1 Chronicles 29 – NIVUK & NEN

New International Version – UK

1 Chronicles 29:1-30

Gifts for building the temple

1Then King David said to the whole assembly: ‘My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great, because this palatial structure is not for man but for the Lord God. 2With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God – gold for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise,29:2 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. stones of various colours, and all kinds of fine stone and marble – all of these in large quantities. 3Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided for this holy temple: 4three thousand talents29:4 That is, about 100 metric tons of gold (gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents29:4 That is, about 235 metric tons of refined silver, for the overlaying of the walls of the buildings, 5for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now, who is willing to consecrate themselves to the Lord today?’

6Then the leaders of families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly. 7They gave towards the work on the temple of God five thousand talents29:7 That is, about 170 metric tons and ten thousand darics29:7 That is, about 84 kilograms of gold, ten thousand talents29:7 That is, about 340 metric tons of silver, eighteen thousand talents29:7 That is, about 610 metric tons of bronze and a hundred thousand talents29:7 That is, about 3,400 metric tons of iron. 8Anyone who had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the temple of the Lord in the custody of Jehiel the Gershonite. 9The people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

David’s prayer

10David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying,

‘Praise be to you, Lord,

the God of our father Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting.

11Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power

and the glory and the majesty and the splendour,

for everything in heaven and earth is yours.

Yours, Lord, is the kingdom;

you are exalted as head over all.

12Wealth and honour come from you;

you are the ruler of all things.

In your hands are strength and power

to exalt and give strength to all.

13Now, our God, we give you thanks,

and praise your glorious name.

14‘But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand. 15We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. 16Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you. 17I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you. 18Lord, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people for ever, and keep their hearts loyal to you. 19And give my son Solomon the wholehearted devotion to keep your commands, statutes and decrees and to do everything to build the palatial structure for which I have provided.’

20Then David said to the whole assembly, ‘Praise the Lord your God.’ So they all praised the Lord, the God of their fathers; they bowed down, prostrating themselves before the Lord and the king.

Solomon acknowledged as king

21The next day they made sacrifices to the Lord and presented burnt offerings to him: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams and a thousand male lambs, together with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. 22They ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the Lord that day.

Then they acknowledged Solomon son of David as king a second time, anointing him before the Lord to be ruler and Zadok to be priest. 23So Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king in place of his father David. He prospered and all Israel obeyed him. 24All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their submission to King Solomon.

25The Lord highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal splendour such as no king over Israel ever had before.

The death of David

26David son of Jesse was king over all Israel. 27He ruled over Israel for forty years – seven in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem. 28He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth and honour. His son Solomon succeeded him as king.

29As for the events of King David’s reign, from beginning to end, they are written in the records of Samuel the seer, the records of Nathan the prophet and the records of Gad the seer, 30together with the details of his reign and power, and the circumstances that surrounded him and Israel and the kingdoms of all the other lands.

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

1 Nyakati 29:1-30

Matoleo Kwa Ajili Ya Ujenzi Wa Hekalu

129:1 1Fal 3:7; 2Nya 13:7; Mit 4:3; 1Nya 22:5Ndipo Mfalme Daudi akaliambia kusanyiko lote: “Mwanangu Solomoni, yeye ambaye Mungu amemchagua, ni kijana mdogo na asiye na uzoefu. Kazi hii ni kubwa, kwa sababu Hekalu hili la fahari si kwa ajili ya mwanadamu bali ni kwa ajili ya Bwana. 229:2 Ezr 6:5; Ufu 21:18; Hag 2:8; Isa 54:11; 1Nya 22:2-5; Kut 28:9Kwa uwezo wangu wote nimetenga mali kwa ajili ya Hekalu la Mungu wangu: dhahabu kwa kazi za dhahabu, fedha kwa ajili ya fedha, shaba kwa kazi za shaba, chuma kwa kazi za chuma na miti kwa kazi za miti, vivyo hivyo vito vya shohamu kwa ajili ya kutia kwenye vijalizo, almasi, mawe ya rangi mbalimbali, aina zote za vito vya thamani na marmar; yote haya kwa wingi mno. 329:3 2Nya 24:10; Za 28:9; 2Nya 35:8; Za 26:8; 27:4; Mit 3:9Zaidi ya hayo, kwa kujitolea kwangu kwa ajili ya Hekalu la Mungu wangu, sasa ninatoa hazina zangu mwenyewe za dhahabu na fedha kwa ajili ya Hekalu la Mungu wangu, zaidi ya mali niliyotoa kwa ajili ya Hekalu hili takatifu: 429:4 Mwa 10:29; 1Nya 22:14; Ay 22:24; 1Fal 9:28; 2Nya 8:18talanta 3,00029:4 Talanta 3,000 za dhahabu sawa na tani 110. za dhahabu (dhahabu ya Ofiri) na talanta 7,00029:4 Talanta 7,000 za fedha ni sawa na tani 260. za fedha safi iliyosafishwa, kwa ajili ya kufunika kuta za Hekalu, 5kwa kazi ya dhahabu na kazi ya fedha na kwa kazi yote itakayofanywa na mafundi. Basi, ni nani anayependa kujitoa kwa Bwana leo?”

