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Hivyo ikaisha kazi yote Sulemani aliyoifanyia nyumba ya Bwana. Sulemani akaviingiza vitu alivyovitakasa baba yake Daudi; fedha, na dhahabu, na vyombo vyote, akavitia ndani ya hazina za nyumba ya Mungu.
So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.
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Ndipo Sulemani alipowakusanya wazee wa Israeli, na wakuu wote wa kabila, wakuu wa mbari za mababa wa wana wa Israeli, huko Yerusalemu, ili walipandishe sanduku la agano la Bwana kutoka mji wa Daudi, yaani, Sayuni.
At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
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Wakakutana watu wote wa Israeli mbele ya mfalme wakati wa sikukuu, katika mwezi wa saba.
So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.
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Wakaja wazee wote wa Israeli, nao Walawi wakajitwika sanduku.
When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,
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Wakalipandisha sanduku, na ile hema ya kukutania, na vyombo vitakatifu vyote vilivyokuwamo Hemani, vitu hivyo makuhani Walawi wakavipandisha.
and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.
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Mfalme Sulemani, na mkutano wote wa Israeli, waliokutanika kwake, walikuwako mbele ya sanduku, wakichinja dhabihu za kondoo na ng'ombe, wasiohesabika wala kujumlishwa kwa kuwa wengi.
There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
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Makuhani wakaliingiza sanduku la agano la Bwana mahali pake katika chumba cha ndani cha nyumba, patakatifu pa patakatifu, yaani, chini ya mabawa ya makerubi.
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
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Kwa maana makerubi yalinyosha mabawa yao juu ya mahali pa sanduku, makerubi yakalifunika lile sanduku na miti yake kwa juu.
For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
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Na ile miti ilikuwa mirefu, hata ncha za miti zilionekana sandukuni mbele ya chumba cha ndani, lakini hazikuonekana nje; nayo iko kuko huko hata leo.
The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
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Hamkuwa na kitu ndani ya sanduku, ila zile mbao mbili alizozitia Musa huko Horebu, Bwana alipofanya agano na wana wa Israeli, hapo walipotoka Misri.
There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
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Ikawa makuhani walipokwisha kutoka katika patakatifu; (kwani makuhani wote waliokuwapo, walikuwa wamejitakasa, wala hawakuzishika zamu zao;
Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,
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tena Walawi waimbaji, wote pia, yaani Asafu, na Hemani, na Yeduthuni, na wana wao, na ndugu zao, hali wamevaa kitani safi, wenye matoazi na vinanda na vinubi, wamesimama upande wa mashariki wa madhabahu, na pamoja nao makuhani mia na ishirini wakipiga panda;)
all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.
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hata ikawa, wenye panda na waimbaji walipokuwa kama mmoja, wakisikizisha sauti moja ya kumsifu na kumshukuru Bwana nao wakipaza sauti pamoja na panda na matoazi na vinanda, wakimsifu Bwana, wakisema, Kwa kuwa ni mwema; kwa maana fadhili zake ni za milele; ndipo nyumba ikajawa na wingu, naam, nyumba ya Bwana,
The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
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hata makuhani hawakuweza kusimama ili kufanya huduma yao, kwa sababu ya lile wingu; kwa kuwa nyumba ya Mungu imejaa utukufu wa Bwana.
so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.