1 Wa 9

1 Alò, li te vin rive ke lè Salomon te fin bati kay SENYÈ a, ak kay wa a ak tout sa ke Salomon te vle fè,

Now it happened that, when Solomon had perfected the building of the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all that he had desired and had willed to do,

2 SENYÈ a te parèt a Salomon yon dezyèm fwa, jan Li te parèt kote li nan Gabaon an.

the Lord appeared to him a second time, just as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

3 SENYÈ a te di li: “Mwen fin tande priyè ou ak siplikasyon ke ou te fè devan M nan. Mwen te konsakre kay sa a ke ou te bati nan mete non Mwen la pou tout tan. Zye Mwen avèk kè Mwen va la pou tout tan ale nèt.

And the Lord said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your petition, which you prayed before me. I have sanctified this house, which you have built, so that I may place my name there forever, and so that my eyes and my heart will be there for all days.

4 E selon ou menm, si ou va mache devan Mwen tankou papa ou, David te mache a, nan entegrite a kè ou, avèk ladwati, e fè selon tout sa ke M te kòmande ou yo, e si ou va kenbe règleman Mwen yo, avèk òdonans Mwen yo,

Also, if you will walk before me, just as your father walked, in simplicity of heart and in equity, and you do all that I have instructed to you, and you keep my laws and my judgments,

5 alò, Mwen va etabli twòn wayòm ou sou Israël pou tout tan, jis jan ke M te pwomèt a papa ou, David la, lè M te di: ‘Ou p ap janm manke yon moun sou twòn Israël la.’

then I will set the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised your father David, saying: ‘A man from your stock shall not be taken away from the throne of Israel.’

6 Men si ou menm, oswa fis ou yo, anverite, vire kite Mwen e pa kenbe kòmandman Mwen yo avèk règleman Mwen ke M te mete devan nou yo; epi ale sèvi lòt dye pou adore yo,

But if you and your sons, wandering, will have turned away, not following me, and not keeping my commandments and my ceremonies, which I have proposed to you, but instead you go away, and you serve strange gods and adore them,

7 alò, Mwen va koupe, retire Israël soti nan peyi ke M te ba yo a, ak kay ke M te konsakre a non Mwen an. Mwen va retire li devan zye m. Konsa, Israël va devni yon pwovèb ak yon pawòl rizib pami tout pèp yo.

then I will take away Israel from the face of the land, which I have given to them. And the temple, which I have sanctified to my name, I will cast out from my sight. And Israel will be a proverb and a parable among all the peoples.

8 Epi kay sila a va devni yon pil ranblè. Tout moun ki pase va sezi e soufle e yo va di: “Poukisa SENYÈ a te fè sa a peyi ak kay sa a?

And this house will become an example: anyone who passes by it will be stupefied, and he will hiss and say, ‘Why has the Lord acted in this way to this land and to this house?’

9 Epi konsa yo va reponn: ‘Akoz yo te abandone SENYÈ a, Bondye pa yo a, ki te mennen zansèt pa yo sòti nan peyi Égypte la. Yo te adopte lòt dye pou te adore yo ak sèvi yo. Pou sa, SENYÈ a te fè rive tout gwo twoub sa a sou yo.’”

And they will respond: ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their fathers away from the land of Egypt, and they followed strange gods, and they adored them and served them. For this reason, the Lord led all this evil over them.’”

10 Li te vin rive vè fen ventan ke Salomon t ap bati de kay yo, kay SENYÈ a ak kay wa a,

Then, when twenty years were fulfilled, after Solomon had built the two houses, that is, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king,

11 (Hiram, wa Tyr la te founi Salomon avèk bwa sèd ak bwa pichpen avèk lò, selon sa ke li te vle a), alò, Wa Salomon te bay Hiram ven vil nan peyi Galilée.

Hiram, the king of Tyre, having supplied Solomon with cedar wood, and spruce wood, and gold, in accord with all that he needed, then Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the land of Galilee.

12 Konsa, Hiram te sòti Tyr pou vin wè vil ke Salomon te ba li yo, e yo pa t fè l kontan.

And Hiram went out of Tyre, so that he might view the towns that Solomon had given to him. And they did not please him.

13 Li te di: “Ki vil sa yo ke ou te ban mwen yo, frè mwen?” Pou rezon sa a, yo te ba yo non a peyi a Cabul menm rive jis jodi a.

