2 Dungkrhoekhaih 8
1 Solomon mah saning pumphaeto thung, angmah im hoi Angraeng ih im to sak naah,
Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
2 Humram mah Solomon han paek ih vangpui to a sak moe, Israel kaminawk to to ahmuen ah ohsak.
Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
3 Solomon mah Hamath-Zobah vangpui to tuk moe, a lak.
Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
4 Praezaek ah Tadmor vangpui to a sak moe, hmuenmae patunghaih avangnawk doeh, Hammath vangpui ah a sak.
His workers also rebuilt walls around Tadmor [town] in the desert, and in [the] Hamath [region] in all the towns where they kept supplies.
5 Soloman mah sipaenawk, khongkhanawk hoi khongkha takraenghaih kaom, kacak parai aluek bang ih Berth-Horon hoi aloih bang ih Berth-Horon vangpui to a sak;
They rebuilt Upper Beth-Horon [town] and Lower Beth-Horon [city], and built walls around them with gates [in the walls] and bars [to fasten the gates].
6 Baalath vangpui, hmuenmae suekhaih vangpui, hrangleeng suekhaih vangpui, hrang angthueng kaminawk ohhaih vangpui, Jerusalem, Lebanon hoi a ukhaih prae thung boih ah, a sak koeh ih hmuennawk to sak boih.
They also rebuilt Baalath [town] and all the cities where supplies were kept and the cities where Solomon’s chariots and horses were kept. Solomon’s [workers] built whatever he wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area that he ruled.
7 Hit kami, Amor kami, Periz kami, Hiv kami, Jebus kaminawk ih,
Solomon forced people from many other groups who were not Israelis to work for him like slaves. They were people from the Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups.
8 acaeng loe prae thungah caeh o taak, Israel kaminawk mah nihcae to hum ai; toe to kaminawk to Solomon mah vaihni ni khoek to tamut paeksak.
They were descendants of groups whom the Israelis had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his slaves, and they are still slaves.
9 Solomon mah Israel kaminawk to toksahkung tamna ah suem ai; toe nihcae to misatuh kami, misatuh angraeng, hrangleeng hoi misatuh kami, hrang hoi misatuh angraeng ah a suek.
But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
10 To kaminawk loe Solomon siangpahrang ih toksah angraeng kalen ah oh o; kami ukkung angraeng cumvai hnet, quipangato a suek.
They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
11 Solomon mah Faro canu to David vangpui thung hoiah lak moe, siangpahrang mah anih han sak pae ih im ah a caeh haih; Angraeng lokkamhaih thingkhong akunhaih ahmuen loe ciimcai pongah, ka zu loe Israel siangpahrang, David ohhaih im ah om mak ai, tiah a thuih.
Solomon moved his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt, from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the place that his workers had built for her. He said, “I do not want my wife to live in the palace that [my father] King David’s workers built, because the Sacred Chest [was in that palace for a while], and any place where the Sacred Chest has been is holy.”
12 Solomon loe im hmaa ah, a sak ih Angraeng hmaicam pongah, angbawnhaih to sak.
On the altar that Solomon’s [workers] had built in front of the entrance [to the temple], Solomon sacrificed many offerings that were to be completely burned.
13 Mosi mah paek ih lok baktih toengah, ni thokkruek, Sabbath ni, khrah kangtha ni, saningto thung sak ih poih thumto ah kaom, taeh thuh ai ih poih, azarh kruek sak ih poih hoi kahni im poih niah doeh, angbawnhaih to a sak.
He did that to obey the rules about what sacrifices Moses had declared should be made. These included sacrifices for every day and for the Sabbath days and to celebrate each day on which there was a new moon and for the three other festivals that were celebrated each year. Those festivals were the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.
14 Ampa David mah thuih ih lok baktih toengah, qaimanawk hanah a sak o han koi tok to paek moe, ni thokkruek angaihaih baktih toengah, Levi acaengnawk loe Sithaw saphawhaih bangah zaehoikung ah oh o; Sithaw kami David mah thuih ih lok baktih toengah, khongkha toep kaminawk doeh khongkha ah angmacae ih tok to sak o.
Obeying what his father David had commanded, he appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates, because that was also what David, the man who pleased God [very well], had commanded.
15 Kawbaktih kawng pongah maw, to tih ai boeh loe hmuenmae conghaih kawng pongah maw, siangpahrang mah qaimanawk hoi Levi acaengnawk khaeah thuih ih lok to amkhraeng ai ah a sak o.
The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
16 Solomon mah sak atim baktih toengah, Angraeng im sak amtong tangsuek hoi boeng khoek to, Angraeng ih im to sak o moe, a sak pacoeng o.
They did all the work [of building the temple] that Solomon told them to do, until it was all completed. So they finishing building the temple.
17 To pacoengah Solomon loe Edom prae, tuipui taengah kaom, Ezion-Geber ah caeh.
Then some of Solomon’s men went to Ezion-Geber and Elath [cities] on the coast of the Red Sea, an area that belonged to the Edom people-group.
18 Huram mah tuipui kawng panoek, angmah ih kaminawk hoi palongpuinawk to a tamnanawk hoi nawnto Solomon khaeah patoeh; nihcae loe Solomon ih tamnanawk hoi nawnto Ophir vangpui ah caeh o moe, Solomon siangpahrang hanah, sui boengloeng cumvai pali, quipangato sinh pae o.
King Hiram sent to Solomon from [Tyre city] some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon’s men to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back about 17 tons of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
