2 Nyakati 2
1 Sasa Selemani akaamuru kulijengea nyumba jina la Yahwe na nyumamba kwa ajili ya ikulu ya ufalme wake.
And Solomon resolved to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.
2 Selemeni akateua wanaume elfu sabini wabebe mizigo, na wanaume elfu themanini wa kukata mbao katika mlima, na wanaume 3, 600 kwa ajili ya kusimamia.
And he numbered seventy thousand men to carry upon shoulders, and eighty thousand who were hewing stones in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred as their overseers.
3 Selemani akatuma ujumbe kwa Hiramu, mfalme wa Tiro, ukisema, “Kama ulivyofanya na Daudi baba yangu, ulivyomtumia magogo ya mierezi ili ajenge nyumba ya kuishi, fanya hivyo hivyo na mimi.
Also, he sent to Hiram, the king of Tyre, saying: “Just as you did for my father David, when you sent him cedar wood, so that he might build a house for himself, in which he then lived,
4 Tazama, niko karibu kujenga nyumba kwa ajili ya jina la Yahwe Mungu wangu, kuiweka wakifu kwake, kwa ajili ya kumtolea sadaka za kuteketezwa zenye viungo vitamu mbele zake, kwa ajili ya mkate wa uwepo, na kwa ajili ya sadaka za kuteketezwa asubuhi na jioni, katika siku za Sabato na za mwezi mpya, na katika sikukuu zilizoteuliwa kwa ajili ya Yahwe Mungu wetu. Hii itakuwa milele, kwa Israeli.
do so also for me, so that I may build a house to the name of the Lord my God, so that I may consecrate it for the burning of incense before him, and for the smoke of aromatics, and for the perpetual bread of the presence, and for the holocausts, in morning and in evening, as well as on the Sabbaths and new moons and solemnities of the Lord our God forever, which have been commanded to Israel.
5 Nyumba nitakayoijenga itakuwa kubwa sana, maana Mungu wetu ni mkuu kuliko miungu mingine yote.
For the house that I desire to build is great. For our God is great, above all gods.
6 Lakini ni nani anayeweza kumjengea Mungu nyumba, kama dunia yote na hata mbigu yenyewe haviwezi kumtosha? Mimi ni nani hata nimjengee nyumba, ispokuwa sadaka kwa ajili ya sadaka za kufukiza mbele zake?
So then, who will be able prevail, so that he may build a worthy house for him? If heaven and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him, what am I that I would be able to build a house to him? But let it be for this only, so that incense may be burned before him.
7 Kwa hiyo nileteeni mtu mwenye ujuzi wa kazi katika kazi ya dhahabu, fedha, shaba, na chuma, na ya dhambarau, na nyekundu, na sufu ya samawati, mtu anayejua kutengeza aina zote za mapambo ya mbao. Atakuwa na watu wenye ustadi waliopamoja nami katika Yuda na Yerusalemu, ambao Daudi baba yangu aliwaweka.
Therefore, send to me a learned man, who knows how to work with gold and silver, with brass and iron, with purple, scarlet, and hyacinth, and who knows how to carve engravings, along with these artisans that I have with me in Judea and Jerusalem, whom my father David has prepared.
8 Nitumieni pia mierezi, miberoshi, na miti ya msandali kutoka Lebanoni, maana najua ya kuwa watumishi wako wanajua jinsi ya kukata mbao katika Lebanoni. Angalia, watumishi wangu watakuwa na watumishi wako,
Then too, send to me cedar wood, and juniper, and pine from Lebanon. For I know that your servants know how to cut timber from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants,
9 ili kwamba watayarishe mbao nyingi kwa ajili yangu, maana nyumba ninayotaka kuijenga itakuwa kubwa na ya ajabu.
so that very much wood may be prepared for me. For the house that I desire to build is exceedingly great and glorious.
10 Angalia, nitawapa watumishi wako, watu watakaozikata mbao, kori ishirini elfu za ngano ya aridhini, kori ishirini elfu za shayiri, bathi ishirini elfu za mvinyo, na bathi ishirini elfu za mafuta.” (Maandishsi ya kale yanasema: “kori ishirini elfu za ngano kama chakula”).
In addition, I will give to your servants, the workers who will cut down the trees, for provisions: twenty thousand cor of wheat, and the same number of cor of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, as well as twenty thousand good measures of oil.”
11 Kisha Hiramu, mfalme wa Tiro, akajibu kwa maandishi, ambayo alimtumia Selemani: “Kwa kuwa Yahwe anawapenda watu wake, amekufanya kuwa mfalme juu yao.”
Then Hiram, the king of Tyre, said, by a letter that had been sent to Solomon: “Because the Lord loved his people, for this reason he appointed you to reign over them.”
12 Zaidi ya hayo, Hiramu akasema, “Abarikiwe Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, aliyeziumba mbingu na dunia, amempa Daudi mwana mwenye hekima, mwenye karama ya busara na uelewa, ambaye atajenga nyumba kwa aajili ya Yahwe, na nyumba kwa ajili ya ufalme wake.
And he added, saying: “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who gave to king David a son who is wise, and learned, and intelligent as well as prudent, so that he may build a house to the Lord, and a palace for himself.
13 Sasa nimemtum mtu mwenye ujuzi, mwenye karama ya uelewa, Hiramu, mtaalamu wangu.
Therefore, I have sent my father Hiram to you; he is a prudent and very knowledgeable man,
14 Ni mwana wa mwanamke wa binti za Dani. Baba yake alikuwa mtu kutoka Tiro. Ana ujuzi katika kazi za dhahabu, fedha, shaba, chuma, mawe, na katika mbao, na katika dhambarau, samawati, na sufu yenkundu, na kitani safi. Pia ana ujuzi katika kutengeneza michoro ya aina yoyote na katika kubuni kitu chochote. Apatiwe nafsi miongoni mwa watumishi wako wenye ujuzi, na pamoja na wale wa bwana wangu, Daudi, baba yako.
the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, whose father was a Tyrian, who knows how to work with gold and silver, with brass and iron, and with marble and timber, as well as with purple, and hyacinth, and fine linen, and scarlet. And he knows how to carve every kind of engraving, and how to devise prudently whatever may be necessary to the work, with your artisans and with the artisans of my lord David, your father.
15 Sasa, ngano na shayiri, mafuta na mvinyo, ambayo bwana wangu aliisema, na apeleke sasa vitu hivi kwa watumishi wake.
Therefore, send the wheat and barley and oil and wine, which you, my lord, have promised, to your own servants.
16 Tutakata mbao kutoka Lebanoni, mbao nyingi kadri unavyohitaji. Tutazileta kwako kama mitumbwi kupitia bahari kwenda Yafa, na utazibeba hadi Yerusalemu.”
Then we will cut down as much wood from Lebanon as you will need, and we will convey them as rafts by sea to Joppa. Then it will be for you to transfer them to Jerusalem.”
17 Selemani akawahesabu watu wageni waliokuwa katika nchi ya Israeli, kwa kutumia njia ya Daudi, baba yake, aliyoitumia kuwahesabu. Walikutwa wako 153, 600.
And so Solomon numbered all the new converts who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering that David his father had done, and they were found to be one hundred fifty thousand and three thousand six hundred.
18 Miongoni mwao aliwateua sabini elfu ili wabebe mizigo, themanini elfu kuwa wakataji wa mbao katika milima, na 3, 600 kuwa wasimamizi wa kuwasimamia watu wafanye kazi.
And he appointed seventy thousand of them, who would carry burdens on shoulders, and eighty thousand who would hew stones in the mountains, then three thousand and six hundred as overseers of the work of the people.
