Anden Krønikebog 2

1 Salomo fik i Sinde at bygge et Hus for HERRENS Navn og et kongeligt Palads.

Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.

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 had seventy thousand men numbered for transport, and eighty thousand for cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers.

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, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,

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.

See! I am building a house for the name of the Lord my God, to be made holy to him, where perfumes of sweet spices will be burned before him, and the holy bread will be placed at all times, and burned offerings will be offered morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts of the Lord our God. This is a law for ever to Israel.

5 Huset, jeg vil bygge, skal være stort; thi vor Gud er større end alle Guder.

And the house which I am building is to be great, for our God is greater than 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 may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume 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;

So now send me an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron? in purple and red and blue, and in the cutting of all sorts of ornament, to be with the expert workmen who are here in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom my father David got together.

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;

And send me cedar-trees, cypress-trees and sandal-wood from Lebanon, for, to my knowledge, your servants are expert wood-cutters in Lebanon; and my servants will be with yours,

9 men Træ maa jeg have i Mængde, thi Huset, jeg vil bygge, skal være stort, det skal være et Underværk.

To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

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 I will give as food to your servants, the wood-cutters, twenty thousand measures of grain, and twenty thousand measures of barley and twenty thousand measures of wine and twenty thousand measures 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, king of Tyre, sent Solomon an answer in writing, saying, Because of his love for his people the Lord has made you 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.

And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.

13 Her sender jeg dig en kyndig og indsigtsfuld Mand, Huram-Abi;

And now I am sending you a wise and expert man, Huram who is as my father,

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, whose father was a man of Tyre, an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron, in stone and wood, in purple and blue and fair linen and red, trained in the cutting of every sort of ornament and the invention of every sort of design; let him be given a place among your expert workmen and those of my lord, your father David.

15 Min Herre skal derfor sende sine Trælle Hveden, Byggen, Vinen og Olien, han talte om;

So now let my lord send to his servants the grain and the oil and the wine as my lord has said;

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 have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take 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.

Then Solomon took the number of all the men from strange lands who were living in Israel, as his father David had done; there were a hundred and fifty-three thousand, 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.

Seventy thousand he put to the work of transport, eighty thousand to cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers to put the people to work.