2 Chronicles 1
1 David’s son [King] Solomon was able to gain complete control over his kingdom, because Yahweh his God helped him and enabled him to become very powerful.
At si Salomon na anak ni David ay tumibay sa kaniyang kaharian, at ang Panginoon niyang Dios ay sumakaniya, at pinadakila siyang mainam.
2 [When] David [was king, he had arranged for a new] Sacred Tent [to be] made in Jerusalem. Then David [and the Israeli leaders] had brought God’s Sacred Chest from Kiriath-Jearim [city] to the new Sacred Tent in Jerusalem that he had prepared for it. But [when Solomon became the king, ] the first Sacred Tent was still at Gibeon [city]. That was the tent that Moses, the man who served God [well], had [arranged to be] made in the desert. And the bronze altar that Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, had made was also still in Gibeon, in front of the first Sacred Tent. [One day] Solomon summoned the army commanders of 1,000 soldiers and the commanders of 100 soldiers and the judges and all the other leaders in Israel. He told them to go with him to Gibeon. So they all went to a hill in Gibeon [where the Sacred Tent was], and Solomon and all the others with him worshiped Yahweh there.
At si Salomon ay nagsalita sa buong Israel, sa mga pinunong kawal ng lilibuhin at dadaanin, at sa mga hukom, at sa bawa't prinsipe sa buong Israel, na mga pangulo ng mga sangbahayan ng mga magulang.
Sa gayo'y si Salomon, at ang buong kapisanan na kasama niya, ay naparoon sa mataas na dako na nasa Gabaon; sapagka't nandoon ang tabernakulo ng kapisanan ng Dios, na ginawa sa ilang ni Moises na lingkod ng Panginoon.
Nguni't ang kaban ng Dios ay iniahon ni David mula sa Chiriath-jearim hanggang sa dakong pinaghandaan ni David: sapagka't kaniyang ipinagtayo ng tolda sa Jerusalem.
Bukod dito'y ang dambanang tanso na ginawa ni Bezaleel na anak ni Uri, na anak ni Hur, ay nandoon sa harap ng tabernakulo ng Panginoon: at doo'y sumangguni si Salomon at ang buong kapisanan.
6 Then Solomon went up to the bronze altar in front of the Sacred Tent, and he offered 1,000 animals to be [killed and] completely burned [on the altar].
At si Salomon ay sumampa roon sa dambanang tanso sa harap ng Panginoon, na nasa tabernakulo ng kapisanan, at naghandog ng isang libong handog na susunugin doon.
7 That night God appeared to Solomon [in a dream] and said to him, “Request whatever you want me to give to you.”
Nang gabing yaon ay napakita ang Dios kay Salomon, at nagsabi sa kaniya, Hingin mo kung ano ang ibibigay ko sa iyo.
8 Solomon replied, “You were very kind to David my father, and now you have appointed me to be the king to succeed him.
At sinabi ni Salomon sa Dios, Ikaw ay nagpakita ng malaking kagandahang loob kay David na aking ama, at ginawa mo akong hari na kahalili niya.
9 So Yahweh my God, you have caused me to become the king to rule people who are as many as the particles of dirt on the earth. So do what you promised my father David.
Ngayon, Oh Panginoong Dios, itatag mo ang iyong pangako kay David na aking ama: sapagka't ginawa mo akong hari sa bayang gaya ng alabok ng lupa sa karamihan.
10 Please enable me to be wise and to know [what I should do], in order that I may rule these people [well], because there is no one who can rule all this great nation of yours [without your help].”
Bigyan mo ako ngayon ng karunungan at kaalaman, upang ako'y makapaglabas pumasok sa harap ng bayang ito: sapagka't sinong makahahatol dito sa iyong bayan na totoong malaki?
11 God replied, “[I am pleased with what] you desire; you have not requested a huge amount of money or to be honored or that your enemies be killed. And you have not requested that you live for a long time. Instead, you have requested that [I enable] you [to] be wise and [to] know [what you should do] in order that you may govern [well] my people whom I have appointed you to rule.
At sinabi ng Dios kay Salomon, Sapagka't ito ang sumaiyong puso, at hindi ka humingi ng kayamanan, pag-aari o karangalan o ng buhay man ng nangapopoot sa iyo, o humingi ka kaya ng mahabang buhay; kundi humingi ka ng karunungan at kaalaman sa ganang iyong sarili, upang iyong mahatulan ang aking bayan, na aking pinaggawan sa iyo na hari:
12 Therefore I will enable you to be wise and to know [what you should do to rule my people well]. But I will also enable you to have a huge amount of money and to be honored, more than anyone who was previously a king ever was honored, more than anyone who later becomes king will be honored.”
Karunungan at kaalaman ay nabigay sa iyo; at bibigyan kita ng kayamanan, at pag-aari, at karangalan na walang hari na una sa iyo na nagkaroon ng ganyan, o sinoman ay magkakaroon ng gayong pagkamatay mo.
13 Then Solomon [and the people who were with him all] left from being in front of he Sacred Tent [on the hill in Gibeon], and they returned to Jerusalem. From there he ruled the Israeli people.
Sa gayo'y dumating si Salomon mula sa mataas na dako na nasa Gabaon, mula sa harap ng tabernakulo ng kapisanan hanggang sa Jerusalem; at siya'y naghari sa Israel.
14 Solomon acquired 1,400 chariots and 12,000 men who rode [on horses]. He put some of the chariots and horses in Jerusalem, and put some of them in various other cities.
At si Salomon ay nagpisan ng mga karo at mga mangangabayo: at siya'y mayroong isang libo at apat na raang karo, at labing dalawang libong mangangabayo, na kaniyang inilagay sa bayan ng mga karo, at kasama ng hari sa Jerusalem.
15 During the years that Solomon was king, silver and gold were as common in Jerusalem as stones, and [lumber from] cedar trees were as plentiful as [lumber from] ordinary sycamore trees in the foothills.
At ginawa ng hari ang pilak at ginto na maging gaya ng mga bato sa Jerusalem, at ang mga sedro na maging gaya ng mga sikomoro na nangasa mababang lupa dahil sa kasaganaan.
16 Solomon’s horses were imported/brought from Egypt and from [the] Kue [region in Turkey].
At ang mga kabayo na tinatangkilik ni Salomon ay inilabas sa Egipto; ang mga mangangalakal ng hari ay nagsitanggap sa kanila ng mga kawan, na bawa't kawan ay sa halaga.
17 In Egypt his men paid 15 pounds of silver for each chariot and 3-3/4 pounds of silver for each horse. They also exported/sold many of them to the kings of the Heth and Aram people-groups.
At kanilang iniaahon at inilalabas sa Egipto ang isang karo sa halagang anim na raang siklong pilak, at ang isang kabayo sa isang daan at limangpu: at gayon sa lahat na hari ng mga Hetheo, at sa mga hari sa Siria, kanilang mga inilalabas sa pamamagitan nila.
