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 وَفِي نِهَايَةِ الْعِشْرِينَ عَاماً الَّتِي فِيهَا بَنَى سُلَيْمَانُ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ وَقَصْرَهُ،

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

٢ أَعَادَ بِنَاءَ الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا لَهُ الْمَلِكُ حُورَامُ، وَأَسْكَنَ فِيهَا قَوْماً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

3 And Solomon came to Baesoba, and fortified it.

٣ ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ حَمَاةِ صُوبَةَ وَافْتَتَحَهَا،

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

٤ وَبَنَى أَيْضاً تَدْمُرَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، وَسَائِرَ مُدُنِ الْمَخَازِنِ الَّتِي أَقَامَهَا عِنْدَ حَمَاةَ.

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

٥ كَمَا أَعَادَ بِنَاءَ بَيْتِ حُورُونَ الْعُلْيَا وَبَيْتِ حُورُونَ السُّفْلَى، وَجَعَلَهُمَا مَدِينَتَيْنِ مَنِيعَتَيْنِ مُحَصَّنَتَيْنِ بِأَسْوَارٍ وَبَوَّابَاتٍ وَأَرْتَاجٍ

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 كَمَا بَنَى مَدِينَةَ بَعْلَةَ وَكُلَّ الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي جَعَلَهَا مَخَازِنَ لَهُ، وَجَمِيعَ مُدُنِ حَظَائِرِ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَمُدُنِ الْفُرْسَانِ، وَكُلَّ مَا رَغِبَ فِي بِنَائِهِ وَتَرْمِيمِهِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَفِي لُبْنَانَ وَفِي كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ سَلْطَنَتِهِ.

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 نَسْلِ الأُمَمِ الْبَاقِينَ مِنَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَنْتَمُونَ لإِسْرَائِيلَ،

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 مِمَّنْ بَقُوا فِي الأَرْضِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ، وَلَمْ يُفْنِهِمْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَقَدْ سَخَّرَهُمْ سُلَيْمَانُ لِلْخِدْمَةِ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

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 أَمَّا أَبْنَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَمْ يُسَخِّرْ مِنْهُمْ سُلَيْمَانُ أَحَداً، لأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ كَانَ يَتَأَلَّفُ رِجَالُ الْقِتَالِ وَرُؤَسَاءُ قُوَّادِهِ وَقَادَةُ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَفُرْسَانُهُ.

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

١٠ وَكَانَ عَدَدُ الْمُوَكَّلِينَ عَلَى الإِشْرَافِ عَلَى خِدْمَةِ الْعُمَّالِ الْمُسَخَّرِينَ لِتَنْفِيذِ أَعْمَالِ سُلَيْمَانَ، مِئَتَيْنِ وَخَمْسِينَ رَجُلاً.

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 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ بَنَى لِبِنْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ قَصْراً نَقَلَهَا إِلَيْهِ قَائِلاً: «لا تُقِيمُ زَوْجَتِي فِي قَصْرِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَنَّ الأَمَاكِنَ الَّتِي دَخَلَهَا تَابُوتُ الرَّبِّ هِيَ أَمَاكِنُ 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 ثُمَّ قَرَّبَ سُلَيْمَانُ مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِلرَّبِّ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ الَّذِي شَيَّدَهُ أَمَامَ الرُّوَاقِ،

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 فَكَانَتِ الْمُحْرَقَاتُ تُقَدَّمُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِمُوْجِبِ مَا نَصَّتْ عَلَيْهِ وَصِيَّةُ مُوسَى، وَفِي السُّبُوتِ، وَفِي مَطْلَعِ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ قَمَرِيٍّ، وَمَوَاسِمِ الأَعْيَادِ الثَّلاثَةِ السَّنَوِيَّةِ: عِيدِ الْفَطِيرِ، وَعِيدِ الْحَصَادِ، وَعِيدِ الْمَظَالِّ.

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 وَنَظَّمَ خَدَمَاتِ وَوَاجِبَاتِ فِرَقِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا رَتَّبَهُ أَبُوهُ دَاوُدُ، فَكَانَ اللّاوِيُّونَ يَقُومُونَ بِالتَّسْبِيحِ وَالْخِدْمَةِ تَحْتَ إِشْرَافِ الْكَهَنَةِ، وَحِرَاسَةِ الأَبْوَابِ حَسَبَ فِرَقِهِمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ، تَنْفِيذاً لأَوَامِرِ دَاوُدَ رَجُلِ اللهِ.

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 يَنْحَرِفُوا عَنْ تَنْفِيذِ مَا أَوْصَى الْمَلِكُ بِهِ الْكَهَنَةَ وَاللاوِيِّينَ بِشَأْنِ الْمَخَازِنِ وَسِوَاهَا مِنَ الأُمُورِ.

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 وَهَكَذَا اكْتَمَلَ تَنْفِيذُ كُلِّ مَا خَطَّطَهُ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ يَوْمِ إِرْسَاءِ الأَسَاسِ حَتَّى الانْتِهَاءِ مِنْ تَشْيِيدِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

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

١٧ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى مِينَاءِ عِصْيُونَ جَابِرَ وَإِلَى أَيْلَةَ الْوَاقِعَتَيْنِ عَلَى شَاطِئِ بَحْرِ 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 فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ حُورَامُ بِقِيَادَةِ رِجَالِهِ مَلَّاحِينَ خُبَرَاءَ بِمَسَالِكِ الْمِيَاهِ فَأَبْحَرُوا مَعَ رِجَالِ سُلَيْمَانَ إِلَى أُوفِيرَ وَجَلَبُوا مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَزْنَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ (نَحْوَ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفاً وَمِئَتَيْ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) حَمَلُوهَا إِلَى الْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ.