2 Tawarikh 2
1 Salomo memerintahkan untuk mendirikan suatu rumah bagi nama TUHAN dan suatu istana kerajaan bagi dirinya sendiri.
Solomon ordered that a temple should be built where Yahweh would be worshiped and also that a palace should be built for himself.
2 Dan Salomo mengerahkan tujuh puluh ribu kuli, delapan puluh ribu tukang pahat di pegunungan, dan tiga ribu enam ratus mandur untuk mengawasi mereka itu.
He selected 70,000 men to carry the building supplies and 80,000 men to cut stones [(from quarries/walls of rock) in] the hills. He also chose 3,600 men to supervise them.
3 Lalu Salomo mengutus orang kepada Huram, raja negeri Tirus, dengan pesan: "Perbuatlah terhadap aku seperti yang kauperbuat terhadap ayahku Daud, ketika engkau mengirim kayu aras kepadanya, sehingga ia dapat mendirikan baginya suatu istana untuk tinggal di situ.
Solomon sent this message to King Hiram of Tyre [city]: “[Many years ago] when my father David was building his palace, you sent to him cedar logs. Will you send me cedar logs, too?
4 Ketahuilah, aku hendak mendirikan sebuah rumah bagi nama TUHAN, Allahku, untuk menguduskannya bagi Dia, supaya di hadapan-Nya dibakar ukupan dari wangi-wangian, tetap diatur roti sajian dan dipersembahkan korban bakaran pada waktu pagi dan pada waktu petang, pada hari-hari Sabat dan bulan-bulan baru, dan pada perayaan-perayaan yang ditetapkan TUHAN, Allah kami, sebab semuanya itu adalah kewajiban orang Israel untuk selama-lamanya.
“We are about to build a temple where we will worship Yahweh our God. We want to dedicate it to be a place where we will burn fragrant incense to [honor] him, and a place to put loaves of sacred bread, and for making sacrifices every morning and every evening and every Sabbath day, and to celebrate on the day of every new moon and at other special religious festivals to [honor] Yahweh our God. We want to do those things forever, like Yahweh has commanded.
5 Dan rumah yang hendak kudirikan itu harus besar, sebab Allah kami lebih besar dari segala allah.
[We want] this temple [to] be a great temple, because our God is greater than all other gods.
6 Tetapi siapa yang mampu mendirikan suatu rumah bagi Dia, sedangkan langit, bahkan langit yang mengatasi segala langitpun tidak dapat memuat Dia? Dan siapakah aku ini, sehingga aku hendak mendirikan suatu rumah bagi Dia, kecuali sebagai tempat untuk membakar korban di hadapan-Nya?
But no one can really build a temple that would be big enough for God [to live in], because even the highest heavens are not big enough for him. And I am worthy only to build a place where we can burn sacrifices to him.
7 Maka sekarang, kirimlah kepadaku seorang yang ahli mengerjakan emas, perak, tembaga, besi, kain ungu muda, kain kirmizi, kain ungu tua, dan yang juga pandai membuat ukiran, untuk membantu para ahli yang ada padaku di Yehuda dan di Yerusalem, yang telah ditunjuk ayahku Daud.
Therefore, please send me a man who knows well how to make things from gold and silver and bronze and iron, and to make things from purple and red and blue cloth. He should also know well how to engrave designs. I want him to work in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah with my skilled craftsmen, the ones whom my father David appointed.
8 Kirim juga kepadaku kayu aras, sanobar dan cendana dari gunung Libanon, sebab aku tahu, bahwa hamba-hambamu pandai menebang pohon dari Libanon. Dalam pada itu hamba-hambaku akan membantu hamba-hambamu
I know that your workers are skilled in cutting timber, so also please send me cedar logs, pine logs, and juniper logs from the Lebanon mountains. My workers will work with your workers.
9 untuk menyediakan bagiku sejumlah besar kayu, sebab rumah yang hendak kudirikan itu harus besar dan mentakjubkan.
