2 Chronicles 2

1 Solomon ordered the building of a Temple to honor the Lord and a royal palace for himself.

١ وَأَصْدَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَمْرَهُ بِبِنَاءِ هَيْكَلٍ لاِسْمِ الرَّبِّ وَقَصْرٍ لِلْمَلِكِ.

2 He allocated 70,000 men as laborers, 80,000 as stone cutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as foremen.

٢ وَاسْتَخْدَمَ فِي ذَلِكَ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ حَمَّالٍ، وَثَمَانِينَ أَلْفَ نَحَّاتٍ فِي الْجَبَلِ، يُشْرِفُ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَلاثَةُ آلافٍ وَسِتُّ مِئَةِ وَكِيلٍ.

3 Solomon sent a message to Hiram, king of Tyre, telling him,

٣ وَوَجَّهَ سُلَيْمَانُ رِسَالَةً إِلَى حُورَامَ مَلِكِ صُورٍ قَائِلاً: «كَمَا سَبَقَ أَنْ تَعَامَلْتَ مَعَ أَبِي، فَأَرْسَلْتَ لَهُ خَشَبَ أَرْزٍ لِيَبْنِيَ لَهُ قَصْراً يُقِيمُ فِيهِ،

4 “Please do as you did with my father David when you sent him cedar timber for him to build a palace to live in. I'm about to start building a Temple to honor the Lord my God, dedicated to him, where he will be offered sweet-smelling incense, where the showbread will be always set out in rows, and where burnt offerings will be made every morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, at new moon festivals, and at the feasts of the Lord our God—this to be done forever in Israel.

٤ فَهَا أَنَا قَدْ عَقَدْتُ الْعَزْمَ عَلَى تَشْيِيدِ هَيْكَلٍ لاِسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِي لأُخَصِّصَهُ لَهُ، لأُوْقِدَ أَمَامَهُ بَخُوراً عَطِراً وَأُقَرِّبَ خُبْزَ التَّقْدِمَةِ الدَّائِمَ وَلأُصْعِدَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ صَبَاحاً وَمَسَاءً، وَفِي السُّبُوتِ وَمَطَالِعِ الشُّهُورِ وَمَوَاسِمِ أَعْيَادِ إِلَهِنَا، كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَفْعَلُوا إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

5 This Temple I am about to build must be impressive, because our God is greater than all gods.

٥ وَالْهَيْكَلُ الَّذِي أَنَا مُزْمِعٌ بِنَاءَهُ هُوَ هَيْكَلٌ عَظِيمٌ، لأَنَّ إِلَهَنَا أَعْظَمُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الآلِهَةِ.

6 But who can build a Temple for him to live in, for the heavens, even highest heaven, cannot contain him, and who am I that I should dare to build him a house, except to burn incense to him?

٦ وَمَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ حَقّاً أَنْ يَبْنِيَ لَهُ هَيْكَلاً لأَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَسَمَاءَ السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تَسَعُهُ! وَمَنْ أَنَا حَتَّى أَبْنِيَ لَهُ هَيْكَلاً إِلّا لِيَكُونَ لَهُ هَيْكَلاً لإِيقَادِ الْبَخُورِ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ!

7 So please send me a master craftsman who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron; and in purple, scarlet, and blue fabrics. He must also know how to engrave, working together with my expert craftsmen from Judea and Jerusalem provided by my father David.

٧ فَالآنَ أَرْسِلْ لِي رَجُلاً حَاذِقاً فِي فُنُونِ صِنَاعَةِ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالنُّحَاسِ وَالْحَدِيدِ، وَفِي صِنَاعَةِ الْقُمَاشِ الأَزْرَقِ وَالْبَنَفْسَجِيِّ وَالأَحْمَرِ، وَمَاهِراً فِي حِرْفَةِ النَّقْشِ، لِيَعْمَلَ مَعَ الصُّنَّاعِ الْمَهَرَةِ الْمُتَوَافِرِينَ لَدَيَّ فِي يَهُوذَا وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ مِمَّنِ اخْتَارَهُمْ أَبِي دَاوُدُ.

8 Also send me cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your workers are skillful in cutting down the trees of Lebanon. I will send men to help your workers

٨ وَزَوِّدْنِي بِخَشَبِ أَرْزٍ وَسَرْوٍ وَصَنْدَلٍ مِنْ لُبْنَانَ، لأَنَّنِي أَعْرِفُ أَنَّ رِجَالَكَ مَاهِرُونَ فِي قَطْعِ خَشَبِ لُبْنَانَ، فَيَتَعَاوَنَ رِجَالِي مَعَ رِجَالِكَ.

9 to produce a large quantity of timber because the Temple I'm building will be really large and very impressive.

