¹Dhavhidhi akati, Iyi ndiyo imba yaJehovha Mwari, neyiyi ndiyo aritari yokupisira zvipiriso zvaIsiraeri.

¹And David saith, `This is the house of Jehovah God, and this the altar for burnt-offering for Israel.`

²Zvino Dhavhidhi akaraira kuti vatorwa vakanga vari panyika yaIsiraeri vaunganidzwe; akagadza vavezi vamabwe, kuti vaveze mabwe okuvaka nawo imba yaMwari.

²And David saith to gather the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel, and appointeth hewers to hew hewn-stones to build a house of God.

³Dhavhidhi akagadzirawo matare mazhinji okupfura nawo mbambo dzamagonhi amasuwo nezvikorekedzo; uye ndarira zhinji isina kuidzwa kurema kwayo.

³And iron in abundance for nails for leaves of the gates, and for couplings, hath David prepared, and brass in abundance — there is no weighing.

⁴Namatanda emisidhari asina kuverengwa; nekuti vaZidhoni naveTire vakauya nemisidhari yakawanda kuna Dhavhidhi.

⁴And cedar-trees even without number, for the Zidonians and the Tyrians brought in cedar-trees in abundance to David.

⁵Dhavhidhi akati, Soromoni mwanakomana wangu achiri muduku asine simba, uye imba, inofanira kuvakirwa Jehovha, inofanira kuva huru kwazvo, ingarumbidzwa nokukudzwa panyika dzose; saka ini ndichaigadzirira. Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi akagadzira zvizhinji asati afa.

⁵And David saith, `Solomon my son [is] a youth and tender, and the house to be built to Jehovah [is] to be made exceedingly great, for name and for beauty to all the lands; let me prepare, I pray Thee, for it;` and David prepareth in abundance before his death.

⁶Ipapo akadana Soromoni mwanakomana wake, akamuraira kuti avakire Jehovha Mwari walsiraeri imba.

⁶And he calleth for Solomon his son, and chargeth him to build a house to Jehovah, God of Israel,

⁷Dhavhidhi akati kuna Soromoni mwanakomana wake, Kana ndirini, ndakanga ndichiti mumoyo mangu ndichavakira zita raJehovha Mwari wangu imba.

⁷and David saith to Solomon his son, `As for me, it hath been with my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God,

⁸Asi shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti, Iwe wakateura ropa rakawanda, uye wakarwa zvizhinji; iwe haungavakiri zita rangu imba, nekuti wakateura ropa rakawanda panyika pamberi pangu;

⁸and the word of Jehovah [is] against me, saying, Blood in abundance thou hast shed, and great wars thou hast made: thou dost not build a house to My name, for much blood thou hast shed to the earth before Me.

⁹asi tarira, uchaberekerwa mwanakomana, achava munhu wezororo; ndichamuzorodza pavavengi vake vose vanomupoteredza; nekuti zita rake richanzi Soromoni, ndichapa Isiraeri rugare nokunyarara namazuva ake;

⁹`Lo, a son is born to thee; he is a man of rest, and I have given rest to him from all his enemies round about, for Solomon is his name, and peace and quietness I give unto Israel in his days;

¹⁰iye achavakira zita rangu imba; iye achava mwanakomana wangu, neni ndichava baba vake; ini ndichasimbisa chigaro chake choushe pakati paIsiraeri nokusingaperi.

¹⁰he doth build a house to My name, and he is to Me for a son, and I [am] to him for a father, and I have established the throne of his kingdom over Israel unto the age.

¹¹Zvino, mwana wangu, Jehovha ngaave newe; ufambiswe zvakanaka iwe, uvake imba yaJehovha Mwari wako, sezvaakataura pamusoro pako.

¹¹`Now, my son, Jehovah is with thee, and thou hast prospered, and hast built the house of Jehovah thy God, as He spake concerning thee.

¹²Asi Jehovha ngaakupe kungwara nokuchenjera, akuraire pamusoro paIsiraeri; kuti saizvozvo uchengete murayiro waJehovha Mwari wako.

¹²Only, Jehovah give to thee wisdom and understanding, and charge thee concerning Israel, even to keep the law of Jehovah thy God;

¹³Nokudaro uchafambiswa zvakanaka, kana uchichenjera kuita mitemo nezvakatongwa, zvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha pamusoro paIsiraeri; simba, utsunge moyo; usatya kana kuvhunduswa.

¹³then thou dost prosper, if thou dost observe to do the statutes and the judgments that Jehovah charged Moses with concerning Israel; be strong and courageous; do not fear, nor be cast down.

¹⁴Zvino tarira, ndakatambura ndichigadzirira imba yaJehovha matarenda ane zviuru zvine zana zvendarama, namatarenda ane chiuru chezviuru esirivha; nendarira namatare zvisina kuidzwa, nekuti zvakawanda kwazvo; ndakagadzirawo matanda namabwe; newe ungawedzera hako pazviri.

¹⁴`And lo, in mine affliction, I have prepared for the house of Jehovah of gold talents a hundred thousand, and of silver a thousand thousand talents; and of brass and of iron there is no weighing, for in abundance it hath been, and wood and stones I have prepared, and to them thou dost add.

¹⁵Uye vabati unavo vazhinji, vaputsi navavezi vamabwe namatanda, navarume vose vakangwara pamabasa ose;

¹⁵`And with thee in abundance [are] workmen, hewers and artificers of stone and of wood, and every skilful man for every work.

¹⁶nendarama, nesirivha, nendarira, namatare hazvingaverengwi; simuka, ubate Jehovha ave newe,

¹⁶To the gold, to the silver, and to the brass, and to the iron, there is no number; arise and do, and Jehovah is with thee.`

¹⁷Dhavhidhi akarairawo machinda ose aIsiraeri kuti vabatsire Soromoni mwanakomana wake, akati,

¹⁷And David giveth charge to all heads of Israel to give help to Solomon his son,

¹⁸Ko Jehovha Mwari wenyu haazi nemwi here? Haana kukuzorodzai kumativi ose here? Nekuti akaisa vanhu vagere panyika iyi muruoko rwangu; zvino nyika yakundwa pamberi paJehovha napamberi pavanhu vake.

¹⁸`Is not Jehovah your God with you? yea, He hath given rest to you round about, for He hath given into my hand the inhabitants of the land, and subdued hath been the land before His people.

¹⁹Zvino shingairai nemoyo yenyu uye nemweya yenyu kutsvaka Jehovha Mwari wenyu; naizvozvo simukai muvake imba tsvene yaJehovha Mwari, kuti mugoisa areka yesungano yaJehovha nenhumbi tsvene dzaMwari muimba inofanira kuvakirwa zita raJehovha.

¹⁹`Now, give your heart and your soul to seek to Jehovah your God, and rise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, to the house that is built to the name of Jehovah.`