2 Chronicles 8
1 Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
Og det skete, der de tyve Aar vare til Ende, i hvilke Salomo byggede Herrens Hus og sit Hus,
2 Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
da byggede Salomo de Stæder, som Huram gav Salomo tilbage, og lod Israels Børn bo der.
3 Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
Derefter drog Salomo til Hamath-Zoba og fik Overhaand over den.
4 His workers also rebuilt walls around Tadmor [town] in the desert, and in [the] Hamath [region] in all the towns where they kept supplies.
Han byggede og Thadmor i Ørken og alle de Forraadsstæder, som han byggede i Hamath.
5 They rebuilt Upper Beth-Horon [town] and Lower Beth-Horon [city], and built walls around them with gates [in the walls] and bars [to fasten the gates].
Og han byggede det øvre Beth-Horon og det nedre Beth-Horon, faste Stæder med Mure og dobbelte Porte og Stænger;
6 They also rebuilt Baalath [town] and all the cities where supplies were kept and the cities where Solomon’s chariots and horses were kept. Solomon’s [workers] built whatever he wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area that he ruled.
og Baalath og alle de Forraadsstæder, som Salomo havde, og alle Vognstæder og Stæder til Ryttere og alt det, som Salomo begærede, som han havde Lyst til at bygge i Jerusalem og paa Libanon og i hele sit Herredømmes Land.
7 Solomon forced people from many other groups who were not Israelis to work for him like slaves. They were people from the Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups.
Alt det Folk, som var overblevet af Hethiter og Amoriter og Feresiter og Heviter og Jebusiter, de som ikke vare af Israel —
8 They were descendants of groups whom the Israelis had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his slaves, and they are still slaves.
af deres Børn, som vare overblevne efter dem i Landet, og som Israels Børn ikke havde udryddet, dem udtog da Salomo til at være arbejdspligtige indtil denne Dag.
9 But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
Men af Israels Børn var der ingen, som Salomo gjorde til Trælle til sin Gerning; men de vare Krigsmænd og Øverster over hans Høvedsmænd og Øverster over hans Vogne og hans Ryttere.
10 They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
Og disse vare de øverste Befalingsmænd, som Kong Salomo havde, to Hundrede og halvtredsindstyve, som regerede over Folket.
11 Solomon moved his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt, from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the place that his workers had built for her. He said, “I do not want my wife to live in the palace that [my father] King David’s workers built, because the Sacred Chest [was in that palace for a while], and any place where the Sacred Chest has been is holy.”
Og Salomo lod Faraos Datter drage op fra Davids Stad ind i det Hus, som han havde bygget til hende; thi han sagde: Min Hustru skal ikke bo i Davids, Israels Konges, Hus; thi de Huse ere hellige, efterdi Herrens Ark er kommen i dem.
12 On the altar that Solomon’s [workers] had built in front of the entrance [to the temple], Solomon sacrificed many offerings that were to be completely burned.
Da ofrede Salomo Herren Brændofre paa Herrens Alter, som han havde bygget foran Forhallen,
13 He did that to obey the rules about what sacrifices Moses had declared should be made. These included sacrifices for every day and for the Sabbath days and to celebrate each day on which there was a new moon and for the three other festivals that were celebrated each year. Those festivals were the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.
og hvad der hørte til hver Dag at ofre efter Mose Bud, paa Sabbaterne og Nymaanederne og de bestemte Tider, tre Gange om Aaret, nemlig: Paa de usyrede Brøds Højtid og paa Ugernes Højtid og paa Løvsalernes Højtid.
14 Obeying what his father David had commanded, he appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates, because that was also what David, the man who pleased God [very well], had commanded.
Og han beskikkede efter Davids, sin Faders, Vis Præsternes Skifter til deres Tjeneste og Leviterne til deres Vagter, til at love og at gøre Tjeneste over for Præsterne, efter hvad der hørte til hver Dag, og Portnerne i deres Skifter til hver Port; thi saaledes var Davids, den Guds Mands, Befaling.
15 The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
Og de vege ikke fra Kongens Befaling om Præsterne og Leviterne angaaende enhver Sag og angaaende Skattene.
16 They did all the work [of building the temple] that Solomon told them to do, until it was all completed. So they finishing building the temple.
Og al Salomos Gerning var beredt til den Dag, Grundvolden blev lagt til Herrens Hus, og indtil han havde fuldendt det. Herrens Hus blev fuldkommet.
17 Then some of Solomon’s men went to Ezion-Geber and Elath [cities] on the coast of the Red Sea, an area that belonged to the Edom people-group.
Da drog Salomo til Ezion-Geber og til Eloth, til Havets Bred i Edoms Land.
18 King Hiram sent to Solomon from [Tyre city] some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon’s men to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back about 17 tons of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
Og Huram sendte ham Skibe ved sine Tjenere og Tjenere forfarne til Søs, og de kom med Salomos Tjenere til Ofir og hentede derfra fire Hundrede og halvtredsindstyve Centner Guld, og de førte det til Kong Salomo.
