Ntempelo muibakila Yehowa

Solomo mumane kulua mukalenge wa Isalele, Yehowa wakamukonka ne: ‘Udi musue nkupeshe tshinyi?’ Solomo wakamuambila ne: ‘Ntshidi anu muana, tshiena mumanye tshindi mua kuenza to. Mpeshaku meji bua ntabalele bantu bebe.’ Yehowa kumuambila ne: ‘Bu muudi mulombe meji, nenkupeshe meji mapite a bantu bonso ba pa buloba. Nenkupeshe kabidi bubanji bua bungi. Wewe muntumikile neushale ne muoyo matuku a bungi.’

Solomo wakatuadija kuibaka ntempelo. Wakamuibaka ne or, ne arjan, ne mabaya ne mabue bitambe buimpe. Bantu bapiluke binunu bia bungi balume ne bakaji bakibaka ntempelo au. Panyima pa bidimu muanda mutekete ntempelo wakajika, kumujidilabu Yehowa. Uvua ne tshioshelu ne bavua batekapu milambu. Solomo wakatua binu kumpala kua tshioshelu atshi usambila ne: ‘Yehowa wetu, ntempelo eu ki mmunene anyi muimpe mukukumbanyine to, kadi itabaku ntendelelu wetu ne uteleje masambila etu.’ Yehowa wakamona ntempelo ne disambila dia Solomo mushindu kayi? Diakamue pakajikija Solomo kusambila, kapia kakafuma mu diulu, kuoshaku milambu ivua pa tshioshelu atshi. Yehowa wakitaba ntempelo au.

Mukalenge Solomo wakamanyika bikole bua meji ende mu Isalele mujima too ne miaba ya kule. Bantu bavua baya kudi Solomo bua abakosele bilumbu biabu. Nansha mukalenge mukaji wa ku Sheba wakaya pende bua kumuteta ne nkonko mikole. Pakumvuaye mandamuna a Solomo wakamba ne: ‘Tshivua muitabe pavua bantu bangambile bualu buebe to, kadi mpindieu ndi mumone ne: udi ne meji mapite too ne muvuabu bangambile. Yehowa Nzambi webe mmukubeneshe.’ Tshikondo atshi bena Isalele bavua ne nsombelu muimpe ne bavua ne disanka. Kadi malu akavua pa kushintuluka.