2 Nyakati 5

1 Wakati ilipomalizika kazi aliyofanya Selemani kwa ajili ya Yahwe, Selemani akapeleka vitu ndani, ambavyo Daudi, baba yake, aliviweka wakifu kwa kusudi hilo, pamoja na zile fedha, dhahabu, na vyombo vyote akavileta ndani ya hazina ya nyumba ya Mungu.

Then Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had vowed, the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels he put among the treasures of the house of God.

2 Kisha Selemanai akawakusanya wazee wa Israeli, wakuu wa makabila yote, na viongozi wa familia za watu wa Israeli, katika Yerusalemu, ili walilete sanduku la agano la Yahwe kutoka mji wa Daudi, ambao ni Sayuni.

And after this he gathered together the ancients of Israel, and all the princes of the tribes, and the heads of the families, of the children of Israel to Jerusalem, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Sion.

3 Wanaume wote wa Israeli wakakusanyika mbele za mfalme katika sikukuu, ambayo ilikuwa katika mwezi wa saba.

And all the men of Israel came to the king in the solemn day of the seventh month.

4 Wazee wote wa Israeli wakaja, na Walawi wakalichukua sanduku.

And when all the ancients of Israel were come, the Levites took up the ark,

5 Wakalileta sanduku, hema ya kukutania, na vyombo vitakatifu vyote ambavyo vilikuwa ndani ya hema. Makuhani waliokuwa wa kabila la Lawi wakavileta vtu hivyo.

And brought it in, together with all the furniture of the tabernacle. And the priests with the Levites carried the vessels of the sanctuary, which were in the tabernacle.

6 Mfalme Selemanai na kusanyiko lote la Israeli wakaja pamoja, mbele ya sanduku, wakitoa sadaka za kondoo na maksai ambao hawakuweza kuhesabika.

And king Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, and all that were gathered together before the ark, sacrificed rams, and oxen without number: so great was the multitude of the victims.

7 Makuhani wakalileta sanduku la anago la Yahwe ndani mahali pake, katika chumba cha ndani cha nyumba, kwenye patakatifu pa patakatifu, chini ya mabawa ya makerubi.

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, that is, to the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies under the wings of the cherubims:

8 Kwa kuwa makerubi walitandaza mabawa yao juu ya mahali pa sanduku, na walilifunika sanduku na na miti yake ya kulibebea.

So that the cherubims spread their wings over the place, in which the ark was set, and covered the ark itself and its staves.

9 Miti ilikuwa mirefu sana kwamba ncha zake zlionekana kutoka ile sehemu takatifu mbele ya chumba cha andani, lakini hazikuweza kuonekana kutoka nje. Zipo hapo hadi leo.

Now the ends of the staves wherewith the ark was carried, because they were some thing longer, were seen before the oracle: but if a man were a little outward, he could not see them. So the ark has been there unto this day.

10 Hapakuwa na kitu katika sanaduku isipokuwa zile meza mbili ambazo Musa aliziweka humo huko Horebu, wakati Mungu alipofanya agano na watu wa Israeli, walipotoka nje ya Misri.

And there was nothing else in the ark but the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb when the Lord gave the law to the children of Israel, at their coming out of Egypt.

11 Ilikuwa makuhani walipotoka nje ya sehemu takatifu. Makuhanai wote wliokuwepo wakajiweka wakifu wenyewe kwa Yahwe, bila kujiamuru wenyewe kulingana na sehemu zao.

Now when the priests were come out of the sanctuary, (for all the priests that could be found there, mere sanctified: and as yet at that time the courses and orders of the ministries were not divided among them, )

12 Pia makuhani waliokuwa waimbaji, wote kwa ujumla wao, pamoja na Asafu, Hemani, Yeduthuni, na wana wao na ndugu zao, wakiwa wamevalia kitani safi na wakipiga matoazi, vinanda, na vinubi, wakaasimama upande wa mashariki wa mwisho wa madhabahu. Pamoja nao palikuwa na makuhuni 120 wakipuliza tarumbeta.

Both the Levites and the singing men, that is, both they that were under Asaph, and they that were under Heman, and they that were under Idithun, with their sons, and their brethren, clothed with fine linen, sounded with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, standing on the east side of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests, sounding with trumpets.

13 Ikawa kwamba wapuruza tarumbeta na waimbaji wakafanya mziki pamoja, wakifanya sauti moja isikike kwa ajili ya kumsifu na kumshukuru Yahwe. Walipaza sauti zao kwa tarumbeta, toazi na vyombo vingine, na wakamsifu Yahwe. Wakaimba, “Kwa maana Yeye ni mwema, kwa kuwa uaminifu wa agano lake wadumu milele.” Kisha nyumba, ile nyumba ya Yahwe, ikajawa na wingu.

So when they all sounded together, both with trumpets, and voice, and cymbals, and organs, and with divers kind of musical instruments, and lifted up their voice on high: the sound was heard afar off, so that when they began to praise the Lord, and to say: Give glory to the Lord for he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever: the house of God was filled with a cloud.

14 Makuhani hawakuweza kusimama ili wahudumu kwa sababu ya lile wingu, kwa maana utukufu wa Yahwe uliijaza nyumba yake.

Nor could the priests stand and minister by reason of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.