2 Chronicles 2
1 Forsothe Salomon demyde to bilde an hows to the name of the Lord, and a paleis to hym silf.
Solomoni akatoa amri kujenga Hekalu kwa ajili ya Jina la Bwana na jumba la kifalme kwa ajili yake mwenyewe.
2 And he noumbride seuenti thousynde of men berynge in schuldris, and fourescore thousynde that schulden kitte stoonys in hillis; and the souereyns of hem thre thousynde and sixe hundrid.
Solomoni akaandika watu 70,000 kuwa wachukuzi wa mizigo, na watu 80,000 kuwa wachonga mawe vilimani, na watu 3,600 kuwa wasimamizi wao.
3 And he sente to Iram, kyng of Tire, and seide, As thou didist with my fadir Dauid, and sentist to hym trees of cedre, that he schulde bilde to hym an hows, in which also he dwellide;
Solomoni akapeleka ujumbe huu kwa Mfalme Hiramu wa Tiro: “Unitumie magogo ya mierezi kama ulivyomfanyia baba yangu Daudi wakati ulipompelekea mierezi ya kujenga jumba lake la kifalme la kuishi.
4 so do thou with me, that Y bilde an hows to the name of `my Lord God, and that Y halewe it, to brenne encense bifor hym, and to make odour of swete smellynge spiceries, and to euerlastynge settynge forth of looues, and to brent sacrifices in the morewtid and euentid, and in sabatis, and neomenyes, and solempnytees of `oure Lord God in to with outen ende, that ben comaundid to Israel.
Sasa ninakaribia kujenga Hekalu kwa ajili ya Jina la Bwana Mungu wangu na kuliweka wakfu kwake kwa ajili ya kufukizia uvumba wenye harufu nzuri mbele zake, mahali pa kuweka mikate ya Wonyesho kwa kufuata utaratibu na kwa ajili ya mahali pa kutolea sadaka za kuteketezwa kila siku asubuhi na jioni, siku za Sabato na Mwezi Mwandamo pia katika sikukuu zilizoamriwa za Bwana Mungu wetu. Hili ni agizo la kudumu kwa ajili ya Waisraeli.
5 For the hows which Y coueyte to bilde is greet; for `oure Lord God is greet ouer alle goddis.
“Hekalu nitakalolijenga litakuwa kubwa, kwa sababu Mungu wetu ni mkuu kuliko miungu mingine yote.
6 Who therfor may haue myyt to bilde a worthi hows to hym? For if heuene and the heuenes of heuenes moun not take hym, hou greet am Y, that Y may bilde `an hows to hym, but to this thing oonli, that encense be brent bifor hym?
Lakini ni nani awezaye kumjengea Hekalu, maadamu mbingu, hata mbingu zilizo juu sana, haziwezi kumtosha? Mimi ni nani basi hata nimjengee Hekalu, isipokuwa liwe tu mahali pa kutolea dhabihu za kuteketezwa mbele zake?
7 Therfor sende thou to me a lernd man, that can worche in gold, and siluer, bras, and yrun, purpur, rede silke, and iacynct; and that can graue in grauyng with these crafti men, which Y haue with me in Judee and Jerusalem, whiche Dauid, my fadir, made redi.
“Hivyo basi nitumie mtu mwenye ustadi wa kufanya kazi ya kutengeneza dhahabu na fedha, shaba na chuma, nyuzi za rangi ya zambarau, nyekundu na buluu, mwenye uzoefu wa kutia nakshi, ili afanye kazi Yuda na Yerusalemu pamoja na mafundi wangu wenye ustadi, ambao baba yangu Daudi aliwaweka.
8 But also sende thou to me cedre trees, and pyne trees, and thyne trees of the Liban; for Y woot, that thi seruauntis kunnen kitte trees of the Liban; and my seruauntis schulen be with thi seruauntis,
“Pia nitumie magogo ya mierezi, miberoshi na misandali kutoka Lebanoni kwa maana najua kwamba watu wako wanao ujuzi wa kupasua mbao huko. Watu wangu watafanya kazi pamoja na watu wako
9 that ful many trees be maad redi to me; for the hows which Y coueyte to bilde is ful greet and noble.
ili wanipatie mbao kwa wingi kwa sababu Hekalu nitakalojenga lazima liwe kubwa na zuri kabisa.
