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.
Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of YHWH was finished. Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries 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.
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the ancestral leaders of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of YHWH out of the City of David, which is Zion.
3 Wanaume wote wa Israeli wakakusanyika mbele za mfalme katika sikukuu, ambayo ilikuwa katika mwezi wa saba.
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month.
4 Wazee wote wa Israeli wakaja, na Walawi wakalichukua sanduku.
All the elders of Israel came: and 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 they brought up the ark, and the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; these the priests the Levites brought up.
6 Mfalme Selemanai na kusanyiko lote la Israeli wakaja pamoja, mbele ya sanduku, wakitoa sadaka za kondoo na maksai ambao hawakuweza kuhesabika.
King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled to him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
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.
The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of YHWH to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.
8 Kwa kuwa makerubi walitandaza mabawa yao juu ya mahali pa sanduku, na walilifunika sanduku na na miti yake ya kulibebea.
For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.
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.
The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary; but they were not seen outside. And they are there to 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.
There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put at Horeb, when YHWH made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came 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.
It happened, when the priests had come out of the holy place, (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, regardless of the divisions;
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.
also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred 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.
it happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking YHWH; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised YHWH, saying, "For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever," then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of YHWH,
14 Makuhani hawakuweza kusimama ili wahudumu kwa sababu ya lile wingu, kwa maana utukufu wa Yahwe uliijaza nyumba yake.
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of YHWH filled God's house.
