Gifts Are Brought for Building the Temple
1Then King David spoke to the whole community. He said, “God has chosen my son Solomon. But Solomon is young. He’s never done anything like this before. The task is huge. This grand and wonderful temple won’t be built for human beings. It will be built for the Lord God. 2With all my riches I’ve done everything I could for the temple of my God. I’ve provided gold for the gold work and silver for the silver work. I’ve provided bronze for the bronze work and iron for the iron work. I’ve given wood for the things that will be made out of wood. I’ve given onyx and turquoise for the settings. I’ve given stones of different colors and all kinds of fine stone and marble. I’ve provided everything in huge amounts. 3With all my heart I want the temple of my God to be built. So I’m giving my personal treasures of gold and silver for it. I’m adding them to everything else I’ve provided for the holy temple. 4I’m giving 110 tons of gold and 260 tons of pure silver. Cover the walls of the buildings with it. 5Use it for the gold work and the silver work. Use it for everything the skilled workers will do. How many of you are willing to set yourselves apart to the Lord today?”
6Many people were willing to give. They included the leaders of families and the officers of the tribes of Israel. They included the commanders of thousands of men and commanders of hundreds. They also included the officials who were in charge of the king’s work. 7All of them gave to the work on God’s temple. They gave more than 190 tons of gold and 380 tons of silver. They also gave 675 tons of bronze and 3,800 tons of iron. 8Anyone who had valuable jewels added them to the treasure for the Lord’s temple. Jehiel was in charge of the temple treasure. He was from the family line of Gershon. 9The people were happy when they saw what their leaders had been willing to give. The leaders had given freely. With their whole heart they had given everything to the Lord. King David was filled with joy.
David’s Prayer
10David praised the Lord in front of the whole community. He said,
“Lord, we give you praise.
You are the God of our father Israel.
We give you praise for ever and ever.
11Lord, you are great and powerful.
Glory, majesty and beauty belong to you.
Everything in heaven and on earth belongs to you.
Lord, the kingdom belongs to you.
You are honored as the one who rules over all.
12Wealth and honor come from you.
You are the ruler of all things.
In your hands are strength and power.
You can give honor and strength to everyone.
13Our God, we give you thanks.
We praise your glorious name.
14“But who am I? And who are my people? Without your help we wouldn’t be able to give this much. Everything comes from you. We’ve given back to you only what comes from you. 15We are outsiders and strangers in your sight. So were all of our people who lived long ago. Our days on this earth are like a shadow. We don’t have any hope. 16Lord our God, we’ve given more than enough. We’ve provided it to build you a temple where you will put your holy Name. But all of it comes from you. All of it belongs to you. 17My God, I know that you tested our hearts. And you are pleased when we are honest. I’ve given all these things just because I wanted to. When I did it, I was completely honest with you. Your people here have also been willing to give to you. And I’ve been happy to see this. 18Lord, you are the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel. Keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever. Keep their hearts faithful to you. 19Help my son Solomon serve you with all his heart. Then he will keep your commands and rules. He will do what you require. He’ll do everything to build the grand and wonderful temple I’ve provided for.”
20Then David said to the whole community, “Praise the Lord your God.” So all of them praised the Lord. He’s the God of their people who lived long ago. The whole community bowed low. They fell down flat with their faces toward the ground. They did it in front of the Lord and the king.
Solomon Becomes the Next King
21The next day they offered sacrifices to the Lord. They brought burnt offerings to him. They sacrificed 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams and 1,000 male lambs. They also brought the required drink offerings. And they offered many other sacrifices for the whole community of Israel. 22They ate and drank with great joy that day. They did it in front of the Lord. Then they announced a second time that Solomon was king. He was the son of David. They anointed Solomon in front of the Lord. They anointed him to be ruler. They also anointed Zadok to be priest.
23So Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord. He ruled as king in place of his father David. Things went well with him. All the people of Israel obeyed him. 24All the officers and warriors promised to be completely faithful to King Solomon. So did all of King David’s sons.
25The Lord greatly honored Solomon in the sight of all the people. He gave him royal majesty. Solomon was given more glory than any king over Israel ever had before.
David Dies
26David was king over the whole nation of Israel. He was the son of Jesse. 27He ruled over Israel for 40 years. He ruled for seven years in Hebron and for 33 years in Jerusalem. 28He died when he was very old. He had enjoyed a long life. He had enjoyed wealth and honor. David’s son Solomon became the next king after him.
29The events of King David’s rule from beginning to end are written down. They are written in the records of Samuel, Nathan and Gad, the prophets. 30The records tell all about David’s rule and power. They tell about what happened concerning him and Israel and the kingdoms of all the other lands.
