a2 Lan 9:1-12; Mat 12:42; Luka 11:31
bGen 10:28, 25:3; 1 Lan 1:32; Jobe 1:15, 6:19; Hlab 72:10,15; Isa 60:6; Jer 6:20; Hez 27:22,23, 38:13; Jow 3:8
cHlu 14:12
d1 Lan 26:16; 2 Lan 9:4; Hez 40:26
eJosh 5:1
fZaga 8:34
g5:7
h2 Lan 2:11
i2 Sam 8:15; Hlab 72:2
j10:2; Hlab 72:10,15
k9:27
l9:28

‏ 1 Kings 10:1-13

1Kwathi indlovukazi a yeShebha b isizwile udumo lukaSolomoni ngebizo leNkosi yeza ukumhlola ngemibuzo enzima c. 2Yasifika eJerusalema lodwendwe olukhulu kakhulu, lamakamela ethwele amakha legolide elinengi kakhulu lamatshe aligugu; isifikile kuSolomoni yamtshela konke okwakusenhliziyweni yayo. 3USolomoni waseyichasisela zonke indaba zayo; kwakungelalutho olwayicatshelayo inkosi engayichasiselanga lona. 4Indlovukazi yeShebha isibonile yonke inhlakanipho kaSolomoni, lendlu ayeyakhile, 5lokudla kwetafula lakhe, lokuhlala kwezinceku zakhe, lokuma kwezisebenzi zakhe, lezigqoko zazo, labaphathinkezo bakhe, lokwenyuka kwakhe enyuka ngakho endlini yeNkosi d, kakusabanga lamoya kuyo e. 6Yasisithi enkosini: Umbiko wawuliqiniso engawuzwa elizweni lami ngamazwi akho langenhlakanipho yakho. 7Kodwa kangiyikholwanga leyomibiko ngaze ngafika lamehlo ami abona. Khangela, bengingatshelwanga ingxenye; wengezelele inhlakanipho lokulunga embikweni engiwuzwileyo. 8Bayathokoza abantu bakho, ziyathokoza lezizinceku zakho ezimi njalo phambi kwakho zisizwa inhlakanipho yakho f! 9Kayibusiswe iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho eyathokoza ngawe, ukukubeka phezu kwesihlalo sobukhosi sikaIsrayeli g. Ngoba iNkosi yamthanda uIsrayeli kuze kube phakade h, ngakho ikubekile waba yinkosi ukuze wenze isahlulelo lokulunga i. 10Yasinika inkosi amathalenta* alikhulu lamatshumi amabili egolide, lamakha amanengi kakhulu, lamatshe aligugu. Kakuzange kusabuya amakha ngobunengi njengalawo indlovukazi yeShebha eyawanika inkosi uSolomoni j. 11Futhi lemikhumbi kaHiramu k eyayithwala igolide livela eOfiri l yaletha izigodo ezinengi kakhulu zomkampa, lamatshe aligugu, kuvela eOfiri. 12Ngezigodo zomkampa inkosi yasisenza insika zendlu kaJehova lezendlu yenkosi, lamachacho lezigubhu zezintambo kwabahlabeleli; kakuzanga kulethwe kumbe kubonwe ngokunjalo izigodo zomkampa kuze kube lamuhla. 13Inkosi uSolomoni yasinika indlovukazi yeShebha sonke isiloyiso sayo, eyakucelayo, ngaphandle kwalokho eyayinika khona njengokuphana kwenkosi uSolomoni. Yasiphenduka yaya elizweni layo, yona lenceku zayo.

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