1 Kings 5
1 Hiram, the king of Tyre [city], had always been a close friend of King David. When he heard that Solomon had been appointed to become the king after his father was no longer king, he sent some messengers to Solomon [to congratulate him].
| وَأَرْسَلَ حِيرَامُ مَلِكُ صُورَ وَفْداً إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ بَعْدَ أَنْ سَمِعَ أَنَّهُ اعْتَلَى الْعَرْشَ خَلَفاً لأَبِيهِ، وَكَانَ حِيرَامُ صَدِيقاً مُحِبّاً لِدَاوُدَ. | ١ |
2 Solomon [gave those messengers] this message to take back to Hiram:
| فَكَتَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ رِسَالَةً إِلَى حِيرَامَ قَائِلاً: | ٢ |
3 “You know that my father David [led his soldiers to] fight many wars against his enemies in the nearby countries. So he could not [arrange to] build a temple in which we [MTY] could worship Yahweh our God, until after Yahweh enabled [the Israeli army] to defeat [IDM] all his enemies.
| «أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَبِي دَاوُدَ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يَبْنِيَ بَيْتاً لاسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ الْحُرُوبِ الَّتِي خَاضَهَا، حَتَّى أَظْفَرَهُ الرَّبُّ بِأَعْدَائِهِ وَأَخْضَعَهُمْ لَهُ. | ٣ |
4 But now Yahweh our God has enabled us to have peace with all the surrounding countries. [(There is no danger that/We do not need to worry that)] we will be attacked.
| أَمَّا الآنَ وَقَدْ أَرَاحَنِي الرَّبُّ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ، فَلَيْسَ مِنْ ثَائِرٍ أَوْ حَادِثَةِ شَرٍّ. | ٤ |
5 Yahweh promised my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will enable to be king after you are no longer king, will build a temple for me [MTY].’ Because of that, I have decided to build a temple in which we can worship [MTY] Yahweh our God.
| وَهَا أَنَا قَدْ نَوَيْتُ أَنْ أَبْنِيَ بَيْتاً لاسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِي، كَمَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِدَاوُدَ أَبِي: إِنَّ ابْنَكَ الَّذِي يَخْلُفُكَ عَلَى عَرْشِكَ هُوَ يَبْنِي بَيْتاً لاِسْمِي الْعَظِيمِ. | ٥ |
6 “So [I am requesting that] you command your workers to cut cedar trees for me. My men will work with them, and I will pay your workers whatever you decide. [But] my men [cannot do the work alone, ] because they do not know how to cut down trees like your workers from Sidon [city] do.”
| فَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَأْمُرَ رِجَالَكَ أَنْ يَقْطَعُوا لِي أَرْزاً مِنْ لُبْنَانَ، وَسَيَعْمَلُ رِجَالِي جَنْباً إِلَى جَنْبٍ مَعَ رِجَالِكَ، وَأَقُومُ أَنَا بِدَفْعِ أُجْرَةِ رِجَالِكَ بِمُوْجِبِ مَا تَرَاهُ، لأَنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بَيْنَ قَوْمِي مَنْ يَمْهَرُ فِي قَطْعِ الأَخْشَابِ مِثْلَ الصِّيدُونِيِّينَ». | ٦ |
7 When Hiram heard the message from Solomon, he was very happy and said, “I praise Yahweh today for giving David a very wise son to rule that great nation!”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ حِيرَامُ كَلامَ سُلَيْمَانَ، غَمَرَتْهُ الْبَهْجَةُ وَقَالَ: «مُبَارَكٌ الْيَوْمَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي رَزَقَ دَاوُدَ ابْناً حَكِيماً لِيَمْلِكَ عَلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ الْغَفِيرِ». | ٧ |
8 He sent this message back to Solomon: “I have heard the message that you sent to me, and I am ready to do what you ask. I will provide cedar and cypress logs.
| وَبَعَثَ حِيرَامُ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ بِرِسَالَةٍ قَائِلاً: «قَدِ اطَّلَعْتُ عَلَى رِسَالَتِكَ وَسَأَعْمَلُ عَلَى تَلْبِيَةِ رَغْبَتِكَ بِشَأْنِ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ وَخَشَبِ السَّرْوِ. | ٨ |
9 My workers will bring the logs down from [the] Lebanon [mountains] to the [Mediterranean] sea. Then they will [tie them together to] make rafts to float them [in the water] along the coast to the place that you indicate. Then my workers will untie the logs, and your workers will take them from there. What I want you to do is to supply food for the people who work in my palace.”
