2 Nyakati 2
1 Sasa Selemani akaamuru kulijengea nyumba jina la Yahwe na nyumamba kwa ajili ya ikulu ya ufalme wake.
Now Solomon commanded the building of a house for Yahweh's name and the building of a palace for his kingdom.
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.
Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to carry loads, and eighty thousand men as stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 men to supervise them.
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.
Solomon sent a message to Hiram, the king of Tyre, saying, “As you did with David my father, sending him cedar logs to build a house to live in, do the same with me.
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.
See, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to set it apart to him, to burn incense of sweet spices before him, to set out the bread of the presence, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and on the new moons, and on the appointed feasts for Yahweh our God. This is forever, for Israel.
5 Nyumba nitakayoijenga itakuwa kubwa sana, maana Mungu wetu ni mkuu kuliko miungu mingine yote.
The house that I will build will be very large, for our God is greater than all other 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?
But who is able to build God a house, since the entire universe and even heaven itself cannot contain him? Who am I to build him a house, except to burn sacrifices 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.
So send me a man who is skilled at work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue wool, a man who knows how to make all kinds of engraved wood. He will be with the skilled men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
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,
Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum trees from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. See, 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.
in order to prepare for me timber in abundance, for the house which I am about to build will be great and marvelous.
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”).
See, I will give to your servants, the men who will cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths 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, answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon: “Because Yahweh loves his people, he has made you king 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.
In addition, Hiram said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, gifted with prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Yahweh and a palace for himself.
13 Sasa nimemtum mtu mwenye ujuzi, mwenye karama ya uelewa, Hiramu, mtaalamu wangu.
Now I have sent a skillful man, Huram-Abi, who is gifted with understanding.
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.
He is the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan. His father was a man from Tyre. He is skilled at work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and in timber, and in purple, blue, and crimson wool, and fine linen. He is also skilled in making any kind of engraving and in making any kind of design. Let a place be made for him among your skilled workers, and with those of my master, David, your father.
15 Sasa, ngano na shayiri, mafuta na mvinyo, ambayo bwana wangu aliisema, na apeleke sasa vitu hivi kwa watumishi wake.
Now then, the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, of which my master has spoken, let him send these things to his servants.
16 Tutakata mbao kutoka Lebanoni, mbao nyingi kadri unavyohitaji. Tutazileta kwako kama mitumbwi kupitia bahari kwenda Yafa, na utazibeba hadi Yerusalemu.”
We will cut wood from Lebanon, as much wood as you need. We will take it to you as rafts by sea to Joppa, and you will carry it up 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.
Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, following the method that David, his father, had counted them. They were found to be 153,600.
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.
He assigned seventy thousand of them to carry loads, eighty thousand to be stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 to be supervisors to put the people to work.
