2 Chronik 8
1 In zwanzig Jahren hatte Salomo das Haus des Herrn und sein Haus erbaut.
Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
2 Danach baute Salomo die Städte aus, die Churam dem Salomo gegeben, und siedelte Israeliten darin an.
Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
3 Dann zog Salomo nach Hamat bei Soba und eroberte es.
Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
4 Er baute auch Tadmor in der Wüste und alle Vorratsstädte aus, die er in Hamat angelegt hatte.
His workers also rebuilt walls around Tadmor [town] in the desert, and in [the] Hamath [region] in all the towns where they kept supplies.
5 Er baute auch Ober- und Nieder-Bet Choron aus, Festungen mit Mauern, Toren und Riegeln,
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].
6 ferner Baalat und alle Vorratsstädte, die Salomo besaß, alle Wagenstädte, die Städte für die Reiter und alles, was Salomo zu bauen wünschte in Jerusalem, auf dem Libanon und in seinem ganzen Herrschaftsbereich.
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.
7 Aus allem Volk, das von den Chittitern, Amoritern, Perizitern, Chiwitern und Jebusitern übrig war und das nicht aus Israel war,
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.
8 von seinen Söhnen, die nach ihm im Lande geblieben waren und die die Israeliten nicht ausgerottet hatten, hob Salomo zum Frondienst aus bis auf diesen Tag.
They were descendants of groups whom the Israelis had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his slaves, and they are still slaves.
9 Aber von den Israeliten machte Salomo keinen zum Knecht für seine Arbeit. Sie wurden Kriegsleute, Befehlshaber seiner Wagenkämpfer und Befehlshaber seiner Wagen und Reiter.
But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
10 Dies waren die Oberen der Vögte des Königs Salomo, 210, die die Leute beaufsichtigten.
They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
11 Salomo aber brachte Pharaos Tochter aus der Davidsstadt in das Haus, das er für sie gebaut hatte. Denn er sprach: "Kein Weib wohne mir im Hause Davids, des Königs von Israel! Denn der Ort ist heilig, weil dahin die Lade des Herrn gekommen ist."
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.”
12 Damals brachte Salomo dem Herrn Brandopfer dar, auf dem Altar des Herrn, den er vor der Vorhalle erbaut hatte.
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.
13 Das Tägliche brachte er dar nach des Moses Gebot an den Sabbaten, Neumonden und Festen und dreimal im Jahre, an dem Feste der ungesäuerten Brote, am Wochenfeste und am Hüttenfeste.
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.
14 Nach seines Vaters David Anordnung bestellte er die Priesterabteilungen zu ihrem Dienste und die Leviten zu ihren Amtsverrichtungen, daß sie lobsangen und bei den Priestern den täglichen Dienst taten, ferner die Torhüter nach ihren Abteilungen für jedes Tor. Denn so war es Befehl des Gottesmannes David.
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.
15 Man war in keinem Stücke abgewichen von des Königs Befehl betreffs der Priester und Leviten und der Schatzkammern.
The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
16 So ward Salomos ganzes Werk fertig, von dem Tage an, an dem das Haus des Herrn gegründet wurde, bis zur gänzlichen Vollendung des Hauses des Herrn.
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.
17 Damals war Salomo nach Esiongeber und Elot am Meeresufer im Lande Edom gezogen.
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.
18 Churam aber sandte ihm durch seine Knechte Schiffe mit meereskundigen Knechten. Und sie kamen mit Salomos Knechten nach Ophir. Von da holten sie 450 Talente Gold und brachten es dem König Salomo.
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.
