2 wabonakala uYehova kuSolomon okwesibini, njengoko wayebonakele kuye eGibheyon.
3 Wathi uYehova kuye, Ndikuvile ukuthandaza kwakho nokutarhuzisa kwakho otarhuzise ngako phambi kwam. Ndiyingcwalisile ke le ndlu uyakhileyo, ukuba libekwe khona igama lam kude kuse ephakadeni; aya kuba khona amehlo am nentliziyo yam imihla yonke.
4 Wena ke, ukuba uthe wahamba phambi kwam, njengoko wahamba ngako uDavide uyihlo, ngentliziyo egqibeleleyo, nangokuthe tye, ukuba ukwénze konke endikumisileyo, ugcine imimiselo yam namasiko am:
5 ndoyimisa itrone yobukumkani bakho phezu kwamaSirayeli ngonaphakade, njengoko ndakuthethayo kuDavide uyihlo, ndisithi, Akuyi kunqunyukelwa ndoda etroneni yakwaSirayeli.
6 Ukuba ke nithe nabuya nabuya ekundilandeleni, nina noonyana benu, anayigcina imithetho yam nemimiselo yam, endiyibeke phambi kwenu, naya nakhonza thixo bambi, naqubuda kubo:
7 ndowanqamla amaSirayeli emhlabeni endiwanikileyo; nale ndlu, ndiyingcwaliséle igama lam, ndoyilahla ebusweni bam, amaSirayeli abe ngumzekeliso nento yentsini ezizweni zonke.
8 Nale ndlu noko iphezulu nje, bomangaliswa benze umsondlo bonke abadlulayo kuyo, bathi, Yini na ukuba uYehova enjenje kweli lizwe, nakule ndlu?