1 Kings 9

1 Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,

1 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ أَتَمَّ سُلَيْمَانُ بِنَاءَ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَقَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَكُلِّ مَا رَغِبَ أَنْ يُقِيمَهُ مِنْ مَبَانٍ أُخْرَى.

2 the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.

2 تَجَلَّى الرَّبُّ لِسُلَيْمَانَ ثَانِيَةً كَمَا تَجَلَّى لَهُ فِي جِبْعُونَ،

3 And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

3 وَقَالَ لَهُ: «سَمِعْتُ صَلاتَكَ وَتَضَرُّعَكَ الَّذِي رَفَعْتَهُ أَمَامِي، لِهَذَا قَدَّسْتُ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلَ الَّذِي شَيَّدْتَهُ لأَضَعَ اسْمِي عَلَيْهِ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، فَتَكُونُ عَيْنَايَ وَقَلْبِي هُنَاكَ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ.

4 And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

4 فَإِنْ سَلَكْتَ أَنْتَ أَمَامِي كَمَا سَلَكَ أَبُوكَ دَاوُدُ بِكَمَالِ الْقَلْبِ وَالاسْتِقَامَةِ، وَطَبَّقْتَ كُلَّ مَا أَمَرْتُكَ بِهِ، وَأَطَعْتَ فَرَائِضِي وَأَحْكَامِي،

5 then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

5 فَإِنِّي أُثَبِّتُ كُرْسِيَّ مُلْكِكَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، كَمَا وَعَدْتُ دَاوُدَ أَبَاكَ قَائِلاً: لَا يَنْقَرِضُ مِنْ نَسْلِكَ مَنْ يَمْلِكُ عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

6 But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

6 أَمَّا إِنِ انْحَرَفْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاؤُكُمْ عَنِ اتِّبَاعِي، وَلَمْ تُطِيعُوا وَصَايَايْ وَفَرَائِضِي الَّتِي سَنَنْتُهَا لَكُمْ، وَغَوَيْتُمْ عَابِدِينَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى وَسَجَدْتُمْ لَهَا،

7 then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

7 فَإِنِّي أُبِيدُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لَهُمْ، وَأَنْبِذُ الْهَيْكَلَ الَّذِي قَدَّسْتُهُ لاِسْمِي، فَيُصْبِحُ إِسْرَائِيلُ مَثَلاً وَمَثَارَ هُزْءٍ لِجَمِيعِ الأُمَمِ.

8 And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

8 وَيُصْبِحُ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلُ عِبْرَةً يُثِيرُ عَجَبَ كُلِّ مَنْ يَمُرُّ بِهِ، فَيَصْفُرُ وَيَتَسَاءَلُ: لِمَاذَا صَنَعَ الرَّبُّ هَكَذَا بِهَذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَبِهَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ؟

9 And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”

9 فَيَأْتِيهُمُ الْجَوَابُ: لأَنَّهُمْ تَرَكُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمُ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَ آبَاءَهُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَتَشَبَّثُوا بِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى وَسَجَدُوا لَهَا وَعَبَدُوهَا، لِذَلِكَ جَلَبَ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ هَذَا الْبَلاءِ».

10 Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses, the house of the LORD and the royal palace,

10 وَفِي نِهَايَةِ الْعِشْرِينَ عَاماً الَّتِي بَنَى سُلَيْمَانُ فِي أَثْنَائِهَا هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ وَقَصْرَ الْمَلِكِ

11 King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.

11 أَعْطَى سُلَيْمَانُ حِيرَامَ مَلِكَ صُورَ عِشْرِينَ مَدِينَةً فِي أَرْضِ الْجَلِيلِ، لأَنَّهُ أَمَدَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بِخَشَبِ أَرْزٍ وَخَشَبِ سَرْوٍ وَذَهَبٍ عَلَى قَدْرِ طَلَبِهِ.

12 So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.

12 فَجَاءَ حِيرَامُ مِنْ صُورٍ لِيَتَفَقَّدَ الْمُدُنَ الَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا سُلَيْمَانُ لَهُ، فَلَمْ تَرُقْ لَهُ،

13 “What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram, and he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are called to this day.

13 فَتَسَاءَلَ: «مَا هَذِهِ الْمُدُنُ الَّتِي أَعْطَيْتَنِي إِيَّاهَا يَا أَخِي؟» وَدَعَاهَا «أَرْضَ كَابُولَ» (وَمَعْنَاهَا الأَرْضُ غَيْرُ الْمُثْمِرَةِ) إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

14 And Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.

14 وَكَانَ الذَّهَبُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ حِيرَامُ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ مِئَةً وَعِشْرِينَ وَزْنَةَ ذَهَبٍ (نَحْوَ أَرْبَعَةِ آلافٍ وَثَلاثِ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً).

