2 Seenaa 2
1 Solomoonis akka Maqaa Waaqayyootiif manni qulqullummaa ofii isaaf immoo masaraan mootummaa ijaaramu ni ajaje.
Solomon ordered that a temple should be built where Yahweh would be worshiped and also that a palace should be built for himself.
2 Innis namoota baʼaa baatan 70,000 warra gaarran irratti dhagaa cabsan 80,000 fi warra isaan toʼatan 3,600 gurmeesse.
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 Solomoon akkana jedhee Huuraam mooticha Xiiroositti ergaa kana erge: “Akkuma yeroo akka Daawit abbaan koo mana keessa jiraatu ittiin ijaarratuuf muka birbirsaa ergiteef sana anaafis muka birbirsaa ergi.
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 Kunoo ani Maqaa Waaqayyo Waaqa kootiif mana qulqullummaa ijaaree akka isa keessatti ixaanni urgaaʼaan fuula isaa duratti aarfamuuf, akka buddeenni qulqulleeffame yeroo yerootti dhiʼeeffamuu fi akka ganama hundaa fi galgala hunda, guyyoota Sanbataa, guyyaa Baatii Haaraatii fi guyyaa ayyaana Waaqayyo Waaqa keenyaa kan murtaaʼetti aarsaan gubamu dhiʼeeffamuuf addaan baasee isaa kennuuf yaadeera. Kunis Israaʼeliitiif seera bara baraa ti.
“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 “Sababii Waaqni keenya waaqota kaan hunda irra guddaa taʼeef, manni qulqullummaa kan ani ijaaruuf jiru guddaa ni taʼa.
[We want] this temple [to] be a great temple, because our God is greater than all other gods.
6 Garuu waan samiiwwanii fi samiiwwan samii olii iyyuu isa baachuu hin dandeenyeef eenyutu mana qulqullummaa isaaf ijaaruu dandaʼa? Yoos iddoo aarsaan itti fuula isaa duratti gubamu malee mana qulqullummaa isaaf ijaaruuf ani eenyu?
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 “Kanaafuu akka inni ogeeyyii koo kanneen dandeettii hojii harkaa qaban warra abbaan koo Daawit qopheesse wajjin Yihuudaa fi Yerusaalem keessaa hojjetuuf nama hojii warqeetii fi meetiitti, hojii naasiitii fi hojii sibiilaatti hojii kirrii diimaa dhiilgeetiin, diimaa akka dhiigaatii fi cuquliisaatti ogummaa qabaatee ogummaa waa soofuutiin leenjifame tokko naaf ergi.
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 “Akkasumas muka gaattiraa, muka birbirsaatii fi muka sandalii Libaanoon keessaa naaf ergi; ani akka namoonni kee ogummaa muka muruu qaban beekaatii. Namoonni koos namoota kee wajjin ni hojjetu;
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 sababii manni qulqullummaa kan ani ijaaruuf jiru guddaa fi akka malee miidhagaa taʼuu qabuuf isaan muka hedduu naa qopheessuutii.
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 Anis garboota kee warra muka muraniif daakuu qamadii qoroosii kuma digdama, garbuu qoroosii kuma digdama, daadhii wayinii baadoosii kuma digdamaa fi zayitii ejersaa baadoosii kuma digdama nan kenna.”
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 Huuraam mootichi Xiiroos akkana jedhee xalayaadhaan Solomooniif deebise: “Waaqayyo waan saba isaa jaallatuuf mootii isaanii si godhe.”
[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 Huuraamis ittuma fufee akkana jedhe: “Waaqayyo Waaqni Israaʼel inni samii fi lafa uume sun haa eebbifamu! Inni Daawit mootichaaf ilma beekaa ogummaa fi hubannaan guutame kan Waaqayyoof mana qulqullummaa, ofii isaatiif immoo masaraa mootummaa ijaaru tokko kenneera.
[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 “Ani kunoo Huuraamabii namicha ogummaa guddaa qabu tokko siif ergeera;
“I will be sending to you Huram-Abi, a man who is very skilled.
14 haati isaa nama biyya Daanii ti; abbaan isaa immoo nama biyya Xiiroosii ti. Innis ogummaa hojii warqeetii fi meetii, kan naasiitii fi sibiilaa, kan dhagaatii fi mukaa, akkasumas kirrii diimaa dhiilgee, cuquliisaa, diimaa akka dhiigaatii fi quncee talbaa haphiitiin leenjifameera. Inni nama hojii waa soofuu gosa hundaatiin ogummaa kuufate kan karoora itti kenname kam iyyuu raawwachuu dandaʼuu dha. Innis ogeeyyii keetii fi ogeeyyii gooftaa koo, abbaa kee Daawit wajjin ni hojjeta.
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 “Kanaafuu amma gooftaan koo qamadii fi garbuu, zayitii ejersaatii fi daadhii wayinii kan abdachiise sana garboota isaatiif haa ergu;
“Now please send us the wheat and barley and olive oil and wine that you promised to send to us.
16 nus muka si barbaachisu hunda Libaanoonii murree walitti hiinee hamma Yoopheetti galaana irra gad siif ergina. Ati immoo Yerusaalemitti ni geeffatta.”
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 Solomoon erga Daawit abbaan isaa saba lakkaaʼeen duubatti alagoota Israaʼel keessa jiraatan hunda ni lakkaaʼe; baayʼinni isaaniis 153,600 taʼe.
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 Innis isaan keessaa nama 70,000 baʼaa baachuutti, nama 80,000 gaarran irratti dhagaa cabsuutti ramade; nama 3,600 immoo akka isaan namoota hojii hojjechiisaniif isaan irratti muude.
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.
