1 Wafalme 5
1 Hiramu mfalme wa Tiro aliwatuma watumishi wake kwa Sulemani kwa kuwa alisikia kuwa walikuwa wamemtawaza kuwa mfalme mahali pa baba yake, kwani Hiramu alimpenda Daudi.
Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father, and Hiram had always loved David.
2 Sulemani akatuma ujumbe kwa Hiramu, akisema,
Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
3 “Unajua kuwa Daudi baba yangu hakujenga nyumba kwa jina la BWANA, Mungu wake kwa sababu ya vile vita vilivyomzunguka, kwa kuwa wakati wa uhai wake BWANA alikuwa akiweka maadui wake chini ya nyayo za miguu yake.
“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until the LORD put his enemies under the soles of his feet.
4 Lakini sasa BWANA amenipa mimi pumziko toka pande zote. Hakuna maadui wala majanga.
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side. There is no enemy and no evil occurrence.
5 Kwa hiyo ninakusudia kujenga hekalu kwa jina la BWANA, Mungu wangu, kama BWANA alivyosema kwa Daudi baba yangu, akisema, 'Mwanao ambaye nitamweka kwenye kiti chako cha enzi mahali pako, ndiye atakayenijengea hekalu kwa jina langu.'
Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place shall build the house for my name.’
6 Kwa hiyo sasa amuru wakate mierezi kutoka Lebanoni kwa ajili yangu. Watumishi wangu wataungana na watumishi wako, nami nitakulipa kwa ajili ya watumishi wako ili kwamba upate malipo mazuri kwa kila kitu utakchokubali kukifanya. Kwa kuwa unajua kuwa hakuna mtu mioingoni mwetu anayejua kukata miti kama Wasidoni.”
Now therefore command that cedar trees be cut for me out of Lebanon. My servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say. For you know that there is nobody among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
7 Hiramu aliposikia maneno ya Sulemani, akafurahi sana akasema, “BWANA na abarikiwe leo, ambaye amempa Daudi mwana wa hekiima juu ya kundi hili kubwa.”
When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, “Blessed is the LORD today, who has given to David a wise son to rule over this great people.”
8 Hiramu akatuma neno kwa Sulemani, akisema, “Nimeupata ujumbe ule ulionitumia. Nitatoa miti yote ya mierezi na miti ya miberoshi ambayo unahitaji.
Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message which you have sent to me. I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning cypress timber.
9 Watumishi wangu wataileta miti kutoka Lebanoni hadi baharini, nami nitaiendesha baharini mpaka mahali utakaponielekeza. Nitaigawa pale, nawe utaichukua. Utafanya kile ninachohitaji kwa kuwapa chakula watumishi wangu.”
My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you specify to me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you will receive them. You will accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.”
10 Kwa hiyo Hiramu akampa Sulemani miti yote ya mierezi na miti ya miberoshi ambayo alihitaji.
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar timber and cypress timber according to all his desire.
11 Sulemani akampa Hiramu kori ishirini elfu za ngano kwa ajili ya chakula cha watumishi wake na kori ishirii za mafuta safi. Sulemani akavitoa hivi kwa Hiramu mwaka baad ya mwaka.
Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat for food to his household, and twenty cors of pure oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.
12 BWANA akampa Sulemani hekima, kama alivyokuwa amemwahidi. Kulikuwa na amani kati ya Hiramu na Sulemani na wote wawili wakafanya agano.
The LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.
13 Mfalme Sulemani akaandaa wafanya kazi kutoka Israeli yote. Idadi ya watenda kazi walioandaliwa ilikuwa wanaume elfu thelathini.
King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
14 Aliwatuma kwenda Lebanoni, aliwatuma kwa zamu ya watu elfu kumi kila mwezi. Kwa mwezi mmoja walienda Lebanoni na miezi miwili walikaa nyumbani. Adoniramu ndiye aliyekuwa msimamizi wa watenda kazi.
He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: for a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.
15 Sulemani alikuwa na watu elfu sabini waliokuwa wabeba mizigo na watu elfu themanini wa kukata mawe milimani,
Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains,
16 zaidi ya hao, walikuwepo maakida 3, 300 ambao pia waliokuwa wakiisimamia hiyo kazi.
besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work: three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
17 Kwa amri ya mfalme walileta mawe makubwa ya thamani kwa ajili ya kulaza kwenye msingi wa hekalu.
The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
18 Kwa hiyo wajenzi wa Sulemani na wajenzi wa Hiramu na Wagebaliti walifanya kazi ya kukata na kuandaa mbao kwa ajili ya ujenzi wa hekalu.
Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
