2 IziKronike

Isahluko 4

Wenza i-altare lethusi; ubude balo babuyizingalo ezingamashumi amabili, nobubanzi balo babuyizingalo ezingamashumi amabili, nokuphakama kwalo kwakuyizingalo eziyishumi.
2 Wenza nolwandle olubunjiweyo; lwaluyizingalo eziyishumi kusukela kolunye udini kuze kufike kolunye, lwaluyisiyingilizi; ukuphakama kwalo kwakuyizingalo eziyisihlanu; umucu oyizingalo ezingamashumi amathathu waluzungeza nxazonke.
3 Phansi kwalo kwakukhona okufana nezintangazane nxazonke ezaluzungeza izingalo eziyishumi nxazonke; izintangazane zazisezinhleni ezimbili nxazonke zolwandle, zibunjiwe ekubunjweni kwalo.
4 Lwalumi phezu kwezinkabi eziyishumi nambili, ezintathu zibheke ngasenyakatho, ezintathu zibheke ngasentshonalanga, ezintathu zibheke ngaseningizimu, ezintathu zibheke ngasempumalanga; ulwandle lwalumiswe phezu kwazo, zonke zifulathelene.
5 Uhlonze lwalo lwalungangobubanzi besandla; udini lwalo lwalwenziwe njengodini lwendebe, lunjengembali yomnduze; lwamukela okulingene namabhati ayizinkulungwane ezintathu.
6 Wenza imicengezi eyishumi, wabeka eyisihlanu ngakwesokunene neyisihlanu ngakwesokhohlo ukuhlambela kuyo; okweminikelo yokushiswa babekugezela kuyo, kepha ulwandle lwalungolokuhlambela abapristi.
7 Wenza izinti zezibani zegolide njengomthetho wazo, wazibeka ethempelini, eziyisihlanu ngakwesokunene neziyisihlanu ngakwesokhohlo.
8 Wenza amatafula ayishumi, wawabeka ethempelini, ayisihlanu ngakwesokunene nayisihlanu ngakwesokhohlo. Wenza nezitsha eziyikhulu zegolide.
9 Wenza igceke labapristi, negceke elikhulu, neminyango yegceke, wazinameka izivalo zayo ngethusi.
10 Walubeka ulwandle ngakwesokunene ngasempumalanga yangaseningizimu.
11 UHiramu wenza amakhanzi, namafosholo, nezitsha. UHiramu wayeseqeda ukwenza umsebenzi abewenzela inkosi uSolomoni endlini kaNkulunkulu:
12 izinsika ezimbili, nezihloko ezimbili ezinjengezinkamba ezaziphezu kwezinsika, namanetha amabili okwembesa izihloko ezimbili ezinjengezinkamba ezaziphezu kwezinsika,
13 namapomegranati angamakhulu amane amanetha omabili, izinhla ezimbili zamapomegranati kulelo nalelo netha, okwembesa izihloko zombili ezazinjengezinkamba phezu kwezinsika.
14 Wazenza nezinqe; nemicengezi wayenza ezinqeni,
15 nolwandle lunye, nezinkabi eziyishumi nambili phansi kwalo.
16 Namakhanzi, namafosholo, nezingwegwe zenyama, nezinto zonke zalokho uHiramu Abi wakwenzela inkosi uSolomoni ngethusi elikhazimulayo kube ngokwendlu kaJehova.
17 Inkosi yakubumba ethafeni likaJordani emhlabathini webumba phakathi kweSukoti neSereda.
18 USolomoni wazenza zonke lezo zinto, zaziningi kangako ukuba isisindo sethusi sasingenakutholwa.
19 USolomoni wenza-ke zonke izinto ezazisendlini kaNkulunkulu, kanye ne-altare legolide, namatafula okwakukhona kuwo izinkwa zokubukwa,
20 nezinti zezibani kanye nezibani zazo ukuba zivuthe njengomthetho phambi kwegumbi, ngegolide elicwengekileyo,
21 nezimbali, nezibani, nezindlawu, ngegolide, igolide elipheleleyo,
22 nezizenze, nezitsha, nezinkezo, nemicengezi yomlilo, ngegolide elicwengekileyo; iminyango-ke yendlu, izivalo zayo ezingaphakathi zendawo engcwelengcwele nezivalo zendlu yethempeli, zaziyigolide.