2 Tantara 8
1 Ie añe ty roapolo taoñe namboare’ i Selomò i anjomba’ Iehovày naho i anjomba’ey,
Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
2 le namboare’e o rova natolo’ i Korame azeo vaho nampimoneñe’e ao o ana’ Israeleo.
Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
3 Nimb’e Kamate-tsobà mb’eo t’i Selomò nandrekets’ aze.
Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
4 Le namboare’e i Tadmore am-patrambeiy vaho namboare’e e Kamate ao o rova fihajañe iabio.
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 Namboare’e ka ty Bete-Korone ambone naho i Bete-korone ambane; rova fatratse, reketse kijoly naho lalambey vaho sikadañe;
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 naho i Baalate naho ze hene rova-pihaja’ i Selomòo naho o fonga rovan-tsarete’eo naho o rova’ o mpiningi’eo naho ze he’e namboare’e an-tsatrin-tro’e e Ierosalaime ao naho e Lebanone añe vaho amo hene tanem-pifehea’eo.
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 Le ze hene ondaty nisisa amo nte-Kiteo naho amo nte-Amoreo naho amo nte-Perizeo naho amo nte-Kiveo naho amo nte-Iebosio, o tsy nte-Israeleo,
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 o sehangan’ ana’ iareo amy taney nisisa tsy nimongore’ o ana’ Israeleo, le nampijinie’ i Selomò rorotse pake henàne.
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 Fe naho o ana’ Israeleo, tsy nanoe’ i Selomò mpitoroñe amo fitoloña’eo, fa nilahindefoñe naho mpifehem-pifeleke naho mpifele-tsarete’e vaho mpiningi-tsarete’e.
But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
10 Ie o mpiaolom-pifehe’ i Selomòo, ty roanjato-tsi-limampolo mpifeleke ondatio.
They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
11 Le nampionjone’ i Selomò boak’ an-drova’ i Davide ao i anak’ ampela’ i Paròy mb’amy anjomba niranjie’e ho azey; ami’ty saontsi’e ty hoe: Tsy himoneñe añ’ anjomba’ i Davide mpanjaka’ Israeley ty tañanjombako, amy te masiñe ty toetse nivotraha’ i vata’ Iehovày.
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 Le nañenga soroñe am’ Iehovà amy kitreli’ Iehovày t’i Selomò, i niranjie’e aolo’ i lavarangaiy;
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 nañenga boak’ andro re ty amy lili’ i àndroy, ty amy lili’ i Mosèy, le amo Sabatao naho amo pea-bolañeo naho amo andro namantañañe in-telo boa-taoñeo, i sabadida-mofo tsy aman-dalivaiy naho i sabadidan-kereñandroy vaho i sabadidan-kibohotsey.
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 Tinendre’e ty amy fañè’ i Davide rae’ey, ty firimboña’ o mpisoroñeo amo fitoroña’eo naho o nte-Levio amo fitoroña’eo, ty handrenge naho hitoroñe añatrefa’ o mpisoroñeo, ty amy lili’ i àndroy; naho ty firimboña’ o mpigarin-dalam-beio, songa an-dalambei’e; amy nandilia’ i Davide ondatin’ Añaharey.
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 Le tsy nivik’ amy nandilia’ i mpanjakay amo mpisoroñeo naho amo nte-Levio aman’ inoñ’ inoñe ndra amo trañon-kàjao iereo.
The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
16 Aa le linahatse iaby ty fitoloña’ i Selomò ampara’ i fañoreñañe o faha’ i anjomba’ Iehovàio, pak’ ami’ty nahahenefa’e aze. Aa le nifonitse ty anjomba’ Iehovà.
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 Nomb’e Etsione-gebere naho Elote, añ’olon-driak’ an-tane’ i Edome mb’eo t’i Selomò.
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 Le hinitri’ i Korame ama’e am-pità’ o mpitoro’eo ty sambo naho o mpitoro’e zatse riakeo, le niharo lia amo mpitoro’ i Selomò mb’e Ofire mb’eo iareo, nangalake volamena efajato-tsi-limampolo talenta añe vaho nendese’ iereo mb’amy Selomò.
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.
