1 و َاسْتَدعَى داوُدُ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ كُلَّ قادَةِ إسْرائِيلَ، وَرُؤَساءَ القَبائِلِ، وَرُؤَساءَ الفِرَقِ الَّتِي تَخدِمُ المَلِكَ، وَرُؤَساءَ الآلافِ، وَرُؤَساءَ المِئاتِ، وَالمَسؤُولِينَ عَنْ كُلِّ أملاكِ المَلِكِ وَماشِيَتِهِ وَأبنائِهِ، مَعَ المَسؤُولِينَ فِي حاشِيَةِ القَصْرِ، وَالمُحارِبِينَ وَكُلِّ رَجُلٍ لَهُ وَزْنٌ.

David gathered together all the leaders of Israel. There were leaders of the family groups, and leaders of the armies that served the king. There were captains of thousands, and of hundreds. There were leaders who cared for all the things and animals belonging to the king and his sons. There were the leaders and all the powerful soldiers.

2 و َوَقَفَ المَلِكُ داوُدُ وَقالَ: «اسْمَعُونِي يا إخْوَتِي وَشَعبِي. كُنتُ أنوِي بِناءَ مَكانِ راحَةٍ وَاسْتِقْرارٍ لِصُنْدُوقِ عَهْدِ اللهِ ، لِمَوطِئِ قَدَمَيِّ إلَهِنا. وَأعدَدْتُ لِبِنائِهِ.

Then King David stood up and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I had wanted to build a house of rest for the special box with the Law of the Lord, a place for God to rest His feet, so I had made plans to build it.

3 ل َكِنَّ اللهَ قالَ لِي: لا يَجُوزُ لَكَ أنْ تَبنِي بَيتاً لاسْمِي، لِأنَّكَ رَجُلُ حَربٍ، وَقَدْ سَفَكْتَ دِماءً كَثِيرَةً.

But God said to me, ‘You must not build a house for My name, because you are a man of war and blood.’

4 « لَكِنَّ اللهَ ، إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، اختارَنِي مِنْ بَينِ كُلِّ عائِلَتِي لِأكُونَ مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ إلَى الأبَدِ. فَقَدِ اختارَ يَهُوذا قائِداً. وَمِنْ بَيتِ يَهُوذا اختارَ عائِلَتِي. وَمِنْ بَينِ إخْوَتِي شاءَ أنْ يَجْعَلَنِي أنا مَلِكاً عَلَى كُلِّ إسْرائِيلَ.

But the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from all the house of my father to be the king of Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be a leader. And in the house of Judah, my father’s house, and among my father’s sons, He was pleased to make me king of all Israel.

5 و َمِنْ بَينِ كُلِّ أبنائِيَ – وَقَدْ أعطانِيَ اللهُ أبناءً كَثِيرِينَ – اختارَ ابْنِي سُلَيْمانَ لِلْجُلُوسِ عَلَى عَرشِ مَملَكَةِ اللهِ ، إسْرائِيلَ.

The Lord has given me many sons. And of all my sons, He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the nation of the Lord over Israel.

6 و َقالَ لِي: ‹ابنُكَ سُلَيْمانُ هُوَ الَّذِي سَيَبنِي بَيتِي وَساحاتِي، لِأنِّي قَدِ اختَرتُهُ لِيَكُونَ لِيَ ابناً، وَأكُونَ لَهُ أباً.

He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon is the one who will build My house and My open spaces. For I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his father.

7 و َسَأُثَبِّتُ إلَى الأبَدِ مَملَكَتَهُ، إذا كانَ جادّاً فِي اتِّباعِ وَصايايَ وَفَرائِضِي كَما يَفعَلُ اليَومَ.›»

I will make him king forever, if he is faithful to obey My Words and My Laws, as he is doing now.’

8 و َقالَ دَاوُدُ: «وَالآنَ أطلُبُ إلَيكُمْ، بشَهادَةِ جَمِيعِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، جَماعَةِ اللهِ ، وَعَلَى مَسمَعِ إلَهِنا، أنْ تَتَّبِعُوا وَصايا إلَهِكُمْ بِكُلِّ تَدقِيقٍ، لِكَي تَملِكُوا هَذِهِ الأرْضَ الطَّيِّبَةَ، وَتُورِّثُوها لِأبْنائِكُمْ إلَى الأبَدِ.

So now I say to you in front of all these people of Israel, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to do all the Law of the Lord your God. If you obey you will receive the good land and also leave it to your children after you forever.

9 « أمّا أنْتَ يا ابْنِي سُلَيْمانَ، فَاعرِفْ إلَهَ أبِيكَ، وَاخدِمْهُ بِقَلبٍ سَلِيمٍ وَرُوحٍ راغِبَةٍ، لِأنَّ اللهَ يَفحَصُ كُلَّ القُلُوبِ، وَيَفهَمُ كُلَّ الأفكارِ. اسْعَ إلَيهِ، وَسَتَجِدُهُ. أمّا إذا تَرَكْتَهُ فَسَيَرْفُضُكَ إلَى الأبَدِ.

“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father. Serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord looks into all hearts, and understands every plan and thought. If you look to Him, He will let you find Him. But if you turn away from Him, He will turn away from you forever.

10 و َها قَدِ اختارَكَ اللهُ لِتَبْنِيَ بَيتاً مُقَدَّساً. فَتَشَجَّعْ وَابْدأِ العَمَلَ.»

Listen now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a place of worship. Be strong, and do it.”

