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1 Solomon chun Pakai min jabolna dingin Houin khat le ama chenna ding mong mong Leng Inpi khat sadoh dingin kigel lhuhna aneitan ahi.
And Solomon resolved to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.
2 Hichea dingchun natong ding mi sangsom sagi thinglhang gam'a songkhoh ding mi sangsomget chule natongho vesuiding mi sangthum le Jagup alhengdoh tan ahi.
And he numbered seventy thousand men to carry upon shoulders, and eighty thousand who were hewing stones in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred as their overseers.
3 Solomon chun Tyre Lengpa Hiram henga dingin thu hiti hin athot in “Kapa David in a chenna ding leng inpi asahna dinga, Cedar thing nana bolpeh ji bangchun keima jong neihin bolpeh in;
Also, he sent to Hiram, the king of Tyre, saying: “Just as you did for my father David, when you sent him cedar wood, so that he might build a house for himself, in which he then lived,
4 Keiman jong Pakai ka Pathen jabolna dinga houin kasah ding ahi. Hiche mun chu atumbeh a ama angsunga gimnamtwi halnam na’a changlhah agol gola koina’a, beitih neilou’a kitohdoh thiltona’a chule jingkah –nilhah le cholngah nikho a pumgo thilto tona ding, lhahthah nikho she’a manding; chule Pakai Kapathen’u angsunga, aphat kitep peh kut hoa manna ding mun hiding ahi.
do so also for me, so that I may build a house to the name of the Lord my God, so that I may consecrate it for the burning of incense before him, and for the smoke of aromatics, and for the perpetual bread of the presence, and for the holocausts, in morning and in evening, as well as on the Sabbaths and new moons and solemnities of the Lord our God forever, which have been commanded to Israel.
5 Hiche Houin hi Inlen Thupitah hiding ahi, ajeh chu ka Pathen’u hi Pathen dang jouse sanga lenjo thupijo ahi.
For the house that I desire to build is great. For our God is great, above all gods.
6 Hijeng jongleh Koiham Pathen chenna ding inlentah akilomtah sadoh jou ding chu, Ijeh-inem itileh amachu vanho jousen jong adol lou ding ahi. Hiti ahijeh chun, Pumgo thilto ho halnam nading tilou chu; Keima koi kahija Pathen chenna ding in chu kasah jou ding ham?
So then, who will be able prevail, so that he may build a worthy house for him? If heaven and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him, what am I that I would be able to build a house to him? But let it be for this only, so that incense may be burned before him.
7 Hiti ahijeh chun sana dangka, sum-eng le thih khengthem ho ponsandup, asan-ao le pondum khongthem ho; chule song khengthem ho neihin solpeh in, amaho chun kapa David in analhen dohsa Judah le Jerusalem a natoh thilbol themho tochun atoh khom diu ahi.
Therefore, send to me a learned man, who knows how to work with gold and silver, with brass and iron, with purple, scarlet, and hyacinth, and who knows how to carve engravings, along with these artisans that I have with me in Judea and Jerusalem, whom my father David has prepared.
8 Lebanon gam'a um Cedar thing, Chah thing le Algum thing jong chu inthing dingin neihin tolpeh in, ajeh chu Lebanon’a um namite chu thingsui, thing-at lama amaho phajou ding aumpoi. Amaho kithopi dinga chu kamite kahin solpeh diu ahi.
Then too, send to me cedar wood, and juniper, and pine from Lebanon. For I know that your servants know how to cut timber from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants,
9 Keiman kasah ding Houin hi inlentah le thupitah ahiding jeh hin, inthing tamtah lut ding ahi.
so that very much wood may be prepared for me. For the house that I desire to build is exceedingly great and glorious.
10 Nathingsui, nathing at miho dinga chu atoh man diu suhlou changbong atena dim sang somni; sakol chang atena dim sangsomni, lengpithei twi atena sangsomni le Olive thaotwi atena dim sang somni kapeh ding ahi.
In addition, I will give to your servants, the workers who will cut down the trees, for provisions: twenty thousand cor of wheat, and the same number of cor of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, as well as twenty thousand good measures of oil.”
11 Tyre Lengpa Hiram chun Solomon lekha thot donbutnan hitihin asunin alethot kit tan, “Pakaiyin amite alungsetnin, hijeh chun Aman alengpau vin napansahtai.
Then Hiram, the king of Tyre, said, by a letter that had been sent to Solomon: “Because the Lord loved his people, for this reason he appointed you to reign over them.”
12 Vahchoiyun Pakai Israel Pathen chu, Amachun Leng David chu chapa chingtah khat thepna le thil hethemna toh apeh than; amachun Pakai Houin le Leng inpi asahdoh ding ahi.
And he added, saying: “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who gave to king David a son who is wise, and learned, and intelligent as well as prudent, so that he may build a house to the Lord, and a palace for himself.
13 Keiman natong themtah, Khutthemna sangtah nei Huram-abi kitipa chu kahin solpeh e.
Therefore, I have sent my father Hiram to you; he is a prudent and very knowledgeable man,
14 Amahi anu Israel nam mi Dan phunga kon ahin, apa hi Tyre gam mi ahi. Amahi Sana dangka sum-eng le thih a kona thil sem themtah chule thingle songa kona jong thilsem themtah ahi. Ponsandup, ponsan-ao, pondum le tupat ponnem khongthem, thiljem semthem jong ahin, itobang jem hijongle akinganse na jouse chu boldoh jengthei ahi. Hitia chu amahin napa kapu David in analhendoh natong themsa ho tochun atoh khom diu ahi.
the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, whose father was a Tyrian, who knows how to work with gold and silver, with brass and iron, and with marble and timber, as well as with purple, and hyacinth, and fine linen, and scarlet. And he knows how to carve every kind of engraving, and how to devise prudently whatever may be necessary to the work, with your artisans and with the artisans of my lord David, your father.
15 Hiti ahijeh chun tun Kapun naseisaho suhlou changbong, sakol chang, lengpithei twi le olive thao twi chu neihin thot jengtan,” ati.
Therefore, send the wheat and barley and oil and wine, which you, my lord, have promised, to your own servants.
16 Keihon itobang thing hijongle nadei dei uchu Lebanon lhanga hin sui uvin ting, Mediterranean dillen panga konin pum chungah Joppa chan hintol pehtaovinge. Hiche lai munna kon chun nanghon thing hochu Jerusalem chan nakitol lut thei u ahitai.
Then we will cut down as much wood from Lebanon as you will need, and we will convey them as rafts by sea to Joppa. Then it will be for you to transfer them to Jerusalem.”
17 Solomon chun apan anabol bangin Israel gamsunga cheng gampam miho simna aneiyin ahile agomin mi sangjakhat le sang somnga le thum aphan ahi.
And so Solomon numbered all the new converts who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering that David his father had done, and they were found to be one hundred fifty thousand and three thousand six hundred.
18 Amaho lah’a chun mi sang somsagi chu thilpole ding, sang somget chu thinglhang gam'a songkhoh ding chule sang somthum le gup chu natoh vesui dingin nganse na aneitan ahi.
And he appointed seventy thousand of them, who would carry burdens on shoulders, and eighty thousand who would hew stones in the mountains, then three thousand and six hundred as overseers of the work of the people.

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