Igitabo cya mbere cy’Abami
9 Salomo akirangiza kubaka inzu ya Yehova n’inzu* ye+ no gukora indi mirimo yose yashakaga gukora,+ 2 Yehova amubonekera ku nshuro ya kabiri nk’uko yari yaramubonekeye ari i Gibeyoni.+ 3 Yehova aramubwira ati: “Numvise isengesho ryawe n’ukuntu wantakambiye uri imbere yanjye. Iyi nzu wubatse nayigize iyera, nyitirira izina ryanjye kugeza iteka ryose+ kandi igihe cyose nzayitaho nyirinde.+ 4 Nawe nunkorera* n’umutima wawe wose+ kandi ukaba inyangamugayo+ nka papa wawe,+ ugakora ibyo nagutegetse byose+ kandi ugakurikiza amategeko yanjye n’amabwiriza yanjye,+ 5 nanjye nzatuma ubwami bwawe bukomera muri Isirayeli kugeza iteka ryose, nk’uko nabisezeranyije papa wawe Dawidi nti: ‘ntihazabura umuntu ugukomokaho wicara ku ntebe y’ubwami ya Isirayeli.’+ 6 Ariko mwe n’abana banyu nimuhindukira mukareka kunkurikira, ntimukomeze kumvira amategeko n’amabwiriza nabahaye maze mukajya gukorera izindi mana mukazunamira,+ 7 nanjye nzirukana Abisirayeli ku butaka nabahaye.+ Iyi nzu nejeje kugira ngo yitirirwe izina ryanjye nzayita kure, sinongere kuyireba na rimwe.+ Kandi abantu bo mu bihugu byose bazasuzugura* Abisirayeli bajye babaseka.+ 8 Iyi nzu izahinduka amatongo.+ Abantu bose bazayinyuraho bazajya bahagarara bavugirize bumiwe maze bavuge bati: ‘ni iki cyatumye Yehova akorera ibintu nk’ibi iki gihugu n’iyi nzu?’+ 9 Bazabasubiza bati: ‘byatewe n’uko bataye Yehova Imana yabo yakuye ba sekuruza mu gihugu cya Egiputa maze bakayoboka izindi mana bakazunamira kandi bakazikorera. Ni yo mpamvu Yehova yabateje ibi byago byose.’”+
10 Salomo yamaze imyaka 20 yubaka ayo mazu abiri, ni ukuvuga inzu ya Yehova n’inzu ye.+ 11 Icyo gihe Hiramu+ umwami w’i Tiro yari yarahaye Umwami Salomo ibiti by’amasederi n’iby’imiberoshi hamwe na zahabu yashakaga yose+ maze Umwami Salomo amuha imijyi 20 mu karere ka Galilaya. 12 Nuko Hiramu ava i Tiro ajya kureba imijyi Salomo yari yaramuhaye, ariko ntiyayikunda.* 13 Hiramu aramubaza ati: “Muvandi, iyi mijyi wampaye ni mijyi ki?” Ni yo mpamvu iyo mijyi bayita Igihugu cy’i Kabuli* kugeza n’uyu munsi. 14 Hiramu yoherereza Umwami Salomo toni 4 n’ibiro 100* bya zahabu.+
15 Umwami Salomo yahamagaje abantu bakoraga imirimo y’agahato+ kugira ngo bubake inzu ya Yehova,+ inzu y’umwami, Milo,*+ urukuta rw’i Yerusalemu, Hasori,+ Megido+ na Gezeri.+ 16 (Farawo umwami wa Egiputa yari yarateye umujyi wa Gezeri, arawufata arawutwika kandi yica Abanyakanani+ bari batuye muri uwo mujyi. Hanyuma awuha umukobwa we,+ ni ukuvuga umugore wa Salomo, ngo ube impano yo kumusezeraho.*) 17 Salomo yongera kubaka* umujyi wa Gezeri na Beti-horoni y’Epfo.+ 18 Yubaka Balati+ na Tamari yari mu butayu bwari mu gihugu cye 19 n’imijyi yose ya Salomo yo kubikamo imyaka, imijyi yabagamo amagare y’intambara+ n’iy’abagendera ku mafarashi, yubaka n’ibindi byose yifuzaga kubaka muri Yerusalemu, muri Libani no mu gihugu cyose yategekaga. 20 Abamori, Abaheti, Abaperizi, Abahivi n’Abayebusi+ bari barasigaye bose ariko atari Abisirayeli,+ 21 ni ukuvuga abari barabakomotseho bari barasigaye mu gihugu, abo Abisirayeli batashoboye kurimbura, Salomo yabagize abacakara, bakora imirimo y’agahato kugeza n’uyu munsi.*+ 22 Nta n’umwe mu Bisirayeli Salomo yagize umugaragu.+ Ahubwo bari abasirikare be, abakozi be, abayobozi bo mu gihugu cye, abakuru b’ingabo ze, abayobozi b’abagendera ku magare ye y’intambara n’ab’abagendera ku mafarashi ye. 23 Abakuru b’abantu bari bahagarariye imirimo ya Salomo bari 550. Abo ni bo bayoboraga abakoraga imirimo.+
24 Umukobwa wa Farawo+ yavuye mu Mujyi wa Dawidi+ yimukira mu nzu ye Salomo yari yaramwubakiye. Nyuma yaho ni bwo Salomo yubatse Milo.*+
25 Inshuro eshatu mu mwaka,+ Salomo yatambaga ibitambo bitwikwa n’umuriro n’ibitambo bisangirwa,* akabitambira ku gicaniro yari yarubakiye Yehova.+ Uko ni ko yatumaga umwotsi w’ibitambo uzamuka uvuye ku gicaniro cyari imbere ya Yehova. Icyo gihe yari arangije kubaka urusengero.+
26 Nanone Umwami Salomo yakoreye amato menshi muri Esiyoni-geberi+ iri hafi ya Eloti, ku nkombe y’Inyanja Itukura, mu gihugu cya Edomu.+ 27 Hiramu yohereje amato,+ yohereza n’abagaragu be bari bamenyereye kuyatwara kugira ngo bajye gukorana n’abagaragu ba Salomo. 28 Bagiye muri Ofiri+ bakurayo toni 14 n’ibiro 364* bya zahabu, babizanira Umwami Salomo.