2 أخبار 8

١ 1 وَفِي نِهَايَةِ الْعِشْرِينَ عَاماً الَّتِي فِيهَا بَنَى سُلَيْمَانُ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ وَقَصْرَهُ،

And it cometh to pass, at the end of twenty years, that Solomon hath built the house of Jehovah, and his own house.

٢ 2 أَعَادَ بِنَاءَ الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا لَهُ الْمَلِكُ حُورَامُ، وَأَسْكَنَ فِيهَا قَوْماً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

As to the cities that Huram hath given to Solomon, Solomon hath built them, and there he causeth the sons of Israel to dwell.

٣ 3 ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ حَمَاةِ صُوبَةَ وَافْتَتَحَهَا،

And Solomon goeth to Hamath-Zobah, and layeth hold upon it;

٤ 4 وَبَنَى أَيْضاً تَدْمُرَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، وَسَائِرَ مُدُنِ الْمَخَازِنِ الَّتِي أَقَامَهَا عِنْدَ حَمَاةَ.

and he buildeth Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the cities of store that he hath built in Hamath.

٥ 5 كَمَا أَعَادَ بِنَاءَ بَيْتِ حُورُونَ الْعُلْيَا وَبَيْتِ حُورُونَ السُّفْلَى، وَجَعَلَهُمَا مَدِينَتَيْنِ مَنِيعَتَيْنِ مُحَصَّنَتَيْنِ بِأَسْوَارٍ وَبَوَّابَاتٍ وَأَرْتَاجٍ

And he buildeth Beth-Horon the upper, and Beth-Horon the lower — cities of defence, with walls, two-leaved doors, and bar —

٦ 6 كَمَا بَنَى مَدِينَةَ بَعْلَةَ وَكُلَّ الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي جَعَلَهَا مَخَازِنَ لَهُ، وَجَمِيعَ مُدُنِ حَظَائِرِ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَمُدُنِ الْفُرْسَانِ، وَكُلَّ مَا رَغِبَ فِي بِنَائِهِ وَتَرْمِيمِهِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَفِي لُبْنَانَ وَفِي كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ سَلْطَنَتِهِ.

and Baalath, and all the cities of store that Solomon had, and all the cities of the chariot, and the cities of the horsemen, and all the desire of Solomon that he desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

٧ 7 أَمَّا جَمِيعُ نَسْلِ الأُمَمِ الْبَاقِينَ مِنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَنْتَمُونَ لإِسْرَائِيلَ،

All the people who are left of the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, who are not of Israel —

٨ 8 مِمَّنْ بَقُوا فِي الأَرْضِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ، وَلَمْ يُفْنِهِمْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَقَدْ سَخَّرَهُمْ سُلَيْمَانُ لِلْخِدْمَةِ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

of their sons who have been left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel consumed not — doth Solomon lift up a tribute unto this day.

٩ 9 أَمَّا أَبْنَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَمْ يُسَخِّرْ مِنْهُمْ سُلَيْمَانُ أَحَداً، لأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ كَانَ يَتَأَلَّفُ رِجَالُ الْقِتَالِ وَرُؤَسَاءُ قُوَّادِهِ وَقَادَةُ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَفُرْسَانُهُ.

And none of the sons of Israel hath Solomon made servants for his work, but they [are] men of war, and heads of his captains, and heads of his charioteers, and of his horsemen;

١٠ 10 وَكَانَ عَدَدُ الْمُوَكَّلِينَ عَلَى الإِشْرَافِ عَلَى خِدْمَةِ الْعُمَّالِ الْمُسَخَّرِينَ لِتَنْفِيذِ أَعْمَالِ سُلَيْمَانَ، مِئَتَيْنِ وَخَمْسِينَ رَجُلاً.

and these [are] heads of the officers whom king Solomon hath, two hundred and fifty who are rulers among the people.

١١ 11 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ بَنَى لِبِنْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ قَصْراً نَقَلَهَا إِلَيْهِ قَائِلاً: «لا تُقِيمُ زَوْجَتِي فِي قَصْرِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَنَّ الأَمَاكِنَ الَّتِي دَخَلَهَا تَابُوتُ الرَّبِّ هِيَ أَمَاكِنُ مُقَدَّسَةٌ».

