< Anden Krønikebog 2 >
1 Salomo fik i Sinde at bygge et Hus for HERRENS Navn og et kongeligt Palads.
Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
2 Salomo lod derfor udskrive 70 000 Mand til Lastdragere og 80 000 Mand til Stenhuggere i Bjergene og 3600 til at føre Tilsyn med dem.
And Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men who were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
3 Og Salomo sendte Kong Huram af Tyrus følgende Bud: »Vær mod mig som mod min Fader David, hvem du sendte Cedertræ, for at han kunde bygge sig et Palads at bo i.
And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build for him a house to dwell therein, so with me.
4 Se, jeg er ved at bygge HERREN min Guds Navn et Hus; det skal helliges ham, for at man kan brænde vellugtende Røgelse for hans Aasyn, altid have Skuebrødene fremme og ofre Brændofre hver Morgen og Aften, paa Sabbaterne, Nymaanedagene og HERREN vor Guds Højtider, som det til evig Tid paahviler Israel.
Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.
5 Huset, jeg vil bygge, skal være stort; thi vor Gud er større end alle Guder.
And the house which I build is great. For our God is great above all gods.
6 Hvem magter at bygge ham et Hus, naar dog Himmelen og Himlenes Himle ikke kan rumme ham? Og hvem er jeg, at jeg skulde bygge ham et Hus, naar det ikke var for at tænde Offerild for hans Aasyn!
But who is able to build for him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who am I then, that I should build for him a house, except only to burn incense before him?
7 Saa send mig da en Mand, der har Forstand paa at arbejde i Guld. Sølv, Kobber, Jern, rødt Purpur, Karmoisin og violet Purpur og forstaar sig paa Billedskærerarbejde, til at arbejde sammen med mine egne Mestre her i Juda og Jerusalem, dem, som min Fader antog;
Now therefore send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave engravings, to be with the skilful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
8 og send mig Ceder-, Cypres— og Algummimtræ fra Libanon, thi jeg ved at dine Folk forstaar at fælde Libanons Træer; og mine Folk skal hjælpe dine;
Send to me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon. For I know that thy servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. And, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
9 men Træ maa jeg have i Mængde, thi Huset, jeg vil bygge, skal være stort, det skal være et Underværk.
even to prepare for me timber in abundance. For the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
10 For Tømrerne, som fælder Træerne, vil jeg til Underhold for dine Folk give 20 000 Kor Hvede, 20 000 Kor Byg, 20 000 Bat Vin og 20 000 Bat Olie.«
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers who cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
11 Kong Huram af Tyrus svarede i et Brev, som han sendte Salomo: »Fordi HERREN elsker sit Folk, har han gjort dig til Konge over dem!«
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loves his people, he has made thee king over them.
12 Og Huram føjede til: »Lovet være HERREN, Israels Gud, som har skabt Himmelen og Jorden, at han har givet Kong David en viis Søn, der har Forstand og Indsigt til at bygge et Hus for HERREN og et kongeligt Palads.
Huram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
13 Her sender jeg dig en kyndig og indsigtsfuld Mand, Huram-Abi;
And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
14 han er Søn af en Kvinde fra Dan, men hans Fader er en Tyrier; han forstaar at arbejde i Guld. Sølv, Kobber, Jern, Stem, Træ, rødt og violet Purpur, fint Linned og karmoisinfarvet Stof, forstaar sig paa al Slags Billedskærerarbejde og kan udtænke alle de Kunstværker, han sættes til; han skal arbejde sammen med dine og med min Herres, din Fader Davids, Mestre.
the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan. And his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to devise any device, that there may be a place appointed to him with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.
15 Min Herre skal derfor sende sine Trælle Hveden, Byggen, Vinen og Olien, han talte om;
Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants.
16 saa vil vi fælde saa mange Træer paa Libanon, som du har Brug for, og sende dig dem i Tømmerflaader paa Havet til Jafo; men du maa selv faa dem op til Jerusalem.«
And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shall need. And we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa, and thou shall carry it up to Jerusalem.
17 Salomo lod da alle fremmede Mænd, der boede i Israels Land, tælle — allerede tidligere havde hans Fader David ladet dem tælle — og de fandtes at udgøre 153 600.
And Solomon numbered all the aliens that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them. And they were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred.
18 Af dem gjorde han 70 000 til Lastdragere, 80 000 til Stenhuggere i Bjergene og 3600 til Opsynsmænd til at lede Folkenes Arbejde.
And he set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, and eighty thousand who were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people to work.