2 Chronicles 1

1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him to a high degree.

١ وَأَمْسَكَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بِزِمَامِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ بِكُلِّ حَزْمٍ وَكَانَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُ مَعَهُ، وَأَضْفَى عَلَيْهِ عَظَمَةً بَالِغَةً.

2 And Solomon gave orders to all Israel, to the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and to the rulers, and to the judges of all Israel, and the heads of the families:

٢ وَخَاطَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ جَمِيعَ رُؤَسَاءِ الأُلُوفِ وَالْمِئَاتِ وَالْقُضَاةَ وَكُلَّ رَئِيسٍ مِنْ رُؤُوسِ عَائِلاتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

3 And he went with all the multitude to the high place of Gabaon, where was the tabernacle of the covenant of the Lord, which Moses the servant of God made, in the wilderness.

٣ طَالِباً إِلَيْهِمْ مُرَافَقَتَهُ إِلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَةِ الَّتِي فِي جِبْعُونَ حَيْثُ نُصِبَتْ خَيْمَةُ الاجْتِمَاعِ، خَيْمَةُ اللهِ الَّتِي صَنَعَهَا مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ.

4 For David had brought the ark of God from Cariathiarim to the place, which he had prepared for it, and where he had pitched a tabernacle for it, that is, in Jerusalem.

٤ أَمَّا تَابُوتُ الرَّبِّ فَقَدْ أَصْعَدَهُ دَاوُدُ مِنْ قَرْيَةِ يَعَارِيمَ إِلَى الْخَيْمَةِ الَّتِي هَيَّأَهَا لَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

5 And the altar of brass, which Beseleel the son of Uri the son of Hur had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and all the assembly sought it:

٥ غَيْرَ أَنَّ مَذْبَحَ النُّحَاسِ الَّذِي صَنَعَهُ بَصَلْئِيلُ بْنُ أُورِي بْنِ حُورَ، كَانَ قَائِماً أَمَامَ مَسْكَنِ الرَّبِّ، فَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ سُلَيْمَانُ وَمُرَافِقُوهُ لِيُقَرِّبُوا عَلَيْهِ.

6 And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar, before the tabernacle of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up on it a thousand victims.

٦ وَأَصْعَدَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَلْفَ مُحْرَقَةٍ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ النُّحَاسِ الَّذِي فِي خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

7 And behold that night God appeared to him, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.

٧ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ ظَهَرَ الرَّبُّ لِسُلَيْمَانَ وَسَأَلَهُ: «مَاذَا أُعْطِيكَ؟»

8 And Solomon said to God: Thou hast shewn great kindness to my father David: and hast made me king in his stead.

٨ فَأَجَابَ سُلَيْمَانُ: «لَقَدْ أَسْدَيْتَ إِلَى أَبِي إِحْسَاناً عَظِيماً وَجَعَلْتَنِي مَلِكاً خَلَفاً لَهُ.

9 Now therefore, O Lord God, let thy word be fulfilled, which thou hast promised to David my father: for thou hast made me king over thy great people, which is as innumerable as the dust of the earth.

٩ فَالآنَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ لِيَتِمَّ وَعْدُكَ الَّذِي وَعَدْتَ بِهِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ، لأَنَّكَ وَلَّيْتَنِي حُكْمَ شَعْبٍ كَثِيرٍ كَتُرَابِ الأَرْضِ.

10 Give me wisdom and knowledge that I may come in and go out before thy people: for who can worthily judge this thy people, which is so great?

١٠ فَهَبْنِي حِكْمَةً وَمَعْرِفَةً لأَقُودَ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ، لأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ شَعْبَكَ الْعَظِيمَ هَذَا؟»

11 And God said to Solomon: Because this choice hath pleased thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, and wealth, and glory, nor the lives of them that hate thee, nor many days of life: but hast asked wisdom and knowledge, to be able to judge my people, over which I have made thee king,

١١ فَقَالَ اللهُ لِسُلَيْمَانَ: «مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكَ قَدْ عَزَمْتَ فِي قَلْبِكَ عَلَى طَلَبِ هَذَا الأَمْرِ، وَلَمْ تَنْشُدْ غِنىً، وَلا أَمْوَالاً، وَلا عَظَمَةً، وَلا الانْتِقَامَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِكَ، وَلَمْ تَطْلُبْ حَيَاةً طَوِيلَةً، بَلْ سَأَلْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ حِكْمَةً وَمَعْرِفَةً لِتَحْكُمَ بِهِمَا شَعْبِي الَّذِي مَلَّكْتُكَ عَلَيْهِ،

12 Wisdom and knowledge are granted to thee: and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and glory, so that none of the kings before thee, nor after thee, shall be like thee.

١٢ فَإِنَّنِي أَهَبُكَ حِكْمَةً وَمَعْرِفَةً، وَأُنْعِمُ عَلَيْكَ بِالْغِنَى وَالْمَالِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ، بِحَيْثُ لَا يُضَاهِيكَ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْمُلُوكِ السَّابِقِينَ وَلا اللَّاحِقِينَ».

13 Then Solomon came from the high place of Gabaon to Jerusalem before the tabernacle of the covenant, and reigned over Israel.

١٣ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ مُرْتَفَعَةِ جِبْعُونَ مِنْ أَمَامِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَمَلَكَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ.

14 And he gathered to himself chariots and horsemen, and he had a thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he placed them in the cities of the chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem.

١٤ وَبَنَى لِنَفْسِهِ قُوَّةً تَتَأَلَّفُ مِنْ أَلْفٍ وَأَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ، وَاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ فَارِسٍ، وَزَّعَهَا عَلَى مُدُنِ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ، وَأَبْقَى بَعْضاً مِنْهَا مَعَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

15 And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees as sycamores, which grow in the plains in great multitude.

١٥ وَلِفَرْطِ مَا تَوَافَرَ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، جَعَلَ الْمَلِكُ قِيمَتَهَا كَقِيمَةِ الْحِجَارَةِ، وَأَصْبَحَ خَشَبُ الأَرْزِ فِي قِيمَةِ خَشَبِ الْجُمَّيْزِ الَّذِي فِي الْحَقْلِ لِكَثْرَتِهِ.

16 And there were horses brought him from Egypt, and from Coa by the king’s merchants, who went, and bought at a price,

١٦ وَقَدِ اسْتُوْرِدَتْ خُيُولُ سُلَيْمَانَ مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَمِنْ كُوِي، فَكَانَ تُجَّارُ الْمَلِكِ يَشْتَرُونَهَا مِنْ كُوِي.

17 A chariot of four horses for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: in like manner market was made in all the kingdoms of the Hethites, and of the kings of Syria.

١٧ وَكَذَلِكَ الْمَرْكَبَاتُ؛ وَكَانُوا يَدْفَعُونَ سِتَّ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ (نَحْوَ سَبْعَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامَاتٍ) مِنَ الْفِّضَّةِ عَنْ كُلِّ مَرْكَبَةٍ، وَمِئَةً وَخَمْسِينَ عَنْ كُلِّ فَرَسٍ (نَحْوَ كِيلُو جِرَامَيْنِ)، وَكَانُوا يُصَدِّرُونَهَا أَيْضاً لِجَمِيعِ مُلُوكِ الْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالآرَامِيِّينَ.