2 Chronicles 8
1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
Ikawa karibu ya mwisho wa miaka ishirini, kipindi ambacho Selemani alikuwa ameijenga nyumba ya Yahwe na ya kwake mwenye,
2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
kwamba Selemani akaiajenga miji ambayo Hiramu alikuwa amempa, na ndani yake akawaweka watu wa Israeli.
3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.
Selemani akauavamia Hamathzoba, akaushinda.
4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
Akaijenga Tadmori katika nyika, na miji yote ya hazina, ambayo aliijenga katika Hamathi.
5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Pia akaujenga Beth-horoni wa juu, na Beth-horoni wa chini, miji iliyozungushiwa kwa ukuta, malango, na makomeo.
6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
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.
7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
Kuhusu watu wengine wote ambao walikuwa wamesalia wa Wahiti, Waamori, Waperizi, Wahivi, Wayebusi, ambao hawakuwa wa Israeli,
8 But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.
watoto wao ambao waliachwa baada yao katika nchi, ambaoa watu wa Israeli hawakuwaangamiza—Selemani akawafanyisha kazi kwa nguvu, ndivyo walivyo hata leo.
9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.
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.
10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
Pia hawa walikuwa wakuu wa wakuu wakisimamia wasimamizi waliokuwa wa mfalme Selemani, walikuwa 250, waliowasimamia watu walioifanya kazi.
11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, unto which the ark of the LORD has come.
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”.
12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
Kisha Selemani akatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa juu ya madhabahu yake ambayo alikuwa ametengeza mbele ya ukumbi.
13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
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.
14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
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.
15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
Watu hawa hawakupotea kutoka kwenye amri ya mfalme kwa makuhani na Walawi kuhusu jambo lolote, au kuhusu vyumba vya hazina.
16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
Kazi yote aliyoagizwa na Selemani ikakamilika, kutoka siku msingi wa nyumba ya Yahwe ulipowekwa hadi ilipokamilika. Nyumba ya Yahwe ikamalizika.
17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
Kisha Selemani akaenda Esion geberi, na Elothi, juu ya pwani katika nchi ya Edomu.
18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
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.
