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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.
Now Solomon decided to build a house for the LORD’s name, and a house for his kingdom.
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.
Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.
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;
Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in which to dwell, so deal with me.
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.
Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, to burn before him incense of sweet spices, for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.
5 Hiche Houin hi Inlen Thupitah hiding ahi, ajeh chu ka Pathen’u hi Pathen dang jouse sanga lenjo thupijo ahi.
“The house which I am building will be great, for our God is greater than 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?
But who is able to build him a house, since heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except just to burn incense 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.
“Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
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.
“Send me also cedar trees, cypress trees, and algum trees out of Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. Behold, my servants will be with your servants,
9 Keiman kasah ding Houin hi inlentah le thupitah ahiding jeh hin, inthing tamtah lut ding ahi.
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
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.
Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand cors of beaten wheat, twenty thousand baths of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths 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 Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, “Because the LORD loves his people, he has made you king 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.
Huram continued, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who would build a house for the LORD and a house for his kingdom.
13 Keiman natong themtah, Khutthemna sangtah nei Huram-abi kitipa chu kahin solpeh e.
Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, Huram-abi,
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 of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre. He is skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, in timber, in purple, in blue, in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any kind of engraving and to devise any device, that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men 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.
“Now therefore, the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his 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.
and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you need. We will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; then you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.”
17 Solomon chun apan anabol bangin Israel gamsunga cheng gampam miho simna aneijin ahile agomin mi sangjakhat le sang somnga le thum aphan ahi.
Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in Eretz-Israel, after the census with which David his father had counted them; and they found one hundred fifty-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.
He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to assign the people their work.

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