¹Zvino Dhavhidhi akaunganidza paJerusaremu machinda ose aIsiraeri, machinda amarudzi, navakuru vamapoka aibatira mambo vachiita mapoka, navakuru vezviuru, navakuru vamazana, navatariri venhumbi dzose nefuma yose yamambo navanakomana vake, pamwechete navaranda navane simba, varume vose voumhare.

¹David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies who served the king by division, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem.

²Ipapo mambo Dhavhidhi akasimuka, akamira namakumbo ake, akati, Chindinzwai hama dzangu, navanhu vangu! Kana ndirini, ndakanga ndichiti mumoyo mangu ndichavakira areka yesungano yaJehovha nechitsiko chaMwari wedu imba yokuzorora; zvino ndakanga ndagadzira zvose zvokuvaka nazvo.

²Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, “Hear me, my brothers, and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.

³Asi Mwari akati kwandiri, Iwe haufaniri kuvakira zita rangu imba, nekuti uri munhu wokurwa, wakateura ropa.

³But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.’

⁴Asi Jehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, akanditsaura paimba yose yababa vangu kuti ndive mambo waIsiraeri nokusingaperi; nekuti akatsaura Judha kuti ave mutungamiriri; paimba yaJudha akatsaura imba yababa vangu akandifarira ini, akandiita mambo wavaIsiraeri vose.

⁴However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.

⁵Zvino pakati pavanakomana vangu vose nekuti Jehovha akandipa vanakomana vazhinji akatsaura mwanakomana wangu Soromoni, kuti agare pachigaro choushe chaJehovha muna Isiraeri.

⁵Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of Yahweh’s kingdom over Israel.

⁶Akati kwandiri,Soromoni mwanakomana wako ndiye uchavaka imba yangu nevazhe dzangu; nekuti ndakamutsaura kuti ave mwanakomana wangu, neni ndichava baba vake.

⁶He said to me, ‘Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

⁷Ndichasimbisa ushe hwake nokusingaperi, kana iye achitsungirira kuita zvandakaraira nezvandakatonga, sezvaanoita nhasi.

⁷I will establish his kingdom forever, if he continues to do my commandments and my ordinances, as at this day.’

⁸Naizvozvo zvino, pamberi pavaIsiraeri vose, neungano yose yaJehovha, Mwari wedu achizvinzwa, chengetai nokutsvaka mirairo yose yaJehovha Mwari wenyu; kuti nyika ino yakanaka ive yenyu, mugoisiira vana venyu vanokuteverai, ive nhaka yavo nokusingaperi.

⁸Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Yahweh your God; that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.

⁹Zvino iwe Soromoni, mwanakomana wangu, ziva Mwari wababa vako, umushumire nomoyo wakarurama, uye nomweya unoda kwazvo; nekuti Jehovha anonzvera moyo yose, anonzwisisa ndangariro dzose dzemifungo kana ukamutsvaka, iye achawanikwa newe; asi kana ukamusiya, iye achakurasha nokusingaperi.

⁹You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

¹⁰Zvino chenjera, nekuti Jehovha akakutsaura, kuti uvake imba ive nzvimbo tsvene; chiva nesimba, uzviite.

¹⁰Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”

¹¹Ipapo Dhavhidhi akapa mwanakomana wake Soromoni mufananidzo weberere retemberi, nedzimba dzaro, nezvivigiro zvefuma yaro, namakamuri aro okumusoro, namakamuri aro omukati, neimba yechifunhiro chokuyananisa;

¹¹Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch of the temple, and of its houses, and of its treasuries, and of the upper rooms of it, and of the inner rooms of it, and of the place of the mercy seat;

¹²nemifananidzo yezvose yakanga iri mumweya wake, yevazhe dzeimba yaJehovha, neyamakamuri ose anokomberedza, neyezvivigiro zvefuma yeimba yaMwari, neyezvivigiro zvefuma yenhumbi dzakatsaurwa;

¹²and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Yahweh, and for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of God’s house, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;

¹³neyamapoka avapristi navaRevhi, neyamabasa ose eimba yaJehovha, neyenhumbi dzose dzokubata nadzo paimba yaJehovha;

¹³also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh, and for all the vessels of service in the house of Yahweh;

¹⁴neyendarama, kurema kwayo, yokuumba nayo nhumbi dzendarama, nhumbi dzose dzamarudzi ose amabasa; neyesirivha, kurema kwayo, yokuumba nayo nhumbi dzose dzesirivha, nhumbi dzose dzamarudzi ose amabasa;

¹⁴of gold by weight for the gold, for all vessels of every kind of service; for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service;

¹⁵nokuremawo kwendarama yokuumba nayo zvigadziko zvendarama, nemwenje yazvo, kurema kwechigadziko chimwe nechimwe nemimwe yacho; nesirivha, kurema kwayo, yokuumba nayo zvigadziko zvendarama ,nemwenje yazvo kurema kwechigadziko chimwe nechimwe nemwenje yacho, sezvakakwanira basa rechigadziko chimwe nechimwe;

¹⁵by weight also for the lampstands of gold, and for its lamps, of gold, by weight for every lampstand and for its lamps; and for the lampstands of silver, by weight for every lampstand and for its lamps, according to the use of every lampstand;

¹⁶nendarama, kurema kwayo, yokuumba nayo tafura dzezvingwa zvokuratidza, yetafura imwe neimwe; nesirivha yetafura dzesirivha;

¹⁶and the gold by weight for the tables of show bread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver;

¹⁷nezvikokovonho zvendarama yakaisvonaka; nemidziyo yendarama, kurema komudziyo mumwe nomumwe; nemidziyo yesirivha, kurema komudziyo mumwe nomumwe;

¹⁷and the forks, and the basins, and the cups, of pure gold; and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl;

¹⁸nokurema kwendarama yakanatswa yearitari yezvipfungaidzo zvinonhuhwira; nendarama yomufananidzo wengoro, wamakerubhi akatambanudza mapapiro awo, achifukidza areka yesungano yaJehovha.

¹⁸and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, the cherubim, that spread out, and covered the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.

¹⁹Izvi zvose, ndizvo zvakataura Dhavhidhi, ndakazviziviswa zvakanyorwa noruoko rwaJehovha, iwo mabasa ose omufananidzo uyu.

¹⁹“All this,” said David, “I have been made to understand in writing from the hand of Yahweh, even all the works of this pattern.”

²⁰Zvino Dhavhidhi akati kuna Soromoni mwanakomana wake, Simba, utsunge moyo, uzviite; usatya kana kuvunduswa, nekuti Jehovha Mwari, iye Mwari wangu, anewe; haangakuregi, kana kukusiya, kusvikira mabasa ose okushumira nawo paimba yaJehovha apedzwa.

²⁰David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of Yahweh is finished.

²¹Zvino tarira, ndiwo mapoka avapristi navaRevhi, vangabata mabasa ose eimba yaMwari; uyezve pamabasa ose uchava nemhizha dzose dzinoda kubata nomoyo wadzo mabasa amarudzi ose; navakuru navanhu vose vachateerera chose mirairo yako.

²¹Behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of God’s house. There shall be with you in all kinds of work every willing man who has skill, for any kind of service. Also the captains and all the people will be entirely at your command.”