٩ وَلْيُجَهِّزُوا لِي خَشَباً وَفِيراً، لأَنَّ الْهَيْكَلَ الَّذِي عَزَمْتُ عَلَى بِنَائِهِ هُوَ هَيْكَلٌ عَظِيمٌ وَمُدْهِشٌ،

10 I will pay your workers, the wood-cutters, 20,000 cors of crushed wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.”

١٠ وَأَنَا أَدْفَعُ أُجْرَةَ قَاطِعِي الْخَشَبِ: عِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ كُرٍّ مِنَ الْقَمْحِ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ كِيسٍ مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ، وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ بَثِّ خَمْرٍ، وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ بَرْمِيلِ زَيْتٍ».

11 King Hiram of Tyre responded to Solomon by letter: “It's because the Lord loves his people that he has made you their king.”

١١ فَأَجَابَهُ حُورَامُ مَلِكُ صُورَ فِي رِسَالَةٍ قَائِلاً: «لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ أَحَبَّ حَقّاً شَعْبَهُ وَلّاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَلِكاً.

12 Hiram went on, “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding who is going to build a Temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.

١٢ فَتَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ صَانِعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ الَّذِي رَزَقَ دَاوُدَ الْمَلِكَ ابْناً حَكِيماً مُتَمَيِّزاً بِالْمَعْرِفَةِ وَالْفَهْمِ لِيَبْنِيَ هَيْكَلاً لِلرَّبِّ وَقَصْراً لِنَفْسِهِ.

13 I'm sending you Hiram-Abi, a master craftsman who knows and understands what he's doing.

١٣ وَهَا أَنَا أُرْسِلُ الآنَ رَجُلاً حَاذِقاً خَبِيراً هُوَ حُورَامُ أَبِي،

14 His mother is from the tribe of Dan and his father is from Tyre. He's an expert in working with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson fabric, and fine linen. He can do all kinds of engraving and can make any design he's given. He'll work with your craftsmen and with the craftsmen of my lord, your father David.

١٤ ابْنُ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ سِبْطِ دَانٍ، مُتَزَوِّجَةٍ مِنْ رَجُلٍ صُورِيٍّ، بَارِعٌ فِي صِنَاعَةِ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالنُّحَاسِ وَالْحَدِيدِ وَالْحِجَارَةِ وَالْخَشَبِ وَالْقُمَاشِ الأَزْرَقِ وَالْبَنَفْسَجِيِّ وَالْكَتَّانِ وَالأَحْمَرِ وَسَائِرِ فُنُونِ النَّقْشِ، وَتَنْفِيذِ مَا يُعْهَدُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رُسُومَاتٍ، فَيَعْمَلُ حُورَامُ هَذَا جَنْباً إِلَى جَنْبٍ مَعَ صُنَّاعِكَ وَصُنَّاعِ سَيِّدِي دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ.

15 Now my lord, please send to us his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he spoke about.

١٥ أَمَّا الْقَمْحُ وَالشَّعِيرُ وَالزَّيْتُ وَالْخَمْرُ الَّتِي ذَكَرَهَا سَيِّدِي، فَلْيَبْعَثْ بِها مَعَ رِجَالِهِ.

16 We will cut all timber you need from Lebanon and take it to you by sea in rafts to Joppa. From there you can transport it to Jerusalem.”

١٦ وَنَحْنُ نَقُومُ بِقَطْعِ الْخَشَبِ مِنْ لُبْنَانَ، عَلَى مِقْدَارِ حَاجَتِكَ، وَنَنْقُلُهُ إِلَيْكَ حُزَماً عَائِمَةً عَلَى الْبَحْرِ إِلَى مِينَاءِ يَافَا. وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ يَتِمُّ حَمْلُهُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ».

17 Solomon had a census taken of all the foreigners in the land of Israel, like the census his father David had conducted, and found there were 153,600.

١٧ وَأَحْصَى سُلَيْمَانُ جَمِيعَ الْغُرَبَاءِ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَ أَبُوهُ قَدْ سَبَقَ فَأَحْصَاهُمْ، فَوَجَدَهُمْ مِئَةً وَثَلاثَةً وَخَمْسِينَ أَلْفاً وِستَّ مِئَةٍ،

18 He allocated 70,000 as laborers, 80,000 as stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as foremen.

١٨ مِنْهُمْ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ حَمَّالٍ، وَثَمَانُونَ أَلْفَ نَحَّاتٍ لِقَطْعِ حِجَارَةِ الْجَبَلِ، وَثَلاثَةُ آلافٍ وَسِتُّ مِئَةٍ أَقَامَهُمْ وُكَلاءَ لِلإِشْرَافِ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ.