2 Chronicles 8

1 It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

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

2 that the cities which Hiram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

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

3 Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it.

٣ ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ حَمَاةِ صُوبَةَ وَافْتَتَحَهَا،

4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities, which he built in Hamath.

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

5 Also he built Upper Beth Horon, and Lower Beth Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

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

6 and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

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 who were left of the Hethites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel;

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

8 of their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel did not destroy, of them Solomon conscripted for slave labor to this day.

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

9 But of the children of Israel, Solomon made no slaves for his work; but they were men of war, and his commanders, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

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

10 These were the chief officers of king Solomon: five hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.

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

11 Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the City of David to the house that he had built for her; for he said, "My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places where the ark of the LORD has come are holy."

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 burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

١٢ ثُمَّ قَرَّبَ سُلَيْمَانُ مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِلرَّبِّ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ الَّذِي شَيَّدَهُ أَمَامَ الرُّوَاقِ،

13 even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in the year, in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tents.

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 He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

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 did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

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

16 Now all the work of Solomon was carried out from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

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

17 Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber, and to Eilat, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

١٧ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى مِينَاءِ عِصْيُونَ جَابِرَ وَإِلَى أَيْلَةَ الْوَاقِعَتَيْنِ عَلَى شَاطِئِ بَحْرِ أَدُومَ،

18 And Hiram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea by the hands of his servants; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them 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.