In that way, those workers will provide me with plenty of lumber. [We will need plenty, ] because I want the temple that we will build to be large and beautiful.
10 Dan untuk tukang-tukang yang menebang pohon kuberikan gandum dua puluh ribu kor, jelai dua puluh ribu kor, anggur dua puluh ribu bat dan minyak dua puluh ribu bat, sebagai bahan makanan bagi hamba-hambamu itu."
I will pay your workers, the men who cut the logs, 100,000 bushels of ground wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil.”
11 Dan Huram, raja negeri Tirus, mengirim surat balasan kepada Salomo, yang berbunyi: "Karena TUHAN mengasihi umat-Nya, Ia telah mengangkat engkau menjadi raja atas mereka."
[When] Hiram [received that message, he] replied by sending this message to Solomon: “Because Yahweh loves his people, he has appointed you to be their king.”
12 Lalu Huram melanjutkan: "Terpujilah TUHAN, Allah orang Israel, yang menjadikan langit dan bumi, karena Ia telah memberikan kepada raja Daud seorang anak yang bijaksana, penuh akal budi dan pengertian, yang akan mendirikan suatu rumah bagi TUHAN dan suatu istana kerajaan bagi dirinya sendiri!
[And Hiram added, ] “Praise Yahweh, the God to whom the Israeli people belong, the one who created the sky and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, one who is very smart/intelligent and who has good skill and understanding. He wants to build a temple for Yahweh and a palace for himself.
13 Maka sekarang aku mengirim seorang ahli, yang penuh pengertian, yakni Huram Abi,
“I will be sending to you Huram-Abi, a man who is very skilled.
14 anak seorang perempuan dari bani Dan, sedang ayahnya orang Tirus. Ia pandai mengerjakan emas, perak, tembaga, besi, batu, kayu, kain ungu muda, kain ungu tua, lenan halus dan kain kirmizi, dan juga pandai membuat segala jenis ukiran dan segala jenis rancangan yang ditugaskan kepadanya dengan dibantu oleh ahli-ahlimu dan oleh ahli-ahli ayahmu, tuanku Daud.
His mother was from the tribe of Dan, and his father was from [here in] Tyre. He is very able to make things from gold and silver and bronze and iron and stone and wood, but he also makes nice things from purple and blue and red cloth, and he does all kinds of engraving. He can make things using any design/pattern that you give to him. He will work with your craftsmen, and the craftsmen who did work for your father, King David.
15 Baiklah sekarang tuanku kirim kepada hamba-hamba tuanku gandum dan jelai, minyak dan anggur yang telah tuanku sebutkan itu.
“Now please send us the wheat and barley and olive oil and wine that you promised to send to us.
16 Dan kami akan menebang kayu dari gunung Libanon sebanyak engkau perlukan dan membawanya kepadamu dengan rakit-rakit melalui laut sampai ke Yafo, dan engkau dapat mengangkutnya ke Yerusalem."
When you do that, my workers will cut from trees in the Lebanon mountains all the logs that you need [and bring them down to the sea]. Then we will [tie the logs together to] form rafts with them, and float them in the sea to Joppa [city]. From there, you [can arrange for] them [to be] taken up to Jerusalem.
17 Lalu Salomo menghitung semua orang asing yang laki-laki yang ada di negeri Israel sama seperti yang pernah dilakukan Daud, ayahnya. Maka terdapatlah seratus lima puluh tiga ribu enam ratus orang.
Solomon told his workers to count all the people from other countries who were living in Israel, similar to what his father David had done. There were 153,600 of them.
18 Dan dari antara mereka, tujuh puluh ribu orang dijadikannya kuli, delapan puluh ribu orang tukang pahat di pegunungan, dan tiga ribu enam ratus orang mandur yang harus menyuruh orang-orang itu bekerja.
Solomon assigned 70,000 of them to carry materials, and 80,000 to cut stone [from quarries in] the hills, and 3,600 of them to supervise the others and be sure that they worked steadily.
