2 Dnevnika 8
1 A kad proðe dvadeset godina, u koje sazida Solomun dom Gospodnji i dom svoj,
Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
2 Pogradi Solomun gradove, koje mu dade Hiram, i naseli onuda sinove Izrailjeve.
Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
3 Potom otide Solomun na Emat Sovski, i osvoji ga.
Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
4 I sazida Tadmor u pustinji i sve gradove za žitnice sazida u Ematu.
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 Sazida i Vet-Oron gornji i Vet-Oron donji, tvrde gradove, sa zidovima, vratima i prijevornicama,
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 I Valat i sve gradove u kojima Solomun imaše žitnice, i gradove u kojima mu bijahu kola, i gradove u kojima bijahu konjici, i što god Solomunu bi volja zidati u Jerusalimu i na Livanu i u svoj zemlji carstva svojega.
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 I sav narod što bješe ostao od Heteja i od Amoreja i od Ferezeja i od Jeveja i od Jevuseja, koji ne bijahu od Izrailja,
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 Od sinova njihovijeh koji bjehu ostali iza njih u zemlji, kojih ne potrše sinovi Izrailjevi, njih nagna Solomun da plaæaju danak do današnjega dana.
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 A od sinova Izrailjevijeh, kojih ne uèini Solomun robovima za svoj posao, nego bijahu vojnici i poglavari nad vojvodama njegovijem, i zapovjednici nad kolima i konjicima njegovijem,
But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
10 Od njih bijaše glavnijeh nastojnika, koje imaše car Solomun, dvjesta i pedeset, koji upravljahu narodom.
They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
11 I kæer faraonovu preseli Solomun iz grada Davidova u dom koji joj sazida, jer reèe: neæe sjedjeti žena moja u domu Davida cara Izrailjeva, jer je svet što je došao u nj kovèeg Gospodnji.
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 Tada prinošaše Solomun žrtve paljenice Gospodu na oltaru Gospodnjem koji naèini pred trijemom,
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 Što trebaše od dana na dan prinositi po zapovijesti Mojsijevoj, u subote i na mladine i na praznike, tri puta u godini, na praznik prijesnijeh hljebova i na praznik sedmica i na praznik sjenica.
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 I postavi po naredbi Davida oca svojega redove sveštenièke prema službi njihovoj, i Levitske prema dužnosti njihovoj, da hvale Boga i služe pred sveštenicima kako treba svaki dan, i vratare po redovima njihovijem nad svakim vratima; jer taka bijaše zapovijest Davida èovjeka Božijega.
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 I ne otstupiše od zapovijesti careve za sveštenike i Levite ni u èem, ni za riznice.
The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
16 Tako se svrši sve djelo Solomunovo od onoga dana kad bi osnovan dom Gospodnji pa dokle ga ne dovrši, i gotov bi dom Gospodnji.
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 Tada otide Solomun u Esion-Gaver i u Elot na brijegu morskom u zemlji Edomskoj.
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 A Hiram posla mu po svojim slugama laðe i sluge vješte moru, i otidoše sa slugama Solomunovijem u Ofir i uzeše odande èetiri stotine i pedeset talanata zlata i donesoše caru Solomunu.
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.
