2 Chronicles 2

1 Now Solomon decided to build a house for the LORD’s name, and a house for his kingdom.

Pea naʻe pau pe ʻae loto ʻo Solomone ke langa ha fale ki he huafa ʻo Sihova, pea mo ha fale maʻa hono puleʻanga.

2 Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.

Pea naʻe vahe atu ʻo lau ʻe Solomone ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko fitu mano ke fua ʻae ngaahi kavenga, mo e toko valu mano ke fai taʻanga ʻi he moʻunga, pea mo e toko tolu afe mo e onongeau ke enginakiʻi ʻakinautolu.

3 Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in which to dwell, so deal with me.

Pea naʻe fekau atu ʻe Solomone kia Helami ko e tuʻi ʻo Tala, ʻo pehē, “ʻO hangē ko hoʻo fai kia Tevita ko ʻeku tamai, mo ke ʻomi kiate ia ʻae ngaahi sita ke langa ʻaki moʻona ha fale ke nofo ai.

4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, to burn before him incense of sweet spices, for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.

Vakai, ko au foki ʻoku ou langa ha fale ki he huafa ʻo Sihova ko hoku ʻOtua, ke fakatapui ia kiate ia, pea ke tutu ʻi hono ʻao ʻae meʻa namu kakala lelei, pea ke ʻi ai maʻuaipē ʻae mā ʻoe ʻao, pea ke [fai ]ai ʻae feilaulau tutu ʻi he pongipongi mo e efiafi, pea ʻi he ʻaho tapu pea ʻi he ngaahi māhina foʻou, pea ʻi he ngaahi kātoanga molumalu ʻo Sihova ko homau ʻOtua. Ke pehē ni ʻo taʻengata ʻi ʻIsileli.

5 “The house which I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

Pea ʻoku lahi ʻae fale ʻoku ou langa: he ʻoku lahi hake ʻa homau ʻOtua ʻi he ngaahi ʻotua kotoa pē.

6 But who is able to build him a house, since heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except just to burn incense before him?

Ka ko hai ʻoku faʻa langa ha fale kiate ia, kae vakai ʻoku ʻikai faʻa hao ia ʻi he langi pe ʻi he loto langi lahi ʻaupito? Pea ko ia, ko hai au, ke u langa ha fale moʻona, ka koeʻuhi pe ke tutu ʻae feilaulau ʻi hono ʻao?

7 “Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

Ko ia foki ke ke tuku mai ni ha tangata tufunga poto ʻi he ngaohi ʻoe koula, mo e siliva, mo e palasa, mo e ukamea, pea ʻi he kulokula mo e kulaʻahoʻaho, mo e lanumoana, pea ne poto ke fai ʻae tongitongi fakataha mo e kau tangata nima meaʻa ʻoku nofo mo au ʻi Siuta mo Selūsalema, ʻakinautolu naʻe fili ʻe Tevita ko ʻeku tamai.

8 “Send me also cedar trees, cypress trees, and algum trees out of Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. Behold, my servants will be with your servants,

Tuku mai foki ʻae ngaahi ʻakau sita, mo e ngaahi paini, mo e ʻakau ko e ʻalimuku mei Lepanoni: he ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻoku poto ʻa hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki ʻi he fai taʻanga ʻi Lepanoni: pea vakai, ʻe kau fakataha ʻa ʻeku kau tamaioʻeiki mo hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki,

9 even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.

‌ʻIo, ke teuteu ʻae taʻanga ʻakau ke lahi ʻaupito: he ko e fale ʻoku ou teu ni ke langa ʻe fakamanavahē ʻa hono lahi.

10 Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand cors of beaten wheat, twenty thousand baths of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”

Pea vakai, te u foaki ki hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki, ʻae kau tangata ʻoku fai ʻae taʻanga, ko e fuaʻanga uite kuo tuki ʻe ua mano, mo e fuaʻanga paʻale ʻe ua mano, mo e uaine ko e kaloni ʻe taha kilu, mo e nima mano, mo e kaloni ʻe taha kilu mo e nima mano ʻoe lolo.”

11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, “Because the LORD loves his people, he has made you king over them.”

Pea naʻe toki fai ʻe Helami ko e tuʻi ʻo Taia ʻae tohi ko hono tali, ʻaia naʻa ne ʻave kia Solomone, “Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻofa ʻa Sihova ki hono kakai kuo ne fakanofo koe ko e tuʻi ke pule kiate kinautolu.

12 Huram continued, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who would build a house for the LORD and a house for his kingdom.

Pea naʻe pehē foki ʻe Helami, Fakafetaʻi kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻae langi pea mo māmani, pea kuo ne tuku kia Tevita ko e tuʻi ha foha ʻoku poto, pea ʻoku fai fakapotopoto mo fakakaukau lelei, ke ne langa ha fale kia Sihova, pea mo e fale ki hono puleʻanga.

13 Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, Huram-abi,

Pea kuo u fekau atu eni kiate koe ha tangata poto, ʻoku faʻa fakakaukau, ʻaia naʻe ʻia Helami ko ʻeku tamai,

14 the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre. He is skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, in timber, in purple, in blue, in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any kind of engraving and to devise any device, that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.

Ko e tama ʻoe fefine mei he ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Tani, pea ko e tangata Taia ʻa ʻene tamai, ʻoku poto ke ngāue ʻi he koula, mo e siliva, mo e palasa, mo e ukamea mo e maka, pea ʻi he ʻakau, mo e kulokula, mo e lanumoana, pea ʻi he tupenu lelei, pea ʻi he kulaʻahoʻaho: pea ke tongi foki ʻae meʻa tongitongi ʻi he anga kehekehe, pea, ʻoku ne faʻa ʻilo ʻae anga ʻoe meʻa kotoa pē ʻe tuku kiate ia ke fai, fakataha mo hoʻo kau tangata poto ʻoʻou, pea mo e kau tangata poto ʻa ʻeku ʻeiki ko Tevita ko hoʻo tamai.

15 “Now therefore, the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants;

Pea ko eni, ko e uite, mo e paʻale, mo e lolo, pea mo e uaine, ʻaia kuo lea ki ai ʻa ʻeku ʻeiki, tuku ke ne ʻomi ia ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki:

16 and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you need. We will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; then you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.”

Pea te mau fai ʻae taʻanga ʻakau ʻi Lepanoni, ʻo hangē ko ia te ke loto ki ai: pea te mau ʻoange ia kiate koe ʻo taulani ia ʻi tahi ki Sopa: pea ʻe ʻaʻau ʻa hono ʻohake ki Selūsalema.”

17 Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the census with which David his father had counted them; and they found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.

Pea naʻe lau hake ʻe Solomone ʻae kakai muli kotoa pē naʻe ʻi he fonua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻo hangē ko hono lau hake ʻakinautolu ʻe Tevita ko ʻene tamai: pea naʻe lau ʻakinautolu ko e tokotaha kilu mā nima mano, mo e tolu afe ma onongeau.

18 He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to assign the people their work.

Pea naʻa ne vaheʻi ʻae toko fitu mano ʻiate kinautolu ke fua kavenga, mo e toko valu mano ke fai taʻanga ʻi he moʻunga, mo e kau enginaki ʻe toko tolu afe mo e onongeau ke tuku ha ngāue ki he kakai.