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.

١ وَأَصْدَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَمْرَهُ بِبِنَاءِ هَيْكَلٍ لاِسْمِ الرَّبِّ وَقَصْرٍ لِلْمَلِكِ.

2 And Solomon gathered seventy thousand men that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain, and [there were] three thousand six hundred superintendents over them.

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

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,

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 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.

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 And the house which I am building [is to be] great: for the Lord our God [is] great beyond all gods.

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

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?

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 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.

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 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,

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

9 to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building [must be] great and glorious.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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

13 And now I have sent you a wise and understanding man [who belonged] to Chiram my father

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

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.

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 And now, the wheat, and the barley, and the oil, and the wine which my lord mentioned, let him send to his servants.

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

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.

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 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 six hundred.

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

18 And he made of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers of stone, and three thousand six hundred taskmasters over the people.

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