Chronicles II 2
1 And Solomon said that he would build a house to the name of the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.
Solomo ɖo be yeatu gbedoxɔ na Yehowa ƒe Ŋkɔ kple fiasã na eɖokui.
2 And Solomon gathered seventy thousand men that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain, and [there were] three thousand and six hundred superintendents over them.
Ehiã agbatsɔla akpe blaadre, kpekpala akpe blaenyi le toawo dzi kple dɔdzikpɔla akpe etɔ̃ alafa ade na dɔ sia wɔwɔ.
3 And Solomon sent to Chiram king of Tyre, saying, Whereas you did deal [favourably] with David my father, and did send him cedars to build for himself a house to dwell in,
Solomo dɔ ame ɖe Fia Hiram le Tiro be woagblɔ nɛ be, “Ɖo sedatikpo siwo tɔgbi nena fofonye David esime wònɔ eƒe fiasã tum la ƒe ɖewo nye hã.
4 behold, I also his son am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to consecrate it to him, to burn incense before him, and [to offer] show bread continually, and to offer up whole burnt offerings continually morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts of the Lord our God: this [is] a perpetual [statute] for Israel.
Ke esusɔ vie madze gbedoxɔ aɖe tutu gɔme na Yehowa, nye Mawu la. Anye teƒe aɖe si mate ŋu ado dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ kple atike ʋeʋĩwo le, le Mawu ŋkume, afi si matsɔ Ŋkumeɖobolo ada ɖo eye masa numevɔ le gbe sia gbe, ŋdi kple fiẽ, le Dzudzɔgbewo, le Ɣleti Yeye ƒe ŋkekenyuiɖugbewo kple Yehowa, mía Mawu la ƒe ŋkekenyui bubuwo dzi elabena Mawu di be Israel naɖu ŋkekenyui tɔxɛ siawo ɣe sia ɣi.
5 And the house which I am building [is to be] great: for the Lord our God [is] great beyond all gods.
“Anye gbedoxɔ nyui aɖe elabena míaƒe Mawu la de ŋgɔ, elolo wu mawu bubu ɖe sia ɖe.
6 And who will be able to build him a house? for the heaven and heaven of heavens do not bear his glory: and who am I, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
Ke ame kae ate ŋu atu xɔ si adzee la nɛ? Dziƒo kɔkɔtɔ kekeake gɔ̃ hã ƒe nyonyo made o! Gawu la, ame kae menye be woaɖe mɔ nam be matu gbedoxɔ na Mawu? Ke anye teƒe aɖe si woado dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ le eŋkume le.
7 And now send me a man wise and skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in blue, and one that knows how to grave together with the craftsmen who are with me in Juda and in Jerusalem, which materials my father David prepared.
“Eya ta ɖo aɖaŋudɔwɔla siwo wɔa sika, klosalo, gadzĩ kple gayibɔ ŋu dɔ kple avɔlɔ̃lawo be woawɔ aɖabɛ dzĩtɔ, ka dzĩ kple aɖabɛ blɔtɔ ŋu dɔ woakpe ɖe dɔwɔla siwo fofonye David tia da ɖi tso Yuda kple Yerusalem la ŋuti.
8 And send me from Libanus cedar wood, and wood of juniper, and pine; for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber in Libanus: and, behold, your servants shall go with my servants,
“Hekpe ɖe esiawo ŋuti la, nàɖo sedatiwo, sesewutiwo kple papawutiwo tso Lebanon ƒe avewo me ɖem elabena ame aɖeke mede wò amewo nu le atitsotso me o. Maɖo nye amewo ɖa be woakpe ɖe wo ŋu.
9 to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building [must be] great and glorious.
Mehiã ati sɔ gbɔ elabena gbedoxɔ si tu ge megbɔna la alolo ŋutɔ eye wòanyo wu gbɔgblɔ.
10 And, behold, I have given freely to your servants that work and cut the wood, corn for food, [even] twenty thousand measures of wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil.
