2 Cronache 8
1 Or avvenne che, passati i venti anni nei quali Salomone edificò la casa dell’Eterno e la sua propria casa,
Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
2 egli ricostruì le città che Huram gli avea date, e vi fece abitare i figliuoli d’Israele.
Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
3 E Salomone marciò contro Hamath-Tsoba e se ne impadronì.
Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
4 E ricostruì Tadmor nella parte deserta del paese, e tutte le città di rifornimento in Hamath.
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 Ricostruì pure Beth-Horon superiore e Beth-Horon inferiore, città forti, munite di mura, di porte e di sbarre;
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 riedificò Baalath e tutte le città di rifornimento che appartenevano al re, tutte le città per i suoi carri, le città per i suoi cavalieri, insomma tutto quello che gli piacque di costruire a Gerusalemme, al Libano e in tutto il paese del suo domino.
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 Di tutta la popolazione ch’era rimasta degli Hittei, degli Amorei, dei Ferezei, degli Hivvei e dei Gebusei, che non erano d’Israele,
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 vale a dire dei loro discendenti ch’eran rimasti dopo di loro nel paese e che gl’Israeliti non aveano distrutti, Salomone fece tanti servi per le comandate; e tali son rimasti fino al dì d’oggi.
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 Ma de’ figliuoli d’Israele Salomone non impiegò alcuno come servo per i suoi lavori; essi furono la sua gente di guerra, capi de’ suoi condottieri e comandanti dei suoi carri e dei suoi cavalieri.
But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
10 I capi preposti al popolo dal re Salomone e incaricati di sorvegliarlo, erano in numero di duecentocinquanta.
They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
11 Or Salomone fece salire la figliuola di Faraone dalla città di Davide alla casa ch’egli le avea fatto costruire; perché disse: “La moglie mia non abiterà nella casa di Davide re d’Israele, perché i luoghi dov’è entrata l’arca dell’Eterno son santi”.
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 Allora Salomone offrì degli olocausti all’Eterno sull’altare dell’Eterno, ch’egli avea costruito davanti al portico;
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 offriva quello che bisognava offrire, secondo l’ordine di Mosè, ogni giorno, nei sabati, nei noviluni, e nelle feste solenni, tre volte all’anno: alla festa degli azzimi, alla festa delle settimane e alla festa delle capanne.
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 E stabilì nelle loro funzioni, come le avea regolate Davide suo padre, le classi dei sacerdoti, i Leviti nella loro incombenza di celebrare l’Eterno e fare il servizio in presenza de’ sacerdoti giorno per giorno, e i portinai, a ciascuna porta, secondo le loro classi; poiché così aveva ordinato Davide, l’uomo di Dio.
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 E non si deviò in nulla dagli ordini che il re avea dato circa i sacerdoti e i Leviti come pure relativamente ai tesori.
The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
16 Così fu condotta tutta l’opera di Salomone dal giorno in cui fu fondata la casa dell’Eterno, fino a quando fu terminata. La casa dell’Eterno ebbe il suo perfetto compimento.
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 Allora Salomone partì per Etsion-Gheber e per Eloth, sulla riva del mare, nel paese di 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 E Huram, per mezzo della sua gente, gli mandò delle navi e degli uomini che conoscevano il mare; i quali andaron con la gente di Salomone ad Ofir, vi presero quattrocentocinquanta talenti d’oro, e li portarono al re Salomone.
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.
