2 Cronache ( اخبار) 1

SMITH VAN DYKE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 وتشدد سليمان بن داود على مملكته وكان الرب الهه معه وعظّمه جدا.	1 Solomon, son of David, strengthened his hold on the kingdom, for the LORD, his God, was with him, constantly making him more renowned.
2 وكلم سليمان جميع اسرائيل رؤساء الالوف والمئات والقضاة وكل رئيس في كل اسرائيل رؤوس الآباء	2 He sent a summons to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, the judges, the princes of all Israel, and the family heads;
3 فذهب سليمان وكل الجماعة معه الى المرتفعة التي في جبعون لانه هناك كانت خيمة الاجتماع خيمة الله التي عملها موسى عبد الرب في البرية.	3 and, accompanied by the whole assembly, he went to the high place at Gibeon, because the meeting tent of God, made in the desert by Moses, the LORD'S servant, was there.
4 واما تابوت الله فاصعده داود من قرية يعاريم عندما هيّأ له داود لانه نصب له خيمة في اورشليم.	4 (The ark of God, however, David had brought up from Kiriath-jearim to Jerusalem, where he had provided a place and pitched a tent for it.)
5 ومذبح النحاس الذي عمله بصلئيل بن اوري بن حور وضعه امام مسكن الرب وطلب اليه سليمان والجماعة.	5 The bronze altar made by Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, he put in front of the LORD'S Dwelling on the high place. There Solomon and the assembly consulted the LORD,
6 واصعد سليمان هناك على مذبح النحاس امام الرب الذي كان في خيمة الاجتماع. اصعد عليه الف محرقة	6 and Solomon offered sacrifice in the LORD'S presence on the bronze altar at the meeting tent; he offered a thousand holocausts upon it.
7 في تلك الليلة تراءى الله لسليمان وقال له اسأل ماذا اعطيك.	7 That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Make a request of me, and I will grant it to you."
8 فقال سليمان لله انك قد فعلت مع داود ابي رحمة عظيمة وملكتني مكانه.	8 Solomon answered God: "You have shown great favor to my father David, and you have allowed me to succeed him as king.
9 فالآن ايها الرب الاله ليثبت كلامك مع داود ابي لانك قد ملّكتني على شعب كثير كتراب الارض.	9 Now, LORD God, may your promise to my father David be fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
10 فاعطني الآن حكمة ومعرفة لاخرج امام هذا الشعب وادخل لانه من يقدر ان يحكم على شعبك هذا العظيم.	10 Give me, therefore, wisdom and knowledge to lead this people, for otherwise who could rule this great people of yours?"
11 فقال الله لسليمان من اجل ان هذا كان في قلبك ولم تسأل غنى ولا اموالا ولا كرامة ولا انفس مبغضيك ولا سألت اياما كثيرة بل انما سألت لنفسك حكمة ومعرفة تحكم بهما على شعبي الذي ملكتك عليه	11 God then replied to Solomon: "Since this has been your wish and you have not asked for riches, treasures and glory, nor for the life of those who hate you, nor even for a long life for yourself, but have asked for wisdom and knowledge in order to rule my people over whom I have made you king,
12 قد اعطيتك حكمة ومعرفة واعطيتك غنى واموالا وكرامة لم يكن مثلها للملوك الذين قبلك ولا يكون مثلها لمن بعدك	12 wisdom and knowledge are given you; but I will also give you riches, treasures and glory, such as kings before you never had, nor will those have them who come after you."
13 فجاء سليمان من المرتفعة التي في جبعون الى اورشليم من امام خيمة الاجتماع وملك على اسرائيل.	13 Solomon returned to Jerusalem from the high place at Gibeon, from the meeting tent, and became king over Israel.
14 وجمع سليمان مركبات وفرسانا فكان له الف واربع مئة مركبة واثنا عشر الف فارس فجعلها في مدن المركبات ومع الملك في اورشليم.	14 He gathered together chariots and drivers, so that he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand drivers he could station in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
15 وجعل الملك الفضة والذهب في اورشليم مثل الحجارة وجعل الارز كالجميز الذي في السهل في الكثرة.	15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, while cedars became as numerous as the sycamores of the foothills.
16 وكان مخرج الخيل التي لسليمان من مصر. وجماعة تجار الملك اخذوا جليبة بثمن	16 Solomon also imported horses from Egypt and Cilicia. The king's agents would acquire them by purchase from Cilicia,
17 فاصعدوا واخرجوا من مصر المركبة بست مئة شاقل من الفضة والفرس بمئة وخمسين وهكذا لجميع ملوك الحثيين وملوك ارام كانوا يخرجون عن يدهم	17 and would then bring up chariots from Egypt and export them at six hundred silver shekels, with the horses going for a hundred and fifty shekels. At these rates they served as middlemen for all the Hittite and Aramean kings.
	18 Solomon gave orders for the building of a house to honor the LORD and also of a house for his own royal estate.