Chronicles II 8

1 And it came to pass after twenty years, in which Solomon built the house of the Lord, and his own house,

١ وَبَعْدَ نِهَايَةِ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، بَعْدَ أَنْ بَنَى سُلَيْمَانُ بَيْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَبَيْتَهُ،

2 that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Chiram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell in them.

٢ بَنَى سُلَيْمَانُ ٱلْمُدُنَ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا حُورَامُ لِسُلَيْمَانَ، وَأَسْكَنَ فِيهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

3 And Solomon came to Baesoba, and fortified it.

٣ وَذَهَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى حَمَاةِ صُوبَةَ وَقَوِيَ عَلَيْهَا.

4 And he built Thoedmor in the wilderness, and all the strong cities which he built in Emath.

٤ وَبَنَى تَدْمُرَ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ وَجَمِيعَ مُدُنِ ٱلْمَخَازِنِ ٱلَّتِي بَنَاهَا فِي حَمَاةَ.

5 And he built Baethoron the upper, and Baethoron the lower, strong cities, —they had walls, gates, and bars;

٥ وَبَنَى بَيْتَ حُورُونَ ٱلْعُلْيَا وَبَيْتَ حُورُونَ ٱلسُّفْلَى، مُدُنًا حَصِينَةً بِأَسْوَارٍ وَأَبْوَابٍ وَعَوَارِضَ.

6 and Balaath, and all the strong cities which Solomon had, and all his chariot cities, and cities of horsemen, and all things that Solomon desired according to his desire of building, in Jerusalem, and in Libanus, and in all his kingdom.

٦ وَبَعْلَةَ وَكُلَّ مُدُنِ ٱلْمَخَازِنِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ لِسُلَيْمَانَ، وَجَمِيعَ مُدُنِ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَمُدُنِ ٱلْفُرْسَانِ وَكُلَّ مَرْغُوبِ سُلَيْمَانَ ٱلَّذِي رَغِبَ أَنْ يَبْنِيَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَفِي لُبْنَانَ وَفِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ سُلْطَانِهِ.

7 [As for] all the people that was left of the Chettites, and the Amorites, and the Pherezites, and the Evites, and the Jebusites, who are not of Israel,

٧ أَمَّا جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلْبَاقِي مِنَ ٱلْحِثِّيِّينَ وَٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ وَٱلْفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَٱلْحِوِّيِّينَ وَٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَيْسُوا مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

8 but were of the children of them whom the children Israel destroyed not, that were left after them in the land, even them did Solomon make tributaries to this day.

٨ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمِ، ٱلَّذِينَ بَقُوا بَعْدَهُمْ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يُفْنِهِمْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَجَعَلَ سُلَيْمَانُ عَلَيْهِمْ سُخْرَةً إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

9 But Solomon did not make any of the children of Israel servants in his kingdom; for, behold, [they were] warriors and rulers, and mighty [men], and captains of chariots and horsemen.

٩ وَأَمَّا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْهُمْ عَبِيدًا لِشُغْلِهِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ رِجَالُ ٱلْقِتَالِ وَرُؤَسَاءُ قُوَّادِهِ وَرُؤَسَاءُ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَفُرْسَانِهِ.

10 And these are the chiefs of the officers of king Solomon, two hundred and fifty overseeing the work amongst the people.

١٠ وَهَؤُلَاءِ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْمُوَكَّلِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ لِلْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ، مِئَتَانِ وَخَمْسُونَ ٱلْمُتَسَلِّطُونَ عَلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ.

11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharao from the city of David to the house which he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the city of David, the king of Israel, for [the place] is holy into which the ark of the Lord has entered.

١١ وَأَمَّا بِنْتُ فِرْعَوْنَ فَأَصْعَدَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلَّذِي بَنَاهُ لَهَا، لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لَا تَسْكُنِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ لِي فِي بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْأَمَاكِنَ ٱلَّتِي دَخَلَ إِلَيْهَا تَابُوتُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِنَّمَا هِيَ مُقَدَّسَةٌ».

12 Then Solomon offered up to the Lord whole burnt offerings on the altar which he had built to the Lord before the temple,

١٢ حِينَئِذٍ أَصْعَدَ سُلَيْمَانُ مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِلرَّبِّ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي بَنَاهُ قُدَّامَ ٱلرِّواقِ.

13 according to the daily rate, to offer up [sacrifices] according to the commandments of Moses, on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, three times in the year, at the feast of unleavened bread, and at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles.

١٣ أَمْرَ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْرَقَاتِ حَسَبَ وَصِيَّةِ مُوسَى فِي ٱلسُّبُوتِ وَٱلْأَهِلَّةِ وَٱلْمَوَاسِمِ، ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ، فِي عِيدِ ٱلْفَطِيرِ وَعِيدِ ٱلْأَسَابِيعِ وَعِيدِ ٱلْمَظَالِّ.

14 And he established, according to the order of his father David, the courses of the priests, and [that] according to their public ministrations: and the Levites [were appointed] over their charges, to praise and minister before the priests according to the daily order: and the porters were appointed according to their courses to the different gates: for thus [were] the commandments of David the man of God.

١٤ وَأَوْقَفَ حَسَبَ قَضَاءِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ فِرَقَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ عَلَى خِدْمَتِهِمْ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ عَلَى حِرَاسَاتِهِمْ، لِلتَّسْبِيحِ وَٱلْخِدْمَةِ أَمَامَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ، عَمَلِ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ، وَٱلْبَوَّابِينَ حَسَبَ فِرَقِهِمْ عَلَى كُلِّ بَابٍ. لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا هِيَ وَصِيَّةُ دَاوُدَ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ.

15 They transgressed not the commandments of the king concerning the priests and the Levites with regard to everything else, and with regard to the treasures.

١٥ وَلَمْ يَحِيدُوا عَنْ وَصِيَّةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ عَلَى ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ فِي كُلِّ أَمْرٍ وَفِي ٱلْخَزَائِنِ.

16 Now all the work had been prepared from the day when the foundation was laid, until Solomon finished the house of the Lord.

١٦ فَتَهَيَّأَ كُلُّ عَمَلِ سُلَيْمَانَ إِلَى يَوْمِ تَأْسِيسِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَإِلَى نِهَايَتِهِ. فَكَمَلَ بَيْتُ ٱلرَّبِّ.

17 Then Solomon went to Gasion Gaber, and to Aelath near the sea in the land of Idumea.

١٧ حِينَئِذٍ ذَهَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى عِصْيُونَ جَابِرَ، وَإِلَى أَيْلَةَ عَلَى شَاطِئِ ٱلْبَحْرِ فِي أَرْضِ أَدُومَ.

18 And Chiram sent by the hand of his servants ships, and servants skilled in naval affairs; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Sophira, and brought thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and they came to king Solomon.

١٨ وَأَرْسَلَ لَهُ حُورَامُ بِيَدِ عَبِيدِهِ سُفُنًا وَعَبِيدًا يَعْرِفُونَ ٱلْبَحْرَ، فَأَتَوْا مَعَ عَبِيدِ سُلَيْمَانَ إِلَى أُوفِيرَ، وَأَخَذُوا مِنْ هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَزْنَةَ ذَهَبٍ وَأَتَوْا بِهَا إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ.