2 Chronicles 8

1 Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.

Nach Ablauf der zwanzig Jahre aber, während welcher Salomo den Tempel Jahwes und seinen Palast erbaut hatte,

2 Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.

befestigte Salomo die Städte, die Huram dem Salomo abgetreten hatte, und siedelte dort die Israeliten an.

3 Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.

Sodann zog Salomo nach Hamath bei Zoba und überwältigte es.

4 His workers also rebuilt walls around Tadmor [town] in the desert, and in [the] Hamath [region] in all the towns where they kept supplies.

Und er befestigte Tadmor in der Wüste und alle die Vorratsstädte, die er in Hamath errichtete.

5 They rebuilt Upper Beth-Horon [town] and Lower Beth-Horon [city], and built walls around them with gates [in the walls] and bars [to fasten the gates].

Weiter befestigte er das obere Beth-Horon und das untere Beth-Horon als Festungen mit Mauern, Thoren und Riegeln,

6 They also rebuilt Baalath [town] and all the cities where supplies were kept and the cities where Solomon’s chariots and horses were kept. Solomon’s [workers] built whatever he wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area that he ruled.

ferner Baalath und alle Vorratsstädte, die Salomo gehörten, und alle die Wagenstädte und die Städte für die Reiter und was immer Salomo zu Jerusalem, auf dem Libanon und im ganzen Bereiche seiner Herrschaft zu erbauen wünschte.

7 Solomon forced people from many other groups who were not Israelis to work for him like slaves. They were people from the Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups.

Alles nun, was noch übrig war von den Hethitern, Amoritern, Pheresitern, Hevitern und Jebusitern, die nicht zu den Israeliten gehörten,

8 They were descendants of groups whom the Israelis had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his slaves, and they are still slaves.

- Nachkommen von ihnen, die noch übrig waren im Lande, die die Israeliten nicht vertilgt hatten, - die hob Salomo zum Frondienst aus, und so fronen sie bis auf den heutigen Tag.

9 But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.

Von den Israeliten aber machte Salomo keine Leibeigenen für seine Arbeiter, sondern sie waren Kriegsleute und die Befehlshaber über seine Wagenkämpfer und die Befehlshaber über seine Wagen und Reiter.

10 They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.

Und dies waren die obersten Beamten der Vögte des Königs Salomo: 250, welche über die Leute die Aufsicht führten.

11 Solomon moved his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt, from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the place that his workers had built for her. He said, “I do not want my wife to live in the palace that [my father] King David’s workers built, because the Sacred Chest [was in that palace for a while], and any place where the Sacred Chest has been is holy.”

Und die Tochter des Pharao brachte Salomo aus der Stadt Davids in das Haus, das er für sie erbaut hatte; denn er sprach: Es soll mir kein Weib im Palaste Davids, des Königs von Israel, wohnen; denn sie sind ein Heiligtum, weil die Lade Jahwes zu ihnen eingegangen ist.

12 On the altar that Solomon’s [workers] had built in front of the entrance [to the temple], Solomon sacrificed many offerings that were to be completely burned.

Damals brachte Salomo Jahwe Brandopfer dar auf dem Altar Jahwes, den er vor der Vorhalle errichtet hatte,

13 He did that to obey the rules about what sacrifices Moses had declared should be made. These included sacrifices for every day and for the Sabbath days and to celebrate each day on which there was a new moon and for the three other festivals that were celebrated each year. Those festivals were the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.

und zwar, wie es jeden Tag erforderlich war, indem er entsprechend dem Gebote Moses an den Sabbaten und den Neumonden und den Festen dreimal im Jahre - am Fest der ungesäuerten Brote, am Wochenfest und am Laubhüttenfest - Opfer brachte.

14 Obeying what his father David had commanded, he appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates, because that was also what David, the man who pleased God [very well], had commanded.

Und nach der Anordnung seines Vaters David bestellte er die Abteilungen der Priester zu ihrem Dienst und die Leviten zu ihren Amtsverichtungen, zu lobsingen und bei den Priestern Dienste zu leisten, so wie es ein jeder Tag erforderte, und die Thorhüter nach ihren Abteilungen für die einzelnen Thore; denn so lautete der Befehl Davids, des Mannes Gottes.

15 The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.

Man wich in keinem Stücke von dem Befehle des Königs in betreff der Priester und der Leviten und der Schatzkammern ab.

16 They did all the work [of building the temple] that Solomon told them to do, until it was all completed. So they finishing building the temple.

Und so wurde das ganze Werk Salomos fertig gestellt vom Tage der Gründung des Tempels an bis zu seiner Vollendung; der Tempel Jahwes war fertig.

17 Then some of Solomon’s men went to Ezion-Geber and Elath [cities] on the coast of the Red Sea, an area that belonged to the Edom people-group.

Damals zog Salomo nach Ezeon-Geber und nach Eloth am Ufer des Meers im Lande Edom.

18 King Hiram sent to Solomon from [Tyre city] some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon’s men to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back about 17 tons of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.

Huram aber sandte ihm durch seine Leute Schiffe und Leute, die mit dem Meere vertraut waren. Und sie gelangten zusammen mit den Leuten Salomos nach Ophir und holten von dort 450 Talente Goldes und brachten es zum Könige Salomo.