¹Zvino Soromoni akada kuvakira zita raJehovha imba, neimba youshe hwake.

¹Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

²Soromoni akaverenga varume vane zviuru zvina makumi manomwe kuzotakura mitoro, navarume vane zviuru zvina makumi masere kuzotema matanda pamakomo, navane zviuru zvitatu namazana matanhatu kuzova vatariri vavo.

²And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

³Soromoni akatuma shoko kuna Hurami mambo weTire, akati, Sezvamakaitira baba vangu Dhavhidhi, mukavatumira misidhari yokuzvivakira nayo imba yokugaramo, mundiitirewo saizvozvo.

³And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, [even so deal with me].

⁴Tarirai, ndovakira zita raJehovha Mwari wangu imba, ndimutsaurire iyo, kuti ndipisire pamberi pake zvinonhuhwira zvemiti yakanaka, nokuisapo zvingwa zvokuratidza zvenguva dzose nezvipiriso zvinopiswa mangwanani namadekwana, pamasabata, napakugara komwedzi, napamitambo yakatarwa naJehovha Mwari wedu. Ndizvo zvakarairwa vaIsiraeri nokusingaperi.

⁴Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is [an ordinance] for ever to Israel.

⁵Imba yandinovaka ihuru; nekuti Mwari wedu mukuru kupfuura vamwari vose.

⁵And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

⁶Asi ndianiko anogona kumuvakira imba, denga nokudenga-denga zvarisingagoni kumuringana? Zvino ini ndini aniko, kuti ndimuvakire imba, asi kungopisa zvinonhuhwira pamberi pake?

⁶But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

⁷Naizvozvo zvino chinditumirai murume akangwara pakubata mabasa endarama, nesirivha, nendarira, namatare, nemicheka mishava, nemitsvuku, nemitema, uye anoziva kuveza zvose, abate pamwechete navarume vakangwara vandinavo paJudha napaJerusaremu, vakaiswapo nababa vangu Dhavhidhi.

⁷Now therefore send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that knoweth how to grave [all manner of] gravings, [to be] with the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

⁸Nditumireiwo misidhari, nemisipiresi, namatanda emiarigumi yapaRibhanoni; nekuti ndinoziva kuti varanda venyu, vane njere dzokutema matanda paRibhanoni; tarirai varanda vangu vachava navaranda venyu,

⁸Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees, and algum-trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon: and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

⁹kundigadzirira matanda akawanda; nekuti imba yandobva ndovaka ichava huru zvinoshamisa.

⁹even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.

¹⁰Tarirai, ndichapa varanda venyu, ivo vanotema matanda, zviyero zvine zviuru zvamakumi maviri zvezviyo, nezviyero zvine zviuru zvamakumi maviri zvebhari, namabhati ane zviuru zvamakumi maviri ewaini, namabhati ane zviuru zvamakumi maviri amafuta.

¹⁰And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

¹¹Ipapo Hurami mambo weTire akapindura mutsamba yaakatuma kuna Soromoni, akati, Jehovha akada vanhu vake, saka akakuita mambo wavo.

¹¹Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loveth his people, he hath made thee king over them.

¹²Hurami akatiwo, Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri ngaakudzwe, iye akasika denga napasi, akapa mambo Dhavhidhi mwanakomana akangwara, akapiwa kungwara nokuziva, kuvakira Jehovha imba neimba youshe hwake.

¹²Huram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

¹³Zvino ndatuma munhu akachenjera, akapiwa zivo, iye Hurami Abhi,

¹³And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,

¹⁴mwanakomana womukadzi pakati pavakunda vaDhani, baba vake aiva munhu weTire, anoziva kubata mabasa endarama, nesirivha, nendarira, namatare, namabwe, namatanda, nemicheka mishava, nemitema, nemicheka yakaisvonaka, nemicheka mitsvuku; uye kuveza kose, nokufunga mano ose; iye ngaapiwe ugaro pakati pavarume venyu vakachenjera, navarume vakachenjera vashe wangu Dhavhidhi baba venyu.

¹⁴the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device; that there may be [a place] appointed unto him with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.

¹⁵Naizvozvo zvino ishe wangu ngaatumire varanda vake gorosi, nebhari, namafuta newaini, sezvaakataura;

¹⁵Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:

¹⁶isu tichatema matanda paRebhanoni, sezvamunoda; tichaasvitsa kwamuri akabatanidzwa, aende Jopa negungwa; imwi mugokwira nawo Jerusaremu.

¹⁶and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.

¹⁷Ipapo Soromoni akaverenga vatorwa vose vaiva panyika yaIsiraeri, sezvavakanga vaverengwa naDhavhidhi baba vake, vakasvika zviuru zvine zana namakumi mashanu nezvitatu namazana matanhatu.

¹⁷And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

¹⁸Akaraira vane zviuru zvina makumi manomwe vave vatakuri vemitoro, navane zviuru zvina makumi masere vateme matanda pamakomo, uye vane zviuru zvitatu namazana matanhatu vave vatariri kuzoraira vanhu pakubata.

¹⁸And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.