Luo Chronicle 2
1 Tokosra Solomon el wotela in musai sie tempul tuh in nien alu nu sin LEUM GOD, ac oayapa in musaela sie inkul fulat nu sel sifacna.
Solomon ordered that a temple should be built where Yahweh would be worshiped and also that a palace should be built for himself.
2 El sang itngoul tausin mwet in wun kufwen orekma, ac oalngoul tausin mwet in tufahl eot fineol uh. Mwet tolu tausin onfoko pa kol orekma sac.
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 Solomon el supwala kas nu sel Tokosra Hiram lun acn Tyre ac fahk, “Nga ke kom in oru nu sik oana ke kom tuh oru nu sel Tokosra David, papa tumuk, ke kom tuh kukakin sak cedar nu sel elan sang musai inkul fulat sel ah.
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 Nga ac musai sie tempul in akfulatye LEUM GOD luk. Ac fah sie acn mutal, acn ma nga ac mwet luk ac fah alu nu sel we, ke kut akosak mwe keng ac ma wo fohlo, ac sang bread mutal nu sel ke pacl nukewa. Acn se inge kut ac fah oayapa esukak mwe kisa firir ke lotutang ac eku nukewa, oayapa ke len Sabbath ac Kufwa lun Malem Sasu ac len mutal saya, in akfulatye LEUM GOD lasr oana ke El sapkin nu sin mwet Israel tuh elos in oru nwe tok.
“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 Nga akoo in musaela sie tempul na lulap, mweyen God lasr El fulat liki god nukewa saya.
[We want] this temple [to] be a great temple, because our God is greater than all other gods.
6 Tusruktu wanginna sie mwet ac ku in musaela sie tempul sin God, mweyen finne ke yoklana lun acn inkusrao, tia ku in nwanulak. Ma sefanna nga ku in oru pa in orala sie acn in orek kisa nu sin God.
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 Inge supwama sie mwet su yohk etu lal ke tufahl eot, ac orekma ke gold, silver, osra bronze, ac iron, oayapa el ku in orala tuhn wowo ke nuknuk tuh in folfol, sroninmutuk, ac srusra. Mwet se inge el ac wi mwet musa lun Judah ac Jerusalem su David, papa tumuk, el tuh sulela.
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 Nga etu lah yohk etu lun mwet lom ingan ke orekma ke sak. Ke ma inge supwama sak cedar, cypress, ac juniper Lebanon me. Nga akola in supwaot mwet luk inge in wi mwet lom,
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 in akoela sak pukanten, mweyen tempul se nga ac musai uh ac arulana yohk ac wolana.
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 Nga ac supwaot siofok tausin bushel in wheat, siofok tausin bushel in barley, siofok singoul tausin gallon in wain, ac siofok singoul tausin gallon in oil in olive in kasru mwet orek sak lom ingan.”
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 Tokosra Hiram el supwala leta se in topuk nu sel Solomon. El simusla kas inge: “Ke sripen LEUM GOD El lungse mwet lal, El oru tuh kom in tokosra faclos.
[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 Kaksakin LEUM GOD lun Israel, su orala kusrao ac faclu! El sang nu sel Tokosra David sie wen lalmwetmet, su yohk etauk ac usrnguk lal, su akola in musai sie tempul nu sin LEUM GOD, ac sie inkul fulat nu sel sifacna.
[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 Nga ac supwaot sie mwet orekma ke osra su arulana lalmwetmet ac usrnguk ke musa — inel pa Huram.
“I will be sending to you Huram-Abi, a man who is very skilled.
14 Nina kial ma in sruf lal Dan, ac papa tumal sie mwet Tyre. El ku in oru kutena ma ke gold, silver, bronze, osra, eot, ac sak. El ku pac in orala nuknuk ke tuhn folfol, sroninmutuk, ac srusra, oayapa nuknuk linen. El etu pac taflela kutena lumah ma mwet uh ac fahk nu sel. Lela elan wi mwet musa lom ingan, oayapa mwet orekma lal Tokosra David, papa tomom.
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 Ke ma inge, supwama wheat, barley, wain, ac oil in olive ma kom wulela kac.
“Now please send us the wheat and barley and olive oil and wine that you promised to send to us.
16 In acn Lebanon kut ac fah pakela sak cedar nukewa ma kom enenu an, ac kapriya nu ke raft, ac pahkin nwe ke sun acn Joppa. Na mwet lom fah usla we lac nu Jerusalem.”
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 Tokosra Solomon el orala sie oaoa lulap ke mwetsac nukewa su muta in acn lun Israel, oapana oaoa se ma David, papa tumal, el tuh orala. Pisen mwetsac muta we oasr ke mwet siofok lumngaul tolu tausin onfoko.
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 Na el sap itngoul tausin selos in wiwa, ac oalngoul tausin selos in fokfok eot fineol ah. El sulela mwet tolu tausin onfoko in liye orekma inge tuh in orekla wo.
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.
