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

¹And 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 numbered seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred to superintend 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 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 [so do for 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 build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God to dedicate it to him, to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual arrangement [of the shewbread], and for the morning and evening burnt-offerings [and] 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 that I will 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 the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? And who am I that I should build him a house, except to burn sacrifice 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.

⁷And now send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, and in iron, and in purple and crimson and blue, and experienced in carving, besides the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

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, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants are experienced in cutting 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 that I 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 fell 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.

¹¹And Huram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loved his people, he 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.

¹²And Huram said, Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, that made the heavens and the earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Jehovah and a house for his kingdom.

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

¹³And now, I send a skilful man, endued with understanding, Huram Abi,

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 whose father was a man of Tyre, experienced in working in gold, and in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in byssus, and in crimson, and for doing any manner of engraving, and for inventing every device which shall be put to him, besides thy skilful men, and the skilful men of my lord David thy father.

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

¹⁵And now 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 strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the account that David his father had taken of them, and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand 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 seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be stone-masons in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people to work.