2 Tarihi 8
1 A ƙarshen shekaru ashirin, a lokacin da Solomon ya gina haikalin Ubangiji da nasa fadan,
Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
2 Solomon ya sāke gina ƙauyukan da Hiram ya ba shi, ya kuma zaunar da Isra’ilawa a cikinsu.
Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
3 Sa’an nan Solomon ya tafi Hamat-Zoba ya ci ta da yaƙi.
Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
4 Ya kuma gina Tadmor a hamada da kuma dukan biranen ajiyar da ya gina a Hamat.
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 Ya sāke gina Bet-Horon na Bisa da kuma Bet-Horon na Ƙasa a matsayin birane masu katanga, da bangaye da ƙofofi da kuma ƙyamare,
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 haka kuma Ba’alat da dukan biranen ajiyarsa, da kuma dukan birane domin keken yaƙinsa da dawakansa, duk abin da ya so yă gina a Urushalima, a Lebanon da kuma dukan yankin da ya yi mulki, ya gina shi.
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 Dukan mutanen da suka rage daga Hittiyawa, Amoriyawa, Ferizziyawa, Hiwiyawa da Yebusiyawa (waɗannan mutane ba Isra’ilawa ba ne),
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 wato, zuriyarsu da suka ragu a ƙasar, wadda Isra’ilawa ba su hallaka ba, waɗannan ne Solomon ya mai da su bayinsa na aikin dole, kamar yadda yake har wa yau.
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 Amma Solomon bai mai da Isra’ilawa bayi don aikinsa ba; su ne mayaƙansa, shugabannin hafsoshinsa, da shugabannin keken yaƙinsa da kuma mahayan keken yaƙinsa.
But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
10 Su ne kuma manyan ma’aikatan Sarki Solomon, manyan mutane ɗari biyu da hamsin masu lura da mutane.
They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
11 Solomon ya kawo’yar Fir’auna daga Birnin Dawuda zuwa fadan da ya gina mata, gama ya ce, “Matata ba za tă zauna a fadan Dawuda sarkin Isra’ila ba, domin wuraren da akwatin alkawarin Ubangiji ya shiga masu tsarki ne.”
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 A kan bagaden Ubangiji da ya gina a gaban shirayi, Solomon ya miƙa hadayun ƙonawa ga Ubangiji,
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 bisa ga bukace-bukace na kullum don hadayun da Musa ya umarta don Asabbatai, Sabon Wata da kuma bukukkuwa uku na shekara, Bikin Burodi Marar Yisti, Bikin Makoni da Bikin Tabanakul.
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 Bisa ga farillar mahaifinsa Dawuda, ya naɗa ɓangarori na firistoci don ayyukansu da Lawiyawa don su jagoranci yabo su kuma taimaki firistoci bisa ga bukace-bukacen kowace rana. Ya kuma naɗa matsara ƙofofi ɓangarori, ɓangarori don ƙofofi dabam-dabam domin abin da Dawuda mutumin Allah ya umarta ke nan.
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 Ba a kuwa yi rashin biyayya ba game da abin da sarki ya umarta game da firistoci ko Lawiyawa a kan kayan haikalin ba.
The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
16 An yi dukan ayyukan Solomon, daga ranar kafa tushen haikalin Ubangiji har gamawarsa. Ta haka aka gama haikalin Ubangiji.
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 Sa’an nan Solomon ya tafi Eziyon Geber da Elot a bakin tekun 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 Sai Hiram ya aika masa jiragen ruwan da masu tuƙinsu waɗanda suka san teku sosai. Ma’aikatan Hiram suka tafi da na Solomon zuwa Ofir suka dawo da talentin zinariya ɗari huɗu da hamsin wa Sarki Solomon.
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.
