2 Chronicles 8
1 Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
Setelah lewat dua puluh tahun selesailah Salomo mendirikan rumah TUHAN dan istananya sendiri.
2 Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
Maka Salomo memperkuat kota-kota yang diberikan Huram kepadanya, dan menyuruh orang Israel menetap di sana.
3 Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
Lalu Salomo pergi ke Hamat-Zoba dan menaklukkannya.
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.
Kemudian ia memperkuat Tadmor di padang gurun dan semua kota perbekalan yang didirikannya di Hamat.
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].
Ia memperkuat juga Bet-Horon Hulu dan Bet-Horon Hilir menjadi kota kubu yang bertembok, berpintu gerbang dan berpalang,
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.
dan juga Baalat, dan segala kota perbekalan kepunyaan Salomo, segala kota tempat kereta, kota-kota tempat orang berkuda dan apa saja yang Salomo ingin mendirikannya di Yerusalem, atau di gunung Libanon, atau di segenap negeri kekuasaannya.
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.
Semua orang yang masih tinggal dari orang Het, orang Amori, orang Feris, orang Hewi dan orang Yebus, yang tidak termasuk orang 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.
yakni keturunan bangsa-bangsa yang masih tinggal di negeri itu dan yang tidak dibinasakan oleh orang Israel, merekalah yang dikerahkan Salomo untuk menjadi orang rodi; demikianlah mereka sampai hari ini.
9 But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
Tetapi orang Israel tidak ada yang dijadikan budak oleh Salomo untuk pekerjaannya, melainkan mereka menjadi prajurit, atau perwira pasukan berkuda, atau panglima atas pasukan kereta dan pasukan berkuda.
10 They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
Dan inilah pemimpin-pemimpin umum raja Salomo: dua ratus lima puluh orang yang memerintah rakyat.
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.”
Dan Salomo memindahkan anak Firaun dari kota Daud ke rumah yang didirikannya baginya, karena katanya: "Tidak boleh seorang isteriku tinggal dalam istana Daud, raja Israel, karena tempat-tempat yang telah dimasuki tabut TUHAN adalah kudus."
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.
Lalu Salomo mempersembahkan korban-korban bakaran bagi TUHAN di atas mezbah TUHAN yang didirikannya di depan balai Bait Suci,
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.
sesuai dengan apa yang menurut perintah Musa ditetapkan sebagai korban untuk setiap hari, yakni pada hari-hari Sabat, pada bulan-bulan baru, dan tiga kali setahun pada hari-hari raya: pada hari raya Roti Tidak Beragi, pada hari raya Tujuh Minggu dan pada hari raya Pondok Daun.
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.
Dan menurut peraturan Daud, ayahnya, ia menetapkan rombongan para imam dalam tugas jabatan mereka, dan orang-orang Lewi dalam tugas menyanyikan puji-pujian dan menyelenggarakan ibadah di hadapan para imam, setiap hari menurut yang ditetapkan untuk hari itu, dan juga penunggu-penunggu pintu gerbang dalam rombongan mereka untuk setiap pintu gerbang. Karena demikianlah perintah Daud, abdi Allah.
15 The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
Mereka tidak menyimpang dari perintah raja mengenai para imam dan orang-orang Lewi dalam perkara apapun, juga mengenai perbendaharaan.
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.
Maka terlaksanalah segala pekerjaan Salomo, dari hari dasar rumah TUHAN diletakkan sampai kepada hari rumah itu selesai. Dengan demikian selesailah sudah rumah TUHAN.
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.
Kemudian Salomo pergi ke Ezion-Geber dan ke Elot, yang letaknya di tepi laut, di tanah Edom.
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.
Dengan perantaraan anak buahnya Huram mengirim kapal-kapal kepadanya dan anak buah yang tahu tentang laut. Bersama-sama anak buah Salomo mereka sampai ke Ofir dan dari sana mereka mengambil empat ratus lima puluh talenta emas, yang mereka bawa kepada raja Salomo.
