2 أخبار 2

١ 1 وَأَصْدَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَمْرَهُ بِبِنَاءِ هَيْكَلٍ لاِسْمِ الرَّبِّ وَقَصْرٍ لِلْمَلِكِ.

And Solomon saith to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom,

٢ 2 وَاسْتَخْدَمَ فِي ذَلِكَ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ حَمَّالٍ، وَثَمَانِينَ أَلْفَ نَحَّاتٍ فِي الْجَبَلِ، يُشْرِفُ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَلاثَةُ آلافٍ وَسِتُّ مِئَةِ وَكِيلٍ.

and Solomon numbereth seventy thousand men bearing burden, and eighty thousand men hewing in the mountain, and overseers over them — three thousand and six hundred.

٣ 3 وَوَجَّهَ سُلَيْمَانُ رِسَالَةً إِلَى حُورَامَ مَلِكِ صُورٍ قَائِلاً: «كَمَا سَبَقَ أَنْ تَعَامَلْتَ مَعَ أَبِي، فَأَرْسَلْتَ لَهُ خَشَبَ أَرْزٍ لِيَبْنِيَ لَهُ قَصْراً يُقِيمُ فِيهِ،

And Solomon sendeth unto Huram king of Tyre, saying, 'When thou hast dealt with David my father, then thou dost send to him cedars to build for him a house to dwell in;

٤ 4 فَهَا أَنَا قَدْ عَقَدْتُ الْعَزْمَ عَلَى تَشْيِيدِ هَيْكَلٍ لاِسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِي لأُخَصِّصَهُ لَهُ، لأُوْقِدَ أَمَامَهُ بَخُوراً عَطِراً وَأُقَرِّبَ خُبْزَ التَّقْدِمَةِ الدَّائِمَ وَلأُصْعِدَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ صَبَاحاً وَمَسَاءً، وَفِي السُّبُوتِ وَمَطَالِعِ الشُّهُورِ وَمَوَاسِمِ أَعْيَادِ إِلَهِنَا، كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَفْعَلُوا إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

lo, I am building a house to the name of Jehovah my God, to sanctify [it] to Him, to make perfume before Him, perfume of spices, and a continual arrangement, and burnt-offerings at morning and at evening, at sabbaths, and at new moons, and at appointed seasons of Jehovah our God; to the age this [is] on Israel.

٥ 5 وَالْهَيْكَلُ الَّذِي أَنَا مُزْمِعٌ بِنَاءَهُ هُوَ هَيْكَلٌ عَظِيمٌ، لأَنَّ إِلَهَنَا أَعْظَمُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الآلِهَةِ.

'And the house that I am building [is] great, for greater [is] our God than all gods;

٦ 6 وَمَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ حَقّاً أَنْ يَبْنِيَ لَهُ هَيْكَلاً لأَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَسَمَاءَ السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تَسَعُهُ! وَمَنْ أَنَا حَتَّى أَبْنِيَ لَهُ هَيْكَلاً إِلّا لِيَكُونَ لَهُ هَيْكَلاً لإِيقَادِ الْبَخُورِ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ!

and who doth retain strength to build to Him a house, for the heavens, even the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Him? and who [am] I that I do build to Him a house, except to make perfume before Him?

٧ 7 فَالآنَ أَرْسِلْ لِي رَجُلاً حَاذِقاً فِي فُنُونِ صِنَاعَةِ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالنُّحَاسِ وَالْحَدِيدِ، وَفِي صِنَاعَةِ الْقُمَاشِ الأَزْرَقِ وَالْبَنَفْسَجِيِّ وَالأَحْمَرِ، وَمَاهِراً فِي حِرْفَةِ النَّقْشِ، لِيَعْمَلَ مَعَ الصُّنَّاعِ الْمَهَرَةِ الْمُتَوَافِرِينَ لَدَيَّ فِي يَهُوذَا وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ مِمَّنِ اخْتَارَهُمْ أَبِي دَاوُدُ.

'And now, send to me a wise man to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and knowing to grave gravings with the wise men who [are] with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared;

٨ 8 وَزَوِّدْنِي بِخَشَبِ أَرْزٍ وَسَرْوٍ وَصَنْدَلٍ مِنْ لُبْنَانَ، لأَنَّنِي أَعْرِفُ أَنَّ رِجَالَكَ مَاهِرُونَ فِي قَطْعِ خَشَبِ لُبْنَانَ، فَيَتَعَاوَنَ رِجَالِي مَعَ رِجَالِكَ.

and send to me cedar-trees, firs, and algums from Lebanon, for I have known that thy servants know to cut down trees of Lebanon, and lo, my servants [are] with thy servants,

٩ 9 وَلْيُجَهِّزُوا لِي خَشَباً وَفِيراً، لأَنَّ الْهَيْكَلَ الَّذِي عَزَمْتُ عَلَى بِنَائِهِ هُوَ هَيْكَلٌ عَظِيمٌ وَمُدْهِشٌ،

even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building [is] great and wonderful.

