2 Tikhronike
1 Solomoni indvodzana yaDavide wakhula wasimama ebukhosini bakhe, Jehova Nkulunkulu wakhe bekanaye futsi wamenta waba mkhulu kakhulu.+
2 Solomoni watfumela kutsi kuyobitwa onkhe ema-Israyeli, tindvuna tetinkhulungwane netemakhulu, behluleli, tonkhe tindvuna taka-Israyeli kanye netinhloko temindeni. 3 Solomoni kanye naso sonkhe sive babese baya endzaweni lephakeme leseGibeyoni+ ngobe lithende lekuhlangana laNkulunkulu weliciniso belilapho, lelo lebelakhiwe nguMosi inceku yaJehova ehlane. 4 Davide bekenyuse Libhokisi laNkulunkulu weliciniso walisusa eKhiriyathi-jeyarimu+ walimikisa endzaweni lebekayilungiselele lona; besekalimisele lithende eJerusalema.+ 5 Li-al’thare lelitfusi+ lebelakhiwe nguBesaleli+ indvodzana ya-Uri lobekayindvodzana yaHure, beselibekwe embikwelithende lekukhontela laJehova; futsi Solomoni nalesive bebathantaza embikwalo.* 6 Solomoni wabese wenta iminikelo khona lapho embikwaJehova futsi wanikela ngeminikelo yekushiswa lengu-1 000 e-al’thare lelitfusi+ lelithende lekuhlangana.
7 Ngabo lobo busuku, Nkulunkulu wabonakala kuSolomoni futsi watsi kuye: “Cela nome ngabe yini longatsandza ngikunike yona.”+ 8 Solomoni waphendvula Nkulunkulu watsi: “Umtsandze kakhulu babe wami Davide,+ futsi mine ungibeke ngaba yinkhosi esikhundleni sakhe.+ 9 Awu Jehova Nkulunkulu, nyalo shengatsi setsembiso lowasenta kuDavide babe wami singagcwaliseka+ ngobe ungibeke ngaba yinkhosi yebantfu labanyenti kakhulu ngangelutfuli lwemhlabatsi.+ 10 Ngiphe kuhlakanipha nelwati+ lwekuhola labantfu ngobe ngubani nje longakhona kwehlulela labantfu bakho labanyenti kangaka?”+
11 Nkulunkulu wabese utsi kuSolomoni: “Ngesizatfu sekutsi lesi sifiso senhlitiyo yakho futsi awukaceli umcebo, bunjinga, ludvumo nobe kufa* kwalabo labakutondzako, futsi awukaceli imphilo lendze, kodvwa ucele kuhlakanipha nelwati lwekwehlulela bantfu bami lengikubeke kutsi ube yinkhosi yabo,+ 12 utawunikwa kuhlakanipha nelwati; kodvwa ngitawuphindze ngikunike umcebo, nebunjinga kanye neludvumo, lokute kulamakhosi lake abusa ngaphambi kwakho lake aba nako, futsi kute layawubusa ngemuva kwakho latawuba nako.”+
13 Ngako Solomoni wabuya kulendzawo lephakeme lebeyiseGibeyoni,+ embikwelithende lekuhlangana waya eJerusalema; futsi wabusa ema-Israyeli. 14 Solomoni wachubeka nekucongelela tincola temphi nemahhashi;* waba netincola temphi letingu-1 400 nemahhashi* langu-12 000+ futsi wakugcina emadolobheni etincola temphi,+ lokunye wakubeka dvutane naye eJerusalema.+ 15 Inkhosi yenta kutsi lisiliva neligolide libe linyenti ngangematje eJerusalema,+ netingodvo temsedari taba tinyenti ngangetihlahla temsikhamori letiseShefela.+ 16 Emahhashi aSolomoni bekatsengwa eGibhithe,+ futsi licembu lebatsengisi benkhosi belitsenga umhlambi walamahhashi* ngentsengo lefanako.+ 17 Incola yemphi ngayinye lebeyitsengwe eGibhithe beyibita tinhlavu telisiliva letingu-600 futsi lihhashi lilinye belibita letingu-150; labatsengisi bebabese batsengisela onkhe emakhosi emaHethi nemakhosi aseSiriya.