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.

And Solomon brought in the holy things of his father David, the silver, and the gold, and the [other] vessels, and put them in the treasury of the house of the Lord.

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 all the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, [even] the leaders of the families of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, —this [is] Sion.

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

And all Israel were assembled [to] the king in the feast, this [is] the seventh month.

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

And all the elders of Israel came; and all 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 the tabernacle of witness, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle; and the priests and the Levites brought it up.

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 elders of Israel, and the religious of them, and they of them that were gathered before the ark, [were] sacrificing calves and sheep, which could not be numbered or reckoned 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.

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the house, [even] into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubs.

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

And the cherubs stretched out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark, and its staves 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.

And the staves projected, and the heads of the staves were seen from the holy place in front of the oracle, they were not seen without: and there they were 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 tables which Moses placed [there] in Choreb, which God gave in covenant with the children of Israel, when they went out of the land 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.

And it came to pass, when the priests when out of the holy place, (for all the priests that were found were sanctified, they were not [then] arranged according to their daily course, )

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.

that all the singing Levites [assigned] to the sons of Asaph, to Aeman, to Idithun, and to his sons, and to his brethren, of them that were clothed in linen garments, with cymbals and lutes and harps, [were] standing before the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests, blowing 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.

And there was one voice in the trumpeting and in the psalm-singing, and in the loud utterance with one voice to give thanks and praise the Lord; and when they raised their voice together with trumpets and cymbals, and instruments of music, and said, Give thanks to the Lord, for [it is] good, for his mercy [endures] for ever: —then the house was filled with the cloud of the glory of the Lord.

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

And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.