¹Zvino pagore ramazana mana namakumi masere shure kokubuda kwavana vaIsiraeri panyika yeEgipita, pagore rechina rokubata ushe kwaSoromoni pakati paIsiraeri, nomwedzi weZifi, ndiwo mwedzi wechipiri, wakatanga kuvaka imba yaJehovha.

¹And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

²Imba yakavakirwa Jehovha namambo Soromoni yakasvika makubhiti makumi matanhatu pakureba kwayo, namakubhiti maviri paupamhi hwayo, namakubhiti makumi matatu pakukwirira kwayo;

²And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

³uye berere pamberi petemberi yeimba yaJehovha rakasvika makubhiti makumi maviri pakureba kwaro, zvichienzana noupamhi bweimba; upamhi hwaro hwakasvika makubhiti ane gumi pamberi peimba.

³And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

⁴Akaitirawo imba mahwindo ezvitanda zvakachinjikwa.

⁴And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

⁵Akavaka dzimba dzakaturikidzana pachidziro cheimba kunhivi dzose, pamadziro eimba kunhivi dzose, etemberi napaitaura Jehovha; akaitawo makamuri panhivi dzose dzakapoteredza;

⁵And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

⁶upamhi bweimba yapanyasi hwaiva namakubhiti mashanu, noupamhi bweimba yapakati makubhiti matanhatu, noupamhi bweimba yechitatu makubhiti manomwe; nekuti nechokunze wakavaka zvitukuriso pamadziro eimba kunhivi dzose, kuti matanda arege kupinda mukati mamadziro eimba.

⁶The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

⁷Zvino imba pakuvakwa kwayo, yakavakwa namabwe akanga agadzirwa ipapo pavaiputsa; pakuvakwa kwayo hakuna kunzwika mukati meimba nyundo, kana sanhu, kana nhumbi ipi neipi yedare.

⁷And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

⁸Mukova wamakamuri apanyasi enhivi wakange uri kurutivi rworudyi rweimba; zvino vaikwira nezvikwiriso zvinomonereka kumakamuri apakati, uye kana vobva panaapakati vachienda kuneechitatu.

⁸The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.

⁹Naizvozvo akavaka imba, akaipedza; ndokufukidza imba namatanda uye namapuranga emisidhari.

⁹So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

¹⁰Akavaka dzimba dzakaturikidzana paimba yose, imwe neimwe yakanga yakaita makubhiti mashanu pakukwirira kwayo, dzikabatanidzwa paimba namatanda emisidhari.

¹⁰And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

¹¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kuna Soromoni, richiti,

¹¹And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

¹²Kana iri imba iyi yaunovaka, kana ukafamba nemitemo yangu, ukaita zvandakatonga, ukachengeta mirairo yangu yose ukafamba nayo, ini ndichasimbisa shoko rangu newe, iro randakataura kuna Dhavhidhi baba vako.

¹²Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:

¹³Ndichagara pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, handingarashi vanhu vangu vaIsiraeri.

¹³And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

¹⁴Naizvozvo Soromoni akavaka imba, akaipedza.

¹⁴So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

¹⁵Akavaka madziro eimba mukati namapuranga omusidhari; kubva paguva reimba kusvikira padenga ramadziro, akafukidza nechomukati namapuranga, akafukidza guva reimba namapuranga omusipiresi.

¹⁵And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

¹⁶Akavakawo necheshure kweimba imwe imba yakasvika makubhiti ana makumi maviri namapuranga omusidhari kubva paguva kusvikira pamusoro pamadziro; akaivaka iyo pave pangataura Jehovha, iri nzvimbo tsvene-tsvene.

¹⁶And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

¹⁷Zvino imba, iyo temberi, yakanga iri pamberi, yakasvika makubhiti makumi mana.

¹⁷And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

¹⁸Matanda omusidhari mukati meimba akanga akavezwa namafundo namaruva akazaruka; yaiva misidhari yoga, kwanga kusinebwe rakaonekwa.