ቤተ መቅደሱን ለመሥራት የቀረቡ ስጦታዎች
1ከዚያም ንጉሥ ዳዊት ለመላው ጉባኤ እንዲህ አለ፤ “እግዚአብሔር የመረጠው ልጄ ሰሎሞን ገና ወጣትና ልምድም የሌለው ነው። ይህ ታላቅ ሕንጻ የሚሠራው ለሰው ሳይሆን ለእግዚአብሔር አምላክ በመሆኑ፣ ሥራው ከባድ ነው። 2እኔም ያለኝን ሀብት ለአምላኬ ቤተ መቅደስ ለወርቁ ሥራ ወርቁን፣ ለብሩ ሥራ ብሩን፣ ለናሱ ሥራ ናሱን፣ ለብረቱ ሥራ ብረቱን፣ ለዕንጨቱ ሥራ ዕንጨቱን እንዲሁም ለፈርጥ የሚሆነውን መረግድ፣ ኬልቄዶን29፥2 የዕብራይስጥ የዚህ ቃል ትርጕም በትክክል አይታወቅም፣ ልዩ ልዩ ኅብር ያላቸውን የከበሩ ድንጋዮች፣ ማናቸውንም ዐይነት የሚያምር ድንጋይና ዕብነበረድ፣ ይህን ሁሉ በብዛት አዘጋጅቻለሁ። 3ከዚህም በቀር ለአምላኬ ቤት ካለኝ ፍቅር የተነሣ፣ ለዚህ ለተቀደሰ ቤት ከዚህ በፊት ከሰጠሁት በተጨማሪ፣ ለዚሁ ለእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ የግል ሀብቴ የሆነውን ወርቅና ብር እሰጣለሁ፤ 4ይህም ሦስት ሺሕ መክሊት29፥4 100 ሜትሪክ ቶን ያህል ነው የኦፊር ወርቅና ሰባት ሺሕ መክሊት29፥4 240 ሜትሪክ ቶን ያህል ነው ንጹሕ ብር ለቤተ መቅደሱ የግድግዳ ግንብ ማስጌጫ 5እንዲሁም ለወርቁ ሥራ፣ ለብሩ ሥራ፣ በባለሙያዎች ለሚሠራው ሥራ ሁሉ የሚሆን ነው። ታዲያ ዛሬ ራሱን ለእግዚአብሔር ለመቀደስ ፈቃደኛ የሚሆን ማን ነው?”
6ከዚያም የቤተ ሰብ መሪዎች፣ የነገዱ የእስራኤል ሹማምት፣ የሻለቆችና የመቶ አለቆች እንዲሁም በንጉሡ ሥራ ላይ የተመደቡ ሹማምት በፈቃዳቸው ሰጡ፤ 7ለእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ ሥራ የሰጡትም አምስት ሺሕ መክሊት29፥7 170 ሜትሪክ ቶን ያህል ነው ወርቅ፣ ዐሥር ሺሕ ዳሪክ29፥7 84 ኪሎ ግራም ያህል ነው ወርቅ፣ ዐሥር ሺሕ መክሊት29፥7 345 ሜትሪክ ቶን ያህል ነው ብር፣ ዐሥራ ስምንት ሺሕ መክሊት29፥7 610 ሜትሪክ ቶን ያህል ነው ናስ አንድ መቶ ሺሕ መክሊት29፥7 345 ሜትሪክ ቶን ያህል ነው ብረት ነው። 8የከበሩ ድንጋዮች ያለውም ሁሉ፣ በጌድሶናዊው በይሒኤል አማካይነት ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ ግምጃ ቤት አስገባ። 9ስጦታው በገዛ ፈቃድና በፍጹም ልብ የቀረበ በመሆኑ፣ አለቆቹ ስላደረጉት የበጎ ፈቃድ ስጦታ ሕዝቡ ደስ አለው፤ ንጉሥ ዳዊትም እንደዚሁ እጅግ ደስ አለው።
የዳዊት ጸሎት
10ዳዊትም በመላው ጉባኤ ፊት እግዚአብሔርን እንዲህ ሲል አመሰገነ፤
“የአባታችን የእስራኤል አምላክ እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፤
ከዘላለም እስከ ዘላለም ለአንተ ምስጋና ይሁን።
11እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፤ በሰማይና
በምድር ያለው ሁሉ የአንተ ነውና፤
ታላቅነት፣ ኀይል፣ ክብርና ግርማ የአንተ ነው።
እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፤ መንግሥትም የአንተ ነው፤
አንተም እንደ ራስ ከሁሉ በላይ ከፍ ከፍ ያልህ ነህ።
12ባለጠግነትና ክብር የሚገኘው ከአንተ ነው፤
አንተም የሁሉ ገዥ ነህ፤
ከፍ ከፍ ለማድረግ፣ ለሁሉም ብርታትን ለመስጠት፣
ብርታትና ኀይል በእጅህ ነው።
13አምላካችን ሆይ፤ አሁንም እናመሰግንሃለን፤
ለከበረው ስምህም ውዳሴ እናቀርባለን።
