1 When King Solomon finished all the work on the Temple, he placed in the Temple storerooms all the things that his father David had dedicated to the Lord—the silver, gold, and other articles.
The Covenant Box Is Brought to the Temple
(1 Kings 8.1-9)2 Then King Solomon summoned all the leaders of the tribes and clans of Israel to assemble in Jerusalem, in order to take the Lord's Covenant Box from Zion, David's City, to the Temple. 3 They all assembled at the time of the Festival of Shelters. 4 When all the leaders had gathered, then the Levites lifted the Covenant Box 5 and carried it to the Temple. The priests and the Levites also moved the Tent of the Lord's presence and all its equipment to the Temple. 6 King Solomon and all the people of Israel assembled in front of the Covenant Box and sacrificed a large number of sheep and cattle—too many to count. 7 Then the priests carried the Covenant Box of the Lord into the Temple and put it in the Most Holy Place, beneath the winged creatures. 8 Their outstretched wings covered the Box and the poles it was carried by. 9 The ends of the poles could be seen by anyone standing directly in front of the Most Holy Place, but from nowhere else. (The poles are still there today.) 10 There was nothing inside the Covenant Box except the two stone tablets which Moses had placed there at Mount Sinai, when the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel as they were coming from Egypt.
The Glory of the Lord
11-14 All the priests present, regardless of the group to which they belonged, had consecrated themselves. And all the Levite musicians—Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, and the members of their clans—were wearing linen clothing. The Levites stood near the east side of the altar with cymbals and harps, and with them were 120 priests playing trumpets. The singers were accompanied in perfect harmony by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, as they praised the Lord singing:
“Praise the Lord, because he is good,
And his love is eternal.”
As the priests were leaving the Temple, it was suddenly filled with a cloud shining with the dazzling light of the Lord's presence, and they could not continue the service of worship.
1 Ombara Salomo tja mana oviungura avihe vyondjuwo ya Ndjambi, otja twa mo oviṋa avihe ihe David mbya yapuririre Muhona momatuwo wovihuze vyayo, okutja osilveri nongoldo noviungurise vyarwe.
Otjipwikiro tjOmerikutiropamwe matji etwa mondjuwo ya Muhona
(1Ozo 8:1-9)2 Ombara Salomo wa woronganisira ovanane avehe vOvaisrael, na imbi oviuru vyomihoko novyomaṱunḓu wOvaisrael mOjerusalem kutja ve kaete Otjipwikiro tjOmerikutiropamwe wa Muhona kOsion, Otjihuro tja David, nu ve tji ete kondjuwo ya Muhona. 3 Avehe va woronganena pOmukandi wOviranda vyOmaso, momueze outjahambombari. 4 Ovanene avehe tji va worongana, Ovalevi arire tji va toora Otjipwikiro tjOmerikutiropamwe 5 nave tji twara kondjuwo ya Muhona. Ovapristeri nOvalevi wina va twara Ondanda yOmahakaeneno noviungurise vyayo avihe kondjuwo ya Muhona. 6 Ombara Salomo nOvaisrael avehe va woronganena momurungu wOtjipwikiro tjOmerikutiropamwe nave punguha ozonyanda nozongombe ozengi tjinene nḓe hi notjivaro. 7 Tjazumba ovapristeri otji va toora Otjipwikiro tjOmerikutiropamwe nave ketjitwa metuwo romokwara rondjuwo ya Muhona, okutja omOtjouyapukeyapuke, kehi yovivava vyovakerubi. 8 Ovivava vyawo vya nyaturukira kombanda yOtjipwikiro tjOmerikutiropamwe nave tji kutjire pamwe noviti vyatjo ovitjindiro. 9 Oviti ovitjindiro, mbi ri mbo nga ku ndinondi, vya ri ovire nai, nga ovikoro vyavyo tjaavi munikire metuwo nda ri komurungu wOtjouyapukeyapuke; nungwari kaavi sora okumunikira pendje. 10 Kamwa ri otjiṋa tjarwe mOtjipwikiro tjOmerikutiropamwe posi yovitjangero imbi vivari vyomawe, Moses mbya twire mu tjo kondundu Sinai, Muhona ka tjitire omerikutiropamwe nOvaisrael, indu tji va zire kOengipte.
Ongeṋangeṋeno ya Muhona
11 Ovapristeri avehe mba ri mbo, ve riyapura oveni, nokuhinokurikenda novimbumba mu va ri. 12 Ovaimbure vOvalevi, okutja ooAsaf na Heman na Jedutun novazandu wozonganda zawo, va zarere ozombanda ozoheze. Owo va kuramene nozongoma zovitenda noviharpe komukuma wokomuhuka wotjipunguhiro, nu puna wo pa ri ovapristeri esere nomirongo vivari mbaa ve nyanda ozohiva. 13 Ovaimbure novanyande vovinangoma va tanga Muhona nozohiva, nozongoma zovitenda, novinangoma vyarwe nombosiro imwe. Owo va imbura nai:
“Muhona nga tangwe, eye tjinga e ri omuwa.
Norusuvero rwe ru karerera nga aruhe!”
Novapristeri tji va pita mondjuwo, kamanga oyo otji ye urisiwa notjikamba tjaa tjikeṋakeṋa nongeṋangeṋeno youkarepo wa Muhona. 14 Nowo kave sorere okuyaruka mu yo okutjita oviungura vyawo motjimbe tjotjikamba; ongeṋangeṋeno ya Muhona tjinga aye urisa ondjuwo ya Ndjambi.