629:6 1Nya 28:1; Kut 36:2; Ezr 7:15Ndipo viongozi wa jamaa, maafisa wa kabila za Israeli, majemadari wa maelfu na majemadari wa mamia, pamoja na maafisa waliokuwa wasimamizi wa kazi za mfalme wakatoa kwa hiari yao.

7Wakatoa kwa ajili ya kazi ya Hekalu la Mungu talanta 5,00029:7 Talanta 5,000 za dhahabu ni sawa na tani 190. na darkoni 10,00029:7 Darkoni 10,000 za dhahabu ni sawa na kilo 84. za dhahabu, talanta 10,00029:7 Talanta 10,000 za fedha ni sawa na tani 375. za fedha, talanta 18,00029:7 Talanta 18,000 za shaba ni sawa na tani 675. za shaba na talanta 100,00029:7 Talanta 100,000 za chuma ni sawa na tani 3,750. za chuma. 829:8 Kut 35:27; 1Nya 26:21Kila mmoja aliyekuwa na vito vya thamani akavitoa katika hazina ya Hekalu la Bwana chini ya uangalizi wa Yehieli Mgershoni. 929:9 1Fal 8:61; 2Kor 9:7Watu wakafurahi kwa sababu ya itikio la hiari la viongozi wao, kwa kuwa walikuwa wametoa kwa hiari na kwa moyo wote kwa Bwana. Mfalme Daudi pia akafurahi sana.

Maombi Ya Daudi

1029:10 1Fal 8:15-16; 2Nya 6:4; Za 72:18; Eze 3:12Daudi akamhimidi Bwana mbele ya kusanyiko lote, akisema:

“Uhimidiwe wewe, Ee Bwana,

Mungu wa Israeli baba yetu,

tangu milele hata milele.

1129:11 Za 24:8; 89:11; Mt 6:13; Ufu 5:12-13; Dan 4:34-35; 1Tim 1:17Ukuu na uweza, ni vyako, Ee Bwana,

na utukufu na enzi na uzuri,

kwa kuwa kila kilichoko mbinguni na duniani

ni chako wewe.

Ee Bwana, ufalme ni wako;

umetukuzwa kuwa mkuu juu ya yote.

1229:12 Ezr 7:27; Mhu 5:19; 2Nya 20:6; Rum 11:36; Kum 8:18; 1Sam 2:7-8; Za 75:6; Mit 10:22; Yak 1:17Utajiri na heshima vyatoka kwako;

wewe ndiwe utawalaye vitu vyote.

Mikononi mwako kuna nguvu na uweza

ili kuinua na kuwapa wote nguvu,

13Sasa, Mungu wetu, tunakushukuru

na kulisifu Jina lako tukufu.

