Anden Krønikebog 2
1 Salomo fik i Sinde at bygge et Hus for HERRENS Navn og et kongeligt Palads.
And 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 numbered seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred to superintend 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 king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein [so do for 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 build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God to dedicate it to him, to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual arrangement [of the shewbread], and for the morning and evening burnt-offerings [and] on the sabbaths and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is [an ordinance] for ever to Israel.
5 Huset, jeg vil bygge, skal være stort; thi vor Gud er større end alle Guder.
And the house that I will build is great; for great is our God 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 him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? And who am I that I should build him a house, except to burn sacrifice 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;
And now send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, and in iron, and in purple and crimson and blue, and experienced in carving, besides the skilful men that 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 me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants are experienced in cutting 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 me timber in abundance: for the house that I 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 that fell 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!«
And Huram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loved his people, he 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.
And Huram said, Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, that made the heavens and the earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, who will 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 send a skilful man, endued with understanding, Huram Abi,
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 whose father was a man of Tyre, experienced in working in gold, and in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in byssus, and in crimson, and for doing any manner of engraving, and for inventing every device which shall be put to him, besides thy skilful men, and 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;
And now the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto 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 shalt need; and we will bring it to thee [in] floats by sea to Joppa, and thou shalt 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 strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the account that David his father had taken of them, and there were found 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.
And he set seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be stone-masons in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people to work.
