2 Chronicles 8

1 And it comes to pass at the end of twenty years that Solomon has built the house of YHWH and his own house.

١ وَبَعْدَ نِهَايَةِ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، بَعْدَ أَنْ بَنَى سُلَيْمَانُ بَيْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَبَيْتَهُ،

2 As for the cities that Huram has given to Solomon, Solomon has built them, and he causes the sons of Israel to dwell there.

٢ بَنَى سُلَيْمَانُ ٱلْمُدُنَ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا حُورَامُ لِسُلَيْمَانَ، وَأَسْكَنَ فِيهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

3 And Solomon goes to Hamath-Zobah, and lays hold on it;

٣ وَذَهَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى حَمَاةِ صُوبَةَ وَقَوِيَ عَلَيْهَا.

4 and he builds Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the cities of store that he has built in Hamath.

٤ وَبَنَى تَدْمُرَ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ وَجَمِيعَ مُدُنِ ٱلْمَخَازِنِ ٱلَّتِي بَنَاهَا فِي حَمَاةَ.

5 And he builds Beth-Horon the upper, and Beth-Horon the lower—cities of defense, with walls, double gates, and bar—

٥ وَبَنَى بَيْتَ حُورُونَ ٱلْعُلْيَا وَبَيْتَ حُورُونَ ٱلسُّفْلَى، مُدُنًا حَصِينَةً بِأَسْوَارٍ وَأَبْوَابٍ وَعَوَارِضَ.

6 and Ba‘alath, and all the cities of store that Solomon had, and all the cities of the chariot, and the cities of the horsemen, and all the desire of Solomon that he desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

٦ وَبَعْلَةَ وَكُلَّ مُدُنِ ٱلْمَخَازِنِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ لِسُلَيْمَانَ، وَجَمِيعَ مُدُنِ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَمُدُنِ ٱلْفُرْسَانِ وَكُلَّ مَرْغُوبِ سُلَيْمَانَ ٱلَّذِي رَغِبَ أَنْ يَبْنِيَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَفِي لُبْنَانَ وَفِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ سُلْطَانِهِ.

7 All the people who are left of the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, who are not of Israel—

٧ أَمَّا جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلْبَاقِي مِنَ ٱلْحِثِّيِّينَ وَٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ وَٱلْفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَٱلْحِوِّيِّينَ وَٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَيْسُوا مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

8 of their sons who have been left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel did not consume—Solomon lifts up a tribute to this day.

٨ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمِ، ٱلَّذِينَ بَقُوا بَعْدَهُمْ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يُفْنِهِمْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَجَعَلَ سُلَيْمَانُ عَلَيْهِمْ سُخْرَةً إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

9 And Solomon has made none of the sons of Israel servants for his work, but they [are] men of war, and heads of his captains, and heads of his charioteers, and of his horsemen;

٩ وَأَمَّا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْهُمْ عَبِيدًا لِشُغْلِهِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ رِجَالُ ٱلْقِتَالِ وَرُؤَسَاءُ قُوَّادِهِ وَرُؤَسَاءُ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَفُرْسَانِهِ.

10 and these [are] heads of the officers whom King Solomon has, two hundred and fifty who are rulers among the people.

١٠ وَهَؤُلَاءِ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْمُوَكَّلِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ لِلْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ، مِئَتَانِ وَخَمْسُونَ ٱلْمُتَسَلِّطُونَ عَلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ.

11 And Solomon has brought up the daughter of Pharaoh from the City of David to the house that he built for her, for he said, “My wife does not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, for they are holy to whom the Ark of YHWH has come.”

١١ وَأَمَّا بِنْتُ فِرْعَوْنَ فَأَصْعَدَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلَّذِي بَنَاهُ لَهَا، لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لَا تَسْكُنِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ لِي فِي بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْأَمَاكِنَ ٱلَّتِي دَخَلَ إِلَيْهَا تَابُوتُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِنَّمَا هِيَ مُقَدَّسَةٌ».

12 Then Solomon has caused burnt-offerings to ascend to YHWH on the altar of YHWH that he built before the porch,

١٢ حِينَئِذٍ أَصْعَدَ سُلَيْمَانُ مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِلرَّبِّ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي بَنَاهُ قُدَّامَ ٱلرِّواقِ.

13 even by the matter of a day in its day, to cause to ascend according to the command of Moses, on Sabbaths, and on new moons, and on appointed times, three times in a year—in the Celebration of Unleavened Things, and in the Celebration of Weeks, and in the Celebration of Shelters.

١٣ أَمْرَ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْرَقَاتِ حَسَبَ وَصِيَّةِ مُوسَى فِي ٱلسُّبُوتِ وَٱلْأَهِلَّةِ وَٱلْمَوَاسِمِ، ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ، فِي عِيدِ ٱلْفَطِيرِ وَعِيدِ ٱلْأَسَابِيعِ وَعِيدِ ٱلْمَظَالِّ.

14 And he establishes, according to the ordinance of his father David, the divisions of the priests over their service, and of the Levites over their charges, to praise and to minister before the priests, according to the matter of a day in its day, and the gatekeepers in their divisions at every gate, for so [is] the command of David the man of God.

١٤ وَأَوْقَفَ حَسَبَ قَضَاءِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ فِرَقَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ عَلَى خِدْمَتِهِمْ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ عَلَى حِرَاسَاتِهِمْ، لِلتَّسْبِيحِ وَٱلْخِدْمَةِ أَمَامَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ، عَمَلِ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ، وَٱلْبَوَّابِينَ حَسَبَ فِرَقِهِمْ عَلَى كُلِّ بَابٍ. لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا هِيَ وَصِيَّةُ دَاوُدَ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ.

15 And they have not turned aside [from] the command of the king concerning the priests and the Levites, in reference to any matter, and to the treasures.

١٥ وَلَمْ يَحِيدُوا عَنْ وَصِيَّةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ عَلَى ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ فِي كُلِّ أَمْرٍ وَفِي ٱلْخَزَائِنِ.

16 And all the work of Solomon is prepared until the day of the foundation of the house of YHWH, and until its completion; the house of YHWH is perfect.

١٦ فَتَهَيَّأَ كُلُّ عَمَلِ سُلَيْمَانَ إِلَى يَوْمِ تَأْسِيسِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَإِلَى نِهَايَتِهِ. فَكَمَلَ بَيْتُ ٱلرَّبِّ.

17 Then Solomon has gone to Ezion-Geber, and to Elath, on the border of the sea, in the land of Edom;

١٧ حِينَئِذٍ ذَهَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى عِصْيُونَ جَابِرَ، وَإِلَى أَيْلَةَ عَلَى شَاطِئِ ٱلْبَحْرِ فِي أَرْضِ أَدُومَ.

18 and Huram sends to him, by the hand of his servants, ships and servants knowing the sea, and they go with servants of Solomon to Ophir, and take four hundred and fifty talents of gold from there, and bring it to King Solomon.

١٨ وَأَرْسَلَ لَهُ حُورَامُ بِيَدِ عَبِيدِهِ سُفُنًا وَعَبِيدًا يَعْرِفُونَ ٱلْبَحْرَ، فَأَتَوْا مَعَ عَبِيدِ سُلَيْمَانَ إِلَى أُوفِيرَ، وَأَخَذُوا مِنْ هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَزْنَةَ ذَهَبٍ وَأَتَوْا بِهَا إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ.