2 Chronicles 8

1 Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,

١ وَفِي نِهَايَةِ الْعِشْرِينَ عَاماً الَّتِي فِيهَا بَنَى سُلَيْمَانُ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ وَقَصْرَهُ،

2 Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.

٢ أَعَادَ بِنَاءَ الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا لَهُ الْمَلِكُ حُورَامُ، وَأَسْكَنَ فِيهَا قَوْماً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

٣ ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ حَمَاةِ صُوبَةَ وَافْتَتَحَهَا،

4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.

٤ وَبَنَى أَيْضاً تَدْمُرَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، وَسَائِرَ مُدُنِ الْمَخَازِنِ الَّتِي أَقَامَهَا عِنْدَ حَمَاةَ.

5 He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

٥ كَمَا أَعَادَ بِنَاءَ بَيْتِ حُورُونَ الْعُلْيَا وَبَيْتِ حُورُونَ السُّفْلَى، وَجَعَلَهُمَا مَدِينَتَيْنِ مَنِيعَتَيْنِ مُحَصَّنَتَيْنِ بِأَسْوَارٍ وَبَوَّابَاتٍ وَأَرْتَاجٍ

6 as well as Baalath, all the store cities that belonged to Solomon, and all the cities for his chariots and horses —whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.

٦ كَمَا بَنَى مَدِينَةَ بَعْلَةَ وَكُلَّ الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي جَعَلَهَا مَخَازِنَ لَهُ، وَجَمِيعَ مُدُنِ حَظَائِرِ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَمُدُنِ الْفُرْسَانِ، وَكُلَّ مَا رَغِبَ فِي بِنَائِهِ وَتَرْمِيمِهِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَفِي لُبْنَانَ وَفِي كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ سَلْطَنَتِهِ.

7 As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—

٧ أَمَّا جَمِيعُ نَسْلِ الأُمَمِ الْبَاقِينَ مِنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَنْتَمُونَ لإِسْرَائِيلَ،

8 their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

٨ مِمَّنْ بَقُوا فِي الأَرْضِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ، وَلَمْ يُفْنِهِمْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَقَدْ سَخَّرَهُمْ سُلَيْمَانُ لِلْخِدْمَةِ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

9 But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, his officers and captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

٩ أَمَّا أَبْنَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَمْ يُسَخِّرْ مِنْهُمْ سُلَيْمَانُ أَحَداً، لأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ كَانَ يَتَأَلَّفُ رِجَالُ الْقِتَالِ وَرُؤَسَاءُ قُوَّادِهِ وَقَادَةُ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَفُرْسَانُهُ.

10 They were also the chief officers for King Solomon: 250 supervisors.

١٠ وَكَانَ عَدَدُ الْمُوَكَّلِينَ عَلَى الإِشْرَافِ عَلَى خِدْمَةِ الْعُمَّالِ الْمُسَخَّرِينَ لِتَنْفِيذِ أَعْمَالِ سُلَيْمَانَ، مِئَتَيْنِ وَخَمْسِينَ رَجُلاً.

11 Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”

١١ وَبَعْدَ أَنْ بَنَى لِبِنْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ قَصْراً نَقَلَهَا إِلَيْهِ قَائِلاً: «لا تُقِيمُ زَوْجَتِي فِي قَصْرِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَنَّ الأَمَاكِنَ الَّتِي دَخَلَهَا تَابُوتُ الرَّبِّ هِيَ أَمَاكِنُ مُقَدَّسَةٌ».

12 At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.

١٢ ثُمَّ قَرَّبَ سُلَيْمَانُ مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِلرَّبِّ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ الَّذِي شَيَّدَهُ أَمَامَ الرُّوَاقِ،

13 He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.

١٣ فَكَانَتِ الْمُحْرَقَاتُ تُقَدَّمُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِمُوْجِبِ مَا نَصَّتْ عَلَيْهِ وَصِيَّةُ مُوسَى، وَفِي السُّبُوتِ، وَفِي مَطْلَعِ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ قَمَرِيٍّ، وَمَوَاسِمِ الأَعْيَادِ الثَّلاثَةِ السَّنَوِيَّةِ: عِيدِ الْفَطِيرِ، وَعِيدِ الْحَصَادِ، وَعِيدِ الْمَظَالِّ.

14 In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

١٤ وَنَظَّمَ خَدَمَاتِ وَوَاجِبَاتِ فِرَقِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا رَتَّبَهُ أَبُوهُ دَاوُدُ، فَكَانَ اللّاوِيُّونَ يَقُومُونَ بِالتَّسْبِيحِ وَالْخِدْمَةِ تَحْتَ إِشْرَافِ الْكَهَنَةِ، وَحِرَاسَةِ الأَبْوَابِ حَسَبَ فِرَقِهِمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ، تَنْفِيذاً لأَوَامِرِ دَاوُدَ رَجُلِ اللهِ.

15 They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites or any matter concerning the treasuries.

١٥ وَلَمْ يَنْحَرِفُوا عَنْ تَنْفِيذِ مَا أَوْصَى الْمَلِكُ بِهِ الْكَهَنَةَ وَاللاوِيِّينَ بِشَأْنِ الْمَخَازِنِ وَسِوَاهَا مِنَ الأُمُورِ.

16 Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

١٦ وَهَكَذَا اكْتَمَلَ تَنْفِيذُ كُلِّ مَا خَطَّطَهُ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ يَوْمِ إِرْسَاءِ الأَسَاسِ حَتَّى الانْتِهَاءِ مِنْ تَشْيِيدِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.

١٧ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى مِينَاءِ عِصْيُونَ جَابِرَ وَإِلَى أَيْلَةَ الْوَاقِعَتَيْنِ عَلَى شَاطِئِ بَحْرِ أَدُومَ،

18 So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.

١٨ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ حُورَامُ بِقِيَادَةِ رِجَالِهِ مَلَّاحِينَ خُبَرَاءَ بِمَسَالِكِ الْمِيَاهِ فَأَبْحَرُوا مَعَ رِجَالِ سُلَيْمَانَ إِلَى أُوفِيرَ وَجَلَبُوا مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَزْنَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ (نَحْوَ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفاً وَمِئَتَيْ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) حَمَلُوهَا إِلَى الْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ.