٢ أخبار 2

١ 1 وَأَمَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ بِبِنَاءِ بَيْتٍ لِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَبَيْتٍ لِمُلْكِهِ.

And Solomon said that he would build a house to the name of the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.

٢ 2 وَأَحْصَى سُلَيْمَانُ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ حَمَّالٍ، وَثَمَانِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ نَحَّاتٍ فِي ٱلْجَبَلِ، وَوُكَلَاءَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَلَاثَةَ آلَافٍ وَسِتَّ مِئَةٍ.

And Solomon gathered seventy thousand men that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain, and [there were] three thousand six hundred superintendents over them.

٣ 3 وَأَرْسَلَ سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى حُورَامَ مَلِكِ صُورَ قَائِلًا: «كَمَا فَعَلْتَ مَعَ دَاوُدَ أَبِي إِذْ أَرْسَلْتَ لَهُ أَرْزًا لِيَبْنِيَ لَهُ بَيْتًا يَسْكُنُ فِيهِ،

And Solomon sent to Chiram king of Tyre, saying, Whereas thou didst deal [favourably] with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build for himself a house to dwell in,

٤ 4 فَهَأَنَذَا أَبْنِي بَيْتًا لِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِي لِأُقَدِّسَهُ لَهُ، لِأُوقِدَ أَمَامَهُ بَخُورًا عَطِرًا، وَلِخُبْزِ ٱلْوُجُوهِ ٱلدَّائِمِ، وَلِلْمُحْرَقَاتِ صَبَاحًا وَمَسَاءً، وَلِلسُّبُوتِ وَٱلْأَهِلَّةِ وَمَوَاسِمِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا. هَذَا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.

behold, I also his son am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to consecrate it to him, to burn incense before him, and [to offer] shewbread continually, and to offer up whole-burnt-offerings continually morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts of the Lord our God: this [is] a perpetual [statute] for Israel.

٥ 5 وَٱلْبَيْتُ ٱلَّذِي أَنَا بَانِيهِ عَظِيمٌ لِأَنَّ إِلَهَنَا أَعْظَمُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلْآلِهَةِ.

And the house which I am building [is to be] great: for the Lord our God [is] great beyond all gods.

٦ 6 وَمَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَبْنِيَ لَهُ بَيْتًا، لِأَنَّ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَسَمَاءَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تَسَعُهُ! وَمَنْ أَنَا حَتَّى أَبْنِيَ لَهُ بَيْتًا إِلَّا لِلْإِيقَادِ أَمَامَهُ؟

And who will be able to build him a house? for the heaven and heaven of heavens do not bear his glory: and who am I, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

٧ 7 فَٱلْآنَ أَرْسِلْ لِي رَجُلًا حَكِيمًا فِي صَنَاعَةِ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلنُّحَاسِ وَٱلْحَدِيدِ وَٱلْأُرْجُوَانِ وَٱلْقِرْمِزِ وَٱلْأَسْمَانْجُونِيِّ، مَاهِرًا فِي ٱلنَّقْشِ، مَعَ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ عِنْدِي فِي يَهُوذَا وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَعَدَّهُمْ دَاوُدُ أَبِي.

And now send me a man wise and skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in blue, and one that knows how to grave together with the craftsmen who are with me in Juda and in Jerusalem, which materials my father David prepared.

٨ 8 وَأَرْسِلْ لِي خَشَبَ أَرْزٍ وَسَرْوٍ وَصَنْدَلٍ مِنْ لُبْنَانَ، لِأَنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ عَبِيدَكَ مَاهِرُونَ فِي قَطْعِ خَشَبِ لُبْنَانَ. وَهُوَذَا عَبِيدِي مَعَ عَبِيدِكَ.

And send me from Libanus cedar wood, and wood of juniper, and pine; for I know that thy servants are skilled in cutting timber in Libanus: and, behold, thy servants shall go with my servants,

٩ 9 وَلْيُعِدُّوا لِي خَشَبًا بِكَثْرَةٍ لِأَنَّ ٱلْبَيْتَ ٱلَّذِي أَبْنِيهِ عَظِيمٌ وَعَجِيبٌ.

to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building [must be] great and glorious.

١٠ 10 وَهَأَنَذَا أُعْطِي لِلْقَطَّاعِينَ ٱلْقَاطِعِينَ ٱلْخَشَبَ عِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ كُرٍّ مِنَ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ طَعَامًا لِعَبِيدِكَ، وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ كُرِّ شَعِيرٍ، وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ بَثِّ خَمْرٍ، وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ بَثِّ زَيْتٍ».

And, behold, I have given freely to thy servants that work and cut the wood, corn for food, [even] twenty thousand measures of wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil.

١١ 11 فَقَالَ حُورَامُ مَلِكُ صُورَ بِكِتَابَةٍ أَرْسَلَهَا إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ: «لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ أَحَبَّ شَعْبَهُ جَعَلَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَلِكًا».

And Chiram king of Tyre answered in writing, and sent to Solomon, saying, Because the Lord loved his people, he made thee king over them.

١٢ 12 وَقَالَ حُورَامُ: «مُبَارَكٌ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِي صَنَعَ ٱلسَّمَاءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ، ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَى دَاوُدَ ٱلْمَلِكَ ٱبْنًا حَكِيمًا صَاحِبَ مَعْرِفَةٍ وَفَهْمٍ، ٱلَّذِي يَبْنِي بَيْتًا لِلرَّبِّ وَبَيْتًا لِمُلْكِهِ.

And Chiram said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to king David a wise son, and one endowed with knowledge and understanding, who shall build a house for the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.

١٣ 13 وَٱلْآنَ أَرْسَلْتُ رَجُلًا حَكِيمًا صَاحِبَ فَهْمٍ «حُورَامَ أَبِي»،

And now I have sent thee a wise and understanding man [who belonged] to Chiram my father

١٤ 14 ٱبْنَ ٱمْرَأَةٍ مِنْ بَنَاتِ دَانَ، وَأَبُوهُ رَجُلٌ صُورِيٌّ مَاهِرٌ فِي صَنَاعَةِ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلنُّحَاسِ وَٱلْحَدِيدِ وَٱلْحِجَارَةِ وَٱلْخَشَبِ وَٱلْأُرْجُوانِ وَٱلْأَسْمَانْجُونِيِّ وَٱلْكَتَّانِ وَٱلْقِرْمِزِ، وَنَقْشِ كُلِّ نَوْعٍ مِنَ ٱلنَّقْشِ، وَٱخْتِرَاعِ كُلِّ ٱخْتِرَاعٍ يُلْقَى عَلَيْهِ، مَعَ حُكَمَائِكَ وَحُكَمَاءِ سَيِّدِي دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ.

(his mother [was] of the daughters of Dan, and his father [was] a Tyrian), skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in stones and wood; and to weave with purple, and blue, and fine linen, and scarlet; and to engrave, and to understand every device, whatsoever thou shalt give him [to do] with thy craftsmen, and the craftsmen of my lord David thy father.

١٥ 15 وَٱلْآنَ ٱلْحِنْطَةُ وَٱلشَّعِيرُ وَٱلزَّيْتُ وَٱلْخَمْرُ ٱلَّتِي ذَكَرَهَا سَيِّدِي فَلْيُرْسِلْهَا لِعَبِيدِهِ.

And now, the wheat, and the barley, and the oil, and the wine which my lord mentioned, let him send to his servants.

١٦ 16 وَنَحْنُ نَقْطَعُ خَشَبًا مِنْ لُبْنَانَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ ٱحْتِيَاجِكَ، وَنَأْتِي بِهِ إِلَيْكَ أَرْمَاثًا عَلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ إِلَى يَافَا، وَأَنْتَ تُصْعِدُهُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ».

And we will cut timber out of Libanus according to all thy need, and we will bring it on rafts to the sea of Joppa, and thou shalt bring it to Jerusalem.

١٧ 17 وَعَدَّ سُلَيْمَانُ جَمِيعَ ٱلرِّجَالِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَعْدَ ٱلْعَدِّ ٱلَّذِي عَدَّهُمْ إِيَّاهُ دَاوُدُ أَبُوهُ، فَوُجِدُوا مِئَةً وَثَلَاثَةً وَخَمْسِينَ أَلْفًا وَسِتَّ مِئَةٍ.

And Solomon gathered all the foreigners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.

١٨ 18 فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُمْ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ حَمَّالٍ، وَثَمَانِينَ أَلْفَ قَطَّاعٍ عَلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ، وَثَلَاثَةَ آلَافٍ وَسِتَّ مِئَةٍ وُكَلَاءَ لِتَشْغِيلِ ٱلشَّعْبِ.

And he made of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers of stone, and three thousand six hundred taskmasters over the people.