1 Kings 5
1 Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon for he had heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father; for Hiram had always loved David.
Misit quoque Hiram rex Tyri servos suos ad Salomonem: audivit enim quod ipsum unxissent regem pro patre eius: quia amicus fuerat Hiram David omni tempore.
2 Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,
Misit autem Salomon ad Hiram, dicens:
3 “You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars that surrounded him, for during his lifetime Yahweh was putting his enemies under the soles of his feet.
Tu scis voluntatem David patris mei, et quia non potuerit aedificare domum nomini Domini Dei sui propter bella imminentia per circuitum, donec daret Dominus eos sub vestigio pedum eius.
4 But now, Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor disaster.
Nunc autem requiem dedit Dominus Deus meus mihi per circuitum: et non est satan, neque occursus malus.
5 So I intend to build a temple for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, will build the temple for my name.'
Quamobrem cogito aedificare templum nomini Domini Dei mei, sicut locutus est Dominus David patri meo, dicens: Filius tuus, quem dabo pro te super solium tuum, ipse aedificabit domum nomini meo.
6 Now therefore command that they cut cedars from Lebanon for me. My servants will join your servants, and I will pay you for your servants so that you are paid fairly for everything you agreed to do. For you know there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
Praecipe igitur ut praecidant mihi servi tui cedros de Libano, et servi mei sint cum servis tuis: mercedem autem servorum tuorum dabo tibi quamcumque petieris: scis enim quomodo non est in populo meo vir qui noverit ligna caedere sicut Sidonii.
7 When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, “May Yahweh be blessed today, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.”
Cum ergo audisset Hiram verba Salomonis, laetatus est valde, et ait: Benedictus Dominus Deus hodie, qui dedit David filium sapientissimum super populum hunc plurimum.
8 Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message that you have sent to me. I will provide all the wood of cedar and cypress that you desire.
Et misit Hiram ad Salomonem, dicens: Audivi quaecumque mandasti mihi: ego faciam omnem voluntatem tuam in lignis cedrinis et abiegnis.
9 My servants will bring the trees down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you direct me. I will have them broken up there, and you will take them away. You will do what I desire by giving food for my household.”
Servi mei deponent ea de Libano ad mare: et ego componam ea in ratibus in mari usque ad locum, quem significaveris mihi; et applicabo ea ibi, et tu tolles ea: praebebisque necessaria mihi, ut detur cibus domui meae.
10 So Hiram gave Solomon all the timber of cedar and fir that he desired.
Itaque Hiram dabat Salomoni ligna cedrina, et ligna abiegna, iuxta omnem voluntatem eius.
11 Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household and twenty measures of pure oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.
Salomon autem praebebat Hiram coros tritici, viginti millia, in cibum domui eius, et viginti coros purissimi olei: haec tribuebat Salomon Hiram per singulos annos.
12 Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a covenant.
Dedit quoque Dominus sapientiam Salomoni, sicut locutus est ei: et erat pax inter Hiram et Salomonem, et percusserunt ambo foedus.
13 King Solomon conscripted labor out of all Israel. The forced laborers numbered thirty thousand men.
Elegitque rex Salomon operarios de omni Israel, et erat indictio triginta millia virorum.
14 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts. One month they were in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was over the men who were subjected to forced labor.
Mittebatque eos in Libanum, decem millia per menses singulos vicissim, ita ut duobus mensibus essent in domibus suis: et Adoniram erat super huiuscemodi indictione.
15 Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens and eighty thousand who were stonecutters in the mountains,
Fueruntque Salomoni septuaginta millia eorum qui onera portabant, et octoginta millia latomorum in monte:
16 besides Solomon's 3,300 chief officers who were over the work and who supervised the workers.
absque praepositis qui praeerant singulis operibus, numero trium millium, et trecentorum praecipientium populo et his qui faciebant opus.
17 At the king's command they quarried large stones of high quality with which to lay the foundation of the temple.
Praecepitque rex, ut tollerent lapides grandes, lapides pretiosos in fundamentum templi, et quadrarent eos:
18 So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did the cutting and prepared the timber and the stones to build the temple.
quos dolaverunt caementarii Salomonis, et caementarii Hiram: porro Giblii praeparaverunt ligna et lapides ad aedificandam domum.
