2 Chronik 8

1 Und nach zwanzig Jahren, in welchen Salomo das Haus des HERRN und sein eigenes Haus gebaut hatte,

Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.

2 baute Salomo auch die Städte aus, die Huram dem Salomo gegeben, und ließ die Kinder Israel darin wohnen.

Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.

3 Und Salomo zog gen Chamat-Zoba und überwältigte es,

Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.

4 und baute Tadmor in der Wüste und alle Vorratsstädte, die er baute in Chamat.

His workers also rebuilt walls around Tadmor [town] in the desert, and in [the] Hamath [region] in all the towns where they kept supplies.

5 Er baute auch das obere Beth-Horon und das untere Beth-Horon, feste Städte mit Mauern, Toren und Riegeln.

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].

6 Auch Baalat und alle Vorratsstädte, die Salomo gehörten, und alle Wagenstädte und Reiterstädte und alles, wozu Salomo zu bauen Lust hatte in Jerusalem und auf dem Libanon und im ganzen Lande seiner Herrschaft.

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.

7 Und alles Volk, das von den Hetitern, Amoritern, Pheresitern, Hevitern und Jebusitern noch übrig war, die nicht zu den Kindern Israel gehörten,

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.

8 ihre Nachkommen, die sie im Lande gelassen, welche die Kinder Israel nicht vertilgt hatten, machte Salomo fronpflichtig, bis auf diesen Tag.

They were descendants of groups whom the Israelis had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his slaves, and they are still slaves.

9 Aber von den Kindern Israel machte er keine zu Leibeigenen für seine Arbeit, sondern sie waren seine Kriegsleute und Oberste seiner Wagenkämpfer und seine Reiter.

But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.

10 Und die Zahl dieser obersten Amtleute des Königs Salomo betrug zweihundertfünfzig, die hatten die Aufsicht über das Volk.

They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.

11 Und Salomo brachte die Tochter des Pharao aus der Stadt Davids herauf in das Haus, das er für sie gebaut hatte. Denn er sprach: Mein Weib soll nicht im Hause Davids, des Königs Israels, wohnen; denn heilig ist die Stätte, weil die Lade des HERRN hineingekommen ist!

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.”

12 Von da an opferte Salomo dem HERRN Brandopfer auf dem Altar des HERRN, den er vor der Halle gebaut hatte,

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.

13 was an jedem Tag zu opfern war nach dem Gesetze Moses, an den Sabbaten und Neumonden und an den Festzeiten, dreimal im Jahre, nämlich am Fest der ungesäuerten Brote, am Fest der Wochen und am Laubhüttenfest.

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.

14 Und er bestellte die Abteilungen der Priester, wie sein Vater David sie geordnet hatte, zu ihrem Amt, und die Leviten zu ihren Posten, um zu loben und zu dienen vor den Priestern, wie es ein jeder Tag erforderte; und die Torhüter nach ihren Abteilungen zu einem jeden Tor; denn also hatte es David, der Mann Gottes, befohlen.

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.

15 Und sie wichen nicht vom Gebot des Königs betreffs der Priester und Leviten, in keinem Wort, auch hinsichtlich der Schätze nicht.

The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.

16 Also kam das ganze Werk Salomos zustande, von dem Tage an, als das Haus des HERRN gegründet ward, bis zu seiner Vollendung; er machte das Haus des HERRN fertig.

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.

17 Damals ging Salomo nach Ezjon-Geber und Elot, das am Gestade des Meeres liegt, im Lande Edom.

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.

18 Und Huram sandte ihm Schiffe durch seine Knechte, die des Meeres kundig waren; die fuhren mit den Knechten Salomos nach Ophir und holten von dort 450 Talente Gold und brachten es dem König Salomo.

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.