١٠ 10 وَأَنَا أَدْفَعُ أُجْرَةَ قَاطِعِي الْخَشَبِ: عِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ كُرٍّ مِنَ الْقَمْحِ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ كِيسٍ مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ، وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ بَثِّ خَمْرٍ، وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ بَرْمِيلِ زَيْتٍ».

'And lo, to hewers, to those cutting the trees, I have given beaten wheat to thy servants, cors twenty thousand, and barley, cors twenty thousand, and wine, baths twenty thousand, and oil, baths twenty thousand.'

١١ 11 فَأَجَابَهُ حُورَامُ مَلِكُ صُورَ فِي رِسَالَةٍ قَائِلاً: «لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ أَحَبَّ حَقّاً شَعْبَهُ وَلّاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَلِكاً.

And Huram king of Tyre saith in writing, and sendeth unto Solomon: 'In the love of Jehovah to His people He hath given thee king over them.'

١٢ 12 فَتَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ صَانِعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ الَّذِي رَزَقَ دَاوُدَ الْمَلِكَ ابْناً حَكِيماً مُتَمَيِّزاً بِالْمَعْرِفَةِ وَالْفَهْمِ لِيَبْنِيَ هَيْكَلاً لِلرَّبِّ وَقَصْراً لِنَفْسِهِ.

And Huram saith, 'Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, knowing wisdom and understanding, who doth build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

١٣ 13 وَهَا أَنَا أُرْسِلُ الآنَ رَجُلاً حَاذِقاً خَبِيراً هُوَ حُورَامُ أَبِي،

'And now, I have sent a wise man having understanding, of Huram my father,

١٤ 14 ابْنُ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ سِبْطِ دَانٍ، مُتَزَوِّجَةٍ مِنْ رَجُلٍ صُورِيٍّ، بَارِعٌ فِي صِنَاعَةِ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالنُّحَاسِ وَالْحَدِيدِ وَالْحِجَارَةِ وَالْخَشَبِ وَالْقُمَاشِ الأَزْرَقِ وَالْبَنَفْسَجِيِّ وَالْكَتَّانِ وَالأَحْمَرِ وَسَائِرِ فُنُونِ النَّقْشِ، وَتَنْفِيذِ مَا يُعْهَدُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رُسُومَاتٍ، فَيَعْمَلُ حُورَامُ هَذَا جَنْباً إِلَى جَنْبٍ مَعَ صُنَّاعِكَ وَصُنَّاعِ سَيِّدِي دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ.

(son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father a man of Tyre), knowing to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stones, and in wood, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, and to grave any graving, and to devise any device that is given to him, with thy wise men, and the wise men of my lord David thy father.

١٥ 15 أَمَّا الْقَمْحُ وَالشَّعِيرُ وَالزَّيْتُ وَالْخَمْرُ الَّتِي ذَكَرَهَا سَيِّدِي، فَلْيَبْعَثْ بِها مَعَ رِجَالِهِ.

'And, now, the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, as my lord said, let him send to his servants,

١٦ 16 وَنَحْنُ نَقُومُ بِقَطْعِ الْخَشَبِ مِنْ لُبْنَانَ، عَلَى مِقْدَارِ حَاجَتِكَ، وَنَنْقُلُهُ إِلَيْكَ حُزَماً عَائِمَةً عَلَى الْبَحْرِ إِلَى مِينَاءِ يَافَا. وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ يَتِمُّ حَمْلُهُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ».

and we — we cut trees out of Lebanon, according to all thy need, and bring them in to thee — floats by sea, to Joppa, and thou dost take them up to Jerusalem.'

١٧ 17 وَأَحْصَى سُلَيْمَانُ جَمِيعَ الْغُرَبَاءِ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَ أَبُوهُ قَدْ سَبَقَ فَأَحْصَاهُمْ، فَوَجَدَهُمْ مِئَةً وَثَلاثَةً وَخَمْسِينَ أَلْفاً وِستَّ مِئَةٍ،

And Solomon numbereth all the men, the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them, and they are found a hundred and fifty thousand, and three thousand, and six hundred;

١٨ 18 مِنْهُمْ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ حَمَّالٍ، وَثَمَانُونَ أَلْفَ نَحَّاتٍ لِقَطْعِ حِجَارَةِ الْجَبَلِ، وَثَلاثَةُ آلافٍ وَسِتُّ مِئَةٍ أَقَامَهُمْ وُكَلاءَ لِلإِشْرَافِ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ.

and he maketh of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers, to cause the people to work.