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1 Solomoni nĩathanire gwakwo hekarũ ĩtanĩtio na Rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova, o na kwĩyakĩra nyũmba yake ya ũthamaki.
And Solomon ordered to build a house for the name of the Lord, and a house for his royal residence.
2 Nĩandĩkithirie andũ 70,000 a gũkuua mĩrigo, na 80,000 a gwacũhia mahiga irĩma-inĩ, na anyabara 3,600 a kũmaroraga.
And Solomon numbered seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, and as superintendents over them three thousand and six hundred.
3 Solomoni agĩtũmĩra Hiramu mũthamaki wa Turo ndũmĩrĩri ĩno: “Ndehithĩria mĩgogo ya mĩtarakwa o ta ũrĩa wekĩire baba Daudi rĩrĩa wamũrehithĩirie mĩtarakwa ya gwaka nyũmba ya ũthamaki ya gũikaraga.
And Solomon sent to Churam the king of Tyre, saying, As thou hast dealt with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, [even so deal with me].
4 Na rĩrĩ, rĩu ndĩ hakuhĩ gwaka hekarũ ĩtanĩtio na Rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova Ngai wakwa na ndĩmĩamũre ĩtuĩke yake ya gũcinagĩra ũbumba ũrĩa ũtararĩkaga wega mbere yake, o na ya kũigagwo mĩgate ĩrĩa mĩamũre mahinda mothe, na ya kũrutagĩra magongona ma njino o rũciinĩ, na hwaĩ-inĩ, na mĩthenya ya Thabatũ, na hĩndĩ ya Tũrũgamo twa Mweri na ciathĩ iria nyamũre cia Jehova Ngai witũ. Ũyũ nĩ watho mwandĩke wa Isiraeli wa gũtũũra nginya tene.
Behold, I am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to sanctify it to him, to burn before him incense of spices, and for the continual rows of show-bread, and for the burnt-offerings at morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new-moons, and on the stated festivals of the Lord our God: this being for ever obligatory on Israel.
5 “Hekarũ ĩrĩa ngwaka nĩ nene mũno, tondũ Ngai witũ nĩ mũnene gũkĩra ngai iria ingĩ ciothe.
And the house which I am building is great; for greater is our God than all the gods.
6 No rĩrĩ, nũũ ũngĩhota kũmwakĩra hekarũ, kuona atĩ igũrũ, o kũrĩa igũrũ mũno, ndangĩiganĩra kuo? Niĩ ndĩkĩrĩ ũ wa kũmwakĩra hekarũ, tiga no handũ ha gũcinagĩra magongona mbere yake?
But who possesseth the power to build him a house? for the heavens and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him: and who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
7 “Tondũ ũcio-rĩ, ndũmĩra mũndũ mũũgĩ na wĩra wa gwaka indo cia thahabu na betha, na gĩcango o na igera na rangi wa ndathi, na rangi mũtune ta gakarakũ na rangi wa bururu, na mũndũ mũũgĩ na wĩra wa gũkurura mĩcoro, oke arute wĩra Juda na Jerusalemu hamwe na aruti a wĩra akwa arĩa oogĩ na wĩra, arĩa maahaarĩirio nĩ baba Daudi.
And now send me a skilful man to work in gold, and in silver and in copper, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that understandeth how to engrave with the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem whom David my father hath provided.
8 “O na ningĩ ũndehithĩrie mĩgogo ya mĩtarakwa, na mĩthengera, na mĩthandari yumĩte kũu Lebanoni, tondũ nĩnjũũĩ andũ aku nĩ oogĩ na ũhoro wa gwatũra mbaũ. Andũ akwa makaarutithanagia wĩra na andũ aku
Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees, and sandal-wood, from the Lebanon; for I know well that thy servants have the skill to cut the trees of Lebanon: and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
9 nĩgeetha ũnyonere mbaũ nyingĩ, tondũ hekarũ ĩrĩa ngwaka no nginya ĩkorwo ĩrĩ nene na ĩrĩ thaka mũno.
