2 Chronicles 2
1 And Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
Salomo fik i Sinde at bygge et Hus for HERRENs Navn og et kongeligt Palads.
2 And Solomon numbered seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred to superintend them.
Salomo lod derfor udskrive 70.000 Mand til Lastdragere og 80.000 Mand til Stenhuggere i Bjergene og 3600 til at føre Tilsyn med dem.
3 And Solomon sent to Huram king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein [so do for me].
Og Salomo sendte Kong Huram af Tyrus følgende Bud: "Vær mod mig som mod min Fader David, hvem du sendte Cedertræ, for at han kunde bygge sig et Palads at bo i.
4 Behold, I build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God to dedicate it to him, to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual arrangement [of the shewbread], and for the morning and evening burnt-offerings [and] on the sabbaths and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is [an ordinance] for ever to Israel.
Se, jeg er ved at bygge HERREN min Guds Navn et Hus; det skal helliges ham, for at man kan brænde vellugtende Røgelse for hans Åsyn, altid have Skuebrødene fremme og ofre Brændofre hver Morgen og Aften, på Sabbaterne, Nymånedagene og HERREN vor Guds Højtider, som det til evig Tid påhviler Israel.
5 And the house that I will build is great; for great is our God above all gods.
Huset, jeg vil bygge, skal være stort; thi vor Gud er større end alle Guder.
6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? And who am I that I should build him a house, except to burn sacrifice before him?
Hvem magter at bygge ham et Hus, når dog Himmelen og Himlenes Himle ikke kan rumme ham? Og hvem erjeg, at jeg skulde bygge ham et Hus, når det ikke var for at tænde Offerild for hans Åsyn!
7 And now send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, and in iron, and in purple and crimson and blue, and experienced in carving, besides the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
Så send mig da en Mand, der har Forstand på at arbejde i Guld. Sølv, Kobber, Jern, rødt Purpur, Karmoisin og violet Purpur og forstår sig på Billedskærerarbejde, til at arbejde sammen med mine egne Mestre her i Juda og Jerusalem, dem, som min Fader antog;
8 Send me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants are experienced in cutting timber in Lebanon; and behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
og send mig Ceder- Cypres- og Algummimtræ fra Libanon, thi jeg ved at dine Folk forstår at fælde Libanons Træer; og mine Folk skal hjælpe dine;
9 even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful.
men Træ må jeg have i Mængde, thi Huset, jeg vil bygge, skal være stort, det skal være et Underværk.
10 And behold, I will give to thy servants the hewers that fell timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
For Tømrerne, som fælder Træerne, vil jeg til Underhold for dine Folk give 20.000 Kor Hvede, 20.000 Kor Byg, 20.000 Bat Vin og 20.000 Bat Olie."
11 And Huram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loved his people, he made thee king over them.
Kong Huram af Tyrus svarede i et Brev, som han sendte Salomo: "Fordi HERREN elsker sit Folk, har han gjort dig til Konge over dem!"
12 And Huram said, Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, that made the heavens and the earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Jehovah and a house for his kingdom.
Og Huram føjede til: "Lovet være HERREN, Israels Gud, som har skabt Himmelen og Jorden, at han har givet Kong David en viis Søn, der har Forstand og Indsigt til at bygge et Hus for HERREN og et kongeligt Palads.
13 And now, I send a skilful man, endued with understanding, Huram Abi,
Her sender jeg dig en kyndig og indsigtsfuld Mand, Huram-Abi;
14 the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and whose father was a man of Tyre, experienced in working in gold, and in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in byssus, and in crimson, and for doing any manner of engraving, and for inventing every device which shall be put to him, besides thy skilful men, and the skilful men of my lord David thy father.
han er Søn af en Kvinde fra Dan, men hans Fader er en Tyrier; han forstår at arbejde i Guld. Sølv, Kobber, Jern, Stem, Træ, rødt og violet Purpur, fint Linned og karmoisinfarvet Stof, forstår sig på al Slags Billedskærerarbejde og kan udtænke alle de Kunstværker, han sættes til; han skal arbejde sammen med dine og med min Herres, din Fader Davids, Mestre.
15 And now the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants.
Min Herre skal derfor sende sine Trælle Hveden, Byggen, Vinen og Olien, han talte om;
16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee [in] floats by sea to Joppa, and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
så vil vi fælde så mange Træer på Libanon, som du har Brug for, og sende dig dem i Tømmerflåder på Havet til Jafo; men du må selv få dem op til Jerusalem."
17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the account that David his father had taken of them, and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
Salomo lod da alle fremmede Mænd, der boede i Israels Land, tælle - allerede tidligere havde hans fader David ladet dem tælle - og de fandtes at udgøre 153.600.
18 And he set seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be stone-masons in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people to work.
Af dem gjorde han 70.000 til Lastdragere, 80.000 til Stenhuggere i Bjergene og 3.600 til Opsynsmænd til at lede Folkenes Arbejde.
