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1 Solomo ɖo be yeatu gbedoxɔ na Yehowa ƒe Ŋkɔ kple fiasã na eɖokui.
Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a house for his kingdom.
2 Ehiã agbatsɔla akpe blaadre, kpekpala akpe blaenyi le toawo dzi kple dɔdzikpɔla akpe etɔ̃ alafa ade na dɔ sia wɔwɔ.
And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
3 Solomo dɔ ame ɖe Fia Hiram le Tiro be woagblɔ nɛ be, “Ɖo sedatikpo siwo tɔgbi nena fofonye David esime wònɔ eƒe fiasã tum la ƒe ɖewo nye hã.
And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying: 'As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
4 Ke esusɔ vie madze gbedoxɔ aɖe tutu gɔme na Yehowa, nye Mawu la. Anye teƒe aɖe si mate ŋu ado dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ kple atike ʋeʋĩwo le, le Mawu ŋkume, afi si matsɔ Ŋkumeɖobolo ada ɖo eye masa numevɔ le gbe sia gbe, ŋdi kple fiẽ, le Dzudzɔgbewo, le Ɣleti Yeye ƒe ŋkekenyuiɖugbewo kple Yehowa, mía Mawu la ƒe ŋkekenyui bubuwo dzi elabena Mawu di be Israel naɖu ŋkekenyui tɔxɛ siawo ɣe sia ɣi.
Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to Him, and to burn before Him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the appointed seasons of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
5 “Anye gbedoxɔ nyui aɖe elabena míaƒe Mawu la de ŋgɔ, elolo wu mawu bubu ɖe sia ɖe.
And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.
6 Ke ame kae ate ŋu atu xɔ si adzee la nɛ? Dziƒo kɔkɔtɔ kekeake gɔ̃ hã ƒe nyonyo made o! Gawu la, ame kae menye be woaɖe mɔ nam be matu gbedoxɔ na Mawu? Ke anye teƒe aɖe si woado dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ le eŋkume le.
But who is able to build Him a house, seeing the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? who am I then, that I should build Him a house, save only to offer before Him?
7 “Eya ta ɖo aɖaŋudɔwɔla siwo wɔa sika, klosalo, gadzĩ kple gayibɔ ŋu dɔ kple avɔlɔ̃lawo be woawɔ aɖabɛ dzĩtɔ, ka dzĩ kple aɖabɛ blɔtɔ ŋu dɔ woakpe ɖe dɔwɔla siwo fofonye David tia da ɖi tso Yuda kple Yerusalem la ŋuti.
Now therefore send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that hath skill to grave all manner of gravings, to be with the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
8 “Hekpe ɖe esiawo ŋuti la, nàɖo sedatiwo, sesewutiwo kple papawutiwo tso Lebanon ƒe avewo me ɖem elabena ame aɖeke mede wò amewo nu le atitsotso me o. Maɖo nye amewo ɖa be woakpe ɖe wo ŋu.
Send me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants have skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
9 Mehiã ati sɔ gbɔ elabena gbedoxɔ si tu ge megbɔna la alolo ŋutɔ eye wòanyo wu gbɔgblɔ.
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
10 Adzɔ si mana wò dɔla siwo nye atidzelawo lae nye wɔ meme tɔn akpe ene alafa ene kple lu tɔn akpe ene alafa ene hekpe ɖe wain tɔn alafa ene blaene kple amitimi tɔn alafa ene blaene ŋuti.”
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.'
11 Tete Tiro fia Hiram ɖo eŋu na Fia Solomo be, “Yehowa lɔ̃ eƒe amewo eya ta wòtsɔ wò ɖo fiae ɖe wo nu!”
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon: 'Because the LORD loveth His people, He hath made thee king over them.'
12 Hiram gagblɔ be, “Woayra Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la, ame si wɔ dziƒo kple anyigba, ame si tsɔ viŋutsu si wòna nunya kple gɔmesesee la na Fia David be wòatu Mawu ƒe gbedoxɔ kple fiasã na eɖokui.
Huram said moreover: 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for the LORD, and a house for his kingdom.
13 “Mele aɖaŋudɔwɔlawo ƒe amegã aɖe, ame si nye Huram Abi, nunyala xɔŋkɔ aɖe la ɖom ɖe wò.
And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, even Huram my master craftsman,
14 Dadaa nye Yuda nyɔnu aɖe tso Dan ƒe viwo dome le Israel eye fofoa tso Tiro afi sia. Enye sikanutula kple klosalonutula nyui aɖe. Egawɔa akɔbli kple gayibɔ hã ŋu dɔ nyuie eye wònya nu sia nu tso kpe ŋu dɔ wɔwɔ, atikpakpa kple avɔlɔlɔ̃ hã ŋu. Enya avɔɖaɖa hã nyuie eye wòtea ŋu ɖaa avɔ aɖabɛ dzĩtɔ kple blɔtɔ kple nyagãdzĩtɔ hã. Gawu la, eganya ale si wòaɖe nɔnɔmetata vovovowo ɖe nuwo dzi eye wòtoa nu yeyewo hã vɛ. Awɔ dɔ kple wò dɔwɔla siwo nye aƒetɔ, Fia David, fofowò, tia da ɖi.
the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device; to do whatever may be set before him, with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.
15 “Eya ta ɖo lũ, ƒo, ami kple wain siwo ŋugbe nèdo la ɖe wò dɔla.
Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants;
16 Ekema míadze kpekpakpa kple atitsotso tso Lebanon towo dzi gɔme, woasɔ gbɔ abe ale si nèdi ene. Míada wo ɖe atigbawo dzi ada ɖe atsiaƒua dzi woava ɖo Yopa, ekema àte ŋu alɔ wo tso afi ma ayi Yerusalem.”
and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.'
17 Solomo xlẽ amedzro siwo katã nɔ eƒe Israelnyigba dzi, abe ale si fofoa, Fia David hã wɔ ene eye wòkpɔ be, wole ame akpe alafa ɖeka blaatɔ̃-vɔ-etɔ̃ kple alafa ade.
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
18 Etsɔ wo dometɔ akpe blaadre wɔ agbatetsɔlawo, ame akpe blaenyi wɔ atitsolawo eye wòtsɔ ame akpe etɔ̃ alafa ade wɔ dɔdzikpɔlawoe.
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