11 ث ُمَّ أعْطَى داوُدُ ابنَهُ سُلَيْمانَ مُخَطَّطَ دِهلِيزِ الهَيكَلِ وَمَبانِيهِ وَمَخازِنِهِ، وَغُرَفِهِ العُلْوِيَّةِ، وَغُرفَةِ كُرسِيِّ الرَّحمَةِ.

Then David gave his son Solomon the plan of the porch of the Lord’s house, its buildings, and its store-houses. He gave him the plan of the rooms on its second floor, its inside rooms, and the room for the mercy-seat.

12 و َأعطاهُ مُخَطَّطاً لِكُلِّ ما كانَ فِي ذِهنِهِ لِبِناءِ ساحَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ وَلِكُلِّ الغُرَفِ المُحِيطَةِ بِها، وَلِكُلِّ مَخازِنِ بَيتِ اللهِ، وَلِكُلِّ المَخازِنِ المُخَصَّصَةِ لِلعَطايا المُقَدَّمَةِ للهِ.

He gave him the plan of all he had in mind. It showed the open spaces of the Lord’s house, and all the rooms around them. It showed the store-houses of the house of God, and the store-houses of the holy things.

13 و َأعطاهُ نِظامَ فِرَقِ الكَهَنَةِ وَالَّلاوِيِّينَ، وَلِكُلِّ عَمَلِ خِدمَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ ، وَلِكُلِّ الآنِيَةِ باستِعمالاتِها المُختَلِفَةِ فِي خِدمَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ.

He gave him the plan for the way the religious leaders and the Levites were to be divided up for all the work of the Lord’s house. He told how all the objects were to be used in worship in the Lord’s house.

14 و َبَيَّنَ لَهُ أوزانَ آنِيَةِ الذَّهَبِ بِحَسَبِ اسْتِخدامِها، وَأوزانَ آنِيَةِ الفِضَّةِ وَجَمِيعِ الآنِيَةِ باسْتِعمالاتِها المُختَلِفَةِ.

David gave the weight of all the gold objects to be used in each part of worship. He gave the weight for all the silver objects to be used in each part of the worship.

15 ك َما بَيَّنَ لَهُ أوزانَ المنائِرِ الذَّهَبِيَّةِ وَسُرُجِها، وَأوزانَ المنائِرِ الفِضِّيَّةِ وَسُرُجِها بِحَسَبِ اسْتِخدامِها.

The plan gave the weight of gold for the gold lamp-stands and gold lamps. It gave the weight of each lamp-stand and its lamps. It gave the weight of silver for the silver lamp-stands. It gave the weight of each lamp-stand and its lamps, by the use of each lamp-stand.

16 و َبَيَّنَ لَهُ وَزنَ الذَّهَبِ اللّازِمِ لِصُنعِ مَوائِدِ الخُبزِ المُقَدَّسِ، وَوَزنَ الفِضَّةِ لِصُنعِ المَوائِدِ الفِضِّيَّةِ،

It gave the weight of gold for each table of holy bread, and of silver for the silver tables.

17 و َوَزنَ الذَّهَبِ النَقِيِّ لِصُنْعِ المَلاقِطِ وَطاساتِ الرَّشِّ وَالأبارِيقِ وَالأطباقِ الذَّهَبِيَّةِ وَالأطباقِ الفِضِّيَّةِ، وَوَزْنَ كُلِّ طَبَقٍ مِنها.

It gave the weight of the meat-hooks, the pots and the cups of pure gold. It gave the weight for each of the gold and silver pots.

18 و َبَيَّنَ لَهُ وَزنَ الذَّهَبِ المُصَفَّى اللّازِمِ لِصُنعِ مَذْبَحِ البَخُورِ. وَبَيَّنَ لَهُ نَمُوذَجَ المَركَبَةِ الذَّهَبِيَّةِ – أي مَلاكَيِ الكَرُوبِيمَ اللَّذينِ يَفرِدانِ أجنِحَتَهُما وَيُظَلِّلانِ صُنْدُوقَ عَهدِ اللهِ.

It gave the weight of the fine gold of the altar of special perfume, and of the gold wagon and of the cherubim that spread out their wings and covered the special box with the Law of the Lord.

19 أ عطَى داوُدُ سُلَيْمانَ هَذِهِ التَّعلِيماتِ مَكتُوبَةً، كَما اسْتَلَمَها مِنَ اللهِ. وَشَرَحَها لَهُ بِكُلِّ تَفْصِيلٍ بَحَسَبِ المُخَطَّطاتِ.

David said, “This is in writing because His hand was upon me. He helped me to know all the plan.”

20 ث ُمَّ قالَ داوُدُ لابْنِهِ سُلَيْمانَ: «تَشَدَّدْ وَتَشَجَّعْ وَنَفِّذْ هَذا الأمْرَ. وَلا تَخَفْ وَلا تَفْشَلْ. لِأنَّ اللهَ ، إلَهِي مَعَكَ. لَنْ يَتَخَلَّى عَنْكَ وَلَنْ يَترُكَكَ إلَى أنْ تُنهِيَ كُلَّ عَمَلِ خِدمَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ.

Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong. Have strength of heart, and do it. Do not be afraid or troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not stop helping you. He will not leave you until all the work of the house of the Lord is finished.

21 و َها هِيَ فِرَقُ الكَهَنَةِ وَالَّلاوِيِّينَ لِكُلِّ خِدمَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ. وَتَحْتَ تَصَرُّفِكَ كُلُّ العُمّالِ الماهِرِينَ فِي أيَّةِ خِدْمَةٍ. وَمَعكَ أيضاً المَسؤُولُونَ وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ.»

See, the religious leaders and the Levites are divided up to do all the work of the house of God. Every willing man who is able to do a special work will help you in all that is to be done. The leaders and all the people will do what you say.”