Anden Krønikebog 2
1 Salomo fik i Sinde at bygge et Hus for HERRENS Navn og et kongeligt Palads.
Solomon ordered that a temple should be built where Yahweh would be worshiped and also that a palace should be built for himself.
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.
He selected 70,000 men to carry the building supplies and 80,000 men to cut stones [(from quarries/walls of rock) in] the hills. He also chose 3,600 men to supervise 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.
Solomon sent this message to King Hiram of Tyre [city]: “[Many years ago] when my father David was building his palace, you sent to him cedar logs. Will you send me cedar logs, too?
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.
“We are about to build a temple where we will worship Yahweh our God. We want to dedicate it to be a place where we will burn fragrant incense to [honor] him, and a place to put loaves of sacred bread, and for making sacrifices every morning and every evening and every Sabbath day, and to celebrate on the day of every new moon and at other special religious festivals to [honor] Yahweh our God. We want to do those things forever, like Yahweh has commanded.
5 Huset, jeg vil bygge, skal være stort; thi vor Gud er større end alle Guder.
[We want] this temple [to] be a great temple, because our God is greater than all other 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 no one can really build a temple that would be big enough for God [to live in], because even the highest heavens are not big enough for him. And I am worthy only to build a place where we can burn sacrifices to 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;
Therefore, please send me a man who knows well how to make things from gold and silver and bronze and iron, and to make things from purple and red and blue cloth. He should also know well how to engrave designs. I want him to work in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah with my skilled craftsmen, the ones whom my father David appointed.
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;
I know that your workers are skilled in cutting timber, so also please send me cedar logs, pine logs, and juniper logs from the Lebanon mountains. My workers will work with your workers.
9 men Træ maa jeg have i Mængde, thi Huset, jeg vil bygge, skal være stort, det skal være et Underværk.
In that way, those workers will provide me with plenty of lumber. [We will need plenty, ] because I want the temple that we will build to be large and beautiful.
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.«
I will pay your workers, the men who cut the logs, 100,000 bushels of ground wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive 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!«
[When] Hiram [received that message, he] replied by sending this message to Solomon: “Because Yahweh loves his people, he has appointed you to be their king.”
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 Hiram added, ] “Praise Yahweh, the God to whom the Israeli people belong, the one who created the sky and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, one who is very smart/intelligent and who has good skill and understanding. He wants to build a temple for Yahweh and a palace for himself.
13 Her sender jeg dig en kyndig og indsigtsfuld Mand, Huram-Abi;
“I will be sending to you Huram-Abi, a man who is very skilled.
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.
His mother was from the tribe of Dan, and his father was from [here in] Tyre. He is very able to make things from gold and silver and bronze and iron and stone and wood, but he also makes nice things from purple and blue and red cloth, and he does all kinds of engraving. He can make things using any design/pattern that you give to him. He will work with your craftsmen, and the craftsmen who did work for your father, King David.
15 Min Herre skal derfor sende sine Trælle Hveden, Byggen, Vinen og Olien, han talte om;
“Now please send us the wheat and barley and olive oil and wine that you promised to send to us.
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.«
When you do that, my workers will cut from trees in the Lebanon mountains all the logs that you need [and bring them down to the sea]. Then we will [tie the logs together to] form rafts with them, and float them in the sea to Joppa [city]. From there, you [can arrange for] them [to be] taken 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.
Solomon told his workers to count all the people from other countries who were living in Israel, similar to what his father David had done. There were 153,600 of them.
18 Af dem gjorde han 70 000 til Lastdragere, 80 000 til Stenhuggere i Bjergene og 3600 til Opsynsmænd til at lede Folkenes Arbejde.
Solomon assigned 70,000 of them to carry materials, and 80,000 to cut stone [from quarries in] the hills, and 3,600 of them to supervise the others and be sure that they worked steadily.
