4. Ke wandinyula uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, endlwini yonke kabawo, ukuba ndibe ngukumkani kumaSirayeli ngonaphakade; ngokuba unyulé uYuda ukuba abe yingànga, endlwini kaYuda unyulé indlu kabawo, koonyana bakabawo ukholwé ndim, ukuba andenze ukumkani kumaSirayeli onke.
5. Nakoonyana bam bonke (ngokuba undinike oonyana abaninzi uYehova), unyulé uSolomon unyana wam, ukuba ahlale etroneni yobukumkani bukaYehova kumaSirayeli.
6. Wathi kum, USolomon, unyana wakho, nguye oya kwakha indlu yam neentendelezo zam; ngokuba ndizinyulele yena ukuba abe ngunyana kum, ndibe nguyise kuye mna;
7. ndibuzinzise ubukumkani bakhe kude kuse ephakadeni, ukuba úthe waqinisela ukuyenza imithetho yam namasiko am, njengoko kunjalo namhla.
8. Ngoko ke ndiyaniyala emehlweni amaSirayeli onke, ibandla likaYehova, nasezindlebeni zoThixo wethu: gcinani niquqele kuyo yonke imithetho kaYehova uThixo wenu, ukuze nilimé eli lizwe lihle, nilishiye libe lilifa koonyana benu emva kwenu, kude kuse ephakadeni.
9. Ke wena Solomon, nyana wam, uze umazi uThixo kayihlo, umkhonze ngentliziyo epheleleyo, nangomphefumlo ovumayo; ngokuba uYehova uyazingxoka zonke iintliziyo, akuqonde konke ukuyila kweengcinga zabantu. Ukuba uthe wamfuna, wófunyanwa nguwe; ukuba uthe wamshiya, wókulahla mpela.
10. Uze ulumke ke; ngokuba uYehova ukunyule ukuba wakhe indlu ibe yeyengcwele. Yomelela uyenze.
11. UDavide wamnika uSolomon unyana wakhe isilinganiso sevaranda,* nesezindlu zayo, nesoovimba bayo, nesamagumbi ayo aphezulu, nesamagumbi ayo aphakathi, nesendlu yokucamagusa;
12. nesilinganiso seento zonke abenazo engcingeni yakhe: eseentendelezo zendlu kaYehova, nesamagumbi onke ngeenxa zonke, nesamagumbi obuncwane bendlu kaThixo, awobuncwane bezinto ezingcwele;
13. nesamaqela ababingeleli nabaLevi, nesomsebenzi wonke wenkonzo yendlu kaYehova, neseempahla zonke zenkonzo yendlu kaYehova;
14. nesezinto zegolide, ngokobunzima begolide yeempahla zonke zeenkonzo ngeenkonzo; neseempahla zonke zesilivere, ngokobunzima beempahla zonke zeenkonzo ngeenkonzo;
15. nobunzima beziphatho zezibane zegolide, nobezibane zazo zegolide, ngokobunzima besiphatho ngesiphatho, nobezibane zazo; nobeziphatho zesilivere ngokobunzima besiphatho, nobezibane zazo, ngokwenkonzo yesiphatho ngesiphatho sezibane;
16. negolide ngokobunzima beetafile zokucwangcisa izonka, betafile ngetafile, nesilivere yeetafile zesilivere.
17. Wamnika nesilinganiso seefolokhwe, nesezitya zokutshiza, neseendebe zegolide ecocekileyo; neseendebe zegolide, ngokobunzima bendebe ngendebe neseendebe zesilivere ngokobunzima bendebe ngendebe;