Even to prepare for me timber in abundance; for the house which I am building is to be wonderfully great.
10 Nĩngaahe ndungata ciaku iria ciatũũraga mbaũ kori 20,000 cia mũtu wa ngano, na kori 20,000 cia cairi, na mbathi 20,000 cia ndibei, na mbathi 20,000 cia maguta ma mĩtamaiyũ.”
And, behold, for the hewers that cut the timber will I give unto thy servants twenty thousand cors of threshed wheat, and twenty thousand cors of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
11 Nake Hiramu mũthamaki wa Turo akĩandĩka marũa agĩcookeria Solomoni ũhoro, akiuga atĩrĩ: “Tondũ wa ũrĩa Jehova endete andũ ake-rĩ, nĩagũtuĩte mũthamaki wao.”
Then answered Churam the king of Tyre in writing, and he sent it to Solomon, Out of the love of the Lord for his people hath he set thee as king over them.
12 Ningĩ Hiramu agĩthiĩ na mbere, akiuga atĩrĩ: “Jehova Ngai wa Isiraeli arogoocwo, o we wombire igũrũ na thĩ! Nĩaheete Mũthamaki Daudi mũriũ mũũgĩ, ũheetwo ũhoti wa gwĩciiria na ũkũũrani wa maũndũ, we nĩwe ũgwakĩra Jehova hekarũ o na eyakĩre nyũmba ya ũthamaki.
And Churam said, Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, that hath made the heavens and the earth, who hath given to king David a wise son, endowed with intelligence and understanding, who is to build a house unto the Lord, and a house for royal residence.
13 “Nĩngũgũtũmĩra Huramu-Abi, mũndũ mũũgĩ mũno na wĩra,
And now have I sent a skilful man, endowed with understanding, namely, Churam-Abi,
14 ũrĩa nyina wake oimĩte Dani nake ithe akoima Turo. Nĩarutĩtwo kũruta wĩra wa thahabu na wa betha, na wa gĩcango na wa kĩgera, na wa mahiga na wa mbaũ, na wa ndigi cia rangi wa ndathi na wa rangi wa bururu na wa ndigi cia rangi mũtune ta gakarakũ, na wa gatani ĩrĩa njega. Nĩarĩkĩtie kwĩmenyeria kũruta wĩra wothe wa gũkurura mĩcoro, na no acore mĩcoro ĩrĩa yothe angĩĩrwo acore. Nĩakarutithania wĩra na mabundi maku na arĩa a mwathi wakwa, thoguo Daudi.
The son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, while his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in copper, in iron, in stone, and in wood, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to execute any manner of engraving, and to devise every kind of work of art which may be given to him, together with thy skilful men, and skilful men of my lord David thy father.
15 “Rĩu-rĩ, mwathi wakwa nĩagĩtũmĩre ndungata ciake ngano na cairi, na maguta ma mĩtamaiyũ na ndibei iria eranĩire,
And now the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, of which my lord hath spoken, let him send unto his servants:
16 na ithuĩ nĩtũgũtema mĩgogo yothe ĩrĩa ũbataire kuuma Lebanoni, na tũmĩikũrũkie tũmĩohanĩtie, ĩgereirio iria-inĩ nginya Jopa. Nawe ũgĩcooke ũmĩoe ũmĩtware nginya Jerusalemu.”
And we will truly cut down trees out of the Lebanon, as much as thou mayest need; and we will bring them to thee in boats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry them up to Jerusalem.
17 Nake Solomoni agĩtara ageni othe arĩa maarĩ Isiraeli, thuutha wa itarana rĩrĩa ithe Daudi aataranĩte; na magĩkorwo maarĩ ageni 153,600.
And Solomon numbered all the strange men that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found to be one hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
18 Nake akĩgaya andũ 70,000 ao matuĩke akuui a mĩrigo, na andũ 80,000 ao matuĩke aicũhia a mahiga irĩma-inĩ, hamwe na anyabara 3,600 a kũrũgamĩrĩra andũ makĩruta wĩra.
And he made of them seventy thousand bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred superintendents to set the people to work.

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