14“Lakini mimi ni nani, nao watu wangu ni nani, hata tuweze kukutolea kwa ukarimu namna hii? Vitu vyote vyatoka kwako, nasi tumekutolea tu vile vitokavyo mkononi mwako. 1529:15 Mwa 47:9; 23:4; Ebr 11:13; Mhu 6:12; Za 102:11; Ay 14:2; Za 39:12; 1Pet 2:11; Za 90:9; 144:4Sisi ni wageni na wapitaji machoni pako, kama walivyokuwa baba zetu wote. Siku zetu duniani ni kama kivuli, bila tumaini. 16Ee Bwana Mungu wetu, kwa wingi wote huu ambao tumekutolea kwa kujenga Hekalu kwa ajili ya Jina lako Takatifu, vimetoka mkononi mwako, navyo vyote ni mali yako. 1729:17 Mit 17:3; Yer 11:20; Za 15:1-5; Mit 11:20; Ebr 4:13; Kum 8:2; 1Sam 16:7; 1Nya 28:9; Za 7:9; Yer 17:10; Mit 16:2Ninajua, Mungu wangu, kwamba wewe huujaribu moyo na unapendezwa na unyofu. Vitu hivi vyote nimetoa kwa hiari na kwa moyo mnyofu. Nami sasa nimeona kwa furaha jinsi watu wako walioko hapa kwa hiari yao walivyokutolea wewe. 1829:18 Za 10:17; Yer 10:23Ee Bwana, Mungu wa baba zetu Abrahamu, Isaki na Israeli, weka shauku hii ndani ya mioyo ya watu wako daima na uifanye mioyo yao iwe na uaminifu kwako. 1929:19 1Fal 8:61; Isa 38:3; 1Nya 22:14; Za 72:1Nawe umpe mwanangu Solomoni kujitolea kwako kwa moyo wote ili kuzishika amri zako, masharti yako, maagizo yako na kufanya kila kitu ili kujenga Hekalu hili la fahari ambalo kwa ajili yake nimetoa.”

20Ndipo Daudi akaliambia kusanyiko lote, “Mhimidini Bwana Mungu wenu.” Hivyo wote wakamhimidi Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao. Wakasujudu na kuanguka kifudifudi mbele za Bwana na mfalme.

Solomoni Akubalika Kuwa Mfalme

21Siku ya pili yake wakamtolea Bwana dhabihu na sadaka za kuteketezwa: mafahali 1,000, kondoo dume 1,000 na wana-kondoo dume 1,000, pamoja na sadaka za kinywaji na sadaka nyingine nyingi sana kwa ajili ya Israeli. 2229:22 1Nya 12:40; 1Sam 2:35; 1Fal 1:33-39Wakala na kunywa kwa furaha kubwa mbele za Bwana siku ile.

Wakamtawaza Solomoni mwana wa Daudi mara ya pili kuwa mfalme, wakamtia mafuta kwa ajili ya Bwana ili awe mfalme na Sadoki kuwa kuhani. 2329:23 1Fal 2:12; 1Nya 17:14Solomoni akaketi kwenye kiti cha enzi cha Bwana kuwa mfalme mahali pa Daudi baba yake. Akafanikiwa sana na Israeli wote wakamtii. 2429:24 Mwa 24:2; 47:29; Eze 17:18; 2Nya 30:8Maafisa wote na mashujaa, pamoja na wana wote wa Daudi, wakaahidi kumtii Mfalme Solomoni.

2529:25 1Fal 10:7; 3:13; Mhu 2:9; 2Nya 1:12; Dan 5:18-19; Ebr 2:9Bwana akamtukuza sana Solomoni mbele ya Israeli wote na kumvika fahari ya kifalme ambayo hakuna mfalme yeyote wa Israeli kabla yake aliwahi kuwa nayo.

Muhtasari Wa Utawala Wa Daudi

2629:26 1Nya 18:14Daudi mwana wa Yese alikuwa mfalme wa Israeli yote. 2729:27 2Sam 5:4-5; 1Fal 2:11Alitawala Israeli kwa miaka arobaini: huko Hebroni alitawala miaka saba, na katika Yerusalemu akatawala miaka thelathini na mitatu.

2829:28 Mwa 15:15; Mdo 13:36; 1Nya 23:1; Mwa 25:8; Hes 23:10; Ay 5:26Daudi akafa akiwa mzee mwenye umri mwema, akiwa ameshiba siku, utajiri na heshima. Naye Solomoni mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.

2929:29 1Sam 9:9; 22:5; 2Sam 7:2; Ay 5:26Kuhusu matukio ya utawala wa Mfalme Daudi, kuanzia mwanzo hadi mwisho, yameandikwa katika kumbukumbu za mwonaji Samweli, na kumbukumbu za nabii Nathani na kumbukumbu za mwonaji Gadi, 3029:30 Dan 2:21pamoja na habari zote za utawala wake, nguvu zake na matukio yaliyompata yeye, na Israeli, na falme za nchi nyingine zote.