¹⁸And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

¹⁹Akagadzira pangataura Jehovha mukati meimba, kuti agadzikepo areka yesungano yaJehovha.

¹⁹And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

²⁰Pangataura Jehovha mukati pakasvika makubhiti makumi maviri paupamhi hwapo, namakubhiti makumi maviri pakukwirira kwapo; akazvifukidza zvose nendarama yakaisvonaka; nearitari akaifukidza nomusidhari.

²⁰And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

²¹Naizvozvo Soromoni wakafukidza imba yose nechomukati mayo nendarama yakaisvonaka; akachinjikisa maketani endarama pamberi pangataura Jehovha, akaifukidza nendarama.

²¹So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

²²Akafukidza imba yose nendarama kusvikira imba yose yapera; akafukidzawo aritari yose yaiva yapangataura Jehovha nendarama.

²²And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

²³Akaitira pangataura Jehovha makerubhi maviri omuorivhi, rimwe nerimwe rakasvika makubhiti ane gumi pakureba.

²³And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

²⁴Bapiro rimwe rekerubhi rakasvika makubhiti mashanu pakureba kwaro, nerimwe bapirowo rekerubhi makubhiti mashanu; kubva pamuromo webapiro rimwe kusvikira pamuromo werimwezve, aiva makubhiti ane gumi.

²⁴And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.

²⁵Rimwe kerubhi rakasvikawo makubhiti ane gumi; makerubhi ose maviri akanga akaenzana pakukura nokuumbwa.

²⁵And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one size.

²⁶Rimwe kerubhi rakasvika makubhiti ane gumi, uye ndizvo zvakanga zvakaita rimwewo.

²⁶The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.

²⁷Akagadza makerubhi mukati meimba yomukati; mapapiro amakerubhi akanga akatambanudzwa, bapiro rimwe rekerubhi rimwe rakasvika kumadziro mamwe, uye bapiro rimwe rekerubhi rimwezve rakasvika kunamamwe madziro; mapapiro awo akagunzvana pakati peimba.

²⁷And he set the cherubim within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubim, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

²⁸Akafukidza makerubhi nendarama.

²⁸And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

²⁹Akaveza pamadziro ose eimba kunhivi dzose mifananidzo yakavezwa yamakerubhi nemichindwe, namaruva akazaruka, mukati nokunze;

²⁹And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

³⁰akafukidzawo guva reimba nendarama, mukati nokunze.

³⁰And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

³¹Akaitira mikova yapangataura Jehovha magonhi omuorivhi; chivivo chapamusoro namagwatidziro zvakaita makona mashanu.

³¹And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

³²Naizvozvo akaita magonhi maviri omuorivhi, akaveza pamusoro pawo mifananidzo yamakerubhi nemichindwe, namaruva akazaruka, akaafukidza nendarama; akarovera ndarama pamusoro pamakerubhi napamichindwe.

³²The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees.

³³Saizvozvowo akaitira mikova yetemberi zvivivo zvemiorivhi, zvakanga zvine nhivi ina dzakaenzana;

³³So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

³⁴namagonhi maviri omusipiresi; mapenga maviri egonhi rimwe aipetwa, uye mapenga maviri erimwe gonhizve aipetwa.

³⁴And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

³⁵Akavezerapo makerubhi nemichindwe namaruva akazaruka; akazvifukidza nendarama, yakanyatsoiswa pamusoro pezvakavezwa.

³⁵And he carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

³⁶Akavaka ruvazhe rwomukati nemitsara mitatu yamabwe akavezwa, nomusara wamatanda omusidhari.

³⁶And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

³⁷Nheyo dzeimba yaJehovha dzakavambwa negore rechina raSoromoni, nomwedzi weZivi.

³⁷In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

³⁸Negore regumi nerimwe, nomwedzi weBuri, ndiwo mwedzi worusere, imba ikapera chose nezvose zvayo, sezvayaifanira kuvakwa. Naizvozvo wakapedza makore manomwe pakuivaka.

³⁸And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.