2 Cronicas 1
1 Napatibker ti panagturay ni Solomon a putot a lalaki ni David, ken adda kenkuana ni Yahweh a Diosna ket pinabilegna isuna iti kasta unay.
David’s son [King] Solomon was able to gain complete control over his kingdom, because Yahweh his God helped him and enabled him to become very powerful.
2 Nakisarita ni Solomon iti entero nga Israel, kadagiti pangulo dagiti rinibu ken ginasut a soldado, kadagiti ukom, ken iti tunggal prinsipe iti entero nga Israel, kadagiti ulo dagiti balay dagiti amma.
[When] David [was king, he had arranged for a new] Sacred Tent [to be] made in Jerusalem. Then David [and the Israeli leaders] had brought God’s Sacred Chest from Kiriath-Jearim [city] to the new Sacred Tent in Jerusalem that he had prepared for it. But [when Solomon became the king, ] the first Sacred Tent was still at Gibeon [city]. That was the tent that Moses, the man who served God [well], had [arranged to be] made in the desert. And the bronze altar that Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, had made was also still in Gibeon, in front of the first Sacred Tent. [One day] Solomon summoned the army commanders of 1,000 soldiers and the commanders of 100 soldiers and the judges and all the other leaders in Israel. He told them to go with him to Gibeon. So they all went to a hill in Gibeon [where the Sacred Tent was], and Solomon and all the others with him worshiped Yahweh there.
3 Isu a napan ni Solomon ken ti amin a taripnong a kaduana iti pagdaydayawan nga adda idiay Gabaon ta adda sadiay ti tolda a pakiumanan iti Dios, nga inaramid ti adipen ni Yahweh a ni Moises, idiay let-ang.
4 Ngem ti lakasa ti Dios nga adda idiay Kiriat Jearim ket impan ni David iti lugar nga insagana para iti daytoy, ta nangibangon isuna iti maysa a tolda para iti daytoy idiay Jerusalem.
5 Kasta met, ti bronse nga altar nga inaramid ni Bezalel a lalaki a putot ni Uri a lalaki a putot ni Hur, ket adda iti sangoanan ti tabernakulo ni Yahweh; napan sadiay ni Solomon ken ti taripnong.
6 Simmang-at ni Solomon iti ayan ti bronse nga altar iti sangoanan ni Yahweh, nga adda iti tolda a pakiumanan, ket nangidatag iti sangaribu a daton a maipuor iti rabaw daytoy.
Then Solomon went up to the bronze altar in front of the Sacred Tent, and he offered 1,000 animals to be [killed and] completely burned [on the altar].
7 Nagparang ti Dios kenni Solomon iti dayta a rabii ket kinunana kenkuana, “Agkiddawka! Ania ti rumbeng nga itedko kenka?”
That night God appeared to Solomon [in a dream] and said to him, “Request whatever you want me to give to you.”
8 Kinuna ni Solomon iti Dios, “Impakitam ti naindaklan a kinapudnom iti tulagmo kenni David nga amak, ket pinagbalinnak nga ari a kasukatna.
Solomon replied, “You were very kind to David my father, and now you have appointed me to be the king to succeed him.
9 Ita, O Yahweh a Dios, tungpalem koma dagiti karim iti amak a ni David, ta pinagbalinnak nga ari dagiti tattao a kas iti tapok iti daga ti kaaduda.
So Yahweh my God, you have caused me to become the king to rule people who are as many as the particles of dirt on the earth. So do what you promised my father David.
10 Ita, ikkannak koma iti kinasirib ken pannakaammo, tapno maidauloak dagitoy a tattao, ta siasino ti makabael a mangukom kadagiti tattaom a nakaad-adu unay?”
Please enable me to be wise and to know [what I should do], in order that I may rule these people [well], because there is no one who can rule all this great nation of yours [without your help].”
11 Kinuna ti Dios kenni Solomon, “Gapu ta dayta ti adda iti pusom, ken saanka a dimmawat iti kinabaknang, sanikua, wenno dayaw, wenno ti biag dagiti manggurgura kenka, wenno atiddog a panagbiagmo—ngem gapu ta nagkiddawka iti kinasirib ken pannakaammo, tapno maiturayam dagiti tattaok, a nangisaadak kenka a kas ari—
God replied, “[I am pleased with what] you desire; you have not requested a huge amount of money or to be honored or that your enemies be killed. And you have not requested that you live for a long time. Instead, you have requested that [I enable] you [to] be wise and [to] know [what you should do] in order that you may govern [well] my people whom I have appointed you to rule.
12 Maiteden kenka ti kinasirib ken pannakaammo; ikkanka pay iti kinabaknang, sanikua, ken dayaw, a nalablabes ngem iti adda iti siasinoman kadagiti ari sakbay kenka, ken nalablabes ngem kadagiti ari a sumarunonto kenka.”
Therefore I will enable you to be wise and to know [what you should do to rule my people well]. But I will also enable you to have a huge amount of money and to be honored, more than anyone who was previously a king ever was honored, more than anyone who later becomes king will be honored.”
13 Isu a napan ni Solomon iti Jerusalem manipud iti pagdaydayawan nga adda idiay Gabaon, manipud iti sangoanan ti tolda a pakiumanan; inturayanna ti Israel.
Then Solomon [and the people who were with him all] left from being in front of he Sacred Tent [on the hill in Gibeon], and they returned to Jerusalem. From there he ruled the Israeli people.
14 Inummong ni Solomon dagiti karuahe ken kumakabalio: ket addaan isuna iti 1, 400 a karuahe ken 12, 000 a kumakabalio nga inkabilna kadagiti siudad a pakaikabkabilan dagiti karuahe, ken iti ayanna, ti ari ti Jerusalem.
Solomon acquired 1,400 chariots and 12,000 men who rode [on horses]. He put some of the chariots and horses in Jerusalem, and put some of them in various other cities.
15 Pinagbalin ti ari dagiti pirak ken balitok a gagangay laeng idiay Jerusalem a kas iti bato, ken pinagbalinna dagiti kayo a sedro a gagangay laeng a kas kadagiti kayo ti sikamoro nga adda kadagiti nababa a daga.
During the years that Solomon was king, silver and gold were as common in Jerusalem as stones, and [lumber from] cedar trees were as plentiful as [lumber from] ordinary sycamore trees in the foothills.
16 Maipanggep iti panagangkat kadagiti kabalio manipud iti Egipto ken Kue para kenni Solomon, gatgatangen dagitoy dagiti agtagtagilakona manipud iti Kue iti nangina a gatad.
Solomon’s horses were imported/brought from Egypt and from [the] Kue [region in Turkey].
17 Innem a gasut a siklo a pirak ti panaggatangda iti maysa a karuahe manipud iti Egipto, ken 150 a siklo met ti panaggatangda iti maysa a kabalio. Inlakoda met dagitoy kadagiti ari ti Heteo ken kadagiti Arameo.
In Egypt his men paid 15 pounds of silver for each chariot and 3-3/4 pounds of silver for each horse. They also exported/sold many of them to the kings of the Heth and Aram people-groups.
