2 Nyakati 2
1 Sasa Selemani akaamuru kulijengea nyumba jina la Yahwe na nyumamba kwa ajili ya ikulu ya ufalme wake.
Now Solomon decided to build a house for the LORD’s name, and a house 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 counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee 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 to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in which to dwell, so deal 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.
Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, to burn before him incense of sweet spices, for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.
5 Nyumba nitakayoijenga itakuwa kubwa sana, maana Mungu wetu ni mkuu kuliko miungu mingine yote.
“The house which I am building will be great, for our God is greater than 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?
But who is able to build him a house, since heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except just to burn incense 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.
“Now therefore send me a man skilful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave engravings, to be with the skilful men who are with me in Judah and in 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 trees, cypress trees, and algum trees out of Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. Behold, 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.
even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
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”).
Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand cors of beaten wheat, twenty thousand baths 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 Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, “Because the LORD 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.
Huram continued, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who would build a house for the LORD and a house for his kingdom.
13 Sasa nimemtum mtu mwenye ujuzi, mwenye karama ya uelewa, Hiramu, mtaalamu wangu.
Now I have sent a skilful man, endowed with understanding, Huram-abi,
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 of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre. He is skilful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, in timber, in purple, in blue, in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any kind of engraving and to devise any device, that there may be a place appointed to him with your skilful men, and with the skilful men 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.
“Now therefore, the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants;
16 Tutakata mbao kutoka Lebanoni, mbao nyingi kadri unavyohitaji. Tutazileta kwako kama mitumbwi kupitia bahari kwenda Yafa, na utazibeba hadi Yerusalemu.”
and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you need. We will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; then you shall 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, after the census with which David his father had counted them; and they found one hundred and fifty-three thousand and 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.
He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to assign the people their work.
