< 1 Kings 5 >
1 Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
Hiramu mfalme wa Tiro aliwatuma watumishi wake kwa Sulemani kwa kuwa alisikia kuwa walikuwa wamemtawaza kuwa mfalme mahali pa baba yake, kwani Hiramu alimpenda Daudi.
2 Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
Sulemani akatuma ujumbe kwa Hiramu, akisema,
3 "You know how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Jehovah his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet.
“Unajua kuwa Daudi baba yangu hakujenga nyumba kwa jina la BWANA, Mungu wake kwa sababu ya vile vita vilivyomzunguka, kwa kuwa wakati wa uhai wake BWANA alikuwa akiweka maadui wake chini ya nyayo za miguu yake.
4 But now Jehovah my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.
Lakini sasa BWANA amenipa mimi pumziko toka pande zote. Hakuna maadui wala majanga.
5 Look, I purpose to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spoke to David my father, saying, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for my name.'
Kwa hiyo ninakusudia kujenga hekalu kwa jina la BWANA, Mungu wangu, kama BWANA alivyosema kwa Daudi baba yangu, akisema, 'Mwanao ambaye nitamweka kwenye kiti chako cha enzi mahali pako, ndiye atakayenijengea hekalu kwa jina langu.'
6 Now therefore command that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon. My servants shall be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you shall say. For you know that there is not among us any who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians."
Kwa hiyo sasa amuru wakate mierezi kutoka Lebanoni kwa ajili yangu. Watumishi wangu wataungana na watumishi wako, nami nitakulipa kwa ajili ya watumishi wako ili kwamba upate malipo mazuri kwa kila kitu utakchokubali kukifanya. Kwa kuwa unajua kuwa hakuna mtu mioingoni mwetu anayejua kukata miti kama Wasidoni.”
7 It happened, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, "Blessed is Jehovah this day, who has given to David a wise son over this great people."
Hiramu aliposikia maneno ya Sulemani, akafurahi sana akasema, “BWANA na abarikiwe leo, ambaye amempa Daudi mwana wa hekiima juu ya kundi hili kubwa.”
8 Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, "I have heard the message which you have sent to me. I will satisfy all your desire concerning cedar wood and concerning the wood of evergreens.
Hiramu akatuma neno kwa Sulemani, akisema, “Nimeupata ujumbe ule ulionitumia. Nitatoa miti yote ya mierezi na miti ya miberoshi ambayo unahitaji.
9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you shall appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you shall receive them. You shall accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household."
Watumishi wangu wataileta miti kutoka Lebanoni hadi baharini, nami nitaiendesha baharini mpaka mahali utakaponielekeza. Nitaigawa pale, nawe utaichukua. Utafanya kile ninachohitaji kwa kuwapa chakula watumishi wangu.”
10 So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire.
Kwa hiyo Hiramu akampa Sulemani miti yote ya mierezi na miti ya miberoshi ambayo alihitaji.
11 Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat for food to his household, and twenty thousand baths of pure oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.
Sulemani akampa Hiramu kori ishirini elfu za ngano kwa ajili ya chakula cha watumishi wake na kori ishirii za mafuta safi. Sulemani akavitoa hivi kwa Hiramu mwaka baad ya mwaka.
12 Jehovah gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and the two of them made a covenant.
BWANA akampa Sulemani hekima, kama alivyokuwa amemwahidi. Kulikuwa na amani kati ya Hiramu na Sulemani na wote wawili wakafanya agano.
13 King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
Mfalme Sulemani akaandaa wafanya kazi kutoka Israeli yote. Idadi ya watenda kazi walioandaliwa ilikuwa wanaume elfu thelathini.
14 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.
Aliwatuma kwenda Lebanoni, aliwatuma kwa zamu ya watu elfu kumi kila mwezi. Kwa mwezi mmoja walienda Lebanoni na miezi miwili walikaa nyumbani. Adoniramu ndiye aliyekuwa msimamizi wa watenda kazi.
15 Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;
Sulemani alikuwa na watu elfu sabini waliokuwa wabeba mizigo na watu elfu themanini wa kukata mawe milimani,
16 besides Solomon's chief officers who were over the work, three thousand and six hundred, who bore rule over the people who labored in the work.
zaidi ya hao, walikuwepo maakida 3, 300 ambao pia waliokuwa wakiisimamia hiyo kazi.
17 The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
Kwa amri ya mfalme walileta mawe makubwa ya thamani kwa ajili ya kulaza kwenye msingi wa hekalu.
18 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
Kwa hiyo wajenzi wa Sulemani na wajenzi wa Hiramu na Wagebaliti walifanya kazi ya kukata na kuandaa mbao kwa ajili ya ujenzi wa hekalu.