14“ሁሉ የተገኘው ከአንተ ነው፤ ለአንተም የሰጠንህ ከእጅህ የተቀበልነውን ብቻ ነው። ታዲያ እንዲህ ያለ ቸርነት እናደርግ ዘንድ እኔ ማነኝ? ሕዝቤስ ማነው? 15እኛም እንደ ቀድሞ አባቶቻችን በፊትህ መጻተኞችና እንግዶች ነን፤ ዘመናችንም በምድር ላይ እንደ ጥላ ነው፤ ተስፋ ቢስም ነው። 16እግዚአብሔር አምላካችን ሆይ፤ ለተቀደሰው ስምህ ቤተ መቅደስ እንሠራልህ ዘንድ ይህ በብዛት ያዘጋጀነው ሁሉ፣ ከእጅህ የተገኘና ሁሉም የአንተ ነው። 17አምላኬ ሆይ፤ ልብን እንደምትመረምርና ቅንነትን እንደምትወድድ ዐውቃለሁ፤ እኔም ይህን ሁሉ የሰጠሁት በበጎ ፈቃድና በቀና መንፈስ ነው። አሁንም በዚህ ያለው ሕዝብህ በበጎ ፈቃዱ እንዴት እንደ ሰጠ አይቻለሁ። 18የአባቶቻችን የአብርሃም፣ የይስሐቅ፣ የእስራኤል አምላክ እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፤ ይህን ሐሳብ ለዘላለም በሕዝብህ ልብ ጠብቀው፤ ልባቸውንም ለአንተ ታማኝ አድርገው። 19ትእዛዞችህን፣ ደንብህንና ሥርዐትህን እንዲጠብቅ፣ እኔ ባዘጋጀሁለት ነገሮች ታላቅ ሕንጻ ለመሥራት እንዲችል፣ ለልጄ ለሰሎሞን ፍጹም ፈቃደኝነት ስጠው።”
20ከዚያም ዳዊት ለመላው ጉባኤ፣ “አምላካችሁን እግዚአብሔርን ወድሱት” አላቸው። ስለዚህ የአባቶቻቸውን አምላክ እግዚአብሔርን ወደሱ፤ በእግዚአብሔር በንጉሡም ፊት ተደፍተው ሰገዱ።
ሰሎሞን ንጉሥ መሆኑ በይፋ ታወቀ
29፥21-25 ተጓ ምብ – 1ነገ 1፥28-53
21በማግስቱም ለእግዚአብሔር መሥዋዕት ሠዉ፤ የሚቃጠል መሥዋዕትም አቀረቡ፤ ይህም አንድ ሺሕ ወይፈን፣ አንድ ሺሕ አውራ በግ፣ አንድ ሺሕ የበግ ጠቦት ሲሆን፣ ከመጠጥ ቍርባኖቻቸውና ከሌሎች መሥዋዕቶች ጋር ስለ እስራኤል ሁሉ በብዛት አቀረቡ። 22በዚያችም ዕለት በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በታላቅ ደስታ በሉ፤ ጠጡም።
ከዚያም የዳዊት ልጅ ሰሎሞን ንጉሥ መሆኑን ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ በይፋ ዐወቁ፤ ገዥ እንዲሆንም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ቀቡት፤ ሳዶቅንም ካህናቸው እንዲሆን ቀቡት። 23ሰሎሞንም ነግሦ በአባቱ በዳዊት ምትክ በእግዚአብሔር ዙፋን ላይ ተቀመጠ፤ ተከናወነለት፤ እስራኤልም ሁሉ ታዘዙለት። 24የጦር አለቆቹና ኀያላኑ ሁሉ እንዲሁም የንጉሡ የዳዊት ወንዶች ልጆች በሙሉ ታማኝነታቸውን ለንጉሥ ሰሎሞን አረጋገጡለት።
25እግዚአብሔርም ሰሎሞንን በእስራኤል ሕዝብ ዘንድ ሁሉ እጅግ ከፍ ከፍ አደረገው፤ ከእርሱ በፊት ለነበሩት የእስራኤል ነገሥታት ያላጐናጸፋቸውን ንጉሣዊ ክብር ሁሉ ሰጠው።
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29፥26-28 ተጓ ምብ – 1ነገ 2፥10-12
26የእሴይ ልጅ ዳዊት በእስራኤል ሁሉ ላይ ነግሦ ነበር። 27እርሱም በኬብሮን ሰባት ዓመት፣ በኢየሩሳሌም ሠላሳ ሦስት ዓመት፣ በአጠቃላይ አርባ ዓመት ነገሠ። 28ብዙ ዘመን ባለጠግነትና ክብር ሳይጐድልበት ዕድሜ ጠግቦ ሞተ፤ ልጁ ሰሎሞንም በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ።
29በንጉሥ ዳዊት ዘመነ መንግሥት ከመጀመሪያ እስከ መጨረሻ የተከናወነው ድርጊት በባለ ራእዩ በሳሙኤል የታሪክ መጽሐፍ፣ በነቢዩ በናታን የታሪክ መጽሐፍ፣ በባለ ራእዩ በጋድ የታሪክ መጽሐፍ ተጽፏል። 30የተጻፈውም በሥልጣን ላይ በነበረበት ጊዜ ከፈጸማቸው ዝርዝር ጕዳዮችና በዙሪያው ከከበቡት፣ ከእስራኤልና ከሌሎች አገር መንግሥታት ታሪክ ጋር ነው።