And the daughter of Pharaoh hath Solomon brought up from the city of David to the house that he built for her, for he said, 'My wife doth not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, for they are holy unto whom hath come the ark of Jehovah.'

١٢ 12 ثُمَّ قَرَّبَ سُلَيْمَانُ مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِلرَّبِّ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ الَّذِي شَيَّدَهُ أَمَامَ الرُّوَاقِ،

Then hath Solomon caused to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah that he built before the porch,

١٣ 13 فَكَانَتِ الْمُحْرَقَاتُ تُقَدَّمُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِمُوْجِبِ مَا نَصَّتْ عَلَيْهِ وَصِيَّةُ مُوسَى، وَفِي السُّبُوتِ، وَفِي مَطْلَعِ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ قَمَرِيٍّ، وَمَوَاسِمِ الأَعْيَادِ الثَّلاثَةِ السَّنَوِيَّةِ: عِيدِ الْفَطِيرِ، وَعِيدِ الْحَصَادِ، وَعِيدِ الْمَظَالِّ.

even by the matter of a day in its day, to cause to ascend according to the command of Moses, on sabbaths, and on new moons, and on appointed seasons, three times in a year — in the feast of unleavened things, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths.

١٤ 14 وَنَظَّمَ خَدَمَاتِ وَوَاجِبَاتِ فِرَقِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا رَتَّبَهُ أَبُوهُ دَاوُدُ، فَكَانَ اللّاوِيُّونَ يَقُومُونَ بِالتَّسْبِيحِ وَالْخِدْمَةِ تَحْتَ إِشْرَافِ الْكَهَنَةِ، وَحِرَاسَةِ الأَبْوَابِ حَسَبَ فِرَقِهِمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ، تَنْفِيذاً لأَوَامِرِ دَاوُدَ رَجُلِ اللهِ.

And he establisheth, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests over their service, and of the Levites over their charges, to praise and to minister over-against the priests, according to the matter of a day in its day, and the gatekeepers in their courses at gate and gate, for so [is] the command of David the man of God.

١٥ 15 وَلَمْ يَنْحَرِفُوا عَنْ تَنْفِيذِ مَا أَوْصَى الْمَلِكُ بِهِ الْكَهَنَةَ وَاللاوِيِّينَ بِشَأْنِ الْمَخَازِنِ وَسِوَاهَا مِنَ الأُمُورِ.

And they have not turned aside [from] the command of the king concerning the priests and the Levites, in reference to any matter, and to the treasures.

١٦ 16 وَهَكَذَا اكْتَمَلَ تَنْفِيذُ كُلِّ مَا خَطَّطَهُ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ يَوْمِ إِرْسَاءِ الأَسَاسِ حَتَّى الانْتِهَاءِ مِنْ تَشْيِيدِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

And all the work of Solomon is prepared till the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and till its completion; perfect is the house of Jehovah.

١٧ 17 ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى مِينَاءِ عِصْيُونَ جَابِرَ وَإِلَى أَيْلَةَ الْوَاقِعَتَيْنِ عَلَى شَاطِئِ بَحْرِ أَدُومَ،

Then hath Solomon gone to Ezion-Geber, and unto Elath, on the border of the sea, in the land of Edom;

١٨ 18 فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ حُورَامُ بِقِيَادَةِ رِجَالِهِ مَلَّاحِينَ خُبَرَاءَ بِمَسَالِكِ الْمِيَاهِ فَأَبْحَرُوا مَعَ رِجَالِ سُلَيْمَانَ إِلَى أُوفِيرَ وَجَلَبُوا مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَزْنَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ (نَحْوَ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفاً وَمِئَتَيْ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) حَمَلُوهَا إِلَى الْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ.

and Huram sendeth to him, by the hand of his servants, ships and servants knowing the sea, and they go with servants of Solomon to Ophir, and take thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and bring in unto king Solomon.