2 Tawarikh 8
1 Salomo membangun Rumah TUHAN dan istana raja dalam waktu 20 tahun.
Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
2 Kota-kota yang diberikan Raja Hiram kepadanya dibangunnya kembali, lalu menyuruh orang Israel tinggal di situ.
Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
3 Ia merebut daerah Hamat dan Zoba
Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
4 serta memperkuat kota Tadmor di padang gurun, lalu membangun kembali semua pusat perbekalan di 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 Kota Bet-Horon-Atas dan Bet-Horon-Bawah dibangunnya kembali menjadi kota berbenteng dengan gerbang yang berpalang pintu.
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 Juga dibangunnya kembali kota Baalat, dan semua kota perbekalan, serta kota-kota pangkalan kereta perang dan kudanya. Semua rencana pembangunannya di Yerusalem, Libanon dan di seluruh wilayah kekuasaannya telah dilaksanakannya.
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 Semua keturunan bangsa Kanaan yang tidak dapat dibunuh habis oleh orang Israel ketika mereka menduduki negeri itu, dikerahkan oleh Salomo untuk kerja paksa. Mereka adalah orang Het, Amori, Feris, Hewi dan Yebus. Sampai sekarang keturunan mereka masih menjadi hamba.
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.
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 Orang Israel tidak disuruh kerja paksa; mereka ditugaskan sebagai prajurit, perwira, komandan kereta perang, dan tentara pasukan berkuda.
But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
10 Dua ratus lima puluh pegawai diserahi tanggung jawab atas orang-orang yang melakukan kerja paksa dalam berbagai proyek pembangunan.
They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
11 Salomo memindahkan istrinya, yaitu putri raja Mesir, dari Kota Daud ke rumah yang didirikan baginya. Sebab Salomo berpikir, "Istriku tidak boleh tinggal di istana Daud, raja Israel, karena semua tempat di mana Peti Perjanjian pernah diletakkan adalah tempat yang suci."
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 Salomo mempersembahkan kurban bakaran kepada TUHAN di atas mezbah yang dibangunnya di depan Rumah TUHAN.
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 Kurban-kurban itu dipersembahkannya menurut Hukum Musa untuk setiap hari raya: hari Sabat, hari raya Bulan Baru, dan ketiga hari raya tahunan, yaitu hari raya Roti Tidak Beragi, hari raya Panen, dan hari raya Pondok Daun.
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 Sesuai dengan peraturan-peraturan Daud ayahnya, Salomo mengatur tugas-tugas harian untuk para imam dan untuk orang Lewi yang harus menyanyikan puji-pujian kepada TUHAN dan membantu para imam dalam melaksanakan upacara-upacara ibadah. Juga para pengawal Rumah TUHAN dibaginya dalam regu-regu untuk setiap pintu gerbang, sesuai dengan petunjuk Daud hamba Allah.
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 Semua petunjuk Daud kepada para imam dan orang Lewi mengenai gudang-gudang dan hal-hal lain, diikutinya dengan cermat.
The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
16 Maka selesailah proyek pembangunan yang direncanakan Salomo. Seluruh pekerjaan, mulai dari perletakan pondasi sampai selesainya Rumah TUHAN, telah dikerjakan dengan baik.
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 Setelah itu Salomo pergi ke Ezion-Geber dan ke Elot, kota-kota pelabuhan di pantai Teluk Akaba di negeri 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 Raja Hiram mengirim kepadanya kapal-kapal yang dijalankan oleh anak buah Hiram sendiri bersama awak kapal yang berpengalaman. Mereka berlayar ke negeri Ofir bersama anak buah Salomo dan mengambil dari sana 15.000 kilogram emas lalu membawanya kepada 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.
