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 cometh to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year — in the month of Zif, it [is] the second month — of the reigning of Solomon over Israel, that he buildeth the house for Jehovah.

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

²As to the house that king Solomon hath built for Jehovah, sixty cubits [is] its length, and twenty its breadth, and thirty cubits its height.

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

³As to the porch on the front of the temple of the house, twenty cubits [is] its length on the front of the breadth of the house; ten by the cubit [is] its breadth on the front of the house;

⁴Akaitirawo imba mahwindo ezvitanda zvakachinjikwa.

⁴and he maketh for the house windows of narrow lights.

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

⁵And he buildeth against the wall of the house a couch round about, [even] the walls of the house round about, of the temple and of the oracle, and maketh sides 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 lowest couch, five by the cubit [is] its breadth; and the middle, six by the cubit [is] its breadth; and the third, seven by the cubit [is] its breadth, for withdrawings he hath put to the house round about, without — not to lay hold on 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, in its being built, of perfect stone brought [thither] hath been built, and hammer, and the axe — any instrument of iron — was not heard in the house, in its being built.

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

⁸The opening of the middle side [is] at the right shoulder of the house, and with windings they go up on the middle one, and from the middle one unto the third.

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

⁹And he buildeth the house, and completeth it, and covereth the house [with] beams and rows of cedars.

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

¹⁰And he buildeth the couch against all the house, five cubits [is] its height, and it taketh hold of the house by cedar-wood.

¹¹Zvino shoko raJehovha rakasvika kuna Soromoni, richiti,

¹¹And the word of Jehovah is unto 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.

¹²`This house that thou art building — if thou dost walk in My statutes, and My judgments dost do, yea, hast done all My commands, to walk in them, then I have established My word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father,

¹³Ndichagara pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, handingarashi vanhu vangu vaIsiraeri.

¹³and have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and do not forsake My people Israel.`

¹⁴Naizvozvo Soromoni akavaka imba, akaipedza.

¹⁴And Solomon buildeth the house and completeth it;

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

¹⁵and he buildeth the walls of the house within with beams of cedar, from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling; he hath overlaid with wood the inside, and covereth the floor of the house with ribs 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 buildeth the twenty cubits on the sides of the house with ribs of cedar, from the floor unto the walls; and he buildeth for it within, for the oracle, for the holy of holies.

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

¹⁷And forty by the cubit was the house, it [is] the temple before [it].

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

¹⁸And the cedar for the house within [is] carvings of knobs and openings of flowers; the whole [is] cedar, there is not a stone seen.

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

¹⁹And the oracle in the midst of the house within he hath prepared, to put there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.

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

²⁰And before the oracle [is] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits [is] its height; and he overlayeth it with gold refined, and overlayeth the altar with cedar.

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

²¹And Solomon overlayeth the house within with gold refined, and causeth [it] to pass over in chains of gold before the oracle, and overlayeth it with gold.

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

²²And the whole of the house he hath overlaid with gold, till the completion of all the house; and the whole of the altar that the oracle hath, he hath overlaid with gold.

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

²³And he maketh within the oracle two cherubs, of the oil-tree, ten cubits [is] their height;

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 [is] the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the second wing of the cherub, ten cubits from the ends of its wings even unto the ends of its wings;

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

²⁵and ten by the cubit [is] the second cherub, one measure and one form [are] to the two cherubs,

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

²⁶the height of the one cherub [is] ten by the cubit, and so [is] the second 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 setteth the cherubs in the midst of the inner house, and they spread out the wings of the cherubs, and a wing of the one cometh against the wall, and a wing of the second cherub is coming against the second wall, and their wings [are] unto the midst of the house, coming wing against wing;

²⁸Akafukidza makerubhi nendarama.

²⁸and he overlayeth the cherubs with gold,

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

²⁹and all the walls of the house round about he hath carved with openings of carvings, cherubs, and palm trees, and openings of flowers, within and without.

³⁰akafukidzawo guva reimba nendarama, mukati nokunze.

³⁰And the floor of the house he hath overlaid with gold, within and without;

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

³¹as to the opening of the oracle, he made doors of the oil-tree; the lintel, side-posts, a fifth.

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

³²And the two doors [are] of the oil-tree, and he hath carved upon them carvings of cherubs, and palm-trees, and openings of flowers, and overlaid with gold, and he causeth the gold to go down on the cherubs and on the palm-trees.

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

³³And so he hath made for the opening of the temple, side-posts of the oil-tree, from the fourth.

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

³⁴And the two doors [are] of fir-tree, the two sides of the one door are revolving, and the two hangings of the second door are revolving.

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

³⁵And he hath carved cherubs, and palms, and openings of flowers, and overlaid with straightened gold the graved work.

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

³⁶And he buildeth the inner court, three rows of hewn work, and a row of beams of cedar.

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

³⁷In the fourth year hath the house of Jehovah been founded, 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 — [that is] the eighth month — hath the house been finished in all its matters, and in all its ordinances, and he buildeth it seven years.