15 This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

15 أَمَّا خِدْمَةُ التَّسْخِيرِ الَّتِي فَرَضَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ، فَكَانَتْ بِدَاعِي بِنَاءِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَقَصْرِ سُلَيْمَانَ، وَالْقَلْعَةِ، وَسُورِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَحَاصُورَ وَمَجِدُّو وَجَازَرَ.

16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

16 وَكَانَ فِرْعَوْنُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ قَدْ هَاجَمَ جَازَرَ وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا وَأَحْرَقَهَا بِالنَّارِ، وَقَتَلَ أَهْلَهَا الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِيهَا، ثُمَّ وَهَبَهَا مَهْراً لاِبْنَتِهِ زَوْجَةِ سُلَيْمَانَ.

17 So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

17 وَأَعَادَ سُلَيْمَانُ بِنَاءَ جَازَرَ وَبَيْتِ حُورُونَ السُّفْلَى،

18 Baalath, and Tamar in the Wilderness of Judah,

18 وَبَعْلَةَ وَتَدْمُرَ فِي أَرْضِ الصَّحْرَاءِ،

19 as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.

19 وَبَنَى جَمِيعَ مُدُنِ مَخَازِنِ غَلّاتِهِ، وَمُدُناً لِمَرْكَبَاتِهِ، وَمُدُناً لإِقَامَةِ الْفُرْسَانِ. وَهَكَذَا بَنَى سُلَيْمَانُ كُلَّ مَا رَغِبَ فِيهِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَفِي لُبْنَانَ وَفِي جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاءِ سَلْطَنَتِهِ.

20 As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—

20 أَمَّا مَنْ تَبَقَّى مِنَ الأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَنْتَمُونَ إِلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ،

21 their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

21 مِنْ ذَرَارِي الأُمَمِ الَّتِي عَجَزَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ عَنْ إِفْنَائِهِمْ، فَقَدْ فَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلَيْمَانُ خِدْمَةَ التَّسْخِيرِ كَالْعَبِيدِ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

22 But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they were his men of war, his servants, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

22 أَمَّا أَبْنَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَمْ يُسَخِّرْ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَداً، لأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ كَانَ يَتَأَلَّفُ جُنُودُهُ وَرِجَالُ حَاشِيَتِهِ وَأُمَرَاؤُهُ وَضُبَّاطُهُ وَقَادَةُ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَفُرْسَانُهُ،

23 They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.

23 وَكَانَ عَدَدُ الْمُوَكَّلِينَ عَلَى الإِشْرَافِ عَلَى خِدْمَةِ الْعُمَّالِ الْمُسَخَّرِينَ لِتَنْفِيذِ أَعْمَالِ سُلَيْمَانَ خَمْسَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ رَجُلاً.

24 As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.

24 وَبَعْدَ أَنِ انْتَقَلَتِ ابْنَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ إِلَى قَصْرِهَا الَّذِي بَنَاهُ لَهَا، عَمِلَ سُلَيْمَانُ عَلَى بِنَاءِ الْقَلْعَةِ.

25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.

25 وَأَخَذَ سُلَيْمَانُ يُقَرِّبُ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ الَّذِي بَنَاهُ لِلرَّبِّ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي السَّنَةِ، كَمَا كَانَ يُحْرِقُ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ الَّذِي أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ. وَهَكَذَا أَتَمَّ بِنَاءَ الْهَيْكَلِ.

26 King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

26 وَشَرَعَ سُلَيْمَانُ فِي بِنَاءِ سُفُنٍ فِي عِصْيُونَ جَابَرَ الْمُجَاوِرَةِ لأَيْلَةَ عَلَى شَاطِئِ الْبَحْرِ الأَحْمَرِ فِي أَرْضِ أَدُومَ،

27 And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.

27 فَأَرْسَلَ حِيرَامُ بَحَّارَتَهُ الْمُتَمَرِّسِينَ بِمَسَالِكِ الْبَحْرِ فِي تِلْكَ السُّفُنِ مَعَ بَحَّارَةِ سُلَيْمَانَ،

28 They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.

28 فَبَلَغُوا أُوفِيرَ حَيْثُ جَلَبُوا مِنْ هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَزْنَةً (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفاً وَمِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ كِيلُو جْراماً) مِنَ الذَّهَبِ، حَمَلُوهَا إِلَى الْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ.