1 و َبَعْدَ أنْ أكمَلَ سُلَيْمانُ بِناءَ بَيتِ اللهِ وَقَصْرِهِ المَلَكِيِّ. وَعَمِلَ فِيهِما كُلَّ ما شاءَ،

¶ And when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD and the king’s house and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,

2 ظ َهَرَ اللهُ لِسُلَيْمانَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى كَما سَبَقَ أنْ ظَهَرَ لَهُ فِي جِبْعُونَ.

the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.

3 و َقالَ لَهُ اللهُ: «سَمِعْتُ صَلاتَكَ وَطِلْباتِكَ. أنتَ بَنَيتَ لِي هَذا الهَيكَلَ، وَأنا قَدَّسْتُهُ لأجلِ اسْمِي وَلِكَي أُكَرَّمَ فِيهِ إلَى الأبَدِ. سَأحرُسُهُ وَأضَعُهُ فِي قَلْبِي عَلَى الدَّوامِ.

And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made in my presence. I have sanctified this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever, and my eyes and my heart shall be there all the days.

4 و َأنْتَ يا سُلَيْمانُ، عَلَيكَ أنْ تَخدِمَنِي كَداوُدَ أبِيكَ بِقَلبٍ مُخلِصٍ مُستَقِيمٍ، وَتُطِيعَ ما أوصَيتُكَ بِهِ، وَتَحفَظَ شَرائِعِي وَأحكامِي.

And if thou wilt walk before me as David, thy father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, keeping my statutes and my rights,

5 ف َإنْ فَعَلْتَ، فَإنَّ مَلِكَ إسْرائِيلَ سَيَكُونَ مِنْ نَسلِكَ دائِماً كَما وَعَدُّتُ أباكَ داوُدَ وَقُلْتُ لَهُ، سَيَكُونُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ نَسلِهِ دائِماً مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ.»

then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever as I spoke unto David, thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

6 « لَكِنْ إذا تَمَرَّدْتُمْ عَلَيَّ أنتُمْ وَأبناؤُكُمْ، وَلَمْ تَعُودُوا تَحفَظُونَ شَرائِعِي وَوَصايايَ الَّتِي أوصِيكُمْ بِها، وَإذا خَدَمْتُمْ وَعَبَدْتُمْ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى،

But if ye shall obstinately turn from following me, ye or your sons, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,

7 ف َإنِّي سَأنفِي بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لَهُمْ. سَأجعَلُ إسْرائِيلَ عِبْرَةً لِكُلِّ الشُّعُوبِ، وَسَتَصِيرُ أُضحُوكَةً لِلآخَرِينَ. أمّا الهَيكَلُ الَّذِي قَدَّسْتُهُ لِكَي أُكَرَّمَ فِيهِ، فَسَأهْدِمُهُ،

I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them, and this house, which I have sanctified unto my name, I will cast out of my sight, and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples;

8 ف َيَصِيرُ هَذا البَيتُ أيضاً عِبْرَةً لِكُلِّ الشُّعُوبِ. وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَراهُ سَيَصْفُرُ دَهشَةً وَيَقُولُ: ‹لِماذا فَعَلَ اللهُ هَذا الأمرَ الفَظِيعَ بِهَذِهِ الأرْضِ وَبِهَذا الشَّعبِ؟›

and at this house, which was high, any one that passes by it shall be astonished and shall hiss, and they shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land and to this house?

9 ف َيُقالُ: ‹لِأنَّهُمْ تَرَكُوا إلَهَهُمْ. أخرَجَ آباءَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ تَنَكَّرُوا لَهُ وَتَبِعُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى. فَعَبَدُوها وَخَدَمُوها. وَلِهَذا جَلَبَ اللهُ عَلَيهِمْ كُلَّ هَذا.›»

And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt and have taken hold upon other gods and have worshipped them and served them; for this the LORD has brought upon them all this evil.

10 ا ستَغرَقَ بِناءُ سُلَيْمانَ لِبَيتِ اللهِ وَبَيتِه الخاصِّ بهِ عشرِينَ سَنَةً.

¶ And it came to pass at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king’s house

11 و َبَعْدَ تِلْكَ السَّنَواتِ العِشْرِينَ أعطَى سُلَيْمانُ لِحِيرامَ مَلِكِ صُورَ عِشْرِينَ بَلْدَةً فِي الجَلِيلِ، لأنَّهُ ساعَدَهُ فِي بِناءِ الهَيكَلِ وَالقَصْرِ. فَقَدْ زَوَّدَ حِيرامُ سُلَيْمانَ بِكُلِّ الأرْزِ وَالنَّخِيلِ وَالذَّهَبِ الَّلازِمِ لِذَلِكَ.

(for which Hiram, the king of Tyre, had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees and with gold, according to all his desire), that then King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

12 ف َذَهَبَ حِيرامُ مِنْ صُورَ إلَى البَلْداتِ الَّتِي أعطاها سُلَيْمانُ لَهُ، فَلَمّا رَآها، لَمْ تُعجِبْهُ.

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him.

13 ف َقالَ: «ما هَذِهِ البَلداتُ الَّتِي أعطَيتَنِي إيّاها، يا أخِي؟» فَسَمَّى المَلِكُ حِيرامُ تِلْكَ الأرْضَ كابُولَ حَتَّى هَذا اليَومِ.

And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And they called them the land of Cabul unto this day.

14 و َكانَ حِيرامُ قَدْ أرسَلَ لِلمَلِكِ سُلَيْمانَ مِئَةً وَعِشْرِينَ قِنْطاراً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ.

And Hiram had sent the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.

15 و َكانَ سُلَيْمانُ قَدْ جَنَّدَ العُمّالَ لِبِناءِ بَيتِ اللهِ وَقَصْرِهِ. ثُمَّ اسْتَخدَمَ المَلِكُ هَؤُلاءِ العُمّالَ لِبِناءِ مِلُّو وَالسُّورِ المُحِيطِ بِمَدِينَةِ القُدْسِ، وَفِي إعادَةِ بِناءِ مُدُنِ حاصُورَ وَمَجِدُّو وَجازَرَ.

¶ And this is the account of the levy which King Solomon raised to build the house of the LORD and his own house and Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer.

16 و َفِي ماضِي الزَّمانِ هاجَمَ فِرعَوْنُ مِصْرَ مَدِينَةَ جازَرَ وَأحرَقَها، وَقَتَلَ أهلَها الكَنعانِيِّينَ. وَعِندَما تَزَوَّجَ سُلَيْمانُ مِنَ ابْنَةِ فِرعَوْنَ، أعطَى تِلْكَ المَدِينَةَ هَدِيَّةَ زَواجٍ لِسُلَيْمانَ.

For Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had gone up and taken Gezer and burnt it with fire and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city and given it for a gift unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

17 ف َأعادَ سُلَيْمانُ بِناءَ جازَرَ. وَبَنَى أيضاً بَيتَ حُورُونَ السُّفلِيَّ.

And Solomon built Gezer and Bethhoron, the lower,

18 ث ُمَّ بَنَى سُلَيْمانُ مَدِينَتَي بَعلَةَ وَثامارَ فِي بَرِّيَةِ اليَهُودِيَّةِ.

and Baalath and Tadmor in the land of the wilderness,

19 ك َما بَنَى مُدُناً حَيثُما أمكَنَهُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أجلِ خَزْنِ الحُبُوبِ وَغَيرِها. وَبَنَى أماكِنَ مُخَصَّصَةً لِمَرْكَباتِهِ وَأُخرَى لِخَيلِهِ. وَبَنَى سُلَيْمانُ كُلَّ ما رَغِبَ فِي بِنائِهِ فِي القُدْسِ وَفِي لُبْنانَ وَفِي كُلِّ الأراضِي الخاضِعَةِ لِحُكْمِهِ.

likewise all the cities of store that Solomon had and cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion.

20 و َكانَ فِي الأرْضِ كَثِيرُونَ مِنْ غَيرِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، مِمَّنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا القَضاءَ عَلَيْهِمْ. فَكانَ هُناكَ أمُّورِيُّونَ، وَحِثِّيُّونَ، وَفِرِزِّيُّونَ، وَحَوِيُّونَ، وَيَبُوسِيُّونَ.

And all the peoples that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the sons of Israel,

21 ل َمْ يَكُنْ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ قَدْ قَدِرُوا عَلَى القَضاءِ عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ. لَكِنَّ سُلَيْمانَ أجْبَرَهُمْ عَلَى أنْ يَكُونوا عَبِيداً لَدَيهِ. وَما زالُوا عَبِيداً إلَى هَذا اليَومِ.

their children that were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, upon those Solomon levied a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

22 و َلَمْ يُجْبِرْ سُلَيْمانُ أيّاً مِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى أنْ يَكُونوا عَبِيداً لَدَيهِ. بَلْ كانُوا جُنُوداً، وَمَسْؤُولِينَ إدارِيِّينَ، وَضُبّاطاً، وَمَسْؤُولِينَ كِباراً، وَقادَةَ مَركَباتِهِ، وفرساناً.

But of the sons of Israel, Solomon did not impose service, but they were men of war, or his slaves or his princes or his captains or rulers of his chariots or his horsemen.

23 و َأشْرَفَ عَلَى مَشارِيعِ سُلَيْمانَ خَمْسُ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسُونَ رَجُلاً. فَكانُوا يُوَجِّهُونَ العُمّالَ فِي عَمَلِهِمْ.

And those that Solomon had made princes and officers over Solomon’s work were five hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people that wrought in the work.

24 و َانتَقَلَتِ ابْنَةُ فِرعَوْنَ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ إلَى البَيتِ الكَبِيرِ الَّذِي بَناهُ سُلَيْمانُ لَها، ثُمَّ بَنَى مِلُّو.

But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her; then he built Millo.

25 و َاعتادَ سُلَيْمانُ أنْ يُقَدِّمَ ذَبائِحَ صاعِدَةً وَذَبائِحَ سَلامٍ عَلَى المَذبَحِ الَّذِي بَناهُ للهِ ثَلاثَ مَرّاتٍ فِي السَّنَةِ. وَكانَ يَحرِقُ بَخُوراً للهِ ، وَيُزَوِّدُ الهَيكَلَ بِكُلِّ ما يَحتاجُهُ.

And three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD, after the house was finished.

26 و َصَنَعَ سُلَيْمانُ أيَضاً سُفُناً فِي عِصْيُونِ جابِرَ، وَهِيَ بَلْدَةٌ قُرْبَ أيلَةَ عَلَى شاطِئِ البَحرِ الأحمَرِ في أرْضِ أدومَ.

And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.

27 ف َأرسَلَ المَلِكُ حِيرامُ بَعضاً مِنْ رِجالِهِ الخَبِيرِينَ بِالمِلاحَةِ وَبِالسُّفُنِ لِمُساعَدَةِ رِجالِ سُلَيْمانَ فِي العملِ.

And Hiram sent in the navy his slaves, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the slaves of Solomon.

28 و َأبحَرَتْ سُفُنُ سُلَيْمانَ إلَى مَدينَةِ أُوفِيرَ، وَجَلَبَتْ أربَعَ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ قِنْطاراً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ مِنْ هُناكَ إلَى المَلِكِ سُلَيْمانَ.

And they went to Ophir and brought gold from there, four hundred and twenty talents and brought it to king Solomon.