| سَيَقُومُ رِجَالِي بِنَقْلِ الْخَشَبِ مِنْ جَبَلِ لُبْنَانَ إِلَى الْبَحْرِ، وَيَرْبِطُونَ قِطَعَ الْخَشَبِ إِلَى بَعْضِهَا فِي حُزَمٍ ضَخْمَةٍ، يُعَوِّمُهَا رِجَالِي وَيُوَجِّهُونَهَا إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي تُعَيِّنُهُ، فَيُسَلِّمُونَهَا لِرِجَالِكَ، وَعَلَيْكَ لِقَاءَ ذَلِكَ، أَنْ تُمَوِّنَ قَصْرِي الْمَلَكِيَّ بِمَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ طَعَامٍ». | ٩ |
10 So Hiram [arranged for his workers to] supply all the cedar and cypress logs that Solomon wanted.
| فَكَانَ حِيرَامُ يُوَفِّرُ لِسُلَيْمَانَ مَا يَطْلُبُهُ مِنْ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ وَخَشَبِ سَرْوٍ، | ١٠ |
11 Each year Solomon gave Hiram 100,000 bushels of wheat and 110,000 gallons of pure [olive] oil to feed the people who worked in his palace.
| وَيُقَدِّمُ سُلَيْمَانُ لِحِيرَامَ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ لِقَاءَ ذَلِكَ، عِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ كُرِّ قَمْحٍ (نَحْوَ أَرْبَعَةِ آلافٍ وَثَمَانِي مِئَةِ طُنٍّ) طَعَاماً لِقَصْرِهِ، وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ كُرِّ زَيْتٍ نَقِيٍّ (نَحْوَ أَرْبَعَةِ آلافٍ وَثَمَانِي مِئَةِ لِتْرٍ). | ١١ |
12 Yahweh enabled Solomon to be wise, just like he had promised. Solomon and Hiram made a treaty/agreement that there would be peace between their [two governments/countries].
| وَمَنَحَ الرَّبُّ سُلَيْمَانَ حِكْمَةً كَمَا وَعَدَهُ، وَعَقَدَ سُلَيْمَانُ مَعَ حِيرَامَ مُعَاهَدَةَ سَلامٍ وَصَدَاقَةٍ. | ١٢ |
13 King Solomon forced 30,000 men from all over Israel to become his workers.
| وَسَخَّرَ الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ ثَلاثِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَرْجَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ١٣ |
14 Adoniram was their boss. Solomon divided the men into three groups. Each month 10,000 of them went to Lebanon and worked for a month there, and then they came back home for two months.
| فَكَانَ يُرْسِلُ مِنْهُمْ عَشَرَةَ آلافٍ إِلَى لُبْنَانَ لِمُدَّةِ شَهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ مُنَاوَبَةً، فَيَقْضُونَ شَهْراً فِي لُبْنَانَ وَشَهْرَيْنِ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ. وَكَانَ أَدُونِيرَامُ الْمُشْرِفَ عَلَى تَنْظِيمِ عَمَلِيَّةِ التَّسْخِيرِ. | ١٤ |
15 Solomon also forced 80,000 men to cut stones in the hilly area and 70,000 men to haul the stones [to Jerusalem].
| وَفَضْلاً عَنْ هَؤُلاءِ، كَانَ لِسُلَيْمَانَ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفاً مِنْ حَمَّالِي الْخَشَبِ وَثَمَانُونَ أَلْفاً مِنْ قَاطِعِي الْحِجَارَةِ فِي الْجَبَلِ، | ١٥ |
16 And he also assigned 3,600 men to supervise their work.
| مَاعَدَا ثَلاثَةَ آلافٍ وَثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِفِينَ عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ الْعُمَّالِ. | ١٦ |
17 The king also commanded his workers to cut huge blocks of stones from the quarries and to smooth the sides of the stones. Those huge stones were for the foundation of the temple.
| وَبِنَاءً عَلَى أَمْرِ الْمَلِكِ قَامَ الْعُمَّالُ بِقَلْعِ حِجَارَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ، هَذَّبُوهَا فَصَارَتْ مُرَبَّعَةً، لاِسْتِخْدَامِهَا فِي أَسَاسِ بِنَاءِ الْهَيْكَلِ. | ١٧ |
18 Solomon’s workers and Hiram’s workers and men from Gebal/Byblos [city] shaped the stones and prepared the timber to build the temple.
| فَنَحَتَهَا بَنَّاؤُو سُلَيْمَانَ بِمُسَاعَدَةِ بَنَّائِي حِيرَامَ وَأَهْلِ جُبَيْلَ، وَهَيَّأُوا الأَخْشَابَ وَالْحِجَارَةَ لِتَشْيِيدِ الْهَيْكَلِ. | ١٨ |
