9. Bathi ke, Kungenxa yokuba bamshiyáyo uYehova uThixo wabo, owakhupha ooyise ezweni lamaYiputa; babambelela thixweni bambi, babanqula, babakhonza; kungenxa yoko abuzisileyo bonke obu bubi phezu kwabo uYehova.
10. Kwathi ekupheleni kweminyaka emashumi mabini, awazakha ngayo uSolomon izindlu zombini, indlu kaYehova nendlu kakumkani
11. (uHiram ukumkani waseTire ebemncedile uSolomon ngemisedare* nangemisipres,* nangegolide, ngangoko abekunqwenele), ukumkani uSolomon wamnika uHiram amashumi amabini emizi ezweni leGalili.
12. Waphuma uHiram eTire, eya kuyibona imizi uSolomon abemnike yona: àyalunga emehlweni akhe.
13. Wathi, Yimizi mini na le undinikileyo, mzalwana wam? Wathi, Lilizwe laseKabhuli* unanamhla.
14. UHiram wayethumele kukumkani ikhulu elinamanci mabini eetalente* zegolide.
15. Siso esi isizathu sokufakwa uviko awasimisayo ukumkani uSolomon, ukuba akhe indlu kaYehova, nendlu yakhe, neMilo, nodonga lweYerusalem, neHatsore, neMegido, neGezere.
16. Kwakunyuké uFaro ukumkani waseYiputa, wayithimba iGezere, wayitshisa ngomlilo, wawabulala amaKanan abehleli kuloo mzi, wayinika intombi yakhe, umkaSolomon, yaba yinqakwe.
17. USolomon wayakha ke iGezere, neBhetehoron yasezantsi;
18. neBhahalati, neTademore esentlango kwelo zwe;
19. nemizi engoovimba abenayo uSolomon, nemizi yeenqwelo, nemizi yabamahashe, nokulangazelela kukaSolomon awakulangazelelayo ukwakha eYerusalem, naseLebhanon, nasezweni lonke lolawulo lwakhe.
20. Bonke abantu abaseleyo kuma-Amori, namaHeti, namaPerizi, namaHivi, namaYebhusi, ababengengabo abakoonyana bakaSirayeli,