Adzɔ si mana wò dɔla siwo nye atidzelawo lae nye wɔ meme tɔn akpe ene alafa ene kple lu tɔn akpe ene alafa ene hekpe ɖe wain tɔn alafa ene blaene kple amitimi tɔn alafa ene blaene ŋuti.”
11 And Chiram king of Tyre answered in writing, and sent to Solomon, saying, Because the Lord loved his people, he made you king over them.
Tete Tiro fia Hiram ɖo eŋu na Fia Solomo be, “Yehowa lɔ̃ eƒe amewo eya ta wòtsɔ wò ɖo fiae ɖe wo nu!”
12 And Chiram said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to king David a wise son, and one endowed with knowledge and understanding, who shall build a house for the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.
Hiram gagblɔ be, “Woayra Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la, ame si wɔ dziƒo kple anyigba, ame si tsɔ viŋutsu si wòna nunya kple gɔmesesee la na Fia David be wòatu Mawu ƒe gbedoxɔ kple fiasã na eɖokui.
13 And now I have sent you a wise and understanding man [who belonged] to Chiram my father
“Mele aɖaŋudɔwɔlawo ƒe amegã aɖe, ame si nye Huram Abi, nunyala xɔŋkɔ aɖe la ɖom ɖe wò.
14 (his mother [was] of the daughters of Dan, and his father [was] a Tyrian), skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in stones and wood; and to weave with purple, and blue, and fine linen, and scarlet; and to engrave, and to understand every device, whatever you shall give him [to do] with your craftsmen, and the craftsmen of my lord David your father.
Dadaa nye Yuda nyɔnu aɖe tso Dan ƒe viwo dome le Israel eye fofoa tso Tiro afi sia. Enye sikanutula kple klosalonutula nyui aɖe. Egawɔa akɔbli kple gayibɔ hã ŋu dɔ nyuie eye wònya nu sia nu tso kpe ŋu dɔ wɔwɔ, atikpakpa kple avɔlɔlɔ̃ hã ŋu. Enya avɔɖaɖa hã nyuie eye wòtea ŋu ɖaa avɔ aɖabɛ dzĩtɔ kple blɔtɔ kple nyagãdzĩtɔ hã. Gawu la, eganya ale si wòaɖe nɔnɔmetata vovovowo ɖe nuwo dzi eye wòtoa nu yeyewo hã vɛ. Awɔ dɔ kple wò dɔwɔla siwo nye aƒetɔ, Fia David, fofowò, tia da ɖi.
15 And now, the wheat, and the barley, and the oil, and the wine which my lord mentioned, let him send to his servants.
“Eya ta ɖo lũ, ƒo, ami kple wain siwo ŋugbe nèdo la ɖe wò dɔla.
16 And we will cut timber out of Libanus according to all your need, and we will bring it on rafts to the sea of Joppa, and you shall bring it to Jerusalem.
Ekema míadze kpekpakpa kple atitsotso tso Lebanon towo dzi gɔme, woasɔ gbɔ abe ale si nèdi ene. Míada wo ɖe atigbawo dzi ada ɖe atsiaƒua dzi woava ɖo Yopa, ekema àte ŋu alɔ wo tso afi ma ayi Yerusalem.”
17 And Solomon gathered all the foreigners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred.
Solomo xlẽ amedzro siwo katã nɔ eƒe Israelnyigba dzi, abe ale si fofoa, Fia David hã wɔ ene eye wòkpɔ be, wole ame akpe alafa ɖeka blaatɔ̃-vɔ-etɔ̃ kple alafa ade.
18 And he made of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers of stone, and three thousand and six hundred taskmasters over the people.
Etsɔ wo dometɔ akpe blaadre wɔ agbatetsɔlawo, ame akpe blaenyi wɔ atitsolawo eye wòtsɔ ame akpe etɔ̃ alafa ade wɔ dɔdzikpɔlawoe.
