1 Kings 4

Iziphathamandla zikaSolomoni

1Ngakho inkosi uSolomoni yaba yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli wonke. 2Lalezi yiziphathamandla ayelazo: UAzariya indodana kaZadoki wayengumpristi; 3uElihorefi loAhiya amadodana kaShisha a babengababhali; uJehoshafathi indodana kaAhiludi wayengumabhalane; 4loBhenaya indodana kaJehoyada wayephezu kwebutho b; loZadoki loAbhiyatha babengabapristi c; 5loAzariya indodana kaNathani wayephezu kwabaphathi d; uZabudi indodana kaNathani wayengumphathi omkhulu e, umngane wenkosi f; 6loAhishari wayengumlawuli wendlu; loAdoniramu indodana kaAbida wayephezu kwemithelo g.

7USolomoni wayelabaphathi abalitshumi lambili phezu kukaIsrayeli wonke, ababedingela inkosi lendlu yayo ukudla, ngulowo lalowo ngenyanga yakhe ngomnyaka wadinga ukudla h. 8Lala ngamabizo abo: UBeni-Huri entabeni zakoEfrayimi i. 9UBeni-Dekeri eMakazi leShahalibimi j leBeti-Shemeshi k leEloni-Beti-Hanani. 10UBeni-Hesedi eArubothi, eleSoko l lelizwe lonke leHeferi m. 11UBeni-Abinadaba wayelelizwe lonke leDori n; uTafathi indodakazi kaSolomoni wayengumkakhe. 12UBahana indodana kaAhiludi o wayeleThahanakhi p leMegido q layo yonke iBeti-Sheyani r, eseceleni kweZarethani s ngaphansi kweJizereyeli t, kusukela eBeti-Sheyani u kuze kube seAbeli-Mehola v, kuze kube ngaphetsheya kweJokimeyama w. 13UBeni-Geberi eRamothi-Gileyadi x wayelemizi kaJayiri indodana kaManase, eseGileyadi y, wayelelizwe leArigobi z, eliseBashani, imizi engamatshumi ayisithupha emikhulu elemiduli lemigoqo yethusi aa. 14UAhinadaba indodana kaIdo eMahanayimi ab. 15UAhimahazi wayekoNafithali ac; laye wathatha uBasemathi indodakazi kaSolomoni abe ngumkakhe. 16UBahana indodana kaHushayi wayekoAsheri leAlothi ad. 17UJehoshafathi indodana kaParuwa wayekoIsakari. 18UShimeyi indodana kaEla wayekoBhenjamini ae. 19UGeberi indodana kaUri wayeselizweni leGileyadi, ilizwe likaSihoni inkosi yamaAmori, lelikaOgi inkosi yeBashani. Njalo wayenguye yedwa umphathi kulelolizwe af.

Ukuhlakanipha lokuphumelela kukaSolomoni

20UJuda loIsrayeli babebanengi njengetshebetshebe elingaselwandle ngobunengi, besidla, benatha, bethokoza ag. 21USolomoni wayesebusa phezu kwayo yonke imibuso ah kusukela emfuleni kuze kufike elizweni lamaFilisti ai kuze kufike emngceleni weGibhithe; babeletha izipho, babemsebenzela uSolomoni zonke izinsuku zempilo yakhe aj.

22Njalo ukudla kukaSolomoni ngosuku olulodwa kwakungamakhori* angamatshumi amathathu empuphu ecolekileyo, lamakori angamatshumi ayisithupha empuphu, 23inkabi ezilitshumi ezinonisiweyo, lenkabi ezingamatshumi amabili zemadlelweni, lezimvu ezilikhulu, ngaphandle kwendluzele ak, lemiziki al, lemiziki elempondo ezilembaxambaxa am, lenyoni ezinonisiweyo. 24Ngoba wayebusa phezu kwalo lonke nganeno komfula, kusukela eTifisa an kusiya eGaza ao, laphezu kwawo wonke amakhosi nganeno komfula, njalo wayelokuthula kuzo zonke inhlangothi zakhe ezizingelezeleyo ap. 25UJuda loIsrayeli bahlala-ke bevikelekile, ngulowo lalowo ngaphansi kwesivini sakhe aq langaphansi komkhiwa wakhe, kusukela koDani kuze kufike eBherishebha, zonke izinsuku zikaSolomoni ar.

26Njalo uSolomoni wayelezindlwana zamabhiza enqola zakhe ezizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amane, labagadi bamabhiza abazinkulungwane ezilitshumi lambili as. 27Lalabobaphathi badingela inkosi uSolomoni ukudla, laye wonke osondela etafuleni lenkosi uSolomoni, ngulowo lalowo ngenyanga yakhe; kabatshiyanga kusweleke lutho at. 28Lebhali* lamahlanga awamabhiza lawamabhiza alejubane bakuletha endaweni lapho eyayifanele kube khona, ngulowo lalowo njengemfanelo yakhe.

29UNkulunkulu wasemnika uSolomoni inhlakanipho lokuqedisisa okukhulu kakhulu au, lobubanzi benhliziyo, njengetshebetshebe elisekhunjini lolwandle av. 30Lenhlakanipho kaSolomoni yayinkulu kulenhlakanipho yawo wonke amadodana empumalanga aw, lakulenhlakanipho yonke yeGibhithe ax. 31Ngoba wayehlakaniphile kulabo bonke abantu ay, okwedlula uEthani az umEzira ba loHemani bb loKalikoli bc loDarida amadodana kaMaholi; lebizo lakhe lalisezizweni zonke inhlangothi zonke. 32Waseqamba izaga ezizinkulungwane ezintathu bd, lengoma zakhe zaziyinkulungwane lanhlanu. 33Wasekhuluma ngezihlahla, kusukela esihlahleni somsedari oseLebhanoni be kuze kufike kuhisope* emila iphuma emdulini bf; wakhuluma langezinyamazana langezinyoni langezihuquzelayo langezinhlanzi. 34Kwasekufika abavela ezizweni zonke ukuzwa inhlakanipho kaSolomoni, bevela emakhosini wonke omhlaba ayezwe ngenhlakanipho yakhe bg.

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