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.
And he sent Hiram [the] king of Tyre servants his to Solomon for he had heard that him people had anointed to king in place of father his for a friend he had been Hiram of David all the days.
2 Sulemani akatuma ujumbe kwa Hiramu, akisema,
And he sent Solomon 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 you know David father my that not he was able to build a house for [the] name of Yahweh God his because of the war which they had surrounded him until gave Yahweh them under [the] soles of (feet my. *Q(K)*)
4 Lakini sasa BWANA amenipa mimi pumziko toka pande zote. Hakuna maadui wala majanga.
And now he has given rest Yahweh God my to me from round about there not [is] an adversary and there not [is] an occurrence evil.
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.'
And here I [am] saying to build a house for [the] name of Yahweh God my just as - he spoke Yahweh to David father my saying son your whom I will put in place of you on throne your he he will build the house for name my.
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.”
And therefore command so they may cut for me cedars from Lebanon and servants my they will be with servants your and [the] wage[s] of servants your I will give to you according to all that you will say for - you you know that there not among us [is] anyone [who] knows to cut wood 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.”
And it was when heard Hiram [the] words of Solomon and he rejoiced exceedingly and he said [be] blessed Yahweh this day who he has given to David a son wise over the people great this.
8 Hiramu akatuma neno kwa Sulemani, akisema, “Nimeupata ujumbe ule ulionitumia. Nitatoa miti yote ya mierezi na miti ya miberoshi ambayo unahitaji.
And he sent Hiram to Solomon saying I have heard [that] which you sent to me I I will do all desire your in wood of cedar and in wood of cypress.
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.”
Servants my they will bring [them] down from Lebanon [the] sea towards and I I will make them rafts on the sea to the place which you will send to me and I will break up them there and you you will carry [them] away and you you will do desire my by giving [the] food of household my.
10 Kwa hiyo Hiramu akampa Sulemani miti yote ya mierezi na miti ya miberoshi ambayo alihitaji.
And he was Hiram giving to Solomon wood of cedar and wood of cypress all desire his.
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.
And Solomon he gave to Hiram twenty thousand cor[s] of wheat food for household his and twenty cor[s] of oil pressed thus he gave Solomon to Hiram a year in a year.
12 BWANA akampa Sulemani hekima, kama alivyokuwa amemwahidi. Kulikuwa na amani kati ya Hiramu na Sulemani na wote wawili wakafanya agano.
And Yahweh he gave wisdom to Solomon just as he had spoken to him and it was peace between Hiram and between Solomon and they made a covenant [the] two of them.
13 Mfalme Sulemani akaandaa wafanya kazi kutoka Israeli yote. Idadi ya watenda kazi walioandaliwa ilikuwa wanaume elfu thelathini.
And he raised the king Solomon forced labor from all Israel and it was the forced labor thirty thousand man.
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.
And he sent them Lebanon towards ten thousand in the month relays a month they were in Lebanon two months in home his and Adoniram [was] over the forced labor.
15 Sulemani alikuwa na watu elfu sabini waliokuwa wabeba mizigo na watu elfu themanini wa kukata mawe milimani,
And it belonged to Solomon seventy thousand carrier[s] burden-bearer[s] and eighty thousand stone-cutter[s] in the hill country.
16 zaidi ya hao, walikuwepo maakida 3, 300 ambao pia waliokuwa wakiisimamia hiyo kazi.
Apart from [the] leaders of the overseers of Solomon who [were] over the work three thousand and three hundred who ruled over the people who were doing the work.
17 Kwa amri ya mfalme walileta mawe makubwa ya thamani kwa ajili ya kulaza kwenye msingi wa hekalu.
And he commanded the king and they quarried stones large stones costly to found the house stones of hewn [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.
And they cut [them] to shape [the] builders of Solomon and [the] builders of Hiram and the Gebalites and they prepared the wood and the stones to build the house.