10 Ferthermore to thi seruauntis, werk men that schulen kitte trees, Y schal yyue in to meetis twenti thousynde chorus of whete, and so many chorus of barli, and twenti thousynde mesuris of oile, that ben clepid sata.
Nitawapa watumishi wako, yaani, maseremala wakatao mbao, kori 20,000 za unga wa ngano, kori 20,000 za shayiri, bathi 20,000 za mvinyo, na bathi 20,000 za mafuta ya zeituni.”
11 Forsothe Iram, king of Tire, seide bi lettris whiche he sente to Salomon, For the Lord louyde his puple, therfor he made thee to regne on it.
Ndipo Hiramu mfalme wa Tiro akamjibu Solomoni kwa barua: “Kwa sababu Bwana anawapenda watu wake, amekufanya wewe kuwa mfalme wao.”
12 And he addide, seiynge, Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, that made heuene and erthe, which yaf to `Dauid the kyng a wijs sone, and lernd, and witti, and prudent, that he schulde bilde an hows to the Lord, and a paleis to hym silf.
Naye Hiramu akaongeza kusema: “Ahimidiwe Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli aliyezifanya mbingu na nchi! Amempa Mfalme Daudi mwana mwenye hekima, aliyejaliwa maarifa na ufahamu, ambaye atajenga Hekalu kwa ajili ya Bwana, na jumba la kifalme kwa ajili yake mwenyewe.
13 Therfor Y sente to thee a prudent man and moost kunnynge, Iram,
“Mimi nitamtuma kwako Huramu-Abi, mtu mwenye ustadi mwingi,
14 my fadir, the sone of a womman of the lynage of Dan, whos fadir was a man of Tire; whiche Iram can worche in gold, and siluer, bras, and irun, and marble, and trees, also in purpur, and iacynct, and bijs, and rede silke; and which Iram can graue al grauyng, and fynde prudentli, what euer thing is nedeful in werk with thi crafti men, and with the crafti men of my lord Dauid, thi fadir.
ambaye mama yake alitoka Dani na baba yake alitoka Tiro. Yeye ni stadi wa kutengeneza vitu, kufanya kazi zote za dhahabu, fedha, shaba, chuma, mawe na mbao pamoja na kufuma. Ni stadi katika kutia rangi ya zambarau, buluu, nyekundu na nguo za kitani safi. Yeye ana ujuzi katika aina zote za kutia nakshi na anaweza kufuatiliza mchoro wowote wa kazi anayopewa. Atafanya kazi na mafundi wako na wale wa bwana wangu, Daudi baba yako.
15 Therfor, my lord, sende thou to thi seruauntis the whete, and barli, and oyle, and wyn, whiche thou bihiytist.
“Sasa basi bwana wangu na awapelekee watumishi wake ngano, shayiri, mafuta ya zeituni na mvinyo kama alivyoahidi,
16 Sotheli we schulen kitte trees of the Liban, how many euere thou hast nedeful; and we schulen brynge tho in schippis bi the see in to Joppe; forsothe it schal be thin to lede tho ouer in to Jerusalem.
nasi tutakata magogo yote yale unayohitaji kutoka Lebanoni nasi tutayafunga pamoja na kuyaweka yaelee baharini mpaka Yafa. Kisha utaweza kuyachukua mpaka Yerusalemu.”
17 Therfor Salomon noumbride alle men conuertid fro hethenesse, that weren in the lond of Israel, aftir the noumbryng which Dauid, his fadir, noumbride; and an hundrid thousynde and thre and fifti thousynde and sixe hundrid weren foundun.
Ndipo Solomoni akaamuru ifanyike hesabu ya wageni wote waliokuwa katika Israeli, baada ya ile hesabu iliyofanywa na Daudi; wakapatikana watu 153,600.
18 And he made of hem seuenti thousynde, that schulden bere birthuns in schuldris, and `foure score thousynde, that schulden kitte stonys in hillis; sotheli he made thre thousynde and sixe hundrid souereyns of werkis of the puple.
Akawaweka watu 70,000 miongoni mwao kuwa wachukuzi wa mizigo, na 80,000 kuwa wachonga mawe vilimani, na 3,600 wakiwa wasimamizi juu yao ili wawahimize watu kufanya kazi.
