1 Omukwaniilwa Salomo sho a mana iilonga yotempeli, okwa tula moompungulilo dhayo iinima ayihe mbyoka he David a li e yi yoololela Omuwa — iisiliveli, iingoli niinima iikwawo.
Oshikethahangano tashi falwa motempeli
(1 Aak. 8:1-9)2 Salomo okwi ithana aawiliki ayehe yomazimo noyomaludhi gaIsrael, ya gongale muJerusalem, opo ya kuthe ko oshikethahangano shOmuwa koshilando shaDavid, kokutya Sion, yo ye shi fale motempeli. 3 Ayehe oya gongala pethimbo lyoshituthi shomatsali giihwa iitalala. 4 Aawiliki sho ya gongala, nena Aalevi oya yelutha po oshikethahangano 5 e taye shi fala kotempeli. Aayambi nAalevi oya dhikulula po etsalihangano, iikwaniipangitho yalyo ayihe noye yi fala kotempeli. 6 Omukwaniilwa Salomo nAaisraeli ayehe oya gongala komeho goshikethahangano e taa yamba oonzi noongombe odhindji kaadhi shi kuyalulwa. 7 Nena aayambi oya fala oshikethahangano shOmuwa motempeli, e taye shi tula pehala lyasho mUuyapukielela pokati komawawa gaakerubi. 8 Omawawa gawo ga yalalekwa oga siikile oshikethahangano niihumbatitho yasho. 9 Oombando dhiihumbatitho otadhi vulu okumonika kushaa ngoka ta thikama a taalela Ehala lyUuyapukielela, ihe hapalwe we. (Iihumbatitho oko yi li nonena.) 10 Moshikethahangano kamwa li sha, kakele komayambi gaali giipango ga tulilwe mo kuMoses kondundu Sinai, Omuwa sho a hangana nAaisraeli mokuza kwawo kuEgipiti.
Esimano lyOmuwa
11-14 Aayambi ayeheyehe oya li ya gongala yo yi iyapula. Aayambi Aalevi ayehe — Asaf, Heman, Jedutun naantu yomaludhi gawo — oya li ya zala oonguwo dhooliina. Aalevi oya li ya thikama kombinga yokuuzilo woshiyambelo ye na iiyaha nuuharpa, pamwe nayo opwa li aayambi ethele nomilongo mbali taa hiki omankuma. Aayimbi oya thindikilwa momutono gwa gwana po komankuma, kiiyaha nokiihikomwa yilwe, sho taa hambelele Omuwa noku mu imbila taa ti:
“Hambeleleni Omuwa,
oshoka oye omwaanawa,
nohole ye oyaaluhe.”
Opo mpoka oshikogo oshu udha otempeli yOmuwa. Aayambi inaa vula we okutsikila elongelokalunga, oshoka eadhimo lyOmuwa olya udhitha otempeli.
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.
