2 Weche Mag Ndalo 8
1 E giko higni piero ariyo mane Solomon ogerogo hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye kod kare owuon mar dak,
Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
2 Solomon noloso mier matindo mane Hiram omiye kendo noketoe jo-Israel mondo odagie.
Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
3 Bangʼe Solomon nodhi Hamath Zoba mokawe.
Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
4 Bende nogero Tadmor mane nitie e thim kaachiel gi mier madongo mag keno manogero Hamath.
His workers also rebuilt walls around Tadmor [town] in the desert, and in [the] Hamath [region] in all the towns where they kept supplies.
5 Noloso Beth Horon Mamalo kod Beth Horon Mamwalo kaka mier madongo mochiel gohinga motegno kendo oketnegi rangeye miloro gi lodi.
They rebuilt Upper Beth-Horon [town] and Lower Beth-Horon [city], and built walls around them with gates [in the walls] and bars [to fasten the gates].
6 Bende nogero Baalath kaachiel gi mier duto madongo mag keno kod mier duto madongo mag geche lweny to gi faresegi, Solomon nogero gimoro amora mane odwaro gero Jerusalem gi Lebanon kod gwenge duto mane nitie e bwo lochne.
They also rebuilt Baalath [town] and all the cities where supplies were kept and the cities where Solomon’s chariots and horses were kept. Solomon’s [workers] built whatever he wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area that he ruled.
7 Ji duto mane odongʼ e pinyno koa kuom jo-Hiti, gi jo-Amor kod jo-Perizi, gi jo-Hivi kod jo-Jebus (ogendinigi ne ok jo-Israel),
Solomon forced people from many other groups who were not Israelis to work for him like slaves. They were people from the Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups.
8 tiende ni, nyikwagi mane odongʼ e piny ma jo-Israel ne ok otieko, Solomon nolokogi wasumbini michuno mondo oti githuon, kaka obet nyaka chil kawuono,
They were descendants of groups whom the Israelis had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his slaves, and they are still slaves.
9 To Solomon ne ok oloko jo-Israel wasumbini kuom tije, to noketogi kaka jolwenje, jotelo mag jotend lweny kod jotelo mag geche lweny kod joriemb gechene.
But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
10 Bende ne gin jodong Ruoth Solomon madongo ma kar rombgi ne jotelo mia ariyo gi piero abich mane orito ji.
They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
11 Solomon nogolo nyar Farao e Dala Maduongʼ mar Daudi mokelo e od ruoth manogerone kowacho niya, “Chiega ok nyal dak e od ruoth Daudi ma ruodh jo-Israel nikech kuonde ma Sandug Muma mar Jehova Nyasaye mar singruok osedonje gin kuonde maler.”
Solomon moved his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt, from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the place that his workers had built for her. He said, “I do not want my wife to live in the palace that [my father] King David’s workers built, because the Sacred Chest [was in that palace for a while], and any place where the Sacred Chest has been is holy.”
12 Solomon nochiwo ne Jehova Nyasaye misengini miwangʼo pep e kendo mar misango mar Jehova Nyasaye mane ogero e nyim agola,
On the altar that Solomon’s [workers] had built in front of the entrance [to the temple], Solomon sacrificed many offerings that were to be completely burned.
13 kaluwore gi chik mane Musa ogolo kuom chiwo migolo pile ka pile mag odiechienge Sabato, Wuok Dwe, kaachiel gi sewni moyier adek mag higa ka higa ma gin Sawo mar makati ma ok oketie thowi, gi Sawo mar Jumbe kod Sawo mar Kiche.
He did that to obey the rules about what sacrifices Moses had declared should be made. These included sacrifices for every day and for the Sabbath days and to celebrate each day on which there was a new moon and for the three other festivals that were celebrated each year. Those festivals were the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.
14 Kaluwore gi chike Daudi wuon mare, Solomon nochano migepe mag jodolo kuom tijegi kendo jo-Lawi notelo ni tich wer kod konyo jodolo kaluwore gi tije mopogore opogore mapile ka pile. Kendo nopogo jorit rangeye gi migepegi kuom rangeye mopogore opogore nikech ma e chik ma Daudi ngʼat Nyasaye nochiko.
Obeying what his father David had commanded, he appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates, because that was also what David, the man who pleased God [very well], had commanded.
15 Kuom weche duto mane ruoth ochiko jodolo kod jo-Lawi ne onge moro amora mane giweyo kata mana weche mag keno.
The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
16 Tije Solomon duto notim kochakore chiengʼ manochakoe gero hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye nyaka tiekne. Omiyo hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye notiek gero.
They did all the work [of building the temple] that Solomon told them to do, until it was all completed. So they finishing building the temple.
17 Bangʼe Solomon nodhi Ezion Geber kod Elath manie dho nam e piny Edom.
Then some of Solomon’s men went to Ezion-Geber and Elath [cities] on the coast of the Red Sea, an area that belonged to the Edom people-group.
18 Omiyo Hiram nooro yiedhi kikwangʼogi kod jotende owuon, jogo molony kuom tich nam. Jogi kaachiel gi joge Solomon nokwangʼ nyaka Ofir ma gikelo dhahabu ma pekne romo kilo alufu apar gabiriyo kendo negikele ne Ruoth Solomon.
King Hiram sent to Solomon from [Tyre city] some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon’s men to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back about 17 tons of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
