2 Mga Cronica 1
1 Si Solomon na anak ni David ay naging matatag sa kaniyang pamumuno, at si Yahweh na kaniyang Diyos ay kasama niya at ginawa siyang makapangyarihan.
David’s son [King] Solomon was able to gain complete control over his kingdom, because Yahweh his God helped him and enabled him to become very powerful.
2 At nagsalita si Solomon sa buong Israel at sa mga pinunong kawal ng libu-libo at sa daan-daan at sa mga hukom at sa bawat prinsipe sa buong Israel, sa mga pinuno ng mga ama ng tahanan.
[When] David [was king, he had arranged for a new] Sacred Tent [to be] made in Jerusalem. Then David [and the Israeli leaders] had brought God’s Sacred Chest from Kiriath-Jearim [city] to the new Sacred Tent in Jerusalem that he had prepared for it. But [when Solomon became the king, ] the first Sacred Tent was still at Gibeon [city]. That was the tent that Moses, the man who served God [well], had [arranged to be] made in the desert. And the bronze altar that Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, had made was also still in Gibeon, in front of the first Sacred Tent. [One day] Solomon summoned the army commanders of 1,000 soldiers and the commanders of 100 soldiers and the judges and all the other leaders in Israel. He told them to go with him to Gibeon. So they all went to a hill in Gibeon [where the Sacred Tent was], and Solomon and all the others with him worshiped Yahweh there.
3 Kaya si Solomon at ang buong kapulungang kasama niya ay pumunta sa dambana na nasa Gibeon; dahil naroon ang toldang tipanan ng Diyos na ginawa ni Moises na lingkod ni Yahweh sa ilang.
4 Ngunit dinala ni David ang kaban ng Diyos mula sa Chiriath Jearim sa lugar na kaniyang inihanda para rito sapagkat nagtayo siya ng tolda para dito sa Jerusalem.
5 Sa karagdagan, ang altar na tanso na ginawa ni Besalel na anak ni Uri na anak ni Hur ay nasa harapan ng tabernakulo ni Yahweh; pumanta roon sina Solomon at ang kapulungan.
6 Pumunta si Solomon doon sa altar na tanso sa harapan ni Yahweh, na naroon sa toldang tipanan at naghandog dito ng isang libong sinunog na mga alay.
Then Solomon went up to the bronze altar in front of the Sacred Tent, and he offered 1,000 animals to be [killed and] completely burned [on the altar].
7 Nagpakita ang Diyos kay Solomon ng gabing iyon at sinabi sa kaniya, “Humiling ka! Ano ang dapat kong ibigay sa iyo?”
That night God appeared to Solomon [in a dream] and said to him, “Request whatever you want me to give to you.”
8 Sinabi ni Solomon sa Diyos, “Nagpakita ka ng dakilang katapatan sa tipan kay David na aking ama at ginawa mo akong hari na kahalili niya.
Solomon replied, “You were very kind to David my father, and now you have appointed me to be the king to succeed him.
9 Ngayon, Yahweh na Diyos, isakatuparan mo ang iyong pangako kay David na aking ama, dahil ginawa mo akong hari sa mga tao na ang bilang ay kasing dami ng mga alikabok sa lupa.
So Yahweh my God, you have caused me to become the king to rule people who are as many as the particles of dirt on the earth. So do what you promised my father David.
10 Ngayon bigyan mo ako ng karunungan at kaalaman upang mapamunuan ko ang mga taong ito, sapagkat sino ba ang huhukom sa iyong mga tao na napakarami ang bilang?”
Please enable me to be wise and to know [what I should do], in order that I may rule these people [well], because there is no one who can rule all this great nation of yours [without your help].”
11 Sinabi ng Diyos kay Solomon, “Dahil ito ang nasa iyong puso at dahil hindi ka humiling ng mga yaman, kayamanan o karangalan at hindi mo hiningi ang buhay ng mga may galit sa iyo, o mahabang buhay para sa iyong sarili—ngunit dahil humiling ka ng karunungan at kaalaman para sa iyong sarili, upang mapamunuan mo ang aking mga tao kung saan kita ginawang hari—
God replied, “[I am pleased with what] you desire; you have not requested a huge amount of money or to be honored or that your enemies be killed. And you have not requested that you live for a long time. Instead, you have requested that [I enable] you [to] be wise and [to] know [what you should do] in order that you may govern [well] my people whom I have appointed you to rule.
12 Ibinibigay ko sa iyo ngayon ang karunungan at kaalaman; bibigyan din kita ng yaman, kayamanan, karangalan, higit pa sa nakamtan ng sinumang mga hari na nauna sa iyo at higit pa sa makakamtan ng sinuman na susunod sa iyo.”
Therefore I will enable you to be wise and to know [what you should do to rule my people well]. But I will also enable you to have a huge amount of money and to be honored, more than anyone who was previously a king ever was honored, more than anyone who later becomes king will be honored.”
13 At bumalik si Solomon sa Jerusalem mula sa dambana na nasa Gibeon, mula sa harapan ng toldang tipanan; naghari siya sa buong Israel.
Then Solomon [and the people who were with him all] left from being in front of he Sacred Tent [on the hill in Gibeon], and they returned to Jerusalem. From there he ruled the Israeli people.
14 Nagtipon si Solomon ng mga karwahe at mangangabayo: at nagkaroon siya ng 1, 400 na mga karwahe at labindalawang libong mangangabayo na inilagay niya sa lungsod na pinag-iimbakan ng mga karwahe, at sa kaniya rin, na hari ng Jerusalem.
Solomon acquired 1,400 chariots and 12,000 men who rode [on horses]. He put some of the chariots and horses in Jerusalem, and put some of them in various other cities.
15 Ginawa ng hari ang pilak at ginto na pangkaraniwan sa Jerusalem na parang mga bato at ginawa niyang pangkaraniwan ang sedar na kahoy tulad ng mga puno ng sikamorong nasa mababang mga lupain.
During the years that Solomon was king, silver and gold were as common in Jerusalem as stones, and [lumber from] cedar trees were as plentiful as [lumber from] ordinary sycamore trees in the foothills.
16 Sa pag-aangkat ng mga kabayo mula sa Ehipto at Cilicia para kay Solomon, binili ng kaniyang mga mangangalakal ang mga ito mula sa Cilicia sa mataas na halaga.
Solomon’s horses were imported/brought from Egypt and from [the] Kue [region in Turkey].
17 Nag-angkat sila ng karwahe mula sa Ehipto sa halagang anim na raang siklong pilak at kabayo sa halagang 150 siklo. Iniluluwas din nila ang mga ito sa mga hari ng Heteo at sa mga Arameo.
In Egypt his men paid 15 pounds of silver for each chariot and 3-3/4 pounds of silver for each horse. They also exported/sold many of them to the kings of the Heth and Aram people-groups.
