1 Ke kaloku ukumkani uSolomon wawabizela kuye eJerusalem onke amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli, bonke abaziintloko zezizwe, namadoda aziinkulu zezindlu zamaSirayeli, ukuze aye kuthatha ityesi yomnqophiso *kaNdikhoyo eZiyon, isixeko sikaDavide.
2 Onke ke amadoda akwaSirayeli aqokelelana kukumkani uSolomon ngexesha lombhiyozo kwinyanga yesixhenxe uEtanim.
3 Athe ke akuphelela amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli, ababingeleli bayithatha ityesi kaNdikhoyo,
4 kunye nentente yesibingelelo, nazo zonke izinto ezingcwele ezazikuyo. Ababingeleli nabaLevi bazithwala ezo zinto.
5 Ke yena ukumkani uSolomon nalo lonke ibandla likaSirayeli elaliqokelelene kuye babemi phambi kwetyesi, besenza amadini ngeegusha neenkomo ezininzi, inyambalala enganakubalwa.
6 Ababingeleli ke bayithatha ityesi yomnqophiso kaNdikhoyo, bayisa endaweni yayo kwigumbi elingaphakathi endlwini kaThixo – ingcwele kangcwele – bayibeka phantsi kwamaphiko ezo *zithunywa zimaphiko.
7 Izithunywa ezo ke zawathi naa loo maphiko azo, zayigquma loo ndawo yayikuyo ityesi ndawonye namanqwanqwa okuyiphatha.