And he said, “Are these the cities that you have given to me, brother?” And he called them the land of Cabul, even to this day.

14 Epi Hiram te voye a wa a san ven talan lò.

And Hiram sent to king Solomon one hundred twenty talents of gold.

15 Alò, sa se istwa a travay kòve ke Wa Salomon te fè leve pou bati kay SENYÈ a, lakay pa li a, ak Sitadèl Millo a, miray Jérusalem nan, Hatsor, Méguiddo ak Guézer.

This is the sum of the expenses that king Solomon offered for the building of the house of the Lord, and his own house, and for Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

16 Paske Farawon, wa Égypte la te monte, kaptire Guézer. Li te brile li avèk dife, e li te touye Kananeyen ki te rete nan vil yo. Epi li te ba li kòm dwa maryaj fi li a, madanm a Salomon.

Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, ascended and seized Gezer, and he burned it with fire. And he put to death the Canaanite who was living in the city, and he gave it as a dowry for his daughter, the wife of Solomon.

17 Konsa, Salomon te rebati Guézer, e piba Beth-Horon,

Therefore, Solomon built up Gezer, and lower Beth-horon,

18 epi Balath avèk Tamar nan dezè a, nan peyi Juda,

and Baalath, and Palmira in the land of the wilderness.

19 ak tout vil depo ke Salomon te genyen yo, menm vil pou cha li ak vil pou chevalye pa li yo avèk tout sa ki te fè Salomon plezi pou bati Jérusalem, nan Liban ak nan tout teritwa a anba règ pa li.

And all the towns which belonged to him, and which were without walls, he walled, along with the cities of the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen, and whatever was pleasing to him that he might build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in the entire land of his dominion.

20 Tout pèp ki te retay Amoreyen yo, Etyen yo, Ferezyen yo, Evyen yo, Jebizyen yo, ki pa t nan fis Israël yo—

All the people who had remained of the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel,

21 ak desandan yo ki te swiv yo, nan peyi ke fis Israël yo pa t kapab fin detwi nèt—soti nan yo, Salomon te leve ouvriye kòve yo, menm jiska jodi a.

their sons, who had remained in the land, namely, those whom the sons of Israel had not been able to destroy, Solomon made tributary, even to this day.

22 Men Salomon pa t fè esklav yo pami fis Israël yo, paske yo te sèvi kòm mesye lagè yo, sèvitè li yo, prens li yo, kapitèn li yo, kòmandan a cha li yo, avèk chevalye li yo.

But from the sons of Israel, Solomon did not appoint anyone at all to serve, except the men of war, and his ministers, and leaders, and commanders, and the overseers of the chariots and the horses.

23 Sila yo se te chèf ofisye ki te sou zèv Salomon yo; senk-san-senkant ki te chèf sou moun ki te fè travay la yo.

Now there were five hundred fifty leaders in the first place over all the works of Solomon, and they had people subject to them, and these were given orders for the appointed works.

24 Men fi Farawon an te monte soti nan vil David la pou rive nan kay ki te bati pou li a. Epi konsa, Salomon te bati Sitadèl Millo a.

And the daughter of Pharaoh went up from the city of David to her house, which Solomon had built for her. Then he built up Millo.

25 Alò, twa fwa pa ane, Salomon te ofri ofrann brile avèk ofrann lapè sou lotèl ke li te bati bay SENYÈ a. Li te brile lansan sou yo, sou lotèl ki te devan SENYÈ a. Konsa, li te fini kay la.

Also, three times each year, Solomon offered holocausts and victims of peace offerings, upon the altar that he had built to the Lord, and he burned incense before the Lord. And the temple was perfected.

26 Wa Salomon osi te bati yon kantite gwo bato nan Etsjon-Guéber, ki te toupre Éloth arebò Lamè Wouj la, nan peyi Édom an.

And king Solomon made a navy at Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shores of the Red Sea, in the land of Idumea.

27 Epi Hiram te voye sèvitè li yo avèk bato yo, moun lanmè ki te konnen afè lanmè, ansanm avèk sèvitè a Salomon yo.

And Hiram sent his servants to that navy, the sailors and those knowledgeable about the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

28 Yo te ale Ophir, yo te pran kat-san-ven talan an lò soti la e yo te pote bay Wa Salomon.

And when they had gone to Ophir, taking from there four hundred twenty talents of gold, they brought it to king Solomon.