakabumba bhavu gulugulu linodang'wa gungwa nge phangula, kudwa pezhugwi kuyenda pasi lili thambo dzili mbili dzina ipithu tje bubili mu gumi (2.2), 3 kusi kwe milomo yalo kukabe kuna mabundo e phangula akalipoteleka ali mizila mibili, lakabe lakateyegwa pezhugwi kwe misemo ye zwifano zwe mikono kuli poteleka. 4 Bhavu lakabe lakateyegwa pezhugwi kwe misemo ye zwifano zwe mikono ye phangula ili gumi lina ili mibili, mitatu yakalinga ku bunadzwa, mitatu yakalinga ku golombedzo, mitatu yakalinga ku burwa, mitatu yakalinga ku bhezhuba, kushule kwe mikono kwakabe kuli kusi kwe tanka kuyendila pakati kwayo. 5 Bukodu gwayo gwakabe guli dzithambo dzili makumi ali kutendeka ana kushanu (75). Milomo yayo yakabe yakathamwa se kopi, inga luba linoyi lili, yakabe izhadziwa nge lithara dzingabe zwiwulu zwili makumi manna (40 000). 6 Wakathama mabhavu anosukila ali gumi ngono mashanu bakaabiga ku burwa mamwe mashanu bakaabiga ku bunandzwa. Mabhavu iyawa akabe esukila zwishingisiwa zwe zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa koga vula imu tanka yakabe ili inongula ne bapirisiti.
7 Wakathama zwigadziko zwe mavone zwili gumi nge golide kuyendidzana nge sekwa kwakayi zwibigwe mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, zwili zwishanu ku burwa ne zwili zwishanu ku bunandzwa. 8 Wakathama tafuli dzili gumi ngono akadzibiga mu ng'umba, dzili shanu ku burwa ne dzili shanu ku bunandzwa. Wakathama kakale zwikutili zwe golide zwili zana zwinoshingisiwa kunyasa.
9 Wakathama lubazhe gwe bapirisiti ne lubazhe bukulu ne matendele e lubazhe ngono kadzulula matendele nge phangula, 10 kabiga tanka ye vula ku theswi iku burwa kuyendila ku bhezhuba burwa.
11 Kakale Huramu kathama hali ne maharawo ne zwikutili. Ndizo Huramu kabe apedza nshingo wose waakathamila Mambo Solomoni mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe. 12 Zwaakathama ndiyezwi: Phanda mbili ne ndilo hwulu mbili dze mishogwana ipezhugwi kwe phanda ne njanga mbili kufukidza ndilo hwulu mbili dzina mishogwana yakabe ili pezhugwi kwe phanda. 13 Kakale kathamila njanga mbili pomegiranati dzili mazana ali manna (400), ethamila gwanga limwe ne limwe mizila ili mibili ye pomegiranati, kufukidza ndilo hwulu mbili dze mishogwana yakabe ili pezhugwi kwe phanda. 14 Wakathama zwigadziko ne mabhavu azo anongulila kaabiga pezhugwi kwazo. 15 Kathama tanka ye vula ne mikono ili gumi lina ili mibili (12) yakateegwa tanka ye vula pezhugwi kwayo. 16 Hali ne maharawo ne zwikutili ne zwija zose Huramu zwaakathamila Mambo Solomoni mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe zwakabe zwili zwe phangula yakapenyesiwa.
17 Mu lubala gwe gwizi gwe Jorodani mambo kazwitebulila pa vu le ntapkhwi pakati kwe Sukoti ne Zereda. 18 Solomoni kathama zwithu zose izwezwi zwinji kusina ungatubula ziba kuti kwakashingisiwa phangula ingapani.
19 Ndizo Solomoni kathama zwija zose zwimu Ng'umba ya Yahwe, tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo tje golide ne tafuli ye golide ye tjiwunga tjinopigwa Ndzimu, 20 ne zwigadziko zwe mavone awo e golide mbuyanana zwinomisiwa mbeli kwe bugalo gwakayengemala gutjamukati sekwa kwakalebgwa; 21 maluba ne mavone ne milipo ye golide mbuyanana, 22 zwidzimi zwe mavone ne zwikutili ne ndigwana dzinopisila motsha ne makambana e moto, zwakathamwa nge golide mbuyanana. Zwija zose izwezwi zwakabe zwakathamwa nge golide mbuyanana. Mikoba ye tjakuzhe ne mikoba inongina ku Bugalo gwakayengemala kupindisa yakabe yakabuiwa nge golide.
The Furnishings for the Temple
(1 Kings 7.23-51)1 Solomon had a bronze altar made that was nine meters square and four and a half meters high. 2 He also gave orders to make a large metal bowl called the Sea. It was 4.5 meters across, just over two meters deep, and 13.5 meters around. 3 Its outer edge was decorated with two rows of carvings of bulls, ten bulls to about every 45 centimeters, all made from the same piece of metal as the bowl. 4 The bowl itself sat on top of twelve bronze bulls, with three bulls facing outward in each of four directions. 5 The sides of the bowl were 75 millimeters thick, and its rim was in the shape of a cup that curved outward like flower petals. The bowl held about 60,000 liters.
6 He also made ten small bowls and put five on each side of the large bowl. The small bowls were used to wash the animals that were burned on the altar as sacrifices, and the priests used the water in the large bowl to wash their hands.
7 Ten gold lampstands were also made according to the plans. Solomon placed these lampstands inside the temple, five on each side of the main room. 8 He also made ten tables and placed them in the main room, five on each side. And he made 100 small gold sprinkling bowls.
9 Solomon gave orders to build two courtyards: a smaller one that only priests could use and a larger one. The doors to these courtyards were covered with bronze. 10 The large bowl called the Sea was placed near the southeast corner of the temple.
11 Huram made shovels, sprinkling bowls, and pans for hot ashes. Here is a list of the other furnishings he made for God's temple: 12 two columns, two bowl-shaped caps for the tops of these columns, two chain designs on the caps, 13 400 pomegranates in two rows for the chain designs, 14 the stands and the small bowls, 15 the large bowl and the twelve bulls that held it up, 16 pans for hot ashes, as well as shovels and meat forks.
Huram made all these things out of polished bronze 17 by pouring melted bronze into the clay molds he had set up near the Jordan River, between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 There were so many bronze furnishings that no one ever knew how much bronze it took to make them.
19 Solomon also gave orders to make the following temple furnishings out of gold: the altar, the tables that held the sacred loaves of bread, 20 the lampstands and the lamps that burned in front of the most holy place, 21 flower designs, lamps and tongs, 22 lamp snuffers, small sprinkling bowls, ladles, fire pans, and the doors to the most holy place and the main room of the temple.