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.
Salomone, figliuolo di Davide, si stabilì saldamente nel suo regno; l’Eterno, il suo Dio, fu con lui e lo elevò a somma grandezza.
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.
Salomone parlò a tutto Israele, ai capi delle migliaia e delle centinaia, ai giudici, a tutti i principi capi delle case patriarcali di tutto Israele;
ed egli, con tutta la raunanza, si recò all’alto luogo, ch’era a Gabaon; quivi, infatti, si trovava la tenda di convegno di Dio, che Mosè, servo dell’Eterno, avea fatta nel deserto.
Quanto all’arca di Dio, Davide l’avea trasportata da Kiriath-Jearim al luogo ch’ei le avea preparato; poiché egli avea rizzata per lei una tenda a Gerusalemme;
e l’altare di rame, fatto da Betsaleel, figliuolo d’Uri, figliuolo di Hur, si trovava anch’esso a Gabaon, davanti al tabernacolo dell’Eterno. Salomone e l’assemblea vennero a ricercarvi l’Eterno.
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].
E quivi, sull’altare di rame ch’era davanti alla tenda di convegno, Salomone offerse in presenza dell’Eterno mille olocausti.
7 That night God appeared to Solomon [in a dream] and said to him, “Request whatever you want me to give to you.”
In quella notte, Iddio apparve a Salomone, e gli disse: “Chiedi quello che vuoi ch’io ti dia”.
8 Solomon replied, “You were very kind to David my father, and now you have appointed me to be the king to succeed him.
Salomone rispose a Dio: “Tu hai trattato con gran benevolenza Davide, mio padre, e hai fatto regnar me in luogo suo.
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.
Ora, o Eterno Iddio, si avveri la promessa che hai fatta a Davide mio padre, poiché tu m’hai fatto re di un popolo numeroso come la polvere della terra!
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].”
Dammi dunque saviezza e intelligenza, affinché io sappia come condurmi di fronte a questo popolo; poiché chi mai potrebbe amministrar la giustizia per questo tuo popolo che è così numeroso?”
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.
E Dio disse a Salomone: “Giacché questo è ciò che hai nel cuore, e non hai chiesto ricchezze, né beni, né gloria, né la morte de’ tuoi nemici, e nemmeno una lunga vita, ma hai chiesto per te saviezza e intelligenza per poter amministrare la giustizia per il mio popolo del quale io t’ho fatto re,
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.”
la saviezza e l’intelligenza ti sono concesse; e, oltre a questo, ti darò ricchezze, beni e gloria, come non n’ebbero mai re che t’han preceduto, e come non ne avrà mai alcuno dei tuoi successori”.
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.
E Salomone tornò dall’alto luogo ch’era a Gabaon, e dalla tenda di convegno, a Gerusalemme, e regnò sopra Israele.
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.
Salomone radunò carri e cavalieri, ed ebbe mille quattrocento carri e dodicimila cavalieri, che stanziò nelle città dove teneva i carri, e presso il re a Gerusalemme.
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.
E il re fece sì che l’argento e l’oro erano a Gerusalemme così comuni come le pietre, e i cedri tanto abbondanti quanto i sicomori della pianura.
16 Solomon’s horses were imported/brought from Egypt and from [the] Kue [region in Turkey].
I cavalli che Salomone aveva, gli venian menati dall’Egitto; le carovane di mercanti del re li andavano a prendere a mandre, per un prezzo convenuto;
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.
e facevano uscire dall’Egitto e giungere a destinazione un equipaggio per il costo di seicento sicli d’argento; un cavallo per il costo di centocinquanta. Nello stesso modo, per mezzo di que’ mercanti, se ne facean venire per tutti i re degli Hittei e per i re della Siria.
