2 Nyakati 8
1 Ikawa karibu ya mwisho wa miaka ishirini, kipindi ambacho Selemani alikuwa ameijenga nyumba ya Yahwe na ya kwake mwenye,
It came about at the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the house of Yahweh and his own house,
2 kwamba Selemani akaiajenga miji ambayo Hiramu alikuwa amempa, na ndani yake akawaweka watu wa Israeli.
that Solomon rebuilt the towns that Hiram had given to him, and he settled the people of Israel in them.
3 Selemani akauavamia Hamathzoba, akaushinda.
Solomon attacked Hamathzobah and defeated it.
4 Akaijenga Tadmori katika nyika, na miji yote ya hazina, ambayo aliijenga katika Hamathi.
He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
5 Pia akaujenga Beth-horoni wa juu, na Beth-horoni wa chini, miji iliyozungushiwa kwa ukuta, malango, na makomeo.
Also he built Beth Horon the Upper and Beth Horon the Lower, cities fortified with walls, gates, and bars.
6 Akaujenga Baalathi na miji yote ya hazina aliyoimiliki, na miji yote kwa ajili ya magari yake na miji kwa ajili ya wapanda farasi wake, na chochote alichotamani kujenga kwa ajili ya starehe zake katika Yerusalemu, katika Lebanoni, na katika nchi zote zilizokuwa chini ya utawala wake.
He built Baalath and all the store cities that he possessed, and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever he wished to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the lands under his rule.
7 Kuhusu watu wengine wote ambao walikuwa wamesalia wa Wahiti, Waamori, Waperizi, Wahivi, Wayebusi, ambao hawakuwa wa Israeli,
As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who did not belong to Israel,
8 watoto wao ambao waliachwa baada yao katika nchi, ambaoa watu wa Israeli hawakuwaangamiza—Selemani akawafanyisha kazi kwa nguvu, ndivyo walivyo hata leo.
their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed—Solomon made them into forced laborers, which they are to this day.
9 Vile vile, Selemani hakuwafanyisha kazi kwa nguvu watu wa Israeli. Badala yake, wakawa wanajeshsi wake, maakida wake, wakuu wake, na maakida wa magari ya majeshi yake na wapanda farasi wake.
However, Solomon made no forced laborers of the people of Israel. Instead, they became his soldiers, his commanders, his officers, and commanders of his chariot forces and his horsemen.
10 Pia hawa walikuwa wakuu wa wakuu wakisimamia wasimamizi waliokuwa wa mfalme Selemani, walikuwa 250, waliowasimamia watu walioifanya kazi.
These were also the chief officers managing the supervisors who belonged to King Solomon, 250 of them, who supervised the people who did the work.
11 Selemani akamleta binti Farao nje ya mji wa Daudi kwenye nyumba aaliyokuwa amemjengea, kwa maana alisema, “Mke wangu lazima asiishi kataika nyumba ya Daudi mfalme wa Israeli, kwa sababu kila linapokuja sanduku la Yahwe ni takatifu”.
Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because wherever the ark of Yahweh has come is holy.”
12 Kisha Selemani akatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa juu ya madhabahu yake ambayo alikuwa ametengeza mbele ya ukumbi.
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on his altar that he had built in front of the portico.
13 Akatoa sadaka kama ilivyohitaka katika ratiba ya kila siku; akazitoa, kwa kufuata maelekezo yaliyokuwa katika amari ya Musa, katika siku za Sabato, miezi mipya, na katika siku zilizopangwa mara tatu kila mwaka: Sikukuu ya mikate isiyochachwa, sikukuu ya majuma, na sikuku ya vibanda.
He offered sacrifices just as the daily schedule required; he offered them, following the directions found in the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbath days, the new moons, and on the set festivals three times every year: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters.
14 Katika kuyatunza maagizo ya baba yake Daudi, Selemani akayapanga makundi ya makuhani kwenye kazi yao, na Walawi kwenye nafasi zao, ili kumsisfu Mungu na kuhudumu mbele za makuhani, kama ilivyotakiwa katika ratiba ya kila siku. Pia akawateua walinda lango kwa zamu zao kwa kila lango, kwa maana Daudi, mtu wa Mungu, alikuwa ameagiza hivyo pia.
In keeping with the decrees of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to their work, and the Levites to their positions, in order to praise God and to serve before the priests, as the daily schedule required. He also appointed the gatekeepers by their divisions to every gate, for David, the man of God, had also commanded this.
15 Watu hawa hawakupotea kutoka kwenye amri ya mfalme kwa makuhani na Walawi kuhusu jambo lolote, au kuhusu vyumba vya hazina.
These people did not deviate from the commands of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the storerooms.
16 Kazi yote aliyoagizwa na Selemani ikakamilika, kutoka siku msingi wa nyumba ya Yahwe ulipowekwa hadi ilipokamilika. Nyumba ya Yahwe ikamalizika.
All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid until it was finished. The house of Yahweh was completed.
17 Kisha Selemani akaenda Esion geberi, na Elothi, juu ya pwani katika nchi ya Edomu.
Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and then to Elath on the coast, in the land of Edom.
18 Hiramu akatuma meli zake kupitia watumishi wake ambao walikuwa wana maji wenye uzoefu. Wakasafiri na Selemani na watumishi wa Semani hadi Ofiri. Wakachukua kutoka huko talanta 450 za dhahabu ambazo walimletea Selemani.
Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own officers, men who knew the sea, and with the servants of Solomon they went to Ophir and they took from there 450 talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon.
